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Greenville's Eastside lands new organic grocery store. Here's what to know.
On May 16, Aston Properties of Charlotte announced organic grocer Sprouts Farmers Market will be opening another store in the Upstate.
This opportunity will bring life back to an integral part of Greenville's Eastside community.
The arrival is part of a multi-million-dollar investment Aston Properties is making to renovate the North Hills Shopping Center near the corner of Pleasantburg Drive and East North Street.
The shopping center, built in 1975, will undergo enhancements such as facades, landscaping, patios, storefronts and parking lot repairs.
The center includes restaurants and retail shops including the Golden Llama, UFC Gym, the UPS Store, El Molcajete, Korean Bulgogi, Oscar Nail Spa, Venus Beauty Supply and Boost Mobile.
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In 2018, Sprouts opened a store in Simpsonville. The 25,000 square foot Sprouts at North Hills will begin construction this year and is scheduled to open in 2024.
The company sees great opportunity in the Greenville market and is excited to invest in North Hills and Aston's other Greenville-area properties, said Barnes Connell, Aston Properties Managing Director.
“Sprouts offers fresh seasonal produce, custom-cut meats, vitamins and supplements, ready-to-eat meals, dietary options such as gluten-free or paleo, and thousands of other natural, organic, non-GMO, vegan and plant-based products." stated David McGlinchey, chief strategy officer of Sprouts. "We can’t wait for our Greenville neighbors to see the new store.”
Nina Tran covers trending topics for the Greenville News. Reach her via email at ntran@gannett.com. | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/greenville/2023/05/17/sprouts-farmers-market-to-open-new-store-in-another-upstate-location-supermarket-shopping-greenville/70226652007/ | 2023-05-17T13:11:22 | 1 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/greenville/2023/05/17/sprouts-farmers-market-to-open-new-store-in-another-upstate-location-supermarket-shopping-greenville/70226652007/ |
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va. – If you plan on driving on I-81N in Montgomery County on Wednesday, you might want to find another route.
VDOT announced on Twitter that there will be a mobile left lane closure from now until 3 p.m. due to the severe weather that swept through much of the region Tuesday evening.
Authorities say the closure will exist from mile marker 126 to 130.
Delays are expected so drivers are encouraged to avoid this area if they can. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/17/portion-of-i-81n-in-montgomery-county-closed-due-to-weather/ | 2023-05-17T13:18:40 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/17/portion-of-i-81n-in-montgomery-county-closed-due-to-weather/ |
HALIFAX COUNTY, Va. – The search continues for a Halifax County woman who has been missing for the last 14 years.
The Virginia State Police, Halifax County Sheriff’s Office and South Boston Police Department are urging community members to come forward with any relevant information regarding the disappearance of Hattie Gertrude Brown.
Brown was last seen with her nephew on May 16, 2009, at a Sheetz gas station at the intersection of Route 501 and Route 58, just outside of South Boston, authorities said.
Police say video footage showed Brown, her nephew and a silver 2003 Volkswagen Jetta at the gas station at about 2:30 a.m.
Her car was found a few months later burned out and abandoned behind an old barn on property in the southeastern corner of Halifax County.
“Despite multiple interviews and the collection of various evidence over the years, state police still needs the person(s) with information about Ms. Brown to come forward, and help bring peace and closure to her family,” Virginia State Police said.
Brown is described as a 5-foot-4-inch woman who weighs 155 pounds; she was last seen wearing a sleeveless shirt with pants that had stripes on the side, according to State Police.
In the investigation, officers also determined that Brown left her home without her purse or critical medication.
Anyone with information concerning the whereabouts of Brown is asked to contact the Virginia State Police Appomattox Division at 424-352-3478. Virginia State Police can also be contacted by email at questions@vsp.virginia.gov.
To contact the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office or South Boston Police Department with information on this case, please call 434-476-3334. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/17/search-ongoing-for-missing-halifax-county-woman-last-seen-14-years-ago/ | 2023-05-17T13:18:46 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/17/search-ongoing-for-missing-halifax-county-woman-last-seen-14-years-ago/ |
How a Phoenix district's electric school buses could protect kids and help them learn
When the wheels on a diesel school bus go round, the resulting exhaust disproportionately impacts the health of children and communities of color.
That's why west Phoenix's Isaac School District, located in a predominantly Latinx part of the metro area, decided to pursue federal funding for electric school buses to ferry children into cleaner future learning environments.
On May 9, during the American Lung Association's National Clean Air Month, representatives from the district and several environmental groups held an event outside the Isaac District Administration building in view of the busy intersection at McDowell Road and North 35th Avenue to celebrate the benefits of clean buses.
"We were very fortunate to receive this grant for six electric buses," Mario Ventura, superintendent of Isaac School District, said at the event. "I do not know one superintendent that did not apply. In fact, there was a little bit of jealousy going on amongst all of us, like 'Why did you get it and not us.' And we're gonna ask for more."
In October 2022, Isaac School District received $2.37 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean School Bus Program, which is funded with $5 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to be awarded between 2022 and 2026.
In the 2022 round, the agency reviewed 2,000 applications requesting nearly $4 billion for more than 12,000 buses, and funded 2,490 electric replacements nationwide at a cost of just under $1 billion.
Seven school districts in Arizona were among the 2022 awardees. The six electric school buses now reducing tailpipe emissions within the Isaac School District join 22 others in the state funded by the federal program, including seven in the Mohave Valley Elementary District and six in the Somerton Elementary District.
The Mesa Unified School District received $750,000 from the same program for 25 propane-fueled buses, which are considered cleaner-burning than diesel buses. EPA funding can also be used toward charging infrastructure for zero-emissions buses, but not for propane-fueling infrastructure.
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Separate initiatives to replace diesel school buses with electric versions on U.S. roads are also contributing to the effort to decarbonize the transportation sector, which is responsible for almost 40% of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions that are trapping additional heat in the atmosphere and raising average temperatures.
The World Resources Institute administers a program in partnership with the Bezos Earth Fund that aims to help get the country "on a path toward electrifying the entire fleet of U.S. school buses by 2030."
Cartwright School District and Phoenix Union High School District also currently operate electric buses as a result of their own organizing and fundraising efforts, according to Nuvia Enriquez, communications director for Chispa AZ.
In late April, the EPA started accepting applications for its 2023 round of electric school bus funding. Ventura plans to apply again.
"We will continue to advocate for these electric buses because we know how important it is for our community," Ventura said. "It is our responsibility to protect our students and staff from all types of health risks, including air pollutants. It is well documented that clean air promotes greater performance in teaching and learning. And it keeps our students healthy, so that they do not miss school, and they do not miss out on educational opportunities."
Asthma worsened by fossil fuels interferes with learning
Two stories told at the mic on May 9 outside the Isaac School District building speak to the importance of cleaning up air pollution for student performance.
Hazel Chandler, an organizer with the Arizona chapter of Moms Clean Air Force, a network of 1.5 million moms trying to improve air quality, recounted a situation she described as "the scariest thing that I've ever experienced," when, years ago, she saw a child suffer a near-fatal asthma attack while waiting for a school bus.
"One of the things that I really observed when working with these school districts was that when children were waiting for their buses, the buses were idling," Chandler said. "It's hot, and you cannot get on the bus without having the air conditioning running continuously. I frequently saw kids having to use their asthma inhalers in order to wait for their bus or on their bus."
A vast body of scientific research has found evidence for greater hazards to children of air pollution resulting from burning fossil fuels.
A review paper published last year in The New England Journal of Medicine detailed connections between fossil fuel pollution and increased risk that children would develop asthma, bronchitis, autistic traits, depression, anxiety, hypertension, immune system dysregulation and more.
"We showed that children exposed to high air pollution in the city lose IQ points," Frederica Perera, the lead author on that study, told The Arizona Republic. "Children’s ability to learn has been affected by climate change."
Another scientific study recently published in the journal Urban Studies and covered in the Los Angeles Times, resulting in much pushback from drivers, found that exposure to air pollution is highest for people who tend to drive less but live near highways.
Historic practices of building highways near lower-income neighborhoods and vice versa mean that more affluent commuters and travelers passing through often contribute to poor air quality in areas where they don't stick around to breathe it.
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The Isaac District administration building is next door to Isaac Middle School and the Boys and Girls Club of West Phoenix and just down the street from Isaac Preschool, Esperanza Elementary School and the Heart of Isaac Community Center.
All of these facilities are nestled in the nook of two major highways — just blocks from Interstate 10 and one mile west of Interstate 17. According to the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund, which helped organize the event, 92% of students in the Isaac School District are Latinx.
"Pollution from heavy-duty vehicles harms everyone, but is especially hazardous to low-wealth communities and communities of color who live closest to major highways, freight hubs, and high-traffic areas," said Anabel Maldonado, director of political programs in Arizona for the Environmental Defense Fund. "This can have fatal consequences, as Latinx children are 40% more likely to die from asthma. That combines with the fact that low-income communities lack health insurance, making it a financial hardship."
Maldonado's own story from childhood was the other asthma mic drop at the May 9 event. She described growing up in metro Phoenix with asthma so severe that it forced her family to move to Mexico for a year to try to recover from the financial burden of resulting hospital bills.
"I know firsthand the devastating impacts that dangerous air pollution had on my health and my education," Maldonado told the crowd. "I grew up with severe asthma, and I was in and out of the hospital for most of kindergarten, first and second grade, missing critical phases of instruction. And now I know, working in the environmental space, that riding a dirty diesel school bus every day only exacerbated my asthma."
Injustice in the air, solutions in the works
While electrifying school buses six at a time is not likely to create immediately noticeable air quality improvements or solve the problem entirely, advocates say it's an important step toward reducing fossil fuel emissions and addressing inequalities in how different communities feel the effects of climate change.
As state Sen. Flavio Bravo, D-Phoenix, noted in a news release before expressing his support for the Isaac School District buses, "air pollution spews into our air from diesel buses, cars and trucks, and this exhaust knows no bounds, blowing every which direction."
But with 480,000 school buses currently on U.S. roads, according to a March 2022 report by the research and policy center Environment America, meeting the World Resources Institute's goal to electrify the whole fleet by 2030 could make a meaningful difference, especially in areas closer to heavy traffic. Every bus replacement matters.
As of that March 2022 report, fewer than 1% of school buses nationwide were powered by electricity. Getting to 100% would reduce domestic annual greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 8 million metric tons, equal to that created by burning more than 785 million gallons of diesel fuel.
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Equipping that many school buses with rechargeable batteries could also benefit communities by allowing those buses to serve as power centers when not shuttling students. Bidirectional batteries on electric school buses, the EPA suggests, could be charged during off-peak hours and then used "as mini, mobile sources of power."
The agency estimates that, if half the U.S. fleet had these bidirectional, vehicle-to-grid batteries, school buses could store enough energy to charge laptops for nearly every high school student in the country for a month, for example.
The Environment America report posits that the mobile storage could be used to fill a range of power needs during high-demand times of day, helping to accelerate the transition to a renewable grid.
Electrifying the U.S. school bus fleet is expected to help move the needle toward climate mitigation success globally, while offering extra health, infrastructure and economic benefits to the specific communities where they are in operation.
The EPA program prioritizes applications that would serve areas with high-need local educational agencies, are located in rural or Bureau of Indian Affairs-funded school districts or receive basic support payments for children who reside on tribal land. All seven districts in Arizona that received EPA funding in 2022 met these priority criteria in some way.
"Clean school buses are our best and cheapest alternative, and they will let our kids breathe," Chandler said on May 9, standing next to one of Isaac School District's shiny, new electric buses, which took the organizers for a short test ride at the event's conclusion. She added in an email to The Republic later that "moms all over our country's Mother's Day wish is for their children to have a healthy, happy future."
Joan Meiners is the climate news and storytelling reporter at The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com. Before becoming a journalist, she completed a doctorate in ecology. Follow Joan on Twitter at @beecycles or email her at joan.meiners@arizonarepublic.com. Read more of her coverage at environment.azcentral.com.
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After last year's floods, Flagstaff begins preparing residents for monsoon
FLAGSTAFF — After Flagstaff and its surrounding county area experienced more than 30 separate flood events last summer, city officials have spent months on flood mitigation projects in preparation for the upcoming monsoon, which officially begins in July.
Dozens of residents from across the city attended two community meetings this month where officials provided updates on a suite of various flood control projects that were underway since last year for both the Schultz Creek/Pipeline West flood area and the Spruce Wash/Museum flood area.
In addition to the Schultz Creek sediment basins completed last fall, the city aims to complete the construction of one of three Park Way sediment basins above Linda Vista Drive by the end of June.
In coordination with the U.S. Forest Service, the county Flood Control District is also slated to start more on-forest work this spring, including construction of a large alluvial fan to help disperse debris beginning next week. According to U.S. Geological Survey, an alluvial fan occurs when a fast-moving mountain stream empties out onto a relatively flat plain.
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"Those are the game changers," in terms of mitigating impacts downstream, said Lucinda Andreani, Flood Control District administrator.
"If we can't do this kind of work on-forest, those measures won't be able to perform because they will just fill up with sediment and debris," she said.
City and county officials assured the community that crews were working as much as possible in the off-season to limit the potential impact of flooding this year, but they were slowed down by the record snowfall last winter.
National Weather Service meteorologist Brian Klimowski spoke at both meetings, using the latest data to outline what the area could expect when monsoon officially begins in July.
Because we're still months away, there are no strong signals regarding monsoon rainfall quite yet but he said the area is getting a small preview of what could come with the current weather pattern having similar atmospheric conditions to the monsoon.
He also explained that there is a strong correlation between a very wet winter followed by the delayed onset of the monsoon. So while there will be rain, he said, a later start could mean less opportunity for precipitation and flooding during the traditional season.
"Now keep in mind, we will have flooding rains, we will have some big storms, we will have weather that will impact the wash this year," Klimowski said. "So stay tuned, be informed and be safe."
Residents were encouraged to sign up for emergency alerts ahead of the season.
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Emergency management officials are not recommending any extra mitigation at this time and encourage residents to replace any outward-facing sandbags that have been damaged now, before any major storms come. Sandbags that are still in working order should not be replaced due to limited supply.
A self-fill sandbag station is in the lot just north of Coconino County Health and Human Services, 2625 King St.
Reach the reporter at LLatch@gannett.com.
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Gilbert wants to save 16 million gallons of water by replacing grass to xeriscape
Gilbert could save 16 million gallons of water yearly by removing grass on the edges of city parks and around government buildings in an effort to conserve water. The grass would be replaced by desert-tolerant landscaping.
The Town Council authorized staff to apply for a $3 million grant from the Water Conservation Grant Fund, which is administered by the state’s Water Infrastructure Finance Authority. The money would come from COVID-19 relief funds.
Gilbert is in the first stage of its water supply reduction management plan and part of that includes efforts by the town to decrease municipal water usage. Most metro Phoenix cities have implemented their first stage of water conservation plans because of lower water levels in the Colorado River.
Future stages of Gilbert’s plan call for more extreme measures that will "require all Gilbert customers to reduce demand.”
In 2022, the state Legislature set aside $200 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to pay for water conservation programs and projects.
The first round of applications for cities, counties and other public entities close on May 19, and can receive up to $3 million for conservation programs and up to $250,000 for conservation projects.
If the state water authority selects Gilbert for a grant, the town will need to make a 25% match or as much as $750,000, depending on if it receives the full $3 million allocation. A seven-member committee at the state panel will make the selections.
The next round of applications could open in June and the committee will continue to receive applications on a rolling basis until June 2024 or until funds run out. The town could later apply for additional funds to support other water conservation efforts, said Jeremiah Churchill, Gilbert's water resources and conservation coordinator.
Where Gilbert is saying goodbye to grass
The town will use the funds to remove grass from four parks and facilities that includes:
- Freestone Park
- Municipal Building 2
- Public Safety Building
- Traffic Operations
The areas the town identified aren’t primarily used for recreation or on steep slope that are difficult to irrigate. These areas will be converted to xeriscape.
Staff also identified other potential grass removal opportunities at Cosmo and Crossroads Parks. It is considering converting to artificial turf in small areas of the parks where grass is hard to maintain but is used for recreation purposes.
The town previously removed grass from six other areas throughout the town at the Vaughn Basin, Freestone Recreation Center, Freestone Park and McQueen Park. Gilbert staff said it has saved about 11 million gallons of water since the removal.
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CENTRAL FLORIDA, Fla. – It’s National Pet Month and we want to see your fur-babies!
Whether it’s a dog, cat, bunny or even a snake post photos and videos of your family pets on our PinIT! page.
We’ll be sharing some of your pins throughout the month and choose one to win a two-night boarding package at Pet Paradise Resorts, and a pets perks package with toys and other items your pet will love.
Pet Paradise is best known for its iconic bone-shaped pool and includes indoor and outdoor suites and play areas for dogs and cats.
HOW TO ENTER:
- Post a photo or video of your family pet, using our PinIT! page.
- Be sure to use the Pets channel.
- Tell us a little bit about your pet in the description.
- And that’s it!
We’ll be accepting entries through May 25th. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/05/17/enter-to-win-2-night-stay-for-your-pets-at-pet-paradise-resorts/ | 2023-05-17T13:23:11 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/05/17/enter-to-win-2-night-stay-for-your-pets-at-pet-paradise-resorts/ |
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – Jazz, food and free fun. What more could you ask for?
The 21st New Smyrna Beach Jazz Festival is back, bringing over a dozen bands to downtown.
According to event organizers, the festival first happened in September 2001 when Marc Monteson, the founder, had an idea for an event that would bring people to local businesses.
“He had traveled to downtown Orlando in the 1990′s to the Church Street Station ‘Lynx Jazz Festival’ and thought that would work on Flagler Avenue with folks going from club to club,” the event’s website reads. “By 2014, the festival had grown to 24 venues hosting visitors from 10 states and featuring top name jazz musicians from all over including New Smyrna’s own, the late Harold Blanchard.”
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The New Smyrna Beach Jazz Festival will kick off Friday at 5:30 p.m. with performances by the NSB Middle & High School Jazz Combos and the Ray Guiser Quartet at the Brannon Center.
Throughout the day Saturday, there will be performances at various venues along Flagler Avenue, starting at 12 p.m.
There will also be merch available for purchase.
Click here to see the full schedule.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Law enforcement officers go out every day to take care of us and keep us safe. But when the worst happens, who is responsible for taking care of them?
That’s where an agency’s Honor Guard comes in. At each agency, there is at least one person designated to be a part of the Honor Guard. At the Orlando Police Department, it’s a team of about 35 officers and superiors, participating in roughly 80 details a year.
“The Honor Guard is honoring our fallen officers,” Sgt. Amanda White said. “It’s the face of the agency. It’s offering support to families and our fallen brothers and sisters from other agencies, as well.”
It’s not a job that’s for the faint of heart. Though it’s a part-time position, White said members need to be committed to the team. It takes a lot of strength and mental preparation because they’re called on at the worst of times, and they can’t show emotion. They’re charged with honoring officers, standing guard, and that’s all on top of their regular policework. Technically anyone in the department can be part of the Honor Guard, but not everyone makes the cut.
“I’ll start out with the selection process,” said Officer Gregory Smith, a former Marine and the Honor Guard lead instructor. “We bring the officers trying out in front of the whole team, we ask them numerous questions, to give them a little bit of that stress and see how they react during it. And then we put them through basic DNC, which is drilling ceremony. If they’re selected, they come to our training days, where I’m the lead instructor. And we start from the very bottom of basic DNC putting one foot in front of the other all the way up to where we start integrating rifles and flags, and then doing DNC with those as well.”
Training days happen once a month, or perhaps more often if there are special events they’re planning for. With so many members, White selects and rotates members for different details.
“Once we get word of a line-of-duty death, it’s everybody on deck,” White said.
“The first ones available, are to get in this uniform, we arrived at the hospital with this uniform, and we stay with the body until they’re transported,” said Smith. “To an extent, like I say, in the military, we’re the keepers. The rest of team is, if they’re not responding to the call, they’re on standby. As much as I know anybody on the team would absolutely take the honor and staying there the whole time, it’s just not practical. So we just take intervals.”
“And what’s important with that, too, is allowing each member of our Honor Guard to be a part of that process. Because that’s why they joined,” White said.
Everything that happens from there is meticulously planned out and almost every move made has some significance.
“Our uniform, as you can tell, it’s plain, there’s nothing on it. There’s no ribbons, there’s no rank. That’s because how we see it is we have the crest for the Honor Guard, our name and then our badge. So you can’t tell the difference between a sergeant or lieutenant or captain or a police officer. We feel because it’s a line-of-duty death, it’s not important what your rank is. We also at that point, we realize it’s not important what awards you have. Because it’s not about you, it’s about the family of the fallen,” Smith said. “So once the casket arrives in the hearse, as you’ll notice that we pull the casket out and when we do, you always notice that the stars come out first, which is where the head is. And then you’ll notice that we turn the body before we head into the church, because the stripes represent the legs, which is, you always have the body walking towards its next destination.”
The processional will include escorts on motorcycles, patrol cars, and other vehicles, often from multiple agencies also coming to pay their respects to the fallen. In front of the hearse, you’ll notice there’s a horse without a rider.
“That actually means that a warrior has fallen in battle, the boots will be hung backwards, and the horse will have no rider,” Smith said.
There’s a particular way the American flag must be folded and presented to the family. Typically, the highest ranking in attendance, like the police chief, would present the flag.
“When you fold the flag, it has to be 13 folds. Thirteen folds being the original 13 colonies. And then once the fold is finished, only the blue backfield and the stars are allowed to be shown and it needs to be in a perfect triangle,” Smith said.
At the burial site, most people are familiar with the bugle playing “Taps.” Often, a ceremonial act called the three-volley salute will happen, as well.
“So the three-volley comes from the European wars, way back in the day, they would fire off three volleys,” Smith said. “And that meant that they would stop fighting, and that’s when they would go collect their wounded and dead. So we do that now for military and police as a respect for our fallen.”
While honoring the fallen is one of their most sacred duties in the Honor Guard, it’s not the only type of detail they work.
“We’re a very versatile team,” White said. “So we do get called for all different types of details. And if, you know, the national anthem, or the Pledge of Allegiance is being recited, we’re going to be there and we’re going to hold the flag and show honors to the to the nation. So the parades and all of the different details we do we are just versatile. We like to be a part of our community and it doesn’t always have to be something sad.”
For these members, serving in the Honor Guard is a source of pride.
“Just like being a police officer, I feel like it’s a calling. I think Honor Guard is the same thing,” Smith said.
“The first word that came to my mind isn’t an honor. It really is an honor. But it’s a passion, too,” White said. “I mean, we often tell people that are interested in the team, ‘Sure you can be interested. But do you have the passion to really do it and to give it what it needs and what it deserves?’”
“It’s a reality that we need the Honor Guard. Because we are just humans, just like anybody else in the world. We have an inherently dangerous job. And you only get one chance at a goodbye. If this is a hero who’s willing to put their lives on the line, and die in the line of duty, which technically was probably for a civilian, I think the least we can do is give them the best send off that we can give them,” Smith said.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin released his proposed budget for the city Tuesday, putting neighborhood revitalization as his top priority with nearly $20 million for different projects.
Many people agree with Woodfin that a lot of neighborhoods need attention, from re-paving roads to taking care of abandoned buildings.
“Everybody wants those things. You want to live in a place that you feel happy and safe, that you feel is beautiful,” Birmingham resident Jennifer Sanders said.
A group of volunteers known as the People’s Budget Birmingham says it’s been canvassing neighborhoods talking to hundreds of people about what they want to see their tax dollars spent on. The most common answers are the road system, public transportation and more recreational areas for kids.
“It’ll put a spark in Birmingham and kind of create that thing that we need to kind of keep people to want to come here and want to live here and want to work here as well,” Birmingham resident Rod Winston said.
“It should again be a priority, the quality of life, what makes people feel safe, what are opportunities for recreation, you know, that we can really enjoy our life, we won’t have to go anywhere else. We want to stay in Birmingham,” Sanders said.
Woodfin is also allotting money for public transportation and investing in youth.
“Combined, we believe these three phases of funding help our continued investments in neighborhood revitalization, which includes supporting and investing in our people and our employees, as well as our youth, as well as something that’s extremely important to every single person, as public safety and public infrastructure,” Woodfin said.
Another topic on many people’s minds they want to see addressed is safety around the city.
“The biggest things that they talk about are public infrastructure –that includes the road system, public transportation, parks and recreation,” Gabriel Caban Cubero, campaign director for People’s Budget Birmingham, said. “They also want to see more for their youth, right? There’s kind of this idea that to reduce gang violence or reduce community violence that there has to be more enforcement but part of that is also providing more alternatives for young people to be engaged and involved and really create community with their community.”
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Pontiac Street between Hanna Street and South Anthony Boulevard will remain closed, according to the Fort Wayne Traffic Engineering Department.
A neighborhood improvement crew is working in the area through July 7. Workers were scheduled to finish April 20.
For more information, call 311 or visit www.trecthefort.org. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/pontiac-street-closure-extended-again/article_41f757d2-d7bc-11ed-a4f3-ef0a0a8ee33f.html | 2023-05-17T13:23:46 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/pontiac-street-closure-extended-again/article_41f757d2-d7bc-11ed-a4f3-ef0a0a8ee33f.html |
GREENSBORO — They made it.
After raising the money to get them there and with U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis as their escort, the "can-do" middle school choir from Oak Level Baptist Academy in Stokesdale climbed the steps of the the Capitol Building on Tuesday and broke out in song.
Their playlist:
• "The Star Spangled Banner"
• "Jesus, What a Mighty Name"
• "Jesus Never Fails"
"Sur-real" is how choir director Xavier Kelley described the visit in a text.
The middle school choir had set out on a informal tour performing at churches in the Triad mostly during the spring to raise the money to travel to Washington and sing at one of the most famous buildings. Tillis helped them with performing at the Capitol Building. U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning secured the group a tour of the White House. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/oak-level-baptist-academy-choir/article_90b637da-f43b-11ed-8f0f-c75a13be5d74.html | 2023-05-17T13:29:35 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/oak-level-baptist-academy-choir/article_90b637da-f43b-11ed-8f0f-c75a13be5d74.html |
SAN ANTONIO — Crews worked quickly to extinguish a house fire on the city's south side late Tuesday.
Firefighters got the call around 11:30 p.m. for reports of a home on fire in the 100 block of Clovis Place near Pleasanton Road.
Officials say two rooms suffered heavy damage because crews had a tough time getting to them, but they were able to get the fire under control quickly.
Fire crews checked for any sign of fire in the attic, but luckily the fire didn't spread up there.
Thankfully, nobody was home when the fire broke out and no injuries were reported.
Investigators are now looking into the cause.
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SAN ANTONIO — It was a scary situation for a woman stuck in quick moving, high water on the northeast side of town late Tuesday.
Police were called out to I-35 at Salado Creek Greenway around 9:45 p.m. for a high water rescue.
While they were helping the man, a young woman came and told police that her friend was in a flooded-out vehicle in fast-moving water. This second incident was directly across from the location of the initial stalled out vehicle, on I-35 South, so crews quickly redirected their attention to help her.
SAFD walked to the victim trapped in fast moving currents, secured her to them, then escorted her to safety.
No injuries were reported in this incident, and no citations were issued.
But officials have a reminder for everyone. If you see high water, turn around… don’t drown.
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Since going on the air in 1950, KENS 5 has strived to be the best, most trusted news and entertainment source for generations of San Antonians.
KENS 5 has brought numerous firsts to South Texas television, including being the first local station with a helicopter, the first with its own Doppler radar and the first to air a local morning news program.
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.
Today, KENS 5 continues to set the standard in local broadcasting and is recognized by its peers for excellence and innovation. The KENS 5 News team focuses on stories that really matter to our community.
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Multiple crashes on Interstate 95 are causing delays for northbound drivers in the Richmond area Wednesday morning.
The Virginia Department of Transportation has reported one crash near the I-195/Downtown Expressway exit and two crashes near the Chamberlayne Avenue exit.
Delays have stretched as far as 2.5 miles, but had shrunk to 1 mile as of approximately 8:15 a.m.
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Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy is becoming law in North Carolina after the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly successfully overrode the Democratic governor’s veto. The House completed the second and final part of the override Tuesday night after a similar three-fifths majority voted for the override earlier Tuesday in the Senate. The outcome represents a major victory for Republican legislative leaders who needed every GOP member on board to enact the law over Gov. Roy Cooper’s opposition. The vote comes as abortion rights in the U.S. faced another tectonic shift with lawmakers also debating laws to sharply limit abortion in South Carolina and Nebraska.
Attorney General Daniel Cameron has won the Republican primary for Kentucky governor and will face Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear in November. Cameron was endorsed by former President Donald Trump and emerged victorious from a 12-candidate field that included former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft and state Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles. Cameron would be the state’s first Black governor if elected. The race now shifts to the general election in November, when Beshear will face a tough reelection bid in the Republican-dominated state. The contest will test the strength of a popular Democratic governor who has forged an identity as consoler in chief.
Voters in Philadelphia have chosen Cherelle Parker as their Democratic nominee for mayor. In the heavily Democratic city, that makes Parker likely to become Philadelphia’s 100th mayor and the first woman to serve in the role. She beat out other former council members, a former city controller and a political outsider in Tuesday’s primary. Parker has a long political history in Pennsylvania, after 10 years as a state representative and six as a member of the city council. She will go up against Republican David Oh in the Nov. 7 general election.
Democrats will maintain their narrow Pennsylvania House majority after winning a special election in the Philadelphia suburbs. Tuesday’s win will also help them control how the chamber will handle abortion, gun rights and election law legislation. Heather Boyd defeated Republican Katie Ford in a special election to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Democratic Rep. Mike Zabel. Zabel quit the Legislature in March, shortly after a lobbyist accused him of sexually harassing her. Boyd’s win gives Democrats 102 representatives, the minimum needed to control the agenda in the 203-seat House.
A federal appeals court in New Orleans hears arguments Wednesday on whether a drug used in the most common method of abortion was properly approved by a government agency more than two decades ago. The drug, mifepristone, remains available while the litigation — which will almost certainly wind up before the Supreme Court — plays out. At issue before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is whether the FDA properly approved the drug in 2000. Also under question are FDA actions in subsequent years that made the drug more accessible. An immediate ruling is not expected.
President Joe Biden has decided to curtail an upcoming visit to the Indo-Pacific to focus on the debt limit standoff at home. He's canceling what was to be a historic visit to Papua New Guinea and a stop in Australia, where he was to meet with other leaders of the so-called Quad. Biden still plans to head to Hiroshima, Japan, on Wednesday for the Group of Seven summit with leaders from some of the world’s leading economies. Biden spoke by phone with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese earlier Tuesday about his decision and White House staff broke the news to Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape.
Two New York Police Department officers ambushed and killed responding to a 911 call and the rookie cop who took down the gunman are among those who will be honored Wednesday by President Joe Biden with the Medal of Valor, the nation’s highest honor for bravery by a public safety officer. NYPD officer Wilbert Mora and his police partner Jason Rivera were shot Jan. 21, 2022, while responding to a call about a family dispute in a Harlem apartment. A rookie, Sumit Sulan, shot and killed the gunman, ending the deadly encounter moments after it began. Biden will also honor officers from Colorado, Ohio and Texas and three members of the FDNY.
Authorities say the gunman who killed three people and wounded six others while firing at random targets in his northwestern New Mexico neighborhood was a local 18-year-old high school student. Police said at a news conference Tuesday that they're still trying to determine the motive behind Beau Wilson's attack on Monday in Farmington. Wilson lived in the neighborhood where he opened fire, killing three women and wounding six other people, including two police officers. Officers responded to the shooting within minutes and shot and killed Wilson. Authorities say Wilson fired at least 150 rounds. San Juan County Sheriff Shane Ferrari said four officers fired a total of 16 rounds at Wilson.
The United Nations is racing to extend a deal that has allowed shipments of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger. The breakthrough accord brokered by the U.N. and Turkey last summer came with a separate agreement to ease shipments of Russian food and fertilizer that Moscow insists hasn’t been applied. Russia has set a Thursday deadline for its concerns to be ironed out. U.N. officials warn that a failure to extend the deal could hurt countries in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia that rely on Ukrainian wheat, barley, vegetable oil and other affordable food products.
Jurors are expected to begin deliberations at the rape retrial of “That ‘70s Show” actor Danny Masterson. The jury of seven men and five women will get the case Wednesday after prosecutors finish their rebuttal to the defense’s closing argument. The 47-year-old could get more than 40 years in prison if jurors find him guilty of raping three women between 2001 and 2003. Prosecutors say he drugged the women before assaulting them and used his status in the Church of Scientology to avoid consequences. Masterson's defense lawyer says the women's stories are so full of inconsistencies that they lack all credibility.
Pat McAfee’s show is moving to ESPN as part of a new multiyear deal. McAfee first joined ESPN as a college football analyst for its Thursday night games in 2019. He returned to the network last year and became part of the “College GameDay” crew as well as hosting some alternate presentations of ESPN games, including the CFP National Championship. That will continue, but it is McAfee’s show that has created the most buzz. ESPN also announced a documentary series on Serena Williams and four major matchups for the upcoming college football season.
Nikola Jokic's powerful display at both ends of the court propelled the Denver Nuggets past the Los Angeles Lakers 132-126 in the opener of the Western Conference Finals. The Nuggets led by as many as 21 points before the Lakers made a late push before falling short of winning an opener on the road for the third time in these playoffs. Anthony Davis scored 40 points for the Lakers and LeBron James came up one assist shy of a triple double to go with his 26 points and 12 rebounds.
Victor Wembanyama is now set to begin his NBA career with the San Antonio Spurs, after they won the NBA draft lottery and the No. 1 overall pick on Tuesday night. The Spurs were one of three teams with the best odds — 14% — to land the No. 1 pick, which they’ll almost certainly use on Wembanyama. The 7-foot-3 French 19-year-old is one of the most highly touted prospects in NBA history and will be expected to make an immediate impact on the league. | https://richmond.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/traffic-alert-multiple-crashes-cause-delays-on-i-95-north/article_cfe3d81e-f4ad-11ed-8464-dbb3909c8b5c.html | 2023-05-17T13:33:28 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/traffic-alert-multiple-crashes-cause-delays-on-i-95-north/article_cfe3d81e-f4ad-11ed-8464-dbb3909c8b5c.html |
The second person who escaped this month from the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center in Northeast Philadelphia has been apprehended, law enforcement officials said.
On Wednesday morning, Philadelphia Police Department Commissioner Danielle Outlaw noted on social media that Ameen Hurst had been captured in the Cobbs Creek section of West Philadelphia.
On May 7, the 18-year-old Hurst -- along with Nasir Grant, 24, who was apprehended last week -- escaped from prison by cutting a hole in a fence surrounding a recreation yard, according to investigators.
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Officials said that the pair were gone for nearly 19 hours before officials knew they were missing.
Hurst was imprisoned after being charged in four homicides, including the deadly shooting of Rodney Hargrove outside the same facility he escaped from back in March of 2021.
Grant, incarcerated on drug and weapons counts, was captured last week in a North Philadelphia home.
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Law enforcement officials said Grant was wearing women’s Muslim clothing including a head covering that obscured his face.
Grant is now facing escape and conspiracy charges and is being held on $10 million bail.
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Appeals court upholds Murder in Alliance podcast decision
- The 5th District Court of Appeals upheld a ruling to dismiss an ex-Alliance police chief's lawsuit against parties involved with Murder in Alliance.
- Former Chief Larry Dordea filed a lawsuit against several involved with the podcast in 2021, accusing them of making defamatory statements about him.
- The podcast centered around the 1999 murder of a city resident.
The 5th District Court of Appeals has upheld a Stark County judge's dismissal of a former Alliance Police chief's lawsuit relating to a podcast about the 1999 murder of a city resident.
Stark County Common Pleas Judge Natalie R. Haupt last fall dismissed Larry Dordea's lawsuit accusing Maggie Freleng, host of the Murder in Alliance podcast; the Obsessed Network; Sue Gless Thorne; and John Hardin and Jason Baldwin of Proclaim Justice of defamation per se, civil conspiracy and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
In the lawsuit, Dordea alleged that several involved with Murder in Alliance made defamatory statements about him on the podcast by claiming that he brought a date to the crime scene, compromising the investigation. Murder in Alliance is a podcast that centered around the killing of Alliance resident Yvonne Layne.
Layne was found with her throat slashed on April 1, 1999. David Thorne, the father of one of Layne's children, was accused of hiring someone to kill her and convicted of complicity to aggravated murder in 2000. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Dordea, who was the city's police chief at the time, was one of the first to respond to the scene when Layne's body was discovered. He said he brought with him a civilian who was participating in a ride-along program and observing him conduct police work, according to court documents.
While Freleng was doing research for the podcast, she came across a report by private practice criminal profiler Brent Turvey that claimed Dordea brought a date to the scene, court documents say. Police reports from the time refer to the woman as a civilian observer.
The court ruled that while it believed the claim about the civilian being Dordea's date was false, it was not enough to prove that those involved with the podcast acted with actual malice. To prove actual malice, one must show the defendant knew a statement was false or demonstrated reckless disregard to its falsity.
Court documents say Dordea had the burden of establishing that Freleng published claims about the civilian being Dordea's date while having serious doubts about the truth. The appeals court ruled April 27 that it found no evidence to show that a reasonable jury could find actual malice with convincing clarity.
Dordea's attorney, Julie Jakmides, said they were very disappointed by the results and that the standard for proving defamation against a public official is incredibly high.
"The court determined our burden could not be met by the false statements made on the Murder in Alliance podcast," she said. "We are confident though that Chief Dordea's reputation will speak for itself, and this will not be how his legacy is remembered by our community."
Obsessed Network, which produced the Murder in Alliance podcast, did not respond to a request for comment. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2023/05/17/larry-dordea-loses-appeal-in-murder-in-alliance-podcast-lawsuit/70211920007/ | 2023-05-17T13:41:20 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2023/05/17/larry-dordea-loses-appeal-in-murder-in-alliance-podcast-lawsuit/70211920007/ |
'Parking spaces don't pay taxes.' North Canton looks to end minimal parking requirements
North Canton explores lifting parking mandate on businesses.
- North Canton Council scheduled a public meeting last month on whether to end requirements that each business have a minimal number of parking spots.
- Council members believe parking requirements may be hampering economic development.
NORTH CANTON – City leaders are considering getting rid of parking requirements for businesses, saying the move could bolster economic development.
Council will hold a public meeting at 6:45 p.m. June 26 to hear opinions about a proposed ordinance that would eliminate mandates that businesses have to have a minimal amount of space for parking.
The North Canton Planning Commission recommended that council approve the legislation. If approved, the requirements would become non-binding recommendations.
"So the question is how can we maximize commercial development," said at-large council member Daryl Revoldt, adding that it was unlikely any land in the city now residential would be rezoned commercial.
Revoldt cited businesses with large parking lots with unused space that could be redeveloped as sites for new employers. Areas that "might be amenable to some additional development." He mentioned Giant Eagle's western parking lot at Washington Square; the Marc's parking lot on North Main Street, the Acme Fresh Market parking lot on North Main Street; and the shopping plaza on the east side of South Main Street north of Easthill Street SE.
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"Can that be converted to some economic use if the owner so wishes?" asked Revoldt. "Could that be used for some commercial purpose? ... Is (parking) the best use for the 20% (of North Canton's land that's commercial)? Probably not."
Patrick DeOrio: 'Parking spaces don't pay taxes.'
City administrator Patrick DeOrio said the city should update its laws so "not to have our regulations be so rigid for so many decades."
He said many restaurants have significantly expanded their takeout and carryout operations. So they don't need the number of parking spots they may have needed decades ago when sit-in dining was more the norm.
"The business model has changed," said DeOrio, who added that the McDonald's and Burger King on North Main Street and Applegrove Street have about 50 parking spots in total, many they probably don't need. "McDonald's now has a double-lane drive-thru because people aren't getting out of their car to go in and sit down and eat. It's a to-go, takeout business.
"And to waste all that parking space that's not needed. Could have reconfigured each one of those developments. Burger King is on 1.4 acres. Could have put two places there. Because they're required to carry so much parking back in the day, that's where we are."
And DeOrio said ultimately, "parking spaces don't pay taxes."
The current ordinance lists the minimal number of parking spots several categories of businesses must have. For example, a table-service restaurant must have one parking spot per 50 square foot of floor area or one space for every two seats, whichever is greater. A medical or dental office must have one parking spot per 200 square feet of floor area.
If the legislation takes effect, Revoldt said, "the developer will have to think hard about how much parking he really needs but we're not going to stand over and say you need X plus Y, when you really don't need Y."
Council member Jamie McCleaster, Ward 1, said when he was a chairman of the city's Planning Commission he would see how much space for projects was set aside for parking to comply with the city's requirements. And McCleaster said he often thought "there's so much better use for that land than parking spots. ... (the ordinance) is only going to help the property owner."
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Revoldt said later that no developers or business owners had approached the city to ask if they could convert parts of parking lots into sites for new businesses, and passing the legislation to remove the commercial parking requirements does not guarantee development would occur as a result.
Revoldt, who was on North Canton council in the early 1980s, said many councils decades ago adopted the parking requirements because they were recommended by a firm that drafted uniform zoning codes, "a cookie cutter approach to zoning" to apparently ensure that businesses had sufficient parking spaces.
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San Francisco is home to countless landmarks including the Golden Gate Bridge, the island of Alcatraz and the oldest Chinatown in the country, and is famous for its cable cars, Painted Ladies, epic hills and diverse culinary offerings. Whether you're a first time visitor or a local wanting to further explore your hometown, tours from an expert's point of view are a great way to experience The City by the Bay.
Whether you want to walk, take a boat or fly, read on to learn about our favorite San Francisco tours.
Tour San Francisco on foot
One of the best ways to explore a city's nooks and crannies is by walking its streets. City Guides, a program of the San Francisco Public Library, offers more than 80 historical walking tours led by local experts — all for free. Tours range from visiting key landmarks to learning about San Francisco history, neighborhoods and social movements.
Numerous private guides also offer unique options: You can explore the Mission, North Beach, Chinatown and much more. Try a Surreal San Francisco Tour with Clyde Always, the self-described "Bard of Bay City," who offers unusual stories about "witches & pirates, hoboes and hipster-devils." There are also tours that focus on specific neighborhoods, such as the Castro or Haight-Ashbury; on public art; or, for history lovers, the DIY Barbary Coast Trail connects several sites and museums, with medallions in the sidewalk leading the way.
Explore San Francisco by boat
San Francisco is surrounded by water, so getting out on the bay to experience the city is a no-brainer. The Red & White Fleet offers tours that cruise under the Golden Gate Bridge and Bay Bridge; you can go during the day or at sunset. The Blue & Gold Fleet offers tours of the bay that include a spin around Alcatraz. Alcatraz Cruises is a designated tour group that offers tours of the island and prison itself, along with the boat ride.
You can also experience the city in high style by touring the bay on a chartered yacht offered by Giants Enterprises; choose from the 80-foot or 100-foot option. Adventure Cat Sailing Charters offers trips on a catamaran, while Bay Lights Charters takes you out on a 72-foot tall ship. Bonus points if you go during whale-watching season, where you can see the majestic beasts on their long migration.
See San Francisco from the air
If you want to soar to great heights and get a true bird's eye view of the city, you can fly over the bay in a helicopter or seaplane. San Francisco Helicopters offers two different tours of the city from above, plus chartered rides. Aero Adventures offers seaplane and chopper tours, including those at sunset.
Take a tour of San Francisco by bus
One of the most popular ways to experience the city is by bus. Hop-on, hop-off bus tours from Big Bus Tours or Skyline Tours are the ideal way to see the landmarks you're interested in without having to do any of the navigating yourself. Double-decker buses allow for great views along with witty commentary from a guide; you can get off and explore over two dozen points of interest at your leisure. For movie buffs, San Francisco Movie Tours highlights spots throughout the city that have made it on the silver screen, from "Mrs. Doubtfire" to "Ant-Man."
If smaller buses are more your style, you can explore San Francisco in a vintage Volkswagen van. Vantigo offers private charters with custom itineraries, as well as three-hour tours covering city highlights, while San Francisco Love Tours offers two-hour excursions and private charters in its fleet of psychedelic painted vans.
Explore San Francisco on wheels
Getting around on two — or three — wheels is one of the best ways to see the city. If you want to try a segway, Electric Tour Company offers tours of the Golden Gate Park and Fisherman's Wharf, plus smaller private tours. Cyclists will love a three-hour guided bike or e-bike tour with photo-op stops from Bay City Bike (for a DIY experience, you can also rent your own bike and explore the city on your own.) A bright yellow, three-wheeled GPS-navigated GoCar may be one of the most unique ways to explore San Francisco. This zippy two-seater provides both directions and commentary.
Riding a cable car has to be one of the most iconic San Francisco experiences, and it’s also a great way to explore the city. Skip the ticket lines and use the MuniMobile app to get your ticket to ride all day. There's even a tour company that has motorized decommissioned vintage cable cars to tour on their own routes, including one where you can sing karaoke while you ride.
Discover San Francisco's flavors with a food tour
From the first Chinatown in the U.S. to the Italian enclave of North Beach, each of San Francisco’s distinct neighborhoods is a culinary destination of its own. Longtime locals are the guides at Local Tastes of the City, while Sidewalk Food Tours offers neighborhood culinary tours and cooking classes. With Edible Excursions, explore a range of neighborhoods, or take a cocktail making class. Avital Tours offers artisan food tours with a focus on storytelling.
Visit the ghosts of San Francisco
Twisting and turning through San Francisco's dark alleys may be spooky enough, but add in ghost-hunting to up your fear factor. Even if you're a non-believer, ghost tours offer a new way to explore the city's history. The Haunt will take you on an after-dark city tour using equipment to detect paranormal activity, while San Francisco Ghost Hunt has been one of the most popular tours in the city for years.
This story was edited by Hearst Newspapers Managing Editor Kristina Moy; you can contact her at kristina.moy@hearst.com. | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/san-francisco-tours-17890862.php | 2023-05-17T13:44:05 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/san-francisco-tours-17890862.php |
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Salvador Perez hit a two-run double in Kansas City’s five-run second, Brady Singer pitched six solid innings and the Royals beat the San Diego Padres 5-4 on Tuesday night to snap a four-game losing streak.
The Royals jumped on starter Seth Lugo (3-3) in the second, with Bobby Witt Jr., Nate Eaton and Matt Duffy also driving in runs. Lugo gave up five runs on four hits in his two innings. The Padres have lost eight of 10.
“That was really good for us tonight. That is a great win, you know, against a team like the Padres. They are a really good team,” Perez said. “We scored five runs, and we got the game.”
Singer (3-4) lasted six innings, giving up seven hits and four runs, two of which were earned. Scott Barlow got his fifth save with a scoreless ninth.
“The fastball had really good late movement on it. I was able to move that around the zone. The slider helped me a lot tonight,” Singer said. “I think I attacked the zone pretty well tonight.”
San Diego had a defensive highlight in the seventh when Fernando Tatis Jr. threw-out Vinnie Pasquantino trying to go from first to third on a single. After the play Tatis acted like he was putting a pistol back in a holster.
“I wasn’t a big fan,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said of the attempt by Pasquantino to take third base. “We know he (Tatis) is super talented in every aspect of the game and throwing is certainly nothing he is lacking.”
The Padres scored two unearned runs in the fifth after consecutive errors by Kansas City’s MJ Melendez and Matt Duffy.
“Those things are going to happen. You just have to make pitches and pick them up,” Singer said of the errors. “That is just part of baseball. … You have got to be able to overcome that.”
Kansas City reliever Ardolis Chapman pitched the seventh and threw a 104-mph fastball to Jake Cronenworth, which ties the fastest pitch of the 2023 season.
“That’s amazing,” Perez said of Champan’s feat.
San Diego continues to struggle offensively and had two runners picked off first base in the game.
“It’s just a little bit the way we’ve been playing,” Padres manager Bob Melvin said of his team’s losing skid. “It’s just not in sync all the way around. You don’t expect base-running to cost you.”
KC MAKES A MOVE
Royals RHP Max Castillo was optioned to Triple-A Omaha, and RHP Jackson Kowar was called up from Omaha. Kowar had a 7.84 ERA over 20-2/3 innings coming out of the Omaha bullpen this season.
TRAINER’S ROOM
A day after Padres 3B Manny Machado was hit by a pitch on the left hand, he was out of the starting lineup Tuesday. Machado is experiencing soreness and swelling, but X-rays came back negative. It seems likely the Padres will sit Machado as a precaution on Wednesday for the series finale ahead of an off-day Thursday.
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Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana Landmarks secured $2 million in federal funds to restore the exterior of George Fred Keck's pioneering House of Tomorrow, which was featured in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana Landmarks secured $2 million in federal funds to restore the exterior of George Fred Keck's pioneering House of Tomorrow, which was featured in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana Landmarks secured $2 million in federal funds to restore the exterior of George Fred Keck's pioneering House of Tomorrow, which was featured in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana Landmarks secured $2 million in federal funds to restore the exterior of George Fred Keck's pioneering House of Tomorrow, which was featured in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Traveling across the country, Bob Harper, along with his wife, Rose, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota stopped by to visit this and other homes in the area.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana Landmarks secured $2 million in federal funds to restore the exterior of George Fred Keck's pioneering House of Tomorrow, which was featured in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Traveling across the country, Bob Harper, along with his wife, Rose, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota stopped by to visit this and other homes in the area.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana Landmarks secured $2 million in federal funds to restore the exterior of George Fred Keck's pioneering House of Tomorrow, which was featured in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana Landmarks secured $2 million in federal funds to restore the exterior of George Fred Keck's pioneering House of Tomorrow, which was featured in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Traveling across the country, Bob and Rose Harper of Sioux Falls, South Dakota stopped by to visit this and other homes in the area.
BEVERLY SHORES – A gleaming, glassy castle on a sand hill, The House of Tomorrow overlooks the endless horizon of Lake Michigan on its lofty perch over Lake Front Drive.
Architect George Fred Keck designed the innovative cylindrical house as an aspirational vision of the future with floor-to-ceiling glass walls, the first General Electric dishwasher, an iceless mechanical refrigerator in an era of ice boxes, central air conditioning, an original open floor plan and a pioneering push-button garage door.
Conceived of during the Great Depression, Keck's House of Tomorrow came up with many features of domesticity that are standard today, as well as a personal airplane garage that housed a replica Charles Lindbergh plane during the 1933 Chicago World's Fair and that was an idea that ultimately never quite took flight. A marvel for its time, the model house wowed gawking crowds during the two-year exposition on Chicago's South Side that drew 39 million people interested in how new technology could make life better.
After the festivities and fanfare ended, and the World's Fair visitors returned to their native countries, developer Robert Bartlett ferried The House of Tomorrow across Lake Michigan to Beverly Shores, where it was originally a private home. He was building out the Duneland town on Lake Michigan as a resort community on the beckoning shores of Porter County.
The House of Tomorrow, the Florida Tropical House and the other 1933 Chicago World's Fair Century of Progress Homes Bartlett moved by barge across the lake served as an ad for his bright, optimistic vision of a sunny future. Today, they're part of the Indiana Dunes National Park, drawing visitors curious to see what the futurists of the past thought residential living in the present day might look like.
While the other four Century of Progress Homes are occupied and maintained, the House of Tomorrow has fallen into disrepair and deteriorated as deferred maintenance costs have mounted. It's been boarded up with plywood and papered over for years. A 2020 Indianapolis Monthly story even asked if it still had a future.
But now the Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana Landmarks landed $2 million in federal funds for its restoration. They plan to start working on extensive exterior renovations next year.
"This is a win for the National Park," said Todd Zeiger, the Northern Regional Director of Indiana Landmarks. "It's a win for the visitors who come to the National Park. This restoration is a win for the Region. It's a win for the architects and students who continue to study the building."
The National Trust for Historic Preservation got the House of Tomorrow designated as a National Treasure in 2016 in an effort to help accelerate the preservation. It's the only National Treasure in the entire state of Indiana.
The house has been unoccupied for at least a decade. The National Park Service has preserved the Century of Progress homes by leasing them out to residents who get to live in them under a 50-year sublease in exchange for putting up the funds to maintain them. An arrangement with a previous lessee fell apart after Indiana Landmarks objected to how the restoration would be done, the workmanship involved and the proposed timeframe for finishing the work.
Indiana Landmarks moved to revoke the sublease after the lessee deviated from their agreed-upon renovation plan and the case ended up tangled up in court for a few years, further stalling progress toward saving the historic structure, Zeiger said. The total cost of fixing up the House of Tomorrow is now estimated to be $3.5 million to $4 million.
There's been interest but no one with deep enough pockets has stepped up.
"The cost has been the primary hurdle," he said.
So the house has sat with a protective wrap of insulation around the glass exteriors while the inside has gotten so dilapidated it has been compared to the "underwater ruins of a sunken ship" and described as "mummified."
But the house retains major historic significance, Indiana Dunes Supervisory Park Ranger Bruce Rowe said. It was dubbed "a monument of American modernism" and "America's first glass house." long predating Philip Johnson’s Glass House and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, both of which are National Historic Landmarks.
"The House of Tomorrow is significant for its modern, 12-sided glass wall design and for incorporating previously unheard-of features like central air conditioning and an electric dishwasher. It also played an important part in the development of passive solar heating in modern buildings," Rowe said. "Restoration of this house is important so park visitors can see all of its significant features that are not evident in its current state of disrepair."
Federal funding will cover work on the structure and the exterior dome, including a whole new roof, insulation, windows and railings. The hope is that the outside renovation will make it more affordable for someone to come in and finish the rest of the work that's needed on the interior.
"The park service has received some funding through the Great America Outdoors Act to help restore the outside of the house, but we still need to find someone to lease the house and restore the inside of it," Rowe said.
Indiana Landmarks and the National Park Service hope to be able to begin renovations on the interior in 2025 after the exterior rehabilitation is complete so the rehabilitation work can take place continuously and without interruption, Zeiger said.
"It's safe and stable on the outside," he said. "This would certainly help ensure the building is secure and dry."
The restoration work was long estimated to cost $2.5 million to $3 million. But construction costs have skyrocketed since the start of the pandemic as supply chain disruptions made materials harder to come by.
"Everything is more expensive," Zeiger said. "There's been a spike in construction costs."
The three-story, steel-framed building features a solarium, a spiral staircase and floor-to-ceiling curtain walls to provide privacy while using solar energy to heat the home.
The hope is to put the project out to bid in the next month or so. A contractor will preserve the building, such as replacing plate glass with more modern glazed, tripled-paned glass that's more energy-efficient. Workers trained in historical restoration will make repairs to the concrete floors and steel structures that have suffered minor damage over the years.
"This is a key step that will really facilitate the launch of the next phase," he said. "It will address the pressing needs. We want it to look great for the stream of folks stopping by the House of Tomorrow. We want to do something on the inside and this is a key and important step in the project."
The House of Tomorrow continues to have influence. It was just prominently featured last fall in an exhibit at the Elmhurst Art Museum. The retrospective of Keck's work looked at how he influenced energy-efficient design in subsequent generations of architects.
"What Keck learned from the design and development of the House of Tomorrow we've used in modern houses," Zeiger said. "It was an evolution in solar heat harnessing. It also has innovations in dishwashers, automated garage doors and an open floor plan. It was so new it was seen by millions of people at the World's Fair. It was immensely popular. People paid another 10 cents to go through this house."
Bartlett recognized its importance and put it on the tallest sand dune around, Zeiger said.
"It was so architecturally significant he put it on a pedestal," he said. "It's on the highest point on the site in that World's Fair District. It's the tallest home on the site. It represents futuristic thinking about living and has had a long and far-reaching legacy."
The exterior work should be completed by the end of 2024. The interior work could take another year and a half.
The project is taking place not a moment too soon. While the building remains structurally sound, it would not be beneficial for it to deteriorate further, Zeiger said.
"It's stable and dry and still has all the original materials," he said. "But it's time to get on with the restoration. It's not getting to where it would fall down but the work gets more expensive every year. It's a big investment to get it restored."
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Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana Landmarks secured $2 million in federal funds to restore the exterior of George Fred Keck's pioneering House of Tomorrow, which was featured in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.
Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana Landmarks secured $2 million in federal funds to restore the exterior of George Fred Keck's pioneering House of Tomorrow, which was featured in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.
Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana Landmarks secured $2 million in federal funds to restore the exterior of George Fred Keck's pioneering House of Tomorrow, which was featured in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.
Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana Landmarks secured $2 million in federal funds to restore the exterior of George Fred Keck's pioneering House of Tomorrow, which was featured in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Traveling across the country, Bob Harper, along with his wife, Rose, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota stopped by to visit this and other homes in the area.
Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana Landmarks secured $2 million in federal funds to restore the exterior of George Fred Keck's pioneering House of Tomorrow, which was featured in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Traveling across the country, Bob Harper, along with his wife, Rose, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota stopped by to visit this and other homes in the area.
Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana Landmarks secured $2 million in federal funds to restore the exterior of George Fred Keck's pioneering House of Tomorrow, which was featured in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.
Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana Landmarks secured $2 million in federal funds to restore the exterior of George Fred Keck's pioneering House of Tomorrow, which was featured in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Traveling across the country, Bob and Rose Harper of Sioux Falls, South Dakota stopped by to visit this and other homes in the area. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/house-of-tomorrow-lands-funds-for-long-needed-renovations-this-is-a-win-for-the/article_aafcccc0-f42d-11ed-bb02-2f8c0011db85.html | 2023-05-17T13:56:46 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/house-of-tomorrow-lands-funds-for-long-needed-renovations-this-is-a-win-for-the/article_aafcccc0-f42d-11ed-bb02-2f8c0011db85.html |
ODESSA, Texas — Ector County ISD held its first regular meeting of the month on May 16.
The school board meeting discussed a range of topics including school funding and introducing new faces to the district. ECISD leaders recently had a chance to head to Austin and meet with state politicians to push for school funding and investing in public education as the legislative session was still taking place.
"The work that we're doing here is being recognized so now we are invited to the table, and we are an influencer if you will and we want to leverage that opportunity," said ECISD Superintendent Scott Muri. "My responsibility as the Superintendent is to be the voice of the 33,000 students for the families that live in our community and really to be a voice for our region to make sure that the needs for public schools are being heard by members of the House and members of the Senate."
There were also new faces to the district introduced at the meeting. Abel Avila was introduced as the new Principal for New Tech Odessa, while the three newly elected members to the Board of Trustees were introduced also in Dawn Miller, Wayne Woodall and Tammy Hawkins. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/ecisd-holds-may-school-board-meeting/513-45377ca9-376c-4ba3-9f4a-ba9c56610902 | 2023-05-17T13:57:30 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/ecisd-holds-may-school-board-meeting/513-45377ca9-376c-4ba3-9f4a-ba9c56610902 |
ODESSA, Texas — The new Children's Miracle Network sign was unveiled in Odessa on May 16.
It is on the Center for Women and Infants at Medical Center Hospital. The hospital has been part of the CMN Network for Hospitals since 1987.
"So it was a long project," said CMN Network's Program Manager Samantha Serrano. "This is a big logo and although we've been in the hospital since the 1970s, it was a project that we wanted to highlight on the newer part of the hospital. The Center for Women's event was established in 2012. That's kind of where it all began."
CMN works with local and corporate partners to help get resources and money for the sick. All of the money raised here in town goes to help the kids in the pediatrics and neonatal intensive care unit at Medical Center Hospital. Every child is treated no matter their family's ability to pay. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/mch-unveils-childrens-miracle-network-sign/513-25bd6a3b-aecc-4df1-9162-90142397eeaa | 2023-05-17T13:57:36 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/mch-unveils-childrens-miracle-network-sign/513-25bd6a3b-aecc-4df1-9162-90142397eeaa |
TEXAS, USA — Volunteers helped load up a trailer full of equipment for the Permian Basin's Honor Flight happening this weekend.
Everything from wheelchairs and other supplies that will come in handy to help our war heroes travel to Washington D.C. to see our nation's war memorials.
"It takes a lot of people," said Flight Director and Board Member Wesley Smith. "It takes a full year to do this, and it takes a full team to do all the planning. All the gather. We have a great turnout with our team here today."
The Permian Basin Honor Flight mission is to take local veterans to Washington D.C. to visit the memorial built in their honor. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/volunteers-load-up-trailer-for-permian-basin-honor-flight/513-c9dd55b2-ca72-42af-821c-43ea5ba99b06 | 2023-05-17T13:57:42 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/volunteers-load-up-trailer-for-permian-basin-honor-flight/513-c9dd55b2-ca72-42af-821c-43ea5ba99b06 |
INDIANAPOLIS — Some of the nation's top athletes are coming to Indianapolis in June for one of USA Swimming's biggest events of the year.
It marks the start of an exciting two years for the organization in the Circle City.
Lovingly known as the fastest pool in the world, the IU Natatorium is a place where dreams come true. Decades of legendary names are written on the walls.
"I like to say there is magic in the water because kids swim fast here," said Natatorium Events Coordinator Arlene McDonald. "I think that's part of the motivation and inspiration when they walk in and see that wall."
After a six-year hiatus, the Natatorium is, once again, playing host to the USA National Championships and International Team Trials in June.
About 800 athletes are expected to take the blocks at the Nat, as it's known.
"Those athletes who are coming here are trying to earn a spot on Team USA, to be on one of those international teams to go to one of those international events this year," McDonald said.
On the anticipated roster is Indiana's own Lilly King, who practically grew up at the Nat.
"I don't think I ever realized how special it was that I swam every meet at the Nat," King said. "It is always just so fun for us to be able to swim in Indy and swim in front of a home crowd. That's usually my favorite part about being there."
Ed Merkling, who serves as the director of the Natatorium, has worked in the building for 30 of its 41-year history.
"This facility has played an impact in the aquatic world, not only nationwide, but also here in Indiana, as well as Indianapolis," Merkling said.
King, a two-time Olympian, said she is excited to compete at home again.
"Obviously, we are there to swim fast and be serious and make world championships," King said, "but it is also a lot of fun, just to be a fan and interact with everybody there."
King said Hoosiers can expect some of the nation's top swimmers to compete this summer.
"This is our biggest meet in the states this summer," King said. "We are all going to be there trying to make world championships."
That includes fellow teammate Annie Lazor.
"People see us have Olympic Trials on NBC every four years," Lazor said, "but this meet happens every year for us, and it is just as important every single year."
That's why organizers hope to pack the Nat for the national championships, with 3,200 total seats up for grabs.
"There's probably not another city in our country that has, not only the incredible participation in this state and in this city with great swim clubs and universities and high schools, but the history of USA Swimming," said Tim Hinchey III, president and CEO of USA Swimming.
"We are hoping for a big spectator base because this is going to be a preview of next summer in Lucas Oil," McDonald said.
The next U.S. Olympic Team Trials are slated for Lucas Oil Stadium in 2024.
"They have never done the Olympic Trials in an NFL stadium," said Sarah Myer, with the Indiana Sports Corp. "It is really going to be incredible."
Lucas Oil Stadium provides a much larger venue than the historic 1982 pool across town.
"This is like the Natatorium on steroids," Myer said. "You have a beautiful pool there that has 4,000 seats. We are going to have a pool built for this event with 28,000 people surrounding this. So it is just going to be an incredible experience."
Close to 1,800 swimmers are expected to compete at trials for their spot on Team USA ahead of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.
"This is nine days, so of course, we have to do it the Indianapolis way," Myer said. "We have to activate Georgia Street and the canal and Monument Circle, and it's all free."
"It's so fun," Lazor said. "It is such an interactive meet. My family had a blast at Olympic trials back in 2021 and back in 2016. I know it'll be that times 10 in Lucas Oil Stadium in 2024. It'll be a blast."
Right now, a local organizing committee of about 120 people is working to finalize details both inside and outside of Lucas Oil Stadium.
"I think it's going to be a great opportunity for us to engage a new audience and to show them how we do events here," Myer said.
Plus, Merkling expects both summers to boost to the local economy, with thousands of visitors expected in town.
"Everybody enjoys coming to the Natatorium because of the history, and also just because of our geographical location," Merkling said. "It's easy to get to. The airport is friendly and quick to get in and out of. We have a lot of positive comments about the city, as well as our facility here."
The summer of 2024 also marks the centennial celebration of the 1924 Team Trials at Broad Ripple Park.
"That was the trials to send athletes to the Olympics in Paris, and 100 years later, we are going to do it again, just on a bit of a grander scale," Myer said.
"To replicate that 100 years apart is incredibly special, and we couldn't do it any other place," Hinchey said.
"There are a lot of parallels between that event and the event that we're doing in 2024," Merkling said.
Construction of the Lucas Oil Stadium pool is slated for this fall and set to begin overseas, according to Myer.
"It is being built in pieces in Italy," Myer said. "It will be flown over in March of 2024, and then, they will start building it in mid-May in here."
Tickets for next summer's trials are on sale now.
"We have a ticket plan for every fan," Myer said.
Nine-day passes are available online.
Three-day passes go on sale in June, and one-day passes with be available in the fall.
As for 2023, tickets for the national championships at the Nat are on sale now.
"Any time we can rally around sports and feel united because of sports is such a special time for all of us," Myer said. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/tickets-on-sale-now-usa-swimmings-back-to-back-summers-indy/531-34bf9af6-d683-43f4-873f-1ad7b2bcebce | 2023-05-17T13:57:45 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/tickets-on-sale-now-usa-swimmings-back-to-back-summers-indy/531-34bf9af6-d683-43f4-873f-1ad7b2bcebce |
FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - Flint taxpayers are on the hook for more than $474,000 after a city-owned dump truck slammed into the Hill Road bridge over U.S. 23 a year ago.
The Michigan Department of Transportation has submitted a bill to the city of Flint for repairing damage to the Hill Road overpass in Mundy Township. The Flint City Council is expected to discuss the bill during a meeting Wednesday.
Agenda materials for the meeting indicate that Flint's insurance will not pay, because the MDOT invoice does not meet the city's deductible. Funding will come from the city's fund used to maintain major streets.
The crash happened on May 25, 2022, when a city dump truck driving northbound on U.S. 23 hit the bridge. The driver, who was not identified, didn't notice the dump box went up partially before he drove underneath the bridge.
The collision caused significant damage to a beam under the westbound side of Hill Road.
An MDOT bridge emergency team responded to make a temporary repair in May. MDOT contractors returned last November to make a permanent repair by heating up the beam, straightening it and reapplying a protective coating. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/flint-gets-474-000-bill-for-hitting-bridge-with-dump-truck/article_8edf6092-f4ab-11ed-85c1-57c2b8323379.html | 2023-05-17T13:58:43 | 0 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/flint-gets-474-000-bill-for-hitting-bridge-with-dump-truck/article_8edf6092-f4ab-11ed-85c1-57c2b8323379.html |
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WJRT) - A group of hero veterans are taking the trip of a lifetime to Washington, D.C. through the nonprofit Mid-Michigan Honor Flight.
ABC12 is following 75 veterans this week as they visit the war monuments honoring their service and sacrifice.
The group had a special sendoff Tuesday morning from Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids. The veterans included in the trip fought in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
Mid-Michigan Honor Flight volunteers started making plans for the journey back in November. President Robert Green said the trip was emotional from the start.
"I've already had one guy that came up to me and said he's a Vietnam veteran and he never felt that his service meant anything until he walked through the flight line at the airport and got the thank yous from the people standing in the flag line," Green said. "So that's 50 years of thinking that his service didn't mean anything to anyone."
There is not a single paid position for the nonprofit Mid-Michigan Honor Flight.
On Wednesday, volunteers will take the veterans to visit the war monuments, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, as well as the Pentagon. Later in the day, they will be welcomed back to Grand Rapids with a ceremony at the airport.
Watch ABC12 News at 4, 5 and 6 p.m. to see what the trip means for a Korean War veteran and Bay County native. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/veterans-travel-to-washington-d-c-on-mid-michigan-honor-flight/article_56f14018-f453-11ed-8436-1b0d34a76206.html | 2023-05-17T13:58:50 | 0 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/veterans-travel-to-washington-d-c-on-mid-michigan-honor-flight/article_56f14018-f453-11ed-8436-1b0d34a76206.html |
639-foot Great Lakes freighter runs aground at Belle Isle
Detroit ― A 639-foot Great Lakes freighter ran aground Wednesday morning on the east end of Belle Isle, just feet from the shoreline.
The freighter was headed toward Lake St. Clair from Cleveland when the accident happened before 9 a.m. not far from the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on the island's east end. It's unclear what caused the freighter to run aground.
Diane Reid was on Belle Isle when she saw the freighter go by before it ran aground.
“I was just sitting down there at the other end of the island. … I was just killing time out here and I saw this one go by and then you know, I didn't think anything of it," said Reid.
The ship, the M/V Mark W. Barker, had her maiden voyage in July 2022, according to the company that owns the ship, The Interlake Steamship Company, a Great Lakes carrier based in Middleburg Heights, Ohio.
The vessel is named after the Ohio company's president, Mark W. Barker, it said. It is also its first new ship since 1981. The Mark W. Barker was built in Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., the first new ship built on the Great Lakes in 35 years, the company said.
"This is a monumental day for our company and the US flag fleet as our much-anticipated freighter departs on her first voyage in what will be a long life of service on the Great Lakes," Barker said in a statement after the ship was launched in 2022. "The construction of this vessel, which was made from steel manufactured in Indiana, from iron ore delivered by vessel from Minnesota, reinforces our long-term commitment to shipping and delivering essential cargoes for our customers throughout the region."
Founded more than a century ago, The Interlake Steamship Co., boasts being the largest privately held U.S.-flag fleet on the Great Lakes and has a fleet of nine vessels. It annually, transports 20 million tons of raw materials, including iron ore, fluxstone, stone and coal.
Come back to The Detroit News for more on this developing story. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2023/05/17/freighter-runs-aground-at-belle-isle-mv-barker-ohio/70226883007/ | 2023-05-17T14:06:36 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2023/05/17/freighter-runs-aground-at-belle-isle-mv-barker-ohio/70226883007/ |
TikToker, Detroit Tigers surprise traffic controller, single mom with $50,000, gifts
A Detroit traffic controller and single mother of two who recently lost her husband got a life-changing gift over the weekend from a social media influencer and the Detroit Tigers.
Zachery Dereniowski ― known as MD Motivator on social media and is known for spreading kindness by giving strangers cash, cars and other gifts ― picked Linita Edge for free tickets to the Tigers on Mother's Day and posted the big reveal on his Instagram page Tuesday. The Detroit Tigers also posted news about the surprise and photos on its Twitter account.
Edge was directing traffic when Dereniowski, who has 3 million followers on Instagram and 16 million on TikTok, approached her and handed her a dollar with a note in an envelope. He told her she could keep the dollar if she opened the note and read it. The note invited her to join him inside Comerica Park.
In the video, she told Dereniowski that she was on duty and she couldn't go. He told her he got permission from Edge's supervisor for her to leave her post.
Edge checked with her bosses via walkie-talkie and they confirmed she could leave, so she went with Derenkiowski. Edge has been a traffic controller for the Detroit Police Department since 2016, according to a Facebook post by city officials.
Before walking into the park, he asked her what her dream was.
"My No. 1 dream is for my kids to make it, you know to excel," she answered. "I don't need a house on a hill, the fanciest cars, but if they continue to work hard and achieve and stay focused."
The two made their way onto the ballfield where they were joined by Detroit Police Chief James White and other officials. There it was announced Edge was being given tickets to a Tigers game and a postgame fireworks show as well as $500.
But the kindess didn't end there. Dereniowski also started a GoFundMe page for Edge called "Let's Change Edge's Life." As of Wednesday, donations totaled more than $52,000.
Overwhelmed by emotion, Edge dropped to her knees and threw her arms in the air after hearing the news over the stadium's PA system. "Oh my God!" she exclaimed as she cried.
Officials with the Detroit Tigers said Edge also will receive pizza from Little Caesar's for a year, a spa day at MotorCity Casino Hotel and a suite night at the Fox Theatre.
After, Edge said "I'm happy. I could die happy." | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2023/05/17/tiktoker-detroit-tigers-surprise-traffic-controller-single-mom-with-50000/70226506007/ | 2023-05-17T14:06:42 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2023/05/17/tiktoker-detroit-tigers-surprise-traffic-controller-single-mom-with-50000/70226506007/ |
Madison Heights man who pointed laser at police helicopter arrested
A Madison Heights man who allegedly pointed a laser at a Michigan State Police helicopter Tuesday could now face charges.
The incident happened around 9 p.m. in Madison Heights. A pilot and tactical flight officer were unharmed but shining a laser at an aircraft is a federal and state crime, said Lt. Michael Shaw of the Michigan State Police on Twitter.
The troopers determined that the laser came from an address in Madison Heights in the area of 26700 Osmun Street. MSP responded to the area and made contact with a male suspect who had a laser device on his person, MSP said in a Tweet.
The suspect, a 44-year-old man, was arrested and taken to MSP's Metro North Post. He was then processed and released pending prosecutor review, MSP announced in an update on Twitter Wednesday morning.
The incident was reported to Dynamic Radar Cruise Control and the Federal Aviation Administration and the investigation is ongoing, MSP said.
"It is a crime, both Federal and State, to point a laser at an aircraft," Shaw said on Twitter. "We are fortunate (that) no one was hurt or the aircraft didn’t crash in this incident."
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TAMPA, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference Wednesday morning at an area Christian school.
He's expected to be joined by Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz Jr. and Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Jason Weida.
The briefing is scheduled to begin at 9:45 a.m. at Cambridge Christian School, located at 6101 N. Habana Avenue.
10 Tampa Bay will carry the news conference online and on the free 10 Tampa Bay+ app for Fire TV and Roku devices. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/desantis-news-conference-tampa-christian-school/67-ca75f144-026c-4afe-ac37-8c8c8c415142 | 2023-05-17T14:09:48 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/desantis-news-conference-tampa-christian-school/67-ca75f144-026c-4afe-ac37-8c8c8c415142 |
After 2-4 inches of rain last night, metro Richmond get a chance to dry out.
VCU campus police are asking the public for help identifying a man they believe may be connected to multiple bicycle thefts on the school's Monroe Park campus over the weekend.
The department tweeted multiple screenshots from security camera footage captured around 4:45 p.m. Sunday that appear to show a man walking on campus with different bicycles. One of the pictures shows the man walking past the Physics Department building, which is on West Grace Street between North Laurel and North Pine streets.
The man is wearing a dark long-sleeved shirt with sleeves pushed up to his elbows, dark pants, athletic shoes and a baseball cap.
Anyone with information is asked to contact VCU Police at (804) 828-1196.
Here are the 7 takeaways from Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Florida elections
1. Kentucky voters set stage for biggest governor’s race of 2023
Cameron’s victory sets up one of 2023’s most important elections, and one with implications for 2024.
Beshear’s bid for a second term could be an important bellwether for next year, when his party is defending Senate seats in other red states – Montana, Ohio and West Virginia.
Beshear, whose father was a two-term governor, defeated Republican Gov. Matt Bevin – an unpopular incumbent who had angered many in his own party – in 2019. As expected, he fended off nominal Democratic opposition in Tuesday’s primary. Republicans, though, argue that despite Beshear’s popularity, November’s general election is likely to be competitive in the deep-red state.
Cameron on Tuesday said the Republican-controlled legislature deserves most of the credit for Beshear’s accomplishments.
“The governor cannot pretend to have hit a triple when everybody else knows that he was born on third base,” Cameron said.
He also previewed his lines of attack on Beshear in the election to come, blaming the first-term Democrat for crime, low workforce participation rates, fentanyl and schools that he said are “on the verge of becoming breeding grounds for liberal and progressive ideals.”
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2. Trump wins proxy battle with DeSantis
Former President Donald Trump endorsed Cameron early, offering the 37-year-old attorney general his support last June.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is poised to take Trump on for the party’s 2024 presidential nomination, made an eleventh-hour entry into the Kentucky race, backing Craft – who then fell flat on Tuesday.
Trump won the day and demonstrated his enduring influence with Republican primary voters – a reality Cameron acknowledged when he offered “a big thank you” to Trump at his election night party.
“Let me just say, the Trump culture of winning is alive and well in Kentucky,” Cameron said.
Morry Gash, Associated Press
3. Cameron could make history
If he defeats Beshear in November, Cameron could make history in two ways: as Kentucky’s first Black governor, and as the first Black Republican to be elected governor in the United States.
He nodded at that potential history-making status on stage Tuesday night.
“To anyone who looks like me, know that you can achieve anything. Know that in this country and in Kentucky, all that matters are your values,” Cameron said.
The attorney general’s national star turn came in a speech at the 2020 GOP convention. But Cameron, once an aide to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, proved his mettle in Kentucky by defeating Greg Stumbo, a Democratic former state attorney general and House speaker who had long frustrated Republicans in the state, in the 2019 attorney general’s race.
Timothy D. Easley, Associated Press
4. Democrat wins Jacksonville mayor’s office
Florida might have shifted right in recent elections – but a Democrat won the mayor’s race Tuesday in Jacksonville, which had been the largest city in the United States with a Republican mayor.
Democratic former journalist Donna Deegan (pictured) defeated Republican former state Rep. Daniel Davis in Tuesday’s runoff election, CNN projected. She will become the city’s first female mayor after campaigning on a pledge to increase transparency in city hall.
Republicans had held the Jacksonville mayor’s office since term-limited Mayor Lenny Curry narrowly defeated Democratic Mayor Alvin Brown in 2015.
Jacksonville is consolidated with Duval County, Florida – which means rural portions of the county and red-leaning suburban areas also vote in the mayoral race. That in part is how Republicans held the mayor’s office from former Mayor Ed Austin’s party switch in 1993 until now, with Brown’s lone four-year term as the only exception.
The Jacksonville outcome is another loss for DeSantis, who endorsed Davis in March and called him “the proven law and order conservative Jacksonville needs to tackle the city’s greatest challenges and seize its biggest opportunities.”
Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP
5. Progressives make a split decision in Pennsylvania
Progressive Democrats hit a snag in Philadelphia on Tuesday, when movement champion Helen Gym (pictured) failed to capture the party’s mayoral nomination in a crowded race that CNN projects will be won by former city council member Cherelle Parker.
Coming just a few weeks after Brandon Johnson’s victory in Chicago, progressives hoped the Philadelphia contest would continue their winning streak in big city races, which began last year with the election of Michelle Wu in Boston and Karen Bass in Los Angeles.
Parker, a moderate Democrat who is on track now to become the first Black woman to lead Philadelphia, had the support of the city’s Black establishment and a number of influential unions. She also appears to have benefitted from Gym and former city controller Rebecca Rhynhart splitting the more liberal vote.
But it wasn’t all bad news for the left in the Commonwealth.
Democrats in western Pennsylvania are poised to nominate state Rep. Sara Innamorato to be the next Allegheny County executive. Her win follows the election of longtime ally US Rep. Summer Lee to Congress last year and Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s unseating of then-incumbent Mayor Bill Peduto a year earlier.
Monica Herndon/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP
6. Pennsylvania Republicans go with establishment-backed candidate in Supreme Court race
Republican voters in Pennsylvania made a candidate supported by the GOP establishment their nominee for an open state Supreme Court seat, rejecting another Republican contender more closely aligned with former President Donald Trump’s wing of the party.
CNN projected the victory of Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Judge Carolyn Carluccio in Tuesday’s primary, which marks a rebound for the more traditional elements of the GOP in this presidential battleground state. She will defeat Commonwealth Court Judge Patricia McCullough, who briefly halted the certification of the state’s election results in 2020, and had the backing of a key Trump ally, Republican state Sen. Doug Mastriano, the election denier who lost the state’s gubernatorial race last year, in this election.
Carluccio now will face Democrat Superior Court Judge Daniel McCaffery, who won his primary on Tuesday, in the fall.
The nominees are vying for an open seat on Pennsylvania’s high court, following the death of former Chief Justice Max Baer, a Democrat, last year.
Monica Herndon/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP
7. Election denier falls flat in secretary of state race
Kentucky’s Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams (pictured) – who worked with Beshear and the GOP-led legislature to expand mail-in and early voting, and has drawn bipartisan praise for his four years in office – easily fended off an election-denying challenger Tuesday.
Adams defeated Stephen Knipper, an information technology project manager who has made false claims of fraud in the Bluegrass State’s elections, as well as former state lawmaker Allen Maricle.
It won’t be enough to stop false claims about how elections are conducted from proliferating. Kari Lake, the election denying Republican who lost Arizona’s 2022 governor’s race, tweeted Tuesday without offering any evidence that she was “hearing reports of trouble out of Kentucky during today’s elections.”
Adams will be the heavy favorite as he takes on Democratic former state Rep. Buddy Wheatley, who was unopposed for his party’s nomination, in November.
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DULUTH — When Matt Miranda first applied for a job in the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office in 2014, he and fellow applicants filled a lecture hall at the University of Minnesota Duluth to take the written examination.
Miranda had two years of experience as a ranger with the Minneapolis Park Police Department and another two working as an armed guard in downtown Minneapolis. He held a four-year degree and earned a good score on the test.
Miranda didn’t get the job. In fact, he didn’t even get an interview.
“It was a hard place to get into,” Miranda said recently. “Looking around the room, I could kind of see how people carry themselves and it’s like, ‘OK, a majority of the people here applying are already cops someplace else.”
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Right now it is all about the money. When they see the double-digit raises that other places are getting and they’re making hundreds of thousands of dollars more over the course of a career, that is the crux of the issue for us.
Once a sought-after agency, the sheriff’s law enforcement division is now finding itself struggling to hire and retain enough qualified candidates to fill critical public safety positions — a concern shared across the profession as agencies face dwindling recruitment numbers and a wave of retirements, some premature.
When Miranda was finally hired in 2016, he was among 78 applicants. By comparison, a hiring cycle last year resulted in just three candidates being hired from a pool of 20. And the most recent posting this spring netted only six applications.
It has emerged as a top challenge for a new administration led by Sheriff Gordon Ramsay, who hopes to bring a fresh perspective as the agency’s first new leader in 20 years.
“It really is probably our biggest issue,” Ramsay said. “Through my 17 years now as a leader of an organization, it has slowly moved from probably the fifth or sixth pressing issue to No. 1.”
Competing for cops
The sheriff’s law enforcement division had seven vacancies out of 112 authorized positions as of earlier this month. It may not seem like a major shortage, but union officials warned of a potential looming crisis if hiring trends are not reversed.
Typically, the agency has looked to not only fill existing vacancies in its annual application process, but also hire for openings that are expected based on upcoming departures. A large number of deputies were hired in the 1990s and are now hitting retirement age, and there could easily be another half-dozen openings by the end of this year.
“There are other agencies that have already kind of reached that tipping point of a staffing crisis, where you start forcing people to work more overtime and people get burnt out from that, so they leave and then you have to force even more overtime and you kind of hit that critical collapse of staffing where you can’t maintain basic services,” said Miranda, a Duluth-based investigator and the secretary-treasurer of the St. Louis County Deputy Sheriffs' Association.
“We’re not quite there yet, but if we have a few more years of hiring numbers like this, we’re going to get there," he said.
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The 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and a tide of negativity have impacted the profession, officials said. Law enforcement training programs, including those at community colleges in Cloquet and Hibbing, saw enrollment numbers nosedive overnight, and even some veteran officers began looking at other career options.
The result is that agencies have been forced to get increasingly competitive with wages and benefits in hopes of attracting candidates from an increasingly shallow pool. And the reality, Ramsay said, is that it’s impossible to compete with more lucrative jobs, particularly in the Twin Cities.
“Right now it is all about the money,” he said. “When they see the double-digit raises that other places are getting and they’re making hundreds of thousands of dollars more over the course of a career, that is the crux of the issue for us.”
Staffing challenges are hardly unique to St. Louis County. The Duluth Police Department, for example, has consistently been operating 20-30 officers short.
“There's no magic pill that’s going to solve our crisis, nor the crisis statewide,” said Mike McDougall, president of the deputies’ union. “We’ve got to focus on retention and, first and foremost, how do we keep those people retiring before 55 to stick around longer while we try to fix things going forward?”
A destination location?
With contract negotiations ongoing this spring, union leaders said more competitive wages and benefits are one part of the solution. Under the most recent contract, rank-and-file deputies can make approximately $53,000-$75,000 annually, based on experience. Investigators are paid between $57,000 and $81,000.
But they acknowledged it will be impossible to match compensation packages at other agencies, with Miranda saying he’s seen departments offer starting salaries in excess of $90,000, with signing bonuses up to $10,000.
Rather, the sheriff and union officials both suggested the agency can lean on its offerings as a sprawling county that contains a mix of urban and rural settings and an array of recreational opportunities.
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McDougall noted the office provides snowmobile, water and all-terrain vehicle patrols, a SWAT team that serves the entire region, as well as technology including drones and remote-operated underwater vehicles.
Deputies often visit township board meetings and other community functions, he added, enjoying a positive relationship with the public that is not likely seen in many cities with comparable police forces.
“We’ve got to get people to see that this is still a worthwhile, honorable profession,” said McDougall, a 19-year patrol veteran.
Ramsay, who previously led police departments in Duluth and Wichita, Kansas, called the county a “recruiting dream” and said he is looking at the feasibility of carving out full-time roles for some of the specialty patrols, which receive grant funding but can be difficult to fill as overtime shifts.
He said the office will also move to a continuous hiring process, allowing more flexibility in attracting candidates. It has traditionally occurred in March, outside the typical graduation window.
Ultimately, though, the sheriff said it isn't feasible for agencies to continue recruiting candidates "like future NBA All-Stars." Rather, he said, efforts need to be made to bring more people into the profession — in part by changing Minnesota's "complex and archaic" process of becoming a police officer.
Ramsay noted that prospective officers must complete a lengthy and expensive skills training program through a state college, at their own expense — a major barrier for professionals who may otherwise be interested in a career transition.
“It precludes a significant number of people from becoming a police officer in the state,” he said. “It filters out a lot of great candidates.”
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Jail, 911 seeing results
Since taking office, Ramsay said he’s also met with the union representing jail and 911 employees and undertaken efforts to bolster staffing levels in those divisions.
While 16 correctional officers have been hired in the past year, nine out of 53 positions still remained open as of May 1. The jail brings some unique challenges in that the state mandates staffing levels, resulting in mandatory overtime in what is already a demanding, and occasionally dangerous, job.
“That can be a morale buster,” Ramsay said. “It adds stress to the staff when they can’t get time off. You need to get time away from corrections.”
However, he said jail administrators have taken a creative and aggressive approach to marketing the positions, complete with improved wages and benefits. The county has mailed thousands of postcards to residences, run advertisements at movie theaters and “hit every job recruiting fair within 60 miles of the county.”
Another half-dozen offers recently went out to candidates, Ramsay said, indicating staffing levels are improving at the jail.
Meanwhile, at the 911 dispatch center, he said a strong hiring campaign over the winter drastically improved the stability of that division. Vacancies remained for only about three full-time positions.
He said a change implemented after discussions with the union led to the creation of a lead communications specialist for each shift. That ensures a supervisor is on hand at all times to handle administrative tasks, such as calling in other employees when someone is out sick.
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New hotel ownership is working to restore a historic Route 66 stop to its former, optimistic glory.
The Americana Motor Hotel first opened in 1962 at 2650 E. Santa Fe Ave. -- the name used for that stretch of the Mother Road in Flagstaff at the time.
By the end of the summer, a hotel in the same building, with the same name, will open again to offer nostalgic tourists a rosy glance back at the Flagstaff of yesteryear. Only this time the rooms come with high-definition TVs, and guests will have the opportunity to contact the front desk via text message and check in digitally.
In other words, when Practice Hospitality is officially booking rooms at the re-opened Americana Motor Hotel, it's hoping to embrace all things mid-century modern, pulling traffic away from home-sharing apps like Airbnb.
Practice Hospitality has properties in Georgia, Texas, Oregon and Utah. Its website reads: “Hospitality is drowning in a sea of sameness, and we’re over it.”
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Kate Buska, a spokesperson for Practice Hospitality, said that’s why they were interested in driving traffic back to a perhaps forgotten hotel on the Mother Road.
In curating décor and experiences that reflect optimism and the spirit of exploration, both hallmarks of America’s golden age of road trips, it has leaned into two major pieces of Flagstaff history.
First, designers embraced the look that defines Route 66 Americana.
In 1962 the hotel was painted green, yellow and orange -- bold, alternating colors that fit well with the horizontal diamonds fixed between the eaves of the hotel’s second and top floors. The original sign was bright, and completely at home on Route 66. The word Americana was printed in bold black over yellow bubbles.
Inside, the original hotel featured a tiki-themed dining room and cocktail lounge, a coffee shop, banquet rooms and a supper club. The “coral reef” dining room often hosted live entertainers, including a house band dubbed “The Dolphins.”
A pool, teal water slide and fountain in the then-courtyard looked completely natural beside winged T-birds with their tops down, and family cruising cars sporting baby moons and whitewall tires.
Today, chain-link fences, heavy equipment, and the rat-tat-tat and rumble of power tools are heralding in the building’s return to its original midcentury aesthetic.
Fresh coats of paint have restored the bright alternating colors. This time the bold paint shouts through the 1960s straight on into popular colors from the '70s -- those horizontal diamonds are a new shade of orange, yellow and teal.
The area around the hotel has changed a lot since the day it originally opened. The present construction site is situated beside the east side IHOP and a Wicked AZ Coffee stand. Viola’s Flower Garden stood for a time near that once pool-bearing courtyard.
The team that redesigned the Americana for the 2020s spent a lot of time looking at archived images of the building from the 1960s.
“We tried, and I think we achieved it, to really harken back to the nostalgia of the '60s, '70s, '80s when road-tripping with your family and friends was the lifestyle and what you did, especially on historic Route 66,” said Zach Miller, the new general manager of Americana Motor Hotel.
The courtyard area is being rebuilt. A pool will be reinstalled, and fire pits, boccie ball, cornhole and a sitting area will act as new additions.
In an appeal to the dog-loving modern traveler, Practice Hospitality added a “bark park” to the property. The rooms will be animal friendly, and a dog washing station will allow visitors to rinse the dust of the road off of Fido before hunkering down in one of the 89 rooms -- now adorned with a mirror ball and characterized by nostalgic wood-paneled walls.
“We’re really excited about this property and preserving the heritage of this hotel. I feel like that’s so Flagstaff’s vibe. There’s so much creativity and such a sense of place here. We really hope we can be part of the community,” said Buska.
As the space is re-imaged, Buska said, space itself has been taken into consideration.
“We know people are coming to Flagstaff to be in Flagstaff. We want to make this a great spot that’s kind of a launch pad for adventure here in northern Arizona,” said Buska. “The idea that every astronaut that has walked on the moon trained in Flagstaff is, like, incredibly compelling.”
Guests will be able to check out telescopes from the hotel lobby to use in the newly restored “backyard.” They’ll also have the chance to buy tickets to Lowell Observatory at the front desk.
“We really channeled that era of optimism of the space race ... there’s a great nostalgia for it. It’s sort of that optimistic era of the open road and exploration, and it is very retro-futuristic,” Buska said.
Some of the interior colors in each guest room feel reminiscent of the NASA logo. Above beds with muted rainbow headboards are signs that show sayings such as “We are all made of stars” over galactic backdrops. A visitor will not have to look far to find pictures of astronauts in training for lunar missions. From time to time, the completed parts of the Americana feel like they might have been decorated by June or Judy Jetson.
That’s part of the point.
Buska said her company hopes the Americana will become a destination hotel — sending people out into the Flagstaff area to recreate and vacation, but also curating a unique experience for guests in the building itself. It’s an essential part of remaining competitive in a market where Vrbo and Airbnb are increasingly prevalent.
“I think that that is a choice that our customers might be looking at. Here at Americana, we’re really focused on the experience. The décor is an experience in and of itself,” Buska said. “Certainly we think we can create experiences that may tempt people away from alternative options.”
In June of 1962, the Arizona Daily Sun published a “Hotel Help Wanted” advertisement on the front page. The ad listed openings for “Bell Boys, House Boys, Bartenders, Bar Boys, Summer Workers and College Students” boasting, “Good Jobs Still Open.”
The Americana Motor Hotel will be seeking to hire close to 20 new employees.
Instead of inquiring in person as it has been instructed to do 61 years ago, Miller said job seekers should apply online.
“We’re looking for the right candidates that want to be part of the culture, not just work somewhere. We want them to be part of the culture, part of the vibe, part of the personalized service experience that we are going to curate here,” Miller said. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/reviving-route-66-history-renovated-hotel-hopes-to-draw-more-tourists-back-to-the-mother/article_96f2d9fc-edea-11ed-b188-4397571bddd2.html | 2023-05-17T14:17:46 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/reviving-route-66-history-renovated-hotel-hopes-to-draw-more-tourists-back-to-the-mother/article_96f2d9fc-edea-11ed-b188-4397571bddd2.html |
Alina Skrocki, a senior at Basis Flagstaff, is set to make a splash in Yeti athletic history.
Skrocki signed to dive at San Diego State University next season, making her the first Basis Flagstaff graduate to be recruited and signed to a Division I roster. There have been a handful that have walked on at various schools once they got on campus, but Skrocki joked that her peers at Basis Flagstaff know she’s going to be a big-time athlete breaking a record.
“They told me not to forget them,” she said, laughing.
With several options of where she wanted to dive, Skrocki almost stayed home to enroll at Northern Arizona and dive under her current coach, Nikki Kelsey, who heads the Northern Arizona Divers youth club and the Lumberjacks diving team.
There are currently three of Skrocki's club teammates diving for the Lumberjacks.
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However, after some consideration, Skrocki decided to venture to California.
“The team was amazing to me when I visited, really supportive and really good divers,” she said. “I’m definitely a beach person, too, so I’m excited for that. And I’m nervous, but in a good way. I’m looking forward to diving with all my incredible teammates and seeing what I can accomplish there.”
Skrocki’s mother, Tina Ching, echoed the sentiment.
“Of course I'm going to miss her dearly, but I've always wanted my kids to embrace new experiences, so I encouraged them to leave Flagstaff for college. I'm proud of her for choosing SDSU despite wanting to stay with her amazing coach, Nikki Kelsey,” Ching said.
For many years, Skrocki has competed for the Northern Arizona Divers under Kelsey, and had much success. Skrocki placed first in the 2023 USA Diving Junior Region 11 Championships that took place from April 21 to 23 in Albuquerque in both the 1- and 3-meter competitions.
That was just the latest achievement in a long line of successes.
Kelsey remembers Skrocki as a relatively new diver years ago who had raw talent and a solid relationship to working at the sport. She saw a bright future.
But Skrocki wasn’t sure about her own level of commitment, much less getting to the level of being recruited by some of the West Coast’s top schools.
“I didn’t even like diving for the first two years, but then I started getting better and winning, and it became something I really loved,” Skrocki said.
In her early teenage years, Skrocki took the sport more seriously, and started succeeding on a national level. She seemingly hit a mental switch at that point, Kelsey said, and became one of the club’s top performers and personalities.
“She’s been a huge success because she’s been a great leader. But she’s also a great role model with the way she trains, and a lot of the younger divers look up to her,” Kelsey said.
Kelsey added: “We’re really excited about the diver, but even more the person and teammate she’s become.”
The Aztecs went 14-0 in dual meets last season. San Diego State also placed first in the Mountain West Conference Championships and sent three divers to the NCAA Zone E Meet.
Skrocki will continue to compete with the Northern Arizona Divers throughout the summer, including zone and national meets, before making the move west in the fall. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/basis-flagstaff-senior-skrocki-signs-with-sdsu-diving/article_60791f58-f40c-11ed-a93c-03a974aae15a.html | 2023-05-17T14:17:52 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/basis-flagstaff-senior-skrocki-signs-with-sdsu-diving/article_60791f58-f40c-11ed-a93c-03a974aae15a.html |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The State Capitol today will be packed with hundreds of cyclists to honor the lives of other bicyclists who died or were injured on roadways.
May is National Bike Month, and organizers are trying to bring awareness to motorists to share the roads with bicyclists.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, 1,000 cyclists die and 130,000 are injured every year in the United States. According to Recycle Bicycle in Harrisburg, 15 cyclists died in 2022. This was a decline from 24 in 2021, which saw the highest number of cyclist deaths ever reported in 20 years.
“Fifteen is way too many,” said Ross Willard, chief manufacturing officer at Recycle Bicycle. “I grew up in an industry where we called it 'Vision Zero' and it’s real tough to turn to your friends and employees and say 'how many people want to die today,' so 15 is way too many for Pennsylvania.”
Several white "ghost bikes" that signify the number of cyclists killed on roadways line the Capitol Steps. There is one red bike that represents the hundreds of people injured every year while on their bikes. Willard says they sit on the Capitol Steps to bring awareness to the issue at hand.
“The ghost bikes here are a barometer of every year to tell not only the state legislatures and the governor but the general public, we belong on the roads and we don’t want to see any more bikes like this,” said Willard.
Among one of the many cyclists killed is Leyla Monroy, who died riding home on her bike last summer. Monroy collided with a van after the driver made a U-turn on Market Street in Harrisburg, according to police.
“In Harrisburg, we had a terrible year,” said Willard.
The 2.5-mile ride will begin at 7 p.m. behind the Armed Forces Reserve Center on the 2900 block of Green Street in Harrisburg. The gathering will be from 6:15 to 6:45 p.m.
Cyclists will ride in SILENCE to the steps of the State Capitol, where there will be a ceremony to memorialize those lost on Pennsylvania’s roads in 2022. All levels and types of bikes and bikers are welcome. Helmets are mandatory for this ride, and bikers are encouraged to wear a black and/or red armband in solidarity. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/ghost-bikes-capitol-steps-cyclists-killed-harrisburg-ride-in-silence-national-bike-month/521-a8e8f82b-1dfa-41a3-aea1-2b1dc6b9e7c9 | 2023-05-17T14:18:59 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/ghost-bikes-capitol-steps-cyclists-killed-harrisburg-ride-in-silence-national-bike-month/521-a8e8f82b-1dfa-41a3-aea1-2b1dc6b9e7c9 |
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. — The Lower Paxton Township Bureau of Police is requesting the public's assistance to locate a missing 15-year-old.
Officers say Nya Chestnut, pictured above, left her home on May 8 and has not returned.
Anyone with information on Nya's whereabouts is asked to contact the Lower Paxton Township Bureau of Police at (717) 657-5656 or submit a tip online. Police ask tipsters to reference Incident Number LP-23-010746. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/police-searching-for-nya-chestnut-missing-dauphin-county-lower-paxton-township/521-ebd1e35d-91e4-48eb-827b-490569c17446 | 2023-05-17T14:19:05 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/police-searching-for-nya-chestnut-missing-dauphin-county-lower-paxton-township/521-ebd1e35d-91e4-48eb-827b-490569c17446 |
CUMMING, Ga. — The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deadly shootout in Cumming early Wednesday morning.
Deputies arrived at a business just around 7:40 a.m. for a shooting. They responded to the scene just four minutes after the call, according to officials.
When they arrived, they found two men with gunshot wounds.
Officials said one victim was dead on the scene and the other one was listed as critical.
Officials believe that two men got into a "physical altercation". They then both got their weapons and fired at each other, according to the sheriff's office.
Deputies have not mentioned any arrests at this time.
Authorities describe them as temporary workers at a "warehouse-type business."
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ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke’s largest free multicultural festival is taking over Elmwood Park on Saturday, May 20. Local Colors Festival is celebrating its 32nd year.
You can enjoy an opening ceremony, Parade of Nations, performances and dozens of vendor booths representing cultures from around the world. There will be cuisine, artisan booths, educational and cultural displays and community partners.
There is also a space for children to learn and explore. They can enjoy interactive activities to learn about different cultures and get their face painted.
The festival will also feature an international beer truck where you can sample different spirits from around the world.
Some of the performers for the festival include Southwest Virginia Ballet, World of Dance, Community Arts Reach and Dream Dance Fitness.
Lisa Spencer, the executive director of Local Colors, says this festival is important because we need to recognize the different cultures that are present here in Southwest Virginia
“We have such a diverse community, and when you acknowledge and honor people’s cultural heritage, it really shows them that they are seen and they are valued,” says Spencer.
Make sure to come to the festival hungry because Kona KoffeeHouse, Sudah’s Kitchen, Lynchburg’s Caribbean Jerk Pot, Empanada Nirvana Roanoke and more will be on site serving up some tasty international dishes.
The festival runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/17/celebrate-different-cultures-from-all-around-the-world-this-weekend-in-elmwood-park/ | 2023-05-17T14:49:42 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/17/celebrate-different-cultures-from-all-around-the-world-this-weekend-in-elmwood-park/ |
President Joe Biden honored the 2021-22 Medal of Valor recipients from across the country in a ceremony at about 9:30 a.m.
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- Sayfullo Saipov was convicted of killing eight people on a Manhattan bike path on Halloween in 2017 in a terror-inspired attack; the death penalty had been on the table, but the jury failed to reach a unanimous decision, meaning an automatic life sentence with no chance at parole
- Prosecutors had urged death, saying Saipov never showed compassion for any of his victims as he sought to kill as many people as he could, even confessing that he had hoped to go to the Brooklyn Bridge after the bike path attack to kill more people; they now want eight life sentences
- Saipov's attorneys had asked jurors to spare him the death penalty, noting how several members of his family expressed hope that someday he would realize how wrong he was. He did not testify during trial but will have the opportunity to speak at his sentencing
Relatives of eight people killed in a Halloween terror attack on a New York City bike path in 2017, as well as those who were hurt, are expected to speak at a Wednesday sentencing hearing for an Islamic extremist who prosecutors say should have been put to death for his crimes.
Sayfullo Saipov's sentencing in Manhattan federal court comes after a jury in March rejected the death penalty for the Uzbekistan citizen and one-time New Jersey resident, leaving him with a mandatory life sentence.
Prosecutors urged Judge Vernon S. Broderick to impose a sentence of eight consecutive life sentences — one for each death — and an additional 260 years in prison, according to a pre-sentence submission.
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"Saipov is an unabashed terrorist — a proud murderer who deserves no leniency and should be punished to the fullest extent of the law," prosecutors wrote.
“After months of planning a vicious terrorist attack, Saipov got what he wanted: brutal carnage of innocent people, lives and families destroyed, and terror in New York City. Indeed, the only thing Saipov was denied was even more death and destruction because he crashed into a school bus before he made it to the Brooklyn Bridge,” they added.
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Saipov, 35, carried out his attack on Halloween in 2017 when he ran his rented truck onto a bike path in Lower Manhattan that is popular with residents and tourists.
Five tourists from Argentina, two Americans and a Belgian woman were killed, and 18 others were seriously injured.
Saipov was shot by a police officer and immediately taken into custody after emerging from his truck shouting “God is great” in Arabic and waving paintball and pellet guns in the air.
Prosecutors said he smiled as he asked FBI agents who questioned him in a hospital room after the attack if they could hang an Islamic State group flag on the walls.
At his trial, his family members urged a life sentence, saying they hoped he would realize what he had done and express remorse. They said they wanted him to return to the passive person they remembered him as before he grew obsessed with online propaganda posted by the Islamic State militant group.
A former long-haul truck driver, Saipov moved legally to the U.S. from Uzbekistan in 2010 and lived in Ohio and Florida before joining his family in Paterson, New Jersey.
His lawyer, David Patton, told jurors that his actions were “senseless, horrific, and there’s no justification for them.”
Patton, who did not post a sentencing submission in the public file, did not return an email message Tuesday.
Saipov, who did not testify at his trial, will have the opportunity to speak at the sentencing hearing. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/manhattan-bike-path-killer-sayfullo-saipov-faces-victims-families-at-sentencing/4341820/ | 2023-05-17T14:53:59 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/manhattan-bike-path-killer-sayfullo-saipov-faces-victims-families-at-sentencing/4341820/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – Ales, lagers, IPAs, stouts, you name it and you’ll find it at the Beer ‘Merica and Beyond craft beer festival in Orlando this weekend.
The festival is taking place on Saturday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Gaston Edwards Park in Orlando’s Ivanhoe Village.
Some of the breweries participating in the event include Ivanhoe Park Brewing, New Holland Brewing and Motorworks Brewing.
There will also be a couple bands performing.
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Don’t fret, there will be delicious food options when you get hungry. One of the food providers is Cholo Dogs, whose operator was featured on News 6′s Florida Foodie podcast earlier this year. Cholo Dogs serves Mexican-inspired hot dogs.
And if you dress your best in patriotic gear, you’ll be entered for a chance to win your favorite beer for a year.
Click here for tickets and to check out the full beer lineup.
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ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – A man was shot early Wednesday in Altamonte Springs, according to police.
Officers responded at 1:24 a.m. to the shooting at Opal Hotel & Suites, located at 230 West State Road 436.
The victim — identified as a 50-year-old man — suffered from a gunshot wound and was taken to a hospital, police said.
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The Altamonte Springs Police Department is still investigating.
Anyone with information was urged to contact the department at (407) 339-2441 or 911. Those who wish to stay anonymous were encouraged to call Crimeline at (800) 423-TIPS (8477).
This is a developing story. Check back here for the latest updates.
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OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – A 16-year-old boy is missing after being last seen getting into a car near his Poinciana home, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.
Jariel Delarosa was last seen around 3 a.m. near Catalina Court.
Deputies said surveillance video showed the teen wearing a light-colored T-shirt, pajama pants and a backpack.
The boy was seen getting into the passenger’s seat of a small dark-colored sedan that drove east on Catalina Court.
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Jariel is described as being 5 feet, 8 inches tall with black hair and brown eyes. He weighs 125 pounds.
Anyone who sees him is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 407-348-2222 or 911.
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WATERLOO – A teen has been charged in connection with gunfire late Tuesday.
No injuries were reported in what police described as a drug deal gone bad that led to shots fired.
Neighbors reported hearing gunshots at about 9 p.m. Tuesday and seeing people fleeing into a home at 1225 Lincoln St. Police searched the Lincoln Street home and found a handgun.
A 14-year-old male was charged with intimidation with a weapon, carrying weapons and reckless use of a firearm.
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Northern Iowa football coach Mark Farley rallies support for the UNI “Our Tomorrow” campaign
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Northern Iowa head wresling coach Doug Schwab fires up the crowd
Northern Iowa head men’s basketball coach Ben Jacobson addresses the crowd at the Waterloo stop of the Panther Caravan
Northern Iowa head volleyball coach Bobbi Peterson discusses her team | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/teen-charged-in-gunfire-tuesday-night/article_682fd0b0-4cbb-52ea-9804-40e4eb6b0942.html | 2023-05-17T15:03:53 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/teen-charged-in-gunfire-tuesday-night/article_682fd0b0-4cbb-52ea-9804-40e4eb6b0942.html |
DALLAS(KDAF)—Especially if they have 250,000 in their pocket, someone near Dallas can afford one heck of a summer vacation.
The Texas Lottery reports a $250,000 winning All or Nothing from Tuesday’s evening drawing was sold in Mesquite, “A $250,000 winning top prize ticket for the evening #AllOrNothing drawing was sold in #Mesquite!”
A $250,000 winning top prize ticket for the evening #AllOrNothing drawing was sold in #Mesquite!#Texas #TexasLottery pic.twitter.com/2iCMnlfDSS
— Texas Lottery (@TexasLottery) May 16, 2023
That ticket matched all 12 of the winning numbers from the May 16 drawing (5,6,7,10, 11,13,14,15,16,19,21,22). It was sold at Best for Less at 1066 Pioneer Rd in the city of Mesquite; the ticket was not Quick Pick. | https://cw33.com/news/local/check-your-ticket-250000-winning-ticket-sold-outside-of-dallas/ | 2023-05-17T15:04:58 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/check-your-ticket-250000-winning-ticket-sold-outside-of-dallas/ |
A man has died weeks after Tucson police say he lost control of an ATV after going over a neighborhood speed table.
Christopher Wayne Wilson, 37, was driving a red 2013 Polaris ATV near East Fort Lowell Road and North Beverly Avenue about 11:45 p.m. April 6, when he lost control and crashed, police said in a news release.
Wilson was traveling well above the posted 25 MPH speed limit and was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, police said citing roadway evidence.
Wilson died May 13 at a hospital.
This is the 14th fatal vehicle collision Tucson police have investigated so far this year.
Jamie Donnelly covers breaking news for the Arizona Daily Star. Contact her via e-mail at jdonnelly@tucson.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/tucson-police-man-dies-weeks-after-crash/article_a27f2030-f445-11ed-81f1-af091999c522.html | 2023-05-17T15:06:51 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/tucson-police-man-dies-weeks-after-crash/article_a27f2030-f445-11ed-81f1-af091999c522.html |
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Re: the May 14 article “Metro leaders unite for our streets, neighborhoods, businesses.”
City of Tucson and Pima County leadership state that they are worried about booming homelessness and substance abuse crises and are working to solve them. Unfortunately, their efforts to date have been woefully inadequate. The results of January’s annual Tucson Point-In-Time count indicated a 60% increase since 2018 in people experiencing homelessness in Tucson. Simply put, city and county leaders need to do more to reverse this trend.
What can they do? Since November, I have been volunteering with Hope Factory Production, a nonprofit organization of volunteer architects, engineers and designers, to establish a new Tucson Tiny Home Coalition. Volunteer-built tiny homes, placed in well-managed tiny home villages, have been proven around the country to be an effective and highly desirable transitional housing solution. I travel north during the summer to Seattle to volunteer at the Hope Factory, joining over a thousand other volunteers to build tiny homes. We build six days a week. We are joined most days by local businesses, churches and clubs, who see tiny home production as a highly successful team-building opportunity. We have a relationship with Lowe’s, which provides low-cost materials. Lowe’s has also donated extensive tooling to our operation. The result is temporary housing at a fraction of the cost of other solutions.
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Tiny homes are placed in effectively run tiny home villages. Nationwide experience has proven-out key characteristics necessary for a tiny home village to be successful in helping people get back onto their feet and into permanent affordable housing. A key element for success is having social workers located onsite to provide residents with needed support, including healthcare and addiction support, obtaining critical documents, education support, food assistance, job training and placement, and other services. Tiny home villages provide social workers a safe working environment, allowing them to be productive in their efforts. A tiny home is safe, warm and dry and has a door that locks, allowing formerly homeless individuals basic needs to help them move forward. The transition rate into permanent housing from tiny home villages is many times higher than from shelters and helps to make neighborhoods safer. For this, tiny home villages receive strong support from local public safety departments, including police, fire, and public health.
Our Tucson Tiny Home Coalition has grown to include many local agencies, organizations and individuals involved with working to solve Tucson’s growing homeless crisis. We have been exploring potential projects with local governmental agencies and departments, as well as private organizations that provide social services and affordable housing. Extensive enthusiasm exists for this solution, and multiple potential proof-of-concept sites have been identified.
But city bureaucracy seems intent on keeping solutions like this from happening. Rigid building codes and zoning laws inhibit new, innovative solutions such as ours. City leaders wrote in their OpEd that they are committed to solving Tucson’s homeless crisis, but their actions, or rather inactions, show they are more concerned with keeping solutions out of their backyards, or rather out of the Ward they represent. The volunteer efforts of Hope Factory Production resulted in a new eighty-home village recently being approved for Little Rock, AR, with more land designated for hundreds of additional homes. Volunteer-built tiny homes, placed in effectively run tiny home villages, have been proven effective in 15 states and 25 cities across the country. We want to add Tucson to this list. To make this a reality, the leaders of Tucson need to move from words to action. In the meantime, Tucson’s homeless crisis continues to boom, and with it, we continue to see human suffering at many levels, from those experiencing the dreadful experience of being homeless to burgeoning crime rates and citizens and business owners feeling unsafe in their own neighborhoods.
Dave Gamrath is a volunteer community organizer. | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-tucsons-homelessness-boom/article_a0e1e0d2-f3f5-11ed-9ffd-d7e3c6f74874.html | 2023-05-17T15:07:03 | 1 | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-tucsons-homelessness-boom/article_a0e1e0d2-f3f5-11ed-9ffd-d7e3c6f74874.html |
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Law enforcement officials are investigating after a shooting on Tuesday evening left a 20-year-old man dead.
According to police, at about 9:50 p.m. on Tuesday, officers responding to a call of a person with a gun along the 600 block of N. Preston Street found 20-year-old Kameir Scott of West Philadelphia laying in a vacant lot after he had been shot multiple times.
Officials said Scott was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced at about 10:12 p.m.
According to law enforcement officials, there is no known motive for this shooting and no arrest has been made, but an investigation is ongoing.
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NORTH PORT, Fla. – Two people were arrested in connection to a shooting in North Port that happened Sunday morning.
The North Port Police Department (NPPD) was called to a shooting near Cincinnati Street and Boca Chica Avenue around 10:30 a.m.
William Walker of Dade City, 41, and Gilliana Eichenlaub of Zephyrhills, 41, were both arrested.
Walker is facing charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, shooting into an occupied dwelling/ vehicle, tampering with evidence, drug possession, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Eichenlaub is facing charges of tampering with evidence and accessory.
One person was flown to the hospital following the shooting and is currently recovering.
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BLOOMINGTON — Police in Bloomington are asking for the public's help in searching for a runaway teenager.
A Wednesday morning press release from the Bloomington Police Department said Breyden K. Breymer, of Bloomington, was reported missing Thursday, May 11.
The release described Breymer as a 16-year-old white male who is 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighs 170 pounds and has green eyes and brown hair. BPD said he was last seen wearing a gray and red Adidas sweatshirt, pants and a black 50 Cent hat.
BPD urges anyone with information on his whereabouts to call BPD at 309-820-8888. Additionally, if you or someone you know is considering running away, crisis counselors with Project Oz are available to help anytime by calling 309-827-0377.
Who are they? IL children reported missing as of May 6
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Name: Ja’Nya Parks
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Most memorable high school moment: My track meets junior year. The environment was always refreshing! I got to run and while that can be a challenge at times, along with the weather, I got to interact with my peers and build greater bonds with my friends!
Most influential teacher: Scott Coey, Megan Winget, and Jennifer Sepanski in AP Human Geography and Sociology (Coey), AP U.S. History (Winget), and English (Sepanski); It would be a lie to say that only one teacher has influenced me my four years of high school. Mr. Coey, Mrs. Winget, and Mrs. Sepanski have been extremely formative presences in my life. They have driven me to learn more about the world, sparked my passions further, and have always been there for me—whether it be for simple conversation, laughs, or support.
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School activities/clubs: Academic Skills Challenge/Decathlon, Environmental Club, National Honor Society, Poetry Club, student government
School athletics: Basketball, track
School offices held: Vice President of Academic Decathlon.
Honors, letters or awards: Honor roll all four years of high school, academic letter, and varsity letters for track and basketball.
Out-of-school activities/hobbies: Reading, watching series/movies, and listening to music.
College choice: University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Intended major/field of study: Political Science
Role model: My mom.
Three words that best describe my role model: Family-oriented. Generous. Admirable
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VACAVILLE, Calif. — A second teen is now facing charges after a Sacramento 16-year-old was shot and killed last Thursday in Vacaville.
According to the Vacaville Police Department, a Vacaville 16-year-old was arrested around noon Monday and booked into Solano County Juvenile Hall on suspicion of attempted murder and unlawful discharge of a firearm.
Those charges are in connection with the death of 16-year-old Mateo Godinez-Vallejo, of Sacramento.
CASE HISTORY
Vacaville police say they responded to reports of gunfire on Meadows Drive around 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 11.
Upon arrival they found Godinez-Vallejo was a gunshot wound. He was taken to the hospital where he later died from his injuries.
Police say he and a 17-year-old were fighting when both were shot. The 17-year-old went to the hospital for his wounds and was arrested the next day on suspicion of murder and unlawful discharge of a firearm.
Then, on May 15, a 16-year-old was also arrested in connection with the shooting.
Anyone with information in the case can call Det. Meek at 707-469-4810.
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FOLSOM, Calif. — People get lonely, and sometimes having someone to talk to can really help.
If people are in a senior assisted living facility or an isolated community, it can be hard to make friends. However, that may not be the case for long. Two high school inventors from Folsom developed an app using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to provide lonely people with an instant friend.
For nearly 15 years, Beverly Johnson’s mountain retirement home just outside Placerville has been her sanctuary. It's a place to make and reflect on memories and pictures of her husband.
“This picture is of my husband when we did an MS (multiple sclerosis) walk. My husband had MS,” said Johnson.
After losing her husband to MS, her secluded home became lonely.
“A lot of times it does get lonely. There are only so many things you can do, and usually when you are doing something you like to do it with someone else,” said Johnson.
In February, her home got a little less lonely after she met a new friend named Geri. Geri is a conversational AI cell phone app made for lonely people.
“You know, I am kind of really having fun with this because she makes me laugh and even if it is a mistake, it makes me chuckle because I am talking to a computer,” said Johnson.
The app was developed by Rishi Ambavanekar and Rohan Kulkarni, student inventors from Vista Del Lago High School in Folsom.
“We want to see people with Alzheimer’s using this. We want to see people struggling with social situations because they are isolated using this,” said Kulkarni.
Ambavanekar and Kulkarni are not your typical high schoolers, and Geri is not their first invention. Last year, Ambavanekar was featured on Good Morning America for inventing a device helping stroke victims communicate. Kulkarni has a makeshift laboratory of inventions filling his parents' upstairs office.
Solving world problems is what the two friends like to do for fun and developing Geri was no different. However, this invention also had a personal meaning behind it.
“It actually started with my late grandfather. He was in the hospital for leukemia,” said Ambavanekar.
While in the hospital, Ambavanekar’s grandfather had limited access to visitors and loneliness set in.
“We noticed this was not specific to just him, but a lot of my grandparents and their friends experienced this as well,” said Ambavanekar.
To solve the problem, Ambavanekar and Kulkarni turned to the artificial intelligence program ChatGPT.
“ChatGPT is a very new general intelligence model, a big language model,” said Ambavanekar.
ChatGPT has highly advanced artificial intelligence capabilities developers can use to help build different programs. Ambavanekar and Kulkarni used it to build Geri.
It's a simple one-button user-friendly cell phone app for lonely people like Johnson to use.
“It’s not at all like I thought the computer would be. I grew up with the show 'The Jetsons.' I don’t know if you remember,” said Johnson.
In the cartoon show The Jetsons, RUDI the talking computer was George Jetson’s friend. RUDI was an Artificial Intelligence system that could make its own unique decisions like a human. Geri, on the other hand, cannot.
“Basically, it’s trained on a bunch of data all over the Internet on a bunch of subjects, and it is meant to complete sentences,” said Ambavanekar.
Essentially, Geri is predicting what the user wants to talk about, but those predictions aren’t always right — and that’s where Johnson comes in.
“I think he is happy when you tell him what the problem is, and by the end of the day, he has fixed the problem,” said Johnson.
Johnson is a beta tester. Anytime there is a problem with Geri, she texts back and forth with Ambavanekar and Kulkarni.
“Beverly has just been giving me great feedback. She always tells me improvements,” said Ambavanekar.
Thanks to Johnson and about a dozen other beta testers, development of Geri is almost complete. The next step is to launch the app and get it in the hands of other lonely people. They want to offer it to them free of charge, but there’s just one problem.
“Every single question you ask costs us between half-a-cent and two cents,” said Kulkarni.
Ambavanekar says with a hundred users, the cost could go up to $50 a day.
Because Geri runs off the ChatGPT program, there is a fee for using it. The high school kids are now looking for financial backing so Geri is accessible to every lonely person.
“She (Geri) asked me one day, 'Do you think AI will catch on?' My answer was: 'It already has. I am talking to you,'" said Johnson.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hot weather will be sticking around for a while thanks to a meteorological feature known as a blocking high, pushing temperatures far above daily average high temperatures through the rest of the week.
Blocking patterns generally promote extended stretches of hot weather due to the influence of the stubborn high pressure overhead.
In this case, very strong high pressure is located to the north, centered over British Columbia. Even though it is centered north of us here in California, the state’s weather is still under its influence.
A weak low pressure system helped to moderate temperatures the past two days following mid to upper 90-degree heat Saturday, but high pressure will once again strengthen as the low dissipates.
Highs will be in the mid 90s Tuesday and Wednesday in the Central Valley, and highs in the Sierra will reach into the 60s and 70s, further accelerating snow melt.
The high pressure will slightly weaken by Wednesday, allowing for minor drops in temperatures. Highs for Wednesday and the back half of the work week will hover around 90 in Sacramento.
May started off quite cold in Northern California before the heat ramped up this past weekend. In fact, downtown Sacramento recorded a high temperature of 59 on May 4, marking the first time since 2011 the high temperature failed to reach at least 60 degrees in May and only the fourth time this century.
The Climate Prediction Center has California being warmer than average for at least the next 10 days due to this blocking pattern. After that, it looks like the blocking pattern will finally be broken down and temperatures could return closer to average.
Even though the heat is an unwelcome preview of summer for many, May is no stranger to extended periods of hot weather. In fact, the last time downtown Sacramento didn’t have a 90 degree day in the month of May was in 2010.
Based on the persistence of the current pattern and high pressure being firmly planted overhead, the total number of 90 degree days could possibly reach double digits this month.
Dating back to the first reliable measurements in Sacramento (1877), the city didn't receive double digit 90 degree days in May until 1947. Since 2014, it has happened four times, yet another signal of a warming climate.
On the bright side, temperatures aren’t expected to reach 100 in the next two weeks. Three years ago, Sacramento had four straight 100 degree days, so although it will be a fairly hot this week, we won’t have anything like that to contend with in the upcoming forecast. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/blocking-high-over-western-north-america-what-does-it-mean/103-908b8136-6e0a-45d7-82cc-8af9b631ec94 | 2023-05-17T15:20:30 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/blocking-high-over-western-north-america-what-does-it-mean/103-908b8136-6e0a-45d7-82cc-8af9b631ec94 |
ANGELS CAMP, Calif. — The Calaveras County Fair is celebrating 130 years since its earliest recorded festival, and most of the traditional events have stuck around.
It wasn't until the 1930s that the Calaveras County Fair and the Jumping Frog Jubilee became one multi-day event filled with livestock, arena events and the Frog Jump.
"We're a county — we're corny, quirky and we want people to feel like they just stepped into an old Pat Boone movie," said Fair CEO Laurie Giannini. "If you don't know anyone, by the time you leave, you will."
Fair activities include:
- ATV/4 Wheeler Barrell Race
- Calaveras Idol (Singing competition)
- Destruction derby
- Frog Jump
- Kids Pack and Arena Play Day
- Stampede events
- Youth parade
The fair name comes from a Mark Twain story called the Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County in 1865. Now, more than 40,000 visitors come and see the frogs.
A children's parade in downtown Angels Camp will kick off the Jumping Frog Jubilee and the celebration ends with a Destruction Derby on Sunday evening.
"We will have increased children's entertainment, our livestock section grew and we have four stages of entertainment," said Giannini.
Fair schedule
Thursday, May 18: Tom Sawyer's Kids Day (Kids 12 and under free all day)
- 8 a.m.: Grounds open
- 10 a.m.: Youth Parade
- Noon: Carnival opens
- 1:30 p.m.: Rodeo Queen
- 7:45 p.m.: Fair dedication - Folendorf Family
- 11 p.m.: Grounds close
Friday, May 19: Huck Finn's Adventures Day (Kids 5 and under free all day)
- 8 a.m.: Grounds open
- Noon: Carnival opens
- 4 p.m.: Industrial Arts arts auction
- 8 p.m.: Ned Ledoux on the Main Stage
- Midnight: Grounds close
Saturday, May 20: Cattlemen's Day
- 7:30 a.m.: Box office opens
- Noon: Carnival opens
- 7 p.m.: CCPRA Rodeo
- Midnight: Grounds close
Sunday, May 21: International Frog Jump Day
- 7 a.m.: Gates open
- 9 a.m.: Junior Livestock Auction Awards Ceremony
- Noon: Carnival opens
- 5:50 p.m.: Destruction Derby
- 11 p.m.: Grounds close
Ticket pricing
- A 4-day pass ranges from $30-50 based on age.
- Single-day tickets range from $10-15 depending on the day and your age.
- A single-day carnival ride pass is $35.
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MARYSVILLE, Calif — California officials on Tuesday said they will spend about $60 million to build a channel along the Yuba River so that salmon and other threatened fish species can get around a Gold Rush-era dam that for more than a century has cut off their migration along the chilly waters of Sierra Nevada streams.
The project is the latest example of state and federal officials trying to reverse the environmental harms caused by the century-old infrastructure along California's major rivers and streams. Those dams and canals allowed the state to grow into the economic powerhouse it is today. But they have devastated natural ecosystems that have pushed salmon — a species once so abundant it sustained Native American populations — to the edge of extinction.
Last year, federal regulators approved the largest river restoration project in U.S. history that will remove four dams along the Klamath River near the Oregon-California border. State and federal officials have plans to remove other dams that impede fish migration, including the Matilija Dam in Ventura County and the Rindge Dam in Los Angeles County.
Tuesday's announcement will affect the Daguerre Point Dam near the Northern California city of Marysville. The federal government first built the dam in 1906 as a way to stop the seemingly endless flow of debris left over from hydraulic mining during the height of the Gold Rush of the mid 1800s.
The dam is mostly underwater, allowing the water to spill over the top of it while holding back a mountain of sediment. But it also blocks three species of fish from migrating up the river to spawn — spring-run Chinook salmon, steelhead trout and green sturgeon.
The National Marine Fisheries Service declared in 2012 that the dam posed a threat to the survival of those fish species. Coming up with a solution has been difficult as the dam has been mired in controversy for nearly 50 years about who is responsible for its maintenance and management.
“Within a few decades, Gold Rush mining created impacts that have lasted over 150 years. We’re finally taking action to reverse those impacts,” Willie Whittlesey, general manager of the Yuba Water Agency, said Tuesday during a news conference attended by Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state, local and federal officials.
The three fish species are born in the cold, freshwater rivers filled with snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada. Once they hatch and grow big enough, they migrate through the river delta to the Pacific Ocean. They then return to the rivers, swimming upstream to where they were born to lay more eggs.
Dams stop the fish from reaching their spawning grounds. It's a big reason why populations have plummeted, along with droughts and diversions that reduce the flow of water in rivers while increasing the temperature of the water. Commercial salmon fishing was closed along much of the West Coast earlier this year because of low fish populations.
Aaron Zettler-Mann, interim executive director and science director for the South Yuba River Citizens League, said he is excited about the idea of large amounts of fish finally being able to bypass the dam. But he said it's still not the best solution for the species.
He said fish naturally swim upstream and aren't looking for side channels to bypass dams. Plus, he said the river has lots of gravel in it that will eventually clog the channel, making it difficult for fish to use it without regular maintenance.
Instead, he said the best option would be to remove the dam entirely, something he says at least two studies from the federal government have pointed to within the past 20 years.
“I think that if those people stood there together and said, ‘Hey, we want to pull this dam out,’ they probably could have gotten the political will to make it happen,” he said.
Whittlesey said the dam still has its uses, including making it easier to divert water from the Yuba River for nearby farms.
Chuck Bonham, director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the channel will mimic the natural flow of the river before it was dammed. Once opened, he said it will give fish another 12 miles of habitat.
Officials plan to install new screens to keep the fish from getting into the other canals that send water to irrigate agriculture. And they are planning to study taking spring-run Chinook salmon above New Bullards Bar Dam further north along the Yuba River.
“Not all dams should be removed. Most of our infrastructure is essential, and it still serves a useful purpose,” Bonham said. “So you get creative.”
Scott Artis, executive director of the Golden State Salmon Association, said non-governmental organizations working along the Yuba River were not included in the planning of this channel.
“Thus, it’s hard to comment, as we simply have not seen the terms of the deal,” he said. “In principle, we support both passage around Daguerre Point Dam and reintroduction to the upper Yuba. But the details matter.”
The project will cost $60 million, with $30 million coming from the state and the rest coming from the Yuba Water Agency. Gov. Gavin Newsom said keeping the funding in the budget is a priority for him despite the state facing a nearly $32 billion budget deficit this year.
“Despite a modest deficit, we’re holding the line on these projects,” Newsom said Tuesday. “These are tangible. You can see the fruits of your tax dollars.” | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/california-pledges-channel-for-threatened-fish-to-bypass-dam/103-1c589e60-c4be-414a-b6af-91be3417fc9c | 2023-05-17T15:20:42 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/california-pledges-channel-for-threatened-fish-to-bypass-dam/103-1c589e60-c4be-414a-b6af-91be3417fc9c |
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, Calif. — A driver died after being hit by a big rig in San Joaquin County.
The California Highway Patrol said the crash between a big rig and a gray Toyota SUV was reported around 11:45 a.m. along Highway 88 at Alpine Road.
Officials said the big rig was hauling 68 live cattle in it's trailer and was heading westbound along Highway 88 while the Toyota was northbound on Alpine Road.
According to CHP, the big rig driver was approaching a traffic signal when it turned red before he reached the intersection. The Toyota's signal turned green and the driver went into the intersection at the same time as the big rig.
Police said the big rig hit the left side of the car and rolled onto its right side with the Toyota under the cattle trailer.
The big rig driver was able to get out of his vehicle and had no visible injuries. However, the Toyota driver died from her injuries on scene was pronounced dead on scene.
Police said drugs and alcohol don't appear to be a factor in the crash.
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ELK GROVE, Calif. — A child was taken to the hospital in critical condition after being hit by a car in Elk Grove.
A spokesperson for the Cosumnes Fire Department said the 12-year-old was riding a bike along Bruceville Road and Laguna Boulevard when hit. The child was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
Crews responded to the scene around 1:35 p.m.
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FOLSOM, Calif. — Folsom police are trying to find a missing at-risk woman known to frequent Folsom River trails.
The Folsom Police Department said Zoey Whistler was last seen around 4 p.m. May 16 while leaving her home.
Police said she was last seen wearing a pink oversized t-shirt and shorts and is known to frequent the Folsom River trails.
Police are asking police to call the department immediately if she's seen.
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MODESTO, Calif. — An on-duty officer was taken to the hospital after being involved in a crash in Modesto.
Few details surrounding the crash have been released at this time, but a Modesto Police Department watch commander said the collision happened around 5 p.m. on Briggsmore Avenue and Claus Road.
The crash is under investigation. No information regarding injuries was released.
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A piece of Lincoln’s history has a new owner — and a new purpose.
The mansion at 17th and G streets — with big white pillars at its entrance and a hint of mystery as to its architectural origins — is now the home of a rehabilitation and counseling practice called Connecting Links.
The practice, which offers diagnosis, evaluation and treatment for people with mental health and substance abuse issues, was outgrowing its suite in the Haymarket, and owner and therapist Tina Arsiaga had long admired the 7,000-square-foot neoclassical revival before it showed up for sale on Zillow.
“It looks beautiful and I love older homes and wanted to preserve that. I wanted to let people heal here,” she said.
She applied for a special permit through the Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission to allow her to offer her services there and bought the home — and carriage house — for $675,000.
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The 130-year-old home with a sweeping staircase and a distinctive two-story bow on its south side was move-in ready, she said.
The six-bedroom, seven-bathroom house has a full living area with its own kitchen on the third floor, and a carriage house with heated floors and a 700-square-foot condo above.
It also has a lot of history, which includes at least the possibility that Frank Lloyd Wright built the place.
Known as the Little-Atwood House, it was built in the early 1890s for Frank Little, who moved from his native Illinois to buy the Lincoln Street Railway Co. When the company went bankrupt in 1893, Little left Lincoln and Sam Atwood, a stone mason, and his wife, Myrtle, bought the home.
The idea that Wright built the place is based on a couple of factors (neither of which convince Ed Zimmer, Lincoln’s retired historic preservation planner who’s spent 35 years trying to identify the architects of Lincoln’s grand homes).
Wright, the story goes, was in his 20s when the house was built. He was working at a Chicago firm that prohibited moonlighting, but Wright did so anyway, and one of his bootleg designs has elements similar to the Lincoln mansion — and very unlike the homes that would one day make him famous.
Second, Little hired Wright to design two homes for him after he left Lincoln.
Architect mystery aside, the home would assume many roles in the ensuing years. It would become apartments, a bed and breakfast, offices and a showcase for interior design events. It would be the first home of Lighthouse, a longtime Lincoln after-school program, and a sorority and fraternity.
It went on the market about a year before Arsiaga bought it.
She and her husband own Southside Boxing — which recently bought the old Champions Fun Center at 1555 Yolande Ave. — and they offer boxing to her clients as a coping mechanism.
Arsiaga will continue the therapy services at the Little-Atwood house but plans to expand services to clients to offer a more holistic approach, offering AA and other recovery and support meetings, as well as yoga and meditation classes.
All in a home with a story of its own that Arsiaga promises to protect.
A bath house and a bike kitchen
The Muny Pool bathhouse near 23rd and N streets might get a new tenant.
Those who run the Bike Kitchen think it would make a fine new home, a larger space in the core of the city for the all-volunteer nonprofit to refurbish the bicycles it provides for free to students, refugees — or anyone who needs a set of wheels.
The nonprofit has rented about 2,000 square feet near Southwest First and A streets since it was formed 12 years ago, and it’s outgrowing the space, said Don Herz, the group’s treasurer.
They’d been looking for a new space for some time, and some of the volunteers — including Herz, retired finance director for the city, and Lynn Johnson, who just retired as director of the city’s Parks and Recreation Department — knew the city was looking for a new use of the historic bath house.
They’re at the beginning of the process, the first step of which is making a presentation to the Historic Preservation Commission in June.
But Herz said the location is excellent — close to a number of elementary and middle schools that have students who get their bikes from the Bike Kitchen and close to the city’s bike trail system.
J.J. Yost, city Parks and Recreation manager of planning and facilities, said it would be a positive use for the old bathhouse because it supports the department programming and trail system.
Lincoln’s municipal pool opened in 1921 and closed in 1972, but the bathhouse remained, and earned a historic designation from the Nebraska State Historical Society. It recently got an ADA-accessible entrance and the city replaced boarded up windows.
For a time, detectives in the Lincoln Police Department's special victims unit worked out of the building, until an expansion of the BraveBe Child Advocacy Center was done.
It’s still used for storage, and maintenance crews for Union Plaza are stationed there, but city officials say it could use some new tenants.
Perhaps a nonprofit that gave away about 1,000 bikes in the past year will be a perfect fit.
Haymarket land swap
A land transfer agreement between the city and the West Haymarket Joint Public Agency approved Monday by the City Council amounts to a lot of hoop-jumping required to make the city eligible for about $300,000 of Environmental Protection Agency funds for brownfield remediation.
The land involved sits near Seventh and N streets, just east of the planned South Haymarket Park, where the East Downtown Development Corp. plans to build a $47.5 million commercial, residential and retail anchor of what’s known as Block 5.
A portion of the land is owned by the JPA and a portion by the city. The JPA had conveyed a portion of the land it owns to the city when the city planned to build a plaza along N Street.
A new administration had new plans — including the EaDo building — but before that development can get underway, the city needs to do the brownfield remediation, said Chief Assistant City Attorney Chris Connolly.
And to do that, the EPA is telling the city, it needs to reconvey a portion of the land back to the JPA for a site assessment. Eventually, the JPA will convey all the land to the city for the Block 5 redevelopment. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-hall-new-uses-for-lincoln-landmarks/article_e043150c-f431-11ed-9ae9-4b29d0172671.html | 2023-05-17T15:21:11 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-hall-new-uses-for-lincoln-landmarks/article_e043150c-f431-11ed-9ae9-4b29d0172671.html |
CALIFORNIA, USA — Post Malone announced dates for his 2023 "If Y'all Weren't Here, I'd Be Crying" Tour, Tuesday.
Malone will be performing at the Toyota Amphitheatre in Wheatland on Aug. 15 and at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on Aug. 16.
Malone is known for hits like "Sunflower," "Rockstar," and "Circles," among others. He posted a message on social media when announcing his U.S. tour dates.
"I love y’all so very much, and I’m so excited to get out and do some more shows for y’all. Help me put a baby through college, and come on out some cool new production, new songs, and a very very handsome man up on stage sending love to you and yours," Post Malone wrote in an Instagram post.
Toyota Amphitheatre is located at 2677 Forty Mile Road in Wheatland. Shoreline Amphitheater is located at 1 Amphitheatre Parkway.
The General Public sale is Friday, May 19 at 10 a.m. There are also several presale options including a Live Nation presale, Citi Cardmember presale, Spotify presale and more.
Find tickets for Wheatland HERE.
Find tickets for Mountain View HERE.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
California reservoirs are in great shape following the record wet winter.
As summer closes in and with a hot week ahead, many of the most vital reservoirs across the state are at or near capacity. Unlike the Colorado River Basin, California can reverse its drought status in a single winter.
This time last year, Shasta was at about 175-million-acre feet of storage, equating to less than 40% of capacity. The lack of snowpack last year resulted in the reservoir never getting much higher and the summer and fall month usage dropped the storage further.
Shasta is now remarkably at 98% capacity and 116% of historical average, the first time reaching such levels since summer 2019.
Elsewhere, Oroville reservoir is at 96% of capacity (122% of historical average) and Folsom Lake is at 87% of capacity (112% of historical average).
Plenty of snow still sits in the Sierra that will flow into these lakes and reservoirs as the melt off period continues. Because the state's most vital reservoirs are near or at capacity, operators and water managers have been releasing water to make room for the incoming water.
The DWR announced outflow from Oroville was to increase from 10,000 cubic feet per second to 15,000 feet per second starting Sunday.
Some reservoirs, like Trinity, are still much behind the pace at 41% of capacity and 52% of historic average. Trinity is largely snowpack fed but will still likely fail to reach capacity, according to the Bureau of Reclamation.
Don Pedro reservoir is only at 72% of capacity but is still expected to fill when the trends of previous wet winters are analyzed. The years of 2016-17 and 1982-83 closely mirror this year's storage patterns, and with the Sierra still at 337% normal of average for the middle of May, the reservoir is more than likely to fill. The same goes for New Melones and Camanche, among others.
In terms of surface water storage, drought has no doubt been busted. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/reservoir-levels-northern-california/103-7939676d-b1dd-4f54-9861-ff4d14a29a18 | 2023-05-17T15:21:19 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/reservoir-levels-northern-california/103-7939676d-b1dd-4f54-9861-ff4d14a29a18 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two men were arrested Friday as the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office Gang Suppression Unit was getting ready to execute a search warrant on a home.
According to the sheriff’s office, GSU detectives saw Richard Boyd and Richard Highley unloading items from a vehicle and carrying them into the home.
Officials executed the warrant and detained the two men in the driveway.
Detectives found items connected to two burglaries that happened hours earlier. They contacted the victims and returned the property to them.
Inside the home, detectives found seven rifles and two shotguns, a $10,000 specialized bicycled taken months earlier, ammunition, tools, generators, bicycles, California IDs, Social Security cards, credit cards, narcotics and $5,000 cash.
The sheriff’s office said its early investigation connected the two men to four other burglary cases and, based on follow up investigations, could result in arrests for eight unsolved burglary cases.
One of the items recovered was an Air Force medal and detectives are trying to find the owner.
If you have any information in the case, or believe you might have been a victim, you can call the non-emergency number at 916-874-5115. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento-deputies-probe-unsolved-burglaries/103-0feb8896-3dee-4620-a9eb-71f429c77bd5 | 2023-05-17T15:21:25 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento-deputies-probe-unsolved-burglaries/103-0feb8896-3dee-4620-a9eb-71f429c77bd5 |
STOCKTON, Calif. — For 20-year-old Celia Rivero, of Stockton, her nearly eight-month-old baby Adrian has become her pride and inspiration.
"My son is my world you know. He keeps me going through my tough times," said Rivero.
She says her tough times have included being in and out of foster care in Stockton since she was 19 months old.
"When I was a teenager, I used to run away. I got locked up for something that I should have never did. You know what I mean?" said Rivero.
But now, with the turn of shovels at Tuesday's groundbreaking ceremony, it may also mean a turning point for youth like Rivero.
It comes in the form of a motel at March Lane and Interstate 5 becoming a 69-unit permanent supportive housing complex for homeless and foster care youth.
It will provide wraparound services, life skills training, education, employments services and more. It will also have eleven ADA-compliant ground floor units, as well as on-site offices for service providers, laundry facilities and around-the-clock security.
"We know what economic mobility means in America and that's education. So, with a stable platform of housing, I think the kids, young people that wind up living here, will have a real opportunity to not need a social safety net for the rest of their lives," said Peter Ragsdale, executive director of the Housing Authority County of San Joaquin.
The location for this project is no accident. It's close to restaurants, a pharmacy and San Joaquin Delta College.
"This provides that housing, that stability, that safe place for people that may have had it before. It's that kind of stability and safety that allows people to improve their lives and break those kinds of cycles," said Jon Mendelson, executive director for Central Valley Low Income Housing Corporation.
The $30.3 million in funding for the "Calaveras Quarters' project is funded by the state and City of Stockton.
It may fit perfectly with Celia Rivero's needs. She has a warehouse job and a high school diploma with a goal of one day becoming a labor and delivery nurse.
Now, all she needs is stability for herself and her baby.
"He's the reason why I got a job. He's the reason why I'm looking for a place," said Rivero about her son.
The project actually broke ground in April. It's expected to be completed by late December of 2023.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Memorial Day, the holiday marking the unofficial start of summer, is just two weeks away.
If you’re planning on traveling more than 50 miles from your home for the holiday, then you’ll be joining more than 42 million Americans doing the same.
New data released from AAA shows just how much fiercer the competition will be for travel deals. They project a 7% increase in travel compared to 2022, which would make it the third busiest Memorial Day weekend since 2000.
Air travel over the holiday weekend is expected to exceed pre-pandemic levels with 170,000 more passengers than in 2019.
Experts say you’re likely going to pay big bucks for international travel as prices are the highest they’ve been in more than five years. A trip to Europe is averaging nearly $1,200 per ticket, while a trip to Asia is averaging more than $1,800.
Things change, however, when you look at domestic travel. Prices are down 19% this year because jet fuel prices are dropping.
The Points Guy recommends people search from their home airport. Google Flights has a feature called the Explore Map and it shows air fares around the country and around the world.
About 97% of travelers are choosing road trips for Memorial Day weekend and gas prices are slightly down nationwide. GasBuddy reports the cheapest gas is $3.89, but AAA says the average price for gas in Sacramento is $4.68.
What are your Memorial Day plans? Let us know by sending us a text at 916-321-3310.
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TURLOCK, Calif. — Firefighters say a house is set to be demolished after it caught fire Tuesday morning in Turlock.
Turlock Fire Department said their crews responded around 9:25 a.m. and arrived to find a fire along the 1600 block of Geer Road that had extended from the first floor to the second.
Crews were able to get the fire under control within 30 minutes.
No injuries were reported during the blaze.
A spokesperson for the fire department said the house known to have homeless people living in it, but nobody was in the house when firefighters arrived.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
WATCH ALSO: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/turlock/no-injuries-reported-home-catches-fire-turlock/103-d38fca65-8407-4c95-8500-cfb9167cfc64 | 2023-05-17T15:21:44 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/turlock/no-injuries-reported-home-catches-fire-turlock/103-d38fca65-8407-4c95-8500-cfb9167cfc64 |
SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — With all this heat in the region, it's starting to dry out quickly and bring concerns for grass fires.
The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District is asking everyone to participate in weed abatement now before the 100 degree red flag days.
Wet winters have left us with tall dry grass that may look harmless in reality, it’s anything but.
Captain Parker Wilbourn with Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District says a small spark can cause a grass fire.
“A number of growth seasons, so our grasses are more lush and more dense than we’ve seen in years past. That creates a fuel issue and we need people to remove it. We call that weed abatement,” said Wilbourn.
Captain Wilbourn said prevention is a community wide effort.
Areas of most concern are wildlife urban interfaces, an example is big empty lots that connect to neighborhoods. The American River Parkway is also an area firefighters monitor due to the grass fuels in the area.
“That’s a challenge when you have a spark or fire that can travel very quickly on the Red Flag Days and travel very fast into the structures and potentially cause a life hazard for those living there,“ said Wilbourn.
Every homeowner in Sacramento County, with a property less than an acre, is required to remove all weeds and dry brush. Based on the size of the property, there are other requirements, which can read about HERE.
The county will give people three notices before they remove the hazard themselves. They can even put a lien against homes for the fines and removal cost. In the City of Sacramento, weeds 12 inches or higher can be subject to a $25,000 fine.
There is also concern in the foothills. Chief Tim Cordero for El Dorado County Fire Protection District said residents are well aware of the risks after the Mosquito Fire last year.
“Another big fire season for us as far as the risk and potential for vegetation fires. I’ve experienced at my own personal residence where I went out and weeded a couple weeks ago, and it’s time to do it again because we had that rain just a week or so ago,” said Cordero.
Tall grass is not only dangerous to you but also pets. Foxtails can stick to pets and be painful. If they swallow the plants, they can harm organs and even stop breathing.
South Lake Tahoe Fire Marshall Kim George said they are still seeing a lot of moisture in their area, so it's not a concern yet. However, there is definitely increased awareness for what will be an upcoming issue.
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PHOENIX — It’s been 22 years since Jason Schechterle’s life changed forever while on duty. He hasn’t let that stop him from marking major milestones, including recently celebrating his 50th birthday.
“You rack up as many wins and yeses in life and you don’t get too caught up in the no's and the failures,” said Schechterle.
The Phoenix native now dedicates his life to sharing his message of grit and resiliency worldwide.
In 2001 Schechterle fulfilled his dream of working as a rookie Phoenix police officer.
On March 26, 2001, he was responding to a call when his patrol car was hit from behind. A taxi driver had an epileptic seizure and hit Schechterle's car traveling more than 100 miles per hour. Schachterle was trapped inside as the car burst into flames.
You might think his dreams ended there, but his journey was just beginning.
In a twist of fate, a firetruck was nearby. First responders rescued him and got him to a hospital within minutes.
Schechterle suffered severe burns to more than 40% of his body. He underwent more than 50 surgeries.
His recovery was difficult. "It was just so dark and heavy," said Schechterle.
What he experienced and what his family witnessed and stood by him during is unimaginable for most.
He shared that humor has helped him through the tough times, along with support from family, friends and coworkers.
“I’ve tried an awful lot of medication. I’ve tried to heal over the years, but there is nothing in this world; as soon as you smile, as soon as you laugh, you feel better,” said Schechterle.
Over the past two decades, he has been a living example of overcoming adversity.
Schechterle returned to the Phoenix Police Department 18 months after his 2001 accident.
He and his wife also welcomed their third child after the crash, completing their family of five.
He spent years advocating to get the car he was driving that 2001 night off the road due to being prone to catching fire.
He’s advocated for blood and tissue donations, which helped save his life. He shared that recently he lost a close family member who was a tissue donor, which is now giving him a new emotional outlook on the selflessness of the donation.
“A lot of people don’t realize one tissue donor can help 80 to 120 people,” shared Schechterle.
He retired from the police department in 2006 and began to fulfill his new dream of motivational speaking.
He now travels worldwide, sharing his message from his book “Burning Shield."
“My favorite part is they get to know the true story, directly from me,” said Schechterle. This year he traveled to the United Kingdom and shared his message with the Ipswich Town Football Club.
Schechterle recently celebrated his 50th birthday. His newest title is Grandpa.
“I earned that title and I want it and it’s true what they say; you love your kids unconditionally but when you look into the eyes of your first grandchild, it just absolutely makes all the bad fade away,” shared Schechterle.
After all he’s been through, he wants people to know we’re all in control of our lives.
“Do not go home at the end of this day and say, it was a bad day. Most likely you had a bad 20 minutes, and then you allowed your attitude to make the rest of the day bad,” he said.
He challenges everyone to find a way to help someone else.
“Leave today better than you found it,” said Schechterle. “It feels good.”
You can find Schechterle’s book on Amazon.
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TONOPAH, Ariz. — A popular Tonopah watering hole is no more after it was the victim of another early morning fire on Wednesday, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said.
Tin Top Bar & Grill appears to be a "total loss" after it was fully engulfed in flames near the intersection of Wintersburg Road and Salome Highway, deputies said. No one was injured and officials are investigating what started the fire.
It's not the first time the restaurant has faced fire. In its more than 30 years of operation, Tin Top has seen at least two other fires on the property, according to its website.
"The Tin Top Bar & Grill has been many things through time," the restaurant's website said. "Buildings on this property have burned to the ground at least twice."
The restaurant thanked the community for its support during this time in a Facebook post.
This is a developing story. Tune in to 12News for the latest information.
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Home fire prevention:
The Arizona Fire & Medical Authority has released tips on how to prevent fires from starting in your home.
“More than 4,000 Americans die each year in fires and approximately 25,000 are injured,” the authority said on its website. “An overwhelming number of fires occur in the home.”
First off, the authority says that every house needs to have at least one working smoke alarm. Every level of the home and every sleeping area should have a working smoke alarm inside of it to offer the best protection.
Appliances should also be used in a way that manufacturers recommend, since overheating, shorts and sparks can all lead to a fire breaking out.
Lastly, families should have an escape plan from every room of the house.
“Caution everyone to stay low to the floor when escaping from fire and never to open doors that are hot,” the authority said. “Select a location where everyone can meet after escaping the house. Get out then call for help.”
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SEATTLE — As communities across the nation grapple with a surge in opioid overdose deaths, a growing number of families are left devastated by the sudden loss of their loved ones.
And many are fighting for change.
"You say, 'overdose', and it seems to indicate that someone took too much. But that can't be further from the truth," Laura Lynch said. "It's a poisoning."
Lynch's daughter Brillion died from fentanyl poisoning six days after her 18th birthday. She bought what she thought was Percocet from a dealer via Instagram at a Redmond skate park on April 3, 2021. She came home feeling tired and irritable. Her mom told her she should take a nap.
"And then when I went to check on her, she was gone," Lynch said. The pain is still too difficult to bare. "She died from only half of a pill."
That is the most alarming revelation among parents who have lost a loved one from fentanyl-related poisoning. The potency of the drug they may be unknowingly ingesting is increasingly high.
DEA laboratory tests revealed six out of 10 fake prescription pills found on the streets, are laced with a deadly dose of fentanyl. One hundred times more powerful than morphine, just a small pinch hidden inside a seemingly common painkiller, can cause a fatal overdose.
Fentanyl was developed to treat intense pain from ailments like cancer. Its use has now exploded, making it the deadliest drug in the nation according to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
"This is the most serious threat that we face," said Jacob Galvan, acting special agent in charge of the DEA Seattle Field Division. "And I've been on with the DEA for 25 years."
Galvan said the problem begins in China, where ingredients are sent to Mexico, where opioid pills are being manufactured to be sent up the west coast.
"All they care about is making money," Galvan said. "They want to drive addiction. The more people that can get addicted, the more drugs that they can sell. And that's all they care about. They don't care who they harm. They don't care who they kill."
Last year the DEA's Northwest Division seized 8.9 million deadly doses of fentanyl. That's enough to kill every single person living in the state of Washington.
The DEA is trying to alert the public about the surge in deadly drugs through its 'One Pill Can Kill' campaign.
Jasmine Robinson's son, Jaylen, 21, died from an overdose in 2021.
"My son got a pill on Snapchat," Robinson said. "He thought it was a Percocet."
"He didn't know it, but the pill was straight fentanyl," Robinson said. "That was the only thing in the system. And it was it was like a quarter of the pill that killed him And he was 6 feet, 285 pounds."
And Carol Schweigert lost her son Trey, 27, after an accidental overdose in a similar way. He thought he was taking the pain reliever Percocet because of a recent injury. He did not realize the pill was laced with fentanyl.
"I'd personally like to see a statewide mandated awareness campaign," Schweigert said. "For any parents listening; start those conversations early."'
WATCH: Full interview with Seattle mothers affected by fentanyl crisis
Schweigert points to an awareness campaign called Song for Charlie, as a great resource for parents to learn about fake pills.
In the rare case, some parents receive justice. The drug dealer who gave Trey Schweigert the pill was arrested and sentenced to prison.
Lynch recently saw Brillion's dealer sentenced to 20 months in prison for drug possession and distribution.
But prosecutors said these cases are difficult to prove.
"It should be homicide," Lynch said.
As the number of fentanyl-related deaths surges, nothing can ease the pain of a parent who has lost a child. They can only hope other parents hear the warning.
"I want to help another family not go through what we're going through," Lynch said. "I have to do something." | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/fentanyl-crisis-seattle-parents-demand-action/281-3e5205ca-e4c7-4063-9a01-51a5606152f7 | 2023-05-17T15:29:53 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/fentanyl-crisis-seattle-parents-demand-action/281-3e5205ca-e4c7-4063-9a01-51a5606152f7 |
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — "Save the music." It's the message shouted by students and parents in western Washington as school districts like Seattle Public Schools suffer from budget cuts and put music programs on the chopping block.
But an hour north of the city, another public school district in Skagit County is doing exactly the opposite: expanding a music education program called MV Mariachi. Current students told KING 5 the program is adding color to their lives.
"I wouldn't trade taking this class for anything – not for a million bucks, not for a new life, nothing," said Diana Soriano, a sophomore at Mount Vernon High School. "I get to play songs that are from my country, my homeland."
MV Mariachi and Folklorico are classes that anyone can take, and according to the students, they count as physical education credits.
"I owe everything to mariachi," said Eddie Gonzalez, a junior at Mount Vernon High School.
The music-based curriculum helps students connect with the traditions of their heritage.
"My mom used to dance when she was young," said Maritza Sanchez, a junior at Mount Vernon High School.
The students speak highly of their teacher, the program's director Mr. Ramon Rivera. They said he empowers them.
"I would not be who I am right now without this program and without Mr. Rivera," said Verenice Ochoa, a junior at Mount Vernon High School.
Rivera said his students' impactful words are humbling.
"I'm just a public school teacher… that's it. I'm just a public school teacher," said Rivera. "Yeah I've won many awards as a teacher, but I still look at myself as a public school teacher."
Soriano plays the guitarron in the mariachi ensemble.
"I could've chosen a completely different instrument, and I chose this one because I wanted to show my fellow Latinas, you can do this," said Soriano.
She said MV Mariachi has improved her social-emotional well-being.
"Socially, it has made me a way more confident person," said Soriano. "When I first met Mr. Rivera, I was a really antisocial kid."
That is something Gonzalez relates to.
"I remember there was a time when I literally just stayed at my desk, hoodie on, did my work quietly. I never talked to anyone-- I was, like, pretty much alone," said Gonzalez.
But those days have changed; he smiles at his peers as he strums a bright and cheerful rhythm on the vihuela in the mariachi band.
"I'm more social, I'm more of a positive person now," he said. "I talk to my teachers a lot more."
The National Association for Music Education released a study that shows schools with music programs have a higher attendance rate of 93%-- compared to 85% in schools without music programs.
"Music teaches discipline," said Rivera.
Soriano added, "[It's] driven me to keep my grades up."
Rivera said about 95% of his mariachi seniors this year are doing things no one else in their family ever has: either being the first to graduate high school or to attend college.
"We have a lot of farm workers here," said Rivera. "A lot of their parents never went to college."
But each student KING 5 spoke to said they plan to attend universities and colleges. It's not just their folklorico skirts that are bright; it seems their futures are, too.
"I really want to go to UCLA," said Ochoa.
"I'm gonna attend Skagit Valley College," said Christian Ellifritt, a senior at Mount Vernon High School.
"Eastern Washington University," said Sanchez.
When it comes to other leaders in Washington's public schools, Rivera said, "It's sad to see that they're cutting programs statewide."
But he added that he hopes they view music education in the same way too.
"It's changing kids' lives," said Rivera.
Soriano agrees.
"The only other way is up," she said. "I'm just very glad that one decision changed my life." | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/mount-vernon-school-district-mariachi-music-program/281-d7c8a309-f088-44f8-a2ba-f37c1255a940 | 2023-05-17T15:29:59 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/mount-vernon-school-district-mariachi-music-program/281-d7c8a309-f088-44f8-a2ba-f37c1255a940 |
SEATTLE — Three firefighters responding to a call Tuesday about what was described as a respiratory irritant in a Seattle apartment building were later taken to a hospital with five others after experiencing symptoms related to the substance.
The Seattle Fire Department responded to 911 calls at about 12:45 p.m. about an unknown odor causing respiratory issues in a south Seattle seven-story apartment building, the department said in a blog post.
Firefighters encountered residents on the third floor experiencing symptoms related to the unknown substance. Ten people were treated at the scene for related injuries, the post said.
Eight of them were taken to a hospital while the other two declined further medical care. One person, a 54-year-old woman, was transported to the hospital in serious condition. The three firefighters were all in stable condition and were taken to the hospital for further evaluation, fire officials said.
Firefighters ventilated the area to remove the substance. Hazmat crews confirmed the substance was an airborne respiratory irritant, but officials did not specifically say what it was.
They ventilated the building until about 4 p.m. when monitoring equipment deemed it safe for residents to return, fire officials said.
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KILLEEN, Texas — Coming off of Mother's Day weekend, fresh on our minds is everything moms do for us from the time that we are born to where we are now.
It's important to recognize the mental toughness and dedication it takes to become the mother of one child, let alone two or even three.
A lot of us will see what our mothers do and endure for us and think they are almost super-hero like.
Killeen resident and Army veteran Leah McGrady is nothing short of a super hero and she happens to be on the verge of being crowned Super Mom as she raises her three-year-old identical triplets.
The mother of three is currently sitting in eighth place of the 2023 Super Mom competition and the winner will be receiving a two-page feature in Woman's World magazine, a weekend getaway in Palm Springs and $20,000.
6 News reached out to McGrady to learn more about how her time in the Army provided some guidelines for motherhood and what she first thought when she learned she was going to be having three children at the same time.
"I learned time management and getting a good routine has really, really helped be able to manage having so many little ones," McGrady explained.
She also joked about the comparison between basic training and her daughters experiencing the toddler stage.
"Basic training definitely helped a lot, being through the toddler stage is really hard, having three small humans with very large emotions...I can feel the Army back when they're yelling at me, like I've been through this," McGrady joked.
When asked about her reaction to the news that she would be having triplets McGrady said she was stunned.
"I remember just looking at him [Doctor] so confused, like are you in the right room?... It really didn't process in my brain until I saw them on the ultrasound and I saw the three babies and heard all their heartbeats and my heart just starting pounding so hard. I was so happy," McGrady exclaimed.
Lastly we asked about how she would utilize the prize money if she won the Super Mom competition.
McGrady said, "I would love to put some money aside for them for their future...I've been wanting to take them on a trip back to my hometown in Delaware, so my entire family can see them. We haven't been able to travel at all, it's just been too hard on me to be able to travel anywhere having all three of them and nobody to help."
If you would like to vote for this courageous mother and find out more about her story, you can visit here, the website will ask you to verify an account with a couple of different options.
Voting for semi finalists will end on Thursday, May 25 at 9 p.m.
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A Mansfield man has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault after shooting his son and stepdaughter on Tuesday night, police said.
According to the Mansfield Police Department, officers were dispatched to 3 Arabian Court shortly before 11 p.m.
Police said when officers arrived, they determined that the incident began as a domestic dispute during which the husband argued with his wife and proceeded to assault her.
The husband then went into his 13-year-old son’s bedroom and shot him while he was sleeping, police said. He then went into his 21-year-old stepdaughter’s bedroom and shot her.
According to police, both victims were transported to Medical City Arlington by Mansfield paramedics. Both victims have undergone surgery and are currently listed in serious but stable condition, police said.
Police said the husband, identified as 52-year-old Thomas Boykin, was taken into custody without incident and was transported to Everman Jail. He was charged with three counts of aggravated assault family violence involving serious bodily injury.
The investigation into this incident is ongoing, and detectives are still trying to determine what led up to the shooting, police said.
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Average daily flows
Snake River at Jackson 284 cfs
Snake River at Palisades 8,836 cfs
Snake River at Heise 11,808 cfs
Snake River at Blackfoot 8,824 cfs
Snake River at American Falls 7,751 cfs
Snake River at Milner 0 cfs
Little Wood River near Carey 836 cfs
Jackson Lake is 36% full.
Palisades Reservoir is 58% full.
American Falls Reservoir is 84% full.
Upper Snake River system is at 67% of capacity.
As of May 16 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/average-daily-streamflows/article_ca4362cc-f411-11ed-ba78-23138c30e5c0.html | 2023-05-17T15:53:40 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/average-daily-streamflows/article_ca4362cc-f411-11ed-ba78-23138c30e5c0.html |
High school seniors are about to take on the world, but they must first receive their diplomas, starting with Murtaugh High School tonight and ending with Wood River High School on June 9.
Here are the times and locations of the 2023 graduation ceremonies in the Magic Valley:
- Murtaugh High School, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, in the gym
- Cassia High School, 7 p.m. Thursday, May 18, at the King Fine Arts Center in Burley
- Lighthouse Christian School, 6 p.m. Thursday, May 18, at the school in Twin Falls
- Valley High School, 2 p.m. Sunday, May 21, at the gym
- Canyon Ridge High School, 7 p.m. Monday, May 22, at College of Southern Idaho gym
- Raft River High School, 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 22, at the football field in Malta
- Dietrich High School, 7 p.m. Monday, May 22, in the gym
- Twin Falls High School, 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, at College of Southern Idaho gym
- Oakley High School, 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, in the gym
- Gooding High School, 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, in the gym
- Declo High School 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, in the gym
- Magic Valley High School, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, at Roper Auditorium in Twin Falls
- Hagerman High School, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, in the Prince Memorial Gymnasium
- Wendell High School, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, in the gym
- Hansen High School, 7 p.m. Thursday, May 25, in the gym
- Filer High School, 6 p.m. Thursday, May 25, at the football field
- Kimberly High School, 7 p.m. Thursday, May 25, in the gym
- Buhl High School, 7 p.m. Thursday, May 25, in the gym
- Castleford High School, 8 p.m. Thursday, May 25, in the gym
- Burley High School, 7 p.m. Thursday, May 25, in the gym by ticket only
- Richfield High School, 7 p.m. Thursday, May 25, in the gym
- Jerome High School, 7 p.m. Friday, May 26, at the football field
- Camas County High School, May 27, at the school in Fairfield
- Mt. Harrison High School, 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, at Minico High School auditorium
- Shoshone High School, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, in the gym
- Minico High School, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 1, at the school soccer fields in Rupert
- Carey High School, 7 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at the school
- Wood River High School, 4 p.m. Friday, June 9, at the school in Hailey | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/education/graduation-2023-the-future-is-theirs/article_f57ee318-f410-11ed-b2e4-4797382b1815.html | 2023-05-17T15:53:46 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/education/graduation-2023-the-future-is-theirs/article_f57ee318-f410-11ed-b2e4-4797382b1815.html |
BUCKFIELD, Maine — The Oxford County Sheriff's Office is trying to locate Hannah Thomas, 15, of Buckfield.
She lives with her mother, who reported her missing on May 11, according to a release from the sheriff's office. She is considered an at-risk juvenile at this time, officials said.
This marks the third time in the past seven months that Thomas has been reported missing. In November, she was located in North Carolina four days after she was reported missing. She was again reported missing in March before being located by a family member in Lewiston six days later.
The sheriff's office describes Thomas as 5-feet, 7-inches tall and 125 pounds. She was last seen wearing gym clothes, black sweatpants, and black sneakers. She is not known to have a phone in her possession, the release stated.
Officials ask anyone who may have information to contact their local police department or call the Oxford County Sheriff's Office at 207-743-9554. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/hannah-thomas-missing-teen-buckfield-maine-lewiston-north-carolina-oxford-county/97-3fab0321-f0d9-4e8f-890a-ffade3c64755 | 2023-05-17T15:54:29 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/hannah-thomas-missing-teen-buckfield-maine-lewiston-north-carolina-oxford-county/97-3fab0321-f0d9-4e8f-890a-ffade3c64755 |
LEWISTON, Maine — The construction of a 145-mile transmission line in Maine will be able to resume now that the state has removed a suspension order on the project.
The New England Clean Energy Connect project is no longer suspended, as it had been since fall 2021, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection said Tuesday. The department's ruling came less than a month after a jury said that developers had a constitutional right to proceed with the $1 billion transmission project.
The project is designed to supply up to 1,200 megawatts of Canadian hydropower to the New England power grid. That is enough electricity for about a million homes.
However, state voters opposed the project in an election, and work stopped. Opponents of the project have cited environmental concerns and said the potential benefits of the transmission line were overstated.
The parent company of Central Maine Power, the state's largest utility, and Hydro Quebec have collaborated on the project. It was unclear exactly when the work would resume. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection said it needs notification of a date at least five days before the operations restart. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/new-england-clean-energy-connect-cmp-transmission-line-hydropower/97-e9e91fd1-2bb2-4105-a3f8-b5072428210e | 2023-05-17T15:54:35 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/new-england-clean-energy-connect-cmp-transmission-line-hydropower/97-e9e91fd1-2bb2-4105-a3f8-b5072428210e |
ELLSWORTH, Maine — Police are searching for a missing teen in Ellsworth.
Sophia Glass, 14, was last seen and heard from when she left her Ellsworth home around 6 a.m. Tuesday, the Ellsworth Police Department said in a Facebook post.
Police ask anyone who sees or hears from Glass, or anyone who may have information about her location, to contact them at 207-667-2168. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/police-searching-for-missing-ellsworth-teen-maine/97-f9ac65ce-16f6-4ce9-a9c4-5d2781d9334d | 2023-05-17T15:54:41 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/police-searching-for-missing-ellsworth-teen-maine/97-f9ac65ce-16f6-4ce9-a9c4-5d2781d9334d |
Best places to live: See where Greenville, Spartanburg rank on U.S. News most desirable list
Greenville and Spartanburg were among five South Carolina cities mentioned in U.S. News & World Report's 2023-24 list of the 150 "Best Places to Live in the U.S.," released Tuesday.
The report analyzed 150 metro areas in the United States to find the best places to live based on quality of life and the job market in each metro area, as well as the value of living there and people's desire to live there.
Among the 150 US metros, Greenville ranked 31st on the list while Spartanburg was 43rd.
Other highlights:
- Greenville is the second-best place to live in SC. In the US stats, Greenville ranks 12th in cheapest places to live, 23rd in fastest-growing places, 23rd in most dangerous places and 67nd in best places to retire.
- Spartanburg is the third-best place to live in SC. In the US stats, Spartanburg ranks 11th in cheapest places to live, 12th in fastest-growing places and 68th in best places to retire.
- Myrtle Beach ranks as the top place to live in SC and the 18th best place to live in the US.
- Charleston ranks as the 53rd best place to live in the US (No. 4 in SC) and Columbia ranks 92nd (No. 5 in SC).
- Charlotte, NC is the No. 8 best place to live in the US.
- Asheville, NC is the 29th best place to live in the US.
18. Myrtle Beach: Golfer's paradise, retirement destination
Year after year, Myrtle Beach brings in tourists from all around the world, the magazine said. Outsiders know the city for its sprawling boardwalk and beaches, but its No. 28 ranking in best places to retire prove that it is also a great place to live. Young professionals, growing families and empty nesters will relish the city's warm weather and relatively low cost of living. Nature lovers will find that there is always somewhere new for their hiking boots to explore, like hiking at Huntington State Park or strolling the 60 miles of shoreline that run along the Grand Strand. Myrtle Beach is also home to 90 golf courses, making it the perfect vacation getaway for those looking to score a hole in one after a long week at the office.
31. Greenville: Vibrant downtown, arts and athletics
Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the city, once the "textile capital of the world", has transformed into the Upstate's cultural and entertainment center, the magazine said. Its award-winning downtown is expanding with projects like the $1 billion County Square redevelopment and luxury McDaniel townhomes development. The city has many sports fans who proudly display their athletic spirit for Clemson University's Clemson Tigers and Greenville's Minor League baseball team, the Greenville Drive, who can be found swinging away at Fluor Field. Events like the three-day Artisphere, which has gained national attention, embrace talented artists and musicians, both local and from around the world, who keep the downtown scene bursting with color and sound.
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43. Spartanburg: The Hub City of international business
Spartanburg was once a major railroad intersection in the 19th century known as the "Hub City," its rich history predating the Revolutionary War, the magazine said. The city is now known for having a diverse collection of international companies like its full-time North American BMW plant. Downtown, it is hard to miss the Denny's restaurant chain headquarters, a tall building that sticks out off of East Main Street. It is also not uncommon to find locals dining with their pets at restaurant patios in the pet-friendly downtown. Institutions of higher learning and a burgeoning food scene keep locals busy with things to do.
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53. Charleston: Charming architecture, fine cuisine
The magazine said, no one does southern hospitality like the Holy City. Its culinary scene lures food lovers from all around with its seafood and lowcountry cooking. Southern style clothing is featured through the fronts of boutique shops lining King Street, America's most distinctive downtown. History is preserved through cobblestone walkways, Spanish moss hanging from oak trees and spooky ghost legends that raise goosebumps on the arms. The city's summers are hot and humid, but locals use days like these to soak in the sun on the beach.
92. Columbia: Capital city features Gamecocks' sports, family fun
Residents of South Carolina's capital will find that there is plenty to do in the city, the magazine said. Columbia has a variety of music and art galleries around town, such as the Koger Center for the Arts and Township Auditorium. Home to the University of South Carolina, many residents bond over their love of USC sports, especially the Gamecocks football team. Parents also know that there is an abundance of places to bring children, like the EdVenture's Children Museum where kids can engage in scientific and technological learning activities, and the Columbia Museum of Art which contains an observatory, planetarium and 4-D theater. Traffic is relatively mild in the city, but don't be fooled ― Columbia is South Carolina's second most populous city.
Nina Tran covers trending topics for the Greenville News. Reach her via email at ntran@gannett.com. | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/17/greenville-spartanburg-rank-on-us-news-most-desirable-to-live-list-myrtle-beach-columbia/70222856007/ | 2023-05-17T16:00:28 | 0 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/17/greenville-spartanburg-rank-on-us-news-most-desirable-to-live-list-myrtle-beach-columbia/70222856007/ |
Monroeville Road between Clayton and Snyder roads will be closed Thursday, according to the Allen County Highway Department.
A road crew will be working in the area and should finish by 3 p.m. Friday.
For more information, call 260-449-7369.
Monroeville Road between Clayton and Snyder roads will be closed Thursday, according to the Allen County Highway Department.
A road crew will be working in the area and should finish by 3 p.m. Friday.
For more information, call 260-449-7369. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/monroeville-road-closure/article_d0b8e2dc-f4be-11ed-9338-9b9f83f0f127.html | 2023-05-17T16:01:02 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/monroeville-road-closure/article_d0b8e2dc-f4be-11ed-9338-9b9f83f0f127.html |
Raynham votes to save animal shelter and dam. Here's what it will cost and what comes next
RAYNHAM — It was a surprisingly tame Annual Town Meeting for Raynham.
The town approved a $48.2 million operating budget for fiscal year 2024, a 3.89% increase from this year's $46.4 million budget.
Town Administrator Gregory Barnes explained the increase was mostly due to contractual salary increases for many employees, as well as retirements.
Barnes warned the attendees that while this fiscal year has a balanced budget, there will be “great challenges” in the future maintaining this.
Town Moderator John Donahue, in response to a resident asking for a financial report card grade for the town, stated, “We have an A now, but it may trend lower.”
Long-term financial strain due to $39M B-P expense
This is in no small part due to the town's voting down last summer a debt exclusion to pay for its $39 million share of the $305 million new building for Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School.
With no debt exclusion, the $39 million is coming out of the general fund, which means cuts to town services and operations over the next 30 years.
“We are facing a very difficult financial time, from a long-term perspective. The challenge is one of sustainability,” said Barnes.
Despite the concerns expressed to residents at Town Meeting over near-future financial hurdles, two articles that seemed likely to draw attention and extended debates were approved with very little opposition or inquiries.
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Animal shelter funding approved
Article 19 was to raise and appropriate $60,000 through the tax levy to make operable the animal shelter space inside the Gymkhana Building. Nearly $200,000 has already been spent turning the Gymkhana center into a shared-use facility between Animal Control and the Parks & Recreation Department.
The shelter was originally part of the town’s public safety building proposal when town meeting approved that project in 2021. Despite the plan finalized later on to move the shelter to Gymkhana and no longer be part of the project, funds were still accessed that were intended for the public safety building, a controversial action as some officials stated they had no idea it had happened.
Article 19 passed with a majority vote and no input from the public.
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Town votes to save Kings Pond dam and bridge after all
Barnes said after the vote that while no contractors or timeline has been established, he hopes to get the final work on the animal shelter space completed as soon as possible.
Article 20 was to transfer $1.75 million from three separate town stabilization accounts to repair and/or replace the Kings Pond Dam and bridge on Gardiner Street.
Back in February, a debt exclusion failed to pass by ballot vote to fund saving this infrastructure. An affirmative vote would have paid for a complete reconstruction and fortification of the dam, a new and wider bridge across Gardiner Street, as well as an accompanying pedestrian sidewalk.
The King’s Pond is classified as hazardous by the Office of Dam Safety and is flagged by the state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation as structurally compromised due to years of intensified flooding and weather events.
The bridge on top of the dam has been closed since March 2021 due to failure of its concrete barrier, as well as pieces of the bridge falling into the Pine Swamp Brook, which feeds into Kings Pond.
Officials said taking down the dam and letting the bridge remain closed weren’t options as this would end up being more costly for the town in the long-term if nothing was done. Besides the cost to drain and remove the dam, the property area would convert back to a marshland, as it was before the dam existed. Property values along the waterfront would plummet and homes would be more susceptible to flooding.
Article 20 needed a two-thirds majority vote to pass. Ninety-three votes total were cast, with 85 voting to approve the $1.75 million transfer. | https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/local/2023/05/17/raynham-ma-town-meeting-approves-money-animal-shelter-kings-pond-dam-bridge/70223547007/ | 2023-05-17T16:01:25 | 0 | https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/local/2023/05/17/raynham-ma-town-meeting-approves-money-animal-shelter-kings-pond-dam-bridge/70223547007/ |
'Voice' of Florida Strawberry Festival, 2 others die in head-on crash. Here’s what we know
A beloved Strawberry Festival employee was killed in a car crash on Monday in Palmetto. He was remembered by fair officials for his hard work and "sweet demeanor."
Randy Scott and Jill Scott, both 71, were killed alongside Jill Scott's sister, 80-year-old Judy Cook, after a dump truck crashed head on into their SUV. The Scotts were fervent workers at Plant City's annual Strawberry Festival.
Who were Randy and Jill Scott?
Randy Scott was called the "voice" of Plant City’s 11-day Strawberry Festival. He would help welcome guests each morning by singing the National Anthem and would end each day by singing “Happy Trails" by Roy Rogers.
Festival officials said in a Facebook post that Randy Scott was known for his "sweet demeanor, steadfast spirit, quiet confidence and genuine concern for others." Jill Scott was the "jewel" of Randy's eye and was always working behind the scenes to support her husband and family.
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"The Scotts were true servants whose reach extended far behind the Festival grounds," said a Facebook post from the Florida Strawberry Festival. "Their presence will be greatly missed within our community."
The couple were dedicated members of GraceWay Church of Plant City, where Randy Scott was in charge of sound and played the harmonica on the worship team. Jill Scott and her sister, Judy Cook, worked as "decorator extraordinaries" at the church.
How did the accident happen?
Randy Scott was driving in a SUV with his wife and sister-in-law when a dump truck slammed into them at 1:50 p.m. They were traveling west on County Road 675 in Parrish. The dump truck driver veered into the shoulder of the road and overcorrected to the left, crossing into the path of the SUV. Randy Scott attempted to swerve out of the way, but the car crashed head on with the dump truck.
Randy Scott, Jill Scott and Judy Cook were pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver, 59, from Palmetto was taken to Manatee Memorial Hospital with minor injuries.
What is the Strawberry Festival?
Since 1930, the Strawberry Festival celebrated its bountiful harvest of Florida strawberries in Plant City. Over the years, the 11-day event has grown to include carnival rides, star-studded concerts and strawberry-themed fair foods. The 2023 festival year has concluded, but the 2024 festival will be held from Feb. 29 - March 10. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2023/05/17/randy-jill-scott-plant-city-strawberry-festival-workers-die-manatee-county-florida-crash/70227310007/ | 2023-05-17T16:04:38 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2023/05/17/randy-jill-scott-plant-city-strawberry-festival-workers-die-manatee-county-florida-crash/70227310007/ |
Country music star T.G. Sheppard honored in his hometown, Tennessee Music Pathways
Humboldt native and close friend of Elvis Presley, country music singer-songwriter T.G. Sheppard was inducted into the Tennesee Music Pathways program at the West Tennessee Strawberry Festival on Friday, May 12.
In addition to being the festival's Grand Marshall at Friday's parade, Sheppard was honored later that afternoon for his contributions to the music industry through the statewide program commemorating Tennessee musicians.
He noted his comparison of hitchhiking to Memphis as a young boy to commence his journey as a recording artist, to being flown out in a private jet back to Humboldt for Friday's festivities in what he described as a "special, full-circle moment."
"I was a runaway at the age of 15, climbing out of the back window of my dad's house, I never dreamed that someday I'd be able to come home to such a full-circle moment as this," Sheppard said. "To be the grand marshall in the parade, I was the grand marshall a few years ago, but to come back to be honored by the state of Tennessee today with the Pathways project with a monument being constructed in my name in town here."
Coming from a long line of performers in his family, he has opened for a number of famous bands in his early career including The Beach Boys and The Animals. Sheppard has had 21 number-one hits on the country music charts over his 45-year career in the music scene.
His permanent honor through the Pathways program can be found at the Downtown Green Space at the intersection of Central Avenue and Main Street in Humboldt.
West Tennessee Regional Director for the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development Marty Marbry explained that the program that honored Sheppard, which launched in 2018, is an interactive guide from end-to-end of the state featuring more than 300 landmarks and attractions that honor Tennessee legends across seven genres of music: blues, bluegrass, country, gospel, soul, rockabilly, and rock and roll.
"These places tell the story of our musical legends like the one we're honoring today," Marbry. "Our goal is not only to connect the fans to the music but to inspire travel to a destination along the way."
Other artist commemorations are in Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, and Bristol. | https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/local/2023/05/17/a-hometown-welcome-honored-singer-t-g-sheppard-on-friday/70223211007/ | 2023-05-17T16:11:01 | 0 | https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/local/2023/05/17/a-hometown-welcome-honored-singer-t-g-sheppard-on-friday/70223211007/ |
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Term-limited Gov. Eric Holcomb says no one should think it weird or awkward that he has yet to endorse his 2016 and 2020 running mate, Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, in her bid for Indiana's 2024 Republican gubernatorial nomination.
Holcomb told reporters in Indianapolis Tuesday he's simply been too busy working to implement the output of this year's legislative session to focus on who he wants taking over his job when his two terms are up in January 2025.
"I am making sure that we stick the landing coming out of session. It's still May," Holcomb said. "There will be plenty of time for politics in the months to come."
Crouch currently is competing in the May 2024 GOP gubernatorial primary against U.S. Sen. Mike Braun and Fort Wayne businessman Eric Doden.
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Holcomb said not endorsing right away also gives Crouch an opportunity to define herself, and the policies she'd pursue as governor, separate from the incumbent.
"There's something to be said for going out there and making sure folks understand you're your own person, regardless of who it is, that you speak for yourself on these issues. And folks need to feel liberated to do that," Holcomb said.
"I don't want anyone thinking that just because she and I work so closely together that she's a clone of me. She's been devoting her adult life to public service and folks need to get to know her as well," he added.
Meet the 2023 Northwest Indiana legislative delegation
State Rep. Carolyn Jackson, D-Hammond
State Rep. Carolyn Jackson, D-Hammond
1st House District
Represents: Hammond, Whiting
Experience: State representative since 2018; retired Cook County, Ill., probation officer
Committees: Environmental Affairs; Family, Children and Human Affairs; Natural Resources
Provided
State Rep. Earl Harris Jr., D-East Chicago
State Rep. Earl Harris Jr., D-East Chicago
2nd House District
Represents: East Chicago, Gary (west side), Hammond (east side)
Experience: State representative since 2016; small business owner
Committees: Government and Regulatory Reform; Roads and Transportation (ranking member); Ways and Means
Provided
State Rep. Ragen Hatcher, D-Gary
State Rep. Ragen Hatcher, D-Gary
3rd House District
Represents: Gary (downtown and east side), Hobart, Lake Station, New Chicago
Experience: State representative since 2018; attorney
Committees: Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development (ranking member); Courts and Criminal Code; Government and Regulatory Reform
Provided
State Rep. Ed Soliday, R-Valparaiso
State Rep. Ed Soliday, R-Valparaiso
4th House District
Represents: Valparaiso, Kouts
Experience: State representative since 2006; aviation safety consultant
Committees: Elections and Apportionment; Roads and Transportation; Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications (chairman)
Provided
State Rep. Pat Boy, D-Michigan City
State Rep. Pat Boy, D-Michigan City
9th House District
Represents: Michigan City, Beverly Shores, Chesterton, Long Beach
Experience: State representative since 2018; retired small business owner
Committees: Elections and Apportionment; Environmental Affairs; Natural Resources (ranking member)
Provided
State Rep. Chuck Moseley, D-Portage
State Rep. Chuck Moseley, D-Portage
10th House District
Represents: Portage, Burns Harbor, Dune Acres, Ogden Dunes, Porter, South Haven
Experience: State representative since 2008; financial solutions associate
Committees: Employment, Labor and Pensions; Financial Institutions; Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
Provided
State Rep. Mike Aylesworth, R-Hebron
State Rep. Mike Aylesworth, R-Hebron
11th House District
Represents: Hebron, Cedar Lake, DeMotte, Lowell, Morocco, Roselawn, Schneider
Experience: State representative since 2014; farmer, former state environmental regulator
Committees: Agriculture and Rural Development (chairman); Courts and Criminal Code; Environmental Affairs
Provided
State Rep. Mike Andrade, D-Munster
State Rep. Mike Andrade, D-Munster
12th House District
Represents: Munster, Griffith, Highland
Experience: State representative since 2020; small businessman
Committees: Financial Institutions (ranking member); Veterans Affairs and Public Safety; Ways and Means
Provided
State Rep. Vernon Smith, D-Gary
State Rep. Vernon Smith, D-Gary
14th House District
Represents: Gary (south side), Merrillville, unincorporated Calumet Township
Experience: State representative since 1990; education professor at Indiana University Northwest
Committees: Education (ranking member); Financial Institutions; Local Government
Provided
State Rep. Hal Slager, R-Schererville
State Rep. Hal Slager, R-Schererville
15th House District
Represents: Dyer, Schererville, St. John
Experience: State representative 2012-18, reelected 2020; small business owner
Committees: Financial Institutions; Rules and Legislative Procedures; Ways and Means
Provided
State Rep. Kendell Culp, R-Rensselaer
State Rep. Kendell Culp, R-Rensselaer
16th House District
Represents: Rensselaer, Knox
Experience: State representative since 2022; farmer
Committees: Elections and Apportionment; Environmental Affairs (vice chairman); Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
Provided
State Rep. Julie Olthoff, R-Crown Point
State Rep. Julie Olthoff, R-Crown Point
19th House District
Represents: Crown Point, Hobart, Lakes of the Four Seasons, Wheeler, Winfield
Experience: State representative 2014-2018, reelected 2020; small business owner
Committees: Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development (vice chairwoman); Family, Children and Human Affairs; Rules and Legislative Procedures
Provided
State Rep. Jim Pressel, R-Rolling Prairie
State Rep. Jim Pressel, R-Rolling Prairie
20th House District
Represents: LaPorte
Experience: State representative since 2016; small business owner
Committees: Elections and Apportionment; Government and Regulatory Reform; Roads and Transportation (chairman)
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1st Senate District
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Experience: State senator since 2022; project manager
Committees: Education and Career Development; Environmental Affairs; Local Government; Pensions and Labor
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2nd Senate District
Represents: East Chicago, Hammond, Munster, Whiting
Experience: State senator since 2008, previously served 1994-98; attorney
Committees: Appropriations; Ethics (vice chairman); Insurance and Financial Institutions (ranking member); Judiciary (ranking member); Tax and Fiscal Policy
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3rd Senate District
Represents: Gary, Hobart, Lake Station, Merrillville, New Chicago
Experience: State senator since 2016; community relations manager
Committees: Appropriations (ranking member); Health and Provider Services; Public Policy; Tax and Fiscal Policy
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4th Senate District
Represents: Chesterton, Beverly Shores, Burns Harbor, Michigan City, Portage
Experience: State senator since 2021; attorney
Committees: Corrections and Criminal Law (ranking member); Ethics; Judiciary; Local Government (ranking member); Pensions and Labor; Rules and Legislative Procedure
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5th Senate District
Represents: Valparaiso, Hebron, Jasper County, Wheeler
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6th Senate District
Represents: Lowell, Cedar Lake, Crown Point, DeMotte, Winfield
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Registered voters in Northwest Indiana, and across the Hoosier State, should keep an eye on their mailbox for a postcard from the Indiana Election Division.
The postcards are part of a regular statewide voter list maintenance program focused on identifying outdated, duplicate and inaccurate registrations to improve the integrity of Indiana's voter registration list.
According to the state elections office, postcard recipients do not need to take any action so long as the postcard contains their correct name and address.
However, if a postcard is returned as undeliverable, a second postcard will be sent asking the recipient to return a pre-paid response card to confirm, update or cancel their voter registration record.
Voter records that remain unconfirmed after two postcards will be "flagged" in the statewide voter registration system, according to the state election division.
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A voter can remove the flag at any time by correcting or updating their registration record by mail, at their county elections office, or at the polls when voting in a primary or general election.
However, a person whose voting record remains flagged through at least two statewide general elections, with no votes cast by that person in those elections, may eventually see their registration record purged from Indiana's voting rolls.
"As Indiana's chief elections officer, I am committed to making sure Hoosiers are confident at the polls. One of my top priorities is to clean the voter rolls. These postcards help ensure more accurate voter registration lists on a county and statewide level," said Republican Secretary of State Diego Morales.
Hoosiers also can check their voter registration status online at IndianaVoters.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/government-politics/postcards-headed-to-hoosier-homes-seek-to-confirm-voter-registrations/article_2b02e420-f426-11ed-b2f8-93df43a7635b.html | 2023-05-17T16:16:22 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/government-politics/postcards-headed-to-hoosier-homes-seek-to-confirm-voter-registrations/article_2b02e420-f426-11ed-b2f8-93df43a7635b.html |
The Gary city council didn’t do anything, and because of that a federal court judge rang them up for tens of thousands of dollars.
U.S. District Court Judge Philip Simon in Hammond is ordering the city to pay more than $67,000 for slacking off last year when they were supposed to be redistricting the city to give every resident equal representation on the city council.
The money will go to voting rights advocate Barbara Bolling, a Gary attorney, and a group of Indianapolis lawyers who assisted her.
Bolling and her legal team sued the city for missing a Dec. 31, 2022 deadline to divide the city’s 70,000 residents and the 50 square miles within which they live into six equal districts that each elect a member of the Common Council.
State law required changes to update the city’s old councilmanic district map after the 2020 census found population changes within the city made some districts larger than others.
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Common Council Attorney Rinzer Williams III said earlier this year the redistricting process proved to be "much more difficult than we (the Common Council) originally thought, and we ran out of time.”
After the deadline passed, Bolling and her attorneys sued the city Jan. 25 in U.S. District Court in Hammond.
Bolling alleged the population inequalities within council districts unfairly made some voters more powerful than others since a smaller number of voters in one district would have the same voice on the council as those in more numerous districts.
Bolling and city officials had worked out an agreement a month later to re-equalize the city’s six districts populations, in time for the spring primary election.
Judge Simon gave that agreement his blessing in February and gave Bolling permission to charge the city to reimburse her and her legal team for the cost of filing the litigation.
Bolling asked the judge to award them nearly $82,000 in legal fees and costs.
Lawyers for the city objected that the costs were unreasonably high since Bolling and her attorneys were charging the city between $550 per hour and $600 per hour for their work.
The judge overruled the city’s objections to the fees and praised the quick and efficient work of the attorneys for Bolling.
Nevertheless, the judge reduced their bill by $15,000 after scouring the details of their billings and lowered them in some instances where the billing was a duplication and others where routine administrative chores didn’t deserve to be billed at so high an hourly rate.
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MICHICAN CITY — Two Michigan City High School seniors with healthcare career goals recently received Franciscan Health Michigan City Medical Staff Memorial Scholarships to assist with their post-secondary educations.
Adrian Huizar and Kourtney Pratt, both 18, were selected by the Franciscan Health Michigan City Medical Staff Scholarship Committee as the 2023 scholarship recipients.
Huizar is enrolled in an emergency medical technician program and plans to further his education with a physician’s assistant degree at Valparaiso University. His goal is to work in a hospital emergency department.
Huizar’s interest in a healthcare career was sparked by his parents’ difficulties in receiving Spanish translation services in medical settings.
“I want to be able to have that one-on-one support for patients and use my bilingual skills to help them get the care they need,” Huizar said. “The scholarship will help me a lot by paying for my books and tuition.”
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Pratt, whose mother is also in the healthcare field, plans to attend the University of St. Francis to study radiology technology.
“It is an important part of the medical process,” Pratt said. “You need those images to help with diagnosis. The scholarship will help me cover part of my tuition, books and fees and allow me to focus more on my studies.”
The medical staff at Franciscan Health Michigan City voted unanimously in 2021 to establish and fund a scholarship honoring the memories and continuing legacies of physicians who served the community as members of the medical staff.
The $5,000 annual scholarship is funded by physicians on the Franciscan Health Michigan City medical staff in partnership with the Franciscan Health Foundation and may be split among recipients as the committee deems appropriate.
Dr. Matthew Troy, who serves as chairman of the Scholarship Committee, said this is the second year the scholarships have been awarded. The first two students awarded the scholarships keep in touch with the scholarship committee, he said, and are thriving.
“The goal is to foster and affirm their decision to seek a career in which they can help others,” Troy said. “The Scholarship Committee firmly believes that our individual success began with someone believing we could succeed in healthcare. We want to be that voice for these students. We believe in them and know they will enrich our community in the future.” | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/scholarship-boosts-students-healthcare-career-goals/article_88ec2b0c-f339-11ed-812e-5733905b1339.html | 2023-05-17T16:16:47 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/scholarship-boosts-students-healthcare-career-goals/article_88ec2b0c-f339-11ed-812e-5733905b1339.html |
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. – Franklin County Public Schools was hit with a ransomware attack on Monday, prompting the closure of the schools as authorities worked to resolve the issue.
Superintendent Dr. Bernice Cobbs says the decision to close schools was made in the interest of on campus-security while the matter was being reviewed.
Fortunately, with help from third-party experts, school officials managed to stop the attack and classes were able to resume on Tuesday, authorities said.
School officials are working closely with the FBI and Virginia State Police to determine the impact of the attack.
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency defines a ransomware attack as a “form of malware designed to encrypt files on a device, rendering any files and the systems that rely on them unusable.”
A statement from Dr. Cobbs can be found below:
Like many other organizations across the country, Franklin County Public Schools became the victim of a ransomware incident. Immediately upon detection, we began an internal investigation and engaged third-party experts to assist in our remediation efforts. Fortunately, through this team’s quick response, we were able to stop the progress of the attack. We are working closely with local and national law enforcement in this process, including the FBI and the Virginia State Police.
While the impact was being reviewed and in the interest of on-campus security, we made the decision to cancel classes on Monday. Our proactive measures included taking certain systems offline.
Superintendent Dr. Bernice Cobbs | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/17/classes-resume-at-franklin-county-public-schools-after-ransomware-incident/ | 2023-05-17T16:21:16 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/17/classes-resume-at-franklin-county-public-schools-after-ransomware-incident/ |
The State Corporation Commission is giving the public a chance to weigh in on a proposed Appalachian Power rate increase.
If the rate request is approved, the average residential customer could see their monthly bill go up by $25, a 15% increase. Low-income customers who qualify for the proposed basic service charge waiver would see an increase of about $16, or 10.5%.
To voice your concerns visit the SCC website, click “cases” and then “submit public comments.” Once you do that, scroll down to case number “PUR-2023-00002″ and click “submit comments” to leave a statement. You have until Aug. 17 to do so.
There will also be a public witness session on Aug. 23 at 10 a.m. where you can express your reservations. The entire hearing will be webcast at scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting.
To participate, you must pre-register with the SCC by 5 p.m. on Aug. 17. This can be done online, by emailing the form to SCCInfo@scc.virginia.gov or by calling the SCC at 804-371-9141. Witnesses will be given five minutes to provide their testimony. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/17/scc-seeking-public-comment-on-proposed-appalachian-power-rate-increase/ | 2023-05-17T16:21:23 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/17/scc-seeking-public-comment-on-proposed-appalachian-power-rate-increase/ |
Take a run and have a beer to help cheetah conservation efforts
Want to take a run for a good cause, see some animals and have a beer? Binder Park Zoo has what you need next month.
Binder Park Zoo is hosting the 15th annual Cheetah Chase 5K June 24.
Proceeds go towards Binder Park Zoo’s cheetah conservation efforts. Although cheetah populations once flourished throughout much of Africa and Asia, today’s populations need help to remain in the wild and avoid loss of habitat and poaching, the zoo said in a statement.
The race course will move through the lush habitats of the zoo. Early registration cost is $55, with participants receiving race entry into either the Gazelle Gallop or Sloth Walk, free day-of admission to the zoo, a Cheetah Chase tech race shirt, and their first Bell’s Brewery beer free for those 21 and older with ID. Post-race brews will also be available for all zoo guests at two locations on zoo grounds throughout the day, featuring Lager for the Lakes and Hazy Hearted IPA.
You can register online for the Cheetah Chase 5K at binderparkzoo.org. Pre-registration ends June 16.
This race is limited to 1,000 runners/walkers and open until spots are filled. Late registration June 17 through the day of the event is $65. Late registrations are not guaranteed a race shirt. For more information, visit binderparkzoo.org or call (269) 979-1351. | https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/2023/05/17/take-a-run-and-have-a-beer-to-help-cheetah-conservation-efforts/70223143007/ | 2023-05-17T16:23:13 | 0 | https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/2023/05/17/take-a-run-and-have-a-beer-to-help-cheetah-conservation-efforts/70223143007/ |
CHEYENNE — Declaring a mission to liberate “Taco Tuesday” for all, Taco Bell is asking U.S. regulators to force Wyoming-based Taco John’s to abandon its longstanding claim to the trademark.
Too many businesses and others refer to “Taco Tuesday” for Taco John’s to be able to have exclusive rights to the phrase, Taco Bell asserts in a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filing that is, of course, dated Tuesday.
It's the latest development in a long-running beef over “Taco Tuesday” that even included NBA star LeBron James making an unsuccessful attempt to claim the trademark in 2019.
“Taco Bell believes ‘Taco Tuesday’ is critical to everyone’s Tuesday. To deprive anyone of saying 'Taco Tuesday' — be it Taco Bell or anyone who provides tacos to the world — is like depriving the world of sunshine itself," the Taco Bell filing reads.
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A key question is whether “Taco Tuesday” over the years has succumbed to “genericide,” New York trademark law attorney Emily Poler said. That's the term for when a word or phrase become so widely used for similar products — or in this case, sales promotions — they're no longer associated with the trademark holder.
Well-known examples of genericide victims include “cellophane," “escalator” and “trampoline.”
“Basically what this is about is you cannot trademark something that is ‘generic,’” Poler said. “That means it doesn’t have any association with that particular source or product.”
James — a well-known taco lover — encountered this problem when he tried to trademark “Taco Tuesday" in 2019. The Patent and Trademark Office, in a ruling that didn't refer to Taco John's, deemed “Taco Tuesday” too much of a “commonplace term” to qualify as a trademark.
With more than 7,200 locations in the U.S. and internationally, Taco Bell — a Yum! Brands chain along with Pizza Hut, KFC and The Habit Burger Grill — is vastly bigger than Cheyenne-based Taco John's. Begun as a food truck more than 50 years ago, Taco John's now has about 370 locations in 23 mainly Midwestern and Western states.
The chain's relatively small size hasn't discouraged big-time enforcement of “Taco Tuesday” as trademark, which dates to the 1980s. In 2019, the company sent a letter to a brewery just five blocks from its corporate headquarters, warning it to stop using “Taco Tuesday” to promote a taco truck parked outside on Tuesdays.
Actively defending a trademark is required to maintain claim to it, and the letter was just one example of Taco John's telling restaurants far and wide to stop having “Taco Tuesdays.”
Taco John's responded to Taco Bell's filing by announcing a new two-week Taco Tuesday promotion, with a large side of riposte.
“I’d like to thank our worthy competitors at Taco Bell for reminding everyone that Taco Tuesday is best celebrated at Taco John’s,” CEO Jim Creel said in an emailed statement. “We love celebrating Taco Tuesday with taco lovers everywhere, and we even want to offer a special invitation to fans of Taco Bell to liberate themselves by coming by to see how flavorful and bold tacos can be at Taco John’s all month long.”
The filing is one of two from Taco Bell involving “Taco Tuesday." One contests Taco John's claim to “Taco Tuesday” in 49 states, while a similar filing contests a New Jersey restaurant and bar's claim to “Taco Tuesday” in that state. Both Taco John's and Gregory's Restaurant and Bar in Somers Point, New Jersey, have been using “Taco Tuesday” for over 40 years.
A Taco John's franchisee in Minnesota came up with “Taco Twosday” to promote two tacos for 99 cents on a slow day of the week, Creel told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday.
The Patent and Trademark Office approved the Taco John's “Taco Tuesday” trademark in 1989. Even with its many letters, Creel said, the company has never had to go to court over the phrase.
He's not feeling too picked on, either, by the much bigger Taco Bell.
"It's OK. It's kind of nice that they've noticed," Creel said. | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/wyomings-taco-johns-faces-off-against-taco-bell-over-taco-tuesday-rights/article_e8ae47fa-f4c9-11ed-87a1-0fa347027a34.html | 2023-05-17T16:24:05 | 0 | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/wyomings-taco-johns-faces-off-against-taco-bell-over-taco-tuesday-rights/article_e8ae47fa-f4c9-11ed-87a1-0fa347027a34.html |
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