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SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. — The cafeteria at Shenandoah Valley High School transformed into a commercial set on Friday, giving middle school students from the area a chance to be a star.
"At first, I really didn't want to do it. And then I started to enjoy it as I was with my friends," said Cole Meskuas, 7th-grade.
Mrs. T's Pierogies chose to stay in its hometown of Shenandoah to shoot its upcoming national commercial the students learned that acting is not always as easy as it looks.
"It could take so many times just to do one simple thing. We only did one simple thing that lasted 3 seconds and it took 45 minutes just to get it down of how to do it," said Gene Sinkus, 7th-grade.
"I didn't know you couldn't look at the camera. For commercials, they really don't want you to. And just pretending to talk with each other can be hard because you don't know what to talk about," said Breonna Zelinsky, 7th grade.
The commercial highlights how Mrs. T's Pierogies can help schools meet nutritional guidelines. Many of the students get excited when their school serves pierogis for lunch.
"Our school is so big on pierogis too, like that's one of our favorite foods. That's all we wait for at lunch sometimes, we don't care how long we wait for it, we're always excited for it. Plus it's cool that I get to do this with my friends," said Elijah Alexander, 7th-grade.
Now the students are left with a greater appreciation for the commercial-making process.
"It's not as easy as you think. You think a 15-second commercial would take an hour or two to film, but for us, it's taking all day just to get the simplest stuff," said Gene.
And they have another reason to love their hometown pierogis.
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PENNSYLVANIA, USA — The Dioceses of Scranton, Harrisburg, and Allentown issued their respective statements following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Friday afternoon.
Diocese of Scranton Bishop Joseph C. Bambera released the following statement:
“One of the fundamental teachings of the Catholic Church is that all human life is sacred – from the moment of conception until natural death – and it must be respected and protected. In its opinion for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, issued on Friday, June 24, 2022, I am thankful that the majority of Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court have recognized and upheld the sanctity of human life.
“For Catholics, respecting life, especially the unborn, is intrinsic to our identity as people of faith. While political and ideological divisions often drive us apart, we must remember that the Sacred Scriptures call us to be one, reverencing every life that comes into our world. It is critical to note, however, that valuing human life is not simply confined to life in the womb. We must never dismiss or ignore our responsibility to care for, protect and defend our brothers and sisters from other serious threats to human life, including poverty, racism and oppression.
“While already the largest private provider of social services in the United States, the Catholic Church must redouble its efforts and always stand ready to assist young women and couples who are facing unexpected or difficult pregnancies. Everyone in our Diocese and parishes should be familiar with ways to help mothers in difficult circumstances. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops recently launched its “Walking with Moms in Need” initiative to continue building relationships with community resources and make sure people in all parish communities know where to refer a pregnant woman in need.
“Our diocese is blessed to have many parishes filled with faithful people who regularly donate diapers, clothing, money and other resources to help expectant mothers each year. On the diocesan level, Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Scranton provides educational, emotional and material support to expectant parents and operates Shepherd’s Maternity House in East Stroudsburg which provides housing, care and assistance for pregnant women and their newborn babies. Along with so many other community agencies and programs, including, but not limited to, Saint Joseph’s Center, Friends of the Poor, Rachel’s Vineyard and the Pennsylvanians for Human Life, any mother needing assistance can receive life-affirming support.
“As we strive to build a true culture of life in our nation, the Gospel of Matthew reminds us that our welcome into God’s eternity will be determined by our willingness to reverence, respect and serve the most vulnerable among us in whom Christ is present: ‘Whoever receives one child such as this in my name receives me’” (Matthew 18:5).
Diocese of Harrisburg Bishop Ronald W. Gainer released the following statement:
“The Catholic Church has long taught that all life is a precious gift from God. This life is to be protected and respected from the moment of conception to that of natural death. Today’s ruling from the Supreme Court in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is an important step in furthering the protection of the most vulnerable, infants in the womb. As a pro-life Church, not only do we support parents facing an unplanned or difficult pregnancy, we also continue our efforts to support the needs of the elderly, the poor, the sick, the imprisoned, the refugee and immigrant, and those who have been marginalized.
"It is my prayer that as we face the uncertainties ahead, we can do so peacefully, working together to respect the concerns of our brothers and sisters, while also striving to build a society where all life is protected.”
Diocese of Allentown Bishop Alfred A. Schlert released the following statement:
“In light of the Supreme Court decision on Dobbs, we are reminded that since God is the author of all life, all human life must be protected and respected at every stage, especially the most defenseless.
“The past half century has consisted of dark days of human and judicial error that manipulated the Constitution to allow humans to play the role of the Creator and the arbiter of who deserves to live. I commend the justices for their courageous willingness to reexamine the right to terminate a life.
“We see how the abortion issue has coarsened our society and civil discourse. This will continue as the issue returns to the states. Now is a time of renewed prayer and engagement with the legislative process to continue the work reinforced by today’s decision.
“To those who have procured an abortion in the past or are contemplating one, our opposition to abortion is not an opposition to you, but rather a call to embrace you. The Diocese of Allentown stands ready to assist you in a spirit of love, mercy, charity, and compassion, through our prayers and the services of Catholic Charities and its partner agencies.”
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Abortion rights advocates protest, others 'relieved' in Sarasota about Roe v. Wade reversal
SARASOTA — A mix of organizations, community leaders, families, and abortion-rights and reproductive freedom advocates braved scattered showers Friday night during a 12-hour "We Dissent" protest in downtown Sarasota following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn the historic abortion-rights case, Roe v. Wade.
Around 200 demonstrators gathered near Selby Public Library in Five Points Park at 7 p.m. beginning their hours-long protest that denounced the high court's ruling that abortion care is not a constitutional right.
The protest, which was organized by the nonpartisan and grassroots organization Women's Voices of Southwest Florida, was one of the dozens of rallies across Florida on Friday. Demonstrators at the protest were full of emotions after learning of the reversal of the nearly 50-year precedence that established abortion rights under the constitution.
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Christy Stanford, a former reproductive healthcare counselor, said she doesn't agree with the Supreme Court decision.
"We're enraged and saddened," Stanford said. "I've done a lot of counseling for women who were thinking about having an abortion or who had an abortion... I knew, marching back in 2016, I feared this would happen."
Sarasota resident and mother, Sarah Kain was overcome with emotion Friday night. Kain wept as she and her family huddled in a dry spot during the protest as it made its march down Main Street and to the Sarasota County courthouse.
"I had an abortion two years ago," Kain said holding back tears.
Kain, 39, explained that her decision to utilize abortion care to end her pregnancy was due to a handful of medical and family reasons. Her partner Sean said he was grateful the family had the option available.
"For us, it's so important to have that choice. It's your life, it's my body," she said. "I'm scared. I'm scared for my daughters, for my nieces."
Anti-abortion advocates support overturning
Local anti-ab organizations, as well as healthcare workers, spoke out in favor of the ruling earlier in the day Friday, many saying they feel a sense of relief behind the historic overturning.
At Community Pregnancy Center in Sarasota, staff reveled at the news.
Dr. Karen Liebert, a retired obstetrician-gynecologist who is now the Center’s medical director, said she felt euphoric.
“It’s been a long, long time coming. I understand that there are some on the other side that do not feel that joy and I hope we can find some common ground,” Liebert said.
Liebert retired from HCA Florida Blake Hospital in the city of Bradenton after 30 years of practice. She said that during her career she’s taken care of many women who have suffered physically, mentally, and spiritually after deciding to abort.
“Because of that, I really became much more pro-life. I always wanted to protect the baby in the womb and innocent life,” Liebert said in an interview with the Herald-Tribune. “I feel that’s my duty as a doctor as well as a Catholic layperson. I am just thrilled today.”
Lieber said that the Community Pregnancy Clinics, which have five locations in Southwest Florida as well as two mobile clinics, are revving up to offer more support to more women in anticipation of the overturning.
“We want the best for women and want the best for their babies. What the mother needs is our compassion, support, and truth in order to make the choice for life,” she said.
Rich Owens, the leader of Sarasota’s 40 Days for Life campaign, expressed gratitude for the legal decision. The campaign works to coordinate a 40-days of prayer and fasting aimed at ending abortion.
“We are very thankful to God for this progress, that the Supreme Court has recognized the humanity of the unborn,” he said to a Herald-Tribune reporter.
Owens’ said the organization is still committed to a 40-day vigil in the fall outside of Sarasota’s sole Planned Parenthood clinic.
“We’re very excited celebrating,” he said. “I think, in some ways, this will make it easier to recruit people because it’s clear that prayer has an impact. Prayer works.” | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2022/06/25/sarasota-abortion-rights-protests-emotions-roe-v-wade/7728529001/ | 2022-06-25T18:40:29 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2022/06/25/sarasota-abortion-rights-protests-emotions-roe-v-wade/7728529001/ |
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LOGAN, WV (WOWK) — An “avid family man” with a “big heart” is being remembered by his family after he died in a helicopter crash in Logan County on Wednesday.
Brian Bledsoe says his father, Marvin Bledsoe, was 64 and from Chapmanville. He was on board the Huey helicopter that crashed Wednesday evening shortly after takeoff from the Logan County Airport.
“He was a disabled CSX train engineer. He loved old cars and trucks, riding his Harley, and watching his grandkids play soccer,” Brian told 13 news.
Marvin and five others died in the accident.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash.
The names of the other five victims have not been released. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/1-victim-of-tragic-logan-county-helicopter-crash-identified/ | 2022-06-25T19:02:29 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/1-victim-of-tragic-logan-county-helicopter-crash-identified/ |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — People were making their voices heard on the steps of the Federal Courthouse in Charleston on Friday after the landmark decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The West Virginia Women’s Health Center Executive Director says they notified about 70 people that they couldn’t follow through with their abortion appointments after the decision.
Instead, they’ll be helping those women get access to out-of-state abortions.
One protester tells us she marched for women’s rights in Washington in the 1980s, and that she’s sad to see so many young people having to come out and fight again.
Well, voting is the only thing that we have. Voting and letting our legislators know how we feel because we’re in the majority. The majority of Americans feel that abortion is a right that women should have.
Laura Mahoney, Protestor | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/pro-choice-rally-held-outside-federal-courthouse-in-charleston/ | 2022-06-25T19:02:35 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/pro-choice-rally-held-outside-federal-courthouse-in-charleston/ |
LOGAN COUNTY, WV (WOWK)—The six victims of a tragic helicopter crash in Logan County have been identified.
According to the West Virginia State Police, the office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Charleston identified the victims as John Nagle II, 53 of Austin, Texas, Donald Sandhoff, 69 of Durham, North Carolina, Kevin Warren, 51 of Franklin, Tennessee, Carolyn O’Connor, 73 of Winter Garden, Florida, Marvin Bledsoe, 64 of Chapmanville and Jack Collins, 65 of Chapmanville.
A team of National Transportation Safety Board aviation safety investigators is in Logan county to investigate the deadly crash. They say they’re looking for anyone who witnessed the accident or who has information that could help their investigation. Anyone who thinks they can help should email them at witness@ntsb.gov or call 202-314-6100.
The Huey crashed at approximately 4:57 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, killing all six people on board.
According to the NTSB, while the victims have not been identified, those on board consisted of a pilot, three passengers and two pilot-rated passengers.
The NTSB confirmed the flight was associated with the annual Huey Reunion event, which offers helicopter rides from organizer MARPAT Aviation. Investigators say the flight that crashed was the last flight planned for that day and had a different route from the tour paths that had been flown previously on Wednesday.
Investigators say much of the wreckage was consumed by a fire that broke out after the crash.
The NTSB says investigators will be spending the next several days documenting the accident site, the helicopter and “any perishable evidence” that could be relevant to the investigation. The NTSB also says the helicopter was not equipped with, and was not required to be equipped with, a cockpit voice recorder or a flight data recorder.
According to the NTSB, the helicopter will be recovered from the site on Friday and taken to a secure location in Atlanta to be further examined. They say they expect the work on the scene will be complete within five to seven days.
According to investigators, the helicopter crashed on rural Route 17, also known as Blair Mountain Highway, about 3.7 miles northeast of the Logan County airport where it took off. Lynn Spencer, NTSB Air Safety Investigator, said in a brief press conference that the helicopter had been in the air for about 15 minutes before it crashed.
The Red Cross and NTSB family assistance specialists will be at the Logan County Airport to assist friends and families of the accident victims. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/victims-of-logan-county-helicopter-crash-identified/ | 2022-06-25T19:02:41 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/victims-of-logan-county-helicopter-crash-identified/ |
ATLANTA — Authorities are searching for a possible drowning victim who went missing in Cauble Park on Friday.
Officers with the Acworth Police Department initially responded to the park Saturday evening around 5 p.m. in reference to a possible drowning. They were joined by members of the Cobb County Fire Department, and Department of Natural Resources.
Witnesses told authorities that a woman, 46-year-old Darla Frey, was seen on a raft in the water. However, later on the raft was seen without her.
Authorities said they used sonar equipment to search for the woman until 11:30 p.m. The search resumed on Saturday with members of the Cobb County Police Department's Dive Team joining as well.
While the search continues, the Acworth Police Department is encouraging anyone with knowledge of what happened to contact them.
This is a developing story. Check back often for new information.
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Personal stories from reproductive rights advocates, those against abortion | Roe v. Wade SCOTUS decision
11Alive asked people from both sides of the aisle to tell us what the SCOTUS decision means to them.
The Supreme Court overturned the landmark case Roe v. Wade on Friday, putting abortion rights in the hands of the state; while many planned protests, some rejoiced.
In the series "What it means to you," we talked to people who from both sides of the controversial topic.
In support of reproductive rights Individuals who believe in choice
Coco Papy | Community organizer from Savannah
Coco Papy, who was born and raised in Savannah, works as a community organizer and is a self-proclaimed policy nerd. As Deep’s Director of Public Policy and Communications, she works to create progressive policy and legislation.
Deciding to get an abortion wasn't the most challenging part for Papy; instead, it was access.
"Living in the South, I had a very different experience specifically," Papy said. "I would say, around the silence on reproductive health care and then also to like what was actually available and accessible."
She now works with several groups across the state, including serving as a Planned Parenthood Southeast C4 board member and a proud abortion doula.
She believes in the right to a safe, and legal abortion.
"This is often coded as a women's issue," Papy said. "And I feel strongly that if you are a man who has had a partner or a loved one in your life, who has experienced abortion like we also need you in this fight because this impacts you too."
Listen to her story
Tamika English | Atlantan and mother
At 16, Tamika English found out she was pregnant. She was excelling in school, had an internship, a study abroad trip planned, and her SAT scores were excellent.
"Once I got up the courage to tell my mom, I was very clear that I didn't want to stop my life," English said. "I had plans and I knew that I wasn't ready to be a mom."
They sought abortion care.
"Friday we made the appointment," English said. "By Wednesday, I was back in school."
English is now 40 years old, married, and has 14-year-old who plans to take up law school and politics. She works as a real estate and insurance agent for a nonprofit.
English said she’s thankful that abortion access was legal, safe and not threatened at the time. She said this decision is a step backward and is worried about the future of abortion care if her daughter ever needed to make that choice.
"I imagine myself having to make trips across state lines or take chances with procedures that aren't necessarily safe or, you know, sterile or, you know, what have you," she said.
English hopes abortion is codified and put into federal law.
Listen to her story
Yemi Miller-Tonnet | Reproductive justice organizer
Yemi Miller-Tonnet's first job out of college was working the front desk at a local, independent abortion clinic.
"I came into contact with people every day, from when I say every walk of life, I mean every walk of life," Miller-Tonnet said. "Celebrities, millionaires, down to like people who had to, like, catch three buses to get to the clinic and needed all of the help that they could get to get there."
She said her experience working there showed just how inaccessible abortions were in the state. Aside from Miller-Tonnet's work as an organizer, she's also an abortion doula.
"Whether that's helping them navigate the laws and their timelines and the cost burden of getting an abortion procedure or helping them realize what resources are out there for them," Miller-Tonnet's said.
Access to abortions under Roe wasn't easy, Miller-Tonnet said. She plans to work towards full abortion access for everyone.
"We're at a moment where we can't afford for people to stay home and look at the TV and just be like, ‘Oh, that really sucks’ and turn their head away, right," Miller-Tonnet said. "This is really going to have to be a community effort to make sure we're taking care of each other."
Listen to her story
Individuals against abortion Wanting to protect the right to life
Ryan Bomberger | Founder of Radiance Foundation
Ryan Bomberger’s conception wasn't a love story; his mother was raped, but she chose to have the baby and he was adopted. He thanks her for that, and it's a piece of the story of how his foundation was formed.
"I was loved like crazy. I was conceived in rape, but I was adopted in love," Bomberger said. "And here I am, a married father of four and two of my four were also adopted."
Radiance Foundation, started by Bomberger, is a faith-based organization that wants to create a culture around the concept that every life has a purpose.
"I was loved like crazy. I was conceived in rape, but I was adopted in love," Bomberger said. "And here I am, a married father of four and two of my four were also adopted."
The foundation is only part of Bomberger's story; the other half is his wife. According to Bomberger, she was pregnant in her late 20s and under some pressure to abort. Her career seemed to be on the line, but she chose not to have an abortion.
That baby girl's name was Radiance.
"Every human life is purpose, whether you're planned, whether you're unplanned, whether you're able, whether you're disabled, no matter the beautiful hue of your skin." Bomberger said. "And so that's really the underlying drive in the Radiance Foundation."
Bomberger believes that some of the best things in life are not planned and said this is a human rights issue.
"There's another side of the story, and I'm part of that other side of the story," he said.
Listen to his story
Cori Woods | Coordinator for an anti-abortion group
As an adoptee, Cori Woods believes that every potential life deserves a fair chance; she works as the southeast field operations coordinator at Students for Life of America.
She created anti-abortion groups at every education level through that program and works with some adults.
"I want people to know that children are wanted," Woods said. "You are wanted. Kids are wanted. We are all wanted. Just because someone else doesn't want you doesn't mean you're not wanted. "
Woods said their program is not just about making sure a pregnant person chooses to carry their fetus to full term, but also helping them sort through all their options.
"Let's help you get there, get education," she said. "Let's help you get the job. Let's help you raise your child. Let's take care of your needs as you go on this hard journey as a single mom, or, you know, you may have your family with you there.
Listen to her story | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/roe-wade-supreme-court-pro-life-choice-abortion/85-0fa743b4-e9c5-4072-8400-eca98224c5ff | 2022-06-25T19:10:37 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/roe-wade-supreme-court-pro-life-choice-abortion/85-0fa743b4-e9c5-4072-8400-eca98224c5ff |
1 child dead, another in critical condition after house pool incident in Glendale
One child died and another remains hospitalized in critical condition after both were pulled from a backyard pool Friday evening, according to the Glendale Fire Department.
According to the fire department, the incident happened around 7 p.m. at a Glendale residence near 83rd and Missouri avenues.
Firefighters said the two boys, ages 3 and 4, were playing in the backyard when one of them fell into the pool. Authorities say they believe the other child jumped in to save his brother.
When firefighters arrived, the children's parents were performing CPR on them. Firefighters continued life-saving measures and took the boys to a hospital, both in critical condition, the department said.
One of them did not survive and the other is in critical condition, authorities said.
"Drownings are avoidable by watching children around water. That means staying engaged with the children, never taking your eyes off of them, and never leaving them alone around water, even if they can swim," said Cpt. Ashley Losch with Glendale fire in a Saturday statement.
Reach breaking news reporter Laura Daniella Sepulveda at lsepulveda@lavozarizona.com or on Twitter @lauradNews.
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A Silver Alert issued for a Kosciusko County woman missing since Friday evening has been canceled, Indiana State Police said.
Police believed Leah Barber, 24, was in extreme danger and possibly needing medical assistance.
No further information about her return was provided. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/silver-alert-canceled-for-kosciusko-woman/article_e6521576-f485-11ec-88ec-fbca5cb3e572.html | 2022-06-25T19:19:07 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/silver-alert-canceled-for-kosciusko-woman/article_e6521576-f485-11ec-88ec-fbca5cb3e572.html |
Note: District 6 includes Guilford County and part of Forsyth County; District 10 includes all of Yadkin, Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Lincoln, most of Catawba and Iredell and part of Forsyth counties; District 13 includes all of Davie, Davidson, Rowan, Randolph, Alamance, Caswell, Person and parts of Chatham and Lee and a small section of Iredell counties. These boundaries will change with the new Congress after the 2022 election.
WASHINGTON — Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted recently.
Along with the week's roll call votes, the Senate also passed this measure by voice vote: the Fixing Our Regulatory Mayhem Upsetting Little Americans Act (S. 4261), to suspend duties and other restrictions on the importation of infant formula to address the shortage of infant formula in the United States.
U.S. House
Industrial Cybersecurity: The House has passed the Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Training Act. The bill would establish an effort at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for training cybersecurity workers on how to protect industrial control systems from cyber attacks. The vote on Tuesday, June 21, was 368-47.
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Yeas: U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning, D-Greensboro, 6th District; U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-Denver, 10th District; U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, R-Advance, 13th District
Mental health: The House has passed the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act. The bill would reauthorize, through fiscal 2027, various mental and behavioral health programs, and expand eligibility for enrolling in opioid treatment programs. The vote on Wednesday, June 22, was 402-20.
Yeas: Manning, McHenry, Budd
Health Innovations Agency: The House has passed the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health Act, to create the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health agency, which would, like similar existing agencies for the military and energy, fund research into novel health and medicine technologies. The vote on Wednesday, June 22, was 336-85.
Yeas: Manning, McHenry, Budd
Active shooters: The House has rejected the Active Shooter Alert Act. The bill would have established an Active Shooter Alert Communications Network at the Justice Department, and have the network make plans for sending alerts about active shooters by working with local and state governments. The vote on Wednesday, June 22, was 259-162, with a two-thirds majority required for approval.
Nays: McHenry, Budd
Yeas: Manning
School meals: The House has passed the Keep Kids Fed Act. The bill would extend waivers for federal child nutrition programs that were first issued in response to closing school classrooms in early 2020 and have been used to provide free school meals, summer meals, and subsidies for child care. The vote on Thursday, June 23, was 376-42.
Yeas: Manning, McHenry, Budd
Mental health at colleges: The House has passed the Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act, to require the Education Department to promote mental health and suicide prevention plans at colleges and universities. The vote on Thursday, June 23, was 405-16.
Yeas: Manning, McHenry, Budd
Collegiate drug use: The House has passed the Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act. The bill would reauthorize, through fiscal 2028, the federal illicit drug and alcohol abuse prevention program for colleges and universities, and provide $15 million of annual funding for grants and other efforts to prevent alcohol and substance misuse at those campuses. The vote on Thursday, June 23, was 371-49.
Yeas: Manning, McHenry, Budd
Sex and demographic surveys: The House has passed the LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act. The bill would require federal agencies to include information about non-heterosexuals in surveys that cover demographic data. The vote on Thursday, June 23, was 220-201.
Nays: McHenry, Budd
Yeas: Manning
U.S. Senate
California judge: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Ana Isabel de Alba to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. De Alba has been a Superior Court judge in Fresno County since 2018; for a decade previously, she was a private practice lawyer. The vote on Tuesday, June 21, was 53-45.
Nays: U.S. Sen. Richard Burr and U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, both R-N.C.
Consumer products commissioner: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Mary Boyle to be on the Consumer Product Safety Commission for a seven-year term ending in fall 2025. Boyle, currently the commission's executive director, has been at the CPSC for more than a decade. The vote on Wednesday, June 22, was 50-48.
Nays: Burr, Tillis
Gun violence: The Senate has passed an amendment to the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act that would establish a variety of measures intended to reduce mass shootings, including spending on behavioral health clinics, funding for school safety efforts, and restrictions on gun ownership by ex-convicts and those found by a court to be mentally ill. The vote on Thursday, June 23, was 65-33.
Yeas: Burr, Tillis
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two men were found dead under what authorities described as “suspicious” circumstances after a fire broke out at a four-unit apartment complex overnight in Vancouver, officials said.
Vancouver police and firefighters responded to the scene around 12:30 a.m. near the corner of E 16th Street and Grand Boulevard after multiple 911 callers reported hearing gunshots followed by smoke and fire.
Police said when they arrived to the home in the Harney Heights neighborhood, they evacuated the neighboring units. The Vancouver Fire Department said firefighters found flames raging from the front and back of a second-floor apartment.
Fire officials called for backup with a second alarm, and 25 firefighters battled the blaze, which had scorched the home and spread to the attic.
The fire was extinguished within half an hour, officials said, and when emergency personnel entered the building, they found two men dead where the fire had started.
The cause of the fire — and what happened leading up to it — is the subject of an investigation by multiple agencies including the Vancouver Police Department’s arson team and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Four families were displaced and no other injuries were reported.
Few other details were immediately released.
KOIN 6 News has reached out for more information. | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/two-men-found-dead-in-apartment-after-fire-arson-team-investigating/ | 2022-06-25T19:32:12 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/two-men-found-dead-in-apartment-after-fire-arson-team-investigating/ |
CROWN POINT — A man was sentenced Friday to 35 years in prison for fatally stabbing a man while he accompanied a girlfriend to pick up her grandchild in 2021 in Hobart.
Mark A. Jaramillo, 47, of Crown Point, was on parole when he knowingly killed Rafeal J. Marcano, 27, in the presence of a child, Senior Judge Kathleen Lang said.
The 6-year-old boy was the son of Jaramillo's girlfriend's daughter, who was dating Marcano, according to Lake Criminal Court records.
Jaramillo's girlfriend, Koreena M. Henry, 46, of Gary, pleaded guilty in June 2021 to assisting a criminal, a level 5 felony. She could face a sentence of one to six years at a sentencing hearing set for July 8.
A jjury convicted Jaramillo in November of voluntary manslaughter, a level 2 felony, but found him not guilty of murder.
During his trial, Jaramillo testified on his own behalf, claiming he acted in self-defense.
Defense attorney Herbert Shaps, who entered the case after Jaramillo's conviction, said Jaramillo deserved some leniency because the crime stemmed from circumstances unlikely to reoccur.
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"The intent was to get the child ... and go to school," Shaps said. "He didn't bring a gun. He had a knife, which he often carried for work."
Shaps said it was unfair to count Jaramillo's prior convictions against him on the voluntary manslaughter sentence, because prosecutors used several of them as the basis for a habitual offender enhancement.
Shaps recommended a sentence of 27 1/2 years, including 17 1/2 years for voluntary manslaughter and 10 years for the habitual offender enhancement.
Lake County Deputy Prosecutor Kasey Dafoe recommended a 50-year sentence.
Jaramillo's criminal history began when he was 16 years old and included two juvenile cases, five felony convictions and 10 misdemeanor convictions, she said.
"The defendant has lived a full life of crime," Dafoe said.
Evidence at trial showed Jaramillo went back to retrieve the knife used to kill Marcano before going to his girlfriend's daughter's home, she said.
Henry's grandson was 6 years old when he was present for the fight and stabbing, which began inside his home and traveled outside, Dafoe said.
After the stabbing, Jaramillo and Henry placed the boy in Henry's car with the bloody knife and dropped him off at school.
Lang granted Jaramillo's request to appoint a public defender to represent him on appeal.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Salvador Casares
Age : 43
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205089
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION; THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jonathan Colon
Age : 35
Residence: Montgomery, TX
Booking Number(s): 2205105
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Swets
Age : 44
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205044
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Karen Sweet
Age : 63
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205025
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amaan Smith
Age : 28
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205033
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anthony Smith
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205039
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Diandre Smith
Age : 25
Residence: Glenwood, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205029
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeremy Soria
Age : 28
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205045
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Rogers
Age : 28
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205049
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lynn Lessard
Age : 56
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205038
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Leondre Lewis
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205028
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Richard Moss
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205042
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Person Jr.
Age : 38
Residence: Steger, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205023
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Consuela Folger
Age : 51
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205040
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Jones Jr.
Age : 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205050
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ramiro Escamilla
Age : 24
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205022
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING - W/NO INTENT OF FELONY THEFT; BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Matthew Evans
Age : 28
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205047
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Evan Alexander
Age : 25
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205037
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edward Anaszewski
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205048
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Andre Bullock
Age : 31
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205046
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amanda Wilk
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205065
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Travis Spoolstra
Age : 21
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205064
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Stibgen
Age : 30
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205056
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Miller
Age : 21
Residence: N/A
Booking Number(s): 2205055
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE; THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Tracey Spencer
Age : 47
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205070
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Haley Kniola
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205067
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tyler McKenzie
Age : 23
Residence: Perry, FL
Booking Number(s): 2205072
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Noel Garabito Jr.
Age : 34
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205063
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ebonie Byers
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205060
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - INSTITUTION - BANK/FINANCIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Ellis
Age : 30
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205061
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Devante White
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204992
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - FROM MACHINE OR DEVICE - $750 TO $50,000; BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
David Wszolek
Age : 52
Residence: LaPorte, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205010
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sterling Walton IV
Age : 22
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204999
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tavares McKinstry
Age : 37
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204997
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Mezydlo
Age : 54
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204993
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kaleb Wall
Age : 33
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205002
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jenifer Joy
Age : 35
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205008
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jacob Kelley
Age : 19
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205007
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
John Madden
Age : 58
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204994
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE (EXPLOSIVES) - W/KNOWLEDGE IT WILL BE USED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kori Arguelles
Age : 26
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205003
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rondell Christmas
Age : 23
Residence: Lynwood, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205011
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: INVASION OF PRIVACY; BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Michael Tsouchlos
Age : 54
Residence: Marathon, FL
Booking Number(s): 2205206
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Vernon Walters
Age : 61
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205200
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Megan Phillips
Age : 35
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205202
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Antonio Steward
Age : 38
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205190
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Javante Toran
Age : 30
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205192
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kerri Olson
Age : 43
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205188
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: 2205188
Highest Offense Class: Felony
John Bowling
Age : 50
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205195
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amy Hunt
Age : 26
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205208
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kevin McGrath
Age : 31
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205204
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nicholas Naumoff
Age : 54
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205184
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Nunez III
Age : 28
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205207
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Francisco Tequimila
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205163
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cheri Terranova
Age : 32
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205162
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Clevon Riley
Age : 28
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205155
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stephanie Sons
Age : 34
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205170
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Mauer
Age : 27
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205165
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kirk McGuire
Age : 32
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205178
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tyrone McKee
Age : 59
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205158
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicole Peterson
Age : 50
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205152
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeremy Jones
Age : 25
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205161
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Artesta Lewis
Age : 69
Residence: Harvey, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205153
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joyce Edwards
Age : 52
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205169
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sarah Fox
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205179
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandon Johnson
Age : 32
Residence: Dolton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205182
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Denzel Shaw
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205124
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sade Vigilant
Age : 26
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205112
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amanda Nippers
Age : 25
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205118
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michelle Mendez
Age : 43
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205121
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Lumsdon
Age : 54
Residence: Crete, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205134
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: PUBLIC INDECENCY - INDECENT EXPOSURE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Saivion Covington
Age : 27
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205115
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Currie
Age : 28
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205113
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Gutierrez
Age : 22
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205123
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Landrum Coleman Sr.
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205114
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: WARRANT - DEFENDANT IN CUSTODY; ORDER TO APPEAR; DEFENDANT AT LIBERTY; NOTICE TO APPEAR; ARREST UPON FAILURE TO APPEAR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Charles Carter Jr.
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205131
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: FAILURE TO REGISTER; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Joseph Boatman
Age : 31
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205117
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON; POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
James Burnett III
Age : 32
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205116
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joel Acosta
Age : 31
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205109
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - MORE THAN $50,000; THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Tyree Baines
Age : 25
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205140
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marcus White
Age : 37
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205107
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daiquan McClinton
Age : 20
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205093
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Douglas Mills
Age : 37
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205085
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Latanya Snelling
Age : 54
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205099
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Malik Ward
Age : 25
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205086
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Manous
Age : 23
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205081
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - SCHEDULE V; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Steven Heintz
Age : 52
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205096
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Benjamin Hynek
Age : 23
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205098
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joshua Hynek
Age : 33
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205097
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Krystal Johnston
Age : 45
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205101
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Demarco Dillon
Age : 21
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205087
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Creedon
Age : 59
Residence: Crystal Lake, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205083
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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CROWN POINT — A Chicago woman was sentenced Friday to 70 years in prison for fatally shooting her ex-girlfriend more than two years ago after learning the woman had started dating a man.
Lydia T. Conley, 39, was convicted earlier this month of murder in the Oct. 27, 2019, homicide of 40-year-old Delilah Martinez in the 1100 block of 115th Street in Hammond's Robertsdale neighborhood.
Martinez was shot in the back of her head and right side of her back. She was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Delilah Martinez
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Conley maintained her innocence, defense attorney John Cantrell said.
"I am still trying to figure out why the jury convicted Lydia," he said. "Sometimes people are judged by their appearance, and that's not OK. I won't stop trying to figure out who actually committed this crime."
During her closing statements at trial, Lake County Deputy Prosecutor Jessica Arnold said evidence showed Conley was begging Martinez to take her back and repeatedly asked if Martinez was seeing someone else.
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In the days leading up to the homicide, Conley's conciliatory tone changed, and she began sending Martinez angry text messages, Arnold said.
The day of the murder, Conley moved her teenage daughter out of Martinez's house and got into a road rage incident with Martinez.
During that incident, Conley saw Martinez's new boyfriend in Martinez's white Chevrolet and threatened to kill Martinez and the boyfriend, Arnold said.
Afterward, Martinez canceled plans to go out for drinks with a friend because "she was scared for her life," Arnold said.
Meanwhile, Conley borrowed a car from her sister-in-law, even though it was in need of repair, and turned off Google tracking data on her cellphone, the deputy prosecutor said.
Hammond police Detective Sgt. Brian Webber testified during trial he was able to obtain Conley's location data from T-Mobile and Facebook, and it showed she was in the area of Martinez's home at the time of the homicide.
Investigators also found surveillance video of Conley's sister-in-law's car traveling through an alley near Martinez's house, he said.
Judge Pro Tempore Jamise Perkins sentenced Conley to 60 years in prison for murder and 10 years for a firearm enhancement.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Salvador Casares
Age : 43
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205089
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION; THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jonathan Colon
Age : 35
Residence: Montgomery, TX
Booking Number(s): 2205105
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Swets
Age : 44
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205044
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Karen Sweet
Age : 63
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205025
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amaan Smith
Age : 28
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205033
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anthony Smith
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205039
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Diandre Smith
Age : 25
Residence: Glenwood, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205029
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeremy Soria
Age : 28
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205045
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Rogers
Age : 28
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205049
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lynn Lessard
Age : 56
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205038
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Leondre Lewis
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205028
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Richard Moss
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205042
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Person Jr.
Age : 38
Residence: Steger, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205023
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Consuela Folger
Age : 51
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205040
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Jones Jr.
Age : 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205050
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ramiro Escamilla
Age : 24
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205022
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING - W/NO INTENT OF FELONY THEFT; BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Matthew Evans
Age : 28
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205047
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Evan Alexander
Age : 25
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205037
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edward Anaszewski
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205048
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Andre Bullock
Age : 31
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205046
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amanda Wilk
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205065
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Travis Spoolstra
Age : 21
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205064
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Stibgen
Age : 30
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205056
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Miller
Age : 21
Residence: N/A
Booking Number(s): 2205055
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE; THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Tracey Spencer
Age : 47
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205070
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Haley Kniola
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205067
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tyler McKenzie
Age : 23
Residence: Perry, FL
Booking Number(s): 2205072
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Noel Garabito Jr.
Age : 34
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205063
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ebonie Byers
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205060
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - INSTITUTION - BANK/FINANCIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Ellis
Age : 30
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205061
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Devante White
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204992
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - FROM MACHINE OR DEVICE - $750 TO $50,000; BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
David Wszolek
Age : 52
Residence: LaPorte, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205010
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sterling Walton IV
Age : 22
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204999
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tavares McKinstry
Age : 37
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204997
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Mezydlo
Age : 54
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204993
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kaleb Wall
Age : 33
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205002
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jenifer Joy
Age : 35
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205008
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jacob Kelley
Age : 19
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205007
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
John Madden
Age : 58
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204994
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE (EXPLOSIVES) - W/KNOWLEDGE IT WILL BE USED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kori Arguelles
Age : 26
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205003
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rondell Christmas
Age : 23
Residence: Lynwood, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205011
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: INVASION OF PRIVACY; BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Michael Tsouchlos
Age : 54
Residence: Marathon, FL
Booking Number(s): 2205206
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Vernon Walters
Age : 61
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205200
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Megan Phillips
Age : 35
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205202
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Antonio Steward
Age : 38
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205190
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Javante Toran
Age : 30
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205192
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kerri Olson
Age : 43
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205188
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: 2205188
Highest Offense Class: Felony
John Bowling
Age : 50
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205195
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amy Hunt
Age : 26
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205208
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kevin McGrath
Age : 31
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205204
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nicholas Naumoff
Age : 54
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205184
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Nunez III
Age : 28
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205207
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Francisco Tequimila
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205163
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cheri Terranova
Age : 32
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205162
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Clevon Riley
Age : 28
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205155
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stephanie Sons
Age : 34
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205170
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Mauer
Age : 27
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205165
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kirk McGuire
Age : 32
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205178
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tyrone McKee
Age : 59
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205158
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicole Peterson
Age : 50
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205152
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeremy Jones
Age : 25
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205161
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Artesta Lewis
Age : 69
Residence: Harvey, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205153
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joyce Edwards
Age : 52
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205169
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sarah Fox
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205179
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandon Johnson
Age : 32
Residence: Dolton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205182
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Denzel Shaw
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205124
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sade Vigilant
Age : 26
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205112
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amanda Nippers
Age : 25
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205118
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michelle Mendez
Age : 43
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205121
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Lumsdon
Age : 54
Residence: Crete, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205134
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: PUBLIC INDECENCY - INDECENT EXPOSURE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Saivion Covington
Age : 27
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205115
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Currie
Age : 28
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205113
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Gutierrez
Age : 22
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205123
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Landrum Coleman Sr.
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205114
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: WARRANT - DEFENDANT IN CUSTODY; ORDER TO APPEAR; DEFENDANT AT LIBERTY; NOTICE TO APPEAR; ARREST UPON FAILURE TO APPEAR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Charles Carter Jr.
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205131
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: FAILURE TO REGISTER; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Joseph Boatman
Age : 31
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205117
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON; POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
James Burnett III
Age : 32
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205116
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joel Acosta
Age : 31
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205109
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - MORE THAN $50,000; THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Tyree Baines
Age : 25
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205140
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marcus White
Age : 37
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205107
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daiquan McClinton
Age : 20
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205093
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Douglas Mills
Age : 37
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205085
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Latanya Snelling
Age : 54
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205099
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Malik Ward
Age : 25
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205086
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Manous
Age : 23
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205081
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - SCHEDULE V; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Steven Heintz
Age : 52
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205096
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Benjamin Hynek
Age : 23
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205098
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joshua Hynek
Age : 33
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205097
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Krystal Johnston
Age : 45
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205101
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Demarco Dillon
Age : 21
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205087
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Creedon
Age : 59
Residence: Crystal Lake, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205083
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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MARION COUNTY, Fla. – The City of Ocala said in a statement that an 18-inch force main break during an “extreme weather event” Friday spilled hundreds of thousands of gallons of untreated sewage and forced the closure of a stretch of State Road 464.
According to news releases, the area has since been sanitized following a flow of approximately 595,950 gallons of filth that crews diverted as repairs were made.
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SR-464 was closed from SE 20th to SE 22nd avenues, the city said. As of Saturday, eastbound and westbound traffic is down to one lane; drivers were told to expect noise, dust and heavy equipment in the area.
Strong storms swept through Marion County on Friday after severe weather the day prior twisted trees with powerlines and cut off electricity for thousands of people.
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LOGAN COUNTY, WV. – West Virginia State Police said in a statement Saturday that a Winter Garden woman was among six people who died due to a helicopter crash in Logan County on Wednesday.
News 6 has contacted West Virginia State Police to learn more about the crash; a spokesperson said an update was not available Saturday as law enforcement and the National Transportation Safety Board continue to investigate.
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Police said the chief medical examiner in Charleston identified the following victims involved in the crash:
- John Nagle II, 53, of Austin, Texas
- Donald Sandhoff, 69, of Durham, North Carolina
- Kevin Warren, 51, of Franklin, Tennessee
- Carolyn O’Connor, 73, of Winter Garden, Florida
- Marvin Bledsoe, 64, of Chapmanville, West Virginia
- Jack Collins, 65, of Chapmanville, West Virginia
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 60-year-old man that was struggling to breathe aboard a fishing vessel 57 miles west of Gordon Pass near Naples on Friday night.
According to the Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, a Coast Guard helicopter crew lifted the man and two other passengers from their American Patriot vessel and took them to the Gulf Coast Hospital in Fort Myers.
The Coast Guard encourages all mariners to have reliable forms of communication in the event of emergencies.
Further information is unknown at this time.
Count on NBC 2 to provide updates as the story develops. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/06/25/coast-guard-rescues-man-from-fishing-vessel-57-miles-west-of-naples/ | 2022-06-25T19:59:58 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/06/25/coast-guard-rescues-man-from-fishing-vessel-57-miles-west-of-naples/ |
PHOENIX — Rejecting claims of segregation and favoring the rich, Republican lawmakers late Friday gave final approval to the most comprehensive system of vouchers of taxpayer funds for private and parochial schools in the nation.
The 16-10 Senate vote came as proponents said parents want more choice for their children. Republican Sen. Vince Leach from SaddleBrooke said public schools in his district, which includes parts of Pima and Pinal counties, are "hemorrhaging kids.''
"This is not over one year, this is not over a COVID year,'' but over the past five years, he told colleagues.
"They're leaving because parents are making a decision,'' said Leach. He said schools are spending less time teaching basics and more time on things like Common Core standards "when 2 plus 2 equals anything but 4 and parents can't help their kids with simple basic math problems.'' On top of that, he said, are programs like structured English immersion and what's been called "critical race theory.''
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By contrast, Leach said, the charter schools in his district, public schools that are privately owned and operated, are all full.
"What does that tell you about the government schools?'' he asked.
The solution that Republicans say HB 2853 offers is to allow each of the 1.1 million students in Arizona public schools to get a voucher they can use to attend a private or parochial school.
But Sen. Martin Quezada, D-Glendale, said there's a reason for the loss of students.
"We created the crisis'' by not properly funding public schools, he said. "And we are at fault for people wanting to look for other choices.''
What's worse, he said, is that the people who have been able to afford the cost of private schools already have their kids there.
"Now we've just handed them a check for $7,000 for each one of their kids,'' said Quezada, referring to the amount of each voucher.
Legislative budget staffers figure the cost of giving vouchers to parents of kids already in those private schools will cost the state about $125 million a year by the 2024-2025 school year, meaning even less money for public schools.
"We are perpetuating the discrimination, we are perpetuating the inequity, we are in fact codifying the segregation of our schools,'' Quezada said.
The vote came after Republicans used a procedural maneuver to block any attempt by Democrats to propose amendments, skipping the normally required floor debate and instead allowing only an up-or-down roll call.
That denied Sen. Christine Marsh, D-Phoenix, the opportunity to seek votes on some suggestions she said would make the plan to use public funds to send children to private schools a little more acceptable.
For example, she wanted students using those public funds to be tested annually to see if they are making academic progress.
Supporters of vouchers, however, say such public reporting is unnecessary.
Sen. Paul Boyer, R-Glendale, said the nature of providing resources to parents to make education choices necessarily makes them more involved in their child's education as they choose a school.
"Remember: this is for whatever the parent thinks is best for their kid,'' he said. "And, for the life of me, I still can't fathom why anybody would oppose that.''
Marsh, who is a teacher, said it's about more than testing. She said that given the use of taxpayer dollars there also should be requirements for minimum qualifications of teachers, fingerprinting of employees and volunteers who work directly with students as has to occur in public schools, and data on the income of families who are taking the vouchers.
"Do we have a vast majority who are truly needy, in poverty, earning whatever, $30,000 a year, and how many of them are there, versus how many families are accepting this money who are making $500,000 or $1 million a year or $2 million a year?'' she asked. "We don't have any way of knowing that.''
Sen. T.J. Shope, R-Coolidge, said he does not believe there will be a "mass exodus'' of kids from public schools, even with an offer of $7,000 vouchers.
"What I do believe will happen, however, is an opportunity will be given to students who may want to go to that private school, may want to attend a school that is out of their reach to do,'' he said. "Frankly I think that's something we should all be very encouraging of if they're desirous to do so.''
Marsh said that option for choice might be well and good if there were a level playing field. But she said that's not the case.
"Public schools have to educate everyone,'' Marsh said. "We educate every kid no matter what the cognitive ability or disability might be, no matter what the physical ability or disability might be."
She pointed out that public schools can be required to educate certain students through the age of 22.
"That is not the case with private schools,'' she said, which are free to decide who to take — and who to reject, a process some call cherry picking those who will be the easiest to teach and most academically advanced.
Boyer, however, said it is misleading to say the dollars go only for private and parochial schools. He said parents can also use the money to put their children in "micro schools'' set up by parents, or for home schooling.
The measure, already approved by the House, now goes to Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, who has signed every voucher expansion bill that has reached his desk since taking office in 2015.
Howard Fischer is a veteran journalist who has been reporting since 1970 and covering state politics and the Legislature since 1982. Follow him on Twitter at @azcapmedia or email azcapmedia@gmail.com. | https://tucson.com/news/local/education/legislature-oks-vouchers-for-all-students-to-use-for-private-parochial-schools/article_7d144324-f44c-11ec-b1f1-db9db2b06c47.html | 2022-06-25T20:16:47 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/education/legislature-oks-vouchers-for-all-students-to-use-for-private-parochial-schools/article_7d144324-f44c-11ec-b1f1-db9db2b06c47.html |
For Michelle Miller, her 55th birthday on Saturday was one she believes she will never forget.
When Miller was 5, the Roe v. Wade ruling made abortion legal. Now, nearly 50 years later, she's devastated at Friday's Supreme Court decision, saying there are no words to describe the ruling other than “disgust and sadness.”
“I never thought ever that this would happen,” Miller said. “It’s my body, you cannot tell me what to do with it. I understand that we all have our own opinions and that’s fine, but you cannot put any of your beliefs on me.”
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade prompted hundreds of Tucsonans to hold rallies and prayer sessions across town on Friday, making their voices heard on both sides of the issue.
Anti-abortion advocates held a sidewalk prayer rally outside of Planned Parenthood, at 2255 N. Wyatt Dr., on Friday morning to celebrate the decision that now lets each state decide on whether abortions will be allowed. Bob Pawson, the leader of Tucson Pro-Life Action, has been an anti-abortion advocate for 40 years. Pawson said they were not outside Planned Parenthood to protest, but to pray.
“This is not a protest, it’s a celebration of life,” Pawson said. We’re not crowing 'ha ha,' we’re not doing that. This is not the time for that.”
About 50 people attended the prayer rally, sitting across from the Planned Parenthood building and holding anti-abortion signs.
“I am cautiously optimistic," Pawson said. “I don't see this vote as the victory, but this is a victory on the road to ultimately restoring the respect for and right to life of all human beings. We have to treat the weakest and youngest and most helpless amongst us with the same dignity that we treat anybody else.”
Rachel Jones, who is running for the Arizona House in Legislative District 10, also attended the prayer rally, saying she was “very excited” about the ruling.
“I believe life begins at conception,” Jones said. “Three of my fives kids are adopted so I know there are other options for women to choose.”
Once Miller heard the news on Friday, she decided to head to Planned Parenthood to surround herself with others who also help out at the clinic. Miller urges the community to come out and make their voices heard in support of abortion rights.
“Come out and do anything you can, whether it’s a dollar for a program or going to a rally and bringing food and water,” Miller said. “Any little thing that you can do will help. We need to be loud and speak up.”
On the other side of town, Tucson Women’s March held two rallies for abortion rights on Friday.
One rally took place downtown at the Federal Courthouse while the other took place along East Broadway between Alvernon Way and Randolph Way.
Amy Fitch-Heacock, one of the organizers of the Tucson Women’s March and the founder of Arizonans for Reproductive Freedom, said as soon as they saw the leak of the court's draft opinion in May that indicated Roe would be overturned, they created a ballot initiative that, if placed on the ballot and approved by voters, would enshrine abortion rights into the Arizona Constitution.
“At the moment, I’m just determined,” Fitch-Heacock said. “It’s been an emotional day, it started with shaking rage this morning and now it’s just determination.”
Nearly 1,000 people showed up downtown and marched on Congress Street, holding up signs and chanting, “my body, my choice.”
“Roe was always the floor when it came to abortion access and now they have taken the floor out from under us,” Fitch-Heacock said.
In response to the ruling, Mayor Regina Romero tweeted on Friday about the recent resolution the Tucson City Council passed, which authorizes Police Chief Chad Kasmar to revise the police department’s general orders that “no physical arrest will be made by an officer for an alleged violation” of abortions laws.
“Though not unexpected, this infringement of our rights is hard to accept. The Supreme Court has delivered a wrecking ball, dismantling the rights of SOME people in this country to make decisions about themselves and their own bodies, including accessing abortion services and reproductive healthcare,” Romero said in the tweet. “The decision itself, and Justice Thomas's concurring opinion, opens the door to further attacks on the rights of people, including access to birth control, the right to marry who you love, and more.
"We know this issue will disproportionately impact women and people of color so in collaboration with Chief Kasmar and County Attorney Laura Conover, Tucson residents will not face arrest or prosecution,” the mayor tweeted.
Since Friday’s ruling, Tucson's two abortion clinics, Planned Parenthood and the Choices Women's Center, have cancelled abortion appointments until Arizona's law is clarified, the Arizona Daily Star reported.
In Phoenix on Friday night, police fired tear gas from the windows of the Arizona Capitol building to disperse hundreds of people demonstrating outside, as lawmakers briefly huddled in a basement.
The lawmakers were working to complete their 2022 session as thousands of protesters gathered on the Capitol grounds, divided into groups condemning and supporting the Roe v. Wade decision.
SWAT team members with the Department of Public Safety fired tear gas from the building to disperse the protesters. The Arizona Republic and KPHO-TV reported the officers opened fire when several anti-abortion protesters started banging on glass doors of the building.
The incident sent Senate lawmakers into the basement of the building for about 20 minutes, said Democratic Sen. Martin Quezada. Stinging tear gas wafted through the Capitol afterward, forcing the Senate to move its proceedings to a hearing room instead of the Senate chamber.
A DPS statement Saturday morning did not indicate if there were any arrests, but did note that several memorials and other structures on the Capitol grounds were vandalized.
Arizona Senate Republicans later released a statement that said, in part: "Violent pro-abortion protestors attempts of an insurrection at the Arizona State Senate were thwarted Friday night, thanks to the swift action from local and state law enforcement."
Photos: Protests in Tucson after U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
A protester holds up a sign as nearly 1,000 abortion rights protesters march down Congress Street in downtown Tucson on Friday night after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Linda Pawson, left, and Frank Doyle find shade in the back of a car while seated outside Planned Parenthood in Tucson after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on Friday. Pawson says she's been protesting outside of Planned Parenthoods every Friday for more than 40 years.
Abortion-rights supporters hold up a variety of signs as passing traffic drives down East Broadway Blvd. during a Tucson Women's March protest in Tucson, Ariz. on June 24, 2022. Abortion-rights supporters gathered on the corner of South Randolph Way and East Broadway Blvd. as well as the corner of South Alvernon Way and East Broadway Blvd.
An abortion rights supporter rallies a crowd of several hundred marching down Sixth Avenue in Tucson, part of a larger protest after Roe v. Wade was overturned on Friday. | https://tucson.com/news/local/roe-ruling-prompts-rallies-for-against-in-tucson/article_8744d584-f40b-11ec-9d02-2f978f5def79.html | 2022-06-25T20:16:53 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/roe-ruling-prompts-rallies-for-against-in-tucson/article_8744d584-f40b-11ec-9d02-2f978f5def79.html |
Big Rabbit Brush for canary yellow. Indian Paint Brush for tan. Oak Scrub for light gold. Traditional weavers gather these local plants and follow centuries-old dye recipes to give vibrancy and variety to their palettes.
A good dye requires more than plants and boiling water, though. Plant-based dyes need a mordant to bond a dye’s color to a weaver’s chosen fiber, and an extensive knowledge of which mordant to use with which dye plant on a particular fabric.
Navajo weaver Roy Kady steeps Juniper Mistletoe in water and combines it with a rusted-wire mordant to create a dark green dye. While rusted wire might sound like an unconventional ingredient for a plant-based dye, it’s tame by traditional dye standards.
Museum of Northern Arizona co-founder Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton spent decades documenting traditional dye recipes and she recorded dye recipes that call for mordents of child’s urine and sheep manure. Kady achieves the same results by adding an alum, or magnesium sulfate, mordant to his dye pot.
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Interestingly, not all mordents are created equal. The colors of plant-based dyes made with a chrome, copper, or iron mordant remain intense with prolonged light exposure. A chemical reaction between the phytochemicals in the dye plant and the mordent helps the resulting dye stick to a fabric. Whereas the same plant-based dye made with an alum or tin mordant dries to a different color and dulls more easily with similar light exposure. Understanding the science behind plant-based dyes and mordents helps curators decide which traditional weavings they can best preserve for future generations of museum goers and researchers.
The right dye also both sustains a traditional weaving’s vibrancy and enhances the story it tells. Kady displays a tapestry featuring an intricately-woven hummingbird colored with a blue-green dye, then tells a Navajo folktale about a hummingbird that gains its power of flight by expelling gas. The quirky story and the striking color come together to make a memorable weaving.
Dye plants grow all along the Rio de Flag, and in the fields, woods, and gardens that surround the Museum of Northern Arizona. Kady will return to the museum on July 2 and 3 to teach about how plants are used for traditional dyes as part of the annual Heritage Festival. His demonstration will be set up near the Colton Community Garden, appropriately named for Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton, whose book “Hopi Dyes” continues to be a valuable resource. Kady will show interested attendees how to extract colors from the garden’s yields, like Hopi Tea and amaranth, transforming them into deep purple and light green dyes.
Turning a local plant into a dye that gives a weaving its unforgettable color is true alchemy. Adding to the complexity of the dye-making process, Kady said that a dye’s color can vary greatly depending on where and when he gathers its component plant. Regardless of the temporal and geographic considerations that go with gathering local plants to make a plant-based dye, a wide array of shades and hues continue to stem from the Colorado Plateau.
About the author: Jeff Schultz was an intern at the Museum of Northern Arizona in 2019, when Kady gave a previous dye workshop. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/mna-column-local-color-traditional-plant-based-dyes-of-the-colorado-plateau/article_76de5810-f388-11ec-a3ab-1ffa49747740.html | 2022-06-25T20:24:30 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/mna-column-local-color-traditional-plant-based-dyes-of-the-colorado-plateau/article_76de5810-f388-11ec-a3ab-1ffa49747740.html |
Almost 300 high school seniors received their diplomas Friday in Uvalde in the shadow of the massacre of 19 elementary school students and two teachers one month earlier.
The 288 red-gowned Uvalde High School seniors sat in 100-degree heat at the school stadium on the one-month anniversary of the mass shootings. Before them were arrayed 21 "Uvalde Strong" placards, representing those killed, as school and student leaders spoke.
Uvalde school Superintendent Hal Harrell and school principal Randy Harris praised the students for their strength and resilience through three COVID-19 pandemic years, three changes of principals and then the May 14 mass shooting at the South Texas town's Robb Elementary School.
"Love the people in your life while you have them because you don't know what the future holds for anyone," class valedictorian Abigail Kone said in her address.
"Our community has definitely learned about the unexpected. Something that should have never happened happened. Our lives have been altered. But we still stand together as a community," she said.
After reading off the names of the 19 slain children and teachers, Kone said, "These loved ones of families were taken too soon. They won't be given the opportunity to follow their dreams or watch their families grow up.
"So tonight, I would like to include these children of Robb Elementary as honorary members of the Class of 2022 family," she said to prolonged applause. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/graduating-uvalde-high-school-class-remembers-slain-children/3000462/ | 2022-06-25T20:30:21 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/graduating-uvalde-high-school-class-remembers-slain-children/3000462/ |
Ionic columns, barrel vaults and capstones are not words you might typically hear tossed around by second graders in the 21st century.
So it warmed the Rev. Jamie Hottovy's heart to watch students from St. Teresa Catholic School in Lincoln confidently answering questions about the Ancient Greek and Roman influences on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's architecture during a tour this past school year.
Just look at the Temple Building with its columns, the priest pointed out.
Or Memorial Stadium and the debt it owes to the Roman Coliseum.
The field trip coincided with a unit on Ancient Rome and STEM the second graders were studying, just one of the new features of an educational approach the Diocese of Lincoln is piloting at St. Teresa.
It's called Catholic Liberal Education, a new -- or rather "old" -- curriculum based on the liberal arts and sciences and the classical method of learning cultivated by the church for hundreds of years.
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Beauty, truth and a deeper understanding of the faith are an especial focus of the curriculum, which has been touted as the "gold standard" of education and a way for Catholic schools -- which have long faced enrollment concerns -- to renew and revive their central mission.
"It's all about coming to Christ. That's first and foremost," said Hottovy, the pastor of St. Teresa until this June, when he was reassigned to parishes in Lawrence and Deweese.
The curriculum, elements of which teachers tested out this past year, will be introduced in phases over the next few years at the school for pre-kindergarten through eighth grade students near 37th and Randolph streets. If all goes well, it may be introduced to other schools in the diocese, officials say.
"It's more of a return to what Catholic education always was in the past," said Matthew Hecker, chief administrative officer of the Diocese of Lincoln's schools. "(It's) the Catholic education that is responsible for things like the training of St. Thomas Aquinas, responsible for the training of and formation of musicians like Mozart and Beethoven and artists like Michelangelo. I don't think God quit making those kinds of artists. I think we quit forming them."
The first phase, which will start this August, will focus on history, language arts and religion, with nature studies, science and math to follow.
Earlier grades will study the Age of Antiquity -- Ancient Greece and Rome -- and will be introduced to literary fairy tales in addition to stories about the early church.
As students progress, they'll track the history of Western Civilization and Christendom from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance and also American history.
Third graders will read stories about King Arthur and the saints of the medieval period. Lessons in Latin will also be incorporated at the school.
Students in junior high will revisit many of the topics introduced in earlier grades but on a deeper level, including studying the emergence of democracy and other forms of government.
Science and math curriculum will include more experiential learning, including nature journaling and observing how mathematical principles play out in real life.
"You can learn about Newton's Laws in a textbook, but you can learn about them by engaging in them," said Sister Mary Cecilia, the principal at St. Teresa.
The curriculum also includes the study of sacred art and architecture, and in addition to the field trip to UNL, students visited churches in Omaha this past year.
Fourth graders will still learn about Nebraska history and lessons about other peoples and civilizations outside the West will still be taught.
But make no mistake, Catholic Liberal Education will be a new approach for teachers and students.
For one, it places less of an emphasis on textbook learning and more on primary sources. And while school officials say students still will be prepared for a 21st century world, teachers are expected to be more discerning with screen time.
The use of discussions, like Socratic seminars -- which involve students asking open-ended questions and working through the answers collectively -- is encouraged, too.
Bishop James Conley first approached school officials about implementing Catholic Liberal Education at St. Teresa in the spring of 2021, Sister Mary Cecilia said.
It was classical education that, in part, led to Conley's conversion to Catholicism when he was a student in the Integrated Humanities Program, a classical literature program at the University of Kansas.
And St. Teresa already had a strong track record in the arts -- especially its strings program and Hottovy's interest in sacred art and especially architecture, which he studied in college before entering the seminary.
The school has worked closely with the Institute of Catholic Liberal Education, a national organization that offers teacher training, professional development and classroom materials.
Staff from the institute have provided webinars and on-site training for teachers, many of whom will be traveling to the institute's national conference next month.
While officials say the change will not affect tuition, the shift has not been entirely smooth.
When officials announced that St. Teresa would implement the new model, some parents -- who felt they had not been properly consulted -- raised questions about the rollout of the program.
Others wondered if teachers would be properly supported.
In response, school leaders held a town hall meeting to address concerns. A committee of parents was also formed.
"I think in large part when people see the results of this, many of those concerns will go away," Hecker said.
The classical approach to education has been on the rise in the past two decades or so, Hottovy said.
While many schools are using the curriculum across the U.S. and internationally, St. Teresa is the first school in Lincoln to fully make the shift to the model. St. Peter's Catholic School in Lincoln is also listed as a member on the Institute of Catholic Liberal Education's website.
It's been in use elsewhere in Nebraska, including St. James Catholic School in Crete and Christendom Academy in Omaha.
Hecker said other schools may be invited to adopt the curriculum if it goes well at St. Teresa, but stressed that it would not be a top-down mandate.
The curriculum is in line with state standards and the same yearly assessments will still be administered, Hottovy said.
While the pandemic hit Catholic schools hard, Nebraska fared relatively better than other states. St. Teresa, which has roughly 280 students, did see a drop in enrollment during COVID.
Sister Mary Cecilia is hopeful that Catholic Liberal Education will reverse that trend and lead to a revitalization of Catholic schools.
"We're not looking to change everything," she said, "but we've got new families coming because of this. And I think we will continue to have more families come as this grows."
Photos: Inside Lincoln's beautiful houses of worship
Churches
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Holy Thursday 4.1
Westminster Presbyterian
St. Patrick's
First-Plymouth stars
St. Mary's
St. Joseph Catholic Church
First Christian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Friedens Evangelical Lutheran
Sabah Mosque
St. Luke United Methodist
St. Teresa's
Zion Church
Salem Baptist
Saint Paul United Methodist
North American Martyrs
St. John the Apostle
First United Methodist Church
Christ Temple
St. Thomas Aquinas Church and Newman Center
Compline at First-Plymouth
Tifereth Israel Synagogue
St. Joseph Catholic
St. Patrick's
First Presbyterian
Zion Church
St. Thomas Aquinas Church and Newman Center
Saint Paul United Methodist
St. Patrick's
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ATLANTA — The Federal Aviation Administration is searching for its next generation of air traffic controllers, and it just opened its brief application window.
Applications are open through Monday with the FAA adding that as federal workers, air traffic controllers enjoy federal benefits.
The work requires people to use radar, computers and visual references to monitor and direct the movement of planes and aircraft in the skies, assisting with traffic around airports. Much of the training is on the job.
To be eligible, people must be U.S. citizens, be younger than 30, and have three years of general work experience or four years of education leading to a bachelor's degree -- or a combination of both. Applicants must also speak English "clearly enough to be understood over communications equipment," according to the application requirements.
People who are eligible may have to wait a few months to hear back before being admitted into FAA's ATC program. Such individuals will also be required to pass the Air Traffic Skills Assessment to be considered for employment.
Training will be at the FAA Academy in Oklahoma City.
People who complete the training will join the 14,000 ATC personnel in the network.
As the FAA works to hire its ATC next class, air traffic control centers are understaffed and working not to impede commercial airline schedules, according to the Air Line Pilots Association said.
Those interested in applying for the role can do so on the FAA website. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/jobs/faa-hiring-air-traffic-controllers-atlanta/85-941eebf5-fa31-4eb2-be58-63efb617e094 | 2022-06-25T20:56:57 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/jobs/faa-hiring-air-traffic-controllers-atlanta/85-941eebf5-fa31-4eb2-be58-63efb617e094 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jim Cooper has become Sacramento County's Sheriff-Elect after a new batch of results from the June 7 Primary Election were released Friday growing Cooper's sizeable lead into a mathematical victory.
According to the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters, only 20,000 ballots are left to be counted in Sacramento County with candidates in the race for sheriff 27,000 votes apart.
Cooper's sole opponent in the race, Jim Barnes, posted to Facebook Friday night announcing his concession in the race after reportedly calling Cooper to congratulate him on his victory. That call was confirmed by the Cooper campaign in a Saturday morning news release.
"I just spoke with Assemblyman Jim Cooper and congratulated him on his electoral victory to be Sacramento’s next Sheriff. I wish him nothing but the best of luck as he will take over this office," Barnes said in the Facebook post. "My mission moving forward will continue as it has been for more than two decades, to protect the residents of Sacramento County, nothing can change that."
The office of Sacramento County Sheriff went up for election after current Sheriff Scott Jones announced his resignation after 12 years at the helm in order to run for congress.
Jones' campaign ended Election night after it became clear that Republican Kevin Kiley and Democrat Kermit Jones would be the two candidates moving forward to the November Primary Election for the state's 3rd Congressional District.
Cooper, 58, is currently serving as a California Assemblymember representing District 9 which includes portions of Elk Grove, South Sacramento, Galt and Lodi.
Before his time in the state legislature, Cooper served on Elk Grove's City Council for 15 years including as the city's first ever mayor.
During a 30-year career with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office, Cooper rose through the ranks eventually becoming a captain.
In an interview with ABC10, Cooper said his top two priorities as Sheriff would be homelessness and crime. Cooper has maintained a lead over Barnes since Election night results first came in.
"After a long and hard-fought campaign, I am proud to announce that our campaign to bring change to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office is victorious. Yesterday, my opponent Undersheriff Jim Barnes called to give his congratulations and conceded the race," Cooper said in a statement Saturday morning. "As your Sheriff-Elect, I intend to start working immediately with county leaders, elected officials, community groups and department personnel on laying the groundwork to bring the much-needed change to the Sheriff’s Office that I campaigned on." | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/jim-barnes-concedes-to-sheriff-elect-jim-cooper/103-cfce2b90-d6b8-46e8-a244-24aebc9484c6 | 2022-06-25T20:57:03 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/jim-barnes-concedes-to-sheriff-elect-jim-cooper/103-cfce2b90-d6b8-46e8-a244-24aebc9484c6 |
The police blotter is a public record of incidents as reported by law-enforcement agencies. All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are innocent until proven guilty. The information printed is preliminary and subject to change.
Friday, 6/17/2022:
North Bend
• 10:34 am, 2400 Sherman Avenue, phone scam.
• 1:56 pm, California Boat Ramp, altercation at the boat ramp.
• 7:16 pm, 2000 block of Broadway Avenue, shoplifter fled with merchandise.
Coos Bay
• 2:21 am, Out of Myrtle Point, warrant service. A 42 year old male was transported to Coos County jail by Coos County Sheriff Office.
• 7:06 am, 1300 Airport Lane, warrant service. Oregon State Police served a North Bend Police Department on a 48 year old male.
• 12:53 pm, 100 block of S 7th Street, subject was “jumped” in the parking lot.
• 2:47 pm, Norman & Newmark, theft. A 44 year old male was cited for theft II in lieu of custody.
• 3:33 pm, S Empire and Wisconsin, traffic stop/warrant service. A 33 year old male was cited in lieu of custody.
• 6:40 pm, Newmark and Broadway, warrant service. A 33 year old male was cited in lieu of custody.
Coquille
• 10:37 am, 800 block of N Central Boulevard, dog at large.
• 6:54 pm, 400 block of N Birch Street, burglary. A 62 year old female was charged with burglary II. A 51 year old male was charged with burglary II, false info to police. Both were transported to Coos County jail.
Saturday, 6/18/2022:
North Bend
• 10:59 am, Highway and Tremont, tree limb blocking roadway.
• 2:18 pm, Cedar and Newmark, indecent exposure.
• 5:15 pm, 2400 Broadway Avenue, theft of services.
Coos Bay
• 4:09 pm, Woodland Drive and Ocean Boulevard, DUII/possible accident. A 37 year old male was cited in lieu of custody.
• 9:21 am, S 12th and Elrod Avenue, suspicious subjects/warrant service. A 28 year old male was cited in lieu of custody.
• 11:46 am, 2000 block of Newmark Avenue, theft. A 61 year old male was charged with theft III.
• 12:41 pm, 200 block of LaClair Street, criminal trespass. A 65 year old male was charged with criminal trespass II.
• 1:17 pm, Newmark and Schoneman, arrest. A 38 year old male was transported to Coos County jail.
• 3:24 pm, 1000 block of S 1st Street, theft. A 46 year old male was cited for theft III and criminal trespass II in lieu of custody.
• 4:08 pm, 800 block of S Front, traffic stop/weapon offense. A 33 year old male was cited for felon in possession of a restricted weapon.
Reedsport
• 12:00 pm, 1900 block of Cedar Avenue, domestic disturbance.
• 6:47 pm, 2800 block of Frontage Road, assault.
Sunday, 6/19/2022:
North Bend
• 3:03 pm, 1600 block of Virginia Avenue, criminal trespass. A 31 year old male was cited for criminal trespass II.
• 9:41 pm, 700 block of Virginia Avenue, violation of restraining order. A 45 year old male was charged with violation of restraining order and transported to Coos County jail.
Coos Bay
• 1:35 am, 1000 block of Evans Boulevard, criminal trespass. A 44 year old female was cited for criminal trespass II and resisting arrest.
• 2:26 am, 1000 block of Evans Boulevard, criminal trespass. Female attacking worker and trespassing at location. A 44 year old female was cited for criminal trespass II.
• 7:48 pm, 1200 block of S 2nd Street, warrant service. Subject refusing to leave location, being disorderly and belligerent. A 58 year old male was cited in lieu of custody.
• 9:36 pm, 400 block of 10th Court, rape.
Coquille
• 12:59 pm, 100 block of N Folsom Street, criminal trespass.
• 4:58 pm, 94000 Ginger Lane, civil problem.
Reedsport
• 4:47 pm, 300 block of Fir Avenue, harassment.
Monday, 6/20/2022:
North Bend
• 1:55 am, 3200 block of Tremont Avenue, criminal trespass. A 44 year old female was cited for harassment, disorderly conduct and criminal trespass II.
• 11:07 pm, 1500 block of Virginia Avenue, criminal trespass. A 44 year old female was cited for disorderly conduct II. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/police-blotter/article_13e2aa96-f274-11ec-a9d6-0b0ccd2bece9.html | 2022-06-25T20:59:13 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/police-blotter/article_13e2aa96-f274-11ec-a9d6-0b0ccd2bece9.html |
BLOOMINGTON — One of the most conceivably contentious Central Illinois races in the primary election features two McLean County legal professionals who each have about 20 to 25 years of experience in the field.
McLean County State’s Attorney Don Knapp and Associate Judge Amy McFarland are vying for the open circuit judge seat on the Republican ballot in the June 28 primary election. No Democratic Party candidate filed for the seat in the primary election.
Knapp and McFarland launched their bids for circuit judge just hours apart from each other Nov. 2, 2021 — one day after former Judge Paul Lawrence, whose seat McFarland and Knapp are seeking to fill, announced his retirement from the bench .
Eleventh Circuit Judge Carla Barnes is running unopposed on the Republican ballot of the primary election to fill retired Judge Scott Drazewski’s seat. Barnes, the former McLean County public defender, was sworn in as judge in February 2021.
The 11th judicial circuit includes McLean, Ford, Livingston, Logan and Woodford counties.
Knapp and McFarland have varied experiences and perspectives on why they are running for the judicial seat, as well as different opinions on the issues they think are most prevalent to the 11th circuit.
Professional experience McFarland, 46, of Bloomington, said her time as an associate judge and managing four judges in the family division has prepared her for this next step. She has served as a McLean County associate judge since 2016 and has been the presiding judge of the McLean County Family Division since 2018.
Knapp, 52, of Bloomington, said he has as broad of experience as any who has sought a circuit judge seat, qualifying him to join the bench.
He has been McLean County’s state’s attorney since 2018.
“During my tenure as McLean County State’s Attorney, not only has my office achieved historically positive results in the courtroom, but McLean County remains the envy of the Midwest when you compare our crime rates to any similarly sized county,” Knapp said in an email to The Pantagraph. “Understanding what happens not just in our courtrooms but on the streets of the communities in the circuit uniquely qualifies me for the position of circuit court judge.”
Knapp was an assistant McLean County administrator for about a year before becoming state’s attorney. Before his time in administration, he served as McLean County assistant state’s attorney for the civil division.
“The county is an incredibly complicated organization which required me to be legal counsel for all manner of issues from departments with diverse objectives from the nursing home, to animal control, to the jail, to human resources, to elections, to building and zoning, and everything in between,” Knapp said, adding that he has shifted his focus to the criminal division since becoming state’s attorney in 2018.
Knapp, who started his legal career in 1996, has worked for an insurance defense firm and in State Farm’s Special Investigation Unit, handling insurance fraud cases and national Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act cases. He also spent 12 years as an appellate law clerk for the Third District Appellate Court in Ottawa and Peoria, where he analyzed appeals and drafted opinions on civil and criminal cases.
McFarland began her legal profession in 2000 as a McLean County public defense lawyer. She also spent time litigating civil, family, estate and tax planning, and workers' compensation cases. She has spent 16 years as an attorney and the past six years as a judge.
McFarland serves on the Illinois Courts COVID-19 Operations Task Force and a sub-committee of the National Judicial Task Force to Examine State Courts’ Response to Mental Illness through the National Center for State Courts.
“I think that in conjunction with the daily practice of what goes on in the courtroom, learning and being mentored from judges already in the role, has just developed and further allowed me to use my leadership skills and prepare me for the leadership required for a circuit judge,” McFarland said in a recent phone interview with The Pantagraph.
She pointed to her community engagement as another piece of relevant experience.
Serving for the Illinois Judicial College, McFarland has taught judicial education courses in family law.
She also has served in a leadership role with the nonprofit organization Project Oz, which partners with youth to build foundations that promote safety, opportunities and well-being in their lives, and she has been active with the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council and the McLean County Chamber of Commerce.
Reasons for running Knapp and McFarland have differing reasons for running for circuit judge, but both have emphasized their experience and readiness for the job.
The implementation of the Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act, known as the SAFE-T Act , is a large motivator for Knapp to run for the position. Among many provisions, the new bill — which was signed into law last year — abolishes cash bail beginning in January.
Knapp said the SAFE-T Act and the end of cash bail “is the most pressing issue the 11th circuit has faced in some time.”
“With the implementation of the SAFE-T Act and the General Assembly’s decision to limit a judge’s discretion concerning detaining defendants, I think it is more important than ever to have judges who appropriately exercise the discretion they actually have retained,” Knapp said. “I think that I am uniquely positioned to properly exercise that discretion in making the decisions that keep our communities as safe as possible.”
McFarland pointed to mental health and substance abuse as some of the most significant challenges facing the 11th circuit.
“It affects every single courtroom in the state and COVID has just escalated the issues, they continue to grow,” McFarland said, noting that she presides over a mental health court program where she encounters those challenges. “In my courtroom, that affects a lot of children and families in the court system and it’s a serious issue.”
In response to criticism by some members of the public in letters submitted to the editor that her Republican ideologies do not lean conservative enough, McFarland said her voting record speaks for itself.
“My voting record shows that I have consistently polled a Republican ballot in primary elections,” McFarland said. “(…) I don’t know what it means to lean one way or the other. What I know is what it means to be a judge and to serve impartially without bringing my own opinion or ideologies to the job.”
The poll, which received 88 responses for Knapp and 108 responses for McFarland, did not recommend Knapp for the judge seat and rather recommended McFarland.
“With all due respect to the Illinois State Bar Association, I’ve never worried about my popularity among lawyers or judges,” Knapp said, noting that his results are similar to former state’s attorney Charles Reynard when he successfully ran for judge in 2002.
“I think this poll illustrates one of the main differences between my opponent and me,” Knapp said. “My support from the five counties’ elected sheriffs and the largest police association in the circuit shows the universal support I have from those that arrest criminals. My opponent clearly has more support from those who defend criminals.”
When speaking of supporters, McFarland acknowledged her endorsements from 14 retired judges “who have seen that I am capable of the job and have put me into leadership positions within the job that I am serving.”
Updated mug shots from The Pantagraph
Joshua A. Lindsey
Joshua A. Lindsey, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with the following:
Two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of meth) Two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of MDMA) Two counts of unlawful possession of meth (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of meth) Unlawful possession of a controlled substance (less than 15 grams of MDMA) Unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (amphetamine) Four counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (less than 15 grams of amphetamine, less than 15 grams of clonazepam, less than 15 grams of lorazepam, less than 15 grams of cocaine) Unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (30 to 500 grams) Unlawful possession of cannabis (30 to 500 grams)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ronnie Cannon
Ronnie Cannon, 43, of Chicago, is charged with possession of a stolen firearm, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Duane K. Martin
Duane K. Martin, 34, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, three counts of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine and four counts of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Destinee M. Nuckolls
Destinee M. Nuckolls, 23, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine and permitting unlawful use of a building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler C. Neely
Tyler C. Neely, 21, of Bloomington, is charged with four counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class X and Class 1 felonies), reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony) and methamphetamine possession (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon E.J. Frieburg
Brandon E.J. Frieburg, 29, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 100 to 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class X felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rhiannan O. Keith
Rhiannan O. Keith, 23, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 100 to 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class X felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
George E. Wisehart
George E. Wisehart, 44, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and two counts of meth possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher A. Johnson
Christopher A. Johnson, 29, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kelyi G. Kabongo
Kelyi G. Kabongo, 21, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession 5 to 15 grams of meth and less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver, possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth and possession of less than 5 grams of meth.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyrone L. McKinney
Tyrone L. McKinney, 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of 1 to 15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Terrance T. Jones
Terrance T. Jones, 34, of Chicago, is charged with armed robbery (Class X felony), aggravated battery causing great bodily harm (Class 3 felony), and two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 and 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Noel R. Castillo
Noel R. Castillo, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful vehicular invasion, aggravated battery, theft, criminal damage to government supported property and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kerrigan T. Spencer
Kerrigan T. Spencer, 18, of Normal, is charged with two counts of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Austin S. Waller
Austin S. Waller, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of burglary at a Bloomington smoke shop. He is separately charged with three counts of burglary at the Corn Crib.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob S. Upton
Jacob S. Upton, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Franklin P. Roberts
Franklin P. Roberts, 50, of Bloomington, is charged with threatening a public official (Class 2 felony) and domestic battery (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ashley R. Schneiderheinze
Ashley R. Schneiderheinze, 32, is charged with unlawful possession of:
15 to 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) 15 to 100 grams of cocaine (Class 1 felony) 15 to 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony) Less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Less than 15 grams of clonazepam (Class 4 felony) 30 to 100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor) She also is charged with two counts of permitting the unlawful use of a building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon E. Reynolds
Brandon E. Reynolds, 35, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation for a charge of grooming.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hannah J. Jackson
Hannah J. Jackson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jason M. Harris
Jason M. Harris , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated arson (Class X felony), residential arson (Class 1 felony) and two counts of arson (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michael S. Parkerson
Michael S. Parkerson, 54, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine (Class 2 felony) and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kerry M. Huls
Kerry M. Huls, 47, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful delivery of 5 to 15 grams of meth, unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of meth, unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth, and unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of meth.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Randy M. Turner
Randy M. Turner, 39, of Danville, is charged with two counts of disarming a peace officer, five counts of aggravated battery, unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, attempted possession of a stolen motor vehicle, criminal damage to government supported property and driving under the influence of drugs.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Malik A. Wilson
Malik A. Wilson, 23, of Chicago, is charged with two counts of attempted armed robbery and aggravated discharge of a firearm, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaren K. Jackson-Coates
Jaren K. Jackson-Coates, 24, of Peoria, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jawarren L. Clements
Jawarren L. Clements, 25, of Peoria, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hunter A.W. Williamson
Hunter A.W. Williamson, 23, of Heyworth, is charged with cannabis trafficking and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mason A. Artis
Mason A. Artis, 22, of Shirley, is charged with possession of a stolen license plate, unauthorized use of a license plate and three counts of theft. He is separately charged with unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenyatta C. Chissell
Kenyatta C. Chissell, 40, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of heroin.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Shanarra S. Spillers
Shanarra S. Spillers , 36, of Normal, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Enrique D. Sosa
Enrique D. Sosa, 55, of Spanish Fork, Utah, is charged with theft, financial institution fraud, wire fraud and two counts of computer fraud.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Caleb W. Collier
Caleb W. Collier, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class 1 and 2 felonies). He is accused of possessing between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine and less than 1 gram of cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jahda R. Davis
Jahda R. Davis, 20, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Roosevelt Williams
Roosevelt Williams, 43, of Bloomington, is charged with home invasion, criminal trespass to a residence and battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mark A. Carter
Mark A. Carter, 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Corey B. Dowell
Corey B. Dowell , 24, of Bloomington, is charged with failure to report an accident or injury.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua V. Wilburn
Joshua V. Wilburn, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with burglary and retail theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alicia L. Rodriguez
Alicia L. Rodriguez, 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery and domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christina E. Dickey
Christina E. Dickey, 37, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David L. Hendricks
David L. Hendricks, 44, of Clearwater, Florida, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenneth R. McNairy
Kenneth R. McNairy, 32, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies), and two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 and Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher Garza
Christopher O. Garza, 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Emmitt A. Simmons
Emmitt A. Simmons, 21, of LeRoy, is charged with indecent solicitation of a child (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua K. Wilson
Joshua K. Wilson, 39, of Normal, was sentenced to 152 days in jail and 24 months on conditional discharge after pleading guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kavion J. Anderson
Kavion J. Anderson, 18, of Hazel Crest, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He earned credit for 197 days served in jail. Anderson pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular hijacking.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Elizabeth A. Johnson
Elizabeth A. Johnson, 40, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathon P. Keister
Jonathon P. Keister, 38, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brettais J. Lane
Brettais J. Lane, 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance in a public park and ulawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jessica N. Huff
Jessica N. Huff, 35, of Peoria, was sentenced to seven years in prison. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Craig O. Harrington
Craig O. Harrington , 23, of Chicago, was sentenced to 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of burglary.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon J. Black
Brandon J. Black, 33, of Decatur, is charged with child pornography (Class X felony), attempt to produce child pornography (Class 3 felony), sexual exploitation of a child and grooming (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ricky A. Smith
Ricky A. Smith , 30, 0f Urbana, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies), unlawful possession of meth and possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jesse S. Duncan
Jesse S. Duncan, 28, of Bloomington, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. He pleaded guilty to criminal damage to property with a value of between $500 and $10,000.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rhonda L. Davis
Rhonda L. Davis , 41, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brenden P. Cano
Brenden P. Cano , 23, of LeRoy, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of child pornography production.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dujuan L. Enos
Dujuan L. Enos, 48, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of fentanyl.
PROVIDED BY BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Chester Johnson
Chester Johnson, 69, of Chicago, was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James Canti
James Canti, 48, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of heroin.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Justin A. Atkinson
Justin A. Atkinson , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to one year in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Connor M. Mink
Connor M. Mink, 18, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful:
Possession of 5-15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) Possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 1 gram of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Possession of 30-500 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 3 felony) Possession of 10-30 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 4 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mark A. Thrower
Mark A. Thrower, 40, of Vinton, Louisiana, is charged with:
Eight counts child pornography (Class X felonies) Two counts aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor (Class 2 felonies) Two counts grooming (Class 4 felonies) Indecent solicitation of a child (Class 3 felony) Traveling to meet a minor (Class 3 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kayala D.C. Huff
Kayala D.C. Huff, 23, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery, domestic battery and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rebecca Y. Choi
Rebecca Y. Choi, 32, of Wheaton, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of amphetamine (Class 4 felony), and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal, 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of 15-100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony), and possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Javon T. Murff
Javon T. Murff, 19, of Normal, is charged with two counts aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felony), robbery (Class 2 felony), possession of a stolen firearm (Class 2 felony), two counts aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 4 felony), two counts reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Demarcus J. Heidelberg
Demarcus J. Heidelberg, 24, of Belleville, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Deon K. Moore
Deon K. Moore, 26, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cordaiz J. Jones
Cordaiz J. Jones, 35, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery (Class 2 felonies), stalking (Class 4 felony) and two counts of misdemeanor resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher L. Anderson
Christopher L. Anderson, 40, of Downs, was sentenced to 167 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darrius J. Heard
Darrius J. Heard, 21, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced to six days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Latele Y. Pinkston
Latele Y. Pinkston , 29, was sentenced to five years in prison. Pinkston pleaded guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Daniel Wilcox
Daniel Wilcox, 22, of New Concord, Kentucky, is charged with five counts each of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies) and criminal sexual abuse, which are charged as Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kaveior K. Thomas
Kaveior K. Thomas, 32, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony), two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, and violation of the Illinois FOID Card Act (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Courtney A. Boyd
Courtney A. Boyd, 27, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jodi M. Draper
Jodi M. Draper, 55, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brian D. Stewart
Brian D. Stewart, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lonnie L. Kimbrough
Lonnie L. Kimbrough , 36, of Peoria, was sentenced to 24 months on conditional discharge and four days in jail. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful cannabis possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Amari S. Buchanon
Amari S. Buchanon, 25, of Normal, was sentenced to 16 days in jail. She earned credit for eight days served in jail. She pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a firearm without a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donna Osborne
Donna Osborne, 52, of Decatur, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felonies) and one count each of retail theft (Class 3 felony) and theft (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Juls T. Eutsey
Julian T. Eutsey, 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 24 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sexual abuse.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Megan J. Duffy
Megan J. Duffy, 27, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 102 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Qwonterian V. Ivy
Qwonterian V. Ivy, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Madison A. Knight
Madison A. Knight , 20, of Rutland, was sentenced to 120 days in jail and 30 months' probation for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dexter D. McCraney
Dexter D. McCraney , 38, of Normal, is charged with one count each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas J. Davis
Thomas J. Davis , 27, of Bloomington, was sentenced to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christina D. Noonan
Christina D. Noonan , 42, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Wesley M. Noonan
Wesley M. Noonan , 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenyatta L. Tate
Kenyatta L. Tate , 46, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of between 15-100 grams and 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies) and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Quacy L. Webster
Quacy L. Webster , 43, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jalen A. Davis
Jalen A. Davis , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of child pornography possession (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lazaro Flores
Lazaro Flores , 34, of Streator, was sentenced to seven years in prison for aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol causing death.
Mohamed N. Thiam
Mohamed N. Thiam , 19, of Bloomington, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorenzo Sims
Lorenzo Sims, 30, of Chicago, is charged with five counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Laycell D. Wright
Laycell D. Wright , 32, of Rantoul, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine (Class 1 felony). He also is charged with unlawful possession of 100-500 grams of cannabis (Class 4 felony) and 30-100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Richard S. Bjorling
Richard S. Bjorling , 54, of Peoria Heights, was sentenced to seven years in prison for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler D. Vidmar
Tyler D. Vidmar , 23, of Clinton, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James E. Chase
James E. Chase , 52, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Melissa J. Piercy
Melissa J. Piercy , 38, of Normal, is charged with unlawful delivery of meth (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) and unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Charles L. Bell
Charles L. Bell , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery (Class X felony), two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felonies), aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon (Class 2 felony), and violation of the Illinois Firearm Identification Card Act (Class 3 felony).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor family member (Class 2 felonies) and three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13 years old (Class X felonies).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Joshway C. Boens
Joshway C. Boens , 41, of Chicago, was sentenced to 143 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Seth A. Kindred
Seth A. Kindred , 31, of Ellsworth, was sentenced March 30 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
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Matthew D. Nunley
Matthew D. Nunley , 33, of Eureka, was sentenced to four years in prison for one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Clinton A. Page
Clinton A. Page , 29, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 24 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery of a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Loren M. Jepsen
Loren M. Jepsen , 34, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of home invasion causing injury (Class X felony). All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Calvin E. Young
Calvin E. Young , 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of cocaine.
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Jason R. Roof
Jason R. Roof , 46, of Heyworth, was sentenced March 28 to five and a half years in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
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James L. Fields
James L. Fields , 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michelle E. Mueller
Michelle E. Mueller , 32, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of burglary. All other charges were dismissed.
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Telly H. Arrington
Telly H. Arrington , 24, of Normal, is charged with four counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Antonio R. Ross
Antonio R. Ross , 28, of Springfield, was sentenced March 24 to two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of retail theft. All other charges were dismissed. He also was ordered to pay $7,305 in restitution. Ross earned credit for previously serving 239 days in jail.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carlos L. Hogan
Carlos L. Hogan , 33, of Decatur, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 30-500 grams of cannabis. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kent D. Johnson
Kent D. Johnson , 34, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andre D. Seals
Andre D. Seals , 37, of Champaign, is charged with aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler S. Burns
Tyler S. Burns, 31, of Chenoa, was sentenced to 170 days in jail and 30 months probation. He earned credit for the 170 days previously served in jail. Burns pleaded guilty to one count of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carrie Funk
Carrie Funk , 54, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of criminal neglect of an elderly person.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Anthony R. Fairchild
Anthony R. Fairchild , 51, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of burglary and theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Inez J. Gleghorn
Inez J. Gleghorn, 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm in connection to an April 2021 stabbing in Bloomington. Other battery charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alexis S. Williams
Alexis S. Williams, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nayeon A. Teague
Nayeon A. Teague , 21, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
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Frankie L. Hutchinson
Frankie L. Hutchinson , 21, of Chicago, is charged with one count of aggravated unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of aggravated fleeing a peace officer and two counts of criminal damage to property.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joseph L. McLeod
Joseph L. McLeod , 40, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of theft, and one count each of forgery and deceptive practices.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lanee R. Rich
Lanee R. Rich , 18, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Corey K. Butler
Corey K. Butler , 19, of Champaign, is charged with possession of a stolen firearm and two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darrius D. Robinson
Darrius D. Robinson , 29, of Normal, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob Z. Kemp
Jacob Z. Kemp , 32, is charged with three counts of aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathan A. Jamison
Jonathan A. Jamison , 44, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathon K. Campbell
Jonathan K. Campbell , 43, Jonathan K. Campbell, 43, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 48 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery causing bodily harm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Geno A. Borrego
Geno A. Borrego , 23, of Pontiac, is charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaylin M. Caldwell
Jaylin M. Caldwell , 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua D. Rials
Joshua D. Rials , 28, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of armed violence, Class X felonies, four counts of unlawful possession of a firearm and firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies. He was charged March 1 with two counts each of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and of firearm ammunition by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jamakio D. Chapell
Jamakio D. Chapell , 28, of Montgomery, Alabama, is charged with four counts of Class 2 felony aggravated battery, misdemeanor resisting a peace officer and 11 traffic charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas E. Dolan
Thomas E. Dolan , 22, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 500 and 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver, unlawful cannabis possession, battery and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordyn H. Thornton
Jordyn H. Thornton , 22, of Bloomington, was convicted of first-degree murder in the Oct. 30, 2018, shooting death of Trevonte Kirkwood, 27, of Bloomington, in the 1300 block of North Oak Street in Bloomington.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ty W. Johnson
Ty W. Johnson , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with criminal sexual assault, robbery and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kyle D. Kindred
Kyle D. Kindred , 23, of Shirley, is charged with cannabis trafficking, two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorel M. Johnson
Lorel M. Johnson , 41, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery and two counts of aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kimberlee A. Burton
Kimberlee A. Burton , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of child endangerment, Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kevin C. Knight
Kevin C. Knight , 40, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Derail T. Riley
Derail T. Riley , 35, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and five counts of Class 4 felony domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ade A. McDaniel
Ade A. McDaniel , 40, of North Miami Beach, Florida, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jahni A. Lyons
Jahni A. Lyons , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Destiny D. Brown
Destiny D. Brown , 39, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, three counts of methamphetamine possession and one count of methamphetamine delivery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Billy J. Braswell
Billy J. Braswell , 39, of Wapella, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and four counts of methamphetamine possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mitchell A. Rogers
Mitchell A. Rogers , 37, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Matthew D. Stone
Matthew D. Stone , 22, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated battery, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler A. Guy
Tyler A. Guy , 25, of Towanda, is charged with one count of Class 2 felony aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Gordan D. Lessen
Gordan D. Lessen , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of domestic battery as a subsequent offense, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Steven M. Abdullah
Steven M. Abdullah , 31, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts of harassment of jurors, Class 2 felonies, 11 counts of communication with jurors, Class 4 felonies, and one count of attempted communication with a juror, a Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ryan D. Triplett
Ryan D. Triplett , 27, of Decatur, is charged with aggravated domestic battery-strangulation, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery as a subsequent offense felony, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Pedro A. Parra
Pedro A. Parra , 40, is charged with two counts of burglary, Class 2 and Class 3 felonies, and misdemeanor theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Gregory A. Spence
Gregory A. Spence , 39, of Bartonville, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Justin A. Leicht
Justin A. Leicht , 41, of Downs, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Edward L. Holmes
Edward L. Holmes , 50, of Bloomington, is charged with the following:
Controlled substance trafficking of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Controlled substance trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of a substance containing meth Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 15 and 100 grams of meth Unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Latoya M. Jackson
Latoya M. Jackson , 31, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of possession of a stolen or converted motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Shaquan D. Hosea
Shaquan D. Hosea , 26, of Bloomington, is charged with residential burglary, a Class 1 felony, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaccob L. Morris
Jaccob L. Morris , 20, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dontel D. Crowder
Dontel D. Crowder , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies, and harboring a runaway, Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donnell A. Taylor
Donnell A. Taylor , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Eric E. Seymon
Eric E. Seymon , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with eight counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Aikee Muhammad
Aikee Muhammad , 19, is charged with two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William M. McCuen
William M. McCuen , 33, of Atlanta, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Meontay D. Wheeler
Meontay D. Wheeler , 23, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and torture, a Class 1 felony, aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew , 51, of Normal, was sentenced to three years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Javares L. Hudson
Javares L. Hudson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged in federal court with possession of a machine gun. He was initially charged in McLean County court with two counts of unlawful use of a weapon-machine gun parts. One charge is a Class X felony and the other is a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tommy L. Jumper
Tommy L. Jumper , 60, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 30 months on probation and 96 days in jail for one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David S. Fry
David S. Fry , 70, of Normal, is charged with 45 counts of child pornography. Sixteen of the charges are a Class 2 felony and 29 charges are a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Logan T. Kendricks
Logan T. Kendricks , 35, was sentenced to five years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Davis W. Hopkins
Davis W. Hopkins , 25, of Chenoa, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine, a Class X felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tony Robinson
Tony Robinson , 38, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rochelle A. McCray
Rochelle A. McCray , 37, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dontae D. Gilbert
Dontae D. Gilbert , 30, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery, charged as a Class 3 felony for a subsequent offense.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Stefan A. Mangina
Stefan A. Mangina , 32, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michael J. Owen
Michael J. Owen , 30, of Stanford, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cedric J. Haynes
Cedric J. Haynes , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with nine counts of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathan Wiley
Jonathan Wiley , 30, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Jason S. Russell
Jason S. Russell , 22, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Aaron J. Zielinski
Aaron J. Zielinski, 28, of Plainfield, was sentenced to four years on probation for unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine. A charge of unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver was dismissed.
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Albert F. Matheny
Albert F. Matheny , 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced Jan. 10 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than five grams of methamphetamine.
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Hunter C. Kellenberger
Hunter C. Kellenberger , 24, of Pekin, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. A meth possession charge was dismissed.
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Samuel Harris
Samuel Harris , 21, of Chicago, was sentenced to 22 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordan P. Gillespie
Jordan P. Gillespie , 27, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for residential burglary and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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William R. Carter
William R. Carter , 23, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexual assault, attempted residential arson and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kentre A. Jackson
Kentre A. Jackson, 26, of Ypsilanti, Mich., was sentenced to 30 months of conditional discharge. He was charged as of June 9, 2020, with unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis and unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver. The latter charge was dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andrew L. Stanley
Andrew L. Stanley , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years on probation for one count of arson. He pleaded guilty to setting his home on fire while a woman and a teenage girl were inside. One count of aggravated arson was dismissed in a plea agreement.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jerail M. Myrick
Jerail M. Myrick , 26, of Springfield, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Amari M. McNabb
Amari M. McNabb , 23, of Country Club Hills , was sentenced to 28 years in prison for murder and mob action for his involvement in the 2019 fatal shooting of Juan Nash, 25, in Bloomington. He was found guilty in a jury trial of those charges, but the jury found him not guilty of discharge of a firearm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Aaron Parlier
Aaron M. Parlier , 40, was sentenced Jan. 14 to 450 years in prison after he was found guilty in a bench trial of 10 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a minor and 10 counts of child pornography production.
Rebecca L. Gormley
Rebecca L. Gormley , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Penny S. Self
Penny S. Self , 59, of Ashland, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nathaniel A. Butler
Nathaniel A. Butler , 20, of Bloomington was sentenced Jan. 4, 2022, to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm into an occupied building and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm without a valid firearm owners identification card.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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An effort by Houston area officials to thank residents for taking part in the jury selection process has ended with a mistrial in a murder case.
Last week, the office of Harris County District Clerk Marilyn Burgess held its annual Jury Appreciation Week, an event with guest speakers and door prizes that was created to "honor jurors and tell them how important their participation is in the American justice system."
But Houston public radio station KUHF reported Wednesday that a defense attorney criticized the comments one of the guest speakers made to potential jurors, objecting to statements that serving on a jury was a chance to provide "justice" for victims.
Defense attorney Sean Buckley said the comments presented a biased view of the justice system and tainted the jury pool.
"It was really tantamount to a pep rally for recruiting groups of jurors to go over to the courthouse and convict people of violent crimes," he said.
Buckley said jurors from the appreciation week event were picked for the murder trial of his client, Itani Milleni, who is accused of beating his estranged wife to death in 2015.
Buckley asked for a mistrial over the comments and state District Judge Te'iva Bell granted the request on Wednesday.
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Dane Schiller, a spokesman for the Harris County District Attorney's Office, said prosecutors planned to retry Milleni.
"We will do all we can to protect society from this defendant, who is accused of a vicious murder," Schiller said. "We will not be deterred in our efforts to see that all the facts are presented to a jury in a fair trial and that justice is done."
In a statement on Thursday, the Harris County District Clerk's Office said guest speakers during Jury Appreciation Week "are solely for inspiration and entertainment. The remarks made by the guest speakers are their own." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/event-honoring-jurors-leads-to-mistrial-in-texas-murder-case/3000482/ | 2022-06-25T21:05:09 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/event-honoring-jurors-leads-to-mistrial-in-texas-murder-case/3000482/ |
TEXAS, USA — On Friday morning, a nurse at Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services in San Antonio ushered a patient into an exam room. She gave her a gown, told her the doctor would be in shortly and stepped back out of the room into a changed world.
“I saw the other nurses standing in the hallway,” said Jenny, a nurse who has been with the clinic for five years and asked to be identified only by her first name for fear of being targeted by anti-abortion protesters. “And I just knew.”
In the few minutes she’d been inside the exam room, the U.S. Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade, clearing the way for Texas to fully ban the procedure she had just prepped a patient for.
Jenny and four other staff members stood in the hallway, paralyzed. They had a dozen patients sitting in the lobby awaiting abortions, all seemingly unaware of the seismic shift that had just rocked the reproductive health care world.
Before they could even decide how to proceed, the door to the clinic slammed open and a young woman ran in, yelling about Roe v. Wade and saving babies. They didn’t recognize her but believed she was associated with the anti-abortion protesters who often massed outside the clinic.
The woman quickly fled, leaving the clinic staff alone with a dozen sets of eyes staring back at them from the waiting room chairs.
“Obviously, that wasn’t how we had wanted it to come out,” Jenny said.
While other nurses addressed the elephant in the waiting room, Jenny returned to the patient she had just left.
“I just said, ‘You have to get dressed and come back out to the lobby,’” she said. “I told her, ‘The doctor will explain more … but we can’t even give you a consultation today.’”
The legal status of abortion in Texas was murky in the immediate aftermath of Friday’s ruling. The state has a “trigger law” that automatically bans abortion 30 days after the ruling is certified, a process that could take a month or more.
But in an advisory issued Friday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said that abortion providers could be held criminally liable immediately because the state never repealed the abortion prohibitions that were on the books before Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973.
Rather than risking criminal charges, Texas’ clinics stopped providing abortions Friday.
Andrea Gallegos, executive director of Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services, said she’s hopeful that the clinic’s lawyers may find a way to allow it to resume abortions briefly before the trigger ban goes into effect.
But either way, abortion will soon be banned in the second-largest state in the country. The clinics will close. The staff will relocate or find new jobs. And the people they would have served will melt into the shadows, fleeing over state lines, seeking out illegal abortions or quietly consigning themselves to decades of raising children they never wanted.
Bearing the bad news
The staff at Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services are no strangers to bad news. For years, they’ve had to navigate ever-tightening restrictions that force them to delay care or turn patients away.
But never have they had to deliver so much bad news in such a short period of time. Dr. Alan Braid, who owns the clinic, told the women in the waiting room — and those who had already been admitted to exam rooms — that they were halting all abortions immediately.
Some just got up and left. One woman got upset, angrily demanding that Braid go through with the abortion anyway. She had driven hours to make it to this appointment after her home state of Oklahoma banned all abortions.
“I understand why she’s upset, and she has every right to be upset, but we’re not the enemy here,” Gallegos said. “The only thing we could tell her was this wasn’t because of us, it was because of the Supreme Court.“
One woman was on her fourth visit to the clinic. She’d been too early in the pregnancy for an abortion during the first two appointments, but finally, yesterday, staff were able to detect a pregnancy on the sonogram. But Texas requires clinics to wait 24 hours after a sonogram to perform an abortion, so they sent her home.
She arrived at the clinic Friday morning, not long after the Supreme Court ruled. When staff told her the news, she was bereft — rocking back and forth, wailing, begging for the staff to help her.
“I just told her, you did everything right and we did everything that we could, but unfortunately, our hands are tied today,” clinic director Kristina Hernandez said.
Gallegos said it’s devastating to know just how easily they could have helped that patient.
“Sometimes it’s just a matter of handing somebody a pill, and for the surgical [abortion], it’s less than five minutes,” she said. “It’s fast, it’s easy, it’s safe, it’s done. It’s health care.”
Instead, they had to send her away.
After they cleared the waiting room, the staff turned to the stack of two dozen appointments scheduled for the rest of the day. They distributed the files, took deep breaths and started dialing.
They explained, again and again: No, you can’t get an abortion here anymore. No, you can’t reschedule. No, you can’t go to another clinic in Texas, or even Oklahoma, or a lot of other states. No, it doesn’t matter if you’re under six weeks. No, not even if you come in right now. No, this isn’t our fault. No, no, no, no.
They offered a list of out-of-state clinics and groups that help fund abortions and travel that they put together when Texas banned abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. They spent most of the day listening to the busy signals and voicemail boxes of clinics in New Mexico, where abortion will remain legal.
They make this effort because there is little else they can do. But they are well aware that many of their patients struggle to find babysitters for the duration of their appointments, let alone traveling out of state to get abortions.
And even if they can find babysitters, and get time off from work, and safely leave the state, Friday’s ruling is only going to make it harder for low-income Texans to access resources to pay for these journeys. Texas abortion funds have stopped paying for out-of-state travel and abortions until they can better assess the legal implications of their work.
Fear for the future
As the pandemonium of the morning subsided, something far worse settled over the clinic: silence. Staff sat around the check-in desk, filing paperwork and tidying up. Someone ordered pizza.
They listened in to televised press conferences, hoping to glean information about their own fates. They talked about where the fight might go from here, and some of the bigger battles they’ve had to wage over the years. They talked about what this meant for their daughters, and the patients they’d treated over the years, and those they would likely never get the chance to see.
A lot of the staff members have been working for the clinic for years. Hernandez was there with Braid when this location opened in 2015.
“This is my baby,” she said. “This is my life, right? This is what I’m good at. This is what I want to keep doing. I can’t do anything else. I mean, I can, but I don’t want to.”
When Hernandez thinks about all the patients she’s been able to help over the years, it’s overwhelming. She’s had women come up to her in H-E-B, years after she helped with their abortions, and give her hugs before disappearing into the aisles.
On days like this, she thinks a lot about a young woman she spent three hours having a theological discussion with before the woman ultimately decided to have an abortion, and her own sister, who decided not to.
The clinic plans to keep the doors open and the staff employed as long as it can. They’re holding on to hope that they may be able to squeeze in a few more patients before the trigger ban goes into effect.
And they’re still offering follow-up appointments for patients who had abortions recently — perhaps the final patients the clinic will ever get to treat.
A young woman showed up Friday afternoon for her follow-up appointment, with her 3-month-old in tow. She’s a single mom in her early 30s, raising four children already.
When she found out she was pregnant again, she decided she couldn’t responsibly raise another child. She’s already struggling financially, and she was trying to leave her boyfriend, who she said was physically abusive.
“I have to figure out who’s gonna watch my babies on the weekends so I can go to work, and it’s stressful,” she said. “So I’m not gonna bring another baby into this.”
She got the two-drug medication abortion regimen at the clinic earlier this week. It was an easy process, she said, and she was hugely relieved to hear that it had been successful.
But with four kids, if she’d been turned away, she said she wouldn’t have even tried to leave the state or find another way.
“It’s not worth all that effort,” she said. “I would have just kept it.”
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Hoosiers gather at Indiana Statehouse in the wake of watershed Roe v. Wade reversal
Robin Olds didn’t think it would happen.
Even after the earlier leaked Supreme Court opinion showed justices were going to pave the way for states such as Indiana to outlaw or further restrict abortion, she thought abortion would stay legal.
But on Saturday, she was at the Indiana Statehouse, wanting to make her voice heard.
"I assumed it was a right and now it's not," said Olds, 60 of Indianapolis, lamenting, “I’m too old for this.”
In two groups, Hoosiers of all backgrounds gathered at the Statehouse Saturday to voice their opinions following Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and ruled that abortion is no longer a constitutional right.
More than a thousand abortion-rights activists rallied around 11 a.m. for several hours. More than 200 hundred anti-abortion advocates gathered next, met with chants and signs from abortion-rights activists, rallying for nearly two hours.
Claire Reed, 25, of Rushville is against abortion rights, saying she wants to protect life. She said she attend the anti-abortion rally because she wanted others to see that people did want Roe v. Wade to be overturned.
"For me, personally, I've been trying to read everyone's signs and try to understand where they're coming from," Reed said. "That's important to me, to hear their side of it and try to meet with them."
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"We have an opportunity to make progress in protecting the sanctity of life, and that’s exactly what we will do," he said in a prepared statement.
Under Indiana law, abortions can only be performed within what amounts to the first 22 weeks.
Those under 18 must get the consent of parents or legal guardians.
Abortion-rights activists chant in the heat
Sprawling across the west side of the Statehouse, abortion-rights activists chanted — "hey, hey, ho, ho, abortion bans have got to go" — in the heat Saturday. Fellow supporters shared chips, sunscreen and water.
They carried signs about abortion rights such as "Mother by choice, mother for choice" and "We won’t go back" and also signs that referenced gun control and the lack of response to mass shootings.
They held signs that stated, "Guns have more rights than my uterus" and "Hate abortions? Ignore them like every mass shooting we have that you ignore!"
Speaker Katie Blair asked the crowd to acknowledge how long they've worked to preserve abortion rights, counting down by five years, each call out was accompanied by cheers and waving arms. Blair is the director of advocacy and public policy for ACLU of Indiana.
Eleadah Kemp, 28, Indianapolis, said that while she's personally anti abortion, she believes in abortion rights.
"I believe in autonomy of your own body and I don’t understand how this is not considered a human rights issue," Kemp said. "I don’t understand how these rights can be taken away from us, it’s our bodies."
'It would destroy me and her life'
Leaning into her 7-year-old daughter and squinting from the sun, Indianapolis resident Chelsea Valdez, 29, explained why she supports abortion rights.
“I know that if I were to get pregnant again it would destroy me and her life. Not the potential kid, but hers and that’s not something that can happen.”
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Another mother, 33-year-old Keegan Koehlinger-Wolf, also said motherhood informs her support for abortion rights. With her 5-month-old daughter Mara in tow, Koehlinger-Wolf said her mental and physical challenges during pregnancy made her double down on her support for abortion care.
"To force people to go through that when it's not their choice is absolutely not OK," Koehlinger-Wolf said.
Marquis Hamblin, 19, of Indianapolis, said he came to support his girlfriend and all women.
“Honestly I’m just scared for the future that holds," he said. "I’m scared for the future children that won’t be able to grow up in a proper household because they were forced into this world.”
Speakers from Planned Parenthood, Women4Change and American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana encouraged the crowd to vote, to continue rallying and pressuring lawmakers to keep abortion legal.
As the first rally ended, the protesters marched through downtown streets, blocking traffic, but when an ambulance with sirens approached near Massachusetts Avenue, the group moved to the sides for it to pass and then quickly came back together chanting: “Hey, hey, ho, ho, the patriarchy has got to go.”
Anti-abortion rally starts with tension
Back at the Statehouse lawn, anti-abortion supporter Jennifer Alberson, 54, Goshen drove two-and-a-half hours to be at 2 p.m. anti-abortion rally. She held a sign: “We need a better perspective on the miracle of pregnancy"
"I use the word 'we' in my signs a lot because it’s an issue for all of us, and abortion is something that is a responsibility for us as a race,” she said. “…The issue of abortion has been a heartbreak for me for as long as I've known about it.”
Shortly before the 2 p.m. rally, Alberson said she liked that she saw anti-abortion and abortion-rights activists chatting together. But not long after, things turned tense.
As some set up for the anti-abortion rally, and others carried signs like "abolition kills children," a small group came to the foot of the stairs where the setup was happening and started chanting, prompting the Indiana State Police to step between the groups.
Abortion-rights supporters returned to the Statehouse and the groups chanted at each other. Opposing signs were next to each other — one with a picture of a fetus and the word “human being” on next to one that read “My uterus does not belong to the state.”
On the steps of the Statehouse, a singer played a guitar and sang “Amazing Grace” followed by rally speakers including Rep. John Jacob, R-Indianapolis.
Jacob, who's been admonished by the House Speaker for posting anti Catholic and anti Muslim comments to social media, called abortion a holocaust. He's an anti-abortion activist who prior to being elected often dressed in what looked like blood-stained blue medical scrubs to protest abortion rights at the Statehouse.
“The Republican establishment has done nothing to end abortion in the state of Indiana,” said Jacob, who was defeated in the Republican primary this May by a House Republican caucus backed candidate.
'Stop killing our innocent babies'
Also speaking was Rhonda Miller, president of Purple for Parents Indiana, which has been a driver behind outcry against Critical Race Theory in public schools. CRT, though, is not actually taught at K-12 schools in Indiana. The group also has protested what it calls "pornographic" books, which include ones with LGBTQ characters.
Miler said the United States has to "“stop killing our innocent babies" and called on Holcomb to "do what's right."
As she spoke, the crowd continued various chants and Indiana State Police stood between the opposing groups.
Tammy Delgado, 44, of Indianapolis said she attended the rally to pray and said that every life is special and should be lived.
"It's important that we stand and speak peacefully and we're thankful for the conservative things that are taking place in the nation," Delgado said.
Speaker: her abortion was the wrong choice
Speaker Kristine Hunsley said she had an abortion as a teen and now believes it was the wrong choice, saying that it wasn’t until God answered her prayers that she began to heal.
She urged the women in the crowd to make ministry in their homes a top priority, adding “we were made for a time like this.” She told the men in the crowd to “do something. Get involved in ministry and policy making.”
Then, she turned to those in opposition.
“To all of you who are looking at me with hate and disgust right now,” Hunsley said. “I want to tell you that I am sorry for my part in making this country what it is for you to be like this. I am sorry for my ancestors. I am sorry for my feminist grandmother and my feminist mother. I’m sorry that we brought you to this.”
Throughout the rally, some abortion rights supporters stayed and chanted, but as it ended, both crowds largely dispersed. State police remained at the Statehouse steps.
The special session starts July 6.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A woman in her 50s and a man in his 60s were pronounced dead Saturday morning after being found by deputies responding to a shooting call at a resort on International Drive, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said both people had been shot, and that it appears at the time of this report that the man shot the woman and then himself in a “domestic incident.”
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The shooting was reported at 9:56 a.m. from The Fountains Resort at 12400 S. International Drive, deputies said.
No further updates were anticipated Saturday, deputies said.
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Sandcreation in Absecon builds a sand sculpture of characters from SpongeBob Square Pants on Saturday at Margate Beachstock 2022.
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Josh Duffey, 30, of Egg Harbor Township, and Katelyn Moore, 29, of Northfield, play cornhole Saturday afternoon at Margate Beachstock 2022.
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Dozens of people play cornhole Saturday afternoon at Margate Beachstock 2022.
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The Jersey String Band in West Deptford performs for beachgoers Saturday afternoon for Margate Beachstock 2022.
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Pat Walton, 41, captain of the Jersey String Band in West Deptford, poses for beachgoers as the band performs Saturday afternoon for Margate Beachstock 2022.
MARGATE — All day Saturday, beachgoers in the city stopped on their way to and from the beach at Beachstock 2022.
The free-to-attend beach party ran from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. behind the Margate Library.
There were performances by rock cover band Non Clue Trio, country singer Nikki Briar, South Pacific Island Tahitian Drums, Polynesian Dancers, Samoan Fire Knife Dance and the Emerald Isle Irish Dancers.
Band captain Pat Walton and the West Deptford-based Jersey String Band were dressed in their Mummers outfits, posed for photos and performed for about an hour as people walked by.
MARGATE — Lucy the Elephant may have been hidden behind six stories of scaffolding as she un…
A tiki beach bar, several lounges and other activities were available.
Dozens of people played cornhole in the center of the area ahead of a tournament. Air Circus Kite Shop gave free lessons and demonstrations.
There was a sand sculpture of SpongeBob SquarePants characters being worked on by Sandcreation in Absecon. It was fitting, as "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run" was set to be aired in the evening.
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Sandcreation in Absecon builds a sand sculpture of characters from SpongeBob Square Pants on Saturday at Margate Beachstock 2022.
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From left, Joe Wilson, Cheryl Wilson and Karen Button with Cole the Deaf Dog, who befriended Cheryl and Karen's father, Edwin Carpenter, in the last few years of his life.
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Cole the Deaf Dog, who lives in Millville with owner Chris Hannah, wears a Lucy the Elephant patch on his vest in honor of Edwin Carpenter, whom Cole befriended on his visits to the Veterans Memorial Home in Vineland. The Carpenter family presented the patch to Cole shortly after Edwin died in November.
MARGATE — Lucy the Elephant may have been hidden behind six stories of scaffolding as she undergoes renovations, but her eyes were still looking down on the Carpenter family Saturday morning.
Family and friends gathered in the presence of Lucy to celebrate the life of Edwin Carpenter, who died Nov. 10 at 93.
Carpenter, a World War II veteran who served in the Army and fought in Japan, formed the Save Lucy Committee more than 50 years ago. His daughters, Karen Button and Cheryl Wilson, helped organize the celebration of their father's life.
"It was a very casual gathering to share in the memories of my dad," said Button, who now lives in Ohio but makes annual trips to her hometown to visit Lucy. "The kids have grown up through Lucy and seeing everything in the gift shop, and inside are pictures of me in my bell bottoms when I was 10 years old or 12 years old."
Tables adorned with photos of Carpenter were set up on the patio outside Cousins Grill at Lucy. About 30 people showed up for the gathering, which lasted a little more than a half hour. Family had Edwin's younger brother, Thomas, on video chat during the celebration.
Button and her husband, Chuck; Wilson; their cousin Kelly Carpenter Minor and Lucy Executive Director Richard Helfant shared stories about Edwin Carpenter. Edwin's grandson, Joe Wilson, 30, is on the Save Lucy Committee board of directors.
Some of those stories may have been told for the first time Saturday, but the one story that's well known is how the Carpenter family helped save Lucy.
James Lafferty, of Philadelphia, built Lucy, then called Elephant Bazaar, a few blocks down from its current location in 1881. Seven years later, he sold the elephant to Anton Gertzen, who later renamed it Lucy and opened it up as a tavern.
Karen Button remembers the day her father saved Lucy.
"I remember Dad coming home and telling us that Lucy was going to be torn down and a high-rise condominium was going to be built in her place," she said. "He then followed it up by saying, 'Not if I can help it!'"
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So Carpenter and his wife, Sylvia, along with neighbors that included Josephine Harron, set up a meeting with the Gertzen family. They established the Save Lucy Committee in 1969.
"He gave them his word that he would do everything possible to save her. Then Dad pulled a dollar out of his wallet and bought Lucy."
In 1970, the Gertzen family donated Lucy, and it was moved to its current location in Margate. Carpenter spent more than 20 years raising funds to move, restore and preserve Lucy, Button said.
In 1976, Lucy was designated a National Historic Landmark. There have been many fundraisers and donations made over the years from around the world to preserve Lucy.
In 2016, Ed and Sylvia were honored with a brass plaque dedicating the entrance to Lucy as the Carpenter Walkway.
"We are so grateful to our parents for all their work in accomplishing a feat many doubted," Button said. "Moving a dilapidated six-story building in the shape of an elephant was something of which even the moving company couldn't guarantee would have a positive outcome."
Visits with Cole
Carpenter spent the last three years of his life at the Veterans Memorial Home in Vineland, where he enjoyed bowling, playing cards and socializing with other residents.
One of his best friends, however, was Cole, a pit bull who was born deaf. Chris Hannah, 43, of Millville, found Cole in March 2017 at the South Jersey Regional Animal Shelter.
"He has always been a gentle soul and playful pup," Hannah said. "He is very in tune with people's emotions, which made the therapy dog training an easy choice."
In 2018, Hannah started Team Cole when he received his therapy dog certification. In December, he founded the Cole the Deaf Dog & Friends Foundation to offer school and community programs for special needs advocacy and inclusion. The foundation's slogan is "A disability is not an inability ... it's a superpower."
Cole's superpower was connecting with people, including Carpenter, when Hannah began to volunteer at the veterans home in 2018.
"Mr. Carpenter was the perfect example of why we do what we do," Hannah said. "In Cole's presence, Ed would light up with his infectious smile. He was always very gracious to be able to visit with Cole, and it was truly heartbreaking when he passed."
Visitors were not permitted inside the veterans home during the COVID-19 pandemic, so Hannah and Cole would do window visits at the facility.
"We would station ourselves with Cole at the large front entrance windows, where they would speak via cellphone to Cole, knowing that he is deaf," Hannah said. "It was funny, but in retrospect, they were such delightful moments during very dark times."
Cole wears a Lucy the Elephant patch on his therapy vest. Carpenter's family sent the patch to Cole shortly after Carpenter died.
"Seeing Cole was always the highlight of my dad's day, so I know firsthand how impactful the service is (the Hannahs) provide," Button said.
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From left, Joe Wilson, Cheryl Wilson and Karen Button with Cole the Deaf Dog, who befriended Cheryl and Karen's father, Edwin Carpenter, in the last few years of his life.
Cole the Deaf Dog, who lives in Millville with owner Chris Hannah, wears a Lucy the Elephant patch on his vest in honor of Edwin Carpenter, whom Cole befriended on his visits to the Veterans Memorial Home in Vineland. The Carpenter family presented the patch to Cole shortly after Edwin died in November. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/family-friends-celebrate-mans-love-for-lucy-the-elephant-and-his-friendship-with-a-dog/article_1b4d980e-f337-11ec-bbd7-cf2864ce7bd8.html | 2022-06-25T21:27:21 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/family-friends-celebrate-mans-love-for-lucy-the-elephant-and-his-friendship-with-a-dog/article_1b4d980e-f337-11ec-bbd7-cf2864ce7bd8.html |
Grace Hall pitched a complete game, allowing just two hits and striking out five, to lead Middle Township to a 17-2 victory over Northfield in a District 16 Senior League softball game Friday.
Hall also went 2 for 3 with four RBIs.
Gabby Cruz went 3 for 4 with two doubles and four RBIs. Juliet Thompson, Johanna Longstreet, Lily Vogel, Sophia Brown and Sydnie Hunter also all had multiple hits for Middle.
Bella Scattini hit a home run to left field for Northfield. Liv Hull added a hit.
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Northfield 29, Lower Cape May 0: Logan Kallen pitched two innings with two strikeouts and did not allow a hit to earn the win. Gavin Sutley added five hits and five RBIs for Northfield. Cayden Kern and Carter Graves each had three hits and three RBIs.
Northfield will play Linwood at 7 p.m. Sunday. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/grace-hall-grace-cruz-come-up-big-for-middle-township-little-league-roundup/article_0a655494-f497-11ec-9d6b-d7702939bd3a.html | 2022-06-25T21:27:27 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/grace-hall-grace-cruz-come-up-big-for-middle-township-little-league-roundup/article_0a655494-f497-11ec-9d6b-d7702939bd3a.html |
GREENSBORO — "Happy" is one of Pharrell Williams' major hits but it doesn't come close to describing how his paying off Damarius Davis's student loans has the young N.C. A&T Aggie feeling these days.
Davis was part of an NAACP panel on the topic of the Black student debt crisis that was connected to Williams' Something in the Waters Festival, which was held in D.C. this year during Juneteenth.
When Davis and the other students or recent graduates finished speaking, they were told Williams had a surprise for them.
"Overwhelmed," Davis said of the moment. "I bawled. I started thinking of everything I went through with school. The sacrifices that my parents made. I'm just very grateful."
Davis, who is from the Raleigh area and graduated in May, worked three jobs his freshman year and still had to borrow $35,000 to earn his degree in sociology with a minor in history.
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He is also the first in his family to go to college.
The 23-year-old Aggie has a long history with the NAACP, starting with events organized by churches when he was 8 or 9. He formally joined the NAACP when he went off to college and is now the civic engagement chair for the youth and college division for the North Carolina NAACP. He is also a past president of A&T's Sociology and Social Work Society.
During the discussion, Davis and the others talked about the weight of student debt.
"Pharrell forever changed their lives," Wisdom Cole, the NAACP's national director of youth and college, said in a news release. "Student debt continues to disproportionately plague the Black community and crush opportunities for so many Black people."
Cole and Williams have also asked President Joe Biden to answer calls to cancel student debt for that very reason. More than 43 million borrowers have federal student loan debt totaling more than $1.7 trillion dollars, according to Educationdata.org.
Davis said there had not been any clues as to what would happen to him. He'd seen the stories of graduation speakers paying off student debt.
"I never imaged it this way," he said.
When Davis and the others finished speaking, the panel host told them that their student debts were going to be paid off by the Grammy award-winning musician and philanthropist, who composed music for Hidden Figures (2016) and Despicable Me (2010).
"The host said, 'You are talking about your life stories on national TV — we thank you for telling your stories," he recalled. "And then, 'We do have a surprise for you.' "
She then said Williams wanted to pay off their student debt.
"When she said, 'your student debt,' my mouth dropped and we started looking at each other," Davis said. "One of the girls whispered, 'Am I getting punked? Is this for real?'"
Williams later gathered them into a circle.
Davis was wearing a newly-earned "Proud Aggie Alumni" T-shirt.
"I’ve looked into all of your profiles," Williams told them. "I’ve seen everything that you have done in the community."
Davis said that Williams also gave them good advice about giving it forward.
"He said you might have to start off small, but be intentional with everything that you do," Davis recalled.
Davis had started a nonprofit during the pandemic that he later had to put on hold but is now looking to restart. He partnered with an organization to which his mother belonged to give three students going to Historically Black Colleges and Universities over $200 for college essentials.
The first person Davis called was his mother.
"She was jumping up and down, screaming and shouting," he said.
Then he called his dad, who also got emotional.
"Hearing their voices — that's what made me even more emotional," Davis said.
Because of the pause in student debt repayment, Davis had yet to make a formal agreement but he now has first-hand knowledge of why the NAACP is fighting for student loan forgiveness.
"It's freeing," Davis said.
Contact Nancy McLaughlin at 336-373-7049 and follow @nmclaughlinNR on Twitter. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/more-than-happy-bawling-and-grateful-a-t-grad-gets-college-debt-paid-off-by/article_e86af580-f34a-11ec-9435-3371b7b63ce0.html | 2022-06-25T21:35:42 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/more-than-happy-bawling-and-grateful-a-t-grad-gets-college-debt-paid-off-by/article_e86af580-f34a-11ec-9435-3371b7b63ce0.html |
ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday his 15 appointments to the newly-created Healthcare Workforce Commission. The commission, which includes Phoebe Putney Health System President/CEO Scott Steiner, was created by Executive Order to tackle the challenges facing the health care industry in hiring and retention of workers.
The commission will submit a report on its findings by the end of the year.
“Across Georgia, communities are in need of nurses, physicians, respiratory therapists, emergency medical personnel, and other clinical and nonclinical personnel,” Kemp said. “I am confident these 15 individuals from every corner of our state have the experience, skills and drive needed to tackle the issues facing our health care industry head-on, and I look forward to their findings shaping solutions in the coming years.”
Caylee Noggle, who serves as the commissioner for the Georgia Department of Community Health, will chair the committee.
“Right now, Georgia is 28,000 nurses short,” Steiner said. “Like every industry, we face work force challenges, not just in nursing but in emergency medical personnel and all health care-related fields. This committee has been charged with finding solutions to those challenges.”
Steiner said Phoebe was among the first health care facilities in the state to address the shortages.
“We went to the community and said, ‘How can we partner with you?’” the Phoebe Health System CEO said. “We knew it was imperative to start looking for solutions.
“We have initiated or are in the process of initiating programs with Georgia Southwestern State University, Albany State University, ABAC (Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College), Fort Valley State and other educational institutions. And we’re getting ready to initiate a program with Albany Technical College that will serve as a legacy program for (recently deceased ATC President) Anthony Parker.”
With the Department of Community Health, Noggle manages the $18 billion agency responsible for health care purchasing, planning and regulation, and improving the health outcomes of Georgians. Joining her and Steiner on the commission are:
Scott Bohlke, the owner and operator of Bohler Family Practice, an independent medical practice outside of Statesboro; Mary Chatman, the executive vice president and the president of Wellstar Health System hospitals Kennestone in Kennesaw and Windy Hill in Marietta; Despina “Debi” Dalton, who serves as the vice president of medical affairs for Wellstar Douglas Hospital in Douglasville; Sherry Danello, who has more than 40 years of experience in the field of health care; Janee Dock, a nurse administrator professional with several years of experience in health care; Clark Hill, the owner and president of the Hill Medical Group, an internal medicine practice serving the Commerce area; Shawn Little, a certified nurse educator with more than 27 years of clinical and academic experience; Sally Perry, the regional vice president of UHS of Delaware LLC, DBA Coastal Harbor Health System, a nationally recognized program in Savannah providing affordable mental health services, including both outpatient and inpatient programs; Pete Quinones, the president and chief executive officer for the Metro Atlanta Ambulance Services; Rick Roche, the chief people officer at Grady; Tanya Sudia, the dean of the College of Nursing at Augusta University; Jean Sumner, the dean of the School of Medicine at Mercer University, and Courtney Terwilliger, a native of Emmanuel County who has provided his hometown with emergency medical services for more than 40 years, serving as EMS director since 1997.
Steiner said he expects the Healthcare Workforce Commission to be an active group.
“The governor said he wants a report by the end of the year, and I know he expects us to come up with real solutions,” Steiner said. “This is vital to the future of health care in Georgia, and the clock is ticking.” | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/scott-steiner-appointed-to-state-healthcare-workforce-commission/article_719a9ad4-f4ba-11ec-abb6-4b899af21028.html | 2022-06-25T21:38:58 | 0 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/scott-steiner-appointed-to-state-healthcare-workforce-commission/article_719a9ad4-f4ba-11ec-abb6-4b899af21028.html |
ATLANTA — The Federal Aviation Administration is searching for its next generation of air traffic controllers, and it just opened its brief application window.
Applications are open through Monday with the FAA adding that as federal workers, air traffic controllers enjoy federal benefits.
The work requires people to use radar, computers and visual references to monitor and direct the movement of planes and aircraft in the skies, assisting with traffic around airports. Much of the training is on the job.
To be eligible, people must be U.S. citizens, be younger than 30, and have three years of general work experience or four years of education leading to a bachelor's degree -- or a combination of both. Applicants must also speak English "clearly enough to be understood over communications equipment," according to the application requirements.
People who are eligible may have to wait a few months to hear back before being admitted into FAA's ATC program. Such individuals will also be required to pass the Air Traffic Skills Assessment to be considered for employment.
Training will be at the FAA Academy in Oklahoma City.
People who complete the training will join the 14,000 ATC personnel in the network.
As the FAA works to hire its ATC next class, air traffic control centers are understaffed and working not to impede commercial airline schedules, according to the Air Line Pilots Association said.
Those interested in applying for the role can do so on the FAA website. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/jobs/faa-hiring-air-traffic-controllers-atlanta/85-941eebf5-fa31-4eb2-be58-63efb617e094 | 2022-06-25T21:47:05 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/jobs/faa-hiring-air-traffic-controllers-atlanta/85-941eebf5-fa31-4eb2-be58-63efb617e094 |
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — A rabies alert has been issued in Douglas County.
Officials with the county's animal services announced the advisory Friday after the Georgia Department of Public Health notified them a fox tested positive for rabies.
Animal Control was called to Mann Road and Richardson Road by Winston earlier this week after several neighbors reported they were being chased by an aggressive fox, officials said. The animal attacked a family pet, according to animal services, but the fox did not hurt any people.
When trappers arrived, they found the fox dead in a backyard.
Douglas County Animal Services officials said the pet that was attacked had been vaccinated against rabies but will be bolstered and placed in quarantine for the next 45 days for its safety and the safety of animals nearby.
"Douglas County Animal Services wants to remind the public not to touch or interfere with any wildlife, regardless of if they appear to be healthy or sick," officials said in a news release. "Family pets should be vaccinated annually, against the threat of rabies."
The agency advises neighbors who see a "rabies vector animal" like a fox, raccoon, bat or coyote acting strangely or aggressive, contact Animal Control immediately at 770-942-5961. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/rabies-alert-in-douglas-county-winston/85-f1c1b088-be5c-4d0b-80b7-c1f63c103688 | 2022-06-25T21:47:12 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/rabies-alert-in-douglas-county-winston/85-f1c1b088-be5c-4d0b-80b7-c1f63c103688 |
Shooting at Shreveport Brookshires grocery store leaves a man in serious condition
Makenzie Boucher
Shreveport Times
A man is in serious condition after he was shot at the Brookshires on Line Avenue Saturday afternoon.
Shreveport Police Department received a call to the 4800 block of Line Avenue just before 1:45 p.m.
Upon arrival, officers located a man in his vehicle in front the grocery store with a gunshot wound.
Officer said that it is believed to be road rage. The suspect reportedly shot the victim after he came up to the vehicle and began banging on the window.
Both individuals are in their 60’s.
This is a developing story.
Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com. | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/06/25/shooting-shreveport-brookshires-leaves-man-serious-condition/7735843001/ | 2022-06-25T21:50:00 | 0 | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/06/25/shooting-shreveport-brookshires-leaves-man-serious-condition/7735843001/ |
Gradually, minority rule has strengthened its grip on Arizona and America.
This didn't start with overturning Roe vs. Wade — that's just the latest and best example.
It's been happening regularly in elections, lawmaking and, yes, court decisions for years. Friday's Supreme Court ruling was just an especially powerful reminder that we're an admirably diverse country and state governed increasingly by a minority of politically conservative Christian activists, especially on the court.
The result of their rise is that the rest of us — not just liberals and Democrats, but everyone outside the conservative Christian fold — are, functionally, lesser citizens. Our votes and our opinions count for less. They are the self-described "real Americans" with full rights; we are lesser Americans with diminished rights.
That seems most obvious in the case of Roe vs. Wade. Before Friday's ruling, polls consistently showed that more than 60% of Americans did not want Roe v. Wade to be overturned, and that large majorities support abortion rights in all or most cases.
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But set aside women's rights to control their own bodies and destinies. Think about a slightly less potent issue — school vouchers.
This is an idea with origins in the backlash to racial desegregation in the South in the 1950s. After the Supreme Court struck down "separate but equal" public schooling, Southern states established "segregation academies" — private, segregated schools. White families could leave the newly desegregated public schools and pay for the private schooling with a new system of taxpayer-funded "vouchers."
Libertarians such as Milton Friedman embraced the idea, and it has been popular among Christian conservatives — both Catholics and Protestant fundamentalists — for decades. It's a way to fund religious schools with public money and draw more students to their religious instruction.
In Arizona, the Republican majority in Arizona's Legislature has been trying to expand our limited voucher program for years. The existing vouchers, called Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, would have eventually been made available to all Arizona students under a law passed in 2017.
Public school advocates collected enough signatures to force a referendum on the bill in 2018. And that year, Arizona voters rejected the program by a 65% to 35% margin. Our collective opinion of the idea was clear.
Public money for religion
GOP legislators have a tiny majority in the current session — 31 to 29 in the House and 16 to 14 in the Senate. But that did not stop them from passing an even more sweeping voucher program to close out the legislative session last week.
Unlike the 2017 bill, HB 2853 would open up Arizona's voucher program to everyone right away. If signed into law, it could lead to a dismantlement of Arizona's public-education system, by passing unknown millions of dollars from public schools to private religious schools instead.
Some legislators excused returning to this rejected idea just four years after the 2018 rejection by saying that the pandemic changed some people's minds about vouchers. Maybe some, sure, but come on — not enough to overcome a 30-point margin.
It's another effort at minority rule. And it's being supported by this same U.S. Supreme Court.
The court ruled Tuesday that Maine may not withhold vouchers from "sectarian" religious schools. In other words, if states are going to give out vouchers for private schools, they may not exclude schools that promote religious faiths.
In its ruling the court favored the Constitution's freedom of religion over the prohibition against establishment of a state religion. The result: not only may Maine fund religious schools with public money, but it must do so.
No democracy at all
As it stands, Americans who are not Christian conservatives don't count for as much. We're like 4/5 of an American. Conservative Christians count for like 6/5 of an American.
You see this in the effort by Donald Trump and his supporters to overturn the results of the 2020 elections.
Trump had lost the popular vote in 2016 by 65.8 million to 63 million. But our anti-majoritarian Electoral College system produced his minority rule.
Then in 2020, Trump lost by a wider margin, 81.3 million to 74.2 million. In Arizona and around the country, post-election studies have revealed why: Many people who voted for Republicans down the ballot voted against Trump at the top, or didn't vote for president at all.
But Trump has found strong support for the pathetic denial of his loss. Some would rather have no democracy at all than a democracy governed by Americans who don't view the world like them.
Now, when I talk about "democracy" and "majority rule," some people are quick to retort that "We're a republic, not a democracy" and "Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to eat for dinner."
But that's neither our system nor our situation at all. Our Constitution establishes a republic that is also a representative democracy and that rightfully protects minority and individual rights. Combined with ruthless politics, though, it has produced minority rule.
How? In the case of the Supreme Court, it's really as simple as this: Sen. Mitch McConnell, then the majority leader, blocked any vote on Merrick Garland's nomination to the Supreme Court in the last year of Barack Obama's presidency, 2016, saying the nomination was too close to the election, though it was months away.
Then he pushed through the nomination of Trump pick Amy Coney Barrett just eight days before the Nov. 3, 2020 election. The 52 Republican senators who voted to confirm Coney Barrett represented about 16 million fewer Americans than the 47 Democrats and one Republican who voted against her confirmation.
The ruthless politics went further. Two of Trump's three nominees to the court, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, apparently lied in their nomination hearings that they considered Roe v. Wade settled precedent.
Pack the court
Similar ruthlessness has occurred in Arizona. Gov. Doug Ducey and legislative Republicans engineered the expansion and packing of the Arizona Supreme Court, against the wishes of the court itself. Now the court is made up of six Republicans and one libertarian independent, Clint Bolick, who leans Republican.
The lesson from the success of this ruling Christian-conservative minority is for the majorities on these issues to pursue our political goals just as single-mindedly and ruthlessly.
If Democrats can expand the U.S. Supreme Court, they should, with no apologies needed or offered. If they can codify abortion rights, gay marriage or the right to contraception, they should.
In Arizona, we are obligated to fight to reject vouchers through a referendum again, but maybe we could reject universal vouchers in the state constitution through a ballot issue.
It's good that our system protects minority rights, but it is untenable when it produces minority rule on these momentous social issues.
Contact opinion columnist Tim Steller at tsteller@tucson.com or 520-807-7789. On Twitter: @senyorreporter | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/tim-stellers-column-minority-rule-reaches-full-bloom-in-arizona-usa/article_e4699472-f279-11ec-830c-371ca6e53dce.html | 2022-06-25T21:54:32 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/tim-stellers-column-minority-rule-reaches-full-bloom-in-arizona-usa/article_e4699472-f279-11ec-830c-371ca6e53dce.html |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – It’s the first year of Johnson City’s “Pride Rainbow Festival” and the beginning of a new tradition. Hundreds of people and about 50 vendors attended.
The event aims to increase visibility of the queer community and let everyone know that they are accepted no matter who they are.
“Love is love,” attendee Lou Blankenship said. “There’s no hate in our community. We love everyone, even the ones that are against us. We still love them, and we think everybody should support everybody.”
Organizer John Baker said it means a lot that hundreds of people chose to attend this year’s festival, and Saturday is especially meaningful for the community as they come together following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
“We’re here,” organizer and Pride Community Center President John Baker said. “We’re not going away, you’re going to have to get used to it, and you’re going to have to stop passing these laws of hate.”
Upset with Friday’s decision, some people fear same sex marriage could be the next target.
“I think the ramifications could affect Obergefell which gave me the right to marry someone of the same sex should I choose to do so,” attendee Atlas Charles said. “It also may affect trans-inclusive healthcare.”
The festival was a gathering point to discuss and mobilize for change but also a celebration of progress.
“It brings a tear to my eye and a warm feeling in my heart,” Baker said. “Our community is large in this area, and this is a wonderful way that we all get together.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-pride-rainbow-festival-held-in-johnson-city/ | 2022-06-25T21:59:27 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-pride-rainbow-festival-held-in-johnson-city/ |
Like millions of 10-year-olds, Uziyah Sergio Garcia loved video games, swimming and trampolines. He was also a natural at football, taking to it seamlessly when he and his grandfather started tossing the ball together over spring break.
"Such a fast little boy and he could catch a ball so good," his grandfather, Manny Renfro, told The Associated Press. "There were certain plays that I would call that he would remember and he would do it exactly like we practiced."
Uziyah, who went by Uzi, was the last of the 21 people killed in the Uvalde school massacre -- 19 children and two teachers -- to be laid to rest. His funeral was held Saturday at the Immanuel Baptist Church in San Angelo, where he lived before moving last year to Uvalde, about 200 miles to the south.
"We will miss saying, `I love you and Jesus loves you,' especially his reply, '. and Jesus loves you too!" his family wrote in an obituary for the boy, remembering for his contagious laugh, love of silly jokes, and sweet and outgoing nature.
Uzi's favorite after-school snack was a Nutella sandwich with blue Takis, which he would try to persuade others to try, The New York Times reported.
"He was goofy, he loved to make you laugh," Nikki Cross, an aunt the boy lived with, told the newspaper. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/last-uvalde-school-shooting-victim-laid-to-rest-remembered-as-loving-boy/3000491/ | 2022-06-25T22:06:02 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/last-uvalde-school-shooting-victim-laid-to-rest-remembered-as-loving-boy/3000491/ |
A prosecutor has asked a federal judge to sentence Jerry Harris, a former star of the Netflix documentary series "Cheer," to 15 years in prison for coercing teenage boys to send him obscene photos and videos of themselves and soliciting sex from minors at cheerleading competitions.
Attorneys for Harris are seeking a sentence of six years.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kelly Guzman wrote in a sentencing memo late Wednesday that Harris used "his status as a competitive cheerleader, his social media persona, and eventually his celebrity and money, to persuade and entice his young victims to engage in sexually explicit conduct for him or with him."
Guzman also requested the sentence include 10 years of supervised release after the prison term.
Harris, 22, of suburban Naperville, pleaded guilty earlier this year to one count each of receiving child pornography and traveling with the intention to engage in illegal sexual conduct. He is due to be sentenced July 6 by U.S. District Judge Manish Shah.
Defense attorneys, in asking that a six-year sentence be followed by eight years of supervised release, described Harris as "both victimizer and victim," saying he was sexually assaulted himself when he was a child.
"The trauma he experienced as a child normalized his skewed version of what he understood to be appropriate relationships. No one was there to stand up for him when he was sexually assaulted as a minor. He is grateful that is not the case for his victims in this case, to whom he is profoundly remorseful." defense attorneys wrote.
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Federal prosecutors acknowledged the actor's traumatic childhood was a mitigating factor in his crimes, but said "while Harris's childhood was very difficult, it was not a blank check to commit sex offenses against minors."
Harris remains in custody at a federal detention facility.
Harris was arrested in September 2020 on a charge of production of child pornography. Prosecutors alleged at the time that he solicited videos and images from two 14-year-old brothers.
According to a complaint, federal prosecutors said that Harris admitted to repeatedly asking a minor teen for pornographic videos and images between December 2018 and March 2020.
Then in December of that year, he was indicted on more charges alleging misconduct in Illinois, Florida and Texas. According to the indictment, Harris allegedly solicited sex from minors at cheerleading competitions and convinced teenage boys to send him obscene photographs and videos of themselves.
Harris admitted to FBI agents to asking a teenage boy to send him lewd photographs of himself, and to requesting child pornography on Snapchat from at least 10 to 15 others he knew to be minors, according to the indictment.
"Cheer" was a huge success when it was released in January 2020 and Harris became wildly popular for his upbeat attitude and his encouraging "mat talk." Harris even interviewed celebrities on the red carpet at the Academy Awards for "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."
The docuseries follows the competitive cheerleading squad from Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/prosecutors-seek-15-years-for-former-cheer-star/3000488/ | 2022-06-25T22:06:08 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/prosecutors-seek-15-years-for-former-cheer-star/3000488/ |
As the Whitehall Heritage Fest began on Saturday, Michael P. Harakal Jr., the township’s mayor, asked guests to remember that “Whitehall is a lot more than MacArthur Road and the (Lehigh Valley) mall.”
He said everyone should also try to find things that will make them “feel very proud of being in Whitehall.”
Heritage Fest, which was last held 30 years before under the name “Heritage Days,” is dedicated to honoring the history and heritage of Whitehall while also supporting local businesses and nonprofit vendors.
The event was organized by the Lehigh Valley and Whitehall Area chambers of commerce, with sponsorships from Trulieve, Fellowship Community and Authentic Adjustments.
Harakal was joined by Kylie Adams-Weiss, the assistant vice president of Affiliated Chambers for the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, and Charles Fisher, a Whitehall commissioner. They thanked those who attended, and also thanked the event’s sponsors.
Harakal — who was township executive in the 1980s — said “it’s been fun” to see the fest return and would like to see the community “enjoy this beautiful weather” amid the pandemic.
“We just need them outside collecting and understanding not just the history, but the potential future of life,” Harakal said.
Adams-Weiss, who also organized the event, said she was most excited to see the turnout.
“To be able to carve out a big section like this street and be able to have people out and exploring and seeing the parks; really just showing off the community and all that it has to offer is the best part of this festival,” she said.
As people arrived off shuttle buses, they were greeted to carnival-style games, prizes and The Lou Franco Project Band, a group that played classic rock covers of The Doobie Brothers and Tom Petty.
Venturing past the bandshell, guests were greeted by a row of over 50 vendors each offering unique products, from food trucks to homemade crafts.
One of those vendors was Debbie Holt, an independent consultant with Norwex, who said the fest is a great way for the past and present to come together.
“It’s important for the community, because there’s many different walks of life in our community,” Holt said. “And I think it’s really wonderful because of the history. A lot of people don’t even know the history about it. So this is a nice way to kind of meld the old with the new, the current.”
Angela Moscoso, community engagement liaison with Trulieve, said the fest serves as a way of uniting the community to say “we’ve missed each other.”
“I think if COVID has taught us nothing else… it’s just how pivotal community is,” Moscoso said. “I mean, everything from just support to general hospitality, to getting a smile from somebody, you know, from the corner, right? Those little things do a lot for feeding our internal self.”
Heritage Fest also offered other family-friendly activities beyond the vendors, such as face painting, a rock-climbing wall and a horse-drawn hayride. Many found themselves at the Wildlands Conservancy demonstration, where visitors could touch reptiles, including a corn snake and a wood turtle.
For David Barilla, this was the highlight of his time at the festival. He said events that bring people together are pivotal for the community.
“I think sometimes it’s forgotten that we’re all Americans,” Barilla said, “So no matter what your views are, you know, things that bring people together rather than divide them is crucial.”
With history being a key part of Heritage Fest, guests were able to learn more about the Civil War and Revolutionary War, with replica rifles, harmonicas and Necco Wafers (which were carried by Union soldiers).
Henry Green, a member of the 153rd PA Volunteer Infantry who has been a part of the group for 10 years, said he hopes there will be more festivals like this.
“Hopefully [the township] will make it an annual event,” Green said.
Joe Eckstein is a freelance writer for The Morning Call. | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/whitehall/mc-nws-whitehall-heritage-fest-20220625-5ftlewdwvnefdomsilyhwjazr4-story.html | 2022-06-25T22:07:37 | 1 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/whitehall/mc-nws-whitehall-heritage-fest-20220625-5ftlewdwvnefdomsilyhwjazr4-story.html |
TEXAS, USA — On Friday morning, a nurse at Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services in San Antonio ushered a patient into an exam room. She gave her a gown, told her the doctor would be in shortly and stepped back out of the room into a changed world.
“I saw the other nurses standing in the hallway,” said Jenny, a nurse who has been with the clinic for five years and asked to be identified only by her first name for fear of being targeted by anti-abortion protesters. “And I just knew.”
In the few minutes she’d been inside the exam room, the U.S. Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade, clearing the way for Texas to fully ban the procedure she had just prepped a patient for.
Jenny and four other staff members stood in the hallway, paralyzed. They had a dozen patients sitting in the lobby awaiting abortions, all seemingly unaware of the seismic shift that had just rocked the reproductive health care world.
Before they could even decide how to proceed, the door to the clinic slammed open and a young woman ran in, yelling about Roe v. Wade and saving babies. They didn’t recognize her but believed she was associated with the anti-abortion protesters who often massed outside the clinic.
The woman quickly fled, leaving the clinic staff alone with a dozen sets of eyes staring back at them from the waiting room chairs.
“Obviously, that wasn’t how we had wanted it to come out,” Jenny said.
While other nurses addressed the elephant in the waiting room, Jenny returned to the patient she had just left.
“I just said, ‘You have to get dressed and come back out to the lobby,’” she said. “I told her, ‘The doctor will explain more … but we can’t even give you a consultation today.’”
The legal status of abortion in Texas was murky in the immediate aftermath of Friday’s ruling. The state has a “trigger law” that automatically bans abortion 30 days after the ruling is certified, a process that could take a month or more.
But in an advisory issued Friday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said that abortion providers could be held criminally liable immediately because the state never repealed the abortion prohibitions that were on the books before Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973.
Rather than risking criminal charges, Texas’ clinics stopped providing abortions Friday.
Andrea Gallegos, executive director of Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services, said she’s hopeful that the clinic’s lawyers may find a way to allow it to resume abortions briefly before the trigger ban goes into effect.
But either way, abortion will soon be banned in the second-largest state in the country. The clinics will close. The staff will relocate or find new jobs. And the people they would have served will melt into the shadows, fleeing over state lines, seeking out illegal abortions or quietly consigning themselves to decades of raising children they never wanted.
Bearing the bad news
The staff at Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services are no strangers to bad news. For years, they’ve had to navigate ever-tightening restrictions that force them to delay care or turn patients away.
But never have they had to deliver so much bad news in such a short period of time. Dr. Alan Braid, who owns the clinic, told the women in the waiting room — and those who had already been admitted to exam rooms — that they were halting all abortions immediately.
Some just got up and left. One woman got upset, angrily demanding that Braid go through with the abortion anyway. She had driven hours to make it to this appointment after her home state of Oklahoma banned all abortions.
“I understand why she’s upset, and she has every right to be upset, but we’re not the enemy here,” Gallegos said. “The only thing we could tell her was this wasn’t because of us, it was because of the Supreme Court.“
One woman was on her fourth visit to the clinic. She’d been too early in the pregnancy for an abortion during the first two appointments, but finally, yesterday, staff were able to detect a pregnancy on the sonogram. But Texas requires clinics to wait 24 hours after a sonogram to perform an abortion, so they sent her home.
She arrived at the clinic Friday morning, not long after the Supreme Court ruled. When staff told her the news, she was bereft — rocking back and forth, wailing, begging for the staff to help her.
“I just told her, you did everything right and we did everything that we could, but unfortunately, our hands are tied today,” clinic director Kristina Hernandez said.
Gallegos said it’s devastating to know just how easily they could have helped that patient.
“Sometimes it’s just a matter of handing somebody a pill, and for the surgical [abortion], it’s less than five minutes,” she said. “It’s fast, it’s easy, it’s safe, it’s done. It’s health care.”
Instead, they had to send her away.
After they cleared the waiting room, the staff turned to the stack of two dozen appointments scheduled for the rest of the day. They distributed the files, took deep breaths and started dialing.
They explained, again and again: No, you can’t get an abortion here anymore. No, you can’t reschedule. No, you can’t go to another clinic in Texas, or even Oklahoma, or a lot of other states. No, it doesn’t matter if you’re under six weeks. No, not even if you come in right now. No, this isn’t our fault. No, no, no, no.
They offered a list of out-of-state clinics and groups that help fund abortions and travel that they put together when Texas banned abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. They spent most of the day listening to the busy signals and voicemail boxes of clinics in New Mexico, where abortion will remain legal.
They make this effort because there is little else they can do. But they are well aware that many of their patients struggle to find babysitters for the duration of their appointments, let alone traveling out of state to get abortions.
And even if they can find babysitters, and get time off from work, and safely leave the state, Friday’s ruling is only going to make it harder for low-income Texans to access resources to pay for these journeys. Texas abortion funds have stopped paying for out-of-state travel and abortions until they can better assess the legal implications of their work.
Fear for the future
As the pandemonium of the morning subsided, something far worse settled over the clinic: silence. Staff sat around the check-in desk, filing paperwork and tidying up. Someone ordered pizza.
They listened in to televised press conferences, hoping to glean information about their own fates. They talked about where the fight might go from here, and some of the bigger battles they’ve had to wage over the years. They talked about what this meant for their daughters, and the patients they’d treated over the years, and those they would likely never get the chance to see.
A lot of the staff members have been working for the clinic for years. Hernandez was there with Braid when this location opened in 2015.
“This is my baby,” she said. “This is my life, right? This is what I’m good at. This is what I want to keep doing. I can’t do anything else. I mean, I can, but I don’t want to.”
When Hernandez thinks about all the patients she’s been able to help over the years, it’s overwhelming. She’s had women come up to her in H-E-B, years after she helped with their abortions, and give her hugs before disappearing into the aisles.
On days like this, she thinks a lot about a young woman she spent three hours having a theological discussion with before the woman ultimately decided to have an abortion, and her own sister, who decided not to.
The clinic plans to keep the doors open and the staff employed as long as it can. They’re holding on to hope that they may be able to squeeze in a few more patients before the trigger ban goes into effect.
And they’re still offering follow-up appointments for patients who had abortions recently — perhaps the final patients the clinic will ever get to treat.
A young woman showed up Friday afternoon for her follow-up appointment, with her 3-month-old in tow. She’s a single mom in her early 30s, raising four children already.
When she found out she was pregnant again, she decided she couldn’t responsibly raise another child. She’s already struggling financially, and she was trying to leave her boyfriend, who she said was physically abusive.
“I have to figure out who’s gonna watch my babies on the weekends so I can go to work, and it’s stressful,” she said. “So I’m not gonna bring another baby into this.”
She got the two-drug medication abortion regimen at the clinic earlier this week. It was an easy process, she said, and she was hugely relieved to hear that it had been successful.
But with four kids, if she’d been turned away, she said she wouldn’t have even tried to leave the state or find another way.
“It’s not worth all that effort,” she said. “I would have just kept it.”
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Seven women who say Ghislaine Maxwell helped Jeffrey Epstein steal the innocence of their youth and poison the promise of their future are asking a judge to consider their pain as she decides what prison sentence she will dispense Tuesday to the incarcerated British woman.
Their statements were put in the public case file late Friday by Manhattan prosecutors who have asked U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan to sentence Maxwell to 30 to 55 years in prison for “monstrous” crimes resulting in a December sex trafficking conviction for a socialite who has been jailed since her July 2020 arrest.
Four women testified at Maxwell's monthlong trial, where they described sexual attacks on teenage girls from 1994 to 2004 by Epstein and Maxwell at Epstein's mansions and estates in Manhattan, New Mexico, Florida and the Virgin Islands.
In a statement, Annie Farmer, who testified at trial and spoke at Epstein's bail hearing before he killed himself in August 2019 as he awaited a sex trafficking trial, said Maxwell's lack of remorse and her repeated lies about victims forced “a long fight for justice that has felt like a black hole sucking in our precious time, energy and wellbeing.”
Defense lawyer Bobbi Sternheim included the victim statements in a submission to the judge Friday after the defense asked for a sentence of no more than five years, but she heavily redacted portions in asking the judge to disregard some entirely because they were not directly a part of the case that resulted in Maxwell's conviction.
Prosecutors, though, said no redactions were required or necessary because any privacy interests belonged to victims and none asked for their statements to be sealed. They added that no “due process interest is protected by withholding victim impact statements from the public.” Three victims may speak at sentencing.
Included were nine graphic pictures of Sarah Ransome taken in a hospital bed after two suicide attempts she blames on the trauma of over a half year spent as a “sex toy” for Epstein and Maxwell and others that left her so distressed that she once considered jumping from a cliff into shark-infested waters off Epstein's sprawling Virgin Islands estate.
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Ransome, who wrote a book “Silenced No More” and traveled from her England home to observe Maxwell's trial, said she was stopped from taking the plunge by “Maxwell and company” moments before jumping but that at the time, “that extremely risky escape seemed more appealing than being raped one more time.”
One woman, “Kate,” a former British model who testified at trial, spoke of the “silent screams” inside the minds of girls who were not yet adults when Maxwell and Epstein flashed wealth and ties to famous and powerful people before subjecting them to sex abuse and then fear so they would never disobey their prurient quests.
Calling Maxwell “dangerous and devious,” Maria Farmer said her intersection with the pair and sexual assault by Epstein during a trip to Ohio cost her a promising career as an artist and leaves her still feeling unsafe outside, firm in a belief that Maxwell will harm her “if she ever has a way.” She is the sister of Annie Farmer.
Another, Virginia Giuffre, said Maxwell “opened the door to hell” as she joked that she was like a new mother to dozens of girls and young women she fed to her financier boyfriend and later boss. “Ghislaine, like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, you used your femininity to betray us, and you led us all through it.”
She added: “You could have put an end to the rapes, the molestations, the sickening manipulations that you arranged, witnessed and even took part in. You could’ve called the authorities and reported that you were a part of something awful. ... Ghislaine, you deserve to spend the rest of your life in a jail cell. You deserve to be trapped in a cage forever, just like you trapped your victims.”
The AP does not identify people who say they were victims of sexual assault unless they have consented to being identified. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/7-accusers-write-to-ghislaine-maxwells-sentencing-judge/3749544/ | 2022-06-25T22:12:44 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/7-accusers-write-to-ghislaine-maxwells-sentencing-judge/3749544/ |
St. John, Cedar Lake and Winfield all ranked among the fastest-growing places in Indiana last year.
An analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by the Indiana Business Research Center at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business found that 17 of the top 20 fastest-growing communities in Indiana last year were either in the Indianapolis metro or Lake County, the second-most populous county in the state of Indiana.
"Looking at differences between urban and rural communities, these population estimates show that most Hoosiers live in cities or towns," said Matthew Kinghorn, senior demographer at the Indiana Business Research Center.
"Nearly 37% of the state's population lived in one of Indiana's 21 cities with a population of at least 50,000 last year," Kinghorn said. "Roughly 19% of Hoosiers lived in an incorporated place of between 10,000 and 49,999 residents, while another 12% lived in one of the 485 Indiana cities or towns with fewer than 10,000 residents."
Indianapolis accounted for the top five spots statewide, with 7.7% growth in Westfield, 7.4% in Whitestown, 7% in McCordsville, 5.7% in Avon and 5.4% in Bargersville.
St. John grew by an estimated 4.9% in population last year.
"St. John’s ranking in the top 10 population growth in the State of Indiana can be attributed to many factors: excellent home appreciation due to well-established high standards; exemplary school systems; proximity to regional transportation routes including I-65, I-80, I-94, US 30, and US 41; and our expanding park programs and park features," Town Manager Joseph Wiszowaty said. "This is why many residents choose St. John as 'a town you can call home.'"
St. John adjusts to the growth by updating its planning, Wiszowaty said.
"The town plans to expand our development to include robust commercial corridors to bring in higher-end restaurants, retail and mixed-use," he said.
"We are working with developers to plan for the future for St. John," Wiszowaty said. "Last July, the town instituted a Road Impact Fee to help with our future road capacity so that costs are not passed on to residents in the form of increased property taxes. In fact, St. John boasts the lowest property tax rate in Lake County. This makes St. John a desirable town to live whether you are buying a first home, upgrading to accommodate an expanding family, or choosing a maintenance-free home to enjoy retirement."
Last year, Cedar Lake grew by 3.9% followed by Winfield at 3.7%.
"I would attribute Cedar Lake’s responsible government that has consistently lowered taxes over the years while still making large investments in public infrastructure and services," Town Manager Chris Salatas Jr. said. "The Cedar Lake Town Council has invested millions into water, sewer, and stormwater infrastructure as well as local roads, sidewalks, and parks all to enhance the quality of life for those who live here or are planning to move here."
The population growth has driven more commercial development in town, he said.
"Our commercial ecosystem is thriving providing residents with many new businesses and restaurants to choose from. A new 33-acre business park opening on U.S. 41 is a testament to Cedar Lake’s commercial viability," he said. "The town also encourages and fosters community events that draw in residents. Naturally, the 800-acre lake is also a big draw for the community as it provides a natural amenity for recreation that many communities do not have."
Overall, more than two-thirds of the Hoosier state's 6.8 million residents live in incorporated cities or towns, while about 2.2 million Indiana residents live in unincorporated rural areas, the Indiana Business Research Center estimates. Cities and towns drove 72% of Indiana's total population growth last year.
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"Centennial Park has become a regional, destination type of park. The fees were set at a price point to be attractive for visitors but to also capture funds to help offset their impact on the park."
The 12/20 landscape of Dunes Highway and the largely parallel U.S. 20 highway in Gary's Miller neighborhood have been undergoing a major transformation as many decrepit old buildings get demolished.
"It's gratifying to be able to help a military family, especially at a time when people in this country say 'thank you for your service' as lip service." | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/st-john-cedar-lake-and-winfield-rank-among-the-top-10-fastest-growing-communities-in/article_e6ae7c04-a5d2-5df6-b491-25657aec6616.html | 2022-06-25T22:13:34 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/st-john-cedar-lake-and-winfield-rank-among-the-top-10-fastest-growing-communities-in/article_e6ae7c04-a5d2-5df6-b491-25657aec6616.html |
The Indiana Department of Health reported that COVID-19 cases in Northwest Indiana are declining, as more people in the United States become eligible for the vaccine.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended June 18 that all children from 6 months to 5 years old should get the COVID-19 vaccine, following the Food and Drug Administration's approval last week.
In the region, Lake County has reported two more deaths from COVID-19 over the past week and Porter County has reported four more since June 16. LaPorte, Jasper and Newton County did not report any additional deaths. '
Seven-day average case counts are down in all parts of the Region.
Meanwhile, officials announced this past week that a resident of Gary was the second confirmed case of monkeypox in the state.
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The individual who tested positive at Methodist Northlake is currently isolating. Gary Health commissioner Dr. Roland Walker said the Gary Health Department believes it has traced everyone the individual came in contact with.
Monkeypox symptoms include a blistering rash, fatigue, fevers, chills, headaches, muscle aches, backaches and swollen lymph nodes. '
It is spread through person-to-person contact with body fluids, sores or contaminated items like clothing and bed sheets. Individuals are considered infectious until all of the rash scabs have fallen off and a new layer of skin has grown.
Currently, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are 26 cases of monkeypox in Illinois and one in Ohio. The man in Gary was said to have recently traveled to Illinois before returning to Indiana.
Overall, there are 200 confirmed cases in the country.
Regarding coronavirus, the pandemic has accounted for 1,765 deaths in Lake County; 546 in Porter County; 367 in LaPorte County; 66 in Newton County; and 143 in Jasper County.
Cases statewide are increasing, showing a continual fluctuation after the decrease seen last week. State health records indicate the statewide seven-day average for new COVID-19 cases totaled 1,224, up from 1,157 last week.
Lake County is the Indiana county with the second-highest amount of reported COVID-19 cases since the pandemic's start, 113,524 cases. Marion County, home to Indianapolis, leads with 234,393 cases.
Over the border, 7,346 cases in total have been reported in Lansing since the pandemic began. The number is currently at 8,426 for Calumet City.
Records show that 58.2% of Hoosiers ages 5 and up are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
A complete list of COVID-19 vaccine sites is available online at ourshot.in.gov. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/six-new-covid-19-deaths-reported-in-nwi-monkeypox-identified-in-gary/article_7bf57b95-9a47-5db4-ae5d-99f3f236ff06.html | 2022-06-25T22:13:41 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/six-new-covid-19-deaths-reported-in-nwi-monkeypox-identified-in-gary/article_7bf57b95-9a47-5db4-ae5d-99f3f236ff06.html |
Community members got to hear from Republican candidates for the Wyoming superintendent of public instruction position in an election forum in Casper on Thursday.
The forum, hosted by the Boys & Girls Club of Central Wyoming and Wyoming PBS, allowed the public and the facilitators to ask the candidates questions and get a better idea of what K-12 education would look like under their leadership.
Republican State Superintendent of Public Instruction candidates will participate on Thursday in a public election forum in Casper. The forum will allow community members and facilitators to ask the candidates questions.
Wyoming superintendents head the state’s education department and sit on several state boards. They’re also non-voting members of the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees, the Wyoming Community College Commission and the School Facilities Commission.
Candidates Brian Schroeder, Megan Degenfelder, Jennifer Zerba and Thomas Kelly attended the forum. Another candidate, Robert White, did not come.
Schroeder is Wyoming’s current superintendent. He has worked as a teacher and administrator in private schools in California, Wisconsin, Michigan and Wyoming and as a family and youth counselor. Gov. Mark Gordon appointed him in January after former state superintendent Jillian Balow left the job to take a similar role in Virginia. His unelected term ends in January.
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Degenfelder, a Casper native, served as the Wyoming Department of Education’s chief policy officer under Balow and is currently the government and regulatory affairs manager for Morningstar Partners Oil & Gas.
Gov. Mark Gordon selected Brian Schroeder, who heads a private Christian school in Cody, as the new state schools superintendent Thursday.
Zerba is a Natrona County School District substitute teacher and cosmetologist. She has degrees in business administration and is currently getting a doctorate of education in learning, design and technology at UW.
Kelly chairs the political and military science department at the American Military University and has taught at middle schools, community colleges and universities in the Midwest and Mountain West regions.
White is an underground trona miner who lives in Rock Springs. He was formerly an amphibious assault vehicle crew chief and a corporal in the Marine Corps.
Three Republicans and one Democrat are vying for the state superintendent of public instruction's post.
Former Wyoming PBS Senior Public Affairs Producer Craig Blumenshine and current Wyoming PBS Senior Public Affairs Producer Steve Peck facilitated the forum and fielded questions from the public. Here are the participants’ answers to some of the questions from the forum:
Wyoming has the highest suicide rate in the country. Why is that, and what will your leadership do about it?
“I understand that the status quo, knee jerk responses is more programs and more funding through the public schools,” Kelly said. “While this is a serious issue, this is not necessarily for the public schools to take on issues of mental health as the primary mission of public instruction.”
Zerba said she’s personally had students come up to her and say they were considering suicide.
“As [educators], we get that quite frequently,” she said, adding that she directs those students to resources but sometimes doesn’t know how much those kids are supported.
Zerba said she wants to improve messaging around the mental health resources that are already available in schools so students know they are “valued and appreciated.”
Schroeder worked with “troubled and traumatized” kids for more than 14 years.
“It usually always boils down to some severe disconnect, breakdown of the family structure,” he said of poor mental health among students. “I also think what's feeding into this sense of disconnect, and detachment is the social media phenomenon.”
Degenfelder said that dealing with the mental health crisis is “absolutely the role of the state superintendent.”
“If our kids aren't healthy, either physically or mentally, they cannot learn to read and write, we cannot expect increased outcomes and performance in the classroom if they're struggling.”
She said she would consider options to address mental health such as increasing suicide prevention training for school staff, looking into virtual mental health care systems for students and partnering with after school programs so kids can get support after school hours.
A former top official at the Wyoming Department of Education announced Thursday she will run for superintendent of public instruction.
What do you think about the Wyoming Teacher Apprenticeship Program?
This fall, the Wyoming Department of Education and the Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board are launching a pilot teacher apprenticeship program in three school districts. The apprenticeship is based off a program in Tennessee, which allows people to get a teaching license in three years for free through hands-on experience. The apprenticeship is meant to help turn around the state’s teacher shortage crisis.
Schroeder, as the current superintendent, is helping to move along the initiative. He said that the apprenticeship is a “response to the needs of our teacher, the cries of our teachers.”
Degenfelder is in favor of the new program.
“As with any issue, I am going to consider any option we've got,” Degenfelder said.
She added that she’d like to also “get around the state” and find out what is keeping some teachers from continuing in the profession and why fewer people are deciding to become teachers.
But Zerba and Kelly are not in favor of the new apprenticeship program. Although they agreed with the idea of making it easier to get qualified teachers into the classroom, they both felt it unnecessary to spend money on a whole new program to do that.
Zerba has said in a past interview with the Star-Tribune that she’d rather leverage resources that Wyoming already has, like community and technical colleges as well as scholarships and grants, to make it easier for people to become teachers.
“Why are we spending all this time and money on something when we already have it available?” Zerba questioned.
Republican schools superintendent candidate Jennifer Zerba decided to join the race last-minute because she was “alarmed to see some of the issues and topics” that other candidates were running on.
Should we add COVID-19 vaccines to the required list of vaccines for kids in public schools?
Degenfelder, Schroeder and Kelly agreed that the decision to have a child get a COVID vaccine should be up to parents.
“We just don't have enough information on this,” Degenfelder said of COVID vaccines. “We're not decades and decades into it like some of our vaccines.”
Zerba noted, however, that parents and guardians can use a waiver to have their child be exempted from a vaccine requirement.
“I believe that we can exercise that and still be able to implement mandatory vaccines, because the parents will have control,” she said.
Do you think Riverton Middle School’s cell phone ban was a good idea?
Last week, Riverton Middle School banned cell phone use in classrooms, hallways, bathrooms and locker rooms. Students can now only use their phones during recess or lunch, or for an emergency.
Kelly and Schroeder said they thought the ban was a good idea, although both noted that such a decision would be up to local school boards.
“I think any kind of boundaries, strong boundaries, for kids is a good idea,” Schroeder said. “Ultimately, what's behind that is concern about the kids, and this cell phone, social media world is gobbling them up.”
Wyoming's top schools official says the state "will not comply" with federal requirements to change non-discrimination policies and called on the state to reject federal money tied to lunch programs.
Degenfelder and Zerba disagreed with the decision.
“We have to teach our kids best practices and how to deal with the world of technology, because it's not going away,” Degenfelder said. “To just say stay off social media, don't use your cell phone, that's not going to resonate with kids.”
Zerba said the matter should be something that’s talked about with parents rather than mandated by school boards. | https://trib.com/news/local/education/state-superintendent-candidates-shared-their-views-in-a-forum-here-are-some-takeaways/article_536f54ce-f3bf-11ec-9409-0f30034e59ff.html | 2022-06-25T22:15:21 | 1 | https://trib.com/news/local/education/state-superintendent-candidates-shared-their-views-in-a-forum-here-are-some-takeaways/article_536f54ce-f3bf-11ec-9409-0f30034e59ff.html |
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Vancouver police are currently investigating a suspicious apartment fire that led to the discovery of two dead men and displaced multiple people in the Harney Heights neighborhood overnight.
In an initial statement Saturday morning, the Vancouver Fire Department (VFD) said it responded to reports of a structure fire around 12:30 a.m. in the 2900-block of East 16th Street.
The first fire engine arrived within 2.5 minutes of the initial call to find heavy flames pouring from both the front and back of a second-story apartment in a four-plex, VFD said. Fire crews requested a second alarm, eventually bringing a total of 25 firefighters to the apartment building, including an engine company from Clark County Fire District 6.
Later Saturday morning, the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) released a statement indicating that the fire was connected to a crime. Just prior to the fire call, 911 received multiple calls reporting gunshots coming from the 4-plex. Officers were already on their way when someone reported seeing smoke and flames coming from one of the units.
VPD said that officers began evacuating the nearby units, as well as closing down nearby roads and cordoning off the scene while fire crews worked to knock down the flames.
It took about a half-hour for firefighters to get a handle on the fire, VPD said. After getting inside to inspect the unit, first responders found the bodies of two men.
The scene is now under investigation by the VPD Major Crimes Team and VPD Arson Team. Investigators from the Washington State Patrol and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) were assisting in processing the scene, VPD said.
Beyond the two men found dead inside the burned unit, VPD said that there were no reported injuries as a result of the fire. All other residents of the building were displaced and are now being assisted by the American Red Cross, VPD said. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/vancouver-apartment-fire-two-men-dead-gunshots/283-eaee7fa5-4a49-4797-adc1-7f753aa502f4 | 2022-06-25T22:22:04 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/vancouver-apartment-fire-two-men-dead-gunshots/283-eaee7fa5-4a49-4797-adc1-7f753aa502f4 |
ROANOKE, Va. – A man was hurt in an incident on Williamson Road Friday, according to Roanoke City police.
Around 10:20 p.m., officers were called to the 3700 block of Williamson Road for a person who had been shot. Although, when they arrived no victim was found.
Police say they were notified an adult male victim took themselves to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. It is believed the injuries are connected to the Williamson Road incident.
No other information was shared.
No arrested have bene made.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call (540)344-8500 and share what you know. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/25/man-injured-in-williamson-rd-shooting-in-roanoke/ | 2022-06-25T22:24:11 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/25/man-injured-in-williamson-rd-shooting-in-roanoke/ |
Washington, DC., – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine released the following statement after President Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, landmark legislation to reduce gun violence, into law:
“Gun violence has scarred too many communities in Virginia and across the country. But today, for the first time in decades, meaningful legislation to curb gun violence has been signed into law. However, our fight to make our communities safer is not over. Success begets success, and today’s victory lays the foundation for more progress.”
The bipartisan proposal includes similar provisions to those proposed in Warner and Kaine’s Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence, such as improving background checks, strengthening safeguards for victims of domestic violence, and incentivizing states to implement their own Extreme Risk Protection Orders to remove firearms from individuals who pose a high risk of harming themselves or others.
Full text of the bill is available here. A summary of the bill is available here. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/25/senators-mark-warner-and-tim-kaine-offer-statement-on-bipartisan-safer-communities-act/ | 2022-06-25T22:24:17 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/25/senators-mark-warner-and-tim-kaine-offer-statement-on-bipartisan-safer-communities-act/ |
ATLANTA — The Federal Aviation Administration is searching for its next generation of air traffic controllers, and it just opened its brief application window.
Applications are open through Monday with the FAA adding that as federal workers, air traffic controllers enjoy federal benefits.
The work requires people to use radar, computers and visual references to monitor and direct the movement of planes and aircraft in the skies, assisting with traffic around airports. Much of the training is on the job.
To be eligible, people must be U.S. citizens, be younger than 30, and have three years of general work experience or four years of education leading to a bachelor's degree -- or a combination of both. Applicants must also speak English "clearly enough to be understood over communications equipment," according to the application requirements.
People who are eligible may have to wait a few months to hear back before being admitted into FAA's ATC program. Such individuals will also be required to pass the Air Traffic Skills Assessment to be considered for employment.
Training will be at the FAA Academy in Oklahoma City.
People who complete the training will join the 14,000 ATC personnel in the network.
As the FAA works to hire its ATC next class, air traffic control centers are understaffed and working not to impede commercial airline schedules, according to the Air Line Pilots Association said.
Those interested in applying for the role can do so on the FAA website. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/faa-hiring-air-traffic-controllers-atlanta/85-941eebf5-fa31-4eb2-be58-63efb617e094 | 2022-06-25T22:36:33 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/faa-hiring-air-traffic-controllers-atlanta/85-941eebf5-fa31-4eb2-be58-63efb617e094 |
For the fourth consecutive year, the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal won first place in the coveted General Excellence category at the Mississippi Press Association awards ceremony held Saturday.
The General Excellence category recognizes the best newspaper or media outlet in its division. The Daily Journal competes in the largest division against The Sun Herald in Biloxi, which won second; Mississippi Today in Jackson, which won third; and the Clarion Ledger in Jackson.
The Daily Journal and its staff combined to win 44 total awards, including 15 first place awards for their work in 2021. First place award winners included news editor Adam Armour, photographer Adam Robison, high school sports writer Brad Locke, former Mississippi State sports reporter Stefan Krajisnik and executive editor Sam R. Hall.
"We have a phenomenal team in Tupelo, and I'm extremely proud of the work everyone does here," Hall said. "Our journalists are passionate, and they love serving our communities by providing the best coverage possible. So it's nice to be recognized for the hard work that we're doing."
In addition, weekly newspapers owned by the Daily Journal's parent company, Journal Inc., took home 12 awards, including four first place nods.
Ray Van Dusen, managing editor of the Monroe Journal, took home the Minor Prize for General News Reporting for a piece he did on a local resident related to George Floyd. The Minor Prizes recognize the best in news and investigative reporting for weekly and daily news outlets. The winners of the Minor Prizes receive a generous cash prize from a fund established in 2003 by Mr. and Mrs. Tim Medley of Jackson in memory of Minor's long career as a Mississippi journalist.
"Local journalism is vital to our communities and our state," Hall said. "We are blessed in Northeast Mississippi to have such strong newspapers, and these awards are simply a reflection of the hard work done by everyone involved — not just the journalists but everyone."
Daily Journal awards included:
- 1st place for the Daily Journal in General Excellence
- 1st place for Adam Armour in General Interest Column
- 1st place for Adam Armour in Headline Writing
- 1st place for Adam Robison in Feature Photo
- 1st place for Adam Robison in Personality Portrait
- 1st place for Adam Robison in Photo Series
- 1st place for Adam Robison in Sports Action Photo
- 1st place for Brad Locke in Sports Column
- 1st place for Michael Katz in Sports Feature Story
- 1st place for Sam R. Hall in Commentary Column
- 1st place for Stefan Krajisnik in Sports Game Story
- 1st place for the Daily Journal in Design
- 1st place for the Daily Journal in Editorial Page
- 1st place for the Daily Journal in Sports Section
- 1st place for the Daily Journal in Website
- 2nd place for Adam Armour in Best Lede
- 2nd place for Adam Robison in Feature Photo
- 2nd place for Adam Robison in General News Photo
- 2nd place for Adam Robison in Personality Portrait
- 2nd place for Adam Robison in Photo Series
- 2nd place for Adam Robison in Spot News Photo
- 2nd place for Blake Alsup and Adam Armour in Headline Writing
- 2nd place for Caleb Bedillion in Daniel M. Phillips Freedom of Information Award
- 2nd place for Sam R. Hall in General Interest Column
- 2nd place for Thomas Wells in Sports Action Photo
- 2nd place for Thomas Wells in Sports Feature Photo
- 2nd place for William Moore in In-Depth/Investigative Coverage
- 3rd place for Blake Alsup in Feature Story
- 3rd place for Brad Locke in General Interest Column
- 3rd place for Caleb Bedillion in General News Story
- 3rd place for Danny McArthur, Adam Robison and Scott Burden in News Package
- 3rd place for Dennis Seid and John Luke McCord in Use of Social Media
- 3rd place for John Pitts in Headline Writing
- 3rd place for Luke Ramseth in In-Depth/Investigative Coverage
- 3rd place for Parrish Alford in Sports Column
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- 3rd place for Scott Burden and Amanda Burden in Front Page Design
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ATLANTIC CITY — A boy and two men were arrested in separate incidents this week, resulting in the recovery of two handguns and drugs, police said.
On Wednesday, detectives were investigating the 1300 block of Caspian Avenue following a report received by Detective Alberto Valles of a male armed with a handgun, police said Saturday in a news release.
Detectives Christina Ivanov, Christopher Dodson, Eric Evans and Nicholas Berardis observed the juvenile matching the description walking north on South Carolina Avenue from Caspian. The suspect, identified only as a 17-year-old boy, fled from detectives, but he was apprehended a short distance away, police said.
Detectives uncovered a loaded handgun fitted with a high-capacity magazine. The boy also was in possession of suspected crack cocaine, police said. He was arrested and sent to the Harborfields Juvenile Detention Center in Egg Harbor City.
The 17-year-old, from Atlantic City, was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a high-capacity magazine, resisting arrest, obstruction, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession with intent to distribute, possession with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a public school and possession with intent to distribute cocaine within 500 feet of public housing.
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On Thursday, detectives conducted a surveillance operation in the first block of South Florida Avenue. Detectives observed Alan Rebollao, 18, of Pleasantville, and Josue Saez, 21, of Atlantic City, loitering in the area and taking part in several suspected illegal narcotics transactions, police said.
Dodson also received information that a man matching the description of Rebollao was in possession of a handgun, police said. Dodson, Evans, Ivanov and Berardis converged on Rebollao and Saez.
Rebollao was found to be in possession of a loaded handgun fitted with a high-capacity magazine, police said. Both men were in possession of 58 grams of suspected cocaine and about 30 grams of suspected heroin. Both were arrested.
Rebollao was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a large-capacity magazine, two counts of possession of a weapon while distributing drugs, two counts of possession with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of possession within 1,000 feet of a school. He was sent to the Atlantic County jail.
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ATLANTIC CITY — Seafood lovers from across New Jersey are at Bader Field this weekend for the first Atlantic City Seafood and Music Festival.
"We are right on the water here, so there is really no better place to find fresh seafood," said Marissa Davenport, 48, of Atlantic City. "So for the city to put on an event like this is great because if you love seafood, no matter if you are from the area or not, you're going to come check this out."
The three-day festival began Friday and runs through Sunday. More than 60 vendors, from seafood restaurants to face painters, are on the grounds of the former airfield.
It was the first time in four years that Atlantic City has hosted a seafood festival. A previous event called the Atlantic City Seafood Festival moved to Ventnor in 2019, but this year the owners of Steel Pier brought something similar back to the resort city.
Jay and Patti Freedman, owners of Sherri's Crab Cakes, came from Tannersville, Pennsylvania, to set up shop at the Atlantic City festival. The Freedmans have a permanent business but travel by truck around the Northeast to give people a taste of what they have to offer.
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"We are primarily in New Jersey and New York during festival season," Patti Freedman said. "This isn't our first time in Atlantic City; we came to (the Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival) a couple of weeks ago. We love getting the opportunity to travel to different places and give people outside of the Poconos a sample of our food."
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Thomas Morton, of Brick Township, Ocean County, owns the Wholly Bowls food truck, which makes a variety of burrito bowls. He came up with idea to start a food truck business during the COVID-19 pandemic. His truck can be found at events throughout Burlington, Ocean and Atlantic counties, but he loves coming to Atlantic City the most.
"Anytime we've come to Atlantic City, we've been treated well," Morton said. "We came for the beer festival a few weeks ago, and we're set to come back down for the Phish concert (Aug. 5-7) and the TidalWave Music Festival (Aug. 12-14). It's a lot of fun to be here, and we get a good reception from people about our food, so we'll keep coming as long as we're allowed to."
You can find any kind of seafood at the event, from crab cakes to lobster, but a couple of vendors have foods like cheeseburgers and chicken fingers for non-seafood fans.
Brett Panaccione, of Brigantine, started his T-shirt business, Tasteful Threads, after being around his mother, who was a chef. Each shirt he's made so far features a notable food from a different state.
"I grew up around food, and I ate a lot of pork roll, egg and cheeses as a kid," Panaccione said. "So I thought doing the T-shirts was a good way to show that you're proud of where you come from. I hope one day I can have a store down here on the Boardwalk."
Aside from the different vendors, the festival has cover bands performing, pony rides and bounce houses to keep guests entertained. Guests also can ride in a hot air balloon for $25.
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'Our bodies, our choice': Warren residents rally for reproductive rights
Chants of "our bodies, our choice" rang out around Warren's city square and were met with honks of support from oncoming traffic on Van Dyke Avenue Saturday afternoon.
Over 50 people attended the emergency rally calling for reproductive justice following Friday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, which had enshrined the right to an abortion in the U.S. constitution for nearly 50 years.
The rally, one of several protests and celebratory demonstrations that have been happening across the state since yesterday, was organized by Our Bodies Our Rights, a pro-choice group in Warren.
Mackenzie Voss and Milena Pukalo, both 17 and recent graduates of Cousino MMSTC High School, started the group in May following the leak of the Supreme Court's draft opinion indicating they would overturn Roe v. Wade. The purpose of the group is to organize protests in the Warren area and help elect pro-choice politicians they said.
"Since Roe v. Wade was literally overturned yesterday, we are angry over the fact that they're trying to take away basic human rights for women," Voss said.
"We think all you have the access to abortion, to safe abortions," Pukalo added. "Nobody wants an abortion, it is a need and it is basic health care for women."
Huwaida Arraf, a candidate in the five-person Democratic primary for Michigan's 10th Congressional district which includes Warren, was the only politician or candidate to attend the rally.
"We are going to make our voices heard, we are going to march, we are organizing," Arraf said. "Make sure to vote, our vote is our voice ... because we are saying to them we will not go back and we will not back down."
Despite the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision to let states decide whether abortion is permitted within their borders, abortion is still legal in Michigan.
Planned Parenthood of Michigan and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer both filed similar lawsuits seeking to override Michigan's century-old trigger law, which would effectively ban in-state abortions with no exceptions for rape or incest, in April. Enforcement of the ban was blocked for the time being when a court of claims judge issued a preliminary injunction to Planned Parenthood last month.
The Republican-led state Legislature has since stepped in to defend the ban in court and the preliminary injunction is being challenged in the state Court of Appeals by Right to Life of Michigan, the Michigan Catholic Conference and two county prosecutors.
Saturday's protest was the first Warren resident Cheri Cholger, 48, had ever attended. Cholger said she had to support the cause for her children and granddaughter.
"I have two kids and a granddaughter, and I think my granddaughter should have the rights I had. I'm so much older than her why is she not going to have what I had and more?" Cholger said. "I've been through pregnancies, and I know what it takes from the body and nobody should be forced to go through that if that's not what they want."
Southfield resident Jaclyn Graham, 45, also said she was attending the rally for her daughter, who will now grow up with fewer rights than she had. Graham said the Supreme Court did not think about the children who will be put into foster care as a result of their mother's not being able to access an abortion.
"They don't think about them," Graham said. "I know too many kids that have been in the system and they're not happy."
Susan Sylventer, a health care worker at the Ascension Hospital in Macomb, said she attended the rally because she believes every person should have autonomy over their body. She said in several cases, including ectopic pregnancies, people need to access safe abortions.
"I work with GYN doctors who will be literally unable to do some of the medical procedures that they need to do to save women's lives," she said. "I'm concerned for poor women who already know that maybe they can't afford it and they're doing the right things by being responsible to know that they can't afford taking care of a child."
Washington resident Lindsey Woodbury, 33, expressed concern that this decision would be the first of many rescinding rights that Americans have long held dear.
"If they're overturning things from 50 years ago, what's next?" she said. "That's kind of a bad start to a snowball effect."
Voss addressed the crowd at the rally, encouraging those in attendance to vote for politicians who will protect women's right to choose. Sterling Heights resident Sam Fish, 21, said they were rallying to fight for reproductive freedom in Michigan.
"I'm happy that so far, it is not illegal yet," she said. "But I do believe that it is something that we must be contacting our state Legislature about it because that could be taken away if we go back to that 1930s ruling."
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SW Detroit church displaced by Gordie Howe bridge celebrates new activity center
When First Latin American Baptist Church moved six years ago, the congregation left behind its place of worship for more than 50 years, torn down to make way for the Gordie Howe International Bridge.
The Michigan Department of Transportation acquired the site at 6205 W. Fort St. through the state’s eminent domain.
The church was gifted another building at 2004 Scotten, however, it lacked the space for fellowship and community activities. So they decided to build an activity center next door.
On Saturday, the church celebrated the opening of its newly-constructed, 4,600-square-foot Victory Activity Center. The brightly lit building features a high vaulted ceiling, court with basketball hoops and a kitchenette.
“It's an important milestone in our in our journey,” said Pastor Kevin Casillas. “We lost a huge, beautiful building on Fort Street that we had used since 1960. The building included a gym and a large fellowship area, a large auditorium and all that was destroyed for the Gordie Howe Bridge. We were grateful to be able to find a location in southwest Detroit. That was a very important consideration for us in our move to remain in southwest Detroit where we were born as a congregation.”
The church held a private gathering Saturday to honor community leaders and financial contributors. Mayor Mike Duggan and his wife, Dr. Sonia Hassan, attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Duggan congratulated the congregation. He was then joined by several youth for the ribbon cutting in front of one of the center's several large electric-powered doors.
"When the church needed to relocate, he could have gone anywhere," Duggan said of Pastor Casillas. "He said 'I'm staying in the city of Detroit' ... The recreation center is going to be a needed addition to this community."
Church member Alejandro Mendez, 28, said he waited in anticipation for the activity center to be completed. Mendez, his wife and their three children, ages 4, 9 and 10, have been members of the church for about a year and a half.
"I was excited," he said. "In the beginning it was a big (construction) mess, but it turned out really beautiful... It has a purpose. We're trying to get more people into sports... to keep them off the streets."
First Latin American Baptist first expanded its basement and then in 2020 began work to demolish a structure next door to build a steel structure activity center. The gym-like facility will host activities such as indoor sports activities like basketball, soccer and volleyball as well community meetings, receptions and cultural celebrations. Youth programs will take place 5:30-8 p.m. every Sunday night through the summer.
The center will serve as a tool to minister to the community, said Joseph Gutierrez, the church's head deacon as well as a member for 72 years, his entire life.
"Our intention is to dedicate this building and make it available to the community," he said. "And it's going to be an evangelistic tool for us to have outreach to the community, to open it up for the teenagers and the families. And that provides us an opportunity to evangelize to them and bring them to the knowledge of Jesus Christ."
A community open house is planned for Sunday to celebrate the church's 92nd Anniversary.
The congregation relocated to 2004 Scotten Avenue after what Casillas said were intense negotiations with MDOT over the purchase price of the church on Fort Street.
Casillas did not say how much the settlement was, but that he was "we did have to fight to get more than double of the original offer." The church was represented by attorney Alan Ackerman.
The public bridge is expected to open in late 2024.
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Mindy Rush-Chipman doesn’t remember the attorney’s name, can’t picture her clearly all these years later.
But she's come to realize, in the 25 years since she was a 17-year-old girl on her own, barely making ends meet, in a relationship she knew wasn’t healthy — what an impact that woman had on her life.
The attorney, working as a volunteer, met a young, scared Rush-Chipman at the courthouse, accompanied her to a district judge’s chambers and helped her walk through intensely personal details of her life she’d never disclosed to anyone, that she was now telling a stranger in a black robe weighing her fate.
Nebraska law requires anyone under 18 who doesn't have their parent's consent to get a judge's permission before getting an abortion, a process called judicial bypass. Rush-Chipman left the judge’s chambers that day able to access abortion care, something she knew she needed to do as soon as she realized she was pregnant.
That she was in an abusive relationship was just one factor.
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“I was barely supporting myself. I didn’t have access to traditional health care or health insurance. I wanted to further my education. I needed to continue to work the survival job just to survive,” she said. “Ultimately, it was just my decision that I needed to make for myself.”
That decision — and the role that attorney played in the process — helped set her life on a different trajectory, away from her abuser and poverty to a husband, four kids and a successful legal career.
Years later, she told her husband and children she’d had an abortion, and about the abuse and addiction in her family, but she’d never told anyone else.
Until she did.
She’d thought for months about how important it is, in the fight for reproductive freedom, for women to tell their stories, and for others to hear them.
On her first day as legal director of ACLU Nebraska in March — surrounded by supportive and receptive colleagues — a 42-year-old Rush-Chipman decided it was time to tell her story. Maybe she could change someone’s perspective. Maybe it would encourage others to tell their stories.
“The rights that I utilized 20 years ago are under attack right now,” she said. “And so we’re in this unprecedented time where the decisions that I was able to make for myself and my future and my family might not be there moving forward.”
She wrote a column for the Journal Star’s opinion page. She agreed to talk to a reporter.
Friday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court — as expected — overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion after almost 50 years.
Rush-Chipman was in a meeting when the decision came down. Her team had spent weeks planning its response and next steps — top among them to remind Nebraskans that abortion is still legal here, to contact their senators, to get involved.
She spent the day finalizing and sending out news releases, executing social media pushes, giving a pre-planned presentation on employment law, attending a rally at the County-City Building.
“Although we had the leaked decision and we tried to be as prepared as possible, it was still shocking, disappointing, frustrating, heart-wrenching. All the emotions,” she said.
And always, on the periphery, forcing its way into the whirlwind of a day, was the memory of her own experience years ago.
* * *
Rush-Chipman was born in Minnesota and her childhood was marked by domestic abuse and her father’s addiction — an addiction that sent him to prison or jail several times and ultimately led to his death by overdose four years ago.
Her parents divorced when she was young, her mom remarried and the family traveled around a lot before landing in Lincoln, where Rush-Chipman went to Randolph Elementary School, Lefler Junior High and Lincoln High.
In high school, she was active — on student council, a cheerleader, in gymnastics. She liked school, but a chaotic home life led her to decide to graduate a year early and move out.
“It was not a supportive or happy environment in my home at that time,” she said. “And so I moved out, kind of flailing, not having a solid place to land and what ultimately happened is a person who was abusive took advantage of that situation.”
Rush-Chipman met her abuser when she was staying at a friend’s house, sleeping on the couch. She thought he could offer her stability. She was wrong.
Now that Rush-Chipman understands more about the dynamics of power and control, she understands just how abusive he was, but even at 16, she knew it wasn’t a good situation.
She always intended to go to college — she wasn’t sure what she wanted to do, but she was convinced education was the path out of poverty.
“It was a goal, but that was about it. A very far-fetched, unclear goal,” she said. “The road was very bumpy and it wasn’t perfect and I had to stop and start, but I always started again.”
It stopped for a while, when she moved away from home, and in with the man she'd met at her friend's house.
She’d started working at Amigo’s when she was 14 and she stuck with that job. A good friend there had once mentioned abortion during a casual conversation — the first time Rush-Chipman had ever heard the subject mentioned.
When she suspected she was pregnant she turned to that friend. She’s still grateful for her support. The friend took Rush-Chipman to Planned Parenthood, where staffers confirmed the pregnancy and connected her with an attorney. She stayed with the friend for a short time afterward.
Though she returned to her abuser, she eventually left him for good. Breaking the cycle of domestic abuse was hard, she said, and several factors played into her eventually getting out of the situation. She called the police more than once. The support she got when she was pregnant was part of it.
“Now, looking back, I think one of the things, knowing that there were support systems I could rely on, was very powerful,” she said. “You know, there was this pro bono attorney who didn’t know me that was helping me, and my friend, the folks at Planned Parenthood.”
Getting a better-paying job as a correctional officer at the Nebraska Department of Corrections was another factor, she said, because it allowed her to be more financially independent.
There was another, unintended benefit: it helped set her on a path to becoming a lawyer.
She started working at what was then the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center, then got a promotion to work in the prison library, which was also a law library. She saw so many prisoners, she said, still working through the appeals process. She was struck by how different the sentences were for the same crime, how some inmates had no access to attorneys.
She thought about the attorney who’d helped her. And something sparked. She wasn’t aspiring to be a lawyer just yet, but maybe, she thought, a legal assistant.
She started attending the Lincoln School of Commerce, where she earned a paralegal degree, then got a job at an attorney’s office and went to Doane College, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in paralegal studies.
She took the law school entrance exam, and when she got a scholarship, started law school at the University of Nebraska. After her first year, she worked at the Lancaster County Public Defender’s office as a clerk.
By that time, she had a young daughter. She’d been in a relationship with the father when her daughter was born, but the relationship ended.
She met her husband in law school — he was in the Air Force at the time, a year ahead of her. They got married during her last year of law school.
She did a short stint in private practice once she graduated, but she was drawn to work that involved helping those who couldn’t afford it, who needed someone to advocate for them. She worked for Legal Aid of Nebraska and the Immigration Legal Center, then became director of the Lincoln Human Rights Commission. She started work at ACLU Nebraska this spring.
And she has realized, she said, just how much that pro bono lawyer impacted the trajectory of her career — and her life.
“I mean, that was my first experience with a lawyer, right?”
* * *
Today, Rush-Chipman and her husband have a blended family: her daughter, two of his children from a previous relationship, and a 15-year-old son together. Two of their oldest children are in college, one is joining the military.
For the last decade, they’ve lived on an acreage with a pot-bellied pig named Penelope and a fainting goat. In a nearby small town, they own a junk/antique store they recently converted to an Airbnb.
She knows trauma is part of her story, including the death by suicide of her brother 15 years ago, but that's not the only justification for women making the same choice because all women's stories are valid.
“Stigma made it feel impossible for me to share (my story) for 25 years,” she said. “And that shouldn’t be the case. The reason somebody decides to access abortion care is the only reason that matters. To me, anyone else's expectation is inappropriate.”
Rush-Chipman hopes to find the attorney who helped her all those years ago.
She wants to thank her.
She would tell her how what she did might have seemed a small thing, but it helped put a 17-year-old girl’s life on a different path. She doesn’t know where she’d be now had she not had access to those services, certainly not legal director of the ACLU.
She would tell that attorney that she's the reason she does pro bono work, why she encourages other lawyers to do the same.
“You just never know how that one pro bono act could have an amazing ripple effect in (someone’s) life,” she said.
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A federal judge sentenced Baltimore defense attorney Ken Ravenell to four years and nine months in prison plus three years of supervised release Wednesday after he was convicted in December on one charge of money laundering.
“This is a difficult day for everyone, including the court,” O’Grady said when handing down the sentence. Still, he called the conviction “about as clear a case of money laundering that can be found.”
Ravenell and his attorneys declined to comment, and dozens of his family and friends showed up in court to provide support.
He is ordered to report to Federal Bureau of Prisons custody Oct. 15.
O’Grady denied Ravenell’s request to stay his sentence until his appeal is heard, saying he didn’t see a sufficient legal argument that would lead to a reversed conviction.
Federal authorities originally charged Ravenell with racketeering, drug conspiracy and money laundering for allegedly helping a multistate marijuana operation run by drug kingpin and nightclub owner Richard Byrd. Byrd was convicted in 2017 and he testified against Ravenell, as did other members of his organization.
Sentenced to more than two decades in prison, Byrd no longer appears on online federal prison rolls and may have been released early, perhaps due to his cooperation with prosecutors. There are several sealed filings in his criminal case.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office did not respond to a request for comment about Byrd’s status.
Ravenell had hired prominent attorney Josh Treem and investigator Sean Gordon for his legal defense, but the two men became a part of the case after a jailhouse interview with Byrd and also were federally charged. A jury found both men innocent.
With Treem and Gordon acquitted on all charges, and Ravenell acquitted on six of the seven charges against him, Ravenell’s attorneys lobbied O’Grady to offer leniency on the grounds that the jury must not have found the evidence persuasive. O’Grady, while praising the jurors for their thoughtfulness and consideration, disagreed.
“[The jury] very clearly could have convicted each of the defendants on all the charges,” O’Grady said. “There was sufficient evidence.”
O’Grady also ordered Ravenell to forfeit an unspecified amount of money as it relates to his criminal activity. The specific amount will be announced later, in a written ruling.
Prosecutors pushed for a harsh sentence in the hopes it would serve as a deterrent to other high-profile defense attorneys who may be laundering money for their clients.
“Whether Mr. Ravenell is an outlier or the tip of the iceberg, we don’t know,” said Leo Wise, the lead federal prosecutor, in court.
O’Grady agreed, saying deterrence is needed, thus the imprisonment.
Prosecutors said Ravenell, then working as a partner at the law firm Murphy, Falcon and Murphy, used the firm’s bank accounts to launder $1.8 million in drug money through transactions involving other lawyers, go-betweens, shell companies and even a United Nations ambassador from Uganda.
During and after the highprofile trial, members of the legal community were quick to criticize the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland and Wise for what they considered an overzealous investigation into one of the state’s most respected lawyers. Wise, in his remarks to the court Wednesday, seemed unfazed, calling Ravenell greedy and corrupt.
“Without money launderers like Ken Ravenell, large-scale drug dealers like Richard Byrd wouldn’t exist,” Wise said.
O’Grady said he considered Ravenell’s significant contributions to the legal world, his community and his church, and his family support, when determining his sentence.
Ravenell sent the court 88 letters from lawyers, judges, former clients, faith leaders, friends and his wife supporting him as he asked for leniency.
New Antioch Baptist Church Pastor Kenneth Barney, defense attorney and close friend Randall Craig and sister Doris Brown-Ravenell all testified in court Wednesday on behalf of Ravenell’s character, money laundering conviction aside.
“We are asking you, your honor, by using your discretion to show mercy and leniency to restore Ken back to the community,” Brown-Ravenell said.
Ravenell, 62, was born to sharecroppers and had 11 siblings, growing up in extreme poverty in South Carolina. He shared a room with his younger brother Paul, whom Ken taught how to feed the hogs, cut wood, tend to crops and pray.
Ravenell attended South Carolina State University, a historically Black university, before graduating from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1984. Craig attended Maryland with Ravenell and said his friend’s nickname as a law student was Ken “I love the law” Ravenell.
Barney said Ravenell joined New Antioch Baptist Church of Randallstown on March 24, 1996, and has stood out in a congregation of roughly 7,500 for his generosity and commitment. Many of the letters submitted on Ravenell’s behalf, as well as the testimony offered in court, centered on his faith and commitment to family.
“I don’t know another man like him who is so dedicated to the law and the community,” Craig said.
As a criminal defense attorney, Ravenell has handled numerous prominent cases, including that of a West Baltimore gunman who shot and killed 7-year-old Taylor Hayes. He also sued Baltimore County police on behalf of the young son of Korryn Gaines, the Randallstown woman killed by officers during a standoff.
If his conviction is upheld, he probably will be stripped of his law license.
Ravenell himself did not say much in court, knowing that if he commented on his case his words could be used against him in future court proceedings. What little he did say was to O’Grady.
“I wish you knew me,” Ravenell said. “I really wish you did. I wish you knew me like my family and friends.”
O’Grady passed judgment gently, telling Ravenell that he wishes he had known him and that he will be “sorely missed” by the community while he is in prison.
“That doesn’t mean I don’t admire the work you’ve done,” O’Grady said. “I wish you well.”
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'I felt very scared': Arizona DPS, senators describe escalation of Phoenix protest
Up to an estimated 8,000 people gathered in downtown Phoenix on Friday evening to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.
What was a peaceful protest escalated into “anarchical and criminal actions by masses of splinter groups” at the Arizona Capitol complex, according to a statement issued by state police on Saturday.
Protesters pounded on the glass doors and windows of the state Senate building and defaced several state memorials.
Despite the escalation, the Arizona Department of Public Safety reported no arrests or injuries in connection with the demonstration.
“As groups realized the state legislature was in session, they attempted to breach the doors of the Arizona Senate and force their way into the building,” the DPS statement said. “The violence of their efforts literally shook the building and terrified citizens and lawmakers who occupied the building.”
Multiple protesters told The Arizona Republic at the scene they didn't know lawmakers were in session at the time.
'I felt very scared'
The ruckus was enough to attract attention inside the Senate chamber — a windowless and cavernous room at the center of the building — as well as drawing the attention of Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, a Scottsdale Republican.
She walked to the building’s lobby, where she saw the crowd gathered outside the glass wall. In her dozen years at the Legislature, and through massive protests over education funding and other issues, Ugenti-Rita said she had not seen anything comparable.
“They were actively screaming profanity, banging on the glass,” she said. “The doors were shaking hard. Security was yelling at them.”
Building occupants were instructed to move to secure locations. Senate President Karen Fann abruptly called a recess to Senate work and evacuated lawmakers and staff to the Senate basement.
“I felt very scared,” Ugenti-Rita said.
Ugenti-Rita took short videos of the crowd, offering a view from inside the Capitol as Department of Public Safety officers formed a line to guard the doors. Soon after, Ugenti-Rita and other lawmakers were moved to interior hallways and ultimately a smaller hearing room to finish the Senate's work.
At the same time, “spillover criminal misconduct in the form of felony criminal damage and the defacing of state memorials was occurring in Wesley Bolin Plaza,” the DPS statement said.
Tear gas, SWAT team clear the area
According to officials, after multiple warnings, and notifications of trespass and unlawful assembly, state troopers deployed gas about 8:30 p.m. from the second floor of the historic Capitol building. Multiple protesters told The Republic at the scene there was no warning beforehand.
Hundreds of protesters immediately scattered and retreated as the gas pervaded the state Capitol grounds.
Shortly after, law enforcement officers in SWAT gear lined up from the state Capitol and advanced toward the remaining protesters who had gathered at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza.
One officer on a megaphone declared an unlawful assembly and ordered the remaining protesters to leave the area. Some remained, shouting expletives at law enforcement officers, but eventually fled when officers fired additional tear-gas canisters.
After the protesters had largely dispersed, one person broke a window at the state Department of Agriculture building on Adams Street, while others booed the person for doing so.
Clouds of tear gas lingered heavily in the courtyard between the Arizona Senate and House of Representatives buildings, preventing anyone from entering the area.
By 9:30 p.m., crowds had left.
Phoenix police blocked off vehicle access to the state Capitol as protesters could be seen walking away from the area on foot.
'What I had to endure today wasn’t cool'
The lingering tear gas in the chamber forced the Senate to finish its session in a first-floor hearing room where the air was not so irritating.
Ugenti-Rita called the tumultuous final day of the session an exclamation point to her legislative career. She will not return to the Senate next year because she’s running for Arizona secretary of state.
“We have to work together. We can’t be showing up at capitals and homes with sticks in our hands and banging down doors," she said. “Hopefully, if there’s a silver lining, maybe ... there’s going to be more precautions and protocols for next session.”
At the end of the night, Sen. Lupe Contreras, D-Phoenix, spoke briefly about the security alert because of the protesters. He said the tears in his eyes were out of anger, because his wife and children were in the building and he was “scared to all hell” for them.
“What I had to endure today wasn’t cool,” he said.
After the plaza was cleared, officers identified the buildings and memorials in the area that had sustained criminal damage:
- Wesley Bolin Memorial Amphitheatre
- 158th Regimental Memorial
- Arizona Peace Officers Memorial
- Korean War Memorial
- Arizona Law Enforcement Canine Memorial
- Operation Enduring Freedom Memorial
- Lt. Frank Luke Jr. Memorial
Demonstrations were held throughout the state on Friday, including in Flagstaff and Tucson.
In Tucson, about 500 protesters attempted to take over Interstate 10, said Bart Graves, a DPS spokesperson.
"All of them except six people left after troopers blocked off the frontage road. The six protesters were charged with trespassing," he said.
Group parked in House lobby for hours in 2020
Another unauthorized attempt to enter a state Capitol building occurred in December 2020, when a group entered and stayed for hours in an attempt to have lawmakers decree the November election fraudulent and declare a victory for then-President Donald Trump.
When security opened the sliding doors on the west end of the building to allow a pizza delivery person to enter for a lunch delivery, a group of people “ran across the plaza” and entered the lobby before the doors could close, according to Andrew Wilder, a spokesperson for Republican House members.
The sliding doors are meant to be an exit. The designated entrance to the Arizona House leads to a metal detector.
“Their entry was unauthorized,” Wilder wrote in an email, “and bypassed the security screening area.”
The group made sure at least one person stood in the doorway, triggering the doors to remain open and allowing others to enter, he wrote.
Security officials told the group to leave, Wilder said, but none complied. The officials then made sure the group remained contained on the west end of the lobby, Wilder wrote.
Eventually, according to video of the incident, some Department of Public Safety troopers assisted with security and read a notice that the group was being asked to leave. They did.
This article includes information from Arizona Republic reporter Richard Ruelas.
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ROSEVILLE, Calif. — A Doordash delivery ended in an arrest for a Placer County man forcing a probation officer to make the delivery himself, according to a Facebook post by the Placer County Probation Department Saturday.
Two Placer County probation officers tracked down a man who had allegedly failed to comply with the conditions of his release. The man was found and arrested while driving in a Placer County neighborhood.
Probation officers learned that the man was delivering a McDonald's Doordash order to a customer when he was taken into custody.
Following the arrest, one of the probation officers delivered the man's Doordash order reportedly telling the customer, “I don’t think your drivers going to make it today, but I brought you your food anyway."
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HUNTINGTON, Oregon — The Washington County Sheriff's Office announced the drowning victim was located Saturday near Catfish Junction. The drowning occurred Wednesday evening about 4 miles west of Weiser in the Snake River.
The man was identified as Bernardo Garcia Jr. He was 50 years old, from Beaverton, Oregon. Sheriff Matt Thomas said his family has been notified.
Chief Deputy Brady Johnston with the Washington County Sheriff's Office said dispatchers received a call at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday from a resident along the Snake River who had heard two men yelling for help. The men had been kayaking when Johnston said they were flipped out of their kayak and into the water.
One man was able to swim to shore on the Idaho side of the river; the other continued drifting toward the Oregon side and disappeared out of sight. Johnston said they were not wearing life jackets.
A search for Garcia began as soon as the sheriff's office got the call Wednesday night, but ended for the night after crews "ran out of daylight," Johnston said. The search resumed Thursday morning, but searchers were unable to locate Garcia, and went out again on Friday morning, Sheriff Matt Thomas wrote in a Facebook post.
On Friday afternoon, Thomas said crews had difficulty on the river, because of high water, moss clogging boat propellers and jet skis picking up rocks.
Washington County Search and Rescue, Washington Co. Sheriff's Office, Weiser Rural Fire, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Sand Hollow Fire Department, Oregon State Police, Malheur County Sheriff’s Office and Baker County Sheriff's Office participated in the search on the ground, on the water and with drones in the air.
Friday morning, Johnston said, Payette County provided additional resources and assistance.
People wanting to volunteer in the search also reached out.
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TOLEDO, Ohio — The landmark Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade represents one of the rare instances in American history that a prior decision has been rolled back.
The ruling doesn't make abortion illegal across the country, but the right to abortion is no longer guaranteed throughout the nation. Instead, it leaves the question for states to decide.
Although there are still a lot of questions on what will happen next, the court's decision has raised the specter that other rights, ruled to be guaranteed by previous court decisions, could also be rolled back.
"We've assumed that the progress of rights was always in a direction of expanding rights. The only rights that are expanding right now are gun rights," University of Toledo law professor, Dr. Sam Nelson said.
RELATED: Who voted against Roe v. Wade?
Every other American right is contracting, according to Dr. Nelson.
He says that's especially the case with the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
A decision that was expected, but was still shocking to millions when it finally came down.
"I do think that the court probably was somewhat sensitive to the timing, but I think they would have made this decision next year, right before the election if that's how their calendar had worked out," said Nelson.
It's unprecedented territory and he believes abortion is just the start.
In a separate opinion released on Friday Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said “in future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell.”
The Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell cases established that access to contraception, gay sex between consenting adults, and gay marriage were guaranteed rights under the constitution.
After Justice Clarence Thomas comments to overturn other these landmark rulings, Nelson says every right we thought was constitutionally guaranteed is now in jeopardy.
"He's inviting states to pass laws overturning marriage equality, passing bans on contraception, things like that," said Nelson. "So we're going to see that at the court. Maybe not next year, it might take two or three years for that to percolate, but we are going to see that."
We've already seen states, including Ohio, ban or severely limit access to abortion.
But according to Nelson, there's nothing that says the court's ruling will stay at the state level.
"The court is not the last word on what rights are. Congress could act. Congress could act to protect abortion rights in the country. Congress could act to ban abortion in the entire country," said Nelson.
As for the role this will have in upcoming elections, Nelson believes this will lead to a higher voter turnout, especially among Democratic voters.
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BOISE, Idaho — This article originally appeared in the Idaho Press.
Lee Read Diamonds is partnering with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to help make dreams come true for a local girl and her family.
Boise resident Sierra Modawell was just 3 years old when she was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, a chronic disease that affects the body’s mucus production and can cause severe damage to the lungs, digestive system and other organs in the body.
The diagnosis came shortly after her little sister Maddie was diagnosed with the same condition when she was 18 months old.
For the next several years, cystic fibrosis consumed much of Sierra Modawell’s life.
“Through middle school was the hardest years of it. Just because that’s when CFers really start to struggle,” Sierra, now 15, said. “When I was in middle school, I had to go to the hospital once a year just for checkups. And then … if I got sick, I got sick. And so I missed a lot of school. And a lot of my friends never really understood how bad my CF got.”
Sierra also had to take pills every time she ate and had to be careful with exercise because it could cause her to suffocate.
But because you can’t really see cystic fibrosis, not many people outside of her family gave it much thought. With that said, she had to think about it “every second of (her) life.” To Sierra Modawell, it seemed like all she knew was the medical world.
In the eighth grade, the Make-A-Wish foundation told Sierra Modawell they would grant her dream vacation — a trip to Australia with her family.
Then COVID hit. Travel, especially international travel, was out of the question.
“They just told me to wait really,” she said.
The wait was disappointing. The family had recently returned from Maddie’s wish trip to Walt Disney World in Florida and Sierra was so excited to go on her own. But in the midst of that time, a “miracle” happened, according to Sierra’s dad, Colt Modawell.
Sierra and Maddie got put on a new medication called Trikafta. The medication helped clear up the mucus in their bodies. Sierra Modawell gained weight. She took up sports. She began to have a life outside of cystic fibrosis. The medication, while it did cause drawbacks to the girls’ mental health, was “life changing.”
“For most of the CFers life growing up, they’re being told their life expectancy is 20 to 30 years old, maybe 40 if you’re lucky,” Colt Modawell said. “So it’s kind of hard to get excited about life aspirations like getting married, having children, they have such a low chance of having kids.”
Now with Trikafta, life expectancy for people with cystic fibrosis has shot up to their 50s and 60s.
“It was a really big realization. And now I want a little baby girl when I’m older and all that stuff,” Sierra Modawell said.
She also has the goal of going to school to be a cosmetologist.
And, with COVID-related travel restrictions and precautions loosening up this year, Make-A-Wish was ready to grant Sierra Modawell’s wish. But there was a catch — international travel through the foundation was no longer something they could accommodate.
So Sierra chose what she imagined was the next best thing: a trip to Hawaii.
On July 13, Make-A-Wish will send the Modawell family to Oahu. The trip is funded by Jewelers for Children in partnership with Gabriel & Co.’s Love Foundation.
For Colt Modawell, Make-A-Wish’s impact on his family has been “everything.”
“Just the fact that Make-A-Wish has been able to graciously take donations and do this — it’s just given the kids that opportunity to experience something that we never would have been able to give them,” he said.
On Saturday, Lee Read Diamonds, who is serving as the guest ambassador for Gabriel & Co., hosted a send off party for the Modawell family.
“Make-a-Wish is something that we have been wanting to become a part of, especially because we are really outreaching into our community, to become involved and to learn more about our community,” Vice President of Marketing Marisa Stewart said. “That is something that we really wanted to take on and turn into something beautiful.”
The tropical-themed party featured cake, free tacos from a local food truck and a Polaroid scavenger hunt for Sierra.
Lee Read Diamonds is located at 650 E Sonata Lane in Meridian.
This article originally appeared in the Idaho Press, read more on IdahoPress.com.
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About 1,500 people rally in Greenville at 'Bans Off Our Bodies Protest' after court ruling
About 1,500 people filled the courtyard at One City Plaza in Greenville on Saturday, chanting and rallying in protest of the Supreme Court ruling that ended Americans' constitutional right to abortion.
The call and response of passionate women and their allies rang beyond the corner of North Main and East Coffee streets throughout the afternoon.
"My body!" a woman yelled through a speakerphone.
"My choice!" the crowd chanted in response.
After 1 p.m., many people continued to occupy the plaza after the event was permitted, according to an email from the Greenville police department.
One person was arrested after multiple warnings were issued about their interference with roadway traffic, and five more people were taken into custody for charges including disorderly conduct, interfering with police and resisting arrest, police said.
A video that was shared on Twitter appeared to show Greenville police using force in the detainments.
The Greenville News has requested incident reports from the arrests.
The people united from different backgrounds to show solidarity as a much smaller, opposing group sung across the street and cars honked in passing.
June Freeman-Baswell, 73, a member of the local Democratic "Tell Them Tuesday" demonstrators, said she helped organize Saturday's protest because it needed to be done and she didn't see anyone else doing it.
She said she recalls when Roe vs. Wade was established, and she said she remembers women being ostracized and criminalized for personal decisions they made in the 1960s and '70s.
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South Carolina lawmakers are expecting a fight this summer as they move forward with plans to outlaw abortion in the wake. Many of the state's elected leaders celebrated the Supreme Court's decision as a victory for the protection of life.
Most of the crowd in downtown Greenville Saturday denounced the decision as a violation of personal rights and a threat to women's healthcare.
"People need to know things can go wrong," 53-year-old Melinda Menzer said after speaking to the crowd on her experience of needing to have an emergency abortion during a pregnancy.
Menzer held a sign that read "Don't tread on me" with a rattlesnake formed in the shape of a uterus.
"This decision endangers our human rights," Menzer said. "The right to control and protect your body is an inalienable right."
Menzer plans to continue her advocacy for women's and abortion rights by training to become an elections poll worker.
"The next step is to vote and get involved," Menzer said. "This is really about our lives."
Greenville's Emily Barnett, 27, said the Supreme Court's decision and the posture of the South Carolina Legislature "makes sex a life or death decision."
Barnett is a business analyst who is career-focused and said she's always known that she does not want to have children.
"Support the right to choose," she said, "no matter what."
More:South Carolina leaders react to overturn of Roe v. Wade
Monika Herr, 46, of Greenville, said she and her husband attempted to foster a child in 2015 after she almost died during a pregnancy. She said they went through the formality of submitting fingerprints to the South Carolina Department of Social Services to be legal guardians of a 4 year old and ultimately became exhausted by the process.
"We didn't have the stamina to deal with the chaotic system," Herr said. "We're failing a lot of needy children right now, so how can we force more women to have more babies?"
She held a sign larger than Greenville's picketing ordinance allowed, and police asked her to take it to her car. She folded it and kept chanting in-support of the cause for American abortion rights.
"This law only hurts poor women who don't have the resources," Herr said. "This is ultimately a war on poor women."
"I want people to get out and vote, every election," said Freeman-Baswell.
She is working alongside the local group Citizens Organized for Voter Engagement and helps young Black and Hispanic women reach the polls on election day.
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“And I can’t change, Even if I tried, Even if I wanted to ...”
— Mary Lambert
It was in the 1980s, and I was working late-nights at a gas-and-sip, trying to make enough money to keep the lights on and the family fed while I attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton.
In between doing homework assignments and selling sixers and candy bars, I had one of those lightning-striking-twice-in-the-same-place experiences that still kind of befuddles me to this very day, some 40 years later.
In the matter of a couple of months, I had two people I knew very well — though, obviously not as well as I thought — “come out” to me. One was white, one black and both female. But looking back, their stories were so similar, they couldn’t have been scripted better.
When Lucy (not her real name) came by my convenience store one late afternoon, a few minutes after I’d gone on the clock, we caught up on old times. I was a college freshman at ABAC, but I was not a right-out-of-high-school freshman. I’d already married and had a young son when I got the bright idea to go back to school, and Lucy and I hadn’t seen each other since the day we both graduated with the Irwin County High School Class of ’74.
When she found out I was working pretty much all day after I got out of classes, up until midnight, she started coming around most afternoons. We had an easy rapport, and we knew enough of the same people to share a little hometown gossip.
One day, though, Lucy, who was always quiet and kind of shy in school, came in and was antsy as she sipped a soda and we started our gabfest. She seemed distracted, and after about an hour or so of her visit — when there was a lull in the commerce — I asked her what was on her mind. She seemed startled that I’d asked, but she grew quiet.
I was about to ask her what was up with her, when she blurted out, “Can I tell you something?” I said, “Sure,” but she quickly followed with, “I really don’t want you to change the way you feel about me, but I want to tell you this.”
I told her I thought we were close enough not to let anything in our lives changed the way we felt, and she said, “I’m gay ... I like girls.”
People talk about “gaydar” and how they can always tell if a person is gay or straight, but I’ve never developed such a talent, reason being I decided long ago I did not care one whit about anyone else’s sexual orientation. I think I realized that when a lot of my friends talked about Elton John coming out and saying that they would not buy any more of his music and asking me if I felt the same.
I didn’t even stop to worry about how my answer would impact my relationship with them, I simply said, “I loved Elton John’s music yesterday, and what he announced today doesn’t change how I feel about him or his music one bit.”
Lucy was so relieved, she hugged me tight. We talked a little about her struggles to try and live up to others’ expectations, and one day before she left to move to another town, she told me, “You’re so easy to talk to and so non-judgmental ... I wish you were a girl.”
I think that was a compliment.
I didn’t have very long to miss Lucy before another old high school friend started dropping in to chat while I “worked.” “Sheila” (again, not her name) and I talked about our old friendships in school and, just as I had with Lucy, we developed a rapport that had us sharing maybe not our most intimate secrets but the kinds of things you maybe didn’t talk about with just casual acquaintances.
One day, you guessed it, Sheila hit me with the almost identical thing as Lucy: “Can I tell you something without you thinking bad of me?” “Do you promise you won’t judge me? ... “I’m gay. I have a girlfriend.”
She even showed me a picture.
I thought about Sheila and Lucy this week while I talked with members of the Out and About Proud LBGTQ group that planned its first community event, the weekend OUT in the Wild at Chehaw Park. I’ve come to know many more gay folks since those eerily similar encounters in Ocilla, and my opinion about people’s sexual preference has not changed even a little bit: That’s their business. If they find happiness, God bless them.
But one thing that has nibbled away at me as I’ve thought about people like Lucy, Sheila and others I’ve met over the years, many of whom were afraid to tell family or close friends that they were gay. I wish like everything that I’d told them the same thing that I’d tell anyone now in similar circumstances: Live your life, live it to the fullest, and — most of all — be who you are. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/carlton-fletcher-remembering-surprisingly-similar-intimate-moments-with-friends/article_2a1b2fe8-f4bf-11ec-b3d5-cfd70a6e3cd3.html | 2022-06-25T23:27:38 | 1 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/carlton-fletcher-remembering-surprisingly-similar-intimate-moments-with-friends/article_2a1b2fe8-f4bf-11ec-b3d5-cfd70a6e3cd3.html |
On Jan. 6, 81 years ago, Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered his annual Message to Congress (now known as the State of the Union Address) after being newly elected to serve an unprecedented third term as President of the United States.
The stakes were high. Europe and Asia were ablaze in a brutal world war against Nazi and Imperialist aggression that was not as yet our fight. Much of Europe had fallen under a German blitzkrieg with Great Britain barely hanging on.
While a great number of Americans were still committed to isolationism, it was clear that Britain had become the last obstacle between Hitler and his dream of world domination. If the Germans weren’t stopped at England’s shores, ours most certainly would be next. The president knew this and saw that the task before him was to convince the American people that aid and support of England were essential to the price of freedom. No one could know that in just 11 months, we too would be drawn into vicious wars that truly encompassed the earth.
During his speech before Congress, FDR made his case for American involvement, calling for continued aid to “those nations which are now in actual war with aggressor nations” and the ramping up of war industries at home. “Our most useful and immediate role is to act as an arsenal for them as well as for ourselves. They do not need manpower. They do need billions of dollars worth of the weapons of defense … who by their determined and heroic resistance are giving us time in which to make ready our own defense. … Let us say to the democracies: ‘We Americans are vitally concerned in your defense of freedom. We are putting forth our energies, our resources and our organizing powers to give you the strength to regain and maintain a free world. We shall send you, in ever-increasing numbers, ships, planes, tanks, guns. This is our purpose and our pledge.’”
FDR’s next words could well be spoken today as we hear similar threats to the free world by Vladimir Putin in his war against Ukraine. “In fulfillment of this purpose we will not be intimidated by the threats of dictators that they will regard as a breach of international law and as an act of war our aid to the democracies which dare to resist their oppression. Such aid is not an act of war, even if a dictator should unilaterally proclaim it so to be.
“When the dictators are ready to make war upon us, they will not wait for an act of war on our part. ... Their only interest is in a new one-way international law, which lacks mutuality in its observance, and, therefore becomes an instrument of oppression.”
By helping in Britain’s war effort, Roosevelt said that the U.S. was fighting for the universal freedoms that all people possessed. “In the future days which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.
“The first is freedom of speech and expression — everywhere in the world.
“The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way — everywhere in the world.
“The third is freedom from want — which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peace time life for its inhabitants — everywhere in the world.
“The fourth is freedom from fear — which, translated into world terms, means a worldwide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor — anywhere in the world.”
Roosevelt said the time to realize such freedoms was at hand.
“That is no vision of a distant millennium,” he said. “It is a definite basis for a kind of world attainable in our own time and generation. That kind of world is the very antithesis of the so-called new order of tyranny which the dictators seek to create with the crash of a bomb. To that new order we oppose the greater conception — the moral order.
“Since the beginning of our American history we have been engaged in change — in a perpetual peaceful revolution — a revolution which goes to steadily, quietly adjusting itself to changing conditions.”
“This nation has placed its destiny in the hands and heads and hearts of its millions of free men and women; and its faith in freedom under the guidance of God. Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them. Our strength is in our unity of purpose.”
Some might say in this divided nation that the Four Freedoms spoken of long ago are a bit naïve, but they found their way into the Atlantic Charter later that year, the United Nations Declaration on Jan. 1, 1942, and later in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the UN in 1948. While FDR’s hopes may still be only dreams, they’re nonetheless worthy goals.
As we kick off next week by celebrating the Fourth, join me in calling on all Americans to proclaim the whole month of July Freedom Month in honor of those high aspirations that, only in our boldness, can this nation hope to reach someday.
I’ll dig deeper in my columns during the following July Sundays describing each of the Four Freedoms and why they mean so much, not only in the healing of America, but to the whole world as well. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/will-thault-freedom-month-celebration-of-the-four-freedoms/article_3827e1dc-f49a-11ec-a653-8ff51d4febf6.html | 2022-06-25T23:27:44 | 0 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/will-thault-freedom-month-celebration-of-the-four-freedoms/article_3827e1dc-f49a-11ec-a653-8ff51d4febf6.html |
SAN ANTONIO — A scare happened near the Brackenridge Park Golf Course Saturday afternoon following a brush fire that broke out not once --- but twice.
The San Antonio Fire Department responded to the first fire around 11:30 a.m. near East Mulberry Avenue. Then just hours later, firefighters were back out again around 3:30 p.m.
Some roads were blocked and the zoo mini train had to stop running while firefighters worked to stop the fire.
Fire officials say a homeless camp might have started the fire. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/brush-fire-breaks-out-twice-brackenridge-park-golf-course-san-antonio/273-6a1a1e6e-1361-408b-b638-b76d0ba9e04a | 2022-06-25T23:30:33 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/brush-fire-breaks-out-twice-brackenridge-park-golf-course-san-antonio/273-6a1a1e6e-1361-408b-b638-b76d0ba9e04a |
SAN ANTONIO — After a historic Supreme Court ruling, abortion rights and access is now up to the states. The highly controversial ruling brought out loud voices from both sides of the issue.
Archbishop of San Antonio Gustavo Garcia-Siller said he was "truly heartened and overjoyed by today's historic ruling." In a statement, Arcbishop Garcia-Siller called for the nation to commit to more resources and policies that support mothers, fathers, children, and families.
"The Catholic Church has a long and proud history of providing this assistance through programs such as pregnancy shelters, food pantries, financial support, parenting classes, and myriad other services," he said.
For Lori Stockstiel, President of the National Council of Jewish Women San Antonio (NCJW SA), the Supreme Court ruling feels like an infringement on her religious freedoms. Under Jewish law, a fetus is not considered a person. For Stockstiel, personally, she believes the soul enters the body when a baby takes it's first breath.
"I can't speak for the whole Jewish community, but my understanding is approximately 85 percent of us believe this that in all cases, the mother’s life takes precedence," Stockstiel said.
Whether it is for the emotional or physical well-being of the mother, Jewish Law considers abortion to be healthcare, according to NCJW SA.
"My religion says that we may have to have an abortion and now the Supreme Court has basically taken that right away," she said.
Stockstiel said she was heartbroken when the ruling came down.
While members of the Catholic Church focus on supporting pregnant parents, Stockstiel said her organization is committed to helping people seeking abortions navigate access to safe procedures. She also plans to continue fighting for abortion rights. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/faith-communities-react-supreme-court-decision-end-constitutional-protections-abortions/273-6c725c99-5ef9-47a2-a1dd-c541b6394d15 | 2022-06-25T23:30:39 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/faith-communities-react-supreme-court-decision-end-constitutional-protections-abortions/273-6c725c99-5ef9-47a2-a1dd-c541b6394d15 |
GREENSBORO — Decades ago, four young men ran their way into a state championship. Their record still stands at their high school.
How did that day unfold? What happened to them afterward?
Award-winning reporter Nancy McLaughlin decided to find out. Nancy often writes about people in the community. Her profiles on community members have won N.C. Press Association Awards. And her work covering religion over the years has connected her with many people. That's how this story came to her attention. One of the young men was now a pastor at a local church planning to retire. He told her about his days running track at what is now Grimsley High School, and about the 47-year-old record he had helped set.
The story captured her imagination, just as it did with readers. It was one of our most popular pieces on social media last week.
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Here's Nancy, talking about the evolution of the story:
"Neil Dunnavant was retiring as executive pastor at First Presbyterian Church, which would have made him a candidate for a profile. But he doesn’t like a lot of attention and he started telling me about a big moment in his life that had nothing to do with ministry. He told me about the race, how the record still stood in GSO, and how with retirement looming he was spending more time trying to track down the four of them for a barbecue.
"They each had a lot going on over the years. Neil and Herman Thacker eventually returned to Greensboro but wouldn’t run into each other for a long time. Another one was in Raleigh. The fourth was in Florida. I listened and thought it would be interesting to take them each back to high school and that day. Tracking them down took some time because one was in the throes of cancer and another never checked his email. Neil had given me numbers and email addresses so I kept them in mind any time I had a few minutes. I also got one of the ones that was in contact with Herman through his bout with cancer, to call him for me and that made the connection.
"But they were great once I got them. A trick I always use is to get each of them to describe the others and what they brought to the team — and that’s how I got June Martin’s ‘Showboat’ on the back of his jogging suit."
If you missed the story, here's the passage on that "Showboat" reference:
And then there was junior June Martin, the most spirited, the showboat — who wore the word “Showboat” in standout letters on the back of his jogging suit.
“You can’t have a name like that and not back it up,” the now-retired police officer says with a laugh.
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Contact Managing Editor Jennifer Fernandez at 336-373-7064. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/behind-the-reporting-how-a-pastors-retirement-led-to-a-story-about-a-47-year/article_dd63484e-f4bd-11ec-bcee-532ab6edfde2.html | 2022-06-25T23:41:43 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/behind-the-reporting-how-a-pastors-retirement-led-to-a-story-about-a-47-year/article_dd63484e-f4bd-11ec-bcee-532ab6edfde2.html |
The Texas Department of Public Safety added two fugitives to the Texas 10 Most Wanted List and one of those men is from Dallas.
Cecil Colby Smith, 40, has a lengthy criminal record that dates back to 2002 and has been in and out of prison. He was released from prison in 2017. Smith has been wanted since August 2021, when the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office issued a warrant for his arrest for child abuse by injury. The Dallas County Sheriff's Office also issued a warrant in December 2021, for failure to register as a sex offender.
Smith is 6 feet tall and weighs about 185 pounds. He has tattoos on his left cheek, neck, chest, both arms, both wrists and left hand. In addition to Dallas, he also has ties to Longview, Amarillo and the state of Oklahoma.
Raynaldo Farias Tijerina, 44, is affiliated with the Tango Blast gang. He's been wanted since October 2021, when the Bexar County Sheriff's Office issued warrants for his arrest for invasive visual recording and possession of child pornography. The Texas Board of Probation and Paroles issued a warrant for Tijerina's arrest the following month for a parole violation.
In 1995, Tijerina was convicted of murder and was sentenced to 30 years in a Texas prison. While in prison, he was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to an additional 15 years. Tijerina was released on parole in January 2017.
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Tijerina is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs about 195 pounds. He has tattoos on his face, neck, abdomen, left arm and left leg. He has brown eyes but may wear colored contacts.
Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $3,000 for Smith's arrest and $5,000 for Tijerina's arrest.
To be eligible for cash rewards, tipsters MUST provide information to authorities using one of the following three methods:
- Call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477).
- Submit a web tip through the DPS website by selecting the fugitive you have information about and then clicking on the link under their picture.
- Submit a Facebook tip by clicking the "SUBMIT A TIP" link (under the "About" section).
All tips are anonymous - regardless of how they are submitted - and tipsters will be provided a tip number instead of using a name. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-man-is-one-of-two-added-to-texas-10-most-wanted-lists-by-dps/3000549/ | 2022-06-25T23:50:24 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-man-is-one-of-two-added-to-texas-10-most-wanted-lists-by-dps/3000549/ |
A scary afternoon for the driver of a recreational vehicle that overturned on the bridge over Lake Worth Sunday.
The RV nearly went off the bridge on northbound West Loop 820 near Heron Drive.
A jet ski being pulled by the RV did fall into the water after the RV driver lost control and hit the wall.
Several lanes on the bridge over Lake Worth were closed as a crane was brought in to upright the RV.
Fortunately, no one was hurt. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/rv-overturns-blocking-several-lanes-on-lake-worth-bridge/3000535/ | 2022-06-25T23:50:30 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/rv-overturns-blocking-several-lanes-on-lake-worth-bridge/3000535/ |
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A Dallas County jury found Charter Communications acted negligently when it hired a field technician who went on to fatally stab one of his customers, and the jury ordered the company to pay millions of dollars in damages to the woman’s family.
The jury handed down the verdict Thursday and ordered Charter, which also operates as Spectrum, to pay 90% of $375 million dollars in compensatory damages to the family of 83-year-old Betty Thomas. That amount could increase when the jury considers punitive damages on Monday.
Roy James Holden, 45, went to Thomas’ house in December 2019 to help with her Spectrum phone line. The next day, while he was off the clock, he went back to her home using a company van and fatally stabbed her using a knife provided by Spectrum.
Holden pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to life in prison in April 2021.
Read more from our media partners at The Dallas Morning News | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/spectrum-ordered-to-pay-millions-in-damages-after-employee-killed-irving-woman/3000514/ | 2022-06-25T23:50:43 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/spectrum-ordered-to-pay-millions-in-damages-after-employee-killed-irving-woman/3000514/ |
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Braving the heat, hundreds of San Antonians lined up Saturday afternoon outside Crockett Park to attend the first in-person Pride Bigger Than Texas Parade and Festival-San Antonio since 2019.
Vendors hawking chicken on a stick and other San Antonio delicacies were on hand to sate appetites of those who couldn’t wait until they were admitted to the park. Inside were hundreds more attendees checking out the festival — and even more vendors offering not only food but also T-shirts, earrings and other knickknacks.
The turnout was bigger than usual, said David Uminski, 40, a professor at St. Philip’s College.
“Everyone’s just having a good time,” he said.
Phillip Barcena, president of Pride San Antonio, the host organization, expected “definitely” more than 10,000 people would be attending the traditionally annual event that culminates in an evening parade down Main Avenue.
Related: With Pride Month in swing, San Antonio’s LGBTQ+ sports figures speak out
“It’s kind of just nice to be here, to be around people like you, and you’re not worried and you’re not scared and you feel comfortable in your own skin,” said Cat Haynes-Jones, 44, who was there with her wife, Andi, 43.
“And people can express themselves,” added Kari Cantwell, 15. “It’s kind of like a very wide safe space.”
Barcena said Pride San Antonio, mindful that COVID-19 was still circulating in the community, had taken steps to raise awareness of the virus. Representatives for Metro Health offered free testing for COVID-19 and STDs such as HIV, syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea, as well as vaccinations against diseases such as HPV and and meningitis B in one corner of Crockett Park.
“We really wanted to maintain the responsibility of putting on an event, because of the fact that COVID has decimated our society, it really has,” Barcena said.
The park was littered with bounce houses, booths staffed by representatives for sponsors such as Cricket Wireless and food stands selling miniature tacos, fruit cups and other snacks.
The schedule of events included performances by Angel Bonilla, the first trans contestant on the show “The Voice,” and BeBe Zahara Benet and Cynthia Lee Fontaine, contestants on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”
“This shines a light on the city of San Antonio,” Barcena said. “It shines a light on the community that we have.”
Many of the kids, teenagers and adults milling around the park wore clothing items or carried accessories signifying their support for the LGBT community.
Barcena said that support was necessary in the current national political climate. Dozens of states, including Texas, recently have passed or attempted to pass legislation that has been criticized by detractors as transphobic.
Referencing those political developments and the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that determined women had a constitutional right to abortion, Barcena and others said they felt it was especially important to take a stand. Attending Pride events was a way for them to show support for the rights of certain minorities.
For some, the ruling was a call to action.
“I was planning on joining politics anyway, just to advocate for the rights of youth and children and women,” said Kayla Muzquiz, a 25-year-old college student.
But, Muzquiz said, “with Roe being overturned, I have to kind of kick-start that. I can’t wait any more until I get my first college degree.”
caroline.tien@hearst.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Pride-San-Antonio-2022-return-17265865.php | 2022-06-25T23:52:01 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Pride-San-Antonio-2022-return-17265865.php |
HANOVER, Pa. — The York County Coroner was called to the scene of a two-vehicle crash in Hanover late Saturday morning.
Eisenhower Drive between Wilson Avenue and Eichelberger Street was closed for approximately four hours while crews investigated and reconstructed the crash that happened around 11:46 a.m.
There is no word on the circumstances that led to the crash.
More information to follow. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county/coroner-2-vehicle-crash-in-york-county/521-30a21f81-1422-4dbc-9c3d-5954861e45c7 | 2022-06-25T23:52:29 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county/coroner-2-vehicle-crash-in-york-county/521-30a21f81-1422-4dbc-9c3d-5954861e45c7 |
QUESTION: Many prospective customers expect to be able to negotiate the price down before signing a contract. Should we negotiate price?
ANSWER: The answer depends on you and the circumstances in your industry. In some industries, customers expect to be able to negotiate. For example, most people who walk into an automobile dealership expect to pay less than the sticker price. Similarly, very few college students pay full price. Almost everyone receives a scholarship of one kind or another. In these two situations and many others, competitors deal with this reality by building negotiating room into their pricing structure.
Car dealerships expect to negotiate, so the sticker price allows them room to offer discounts and still make a profit. Colleges and universities plan to offer discounts as well. In many cases, the average student pays less than half of the stated cost of tuition and fees. Yet, the schools manage to keep their doors open.
One way of dealing with customers who expect a discount is to build negotiating room into your price structure. A benefit to handling the issue in this way is that not everyone will attempt to negotiate. Some people will pay the higher asking price, which will increase your profit. Conversely, you may not wish to negotiate with some customers. Perhaps you know that serving some customers is more expensive. In those situations, you can reduce the amount you discount.
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There are some downsides to this approach. Some people may be scared off by your higher asking price and not even bother to negotiate. Additionally, some customers simply do not like to negotiate. They will make a decision based on the best asking price they find. If you have built too much headroom into your pricing structure, you’ll miss out on this business. Of course, some business owners don’t enjoy negotiating and choose not to do so.
In some industries, this has led to a preemptive strategy sometimes called the “no dicker sticker.” In other words, business owners let prospective customers know up front that their asking price is firm and they will not negotiate. Goochland County-based CarMax is well-known for following this approach in the pre-owned vehicle industry. This avoids all of the disadvantages of negotiating price, but has some drawbacks of its own.
If most in your industry negotiate price and you don’t, you’ll establish the target. Unless you have a much lower cost structure than your competitors, they’ll always be able to price slightly below you. Therefore, you’ll need to differentiate your product or service so that customers are willing to pay your higher price.
In some industries, refusing to negotiate can result in adverse selection. That is, if not all customers are created equal, having one fixed price can result in you ending up with more less attractive customers and fewer attractive customers.
Consider colleges and universities. Academically stronger students are more desirable than their academically weaker peers. If a college were to offer its average price across the board, the academically stronger students would go to other schools that offered them more scholarship money. The academically weaker students would find the average price to be better than what they could get elsewhere and would attend. Adverse selection would mean that schools who have only one fixed price end up with fewer academically strong students and more academically weak students — adverse selection.
If some customers are more attractive than others, adverse selection will force most competitors to differentiate price by customer. In other industries, the choice of whether to negotiate price is up to the business owner. You can try both strategies to determine what works best for you.
Doug and Polly White have a large ownership stake in Gather, a company that designs, builds and operates collaborative workspaces. Polly’s focus is on human resources, people management and human systems. Doug’s areas of expertise are business strategy, operations and finance. | https://richmond.com/business/local/ask-doug-polly-should-you-negotiate-price/article_24f0d305-3e58-5fe1-98a8-0821996ff4c7.html | 2022-06-25T23:55:18 | 0 | https://richmond.com/business/local/ask-doug-polly-should-you-negotiate-price/article_24f0d305-3e58-5fe1-98a8-0821996ff4c7.html |
A heated dispute between a couple involving a moving vehicle and alcohol almost turned deadly in a Brooklyn neighborhood Friday evening, city officials said.
The argument took place around 5:30 p.m. in Sheepshead Bay between the 34-year-old driver and a 41-year-old standing outside of the car while the passenger door hung open, police said.
Driving initially at a slow rate of speed down the street, officials said the woman held onto the open door "in an attempt to prevent the operator from driving away."
When the driver accelerated, the woman reportedly fell onto the road where she was run over by the rear tire of the SUV.
EMS responding to the scene on Avenue X transported the woman to a nearby hospital where she was last listed in critical condition, officials said.
The driver was arrested on charges of assault, reckless endangerment and driving while intoxicated, among other charges. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/couples-fight-around-moving-car-gets-woman-run-over-on-brooklyn-street-cops/3749712/ | 2022-06-25T23:56:51 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/couples-fight-around-moving-car-gets-woman-run-over-on-brooklyn-street-cops/3749712/ |
Another batch of vaccination appointments to protect against monkeypox are expected to open to New Yorkers on Sunday, days after the city opened its first clinic and met high demand in the lead-up to Pride weekend.
According to the city's Friday update, at least 39 people have tested positive for the virus in the city since early May, almost all of them men who have sex with men. The number of cases has risen 30% since the health department's report on day earlier.
The city began offering vaccination against monkeypox Thursday to at-risk groups but demand was so high, within hours of launching the program the city had to cut off walk-in appointments. Scheduled appointments have already been booked through early next week.
As opposed to the early days of COVID, when there was no effective treatment, there are already multiple vaccines that work against the orthopoxvirus that causes the ailment. Supply, however, is the question.
In total, New York City represents more than 20% of all cases diagnosed nationwide.
The Health Department on Thursday announced the opening of a temporary clinic to administer the two-dose JYNNEOS vaccine to eligible people who may have had recent exposure to monkeypox, the city announced. NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan said anxiety, particularly among sexually actively gay and bisexual men, prompted the city’s decision to make vaccines available.
The vaccines will be administered at the Chelsea Sexual Health Clinic (303 Ninth Avenue in Manhattan). The clinic will be open on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. moving forward.
But as of 2 p.m. Thursday, just three hours after opening its doors, the city said no more walk-ins would be accommodated and that all appointments were filled through Monday. News 4 counted more than 100 people lined up outside the clinic at the time.
One person in line to get vaccinated said that many appointments were gone about 10 minutes after they became available online.
The health department advised people to check back on Sunday for more appointments next week. Walk-ins are no longer allowed due to demand.
"We are in talks with the CDC to obtain more doses and are looking into how we can boost our capacity citywide," the health department said.
Mark Levine, the Manhattan borough president, tweeted that the city had only been allocated about 1,000 doses of the vaccine from the national stockpile.
How Do You Catch Monkeypox?
The CDC issued new monkeypox guidance last week as the number of suspected cases nationwide boomed, marking America's largest-ever outbreak of monkeypox, which typically has been confined to other continents.
While the CDC says the risk to the general public remains low, people are urged to avoid close contact with those who are sick, including those with skin or genital lesions, as well as sick or dead animals. Anyone displaying symptoms, like unexplained skin rash or lesions, should reach out to their healthcare providers for guidance.
It is also advised to avoid eating meat that comes from wild game or using products (such as creams, powders or lotions) that come from wild animals from Africa.
What Is Monkeypox?
Monkeypox was first discovered in 1958, when outbreaks occurred in colonies of monkeys kept for research -- resulting in its name. (What you need to know about monkeypox.)
The first case in a human was reported in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which still has the majority of infections. Other African countries where it has been found: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo and Sierra Leone.
Human symptoms of monkeypox are similar to but milder than the symptoms of smallpox, the CDC says. It presents itself as a flu-like illness accompanied by lymph-node swelling and rash on the face and body.
Monkeypox starts off with fever, headache, muscle aches, and exhaustion. Monkeypox also causes lymph nodes to swell, something that smallpox does not. The incubation period is usually 7−14 days but can range from 5−21 days.
The CDC is urging healthcare providers in the U.S. to be alert for patients who have rashes consistent with monkeypox, regardless of whether they have traveled or have specific risks for monkeypox. See more information from the travel notice here. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/more-nyc-monkeypox-vaccine-appointments-expected-to-open-sunday/3749713/ | 2022-06-25T23:57:04 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/more-nyc-monkeypox-vaccine-appointments-expected-to-open-sunday/3749713/ |
LOGAN, WV (WOWK) — The Logan community will have a candlelight vigil on Saturday to remember the Huey helicopter crash victims.
13 News Reporter Rachel Pellegrino spoke with a local at Freedom Fest who will attend the vigil.
“It means a whole lot because this community, when tragedy happens, we all come together,” said Melissa Bryant, a Logan County resident. “My little niece is going to be a part of this [memorial service], so it really means something.”
The vigil will be at 7:30 p.m on the main stage in front of the Logan County Courthouse.
13 News will have more coverage of this in our 11 p.m. Saturday show. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/logan-community-to-remember-huey-helicopter-crash-victims-sat-at-730-p-m/ | 2022-06-26T00:06:47 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/logan-community-to-remember-huey-helicopter-crash-victims-sat-at-730-p-m/ |
ATLANTA — A family is left grieving after a man died swimming in the Chattahoochee River. Authorities said his sister tried to save him.
Cobb County Police said the man drowned at Sandy Point.
Georgia Department of Natural Resources game wardens also responded to the drowning call Friday night and said the 27-year-old was trying to swim across the river to a popular diving rock when he started to drown. The man's sister tried to rescue him but couldn't stay afloat, according to the agency.
Game wardens search the area Friday night and were back to their efforts Saturday morning with more SONAR technology to find the man.
Cherokee County Dive Team and Sandy Springs Water Rescue Team were called to help with the drowning. Sandy Springs authorities found the man around 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Cobb County, DNR officials said. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/man-dies-while-swimming-in-chattahoochee-river/85-8a771f87-a7bd-4f65-83a5-a570b7a4be3a | 2022-06-26T00:10:55 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/man-dies-while-swimming-in-chattahoochee-river/85-8a771f87-a7bd-4f65-83a5-a570b7a4be3a |
BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) – Hard Rock held the final hiring event on Saturday before the temporary casino opens in Bristol, Virginia on July 8.
The event started at 11 a.m. and ran through 2 p.m. Around 500 people are already employed and about 200 more came out for interviews on Saturday, many of whom were hired on the spot.
Allie Evangelista, the property president of Bristol Hard Rock and Casino said the turnout was a pleasant surprise.
“A common statement was I will do anything I just want to join the band. and so to me that’s a great attitude because a lot of people that have joined us so far this either their first casino job or their first time they’ve been in a casino and we are teaching them already and they are learning a new career a new opportunity to build a career here with us in Bristol,” Evangelista said.
Those interested in working at the new casino can check online to see if there are still openings left. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/hard-rock-holds-final-hiring-event-for-bristol-casino/ | 2022-06-26T00:19:33 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/hard-rock-holds-final-hiring-event-for-bristol-casino/ |
GREENWOOD, Ind. — A Johnson County deputy and another driver were injured in a crash near Greenwood on Friday night.
The deputy was driving a marked patrol car toward the Greenwood area, where the deputy intended to serve someone a civil order, at around 10 p.m.
The deputy was at the intersection of Worthsville and Collins roads, when another driver failed to yield the right of way to the deputy.
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office said the driver turned into the path of the deputy and the two vehicles collided.
It's unclear what the extent of the deputy's injuries are. However, the sheriff's office said the deputy was taken to IU Methodist Hospital complaining of pain.
The other driver also complained of pain. Sheriff Duane Burgess did not have information on whether the driver was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Less than six hours later a pickup truck driver was killed and a Trafalgar Police officer was seriously injured in a crash during a pursuit in Johnson County.
The officer was sitting at the intersection of State Road 135 and County Road 300 South shortly before 3:30 a.m. when a pickup truck failed to stop at the intersection.
The officer followed the truck, turning on his emergency lights in an attempt to stop the truck.
The pursuit ended at a "T" intersection where the truck and the officer's SUV were unable to stop and both vehicles crashed into an embankment.
The truck driver was pronounced dead at the scene by medics.
The officer had to be cut out of his vehicle and was flown to Eskenazi Hospital in Indianapolis with back, hip, leg and internal injuries. He is listed in serious but stable condition, according to the sheriff. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/johnson-county-indiana-deputy-driver-injured-in-crash-near-greenwood/531-99713375-d7c4-46b5-9a7b-28d264c8a927 | 2022-06-26T00:31:58 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/johnson-county-indiana-deputy-driver-injured-in-crash-near-greenwood/531-99713375-d7c4-46b5-9a7b-28d264c8a927 |
INDIANAPOLIS — With the Legislature's decision on stricter abortion laws still yet to be made, Hoosiers flooded into downtown Indianapolis on Saturday to express how they'd like state lawmakers to respond to the Supreme Court's landmark decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The Supreme Court on Friday stripped away the nation's constitutional protections for abortion that had stood for nearly a half-century.
Indiana was not one of the 13 states with trigger laws already in place, which are laws on the books that allow an abortion ban to go into effect immediately or in short order after Roe was overturned.
For Indiana, stricter abortion laws are still very possible, according to the pro-abortion rights think tank the Guttmacher Institute. The Institute has Indiana listed as one of four states that are expected to try banning abortion now that Roe has been overturned.
Despite Friday's ruling, both sides predicted the fight over abortion would continue, in state capitals, in Washington and at the ballot box. And as was predicted, thousands of Hoosiers on both sides of the abortion debate were at the statehouse Saturday.
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Abortion-rights advocates surrounded the steps of the statehouse to urge lawmakers to preserve women’s access to reproductive healthcare. At the same time, a group on the opposite side of the statehouse grounds called for lawmakers to make abortion legal in Indiana.
Both groups eventually found each other and clashed with words and emotions. While things got heated, the situation remained largely peaceful.
State troopers were keeping watch and, as the rally went on, chaos grew. Eventually, state police formed a protective line in front of those speaking at the podium.
The scene was chaotic, filled with heated debate, praise songs, prayers, chants and curses.
Reactions from Indiana's leadership to the Supreme Court's decision on Friday were swift.
Gov. Eric Holcomb quickly issued a statement and said state leaders will consider tightening Indiana's abortion laws during a special legislative session that starts July 6.
Holcomb's statement can be read here:
"The Supreme Court's decision is clear, and it is now up to the states to address this important issue. We’ll do that in short order in Indiana. I’ve already called the General Assembly back on July 6, and I expect members to take up this matter as well.
I have been clear in stating I am pro-life. We have an opportunity to make progress in protecting the sanctity of life, and that’s exactly what we will do."
Holcomb initially called the special session to discuss his plan to return funds from the state reserves to Hoosier taxpayers. Now lawmakers will also address abortion in Indiana, which currently is legal before 22 weeks. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/roe-v-wade-supreme-court-ruling-rally-protest-abortion-indiana/531-446ab222-226e-49cf-aafb-6b4b47981695 | 2022-06-26T00:32:04 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/roe-v-wade-supreme-court-ruling-rally-protest-abortion-indiana/531-446ab222-226e-49cf-aafb-6b4b47981695 |
MERRILLVILLE — The town has seen many new businesses come to the southern end of Merrillville, but now a store and warehouse is being planned for the northern end of the municipality.
Merrillville Planning and Building Director Sheila Shine said retail and wholesale tobacco products and other general merchandise will be sold at 5480 Broadway.
Subhanor Muhammad is seeking a variance of use to allow a warehouse that will be associated with the store.
“The warehouse will have storage in the back of the store and receive product shipments,” Shine said.
Town Councilman Richard Hardaway said the facility has long been vacant, and he’s pleased to see new life in that area.
The Board of Zoning Appeals on Wednesday approved the variance of use, which now heads to the Town Council. The council could take final action on the matter during its Tuesday meeting.
Town Attorney Joseph Svetanoff said some truck traffic is expected in that location because it has a commercial zoning classification, but he wants to ensure it isn’t substantial because there are homes nearby there.
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The BZA approval came with a condition that a maximum of four trucks can visit the site each month.
Muhammad said he expects fewer trucks than that, and they won’t be at the location long when they do come to the site.
“So there’s not going to be much distribution traffic in and out,” Svetanoff said.
Shine said no trucks can be parked there overnight, and the business will follow Merrillville’s security guidelines.
“The business will be secured with gates, an alarm and cameras,” Shine said.
The permitted hours of operation will be 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Parlor Doughuts, Domino's, Gyros Bar and Grill and Captain's Seafood opening
Open
Parlor Doughnuts is now baking something sweet in Valparaiso, after celebrating its grand opening Saturday.
But Parlor Doughnuts Valparaiso is not your conventional doughnut shop. The Evansville-based chain specializes in craft doughnuts, specialty coffee and artisan baked goods.
Lifelong Valpo residents Marissa and Wes Barnes opened the franchise at 255 Morthland Drive in Valparaiso. It's a prominent space on U.S. 30 that was previously home to Jordy N Jax BBQ, Petey's Gyros and Dicky's Dogs.
The franchise is Parlor Doughnuts' third in Indiana and first in the northern part of the state.
It serves layered doughnuts that combine yeast and cake doughnuts. It also has vegan, gluten-free and keto-friendly doughnuts, as well as Doggie Doughnuts for good puppies. The menu also includes acai bowls, avocado toast and breakfast tacos.
“We are thrilled to bring Parlor’s products, brand and mission to Northwest Indiana — a region that celebrates with delicious comfort food and coffee, and appreciates top-notch customer service,” Marissa Barnes said. “One of our key values is to create a place that facilitates conversation and community where friends and families of all ages can gather in a vintage American space that feels like the 'Parlor,' a conversation center of 1900s Victorian homes but with a modern twist. My husband, Wes, and I are lifelong residents of Valparaiso and are excited to bring a business to our community that values giving back, including a passion for active military, veterans and first responders.”
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Craft doughtnuts and coffee
Parlor Doughnuts was founded in Evansville in 2019 by Darrick Hayen, his son Noah and restaurateur Josh Tudela. Hayden toured the country with his son's band, sampling local doughnuts everywhere he went while Noah developed a passion for craft coffee.
They combined their interests to open Parlor Doughnuts, which has been growing fast across the country. It now has more than 24 locations open or in development from coast to coast.
The Valparaiso doughnut shop plans to employ around 20 people and is still hiring for a variety of jobs, including baristas and bakers.
For more information, visit www.parlordoughnuts.com or email parlordoughnutsvalpo@gmail.com .
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Coming soon
Domino's, America's largest pizza chain, is headed to Munster.
The Ann Arbor, Michigan-based pizzeria, which already has an extensive footprint around the Calumet Region, signed a lease to open in the strip mall on Main Street that's anchored by Anytime Fitness.
“This will be an excellent location for Dominos and is a win-win for both the tenant and landlord. The center is now 100% occupied with strong, well-known tenants," said Brett McDermott of Crown Point-based commercial real estate firm Latitude Commercial, which represented the landlord.
Domino's has recently opened many new locations in Northwest Indiana, including in Highland and Griffith.
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Open
Gyros Bar and Grill opened in Valparaiso.
It's a family-friendly restaurant with a 21-plus lounge at 391 W. U.S. 6.
The 5,300-square-foot restaurant serves fare like gyros, burgers, hot dogs, chili dogs and ribs in a sit-down casual dining environment. It took over a former Pepe's that had been vacant for at least 20 years.
Gyros Bar and Grill seats about 150 diners. The menu includes chicken, fish, steak sandwiches and many Chicagoland favorites like Polish sausages and Italian beef sandwiches.
It's located along a busy stretch of U.S. 6 that 22,000 cars pass by weekly. Given its locations, it's expected to draw from Valparaiso, Chesterton, South Haven and Portage.
For more information, call 219-254-2351.
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Coming soon
Captain's Seafood is coming soon to Michigan City.
The seafood market at 5360 Franklin St. will offer shrimp, fish, crab legs and lobster tails.
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New owners
New owners took over the NutriHub Nutrition shop on U.S. 30 in Merrillville.
Jasmine Wade and Sheva Robinson bought the health food store at 536 E 81st Ave. in Merrillville. It specializes in meal replacement protein shakes packed with vitamins.
NutriHub sells a number of products like protein shakes, protein bars, herbal teas, energy teas, thermogenic teas and aloe. The 1,900-square-foot business employs five and has seating, including comfortable couches, for people who want to enjoy their shakes there.
"It's different things for health in general," Wade said. "We're registered nurses and the major health issues we've seen is one of the reasons we want to help everybody health-wise. We've seen unhealthy eating. We've introduced these products to our family. I don't want my family to be part of a statistic."
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Focus on nutrition
The pair aims to educate the public about health, such as by posting about nutritious eating on social media.
"We're out here to help our community," Robinson said. "These products help people lose weight. They help with obesity. They're low in sugar, so diabetics are able to take them. They can be used to built muscle for those struggling with gaining weight or maintaining weight. It's got minerals, vitamins and protein. It helps with digestion, skin and hair."
NutriHub aims to offer healthy fare that also tastes good. Shake flavors include many varieties of chocolate, fruit and candy such as Almond Joy, Peppermint Patty and Rootbeer Barrel.
"If you have a sweet tooth, we have cake and cookie flavors to satisfy that craving," Wade said. "We have a shake of the month that's lemon pound cake this month. It's healthy but sweet and it targets that craving."
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'Trying to make a difference'
People can try samples of the products on a trial basis. NutriHub also offers body scans to help clients meet their weight loss and wellness goals.
Wade and Robinson have been passing products at neighboring businesses like Athletico and Planet Fitness as outreach. They hope to eventually expand and open more franchises, including potentially in other states.
"We'd like to be able to get word out mouth going out," Wade said. "We're driven African-American women trying to make a difference in our community."
NutriHub is open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. For more information, call 219-472-8488 or find the business on Facebook.
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Brass Valley Vapor Company opened a few months ago on U.S. 30 in Valparaiso.
The vape shop is located at 1354 W Morthland Drive in Valpo Valparaiso. It offers a wide selection of vaping supplies, including "disposables, mods, salts, e-liquids, batteries and chargers, pods, coils, and delta products."
Brass Valley Vapor Company is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday and 12-6 p.m. Saturday.
For more information, call 219-242-8335.
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In the 2022 Idaho PBS Kids Writers Contest, sponsored by Idaho Public Television and IDeal, seven out of the 10 eastern Idaho winners came from local areas.
These winners included Whitlee May Filmore of Blackfoot; Hudson Tracy of Victor; Ella Warmann of Idaho Falls; Oakley Nebeker of Blackfoot; Lucy Rogers of Blackfoot; Brooklyn Tracy of Victor; and Charlotte Rainsdon of Blackfoot.
Ridge Crest Elementary fist-grader and Blackfoot resident Charlotte Rainsdon placed in the PBS Writers Contest for the second year in a row.
Daughter of author Brittany Rainsdon, Charlotte began following in her mother's footsteps as she entered the PBS Writers Contest earlier this year. Brittany was proud to see her daughter share a similar passion. Brittany Rainsdon was one of three winners in the 2022 Writers of the Future Contest. Her story "Last Dying Season" is set to be published in the "L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. 38" later this year.
After entering the contest for four consecutive years, a total of 16 entries, Brittany Rainsdon won the Writers of the Future Award, something she hopes will push her writing into the professional field.
In a phone interview Friday, Charlotte encouraged her mom to talk about her own stories. However, Brittany Rainsdon shifted the conversation back to her daughter, who she believes deserves her time in the spotlight.
Charlotte then preceded to recite the plot from her win in the 2021 contest.
"I got first place last year for a story I wrote about a unicorn with one leg. The unicorn lost the running race and the swimming race, but she finally won the car race. I really wanted my story to win again this year," Charlotte, 7, said.
This year, Charlotte decided to write about an elephant who made friends with crocodiles.
"There was an elephant named Ena who got lost from her family. She tried to cross the river but the crocodiles growled at her," Charlotte said. "After asking nicely to cross the river, Ena thought the crocodiles weren't scary. They all became friends."
Charlotte's story "Ena the Elephant and the Cranky Crocodiles" won second place in the eastern Idaho first grade category.
"She was pretty excited to win. She would ask me everyday 'Did I win? Did they say who the winners are yet,'" Brittany Rainsdon said.
Multiple children from Charlotte's school entered the contest. The moms would text back and forth to see if anyone had heard the results, Brittany Rainsdon said.
After hearing that she placed for the second consecutive year, Charlotte was excited to receive her prizes. Charlotte said she won a pencil that changes colors, a coloring set, a book, tattoo stickers and a backpack.
"What was the big thing you won, Charlotte?" Brittany Rainsdon asked.
"Oh yeah, a big check!" Charlotte said.
Sponsored by IDeal, an Idaho college savings program, the PBS Writers Contest awarded each winner a $100 check.
"We have sponsored this event since 2017. We are looking to support youth, and we love that this contest is statewide. It gives an opportunity for all kids in Idaho," Christie Stoll, executive director of IDeal, said.
"We want to be there to support families that are dreaming big. Every little bit you save now is something you don't have to pay back later," Stoll said. "Toy prizes won't last a lifetime, but education will."
Charlotte received her $100 check from IDeal June 18 at Idaho State University.
"Charlotte was able to read her story in front of the other kids that entered, and they gave her a check to hold up at the ceremony," Brittany Rainsdon said. "It was exciting to see the kids celebrated and encouraged."
Charlotte said her story took her a month to write, as she went through the entire writing process, producing draft after draft. Charlotte said she was happy she won, but that is not the most important thing.
"I just want to encourage kids to read, write and color. Enter the contest because it is fun, even if you don't win," Charlotte said. | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/did-i-win-rainsdon-family-shares-writing-success/article_37517ae2-f1ec-52b9-9805-95b8cc7e1b7b.html | 2022-06-26T00:53:37 | 1 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/did-i-win-rainsdon-family-shares-writing-success/article_37517ae2-f1ec-52b9-9805-95b8cc7e1b7b.html |
When Carole Pruett and her husband Tom bought their home in the Bel Aire neighborhood in Idaho Falls more than 30 years ago, it cost $15,000.
In the last 10 years, she’s watched her property value go up at about the same amount as that initial purchase price, until this year when her property assessment increased by $55,000.
Pruett's home was recently appraised at $255,000, she said. Idaho residents won't know how much they will pay in their annual property taxes following the recent appraisals until later this year, but Pruett said she would've had to pay about $1,800 last year excluding discounts like the homeowners' exemption.
“That sounds good if you’re going to sell,” Pruett, 79, said. “But if you’re trying to subsist on even a moderate income, that’s a chunk of change.”
The Bel Aire neighborhood originally was designed to contain affordable housing for low-income families looking to buy starter homes, but local residents including Pruett say homes in the neighborhood may no longer be attainable for first-time buyers after recent property assessment increases.
Bel Aire homes are almost all identical and use similar floor plans with two bedrooms and one bathroom, Pruett said. The houses are about 800 square feet and weren't built with garages, although Pruett did build a garage at her house.
According to zillow.com, most homes in the neighborhood are valued around $200,000 to $300,000 and most properties are just over a tenth of an acre in size. Earlier this month, Bonneville County property assessments for affordable houses increased on average by about 50%, according to the assessor’s office.
Another Bel Aire resident, Luann Buckmaster, said she bought her home in 2003 for $50,000, and felt she overpaid. On Friday, Zillow estimated her home’s value to be over $236,000.
Buckmaster said with the homeowner’s exemption, she paid nearly $1,000 in property taxes last year.
Under Idaho law, 50% of a homeowner's primary residence's value is exempted from property taxes, but the exemption is capped at $125,000, meaning homes assessed at $250,000 or more receive the maximum exemption.
Without the exemption, Buckmaster calculated by doubling her property tax payments that she would have had to pay over $1,800 in property taxes, she said. In 2017, she paid $640 with the exemption.
Buckmaster said she makes just over $1,000 a month off Social Security, her only source of income. In response to inflation and higher taxes, she's cut her grocery budget substantially and has recently stopped buying meat.
“I haven’t ate red meat in over a year,” Buckmaster said. “Who can afford it?”
Idaho counties use levy formulas to determine property taxes to fund government services such as schools and roads, among others. In some instances, property taxes may decrease if the assessed value increases depending on where the home is located and if local government budgets decrease.
Many residents such as Pruett and Buckmaster fear their property taxes will see a substantial spike in the coming months based off their new assessments and inflation likely increasing the amount of money local governments budget.
Some Idaho legislators have suggested increasing the state sales tax while reducing property taxes and a bill was drafted in the House during the 2022 Idaho Legislative session. However, the bill never made it to the House floor.
The Idaho Capital Sun reported many lawmakers criticized a 2021 bill that raised the homeowner’s exemption from $100,000 — a cap first put into law in 2016 — to $125,000 as a flat rate for not going far enough, and legislators haven't passed a bill that matches the homeowner's exemption to current market values.
Buckmaster said she is frustrated by the county’s usage of the term “affordable homes” because she feels neighborhoods like hers have become unaffordable for people looking to buy a house in the area or for residents on limited income.
Patrick Malone, president of Idaho Realtors and real estate agent with Century 21, earlier told the Post Register in January “there are no affordable houses in Idaho.”
Pruett said she initially thought her home was going to be temporary when she first moved in. But over the course of three decades, she grew to love the area and it saddens her to see her neighbors be burdened with the costs of what she believes are overvalued homes.
“These are real people, they’re down-to-earth, hardworking, wonderful neighbors,” Pruett said. “I have loyalty to these people around here. I know how hard they work.”
A January report from Fitch Ratings placed Idaho Falls in the top three overvalued housing markets in the nation, behind Boise and Coeur d'Alene, the top two, respectively.
“I believe they’re going to tax us out of here,” Pruett said. “If they manage to get us out here, where are we going to go?” | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/theyre-going-to-tax-us-out-of-here-idaho-falls-residents-react-to-property-assessments/article_d3c77a6b-cea5-5cd4-9a90-5eba1fa4ee28.html | 2022-06-26T00:53:43 | 0 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/theyre-going-to-tax-us-out-of-here-idaho-falls-residents-react-to-property-assessments/article_d3c77a6b-cea5-5cd4-9a90-5eba1fa4ee28.html |
Anti-abortion activists celebrate Roe v. Wade reversal at 'Life Is Louder' rally in Phoenix
Hundreds gathered in front of the Arizona Capitol on Saturday morning to celebrate the repeal of Roe v. Wade and demand more efforts from state lawmakers in protecting the unborn.
Supporters of the repeal held signs that read "Protection at conception," "Pro-life feminist" and "We are the post-Roe generation." Teenagers, kids and babies were among the crowd.
The event was organized by Students for Life Action, a national anti-abortion youth organization, as part of a national mobilization to celebrate "a post-Roe America," according to a statement from the organization.
Jordyn Brittain, the regional coordinator of Students for Life in Arizona, said the organization had been preparing for Saturday's event for months.
"We knew that whether it was a win or a lose for the pro-life movement yesterday, we wanted to show that we're still going to be fighting as hard as ever to protect life from conception," Brittain said.
"Life Is Louder" rallies took place in about 32 states, including Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Alabama, Colorado and California.
"That's a huge step in the right direction, with overturning Roe, but we have a lot of work ahead because there are still states that want to legalize abortion up to nine months," Brittain said. "We've got to work to be unified across the country that life in the womb is just as precious as life outside."
The rally featured religious demonstrations with attendees gathering to pray throughout the event.
A crowd of about 50 counterprotesters also showed up at the northeast corner of the state Capitol, near the House of Representatives building.
Rhys Brown, a counterprotester, said both demonstrations happened at the same time by coincidence, and that he was surprised to see the celebration for Roe's overturning taking place.
Brown said the Supreme Court decision was "unjustifiable" and that he showed up in support of women choosing whether they want an abortion or not.
Brown, a member of the LGBTQ community, said that he believes the repeal decision demonstrates that politicians who hold positions of power are not representing the desires of the public, particularly minority groups.
"I feel like the wrong people are making the wrong choices about a body that's not theirs," Brown said.
A brief clash occurred between protesters from both rallies.
Demonstrators in favor of abortion rights started chanting, "My body, my choice," as two anti-abortion demonstrators walked through the crowd, waiting to cross the walkway.
The anti-abortion demonstrators started filming the crowd with their phones as they said, "You're killing babies. Stop killing babies."
'I used to be pro-choice'
Hope Montalvo, who showed up at the anti-abortion demonstration, said she had an abortion four years ago when she was 18.
"I thought it was something liberating, freeing. Something that would make me feel good since it was my body, my choice," Montalvo said. "Abortion comes with a price, it wasn't just one quick fix. It was something that spiraled me into addiction, wrong lifestyle choices, and abusive relationships."
Montalvo is now 22 and said she now mourns the loss of her unborn child.
"I used to be pro-choice," Montalvo said. "I do understand pro-choice, but I also know that it's far from freeing, it's far from making me feel empowered by my body, and it actually made me feel trapped by the choice I made, by the guilt, by the pain."
Montalvo said she got her abortion because she was young and scared, and she was afraid her partner would leave her alone with the child.
"I don't think it's right for any child and parents not to have the resources available, but I fight for that," Montalvo said. "I don't just fight for pro-life, I fight for, especially for minorities like me, to be equal."
Montalvo said she feels happy about the court's repeal decision as she believes it will help other women like her not to feel pressured to get an abortion.
'We just want to support women'
Brittain said Students for Life has worked closely with the Arizona Life Coalition, a state affiliation of groups and organizations aimed at helping pregnant women and families.
"We just want to support women," Brittain said. "Let them know that they have resources and help in their pregnancy so that they can embrace motherhood and choose life."
According to Brittain, there are about 50 pregnancy centers across the state.
Brittain said women can find resources at standingwithyou.org, a website created by anti-abortion activists to help pregnant women and mothers find local pregnancy centers, foster and adoption services, financial help, domestic abuse shelters and maternity housing, among other resources.
Reach breaking news reporter Laura Daniella Sepulveda at lsepulveda@lavozarizona.com or on Twitter @lauradNews.
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After years of participating in Fort Wayne’s Pride Fest, Plymouth Congregational Church hosted its first Pride event, complete with kids’ activities, musical performances and a family-friendly drag show.
“It’s always nice to see the reaction of folks attending when they realize there’s a church present at Pride,” said January Simpson, Plymouth church member and event coordinator. “It seems to be pretty meaningful to them, even if they aren’t particularly religious themselves.”
Simpson moved to Fort Wayne six years ago. After seeing people’s reactions at the city’s annual Pride Fest in July, she thought the church should create its own festival. She presented the idea to the church’s Evangelism and Marketing board, and everyone “unanimously agreed.”
“That was in February,” Simpson said. “So, we have thrown this together quickly – but with much enthusiasm.”
Congregation members supported the event idea well, Simpson said, and a lot of them beyond board members showed up to volunteer Saturday.
Pride at Plymouth started at 11 a.m. with a Biblical self-defense workshop that talked about passages in scripture that are used against the LGBTQ community. From 12:30 to 4 p.m., the church hosted representatives from community LGBTQ organizations, yoga instructors and food trucks.
Many attendees were reluctant to be interviewed, but organizers were eager to talk about the event’s success.
Kenny Edholm was one of about 25 volunteers present, representing Dekalb County Pride. Edholm said he heard about the event from the church itself.
“I knew the church – I had friends who went there – and I knew they were supportive,” he said. “So, I was like, ‘We really need to take the opportunity to get our name out there since we’re such a small Pride.’ ”
Edholm said he enjoyed being part of the event, and that it’s comforting for people to see a church supportive of the LGBTQ community.
“It’s good for the people who need it,” he said. “Knowing that there’s a church that’s willing to be opening and affirming, I feel like that not only boosts their positivity in themselves but helps keep them on the right track in their lives.”
Attendees had positive things to say about the event and Dekalb County Pride, Edholm said. He enjoys receiving feedback from the community, especially as his organization continues to grow.
Dustin Thorp has been involved with the Fort Wayne Human Library since 2018, and his organization volunteered at Pride on Saturday. Two of the Human Library members attend Plymouth, he said, and any time the church hosts an event, his group shows up.
“In my experience with this church … even as an atheist myself, it’s extremely inclusive,” Thorp said. “It’s not a religious pushing of Christian morality or anything like that. They’re super accepting of everybody, and it’s less about pushing your religion and more about embracing your congregation.”
Thorp said it was a busy day, but there was a nice response from the community. The Human Library uses an analogy to encourage people to hear others’ stories, and they hosted 15-minute “readings.”
Suzanne Conger is from the west side of Indianapolis and is Simpson’s stepmother-in-law. She attended Pride at Plymouth after seeing Simpson post about it on Facebook and came mainly for the 11 a.m. workshop.
“I really enjoyed what (the pastor) said,” Conger said. “I’ve heard other people speak on that topic, but she added a little bit that I learned, so I was happy to do that.”
Conger said although she came for the workshop, her favorite part was the live music, specifically the performance by Gabriel Kanka – a transgender male guitarist and singer.
Sara Ofner-Seals, associate pastor at Plymouth Congregational Church, said it was “fabulous” to host Pride at the church.
“This is just a natural extension of what we believe,” Ofner-Seals said, “and we want to be able to live it out in different ways.”
Ofner-Seals said she hadn’t heard much of a response from the community, but she was pleased to see people she didn’t recognize at the event. She also said she heard a lot of positive comments about the event from the congregation.
“I didn’t know what to expect this morning when I showed up,” Ofner-Seals said. “There were just tons of congregation members showing up, ready to help and excited to be here.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/downtown-church-hosts-its-first-pride-event/article_21c647b4-f4bb-11ec-b3fe-0bf8b81725ae.html | 2022-06-26T01:11:38 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/downtown-church-hosts-its-first-pride-event/article_21c647b4-f4bb-11ec-b3fe-0bf8b81725ae.html |
Rep. Stanton's resolution pushing to free Brittney Griner passes House
Rep. Greg Stanton's resolution calling on the Russian Federation to release WNBA Phoenix Mercury basketball star Brittney Griner passed the U.S. House of Representatives on June 24.
The Democratic representative, whose current district is in Maricopa County, first introduced the resolution in May, along with Texas Democrats Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and Rep. Colin Allred.
The resolution also encourages the U.S. government to do everything within its power to ensure that Griner returns.
“Not a day goes by that we aren’t thinking of Brittney and working to get her home,” Stanton said in a written statement. “We will continue to push for her release and make sure that she is not forgotten.”
The 31 year old's pretrial detention has been delayed twice in a 30-day period and is now set for July 2, the Russian news agency TASS reported earlier this month.
Griner has been jailed since mid-February after she was allegedly caught at a Russian airport with vape cartridges that contained marijuana oil. The maximum penalty if convicted is a 10-year prison sentence.
The U.S. State Department classifies Griner as "wrongfully detained," a status that permits officials within the bureaucracy to push for her freedom before the Russian legal process is complete.
“This resolution sends a clear message: securing Brittney's release must be the highest priority of the U.S. Government, and we know the American people support every effort made to bring her home,” Terri Carmichael Jackson, executive director of the Women’s National Basketball Players Association, also said in the statement.
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The Arizona Legislature has budgeted $335 million for border barrier construction. But what will actually be built might be a combination of a virtual wall and barriers around critical infrastructure not directly on the border, the Governor’s Office says.
A “virtual wall” could include motion sensors, infrared cameras, mobile towers and aerial drones, which is the type of surveillance technology already being used by the Border Patrol and other law enforcement, said Republican Gov. Doug Ducey’s spokesman C.J. Karamargin.
The state could also use the border wall funding to protect “critical infrastructure,” Karamargin said, which could include things like canals, wastewater treatment plants and defense installations, such as the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range and Fort Huachuca, which have both had reports of undocumented migrant crossings.
“All of these things are being analyzed right now, where barriers, both actual and virtual, could be the most effective,” Karamargin said Friday. “There’s infrastructure and private property that is on or adjacent to that line that is also being looked at as a place where additional barriers, actual and virtual, could be deployed to reduce the flow of illegal traffic into the United States.”
Officials have not provided any details on whether the state can build anywhere on the actual U.S.-Mexico border line, but it’s unlikely.
The state budget bill approved late Wednesday by the Republican-led Legislature included the millions for a border barrier as well as another $209 million for a “border security fund’’ for things like aid to local sheriffs and prosecutors. Of that fund, $15 million is to transport those who entered Arizona seeking asylum to other states, although the federal government is already paying for that.
State’s jurisdiction unclear
During the Trump administration there were 226 miles of wall construction planned for the Arizona-Mexico border, most of which were built. Less than 20 miles were incomplete when President Joe Biden took office and stopped construction, such as in Guadalupe Canyon, about 30 miles east of Douglas, where construction crews blasted into mountainsides but didn’t complete construction.
No government agency or state official that the Arizona Daily Star contacted provided details on where the state would have jurisdiction to build a border barrier, including the Governor’s Office, nine state lawmakers, the Army Corps of Engineers, Customs and Border Protection, the state Land Department or the Bureau of Land Management.
Data provided by the Army Corps show the Arizona projects that went unfinished are generally near Sasabe and Nogales in Pima County, Naco in Cochise County, and areas in Yuma County.
But regardless of where state officials would like to build a border wall, it appears there is practically nowhere on the actual border where the state can build because of a 60-foot-wide federal easement that runs contiguous and adjacent to the entire Arizona-Mexico border, except over the Colorado River.
The state could build on land it owns that is north of the 60-foot easement, although a majority of public land adjacent to the easement is federally owned.
And the state could build 60 feet north of the border on private land with permission, but privately owned parcels by acreage along the border account for just 3.7%, according to Regrid, a provider of nationwide land parcel data, and some of these properties already have a border wall.
President Theodore Roosevelt created the federal easement, called the Roosevelt Reservation, in 1907 in order to keep all public lands along the border in California, Arizona and New Mexico “free from obstruction.” Texas was excluded because the state retained all public lands upon its annexation and admittance as a state, much of which has been sold over the years to private parties.
In talks with property owners
Arizona is in talks with private property owners about building some type of barrier on their land, Karamargin said.
“We’re going to put up barriers based on the input from local officials and private property owners where we think they would have the most impact. That could include virtual barriers,” he said.
If Arizona did want to build a physical wall 60 feet from the border, that would leave gaps where it could not connect with the existing border barrier.
It also would come up against environmental regulations. The federal government was able to accomplish as much wall construction as it did by waiving all such regulation through the Real ID Act, which allowed it to waive laws that interfered with construction of physical barriers at the border. This law does not apply to states.
The state would also likely be responsible for maintenance of the wall, which could be a costly ongoing expense for taxpayers.
Gaps in federal wall
The largest swath of land without wall on the Arizona border is the 62 miles on the Tohono O’odham Nation where neither the federal nor state governments have permission to build a wall, as tribal officials have been vocal in their opposition.
Despite the wall covering much of the Southern Arizona border, there are many gaps where migrants often pass into the country. One such place that’s received a lot of attention is a gap in Yuma. Border Patrol apprehensions in Yuma increased dramatically over the last 18 months, from 990 apprehensions in November 2020 to more than 33,000 this May.
This gap is also on federal land on the U.S. side and so not somewhere the state could build a wall.
In May, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced it would be closing a “small gap” in the Border Patrol’s Yuma Sector, without specifying exactly where. The federal government also announced in December it would be closing gaps in the wall as part of remediation work that was originally scheduled for this summer but was later pushed to the fall.
No specifics on physical barrier plans
The Star emailed or called nine lawmakers in the Arizona House and Senate who either hold leadership positions or have been vocal on the state building its own wall. One responded.
Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, said they arrived at the $335 million figure from information they got from the state Land Department and the Governor’s Office, “in terms of balancing what areas need and what is a reasonable amount that can be constructed within a year based on the availability of materials and construction personnel.”
He said he didn’t know how many miles of wall the state could build or where those miles are.
“It really varies by terrain,” he said. “It also is determined by whether we can get existing materials that the federal government’s not using so it’s really impossible to do any kind of reasonable judgment that wouldn’t potentially be way off.”
Legislators who didn’t respond last week to the Star’s questions of how they came up with the $335 million amount and where the state could build a wall include: Sen. Tyler Pace, Sen. Wendy Roger, Senate Majority Leader Ben Toma Jr., Senate Minority Leader Rebecca Rios, Senate President Karen Fann, House Speaker Rusty Bowers, House Majority Leader Rick Gray and House Minority Leader Reginald Bolding. It was a busy final week of the legislative session for lawmakers.
Bolding did put out a statement the day before the budget passed saying, among other things, that the budget “spends more new money on a border fence than on our universities or our affordable housing crisis.” The budget that eventually passed did contain at least $77 million more for universities.
Like Kavanagh, the Governor’s Office talked about a need to fill gaps in the wall and specifically the larger gap in Yuma County.
Karamargin said state officials are assessing now where increased barriers would be appropriate, and that they will be done with that soon.
When asked how the state arrived at the $335 million allocated to build some kind of border barrier and what information they gave legislators, he said they based their assessment on talking with local stakeholders in Yuma and Cochise counties on where fencing could be appropriate and would have the most impact.
“I can tell you that the needs that we’ve outlined are based on our regular contact with local and federal partners about the best way resources could be used to increase security,” Karamargin said.
When asked if the state would be able to build on any federal land, he said that is among the questions that need to be answered.
“I think there’s a great sense of urgency on the part of some border communities and businesses to move quickly, so that is our goal,” he said.
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Danyelle Khmara covers the U.S.-Mexico border and immigration. She joined the Star in 2018 and covered K12 education for two years. Danyelle has won statewide awards for her investigative, watchdog and enterprise reporting.
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For Star subscribers: Gov. Doug Ducey and GOP legislative leaders are trying to line up the votes for a $15.1 billion spending plan that includes more money for border security than for new unrestricted operating funds for public schools.
Unable to get votes from their own members, Republican legislative leaders agreed to more education funding in the budget to get the necessary support from Democrats.
For Star subscribers: The Governor's Office says it hasn't yet calculated how much Arizona has spent on the busing program so far. The state is busing migrants who volunteer for the trip despite the fact the federal government already pays to transport them.
For Star subscribers: The number of migrants showing up at the entire U.S. border with Mexico continues to break records, as does the number who pass through Pima County needing assistance. Arizona's May numbers were also higher than previous months, though not a record.
Various donations are part of effort to clear out the $265 million in left-over wall parts from dormant construction sites along the U.S.-Mexico border. Many materials are going to Tucson's Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for processing.
Customs and Border Protection's Tucson Sector will have agents carry a new heat stress kit, to determine whether the effort will be expanded to all sectors across the U.S.-Mexico border.
For Star subscribers: Hundreds of migrants in Nogales, Sonora awaiting a chance to ask for asylum rallied this week against Title 42, a public health policy that has been used keep migrants from being able to ask to stay in the U.S.
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Volusia, Flagler react to overturn of Roe v. Wade abortion protection: Pledges and protests
The Supreme Court's vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, ending 50 years of constitutional protection for legal abortions, brought adulation and disdain from all corners of Volusia and Flagler counties. But one man's view arguably weighs more than others.
State Rep. Paul Renner, who has been voted by fellow Republicans as the incoming Florida House speaker, will have much say in how the state responds to the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling, which gives states the authority to ban abortion. Along with the governor and the Senate president, the House speaker typically has the most power to make laws.
At least 13 states have "trigger" laws that will enact abortion bans within 30 days. More states are expected to follow suit. Florida might be one.
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Renner, who is seeking his fourth full term as a state representative, has consistently voted in favor of pro-life legislation, including a bill this year restricting legal abortions to the first 15 weeks of a woman's pregnancy. And here is what he had to say in a tweet on Friday:
"Today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision rightfully returns the debate on protecting life back to the states where it belongs. The Florida Legislature has made significant strides towards protecting the unborn and will continue to pursue legislation that honors the sanctity of life," Renner wrote.
He will have allies from the all-Republican Volusia-Flagler delegation.
Those lawmakers are also aware of public-opinion polling, including one from Pew Research, showing greater support for legal abortion (56%) than a ban. All state House and Senate seats are on Florida ballots on Aug. 23 and Nov. 8.
They will also have to contend with a provision in the Florida Constitution protecting individuals' rights to privacy.
Abortion rights supporters protest in Flagler County
Some of the area's Democrats and other supporters of a woman's right to choose a legal abortion organized a rally in Flagler County Saturday afternoon.
Sally Hirst, president of the Flagler Beach Democratic Club, said a previous women's march in Flagler County drew about 300 opponents of the previously leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe. She said the outrage she and others feel justify the "Bans Off Our Bodies" demonstration, which took place at 4 p.m. Saturday at Veterans Park, 101 N. Ocean Shore Blvd., Flagler Beach.
Along the intersection of State Roads 100 and A1A, roughly 100 pro-choice demonstrators waved homemade placards emblazoned with messages such as "My body, my choice" and "We will not go back!"
The effort was greeted by the occasional appreciative honking car horn from passing motorists.
At the same time, it also attracted at least one anti-abortion advocate, who waved his own sign, "Sleepy Joe Has to Go!"
For pro-choice participants such as Barbara Kipnis, 79, of Palm Coast, the motivation was to ensure future rights for her granddaughter.
"I'm disgusted" by the Supreme Court's decision, said Kipnis, adorned in a T-shirt bearing the letters "WWRBGD?" for "What Would Ruth Bader Ginsburg Do."
However, she also conceded that it would take more than sign-waving to make change happen.
"I don't think anything comes out of marches and rallies," she said. "We have to get grassroots people voting pro-choice."
For another demonstrator, the impact of the Supreme Court's decision stretched beyond the abortion issue.
"They are trying to take all our freedoms away," said Steve Lowe, 67, of Bunnell.
"I'm not in favor of abortion particularly myself, but I don't have the right to tell someone else what to do with their body," Lowe said. "That's between them and their God."
Hirst agreed that overturning Roe v. Wade extended beyond abortion.
"It's about privacy. It's about women's health. And it's about women's choice," Hirst said Saturday morning. "We talk about abortion, but really, it gives permission to the states to be completely invasive about women's health, and I just think leaving it with a woman to choose is the appropriate choice."
Some Democrats sounded alarmed that the Dobbs decision could bring a cascade of other restrictions.
"The right to privacy is in a state of emergency," Susanne Raines, Democratic state committeewoman for Volusia County, wrote in a text Friday. "Justice Clarence Thomas wrote today that overturning Roe v. Wade should be a first step toward banning birth control, marriage equality and worse. People may show their outrage at rallies, but the most important thing they can do is show their outrage at the polls. With their VOTES."
Staff writer Jim Abbott contributed to this story.
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BANGOR, Maine — Saturday was a beautiful day in the queen city for the 30th anniversary of its Pride celebration.
Bangor Pride kicked off at 11 a.m. with a parade throughout the streets of downtown. The parade was followed by live bands and musicians, drag performances, artists, vendors, and community resources, all gathered in the city's West Market Square.
Jill Henderson works for Health Equity Alliance and was the lead organizer of the event.
"After the past couple of years of the pandemic and the current landscape of where we are as a country, I think people are excited to be there for each other and show solidarity to each other and show compassion and love and it's so important for people to have a space to do that, a space that's friendly and accessible and welcoming, and that's what we're trying to do here," Henderson said.
Henderson said the celebration doesn't end on Saturday, there are more events happening this weekend at the Bangor Arts Exchange and the Queen City Cinema Club.
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BANGOR, Maine — The lifeguard shortage affecting the Bangor community has gone from bad to worse, forcing Bangor Parks and Recreation to close one of its two public pools this summer.
The department announced until further notice, the Dakin Pool will remain closed.
"I've been here for fourteen years, this is the first time we've ever had a shortage of lifeguards to this extent," Debbie Gendreau, Bangor Parks and Rec. assistant director, said.
Gendreau said she typically needs about 30 staff members to fully staff the pools each summer. This year, she said there are less than 20 on the team, and only 12 of them are lifeguards.
"It's just impossible for us at the moment to operate both," Gendreau said.
Bangor's other public outdoor pool, the Beth Pancoe Municipal Aquatic Center, will be able to open, but Gendreau said she can't guarantee it being open every day.
"Honestly, at this point, some days here at Pancoe we probably will be closed because we won't be able to staff this place and we don't want to jeopardize safety at all," Gendreau said.
Gendreau added she's tried everything from social media to job fairs and emails to recruit staff, but the applications just aren't coming in. Lifeguard and supervisor positions are available, and Gendreau said hourly pay ranges from the minimum wage of $12.75 to $14.
Bangor Parks and Recreation also won't be able to offer any swim lessons this season due to the shortage.
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New Castle man killed in head-on collision in southern Henry County
NEW CASTLE, Ind. — A New Castle man was killed Saturday in a head-on collision in southwestern Henry County.
Clay Purnell, 25, was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, on Ind. 109 north of Interstate 70.
According to the Henry County Sheriff's Department, Purnell was driving southbound on Ind. 109 shortly after 5 a.m. when his car crossed the center line and struck a northbound SUV driven by Kourtney Ash of Lewisville.
Both vehicles came to rest in ditches on the opposite sides of the state highway..
Ash's vehicle burst into flames, according to a news release. She was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at Hancock Regional Hospital in Greenfield.
Purnell died before a medical helicopter arrived at the scene.
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Hundreds rally in Downtown Peoria against Supreme Court's abortion ruling
PEORIA — Hundreds of people gathered Saturday around the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial to protest Friday's Supreme Court decision.
"We write on page of granite what they wrought on field of battle," reads the monument. Demonstrators wrote on posterboard. Their battle was abortion rights.
"Abort the court," read one placard. "You can't ban abortion. You can only ban safe abortion," read another.
The two-hour rally at the Peoria County Courthouse plaza followed the high court's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion.
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A handful of speakers addressed the somewhat somber but attentive and responsive crowd of men, women and children. "This is what democracy looks like," went one call and response.
There was no sign of counterprotesters. A handful of police watched the peaceful rally from across the street.
Organized by the Peoria Democratic Socialists of America, the event addressed not only reproductive rights. Speakers and posters also addressed gun control, workplace equity and universal health care.
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One speaker recounted her own pre-Roe abortion, saying, "How blessed we are in Illinois" but warning how that could change "in one election."
Christina Norton of East Peoria, a member of PDSA and chair of its ad hoc Roe v. Wade committee, said she was not surprised by the court's decision. "We had a preview," she said, referring to the leaked first draft of the high court's opinion.
She expressed concerns for the health and safety of women in the wake of the ruling. She said supporters of reproductive rights should join grass-roots organizations and get out and vote, echoing Saturday's speakers. "And keep the pressure on lawmakers," Norton added.
The Supreme Court decision shifts the focus of one of the nation's most divisive debates to state capitols: Republican lawmakers are set to ban abortion in about half the states, while Democratic-led states are likely to reinforce protections for the procedure. Illinois is one of 16 states to have laws or constitutional amendments explicitly protecting abortion access.
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In statements released Friday, abortion opponents including Bishop Louis Tylka of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria celebrated the Supreme Court ruling.
Tylka said, “Today’s decision is not the last word in this matter. It is, however, a significant moment in the efforts to work toward a greater respect for life and it is a reason to give thanks to God." | https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/local/2022/06/25/abortion-law-peoria-roe-v-wade-decision-overturn-protest/7727043001/ | 2022-06-26T01:30:10 | 1 | https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/local/2022/06/25/abortion-law-peoria-roe-v-wade-decision-overturn-protest/7727043001/ |
Cyclists cruise through Mesilla in first adaptive cycle parade
MESILLA – Children and adults of all ages took to the streets in Mesilla on June 4, taking part in the inaugural Every Body Rides with Grace Adaptive Cycle Parade.
EBRWG is a local initiative started by Andrea Holguin whose daughter, Grace, had her adaptive tricycle stolen from their home in 2021. Following the return of the tricycle, the family decided to use funds they collected to help connect other locals to adaptive cycles to meet their physical needs.
Velo Cruces along with EBRWG hosted the first parade in early June at the Mesilla Community Center. According to a news release, participants of all ages and abilities took part riding their adult tricycles, recumbent three wheelers, therapeutic cycles, electric cycles and an electric unicycle. Others joined in by walking, rolling in wheelchairs or in strollers and riding bicycles.
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Sevon Negron, 15, received a new red Schwinn Meridian Tricycle at the event — the sixth person to receive an adaptive cycle through EBRWG.
“Sevon and his family were all smiles and even shed a few happy tears,” the news release stated, as the teen received his new tricycle. He is said to have “hopped right on” and was quickly fitted with a helmet before joining the parade.
Lt. Ben Azcarate of the Mesilla Marshals served as grand marshal of the parade.
The group traveled around a one-mile loop in Mesilla, including the town’s historic square. George Pearson of League of American Bicyclists and League Cycling Instructor created the route, according to the news release. He also rode along with the group, as well as Ashleigh Curry with Las Cruces Safe Routes to School, to ensure the safety of the riders.
Members of organizations such as Monumental Loop, MTB NM, Vulnerable Road Users NM, Las Cruces Police Department and local physical therapists also rode in the parade.
The parade was funded by the Quality of Life Grant EBRWG received in 2021 by the New Mexico Commission on Disability. The organization created a survey to collect information about local knowledge and availability of adaptive cycles in accordance with the grant. Community members are encouraged to fill it out online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2ZZ9HLQ.
People are also encouraged to support the effort of connecting adaptive cycles with those who can benefit from them by making a donation through the Pay It Forward with Grace GoFundMe page at https://gofund.me/85a8a541.
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Creating book-rich environments through community partnerships
On April 30, the Doña Ana County Little Libraries and Pantries hosted its first Little Libraries & Pantries Community Mass Build. In partnership with Las Cruces de Noche Lions Club, Rotary Club of Las Cruces Rio Grande, Humana, and other organizations, we achieved our goal to build 40 little libraries/pantries with the support of our community.
Thanks to the NMSU Center for Community Analysis, we know that 34% of students in Doña Ana County are reading at grade level by third grade, with 66% of third-graders in the county performing below grade level (NMSU CCA, 2019). Developing a lifelong love for reading is directly linked to the number of books children have access to. Doña Ana County Little Libraries and Pantries-DACLLP have increased access to books and created book-rich environments by placing little libraries throughout our community.
We had an incredible response from the community. Organizations, families and individuals applied to build a little library at the event. The Las Cruces de Noche Lions Club volunteers were part of the event from start to finish. Members prepped the materials to build all 40 little libraries and stayed through the event, providing tools and assistance for those who needed it. Our main sponsor for the community mass build was the Rotary Club of Las Cruces Rio Grande. The club also adopted this project as their club project and had members of its club be part of the event. Lowe's Home Improvement sold us the materials needed for the build at their cost. Without the discount we received from Lowe's, we would not have been able to purchase all the materials.
The community mass build was such a success. We had builders of all ages, families and individuals. Not only did we accomplish our goal, but we also built community partnerships and provided an opportunity for families to connect with their community. It was beautiful to see families building their little libraries while teaching their young ones how to use the tools and engaging them in the process.
In addition to the builders getting a little library, we also gave them a starter kit of books. The books were donated by several community organizations such as the Lions Club, Community Action Agency Thriving Kids, the Children's Reading Alliance, UNM Early Childhood Services Center and many others. Each kit had 14 children's books and about 20 books for adult and teen readers — totaling approximately 1,700 dispersed through the event.
People have been asking us when the next build will be, but the truth is that we are not sure if this will become an annual event. There are so many different factors that need to be considered. We are confident that the event would not have been possible without the generous donations and sponsorships we received. If we decide to organize another community mass build event, we will look at partnering with other rural communities outside Las Cruces and Doña Ana County with higher needs. Another consideration is organizing a mass build event to build little libraries for elementary schools across the county. For information on future events or to see the location of each little library/pantry in Doña Ana County, visit the DAC Little Libraries & Pantries Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/974872153042598. For inquiries, contact daclittlelibrariespantries@gmail.com The DACLLP does not provide little libraries to individuals unless the unit will be placed in an area of need and if funding is available.
Cesia Otero is the Coordinator of the Doña Ana County Early Childhood Education Coalition, an initiative of the prenatal to career education initiative known as the SUCCESS partnership, and a member of the DAC Little Libraries and Pantries steering committee. The work of the DACLLP is funded by donations and coordinated by community volunteers. Steering committee members include Las Cruces Public Schools Community Schools Coordinators, the New Mexico Lions Operation Kidsight, Inc. Program Manager, and Thomas Branigan Memorial Library's Outreach and Marketing Librarian.
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