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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Hammerhead worms have invaded Arkansas and they're not friendly— experts have explained that the worms are actually toxic. While hammerhead worms aren't new to the state, this is the time of year when you might find them.
An agriculture expert with the University of Arkansas said their broad head sets them apart, and added that they aren't your ordinary earthworms.
"They have a toxin very similar to the puffer fish toxin," Dr. Vic Ford with the U of A Division of Agriculture said.
Ford said the hammerhead worms can be dangerous to humans, pets, and especially to earthworms.
"A lot of times they'll have stripes. But the head is the big thing. It's got like I call it a semicircle looks like something from a science fiction movie," Ford explained.
Even touching one without gloves comes with risks.
"If you handle one you can get the toxin absorbed through your skin. So that's a big negative," he added.
If you accidentally touch a hammerhead worm, symptoms typically include mild skin irritation. Experts advise that you wash your hands or use a disinfectant immediately after touching one.
If ingested by either pets or people, the worms can be poisonous, at which point you should seek immediate medical attention.
The worms are reported to be in at least 10 counties in Arkansas, but Ford said there could be more statewide.
"It can be found all the way from the north to the south, you know, from Missouri to Louisiana," he said.
Ford said they prefer the warmth, but usually, you won't find them in direct sunlight.
"They still need a lot of moisture. So they're under rocks or under flowerpots or in other things where it's moist," he described.
If you end up finding one, he said don't cut it up.
"It's going to make a gazillion other worms. So that's not what you want to do," he explained.
Instead, he recommended that people use salt or vinegar to get rid of them.
"I'm sure as people start watering their flowerpots and moisture accumulates under mulch and stuff, I think people will start seeing him again," he said. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/toxic-hammerhead-worms-arkansas/91-e2e81651-6864-493a-bf8c-31fa2fb13301 | 2023-05-31T22:13:38 | 1 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/toxic-hammerhead-worms-arkansas/91-e2e81651-6864-493a-bf8c-31fa2fb13301 |
EPHRATA, Pa. — Ephrata Police are investigating a shots-fired incident that damaged a moving vehicle Monday night.
According to police, the incident occurred around 8:45 p.m. on the 3500 block of Rothsville Road, near a Turkey Hill store.
Responding officers located a red Volkswagen Jetta parked in the area of Dutchway Market, police said. The vehicle's occupants reported they were driving on Rothsville Road toward Route 272 when they heard a loud noise and the windshield of their vehicle was struck by an object and damaged.
Police noted the vehicle's windshield had a hole in it, and observed damage to the headrest of one of the car's rear seats.
The investigation determined the car was struck by a bullet, which traveled through the windshield and lodged in the headrest, according to police.
The vehicle's occupants were not struck, but suffered minor injuries due to broken glass, police said.
Surveillance footage obtained by police showed a dark-colored sedan in the area at the time of the shooting.
Police are asking anyone in the area who may have additional video or anyone who was traveling on Rothsville Road in Ephrata Township or Akron Borough between 8:45 and 8:50 p.m. Monday and might have observed any vehicles or pedestrians in the area to contact Det. Beth Rivera at (717) 738-9200 ext. 241 or BRivera@EphrataPD.org.
Tipsters can also submit their information using this online form. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/ephrata-police-investigation-shots-fired-vehicle-damaged/521-cab403ec-c1a0-4fac-adfd-d332520e839a | 2023-05-31T22:17:11 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/ephrata-police-investigation-shots-fired-vehicle-damaged/521-cab403ec-c1a0-4fac-adfd-d332520e839a |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Criminal charges have been filed against a man involved in an hours-long hostage situation standoff Wednesday in Harrisburg.
According to the Dauphin County District Attorney's Office, Antonio Hammond has been charged with kidnapping a minor, burglary, aggravated assault, criminal trespassing, unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, unlawful possession of a firearm by a fugitive, receiving stolen property (for possession of stolen firearms) and related offenses.
The charges stem from Wednesday, May 30 in Harrisburg's Hall Manor when Hammond, 28, allegedly took a 2-year-old girl hostage in her home after fleeing from police.
Despite pleas from police and the child's mother, Hammond continued to hold the child hostage for nearly six hours while armed with a handgun, according to the DA's Office.
Hammond was wanted for violation of his parole. The Fugitive Task Force had sought to arrest him when he was spotted on May 30.
According to police, Hammond fled police and pointed a handgun at them before unlawfully entering a stranger's house and barricading himself inside, taking the toddler hostage.
During the standoff, Hammond allegedly repeatedly pointed the gun at the toddler.
At an opportune moment, identified through constant surveillance, members of the Dauphin County tactical team entered the residence to free the child.
According to the DA's Office, upon entry, Hammond pointed the pistol at officers and attempted to fire. As a result, he was shot in the head by a member of the tactical team.
The CRT Team had paramedics from Penn State Health on-scene who quickly applied critical care to Hammond and reportedly saved him from immediate death.
Emergency responders transported Hammond to the hospital for treatment where he currently remains. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/man-charged-taking-two-year-old-hostage-hours-long-harrisburg-standoff/521-4a8e4fda-99b7-404e-b62f-9d12fea931ff | 2023-05-31T22:17:17 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/man-charged-taking-two-year-old-hostage-hours-long-harrisburg-standoff/521-4a8e4fda-99b7-404e-b62f-9d12fea931ff |
FORT WORTH, Texas — Following weeks of disputes regarding allegations of an overstepping of authority, Pope Francis issued a statement Wednesday appointing a Fort Worth bishop as his representative over an Arlington monastery he is investigating.
"As Pontifical Commissary, Bishop [Michael] Olson is the Pope’s representative in this matter," a statement from the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth states. "In doing so, the Dicastery recognized and acknowledged that Bishop Olson has been, and continues to be, entrusted with full governing responsibility for the Monastery."
The decree comes in response to a challenge of Olson's authority to investigate what the Diocese called "admitted-to" violations of the Sixth Commandment, and the vow of chastity by Reverend Mother Teresa Agnes, who leads the Discalced Carmelite Nuns monastery in Arlington.
Following Olson's commencement of an investigation into Agnes, the monastery filed a lawsuit challenging his authority over them.
The nuns sought for a temporary restraining order keeping Olson from his investigation into the monastery, as well as a declaratory judgment defining the legal relationship between the two parties.
The Vatican decree authoritatively rejects their appeal -- at least in the non-secular realm.
The lawsuit filed by the nuns detailed a litany of allegations against Olson.
"Defendant Michael Olson is the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth and he and his agents are abusing their power, inflicting moral violence and psychological distress on the Plaintiff’s and the Sisters by undertaking an illegal, unholy, unwarranted, explicit, and systematic assault upon the sanctity and autonomy of the Plaintiff’s and the Sisters," the suit read.
The suit argued, as its own autonomous religious institution, the monastery was not under the control of Olson or the Diocese of Fort Worth.
"The Monastery belongs to the Order of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, a contemplative order of pontifical right established in the late 16th Century," the suit detailed.
The suit also claimed Olson told Agnes' primary caregiver that she was prevented from speaking to her, either directly or through an intermediary, despite her health needs. Agnes reportedly lives with a PICC line, wears a feeding tube 24 hours a day, and is hooked to an IV drip 10 hours a day.
Furthermore, due to Olson taking Agnes' technology, the suit stated that the monastery was unable to pay its bills or operate financially, as all of the log-in information was located on her devices.
"This insane amount of abuse has created tremendous emotional trauma and psychological distress on the Plaintiffs and the Sisters and is directly affecting the Reverend Mother’s physical health," the suit stated. "These actions are beyond the pale of decency, have no basis in law, are unconscionable and unheard actions for a Bishop."
Pontifical right, the suit said, is a term given to religious institutions created or approved by The Pope. These institutions depend exclusively on the Pope in matters of discipline and internal governance -- and not on representatives such as Olson.
"This is critically important because the Monastery and the Plaintiffs are not under the control of Defendants and instead any internal governance must be reserved exclusively to the Pope," the suit argued.
Wednesday's decree from Pope Francis reaffirms Olson's authority over the monastery in the eyes of the church.
Olson can now act in lieu of the Pope as his representative in the matter.
WFAA has reached out to representatives for the Discalced Carmelite Nuns for comment on the papal decree. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/pope-sides-with-fort-worth-bishop-dispute-local-monastery/287-98fdbd7c-341a-4223-ac92-ed2c78135419 | 2023-05-31T22:17:24 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/pope-sides-with-fort-worth-bishop-dispute-local-monastery/287-98fdbd7c-341a-4223-ac92-ed2c78135419 |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Tennessee Department of Treasury wants to reunite Tennesseans with over a billion dollars of lost money and is setting up a booth at the Blue Plum Festival to hand it out.
According to a release from the Tennessee Treasury, representatives of the Unclaimed Property Division will be set up at Blue Plum on Friday, June 2 and Saturday, June 3 for Tennesseans to check for their own unclaimed money. Other events have connected people with hundreds or thousands of dollars in the past, the release said.
Over $36 million is reportedly waiting for residents of local counties:
- Carter County: $3,154,276
- Greene County: $4,089,035
- Hawkins County: $3,062,458
- Johnson County: $735,927
- Sullivan County: $13,753,304
- Unicoi County: $1,131,489
- Washington County: $10,891,680
Festival attendees can visit the booth to search for unclaimed money and submit a claim. Funds come from businesses that turn money over to the state after being unable to return it to customers.
For those that can’t attend in person, a simple search on the state’s website can reveal whether money is available. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/unclaimed-cash-can-be-claimed-at-blue-plum-festival/ | 2023-05-31T22:18:34 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/unclaimed-cash-can-be-claimed-at-blue-plum-festival/ |
CEDAR FALLS — On June 12, contractors will begin the second phase of lane reconstruction for the Iowa Highway 27 and U.S. Highway 218 ramp reconstruction project.
During this stage, the Iowa Highways 27/58 southbound exit ramp – the exit toward the University of Northern Iowa and Hudson – will continue to be closed. A second ramp closure of the northbound Highways 27/58 to westbound Iowa Highway 57 loop ramp – the exit toward downtown Cedar Falls – will be closed. Highways 218 westbound and 57 westbound will be in a single-lane reduced capacity. All remaining ramps will be open to traffic. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/highway-construction-to-continue-on-iowa-highway-27-and-us-highway-218/article_178ce220-ff10-11ed-a58a-c7dc2c6b723d.html | 2023-05-31T22:23:23 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/highway-construction-to-continue-on-iowa-highway-27-and-us-highway-218/article_178ce220-ff10-11ed-a58a-c7dc2c6b723d.html |
PORTLAND, Maine — Considering it has a crime rate that’s well below the national average, Maine seems to have a lot of talented crime fiction writers. Want to meet one of them? Here’s your opportunity.
On June 9 and 10, the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance is presenting the 2023 Maine Crime Wave on the University of Southern Maine campus in Portland. The conference will feature panels, book signings, book sales, and more, all in the presence of more than 20 writers from Maine and the rest of New England. Much of it is open to the public. Anyone who wants to attend must register by June 9.
Among the events that sound especially entertaining is one called Two Minutes in the Slammer, in which writers will share two minutes' worth of material from their recent writing. Another is a panel discussion entitled “What I Hate About Writing.”
Julia Spencer-Fleming, an award-winning novelist from Buxton, will attend the Maine Crime Wave. When writers get together, I asked her, "Do they like to talk about writing? Or is that the last thing they want to discuss?"
“Well, we like to complain a lot,” she said with a grin. “About our agents and our publishers and our advances. But, yes, we do talk a lot about writing. This is one of the reasons why these events are popular and draw a lot of really good writers because it’s a very solitary profession. This gives us a chance to be convivial and share notes.” | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/if-you-like-mysteries-and-thrillers-youll-enjoy-the-maine-crime-wave-entertainment/97-fdb7454f-8a70-46a5-b1c9-4d8f24e67a84 | 2023-05-31T22:26:35 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/if-you-like-mysteries-and-thrillers-youll-enjoy-the-maine-crime-wave-entertainment/97-fdb7454f-8a70-46a5-b1c9-4d8f24e67a84 |
Satisfaction rates for Hoosier Medicaid recipients trail behind the national average, with many delaying necessary medical care as low reimbursement rates disincentivize providers from accepting the coverage.
The findings come from a new national ‘Medicaid Matters’ report shared with the Indiana Capital Chronicle.
Over two-thirds, 71.8%, of national respondents were mostly or completely satisfied with the quality of care they received. But that number drops to three-fifths for Hoosiers, or 61.7%, who were mostly or completely satisfied. Even for those who enrolled successfully, the process was confusing and burdensome.
“… it was very easy to qualify for Medicaid by income because our income was clearly low enough. It was still a huge hassle,” said Anna Lisa Gross, a pastor at a Fort Wayne church, about her and her husband’s experience. “I also have a housing allowance usually… and whether or not Medicaid counts that as part of my eligibility, no one has been able to answer.”
Three national organizations – the Center for Popular Democracy, Make the Road New York and People’s Action Institute – surveyed nearly 3,000 Medicaid recipients between September 2022 and February 2023 about their experience in ‘Medicaid Matters: Challenges States Should Watch Out for as the Public Health Emergency Ends.’
The participants lived primarily in 14 states, including Indiana, but spanned the country geographically and politically – from California to Missouri and New York to West Virginia.
Nearly half of Indiana participants – 48% – said applying for Medicaid coverage was challenging while nearly 43% said they had difficulties attempting to renew their coverage. This comes at a time when millions of people across the country – including hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers – will suddenly lose coverage through a “redetermination” process.
The agency overseeing Medicaid, the Family and Social Services Administration, noted that all states are navigating an unprecedented process and following federal guidance to resume normal operations. The department said it was “doing more outreach than ever before to reach Hoosiers who may be at risk of losing coverage.”
Indiana, prior to the first month of “unwinding,” ranked high among states with continuous coverage protections, according to the KFF.
FSSA added that KFF, a non-profit health policy organization, ranked Indiana among the most prepared states for the redetermination process, crediting the agency for its renewal, capacity and eligibility policies.
“Throughout the process of returning to normal we have worked closely with Hoosier Action and other key stakeholders to help shape our approach and to get feedback from their members,” FSSA said in a statement. “Additionally, Indiana has taken several steps in recent years to improve Medicaid coverage. This includes extending post-partum coverage to 12 months, passing into law continuous eligibility for children and eliminating the 5-year waiting period for lawful resident immigrant children and pregnant and postpartum individuals. We have also taken steps to increase access to providers, including increased reimbursement rates.”
FSSA noted that the Indiana survey included just 129 Medicaid recipients but acknowledged that it provided “important, real life examples of what members face” while using the insurance program.
The report
Gross, whose interview was shared in a supplemental report from the advocacy group Hoosier Action, said she had no idea about how the redetermination process would work with her irregular paychecks and housing allowance. Additionally, she was one of many Hoosiers who said they struggled to find providers who accepted the government insurance program.
Nearly two-thirds, or 65.3%, of Hoosiers said they had trouble accessing services – specifically finding someone who had open appointments. Gross said, in her experience, the online insurance portal was simply inaccurate and didn’t reflect which providers actually accepted new Medicaid patients.
Heather Maritano, a mental health provider in Bloomington, told the report’s authors that dealing with Medicaid was like playing “insurance cat and mouse” and took time away from patient care.
“So if you take traditional Medicaid your reimbursement rate is going to be about half to a third of what the going rate is,” Maritano said. “… the reimbursement rates are lower, the systems are more difficult to navigate… (and) you have to hire extra support or spend more time (on it) yourself.”
Even for those covered, the remaining challenges discourage Medicaid recipients from seeking medical treatment – something 42.5% of Hoosiers said they did in the last year.
Gross said Medicaid, through insurance giant Anthem, only partially covered a series of surgeries she had in 2020. After applying for financial aid at IU Health, the state’s largest hospital network, she received a letter saying her medical debt would be canceled.
“I was happy to the point of tears. I would be able to breathe and focus on important matters,” Gross said. “Shortly after that, I received a letter from Harris and Harris, a debt collection agency. I was informed that I had an outstanding debt of nearly $5,000 with IU Health from Anthem for these first three surgeries. Double what I had even known.”
Roughly one in three Hoosiers rely upon Medicaid, according to a presentation from FSSA earlier this month. Those enrollment numbers swelled during the pandemic due to a federal provision to maintain continuous coverage throughout the public health emergency, which expired on April 1.
In exchange for the enhanced federal match, Indiana and other states vowed not to let anyone’s coverage lapse — even if their financial fortunes improved.
Following the expiration of the rule in April, states could start removing people from their rolls – which meant that nearly 53,000 Hoosiers lost coverage starting May 1. The first wave of an estimated 300,00-400,000 Hoosiers who might fall off the rolls after receiving continuous coverage for over three years.
Nationally, an estimated 17 million people could lose Medicaid coverage – many of whom are still eligible, according to KFF.
Roughly one-third of Hoosiers surveyed in the Medicaid Matters report, 34.7%, said they were unaware of the need to renew.
When faced with concerns about the numbers of Hoosiers dropping off of the rolls, FSSA leaders said that Hoosiers had 90 days to reapply for benefits with retroactive coverage – unless they were enrolled under the Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0 (HIP) which doesn’t allow for retroactive coverage.
Author recommendations
The report concluded with several sets of recommendations for both federal and state governments. On the national level, emergency Medicaid coverage should carry over – even for those people who no longer qualify following the end of the public health emergency.
Additionally, more funding should be dedicated to navigator and outreach programs, which the authors argued would help solve communication issues. Targeted outreach programs could be incentivized to find those with substance use disorders, which impacts roughly 12% of all adult Medicaid recipients.
The report found that groups who had support through the process had less challenges in applying or renewing. Authors emphasized the need to communicate clearly, especially for those with limited literacy or language barriers.
Other federal recommendations seem unlikely, such as Congress passing Medicare for All or expanding access to all immigrants regardless of immigration status.
But one suggestion that would target Indiana, specifically, would be a suggested federal requirement for states to increase their reimbursement rates for Medicaid providers. As stakeholders battled out the cause of Indiana’s high health care costs in the recently ended legislative session, nearly everyone agreed that the state didn’t pay enough for Medicaid providers.
In response, lawmakers included a provision in the budget to create an interim study committee to analyze the issue and compare Indiana’s Medicaid reimbursement rates with other states. Following the “equalization” of reimbursement rates, some providers will see increases in the coming months, as passed by lawmakers last month.
Other state-specific recommendations included designating an “unwinding czar” to coordinate with community outreach programs and hiring sufficient staff to reduce wait times.
“If staff recruitment is a problem, raise wages for call center and other agency workers (emphasis in the original),” the report said.
In terms of call wait times, more than two-fifths of Hoosiers, 44.1%, reported long call wait times when attempting to navigate application or renewal challenges – the third-highest rate in the nation.
Some country-wide respondents reported waiting on the phone for up to 11 hours behind 187 other callers.
Additionally, renewal and initial application processes could be easier and automated – reducing staff workload while easing the pathways for applicants.
The disenrollment of 53,000 Hoosiers, mostly for “procedural reasons,” demonstrates the need for Medicaid reform in Indiana, according to Tracey Hutchings-Goetz, the communication and policy director of Hoosier Action.
“Confusing notices, arbitrary rules and unnecessary red tape are fueling of potential crisis of uninsurance which threatens Hoosier health, the workforce and the future of our kids,” Hutchings-Goetz said in a statement. “… For over 2 million Hoosier kids, adults and people with disabilities, Medicaid provides the essential health care coverage we all need to get and stay well.”
Hoosier Action projected that more than 600,000 Hoosier Medicaid recipients could lose insurance coverage without action from FSSA, noting that other states saw smaller numbers fall off the rolls over the previous month and also reported fewer problems applying or renewing.
“We hope to work with FSSA and hope that they will take both swift action to reduce procedural disenrollments,” Hutchings-Goetz concluded. “As well as longer term changes to increase access to care.”
Indiana Capital Chronicle is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Indiana Capital Chronicle maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Niki Kelly for questions: info@indianacapitalchronicle.com. Follow Indiana Capital Chronicle on Facebook and Twitter. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/hoosier-medicaid-recipients-report-higher-program-dissatisfaction-than-peers/article_b961e646-ffe1-11ed-9beb-c39e9f0dda59.html | 2023-05-31T22:26:36 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/hoosier-medicaid-recipients-report-higher-program-dissatisfaction-than-peers/article_b961e646-ffe1-11ed-9beb-c39e9f0dda59.html |
Allen County residents outside of Fort Wayne now have another option when considering trash and recycling hauling services.
Valerie and Ryan Borchers have launched Waste Works LLC and will start providing solid waste collection services July 1, a news release said.
The service will be available to Allen County residents who live outside of Fort Wayne’s city limits. Those residents purchase trash and recycling removal services as individuals. However, all Fort Wayne residents receive trash and recycling service from GFL Environmental with bulk pickup handled by the city.
The business currently provides trash removal and recycling services in the north, northwest and southwest parts of Allen County. However, it has plans to expand based on community demand.
Residents can see if the Waste Works service is available for their properties by going online to www.wasteworksIN.com
CEO Ryan Borchers has more than 20 years of waste management experience, which includes working as a residential driver and being a senior manager of operations. Chief Financial Officer Valerie Borchers has experience working in the position for high-growth start-up organizations, a news release said.
“Our competitors today consist of large publicly traded companies that clearly do not care about our concerns,” Ryan Borchers said in a statement. “The level of service is declining at the same rate the prices are increasing, and we know we can do better.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/new-business-offers-allen-county-residents-another-option-for-trash-recycling-services/article_c74495b0-fff5-11ed-a2f4-5f1a2f8088bd.html | 2023-05-31T22:26:38 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/new-business-offers-allen-county-residents-another-option-for-trash-recycling-services/article_c74495b0-fff5-11ed-a2f4-5f1a2f8088bd.html |
PORTLAND, Maine — The workday almost always starts with a trip to the methadone clinic. Terri McGuire and Courtney Bass drive people there for treatment, a task that typically lasts a couple of hours. Then, they return to Portland to spend the rest of the day providing help to the hundreds of people in the city who live on the streets, in the fields, in the woods.
"People are always asking, 'What do these folks need?'" McGuire said. "And I always say they need compassion."
That quality is one that McGuire and her work partner, Bass, have in abundance. The two are part of what’s known as the HOME Team, an outreach program sponsored by Milestone Recovery—a nonprofit that for more than five decades has provided services to people in Portland who are unhoused or suffer from mental illness or substance use disorders.
On a sunny spring day, Bruce Cavallaro was one of many people living in tents in a small, grassy area between Marginal Way and I-295. Bass and McGuire stopped by in their van and began to hand out water, sandwiches, and chips, all of them free, all dispensed with no questions or judgment.
"Pretty much whatever’s needed, they really help with," Cavallaro said. "It’s a lifesaver, really, when we’re hungry."
The HOME Team also provides other necessities: razors, underwear, toilet paper. McGuire even gave out cupcakes she baked at home. Such offerings, no matter how basic, can make someone’s day.
"These are people’s relatives, their sons and daughters and brothers and sisters, and sometimes parents," McGuire said. "We know them all. We’re friends with them and try to take care of them as best we can."
Bass, who’s been doing this work for 10 years, has a special bond with many of the people she helps. Years ago, in the grip of alcohol and drugs, she was in and out of jail and lived for a while out of her car. The reality is that not many of the stories of the people on the street will have happy endings, but even the small victories are rewarding.
"Sometimes it’s a female that just was in a really bad spot but we were able to get her to safety and meet her basic needs," Bass said. "Those are the successes."
The work takes an emotional toll. McGuire and Bass have shed plenty of tears with the people they help, many of whom will die young.
"We lose people probably every week," Bass said. "A lot of those people we build pretty good relationships with, so it feels like you’re losing a family member sometimes."
It is not just a job—it’s more of a calling. Bass can’t envision the day when she’ll stop.
"I’ll probably do this work until I can’t walk anymore," Bass said. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/they-need-compassion-portland-women-extend-help-to-unhoused-people-community-outreach-maine/97-c789cc8d-c0e0-4945-a52f-c0ab1aab280c | 2023-05-31T22:26:41 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/they-need-compassion-portland-women-extend-help-to-unhoused-people-community-outreach-maine/97-c789cc8d-c0e0-4945-a52f-c0ab1aab280c |
Memorial honors seven lives lost in Interstate 5 crash
Friends, family and coworkers gathered Sunday evening to remember the seven people killed in a fatal crash on I5 earlier this month.
Morning Star Church in Salem hosted the memorial, led by pastor and Chaplain George Escalante. The memorial was private, open to invited parties only, but a live stream broadcast the services to grieving loved ones abroad.
Escalante offered prayers and messages of strength and resilience.
"Life contains grief and pain," Escalante said. It's natural to feel a multitude of feelings all at once: anger, despair, even guilt, he said: "The best thing we can do is let ourselves feel what we need to feel... and know that we feel you." The service honored Eduardo Lopez, 31, of Gervais; Alejandro Jimenez Hernandez, 36, of Gervais; Josue Garcia Garcia, 30, of Salem; Luis Enrique Gomez Reyes, 30, of Woodburn; Javier Suarez, 58, of Woodburn; Alejandra Espinoza Carpio, 39; and Juan Carlos Leyva Carrillo, 37, of Woodburn.
The service also was a ode to farmworkers. All seven victims were agricultural workers for J. Ruiz Farm Labor Contracting. They had been working in a sugar beet field in Albany and were on their way home the day they were killed.
In a statement read on her behalf, administrative manager Anmarie Ruiz painted distinct portraits of the farmworker: the single man who comes to the United States to work hard and live minimally. The young couple who comes to make money for a life back home, but ends up building a life and a family here. Parents who work to fund their adult childrens' educations.
After every profile, which Ruiz said were based on real stories but not necessarily the victims' lives, Ruiz offered a simple proclamation: "we see you."
A Mariachi band played during the ceremony and through a reception that followed.
Four people also were injured in the crash. The semi-truck driver from California has been charged with manslaughter, assault, reckless driving and DUII.
Shannon Sollitt covers agricultural workers throughReport for America, a program that aims to support local journalism and democracy by reporting on under-covered issues and communities. Send tips, questions and comments to ssollitt@statesmanjournal.com | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2023/05/31/memorial-seven-farmworkers-oregon-interstate-5-crash/70273887007/ | 2023-05-31T22:26:45 | 0 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2023/05/31/memorial-seven-farmworkers-oregon-interstate-5-crash/70273887007/ |
TYNDALL, S.D. — A plea of guilty but mentally ill was entered and accepted on May 31, as Francis Lange — the man charged with in 2021 with killing three and injuring two — signed a written statement acknowledging his guilt.
The plea agreement will see Lange convicted and sentenced for three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, dropping two lesser counts.
A sentencing hearing has now been set for July 24.
The plea of guilty but mentally ill does not mean his sentences will be commuted — Lange will still face three mandatory life imprisonments, as well as 30 years for each aggravated assault charge — considered Class 3 felonies. It could however mean that Lange may serve his sentence in a psychiatric facility instead of the penitentiary, where he would receive treatment.
Lange will not face the death penalty, after a state decision in February decided that the state would not be pursuing the death penalty in the case of a verdict of guilty.
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The plea agreement now comes a year and a half after the November 2021 killings, in which Lange's former girlfriend Angela Monclova, as well as her father Librado Monclova and Diane Akins were killed. Another woman and a 5-year-old child were injured at the Scotland residence where the shooting occurred.
On Wednesday at the Bon Homme County Courthouse, Lange’s attorney read a written admission of guilt signed by Lange, describing the details of the shooting.
“He acknowledged that he pointed the fire arm at [Angela Monclova] ... then he fired at Diane [Akins],” read his attorney, as Lange sat motionless. After the recounting, one court official passed a box of tissues to a family member of one of the victims present.
The plea comes after a court-appointed psychiatric evaluation determined Lange to be "suffer[ing] from mental illness and substantial psychiatric disorders of thought," as stated by Dr. Josette Lindhal, the psychiatrist who examined Lange, who testified to the court during the plea hearing. That psychiatric evaluation was approved in May last year, and was conducted in September.
It is not the first time that a plea agreement was sought. In January 2022, Lange's attorneys attempted to obtain psychiatric evaluations for Lange but were denied, citing a misfiling of the request.
That denial and subsequent delay of the evaluation had led to a pause on the state’s decision on whether or not the death penalty would be sought. Prosecutors had originally had a February 2022 deadline to file their intent of seeking the death penalty, but were waiting on the the determination of the psychiatric evaluation. The evaluation was finished in September 2022, and subsequently, the prosecution released their decision in February 2023, deciding they would not seek the death penalty. | https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/local/guilty-but-mentally-ill-plea-accepted-for-2021-scotland-killer-of-three | 2023-05-31T22:26:45 | 0 | https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/local/guilty-but-mentally-ill-plea-accepted-for-2021-scotland-killer-of-three |
NORTH YARMOUTH, Maine — Two women suffered serious injuries in a head-on crash in North Yarmouth Wednesday afternoon.
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office and North Yarmouth Fire Department were called to the area of 392 Walnut Hill Rd. for a two-vehicle crash at approximately 12:34 p.m., according to a news release from the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.
An initial investigation revealed a blue 2011 Kia Sorento driven by Lori-Lynne Wilcox-Robson of Yarmouth crossed the center line while traveling northbound, striking a black 2022 Toyota Corolla driven by Katherine Wood headed southbound, the release said.
Deputies said the crash was a "significant head on collision."
Both Wilcox-Robson and Wood were reportedly brought to Maine Medical Center with serious injuries.
Both drivers were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash, and airbags deployed in both vehicles, deputies said. Neither vehicle contained additional passengers. Speed and alcohol do not reportedly appear to be factors in the crash.
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office Accident Reconstruction Unit is investigating the crash. Witnesses are being asked to call the Cumberland County Regional Communication Center at 207-893-2810.
The intersection of Route 115 and Route 9 was closed due to the crash, according to an alert from the Cumberland County Regional Communications Center. Drivers were asked to seek other routes during the closure. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/two-seriously-injured-in-head-on-crash-in-north-yarmouth-maine-investigation/97-1fc06da2-8c82-4631-925f-1e4ab981ad1f | 2023-05-31T22:26:47 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/two-seriously-injured-in-head-on-crash-in-north-yarmouth-maine-investigation/97-1fc06da2-8c82-4631-925f-1e4ab981ad1f |
Carousel has new signs on building, ready for 22nd birthday party
Salem's Riverfront Carousel has installed new signage around its building, and the official unveiling will be Saturday, June 3, during the carousel's annual birthday celebration.
Carousel officials invite everyone to celebrate the renaming of the building in honor of founder Hazel Patton, whose dream of building a carousel inspired the community to raise money and carve and paint the original herd of horses.
Volunteers began carving the horses in 1997, and the grand opening was on June 2, 2001.
Since then, the carousel has been Salem's "happy place," with thousands of parties and events and dozens of wedding proposals happening on-site.
A menagerie of animals has joined the horses, including a 350-pound elephant, a 6-foot-tall giraffe, and an Oregon Duck. Work on an Oregon State Beaver and other critters is taking place in the carving room.
The carousel is open 360 days a year and operated by a small staff and an army of volunteers. Fundraising plans are in the works for a 2,100-square-foot addition to the rear of the city-owned building called The Stables.
The new "Hazel Patton Riverfront Carousel" signs are on the front of the building and north and west sides. The name of the nonprofit that operates the carousel remains the same. Community members and fans of Patton raised money to cover the nearly $13,000 cost of permits and the new signs.
What's in a name:Salem carousel building gets a new — but familiar — name
The party to celebrate the building's new name and the carousel's 22nd birthday will be at noon June 3. The event is free, with complimentary slices of birthday cake available while supplies last and a birthday card-making craft for guests.
Rides will be $1 all day — that's half price — with the carousel open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Capi Lynn is a senior reporter for the Statesman Journal. Send comments, questions and tips to her at clynn@statesmanjournal.com or 503-399-6710. Follow her work on Twitter @CapiLynn and Facebook @CapiLynnSJ. | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2023/05/31/salem-carousel-hazel-patton-new-signs-22nd-birthday-party-rides/70257433007/ | 2023-05-31T22:26:47 | 1 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2023/05/31/salem-carousel-hazel-patton-new-signs-22nd-birthday-party-rides/70257433007/ |
Fire season underway in SW Oregon, 7K Fire coming under control, heat ramps up
Fire season officially begins Thursday in southwest Oregon as an increasing number of wildfires pop up statewide, including outside Eugene, amid a stretch of hot and dry weather.
It’s not unusual for a few wildfires to spark in late May, mostly from escaped pile burns and mostly on the edges of the Willamette and Rogue valleys. But as the dry weather continues, fire danger is creeping in a bit earlier than expected.
Fire season declared for SW Oregon
The official fire season declaration for Jackson and Josephine counties, which begins June 1, mostly means that burning debris piles is no longer be allowed along with rules against using fireworks, exploding targets and some limits on campfires.
The rules apply to 1.8 million acres of county and forest land — typically in the lowest elevations — but do not apply to federal lands and mountains.
“The fire danger level will be ‘low,’” a news release from the Oregon Department of Forestry said. “Consistent rain and snow allowed for a fairly fire-free spring in southern Oregon up until early May, when a rapid shift in weather patterns took place. The hot weather in combination with windy conditions prompted the spread of numerous accidental human-caused fires.”
7K Fire outside Eugene being mopped up
The 300-acre 7K Fire, located 10 miles southwest of Veneta, hasn’t grown in the past two days and is in the process of being mopped up.
Western Oregon’s largest fire of the season so far brought out 300 firefighters along with helicopters and other heavy equipment.
“Tuesday’s day shift will continue to push into the interior of the fire, extinguishing hotspots that have the potential to flare up in warm, windy conditions,” the latest fire report from ODF said. “Temperatures will be slightly cooler today, which will help to keep fire behavior at a minimum, however winds are still predicted.”
Hot weather could move up fire season to the north
Short and long-range forecasts for the first part of June point toward hotter and drier than normal conditions in the Oregon — in some cases much hotter — which could move up fire season in the northwest part of the state sooner than expected.
Primary fire season isn’t until late July
While it’s not usual for some fires to pop up around Western Oregon in late may and June, the primary fire season — the one associated with smoky skies and closed forests — is still on track for late July, August and September.
In general, western Oregon is expected to see normal risk while the central and southeast will see higher wildfire risk.
Zach Urness has been an outdoors reporter in Oregon for 15 years and is host of the Explore Oregon Podcast. Urness is the author of “Best Hikes with Kids: Oregon” and “Hiking Southern Oregon.” He can be reached at zurness@StatesmanJournal.com or 503-399-6801. Find him on Twitter at @ZachsORoutdoors. | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/oregon/2023/05/31/fire-season-underway-sw-oregon-7k-fire-coming-under-control/70270398007/ | 2023-05-31T22:26:56 | 0 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/oregon/2023/05/31/fire-season-underway-sw-oregon-7k-fire-coming-under-control/70270398007/ |
Abortion doctor's team exploring options after fine, reprimand over privacy violations
Dr. Caitlin Bernard's legal team said Wednesday they're "exploring" all their options as they await a final written decision in her medical licensing board case that would start the clock on a potential appeal.
Here's what their statement said:
Statement from Dr. Caitlin Bernard legal team
"Dr. Bernard bravely stood up for access to compassionate medical care and she is a consummate professional who deserves to care for her patients without reproach,” attorney Alice Morical and her team at the law firm Hoover Hull Turner, LLP, said in a statement.
Medical licensing board ruling
At the end of a 15-hour hearing Thursday the board said Bernard was wrong to give an IndyStar reporter information about a 10-year-old rape victim who traveled to Indiana for an abortion. The board voted to fine Bernard $3,000 and issue a letter of reprimand.
The board said Bernard violated federal HIPAA patient privacy laws and an Indiana administrative law that says doctors can't share any "knowledge and information" about their patients unless required by law or with the patient's consent.
More:Indiana Dr. Caitlin Bernard violated girl's privacy in abortion case, medical board finds
The governor-appointed board voted that two other charges brought against her – untimely reporting of child abuse and being unfit to practice medicine – were unsubstantiated.
The medical licensing board has 90 days from the May 25 hearing to issue a written decision. From there, Bernard can appeal in 30 days.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita statement
State Attorney General Todd Rokita, who filed the complaint against Bernard and has been investigating her actions since shortly after the story about the 10-year-old published, lauded the board's decision.
"What if it was your child or your parent or your sibling who was going through a sensitive medical crisis, and the doctor, who you thought was on your side, ran to the press for political reasons?" his office said in a prepared statement last week.
Rokita's office declined to comment when IndyStar asked about a potential appeal.
More:'Chilling effect': National experts decry decision against abortion doctor Caitlin Bernard
HIPAA and state privacy law
Bernard's team says the board never identified which pieces of information she revealed that amounted to HIPAA privacy violations.
A former federal privacy law expert who testified on behalf of Rokita's team said the information Bernard shared with IndyStar could have led to the patient being identified, while another expert said the pieces of information she shared – including age, gender and state – don't meet the "protected health information" standard set by federal law.
Indiana law says health care professionals can face discipline if a licensing board finds they knowingly violated any state or federal law that regulates their profession.
Call IndyStar courts reporter Johnny Magdaleno at 317-273-3188 or email him at jmagdaleno@indystar.com. Follow him on Twitter @IndyStarJohnny | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2023/05/31/abortion-doctor-caitlin-bernard-exploring-options-after-todd-rokita-privacy-violations/70272650007/ | 2023-05-31T22:27:53 | 1 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2023/05/31/abortion-doctor-caitlin-bernard-exploring-options-after-todd-rokita-privacy-violations/70272650007/ |
A Mason City man accused of killing a woman and then setting fire to her body to conceal the crime has entered an Alford plea and is facing up to 50 years in prison.
According to court records, 29-year-old Dominick Daniel Degner was facing life in prison after being charged with first-degree murder in December 2021. The charges were filed after he allegedly killed 24-year-old Tonette Wolfe of Mason City via blunt force trauma and then set fire to Wolfe's body and the residence located at 123 N. Tennessee Ave. in an apparent attempt to conceal the crime in September 2021.
The plea agreement recommends Degner be charged with the lesser crime of second-degree murder and and a second-degree arson charge be dismissed. Degner will be required to serve a minimum of 70% of his sentence because second-degree murder is a forcible felony. Degner would also have to pay $150,000 restitution to the victim's estate if the court accepts his plea.
The court is under no obligation to follow the plea agreement recommendations.
An Alford plea is not an admittance of guilt, but an admittance that there is enough evidence against the defendant to likely produce a guilty verdict at trial. Degner will be held without bond until sentencing. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/accused-mason-city-murderer-enters-alford-plea/article_e9fb2df0-ffe9-11ed-97c9-0f3327f5fb23.html | 2023-05-31T22:28:50 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/accused-mason-city-murderer-enters-alford-plea/article_e9fb2df0-ffe9-11ed-97c9-0f3327f5fb23.html |
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A Mason City man was arrested Tuesday night and charged with intent to deliver methamphetamine.
Joshua Lee Noland
Matthew Rezab
According to court records, 32-year-old Joshua Lee Noland is facing up to 27 years in prison after allegedly being caught with more than five grams of methamphetamine and stealing a phone.
The affidavit states Noland was served an arrest warrant on a third-degree theft charge at 11:55 p.m. Officers allegedly found the drugs while searching Noland and he admitted the substance to be methamphetamine.
The theft charge stems from a January incident in which Noland allegedly was in possession of an iPhone 13 Pro that was reported stolen in November. The phone was valued at $1,000. Noland allegedly took the phone to an EcoATM at Walmart in Mason City and sold the phone to the kiosk for $90.
No court date has been set for either charge as of Wednesday morning.
An elephant who lost his foot in a snare trap was rescued in Cambodia and is now walking again thanks to a prosthetic.
North Iowa History: Police photos
Judge Boynton
Judge Boynton in judge's study. April 28, 1948
Check forger in court
Check forger in police court. November 5, 1946.
Kitts & Hardy
Kitts & Hardy, March 15, 1951.
Kitts trial
Kitts trial-posed Belcastro. March 16, 1951.
DeWayne Frampton
May 18, 1956. DeWayne Frampton, patrolman.
M.A. Pelham portrait IHP
Iowa Highway Patrolman M.A. Pelham.
Warren Tilton
October 29, 1956. Warren Tilton, new cop.
Fred Buchner, portrait IHP
New highway patrolman Fred Buchner.
Calvin Anderson portrait
New officer Calvin W. Anderson MCPD
Lt. Cletus Stangl, IHP
Lt. Cletus Stangl, IHP
H. Jack Lien MCPD portrait
H. Jack Lien, new MCPD patrolman
Ronald Thielen, MCPD
Ronald Thielen, MCPD new patrolman
Jim Fountas, MCPD
Jimmy Fountas, new MCPD patrolman
Sgt. Pete Hall, IHP
Sgt. Pete Hall, IHP
Sgt. Delmar Smith, MCPD
Sgt. Delmar Smith, MCPD
Kenneth Kruggel, MCPD
Kenneth Kruggel, MCPD patrolman
Harold Thomas, MCPD
Harold Thomas, MCPD new patrolman
Friederich Langen, IHP
Friederich Langen, IHP.
MCPD badge #45 for Carey
Police badge for Carey
Wendell Stream, IHP
Wendell W. Stream, IHP
Chief Stanley McClintock
Chief Stanley McClintock
Al Schloemer portrait
Al Schloemer Mason City Police
Dennis Wasicek portrait
Dennis Wasicek, MCPD new officer
Sgt. Wendell Stream
Sgt. Wendell Stream IHP
Denny Gerdom IHP
Denny Gerdom IHP
Carl Condon IHP
Carl Condon, IHP from Hampton
Sally Hamblin dispatcher
Sally Hamblin police dispatcher
Auto theft school
Auto theft school
Ron Carpenter, portrait
MCPD Patrolman Ron Carpenter
C.S. Tyler
IHP trooper C.S. Tyler
Roger Brown, IHP
IHP Trooper Roger Brown
Iowa-Minnesota troopers at border
Iowa-Minnesota Troopers meet at border
Iowa-Minnesota troopers at border
Iowa-Minnesota Troopers meet at border
Ed Christensen at Sheriff's Office
Ed Christiensen at Sheriff's Office
Ed Christensen at Sheriff's Office
Ed Christensen at Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Jerry Allen
Sheriff Jerry Allen
Police Station cornerstone
Police station cornerstone being laid
Captain Walt Reindl, MCPD
Mason City Police Captain Walt Reindl
Larry Davis, portrait MCPD
Larry Davis, new patrolman at MCPD
Michael Montgomery, portrait MCPD
Michael J. Montgomery new patrolman at MCPD
New police station
New police station-west side
New police station
New police station-east side
Sheriff Jerry Allen, portrait
Sheriff Jerry Allen portrait
Garvin Ward, portrait
Garvin Ward, Patrolman MCPD
Prince Philip, Wes Greenan
Prince Philip at air port with Lt. Wesley Greenan
Judge Butler portrait
Judge WP Butler
Auxiliary policemen WWII
April 8 1942. Auxiliary policemen sworn in for duration of war.
Chief Patton
From back of original: "Aug. 14 1936, #1731. Chief Erwin J. Patton, 1932-1934"
Chief Risacher
Leo F. Risacher. Patrolman 1923, Detective 1924-34, Captain 1934-55, Chief 1955-63.
Chief Wolf
May 13, 1936. Safety Patrol boys, Chief of Police [Wolf], Mr. Kargis.
Jewell, Duane 1971
May 5, 1971. Elwin Musser photograph. Duane Jewell.
John Wallace
John W. Wallace, 1937-43
Kleinow, Eugene
Elwin Musser photograph. Eugene Kleinow. March 6, 1978.
Leo Alstott
Joel Hanes collection. Mason City policeman Leo Alstott.
Patton, EJ 1934
Scanned from 1934 "Who's Who In Mason City."
Police and fire chief 1949
Challenge by Chief for polio ball game played between police and Highway Patrol vs firemen, August 1949.
Police and Fire depts.
September 29, 1919
Police dept PB 40
PB 40, no date. Old police dept.
police patrol car
Police patrol car; no additional info.
Policecars copy
no info on photograph
Policecars
No info on photograph
Roll call briefing at old station
Roll call briefing at old police station. L To R: Rudy Alman, RonEckhardt, Ron Carpenter(standing), Lt Myron (Lefty Lewis), and Ken Rodemeyer. Taken in Late 1971 or Early 1972.
Schiffman and squad car
Patrolman Ralph Schiffman next to squad car. Date unknown. Photo from Mason City Police Dept.
Scott, Greg and Dennis Rye
Steve Rye collection. 12/7/1991. Dennis and Greg Scott - father/son in uniforms. Dennis, Fire Dept. captain. Greg, Police Dept. #5911.
SL195 Remington shells.jpg
SL195, Remington shells 32s
2 boys at Sheriff's Office
Flash of two boys in jail at Sheriff's Office. Photo taken on September 17, 1934.
SL1017 Old police station when built.jpg
Old Police Station. Photo taken on May 29, 1935.
Dr. Houlahan fingerprinted
Dr. J. Houlahan getting fingerprinted at Police Station Photo taken on August 31, 1942.
Boy Scouts at station
Feb. 8, 1936. Police court ruse by Boy Scouts.
Blizzard and Highway Patrol
Feb. 9, 1936. Blizzard Scenes, Highway Patrol officers.
Police with new boats
Police Department with boats in case of floods. March 4, 1936.
Buchanan.jpg
James Buchanan portrait taken on March 19, 1936.
Sheriff's convention
July 7, 1936. Sheriff's convention.
Jack Burnette, Highway Patrolman
Jack Burnette, Highway Patrolman January 13, 1937
John Wallace
Johnnie Wallace, Deputy Sheriff. Photo taken on April 5th, 1937.
Ed Christianson portrait
Portrait of Ed Christianson, Deputy Sheriff. July 18, 1937.
Pierce with kids
Lollipops for good little girls and boys. Patrolman Dick Pierce. May 31, 1938.
John Wallace giving auto instructions
Johnny Wallace giving instructions on operation of auto on June 7, 1938.
Safety meeting
Dec. 12, 1938. Sergt. Reese at YM safety meeting. MC Cerro Gordo County safety council
G-Man BC Coulter
March 1, 1939. Mason Cityans question G-Man BC Coulter at work.
Jack Gordon murderer
Jack "Indian" Gordon with sheriff's deputies. Held on murder charges. May 13, 1939.
Abel's wrecked safe
July 11, 1939. Abel's wrecked safe after robbery.
Risacher and Wolfe in 1939
Captain Leo Risacher and Chief Harold Wolfe on July 28, 1939.
Sheriff Tim Phalen
Sheriff Tim Phalen, photo for cut. Taken on September 2, 1939.
Dreher murder suspect
Dreher Case. Ostenrieder one of killer in Mason City. Photo taken on September 29, 1939.
Colwell murder
Dec. 11, 1939. Blewitt-Carter murder pictures. Colwell, IA.
Rock Falls bank robbery
Bank Robbery at Rock Falls, Iowa. Photo taken on June 21, 1940.
Allie Allen Murder house
Murder house of Allie M. Allen at 1644 North Federal Avenue October 1, 1940.
Blanchards Jewelry robbery
Blanchards Jewelry Store window broken and robbed on March 11, 1941.
Highway patrolman checking brakes
Patrolman checking brakes on April 26, 1941.
Incendiary pencil demonstration
Incendiary pencil demonstration at peace officers meeting at YMCA. Photo taken on June 4, 1941.
Incendiary pencil
June 4, 1941. Incendiary pencil demonstration at peace officers' meeting at YMCA.
Policemen taking tests
Policeman and Fireman taking tests. Photo taken on June 13, 1941.
Soondergaard and Quintard arrested
July 22, 1941. Soondergaard and Quintard arrested after honeymoon. Pictures taken at police station.
Soondergaard and Quintard arrested
July 22, 1941. Soondergaard and Quintard arrested after honeymoon. Pictures taken at police station.
Soondergaard and Quintard arrested
July 22, 1941. Soondergaard and Quintard arrested after honeymoon. Pictures taken at police station.
Soondergaard and Quintard arrested
July 22, 1941. Soondergaard and Quintard arrested after honeymoon. Pictures taken at police station.
Robbery at Newberry's
October 18, 1941. Robbery at Newberry's
Klipto safe cracked
Nov. 4, 1941. Klipto safe cracked
Ventura bank attempted robbery
Dec. 29, 1941. Ventura State Bank attempted robbery. Lawrence Bliss, cashier.
Robbery at First Methodist Church
Robbery at First Methodist Church. Photo taken on December 31, 1941.
Police map
Mar. 7, 1942. Photo of police chart - map
Glen Wilson
Mar. 10, 1942. Glen Wilson, 4 S Monroe
Stork at police station
Stork at police station on August 24, 1942.
Thornton robbery footprint
Nov. 24, 1942. Sheriff's office, footprints at Thornton, robbery at drug store.
Blackout control center at police station
Blackout control center at police station on December 10, 1942.
For he's a good fellow
For he's a good fellow. Photo taken July 19, 1943.
Sheriff with two boys
They had themselves a good time — Swain boys — Photo taken September 24, 1943.
Murderer Kaster at Sheriff's Office
Murderer Stanley Kaster in Sheriff's Office on October 4, 1943.
Murderer Kaster at Sheriff's Office
Murderer Stanley Kaster in Sheriff's office on October 4, 1943.
Man caught with furs out of season
Furs — $11,500 worth — caught out of season by William DeBruym on October 28, 1943.
Frank Brothers arraigned for manslaughter
Frank Brothers arraigned for manslaughter.
Man with a gun
Mar. 4, 1944. Man with gun.
Vandalized schoolhouse
4/24/44. Kids break into school room.
Capture of escaped convicts
Capture of escaped convicts on December 11, 1944.
Brake inspection in front of P.D.
They passed the brake check on May 26, 1945.
Highway Patrolmen with illegal ration books
Iowa Highway Patrol with illegal ration books on May 28, 1945.
Peace officer conference training
Frisking of criminals at peace officers conference May 29, 1945.
Patrol by Junior Chamber of Commerce
Street Patrol by junior of commerce on June 16, 1945.
Attempted jailbreak
Scene of attempted jailbreak. Photo taken on August 9, 1945.
Highway patrol and Breenan
Brennan and captor. Photo taken on August 29, 1945.
Wolfe and Phalen horse race
One for the books. Chief Harold Wolfe and Sheriff Tim Phalen in horse race.
Wolfe and Phalen horse race
One for the books. Chief Harold Wolfe and Sheriff Tim Phalen horse race. August 30, 1945.
Grand Jury
Sept. 4, 1945. First federal grand jury meets here.
Police training on arrest
They captured the "fugitive" October 5, 1945.
Officials check plans in front of P.D.
Officials check plans on October 29, 1945.
Officers find ammunition in car
Officers found this in car. November 15, 1945.
Sheriff make big haul of liquor
Sheriff makes a big haul of liquor. December 28, 1945.
Officer Bruns next to car
Injured in crash Mrs Maude Combs. On January 29, 1946. Officer William Burns.
Highway patrol with booze
"How dry I am" February 27, 1946.
Mrs. Bauer leaves inquest
Apr. 23, 1946. Mrs. Bauer leaves inquest
F.B.I. training session
What's wrong here! April 23, 1946
Richard Pierce Portrait
Portrait of Patrolman Richard R. Pierce Taken on April 29, 1946.
Highway patrolmen at accident scene
Traffic accident on May 18, 1946. Wreck near county farm.
Clear Lake bike accident
July 19, 1946. Sheriff's office, bicycle accident on Clear Lake road
Electrocution scene
Electrocution scene (Marvin Olson electrocuted by live wire on August 8th 1946).
Highway patrol with loot
Loot found in car. October 25, 1946
Policemen's wives club
Policemen's wives club November 20, 1946
Wrecked coupe
Mar. 26, 1947. Wrecked coupe for sheriff's office.
Mott murder scene
Arlene Mott murder scene. November 13, 1947.
Police chart
Feb. 6, 1948. Police chart.
Near drowning
May 12, 1948. Mrs. Kramer, 941 S Adams. Near drowning.
Highway Patrolmen with Eldora escapees
Eldora Boys escape found in Manly. Photo taken on August 26, 1948.
Highway Patrolmen with Eldora escapees
Highway Patrolman with escaped Eldora boys found in Manly. Photo taken on August 26, 1948.
Policemans wives club
Marge Wolskey residence police auxillary meeting.
Holmes accident
Dec. 1, 1949. Robert L Holmes, 5 miles south of Mason City. Taken at 11:00 a.m.
Murder at Blue Ribbon Tavern
Murder at the Blue Ribbon Tavern on July 12, 1952.
Murder at Blue Ribbon Tavern
Murder at Blue Ribbon Tavern on July 12, 1952.
Reese IHP
July 26, 1952. Robert Reese, 647 S Carolina. Iowa Highway Patrol.
Police map
Feb. 2, 1953. Police Dept., of map by Mr. Reublitz.
Sidewalk
Feb. 19, 1953. Slippery sidewalk.
DeWilde auto robbery
Apr. 5, 1953. Window at DeWilde Auto Service showing where robbery was committed.
SL33730.jpg
Jan. 1, 1959. Police map of traffic spots.
Police with Easter Seal Society
May 1960. L to R: Leo Risacher, M.D. Kubicek, Wes Greenan, M.E. Corless.
Police convention
Oct. 12, 1965. Policeman's convention, Des Moines
Thomas Runyan
Mar. 4, 1937. Thomas Runyan, criminal, brought to Mason City.
Thompson, Gerald 1965
Elwin Musser photograph. Gerald Thompson. Jan. 11, 1965.
Verhelst murder case.jpg
November 14, 1947. Funeral for slain girl, Patterson. Verhelst charged with murder. Judge Dunn is in office.
Wallbaum
Dillinger film: Officer Conrad Wallbaum directing traffic after robbery.
Walskog1
Elwin Musser photo. Oct. 4, 1958.
Walskog2.jpg
Elwin Musser photo, Oct. 4, 1958.
Zenor police cars
June 27, 1964. Zenor's. Police cars.
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BANGOR -- Bangor police and public health officials have come together to develop a new team of workers to aid the public.
The Bangor Community Action Team is a new group of human service providers that patrol the city.
The team often responds to wellness checks, and are called to assist those who are homeless or living with mental health and substance use disorders.
Bangor Public Health officials say it's the first of its kind in the state.
The group was created by Bangor Police Chief Mark Hathaway to help alleviate the workload caused by calls that don't require a police presence, and to provide a more appropriate response for certain calls.
"In the past, if people were struggling -- having the worst day of their life. A police officer would come up to them and try to work with them. And although they were doing an excellent job doing that, they were still in a police uniform -- and to some people that's very threatening," said Bangor Public Health Director Patty Hamilton.
The team is separate from the police, but will work with them. When a call comes into the police dispatch, the group will receive it on their radio -- if there is no risk of violence. If the situation escalates, officers can then be called.
The team carries with them food and supplies to help meet the immediate needs of the people they encounter, but will also direct them to resources that provide long-term solutions.
Rebecca Kirk, supervisor for the team, says that the group can offer those in need the time and connection that police officers may not be able to provide when dealing with emergency calls.
"It isn't just about knocking on a door and saying 'hey are you in there? Yes I'm fine. Okay, see you later.'" said Kirk. "It's about talking to somebody: 'Do you need food? Have you connected with a case worker? Are there other resources we can help give you access to? Do you need to make a doctor's appointment?'"
The city has asked that we do not identify team members to protect them in the field.
One team member spoke about their experience with the program.
They said, quote:
"I joined this program to be that one person that cares about somebody that didn't think they had anybody that cared." | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/bangor-develops-new-community-action-team/article_cc1a36de-fffb-11ed-8b45-e309003240c9.html | 2023-05-31T22:30:14 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/bangor-develops-new-community-action-team/article_cc1a36de-fffb-11ed-8b45-e309003240c9.html |
AUGUSTA -- Maine Capitol Police are still investigating an act of vandalism at the Maine Law Enforcement Memorial in Augusta.
According to Maine State Police spokesperson Shannon Moss, an Augusta police officer noticed the defacement driving by the memorial at 3:50 a.m.
Surveillance video confirmed the incident occurred five minutes prior.
The person or ground responsible for the vandalization allegedly spray painted the granite wall, which lists 88 officers who died in the line of duty.
Maine State Police lieutenant Brian Harris says this incident is being felt everywhere in the city.
"That impacts all of us. That is a memorial that is important to us, important to the community. It signifies sacrifices that whatever organization it is, whether it's a Vietnam vet, whether it's us, it doesn't matter. That impacts all of us," said Harris.
The investigation still remains active and there is no one in custody at this time. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/maine-law-enforcement-memorial-vandalized/article_5a4812ae-fffd-11ed-8b79-8fdd31cbae94.html | 2023-05-31T22:30:20 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/maine-law-enforcement-memorial-vandalized/article_5a4812ae-fffd-11ed-8b79-8fdd31cbae94.html |
AUGUSTA -- Every June, the Maine State Police and Troopers Foundation select a non-profit organization to put on its specialty plates.
This year, the organizations chose Mother's Against Drunk Driving, better known as M.A.D.D.
"I'm beyond excited and just so honored they would select us to be their non-profit of choice for the month of June," said Nicole Hutchinson, Board of Directors member for M.A.D.D.
The featured license plate will be on the front and back of each Maine state Police car.
At the end of the month, officers can put their plate up for auction, with all proceeds benefiting the M.A.D.D. organization.
Wednesday morning's press conference featured Hutchinson and M.A.D.D. President Tess Rowland, who have both experienced losses of their own due to drunk driving incidents.
"My mother got on the phone. She could barely talk but all she could get out were the words 'Darcie is dead,'" said Hutchinson.
Rowland says it's an extra special moment to see the organization represented on the state's police cars.
"It's amazing to have this level of support, particularly in Maine. As you know in this country right now, one person is losing their life every 39 minutes to this tragic crime, and these crashes are preventable," said Rowland.
Representative Holly Stover is a strong advocate for supporting drunk driving victims. She's proposed a bill similar to Tennessee's Bentley's Law, which would "order the defendant to pay restitution in the form of child maintenance to each of the victim's children until they've turned 18 years of age and/or has graduated high school."
"As a legislator, we could do much more to support victims and survivors. Today is an opportunity to address where we are right now and figure out new pathways and new ways so we can address victims and survivors of these horrific crimes," said Stover. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/maine-state-police-unveils-new-license-plate/article_b3fd2772-fffc-11ed-970b-63e5c0678517.html | 2023-05-31T22:30:26 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/maine-state-police-unveils-new-license-plate/article_b3fd2772-fffc-11ed-970b-63e5c0678517.html |
DOVER-FOXCROFT - Piscataquis County Soil and Water District and Maine T.R.E.E. Foundation have organized what they call their first "Green" job fair.
Sixth-graders from the Piscataquis environmental educational collaborative and seventh-graders from the SeDoMoCha Middle School got a look at over 25 businesses and organizations that all had some type of involvement with the great outdoors.
"As soon as we said let's do a green jobs fair everyone either has said 'why aren't we doing one or when is it happening' so it's been really great to see everyone come together," says Sarah Robinson, the executive director of P.C.S.W.D.
The jobs showcased at the fair are all based in Piscataquis county which means if any of the students found an interest in one of them they could easily follow up down the road to start their career in a "Green" job.
Katherine weber, the education coordinator of P.C.S.W.D. Says, "Y'know, everyone knows what a doctor and a lawyer is but they don't necessarily know that they can work on a big piece of equipment or... Play with frogs or learn about farming or do some veterinary diagnostics. They don't really understand that these are options for them".
After the fair, it seems like some students already know exactly what they want to do with their futures.
"I've always wanted to be in that kind of stuff. I wanted to go into the military and be like a police officer so after I do do the military I might do a game warden. I like that" says one student who attended. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/p-c-s-w-d-hosts-their-first-green-jobs-fair/article_47412a0c-fff7-11ed-8505-57bd930bc13e.html | 2023-05-31T22:30:32 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/p-c-s-w-d-hosts-their-first-green-jobs-fair/article_47412a0c-fff7-11ed-8505-57bd930bc13e.html |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
The calendar is flipping to June, but there's still enough snow in the Sierra to make it feel like the beginning of April.
According to data from the California Department of Water Resources, the statewide snowpack sits at 92% of April 1 average – typically the date of peak snowpack in the Sierra. This equates to a snowpack that is 311% of average to date, which is an aggregate of Northern (270%), Central (330%) and Southern (389%).
There's still an incredible amount of snow that will eventually make its way into the state’s reservoirs and lakes, many of which are already at or near capacity, including Folsom, Shasta, and Oroville.
Some of the more staggering locations are found in the Southern Sierra, in terms of how much still covers the ground. Charlotte Lake, located on Kings Canyon National Park, still has a snow depth of 54.8" — 712% higher than what it typically is at for the end of May (7.7").
Northern California has been fairly cool to start the year. Sacramento had 11 90-degree days so far this year and no 100-degree days, allowing for the snow to melt at a manageable pace up at elevations where it hasn't even reached 70 degrees yet.
Hopes of another wet winter this year are rising with the increasing odds of an El Niño by the fall, however, new research done by the Scripps Institute says California may never see a winter this snowy again. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/years-worth-snow-still-sits-sierra-record-winter/103-0b7e4ec8-11a4-418b-bd54-baca9375f324 | 2023-05-31T22:30:35 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/years-worth-snow-still-sits-sierra-record-winter/103-0b7e4ec8-11a4-418b-bd54-baca9375f324 |
AUGUSTA -- Lawmakers and tribal members met Wednesday to discuss a bill that would restore access to a number of laws for Wabanaki nations.
A public hearing was held for LD 2004, "An Act to Restore Access to Federal Laws Beneficial to the Wabanaki Nations."
The "Maine Indian Claims Act of 1980," keeps the four federally recognized tribes in Maine from accessing some laws, such as federal programs and funding, that they say are beneficial to them.
Tribal leaders spoke in favor of the bill.
"We all have the same responsibilities to our citizens as any other government, and yet are forced to operate without crucial funding and authorities that every other tribal nation in the united states is afforded. The reality makes no sense," said Joseph Socobasin, vice chief of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Motahkomikuk.
The bill is sponsored by House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross, and is one of 22 other consensus recommendations that resulted from the 2019 "Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Law Claims Settlement Implementing Act." | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/proposed-bill-would-allow-maine-tribes-to-benefit-from-federal-laws/article_26d503e6-fffd-11ed-a0cf-4f5a3e374bd7.html | 2023-05-31T22:30:39 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/proposed-bill-would-allow-maine-tribes-to-benefit-from-federal-laws/article_26d503e6-fffd-11ed-a0cf-4f5a3e374bd7.html |
Baby boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — own more than 30 million U.S. homes, according to Fannie Mae. But unlike previous generations that may have sold homes later in life to downsize, move in with family, or move to an assisted living facility, baby boomers have shown a greater tendency to age in place.
Thirty-eight percent of American homeowners aged 65 and older have lived in their home for more than 30 years, and another 39% have lived in their home for more than 10 years. Only about one out of every five retirement-age households moved within the last 10 years.
We’re looking to talk with local residents who will be between 59 and 77 years old this year and who moved into their homes 30 or more years ago. When did you buy your longtime lodgings and what has kept you there?
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A Bridgeton man was found guilty of shooting a State Police detective who was investigating a home invasion at a Salem County mobile home park in 2020, the state Attorney General's Office said Wednesday.
Tremaine Hadden, 30, was convicted of aggravated assault, conspiracy, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, certain persons not to possess weapons and riot.
The jury was unable to reach a verdict on a charge of attempted murder, the Attorney General's Office said in a news release.
Hadden was one of 14 defendants indicted in the April 25, 2020, incident that culminated with the shooting of State Police Detective Richard Hershey in Pittsgrove Township.
“Hadden and the other defendants demonstrated contempt for the law and for law enforcement,” said Thomas Eicher, executive director of the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability. "By heroically confronting this mob and putting his own life at risk, Detective Hershey likely saved others from injury or worse.”
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According to the evidence, Hershey was investigating a home invasion in which a woman was beaten and robbed at the Harding Woods mobile home park on Harding Highway.
While Hershey was at the scene, 15 people linked to the assailants in the home invasion arrived in a caravan of five vehicles, intending to attack and injure a resident at the mobile home park and damage her residence, the Attorney General's Office said. The members of the caravan were armed with at least two handguns, one knife and one bottle.
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Some members of the caravan exited their vehicles and confronted Hershey. Hadden and two others, Najzeir “Naz” Hutchings and Kareen “Kai” Warner, also of Bridgeton, opened fire on Hershey.
Hutchings and Warner pleaded guilty to aggravated assault earlier this month, the Attorney General's Office said.
Hadden fired at Hershey numerous times from one vehicle, while Hutchings and Warner shot at him numerous times from another vehicle. Hershey was struck in the hip and seriously wounded. He returned fire with his service weapon, and the suspects fled the scene.
The remaining suspects were charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and rioting, while some were additionally charged with weapons offenses.
Hadden faces more than 40 years in prison when he is sentenced by state Superior Court Judge John Eastlack on Aug. 11, the Attorney General's Office said.
“This brazen assault on Detective Richard Hershey endangered the lives of innocent bystanders, and by standing his ground while outnumbered and under a barrage of gunfire, Detective Hershey undoubtedly prevented this from becoming a mass casualty incident,” said State Police Superintendent Col. Patrick J. Callahan.
The shooting investigation was conducted by the State Police, Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, and Division of Criminal Justice. Assistance was provided by the U.S. Marshals Service NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/bridgeton-man-found-guilty-of-shooting-state-police-detective/article_588bd2e4-fffc-11ed-a5b9-3b73a44a200e.html | 2023-05-31T22:34:55 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/bridgeton-man-found-guilty-of-shooting-state-police-detective/article_588bd2e4-fffc-11ed-a5b9-3b73a44a200e.html |
A man charged with sexually and physically abusing a woman he held captive pleaded not guilty to an 11-count indictment, court officials said Wednesday.
James W. Parrillo Jr., 57, will remain in the Burlington County jail after appearing before Burlington County Superior Court Judge Gerard H. Breland on Tuesday.
A status conference in the case is scheduled for June 19, court officials said.
Attempts to reach Parrillo's attorney, Jason Ferguson, were unsuccessful Wednesday.
State Police captured Parrillo in Bass River Township in February while he chased after a woman who prosecutors say he held captive.
Parrillo was initially charged with kidnapping, strangulation, aggravated assault and related crimes. Six offenses, including two counts of aggravated sexual assault, criminal coercion and theft by extortion, were added to his indictment in May.
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The woman allegedly was held captive by Parrillo after meeting him at a gas station off Interstate 10 in New Mexico in February 2022, according to evidence presented in court.
The state Attorney General's Office said authorities believe Parrillo may have committed similar offenses against other women in different states.
The victim agreed to take Parrillo to Arizona, entering a "voluntary relationship" for about three weeks before their association became violent, including an instance where he physically assaulted her while the pair were in California, the Attorney General's Office said.
The two eventually rented a room in Bass River Township, where the victim planned the escape that led to Parrillo's arrest.
While she told authorities she previously felt unable to leave the relationship because of Parrillo's threatening behavior, the woman eventually escaped to a township Conoco gas station, running along a road in cold temperatures in only a shirt and shorts.
She told gas station employees she had been kidnapped and felt her life was threatened.
Footage from the station shows Parrillo following the woman. He would later be captured along the shoulder of Route 542. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-charged-in-cross-country-kidnapping-case-pleads-not-guilty-in-new-jersey-court/article_ee01b5b6-ffe1-11ed-9036-7fe457b30c6b.html | 2023-05-31T22:35:01 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-charged-in-cross-country-kidnapping-case-pleads-not-guilty-in-new-jersey-court/article_ee01b5b6-ffe1-11ed-9036-7fe457b30c6b.html |
Drivers should expect to see more state, police and emergency vehicles on shore routes Thursday morning as they practice hurricane evacuation exercises, the South Jersey Transportation Authority said Wednesday.
The annual exercise will begin at 6 a.m., the SJTA said in a news release. The goal is for the involved agencies to practice the planned reversal of traffic along roads deemed coastal evacuation routes.
Affected highways include the Atlantic City Expressway, the Garden State Parkway between Lower and Egg Harbor townships, Route 72 between Barnegat Township and Ship Bottom, and Routes 47 and 347 between Dennis and Maurice River townships.
No roads are expected to be closed during the exercises, officials said. Drivers are urged to slow down and move over around emergency vehicles.
The exercise is being carried out by the SJTA, New Jersey Department of Transportation, State Police and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/nj-highway-agencies-to-perform-evacuation-exercises-thursday-morning/article_239b9c02-ffef-11ed-8355-8fcc126816e8.html | 2023-05-31T22:35:07 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/nj-highway-agencies-to-perform-evacuation-exercises-thursday-morning/article_239b9c02-ffef-11ed-8355-8fcc126816e8.html |
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — An at times controversial affordable-housing mandate has brought new development and diversity to the township, according to a recent report.
The Fair Share Housing Center, a nonprofit based in Cherry Hill that monitors affordable-housing development in the state, issued a report last month about the recent impacts of the Mount Laurel doctrine — the constitutional obligation of local governments in New Jersey to provide affordable housing.
Taking Egg Harbor Township as a case study, the report said the doctrine has helped grow the housing supply and increase racial and economic diversity there.
Fair Share Executive Director Adam Gordon said affordable housing mandates make municipalities like Egg Harbor Township accessible to new communities with varying income levels.
“There’s a range of different housing needs, and having more choices at a variety of price points just creates more opportunities,” Gordon said. “That’s a lot of people’s lives that have been impacted by this.”
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Mayor Laura Pfrommer said the township was glad to embrace more diversity and provide more affordable housing but said she wanted to carefully manage population growth and its effect on township resources.
“You want to see everybody have a good place to lay their head down at night,” Pfrommer said.
The report compares demographic changes from 2010 to 2020 in two tracts in the township where developments associated with Mount Laurel obligations were built to demographic changes in the rest of the township over that same 10-year period. One of the Mount Laurel tracts contains the Egg Harbor Township Family Apartments, an affordable-housing development with 136 residential units. The other is the Atrium Apartments at Egg Harbor, an affordable-housing development with 183 units.
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In the whole of Egg Harbor Township, minus the two tracts with Mount Laurel developments, the population grew by 8% to 38,294. The number of Asian, Black and Hispanic residents likewise grew by 15%, 5% and 35%, respectively; while the number of white residents declined 2%. The diversity-index score, a metric of integration measured on a scale from 0 to 1, was 0.62, which amounted to a decennial increase of 6%.
In the tracts with affordable housing, demographic shifts were considerably sharper, according to the report.
The total population in the two tracts grew by 18% to 9,340. The Asian, Black and Hispanic populations grew by 29%, 23% and 86%, respectively, while the white population in the tracts decreased 8%. The diversity score rose 10% over the decade to 0.83.
“It really is this place that has a lot of the diversity of our state in a fairly small area,” Gordon said. “What this is really showing is that the growth from the Mount Laurel housing is really reflecting that diversity of the area as a whole.”
Overall, the two Mount Laurel tracts drove about a third of total population growth in the township between 2010 and 2020, according to the report.
Gordon said the affordable-housing mandates caused municipalities like Egg Harbor Township to relax “exclusionary zoning” policies he said limit "economic potential" throughout the state.
The housing center report maintains that reserving tracts in a municipality for single-family homes artificially suppresses multifamily developments and in turn makes housing more scarce and expensive.
Gordon said the township has leveraged the redevelopment process to meet its Mount Laurel obligations, meaning that affordable-housing development was bringing activity to what had been economically barren areas. He also cited studies indicating "transformational" changes affordable housing and economic integration can have on education and mental health.
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“These developments represent significant investment in Egg Harbor Township,” Gordon said.
Township Committeeman Joe O’Donoghue celebrated the growing diversity the report evidenced. A child of Irish American and Japanese American parents, O’Donoghue has often pointed to his own diverse family background when campaigning and discussing his vision for the township’s future.
“Diversity is of the utmost importance, not just to Egg Harbor Township, but to the entire country,” O’Donoghue said. “We can’t be a nation divided. … It comes down to the heart of what Egg Harbor Township is.”
The report indicates accelerated development in the township reflects housing growth that happened elsewhere in the state. In the seven years between 2015 and 2022, the housing center reports that 21,891 affordable-housing units were created in the state through Mount Laurel developments to house an estimated 51,663 people with very low to moderate incomes.
Also during that period, a total of 69,516 housing units, both market-rate and affordable, were created through multifamily properties that towns had developed to satisfy Mount Laurel obligations, housing an estimated 183,522 people across all income levels. Eighty-one percent of all multifamily developments in the state during that period were tied to Mount Laurel obligations.
“A lot of the homes that are created are really mixed income, and there’s obviously a lot of benefits to that,” Gordon said.
The work to increase affordable housing, however, comes after a long period in which the housing center and the township feuded over those obligations.
James “Sonny” McCullough, who served as mayor for about 30 years before opting not to run for reelection in 2018, said he had long been an opponent of the state housing regulations.
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He said state-mandated affordable housing and associated population growth have placed an undue burden on the township and school district, without matching state aid. These came in tandem with Pinelands regulations McCullough said generated additional development in the township.
“I was always in disagreement with it, the unfairness of it,” McCullough said. “The township was treated so unfairly.”
McCullough said the township had always been a melting pot, with officials celebrating the multiple languages spoken in its schools. He said he was skeptical that Mount Laurel developments had significantly changed its demographics.
The township's resistance eventually saw the housing center sue the township in 2008. Gordon said the township was exceptional among municipalities in that it had not even developed an affordable-housing plan. The suit forced the township into compliance.
After it was created by the New Jersey Supreme Court in 1975, the state Legislature codified the Mount Laurel doctrine with the 1985 Fair Housing Act. This created the Council on Affordable Housing, a body to compel municipalities to meet their housing obligations. Over the decades, COAH proved dysfunctional, and the body became essentially defunct by the 2000s.
Due to COAH's apparent dereliction, the New Jersey Supreme Court deputized the Fair Share Housing Center in 2015 to help set affordable-housing obligations and enforce the Mount Laurel doctrine throughout the state.
A municipality's affordable-housing obligations are currently determined by expected population of low- and moderate-income residents in one of six affordable-housing regions; existing housing prices and vacancies in a municipality; and expected job growth in a municipality.
Gordon said weak affordable-housing enforcement under COAH in the 2000s had also led to a significant rise in housing costs. The report shows an 86% increase in annual affordable housing production in the state after the court ruling in 2015.
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“Part of the challenge is that we’re still digging out of that hole,” Gordon said.
There is an effort to return to the pre-2015 status quo. Egg Harbor Township is one of a dozen municipalities that has sued Gov. Phil Murphy, saying he has an obligation to reconvene COAH, which could strip authority over affordable-housing matters from the courts.
Asked about the litigation, Gordon said he feared it was a way to skirt affordable-housing obligations. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/report-analyzes-affordable-housing-and-diversity-in-egg-harbor-township/article_270d5a42-f8d3-11ed-b09d-536738f00b5f.html | 2023-05-31T22:35:13 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/report-analyzes-affordable-housing-and-diversity-in-egg-harbor-township/article_270d5a42-f8d3-11ed-b09d-536738f00b5f.html |
Mike Trout, 31, a 2009 Millville High School graduate, is a center fielder with the Los Angeles Angels and was the 2014, 2016 and 2019 American League MVP.
Tuesday: Went 0 for 4, striking out twice, in a 7-3 loss at Chicago. He batted second and played center field.
Wednesday: Batting second and playing center field, he went 1 for 3 with a two-run homer in the top of the first inning of the Angels' 12-5 win over the White Sox in the series finale. He also scored another run and struck out.
Thursday: The Angels will begin a four-game series starting at 8:10 p.m. in Houston against the Astros. No starter has been designated by Houston as of Wednesday afternoon.
Stats: Trout is hitting .278 (57 for 205) with 13 home runs, 31 RBIs and 36 runs scored in 53 games. He has walked 24 times and struck out 65 times. His on-base percentage is .369, his OPS .891. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/daily-mike-trout-report-hits-13th-homer-in-angels-rout/article_18808ab0-ffec-11ed-b51a-6b669227a4fe.html | 2023-05-31T22:35:32 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/daily-mike-trout-report-hits-13th-homer-in-angels-rout/article_18808ab0-ffec-11ed-b51a-6b669227a4fe.html |
Alyson Sojak scored eight goals to go with eight draw controls and two assists to lead the fourth-seeded Barnegat High School girls lacrosse team to a 16-9 victory over fifth-seeded Seneca in the South Jersey Jersey Group II quarterfinals Tuesday.
The Bengals (13-5) will travel to top-seeded Haddonfield for the semifinals Friday. The Bengals had never made the S.J. Group II semifinals. Barnegat is No. 9 in The Press Elite 11. Haddonfield is ranked third.
Calli Dunn scored seven and added five ground balls and three assists for Barnegat. Savia Singh added four assists. Patience Mares scored once and added an assist. Olivia Carll, Giana Germano and Maya McBee each contributed three ground balls.
Grace Mileszko, Kate Matthiessen, Maddy Schwartz and Georgia Keubler each scored twice for Seneca (9-9).
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(5) St. Augustine 16, (12) St. Joseph (Metuchen) 1: Nate Price scored four and added an assist for the defending champions. Ryan Wodazak scored two and had an an assist for the Hermits (11-5), the top-ranked team in the Elite 11. Jack Gounaris, Billy Hughes and Tyler Price each scored twice. Matthew Buonocore, Noah Plenn and Reid Weishaar each scored once and added an assist. Austin Exley and Kaiden Jentsch each contrbuted an assist. Carson Quinn made two saves.
State Non-Public B first round
(6) Holy Spirit 21, (11) Morris Catholic 4: Ryan Lazzara scored twice for Morris Catholic (7-7). The Spartans (*-8) travel to third-seeded Princeton Day Academy in the quarterfinals Friday.
St. Augustine travels to fourth-seeded Pingry in the quarterfinals Friday.
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South Jersey Non-Public B semifinals
(1) St. Joseph 6, (5) Doane Academy: Alaina Dorsey went 3 for 4 with a homer, three runs and two RBIs for the Wildcats (20-6), who are No. 11 in the Elite 11. Ava Fisher struck out 19 and allowed three hits in a complete game. Macie Jacquet went 2 for 4 with a run and an RBI. Dorsey and Jacquet each stole a base. Isabella Ramos singled and scored, and Rylee Freas added a run.
St. Joseph hosts third-seeded Gloucester Catholic in the championship Friday.
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South Jersey Non-Public B semifinals
(1) Gloucester Catholic 16, (5) Holy Spirit 3: Kyle Lamanteer doubled and had an RBI for the Spartans (11-13). Ty Mercado singled and had an RBI. Connor Lamanteer singled and scored. Ryan Mallen scored once. For the Rams (22-7), Tyler Bunting homered. RJ Mustaro doubled, tripled, dove in three and scored two. Gloucester Catholic, the top-ranked team in the Elite 11, hosts the winner if third-seeded Bishop Eustace and second-seeded Ranney in the championship Friday. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/barnegat-advances-to-s-j-group-ii-semifinals-for-1st-time-in-program-history-late/article_5a0cf55a-ffaa-11ed-a37d-a74931a47e00.html | 2023-05-31T22:35:38 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/barnegat-advances-to-s-j-group-ii-semifinals-for-1st-time-in-program-history-late/article_5a0cf55a-ffaa-11ed-a37d-a74931a47e00.html |
OCEAN CITY — Paul Tjoumakaris is one of the best defenders in South Jersey.
But on Wednesday, the senior leader also contributed offensively.
Tjoumakaris scored two goals in an explosive first quarter to help propel second-seeded Ocean City to an 18-8 victory over seventh-seeded Jackson Memorial in the South Jersey Group III quarterfinals at Carey Stadium.
The Red Raiders (13-6), ranked fourth in The Press Elite 11, scored eight in the first quarter and five in the second. Ocean City will host the winner of sixth-seeded Northern Burlington and third-seeded Moorestown in the semifinals Saturday.
Ocean City lost in the sectional semifinals last season and captured the title in 2021. After winning the championship, the Red Raiders lost 5-4 after Chatham scored the go-ahead goal late in the state Group III final. This spring, the Red Raiders won their second straight Cape-Atlantic League Tournament.
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Jackson Memorial fell to 11-6.
“From Day 1 it has always been getting back to that state championship,” Tjoumakaris said. “After our sophomore year and getting to the state championship and losing in the last couple of seconds, it has been tough on us. We have those same guys building on what we already have. We have a lot of skill guys like Pat (Grimley) and (Jack) Davis. A lot of kids with a bunch of heart. So it’s good to win, but we have another goal in mind.”
Ocean City led 8-0 after the first quarter. Grimley, Chayston Labarr and Charlie Schutta and Tjoumakaris each scored in the opening six minutes to give the Red Raiders a 4-0 lead.
Schutta, Tjoumakaris and Davis scored in a 40-second span to extend the Red Raiders’ lead to 7-0 with 4 minutes, 9 seconds remaining. Jon Moyer capped the first-quarter scoring. Tjoumakaris finished the game with those two goals to go with two ground balls and an assist.
“I have to contribute the looks my offense got me. It was a lot of crease dunks,” Tjoumakaris said. “So without those guys and feeding me the ball and making the plays they are doing, I wouldn’t have half as many goals as I do now. Those guys are playmakers, and we are here to win. They are doing the job right.”
Tjoumakaris has 12 goals and six assists this season to go with being a standout defender.
“Paul is a juice guy,” LaTorre said. “He has something we haven’t had in awhile. The amount of energy he brings to everyone else around him, it’s just very impressive. The guys just feed off him. I’m very happy for him and the entire team. They all play really well together.”
Ocean City extended its lead to 13-3 at halftime and 17-6 after three quarters. Schutta scored four, and Davis added three. Joey Berardis, Moyer and Grimley each scored twice. Grimley now scored 56 on the season, and Davis has 30. Kai Lindsay and Zio Wright each scored once, and Berardis added an assist. Schlatter, Lindsay and Jackson Agnellini each contributed two ground balls. Winfield Dunn made six saves.
Ocean City coach Joe LaTorre said his team “has something special” this season.
“The work ethic, the attitude and the energy has been there all season long,” LaTorre added. “We have just been very unfortunate with injuries. We haven’t played our full starting roster since the first week. We haven’t played with everyone we need since Week 1.”
Standout faceoff specialist Dylan Dwyer injured his ankle during the CAL Tournament championship game. The senior has won 64% of his faceoffs this season. Freshman John Williams has been filling while Dwyer recovers. Williams won 15 of 27 faceoffs Wednesday, and Jackson Memorial’s Zachary O’Connell won the other 12. O’Connell entered the game winning 74% of his faceoffs.
“John Williams has just been phenomenal, and he again played lights out (Wednesday) against a guy who had a really good season,” LaTorre said.
LaTorre wanted his team to start faster than the Red Raiders did in the quarterfinals last season, when they were tied 2-2 with Brick Merial after the first quarter. Tjoumakaris said the team struggled with fast starts in the beginning of the season.
“But we got together as a group and figured out what we needed to do and I feel like we are playing our best lacrosse right now,” Tjoumakaris said. “We have a really talented group here. … It all comes back to LaTorre. I don’t think there’s another coach in the state who works as hard as he does. Every time you interview him, he won’t admit it, but that guy, this program would not be here growing at such an exponential rate without that guy.
“I’m happy to be back with him my senior year and a program like Ocean City and make another run at a state championship.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/no-4-ocean-city-starts-fast-defeats-jackson-memorial/article_71274a14-fff6-11ed-8e10-aba6e73b1a43.html | 2023-05-31T22:35:44 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/no-4-ocean-city-starts-fast-defeats-jackson-memorial/article_71274a14-fff6-11ed-8e10-aba6e73b1a43.html |
SAN ANGELO, Texas — The start of "kitten season" typically begins every April and lasts through August in West Texas and surrounding southern areas.
As springtime shifts towards summer and temperatures are on the rise, more kittens are being born and brought into neighborhood shelters.
San Angelo is no different and within the past two months, the shelter has welcomed 149 kittens.
"We've really had a soft launch to kitten season this year," City of San Angelo neighborhood and family services assistant director Morgan Chegwidden said.
Often, less kittens than usual might be attributed to colder winter months. However, Chegwidden believes the reason for the decrease is "the robust spay/neuter program that so many San Angeloans have been doing."
Animal Services has been trying to educate the community about the "Wait Until Eight" initiative, which encourages finders to bring kittens to the shelter only if they are eight weeks or older.
"So when people have found a litter of kittens, we say, 'Look, if they're clean, if they're healthy, if they have big fat bellies, their mom's taking care of them, she's looking for them," Chegwidden said.
By May 2022, the shelter was hosting 369 adult cats and 363 kittens.
A year later in 2023, the number of full grown cats has stayed nearly the same at 379 while the number of kittens has almost been split in half.
Along with "Wait Until Eight," the shelter also offers a "Good Sam" program, which provides finders with food, toys, etc. to take care of animals in their home until the shelter has available space. They also allow fosters to house animals for multiple weeks at a time while they are given vaccines and eventually become suitable for adoption.
At the moment, the shelter is lodging 68 cats and kittens, while the maximum is 120.
"Really, you really see San Angelo coming around cats and changing the culture about how we care for cats and how we treat cats and what the best services are for our cats," Chegwidden said.
There are approximately two months left in "kitten season" and the shelter hopes to continue encouraging help from the community. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/san-angelo-animal-services-provides-update-on-kitten-season/504-e24753c1-ee39-42f9-8710-7207fd964925 | 2023-05-31T22:36:56 | 1 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/san-angelo-animal-services-provides-update-on-kitten-season/504-e24753c1-ee39-42f9-8710-7207fd964925 |
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At a meeting of Hopewell’s city council, Virginia’s Secretary of Finance Stephen Cummings urged the city to prioritize getting its finances in order – weeks after a state-commissioned audit found as many as eight years of missing audits.
‘This is a five-alarm fire. It’s been burning at a five-alarm level for a long time,” said Cummings. “This cannot continue. Every year things get more challenging. You’ve got to get to a position where you can see the light.”
The Tuesday meeting began with a closed session, which opened an hour later into a discussion with a representative of Alvarez and Marsal, the firm that conducted the city’s audit. Nancy Zielke, a managing director with the consulting firm, flew in from Kansas City to attend the meeting.
Zielke told city councilors that they were unlikely to receive a “clean audit,” meaning an audit in which the city’s checkbooks are fully reconciled and explainable. The city needs at least three years of clean audits to regain its credit rating -- and without the credit rating, it cannot issue bonds.
Without bonds, the city is handicapped financially because it can’t generate money to fix roads, schools, or other capital projects.
As councilmember Rita Joyner described it, “you can see around this city, and you can see that we have needs – desperate needs – and we can’t fund them.”
The meeting came roughly a month after the locality received findings from Alvarez and Marsal, the auditors hired late last year by the state Secretary of Finance.
Their report found deficiencies in Hopewell’s finances: among them late or nonexistent annual financial audits and a back-up of compliance reporting that could lead them losing millions of dollars in funding from grants.
Zielke prescribed two short-term actions. The first was to create a team solely tasked with getting the city caught up on audits. The other was to create a temporary project management office to oversee the rehabbing of the city’s financial department
“Get caught up, address internal controls, put in place better planning, as well as better oversight and reconciliation processes,” said Zielke.
Zielke fielded questions, as well as frustration, from officials in the council chamber. The meeting was live-streamed, and thus available to residents online.
Vice Mayor Jasmine Gore said that members of the public watching may get the wrong impression about the ability of city councilors to unilaterally tie up the city's financial problems. Some of the responsibility lies with past councilors, with past financial directors, and with a city treasurer who, as an elected official, is not an employee of the city council or the city manager.
“It’s important to understand our jurisdiction. From the outside looking in you would think we can snap our fingers and fix everything, but we can’t,” said Gore, who also represents Hopewell’s 4th Ward.
Councilor Dominic R. Holloway, who represents Hopewell’s 7th ward, cautioned laying blame on the current treasurer, Shannon Foskey. Foskey was elected to the position in 2021.
“I don’t want citizens going in whipping a lasso thinking hey we need to replace the treasurer,” said Holloway. “These issues have been in place a long time.”
Hopewell has been plagued by staffing problems. Some have been exacerbated by city council, who have debated hiring decisions, in recent years. Last summer, Hopewell's city manager left for a job in Petersburg, leaving the city with an interim manager, Concetta Manker, the city's former IT director.
Councilor Brenda Pelham said they arrived where they are today because of inexperience in key areas of city government. She said city council should take responsibility for not holding those employees to higher standards.
“I don’t think we’ve held our people accountable, our staff accountable. As a city councilor I’ll take that,” said Pelham.
Gore asked Secretary Cummings if the state would be able to offer more money to help the city pay for outside accounting help. Cummings clarified that for the time being, the Commonwealth's coffers were closed.
Jasmine Gore was elected to Hopewell's City Council two months shy of her 26th birthday. One of her major pushes as a councilor is advocating for a series of youth programs because "we need to find ways to empower the younger generations that currently have in the city as well as entice young families to raise their children in the City of Hopewell."
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“At this point in time we do not have additional resources,” said Cummings, saying that the audit was already on the ‘balance sheet of the Commonwealth’.
Cummings told councilors that the financial repairs have to start with “what’s embedded in their budget and Hopewell starting to take ownership of fixing this problem.”
Del. Carrie Coyner, who represents Hopewell, was disappointed in councilors' reaction to the state’s help.
She said that Cummings and Zielke had arrived with the expectation of being invited into the closed session to offer help on hiring decisions, but were not invited to do so. The result of the closed session was one appointment to the city’s equalization department.
“That’s a disservice to this city. It’s irresponsible to not even take their advice or listen to it,” said Coyner. “You have experts that have been paid by the state and you’re not willing to listen to them because you don’t want to make hard personnel decisions.”
The 50 places where homes are taking the longest to sell
Where home sales are slowing down
The pace at which homes sell in the U.S. tends to ebb and flow over the calendar year with homes selling the fastest in the summer months and slowest in the winter. Year over year, however, the U.S. real estate market has seen homes typically selling quicker and quicker.
Slowing home sales can be a sign that a given market is more buyer-friendly. It can also signal a mismatch between prospective homebuyers' purchasing power and market conditions.
Stacker compiled a list of metros where homes are selling the slowest using data from Redfin . Metros are ranked by the most days listed for sale for the month of September with the metros with the most home sales being ranked higher in case of ties. Metros with over 300 home sales in September were included.
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#50. Vallejo, CA
- Median days on market: 41
- Total homes sold: 409
- Median sale price: $580,000
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#49. Boulder, CO
- Median days on market: 41
- Total homes sold: 433
- Median sale price: $728,950
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#48. Greeley, CO
- Median days on market: 41
- Total homes sold: 556
- Median sale price: $472,000
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#47. Topeka, KS
- Median days on market: 42
- Total homes sold: 305
- Median sale price: $179,900
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#46. Hickory, NC
- Median days on market: 42
- Total homes sold: 360
- Median sale price: $249,000
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#45. Provo, UT
- Median days on market: 42
- Total homes sold: 732
- Median sale price: $510,000
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#44. Anaheim, CA
- Median days on market: 42
- Total homes sold: 2,058
- Median sale price: $962,500
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#43. New Brunswick, NJ
- Median days on market: 42
- Total homes sold: 3,205
- Median sale price: $460,000
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#42. Ocean City, NJ
- Median days on market: 43
- Total homes sold: 309
- Median sale price: $549,900
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#41. Toledo, OH
- Median days on market: 43
- Total homes sold: 726
- Median sale price: $175,750
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#40. Port St. Lucie, FL
- Median days on market: 43
- Total homes sold: 857
- Median sale price: $390,000
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#39. Greenville, SC
- Median days on market: 43
- Total homes sold: 1,234
- Median sale price: $320,000
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#38. Birmingham, AL
- Median days on market: 43
- Total homes sold: 1,357
- Median sale price: $280,000
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#37. Riverside, CA
- Median days on market: 43
- Total homes sold: 4,140
- Median sale price: $545,000
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#36. Los Angeles, CA
- Median days on market: 43
- Total homes sold: 4,693
- Median sale price: $840,000
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#35. New Haven, CT
- Median days on market: 44
- Total homes sold: 979
- Median sale price: $300,000
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#34. Sioux Falls, SD
- Median days on market: 45
- Total homes sold: 394
- Median sale price: $313,500
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#33. Panama City, FL
- Median days on market: 45
- Total homes sold: 474
- Median sale price: $394,000
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#32. Kennewick, WA
- Median days on market: 46
- Total homes sold: 349
- Median sale price: $445,000
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#31. Milwaukee, WI
- Median days on market: 46
- Total homes sold: 1,836
- Median sale price: $295,000
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#30. Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Median days on market: 46
- Total homes sold: 2,455
- Median sale price: $394,000
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#29. Las Vegas, NV
- Median days on market: 46
- Total homes sold: 2,578
- Median sale price: $423,000
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#28. Phoenix, AZ
- Median days on market: 46
- Total homes sold: 5,900
- Median sale price: $450,000
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#27. Oxnard, CA
- Median days on market: 47
- Total homes sold: 611
- Median sale price: $792,500
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#26. Austin, TX
- Median days on market: 47
- Total homes sold: 2,769
- Median sale price: $475,000
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#25. Salem, OR
- Median days on market: 48
- Total homes sold: 418
- Median sale price: $445,000
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#24. Knoxville, TN
- Median days on market: 48
- Total homes sold: 1,222
- Median sale price: $329,000
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#23. Tucson, AZ
- Median days on market: 48
- Total homes sold: 1,227
- Median sale price: $350,370
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#22. Prescott Valley, AZ
- Median days on market: 49
- Total homes sold: 337
- Median sale price: $515,000
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#21. Reno, NV
- Median days on market: 49
- Total homes sold: 584
- Median sale price: $510,000
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#20. Madison, WI
- Median days on market: 49
- Total homes sold: 816
- Median sale price: $362,000
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#19. Pensacola, FL
- Median days on market: 49
- Total homes sold: 908
- Median sale price: $320,000
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#18. New York, NY
- Median days on market: 49
- Total homes sold: 5,996
- Median sale price: $680,000
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#17. Green Bay, WI
- Median days on market: 50
- Total homes sold: 337
- Median sale price: $268,800
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#16. Bridgeport, CT
- Median days on market: 50
- Total homes sold: 1,124
- Median sale price: $549,000
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#15. West Palm Beach, FL
- Median days on market: 50
- Total homes sold: 2,173
- Median sale price: $435,000
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#14. Miami, FL
- Median days on market: 50
- Total homes sold: 2,297
- Median sale price: $475,000
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#13. Appleton, WI
- Median days on market: 51
- Total homes sold: 301
- Median sale price: $280,000
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#12. Tallahassee, FL
- Median days on market: 51
- Total homes sold: 430
- Median sale price: $275,000
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#11. Asheville, NC
- Median days on market: 51
- Total homes sold: 759
- Median sale price: $429,195
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#10. Elgin, IL
- Median days on market: 51
- Total homes sold: 972
- Median sale price: $297,788
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#9. Lebanon, NH
- Median days on market: 52
- Total homes sold: 360
- Median sale price: $337,500
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#8. Honolulu, HI
- Median days on market: 52
- Total homes sold: 761
- Median sale price: $700,000
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#7. Pittsburgh, PA
- Median days on market: 52
- Total homes sold: 2,319
- Median sale price: $219,900
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#6. Charleston, SC
- Median days on market: 53
- Total homes sold: 1,309
- Median sale price: $414,630
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#5. Lake County, IL
- Median days on market: 54
- Total homes sold: 1,069
- Median sale price: $310,000
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#4. Palm Bay, FL
- Median days on market: 56
- Total homes sold: 1,046
- Median sale price: $355,000
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#3. Chicago, IL
- Median days on market: 57
- Total homes sold: 7,810
- Median sale price: $305,000
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#2. Atlantic City, NJ
- Median days on market: 63
- Total homes sold: 383
- Median sale price: $301,000
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#1. Myrtle Beach, SC
- Median days on market: 65
- Total homes sold: 1,777
- Median sale price: $335,000
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#50. Hickory, NC metro area
- Median days on market: 49
- Total homes sold: 332
- Median sale price: $265,000
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#49. Montgomery, AL metro area
- Median days on market: 50
- Total homes sold: 394
- Median sale price: $215,000
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#48. Elgin, IL metro area
- Median days on market: 50
- Total homes sold: 729
- Median sale price: $310,000
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#47. Bridgeport, CT metro area
- Median days on market: 50
- Total homes sold: 786
- Median sale price: $510,000
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#46. Charlotte, NC metro area
- Median days on market: 50
- Total homes sold: 3,534
- Median sale price: $380,000
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#45. Lake Havasu City, AZ metro area
- Median days on market: 51
- Total homes sold: 398
- Median sale price: $349,450
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#44. Gary, IN metro area
- Median days on market: 51
- Total homes sold: 752
- Median sale price: $241,000
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#43. Nassau County, NY metro area
- Median days on market: 51
- Total homes sold: 1,638
- Median sale price: $580,000
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#42. Lakeland, FL metro area
- Median days on market: 52
- Total homes sold: 1,421
- Median sale price: $320,288
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#41. Raleigh, NC metro area
- Median days on market: 52
- Total homes sold: 2,077
- Median sale price: $420,000
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#40. McAllen, TX metro area
- Median days on market: 53
- Total homes sold: 377
- Median sale price: $229,500
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#39. New Brunswick, NJ metro area
- Median days on market: 53
- Total homes sold: 2,203
- Median sale price: $444,000
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#38. Riverside, CA metro area
- Median days on market: 53
- Total homes sold: 3,974
- Median sale price: $540,000
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#37. Clarksville, TN metro area
- Median days on market: 54
- Total homes sold: 491
- Median sale price: $285,000
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#36. Daphne, AL metro area
- Median days on market: 54
- Total homes sold: 623
- Median sale price: $375,040
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#35. Lake County, IL metro area
- Median days on market: 54
- Total homes sold: 781
- Median sale price: $310,000
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#34. Deltona, FL metro area
- Median days on market: 55
- Total homes sold: 1,511
- Median sale price: $348,980
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#33. Tucson, AZ metro area
- Median days on market: 56
- Total homes sold: 1,293
- Median sale price: $350,000
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#32. San Antonio, TX metro area
- Median days on market: 56
- Total homes sold: 2,693
- Median sale price: $313,990
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#31. Nashville, TN metro area
- Median days on market: 56
- Total homes sold: 2,980
- Median sale price: $433,650
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#30. Knoxville, TN metro area
- Median days on market: 57
- Total homes sold: 993
- Median sale price: $349,900
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#29. Fort Lauderdale, FL metro area
- Median days on market: 57
- Total homes sold: 2,885
- Median sale price: $400,000
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#28. Chicago, IL metro area
- Median days on market: 57
- Total homes sold: 6,724
- Median sale price: $308,500
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#27. Phoenix, AZ metro area
- Median days on market: 57
- Total homes sold: 6,944
- Median sale price: $430,000
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#26. Panama City, FL metro area
- Median days on market: 58
- Total homes sold: 566
- Median sale price: $378,900
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#25. Pensacola, FL metro area
- Median days on market: 58
- Total homes sold: 857
- Median sale price: $327,750
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#24. Greenville, SC metro area
- Median days on market: 58
- Total homes sold: 1,100
- Median sale price: $308,926
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#23. Charleston, SC metro area
- Median days on market: 59
- Total homes sold: 1,490
- Median sale price: $415,885
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#22. Jacksonville, FL metro area
- Median days on market: 59
- Total homes sold: 2,804
- Median sale price: $343,990
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#21. Salem, OR metro area
- Median days on market: 60
- Total homes sold: 376
- Median sale price: $430,000
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#20. Reno, NV metro area
- Median days on market: 60
- Total homes sold: 495
- Median sale price: $500,000
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#19. Pittsburgh, PA metro area
- Median days on market: 60
- Total homes sold: 1,917
- Median sale price: $205,000
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#18. New Orleans, LA metro area
- Median days on market: 61
- Total homes sold: 981
- Median sale price: $270,000
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#17. Asheville, NC metro area
- Median days on market: 62
- Total homes sold: 561
- Median sale price: $413,990
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#16. Spartanburg, SC metro area
- Median days on market: 63
- Total homes sold: 514
- Median sale price: $274,950
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#15. Huntsville, AL metro area
- Median days on market: 63
- Total homes sold: 810
- Median sale price: $322,405
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#14. Port St. Lucie, FL metro area
- Median days on market: 63
- Total homes sold: 1,011
- Median sale price: $380,000
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#13. Palm Bay, FL metro area
- Median days on market: 64
- Total homes sold: 1,220
- Median sale price: $340,000
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#12. Prescott Valley, AZ metro area
- Median days on market: 65
- Total homes sold: 319
- Median sale price: $540,000
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#11. West Palm Beach, FL metro area
- Median days on market: 65
- Total homes sold: 2,785
- Median sale price: $449,000
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#10. Miami, FL metro area
- Median days on market: 66
- Total homes sold: 2,554
- Median sale price: $500,000
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#9. Las Vegas, NV metro area
- Median days on market: 67
- Total homes sold: 3,058
- Median sale price: $400,000
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#8. Sebastian, FL metro area
- Median days on market: 70
- Total homes sold: 352
- Median sale price: $384,000
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#7. Austin, TX metro area
- Median days on market: 70
- Total homes sold: 2,616
- Median sale price: $450,000
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#6. Poughkeepsie, NY metro area
- Median days on market: 71
- Total homes sold: 467
- Median sale price: $359,990
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#5. Honolulu, HI metro area
- Median days on market: 71
- Total homes sold: 696
- Median sale price: $722,500
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#4. Boise City, ID metro area
- Median days on market: 76
- Total homes sold: 1,229
- Median sale price: $439,900
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#3. Valdosta, GA metro area
- Median days on market: 78
- Total homes sold: 475
- Median sale price: $123,000
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#2. New York, NY metro area
- Median days on market: 81
- Total homes sold: 4,209
- Median sale price: $660,000
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#1. Myrtle Beach, SC metro area
- Median days on market: 87
- Total homes sold: 1,918
- Median sale price: $329,963
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#50. Lafayette, Louisiana
- Median days on market: 42
- Total homes sold: 327
- Median sale price: $230,000
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#49. Hagerstown, Maryland
- Median days on market: 42
- Total homes sold: 332
- Median sale price: $290,000
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#48. Daphne, Alabama
- Median days on market: 42
- Total homes sold: 529
- Median sale price: $401,852
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#47. Madison, Wisconsin
- Median days on market: 42
- Total homes sold: 545
- Median sale price: $395,000
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#46. New Haven, Connecticut
- Median days on market: 42
- Total homes sold: 622
- Median sale price: $315,857
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#45. Hickory, North Carolina
- Median days on market: 43
- Total homes sold: 324
- Median sale price: $259,000
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#44. Birmingham, Alabama
- Median days on market: 43
- Total homes sold: 1,081
- Median sale price: $285,000
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#43. Knoxville, Tennessee
- Median days on market: 44
- Total homes sold: 919
- Median sale price: $349,900
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#42. Raleigh, North Carolina
- Median days on market: 44
- Total homes sold: 1,904
- Median sale price: $432,000
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#41. New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Median days on market: 45
- Total homes sold: 1,937
- Median sale price: $461,500
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#40. Riverside, California
- Median days on market: 45
- Total homes sold: 3,565
- Median sale price: $545,000
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#39. Reno, Nevada
- Median days on market: 46
- Total homes sold: 471
- Median sale price: $500,000
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#38. Lake County, Illinois
- Median days on market: 47
- Total homes sold: 794
- Median sale price: $339,950
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#37. Ocala, Florida
- Median days on market: 47
- Total homes sold: 890
- Median sale price: $273,900
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#36. Montgomery, Alabama
- Median days on market: 48
- Total homes sold: 363
- Median sale price: $220,000
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#35. Asheville, North Carolina
- Median days on market: 48
- Total homes sold: 544
- Median sale price: $419,500
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#34. Spartanburg, South Carolina
- Median days on market: 49
- Total homes sold: 383
- Median sale price: $279,900
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#33. Elgin, Illinois
- Median days on market: 49
- Total homes sold: 689
- Median sale price: $325,000
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#32. Deltona, Florida
- Median days on market: 49
- Total homes sold: 1,331
- Median sale price: $343,000
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#31. Pittsburgh
- Median days on market: 49
- Total homes sold: 1,796
- Median sale price: $215,000
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#30. Clarksville, Tennessee
- Median days on market: 50
- Total homes sold: 434
- Median sale price: $309,450
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#29. Pensacola, Florida
- Median days on market: 50
- Total homes sold: 752
- Median sale price: $329,900
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#28. Tucson, Arizona
- Median days on market: 50
- Total homes sold: 1,305
- Median sale price: $350,000
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#27. San Antonio
- Median days on market: 50
- Total homes sold: 2,556
- Median sale price: $320,604
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#26. Tallahassee, Florida
- Median days on market: 51
- Total homes sold: 402
- Median sale price: $276,700
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#25. Nashville, Tennessee
- Median days on market: 51
- Total homes sold: 2,584
- Median sale price: $435,000
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#24. Las Vegas
- Median days on market: 51
- Total homes sold: 2,595
- Median sale price: $400,000
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#23. Phoenix
- Median days on market: 51
- Total homes sold: 6,071
- Median sale price: $439,080
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#22. Chicago
- Median days on market: 51
- Total homes sold: 6,605
- Median sale price: $320,000
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#21. McAllen, Texas
- Median days on market: 52
- Total homes sold: 322
- Median sale price: $231,000
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#20. Huntsville, Alabama
- Median days on market: 52
- Total homes sold: 773
- Median sale price: $322,990
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#19. Greenville, South Carolina
- Median days on market: 52
- Total homes sold: 963
- Median sale price: $315,000
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#18. Charleston, South Carolina
- Median days on market: 52
- Total homes sold: 1,371
- Median sale price: $426,500
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#17. Austin, Texas
- Median days on market: 53
- Total homes sold: 2,467
- Median sale price: $470,000
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#16. Jacksonville, Florida
- Median days on market: 54
- Total homes sold: 2,440
- Median sale price: $350,000
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#15. Salem, Oregon
- Median days on market: 55
- Total homes sold: 327
- Median sale price: $439,000
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#14. Panama City, Florida
- Median days on market: 56
- Total homes sold: 469
- Median sale price: $370,000
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#13. Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Median days on market: 56
- Total homes sold: 2,527
- Median sale price: $415,000
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#12. New Orleans
- Median days on market: 57
- Total homes sold: 995
- Median sale price: $276,000
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#11. Prescott Valley, Arizona
- Median days on market: 60
- Total homes sold: 300
- Median sale price: $525,675
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#10. Port St. Lucie, Florida
- Median days on market: 60
- Total homes sold: 1,018
- Median sale price: $385,000
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#9. Miami
- Median days on market: 60
- Total homes sold: 2,367
- Median sale price: $500,000
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#8. Poughkeepsie, New York
- Median days on market: 61
- Total homes sold: 400
- Median sale price: $375,000
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#7. Palm Bay, Florida
- Median days on market: 61
- Total homes sold: 1,121
- Median sale price: $353,165
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#6. West Palm Beach, Florida
- Median days on market: 62
- Total homes sold: 2,517
- Median sale price: $450,000
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#5. Honolulu
- Median days on market: 64
- Total homes sold: 647
- Median sale price: $675,000
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#4. Sebastian, Florida
- Median days on market: 75
- Total homes sold: 344
- Median sale price: $370,000
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#3. New York City
- Median days on market: 78
- Total homes sold: 3,940
- Median sale price: $666,500
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#2. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Median days on market: 82
- Total homes sold: 1,694
- Median sale price: $329,950
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#1. Fort Smith, Arkansas
- Median days on market: 134
- Total homes sold: 388
- Median sale price: $170,000
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BISBEE, Ariz. — A former elections official for a rural Arizona county where leaders have embraced election conspiracy theories has received a $130,000 settlement over toxic work environment claims.
Lisa Marra, who was Cochise County elections director during the 2022 midterm election, got the payout through the county’s risk management insurer, the Sierra Vista Herald/Review reported Wednesday.
She filed a notice of constructive discharge against the county in January, saying two members of the Board of Supervisors pressured her to participate in a hand count of ballots to assuage some constituents who believed the election was stolen.
Marra, a 10-year county employee, refused to help with the proposed hand count of ballots as she believed it was an illegal act.
The conservative-majority Board of Supervisors refused to certify the results after a judge blocked their hand-count. A judge later ordered them to carry out the certification.
Organizers earlier this month tried to mount a recall of one of the supervisors, Republican Tom Crosby. But they failed to collect enough signatures to put the recall on the ballot.
She entered into negotiations with the Arizona County Insurance Pool through her attorney and resigned under duress.
Marra now is the Deputy Director of Elections with the Arizona Secretary of State's Office.
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PHOENIX — A $1,000 reward is available to anyone with info that can help identify the burglar who recently broke into Tovrea Castle.
The burglar allegedly caused up to $90,000 in damages after gaining entry into the iconic Phoenix landmark on the afternoon of May 20. The suspect left the castle with a fire extinguisher and was seen walking southbound on Washington Street.
A similar incident was reported at Tovrea Castle a couple of weeks earlier, according to Silent Witness.
Located near 52nd and Van Buren streets, Tovrea Castle is often to referred to as the "wedding cake building" due to its unique structure. It was built in the late 1920s by an Italian immigrant who originally intended to operate the property as a hotel.
The historic building was purchased and restored by the City of Phoenix in the 1990s.
Anyone with info on the burglar can submit a tip by calling 480-WITNESS. More information about the burglary can be found here.
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Vietnam War veterans and members of the community read the names of the 251 Idaho servicemen and women killed or missing in action during that conflict at the Idaho State Vietnam Veterans' Memorial on Monday in Freeman Park.
Vietnam War veterans and members of the community read the names of the 251 Idaho servicemen and women killed or missing in action during that conflict at the Idaho State Vietnam Veterans' Memorial on Monday in Freeman Park.
Local veterans, residents and community leaders paused on Memorial Day to remember the sacrifices of men and women in the U.S. Armed Services who died defending our liberties.
“Let us take this time to remember and honor the men and women who have given their lives for this great country,” said retired Capt. Robert L. Skinner, a U.S. Navy veteran, in a ceremony at the Rose Hill Cemetery. “Let us reflect on their courage, their sacrifice and their dedication to a cause greater than themselves, and let us recommit ourselves to the cause of freedom, justice and democracy so that the legacy of our fallen heroes will live on for generations to come.”
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West Canada Valley Middle School Band Director Scott Bonney is working on getting students to achieve their highest musical potential. They’ll be performing against 35 other schools in the Sherburne Pageant of Bands Competition. Many of the students start in the 5th Grade and play through High School, but he says talent really starts with the student.
"They love making music. They don’t stay in the program as long as they do unless they were having fun just through the act of making music."
Students like WCV Junior Blake Reese, and Gabriella Schrader share their love for the band.
"Everyone knows the language. The universal language, so it’s beautiful to be a part of."
"After like taking all these hard classes it’s like band is just a relief off of it and you can just go and have fun."
If you’ve never been to the Sherburne Pageant of Bands Competition, WVC High School Band Director Shane Bonney says expect to be overwhelmed.
"The entire grounds is just filled with school buses and kids everywhere, and I love it because it makes them feel a part of something larger than just our individual school district."
The students know the school’s built up a reputation, but are confident they’ll do well with the support they receive. WVC Freshman Katherine Gorinshek:
"They always take us from the beginning of the year of being nervous knowing that we have to compete at the end of the year, and make us more comfortable and work with us on our band pieces to where we feel comfortable."
WCV Freshman William Muthig:
"We just go and do the best we can. We know Mr. & Mrs. Bonney will be proud of us no matter how well we do. Our band’s kind of a family."
WCV Senior Erin Gorinshek:
"The community loves when we get 1st, but definitely Mr. & Mrs. Bonney don’t pressure us into getting first. They just want us to do our best."
Here's a link to the details about the Sherburne Pageant of Bands:
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Police released a sketch as well as new surveillance video of a man accused of trying to abduct a young boy from a New Jersey Wawa store.
The incident occurred on May 28 around 12:20 p.m. at the Dorchester Wawa on 3904 State Highway 47 in Maurice River, police said.
A 7-year-old boy told police a man entered the bathroom of the Wawa and offered him candy if he would leave with him. When the boy declined, the man grabbed the boy’s arm and tried to physically remove him from the store, police said.
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The boy resisted, broke free from the man’s grasp and ran to his mother in the woman’s bathroom, investigators said. The man left the scene before the boy’s family was able to locate him.
Police released surveillance video as well as a sketch of the suspect.
The suspect is described as a white man with gray thinning hair combed to the back. He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a maroon or burgundy colored t-shirt. Police also believe he left the Wawa in a white Toyota 4-Runner. If you have any information on the man’s identity or whereabouts, please call the New Jersey State Police Port Norris Station at 856-785-0036.
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We are gearing up for another busy evening in parts of Kansas. Isolated storms are possible farther east, including around the Wichita area. This will be hit or miss but those who gain rain could see a healthy amount for a short period of time. A storm capable of 60 MPH winds and quarter size hail cannot be ruled out farther east into this evening.
That said, a new wave of severe storms will target the southwest where damaging winds and large hail take center stage. A tornado cannot be ruled out.
Rainfall will also be heavy and flooding will need to be monitored in that part of our viewing area as well. Texas County in Oklahoma is under a Flood Watch.
Storms will linger through the overnight but remain spotty.
Better chances for storms throughout most of the region are expected Thursday and Friday.
A stronger storm in the southwest is possible in this type of environment.
Temperatures are staying warm and there is a fair share of humidity in the air which will enable any storm to produce heavy rainfall.
Hit or miss storms will stick around this weekend and into the first half of next week.
Rainfall amounts look healthy for those to gain the moisture.
Depending on rainfall timing and cloud cover, this will influence afternoon high temperatures. Overall, we will warm each afternoon from the 70s to the 80s. Overnights will be mild yet comfortable.
As an area of high pressure tries to build in from the east, this may try to cut back on our storm chances late next week and shift the stormy axis farther west. Depends on how strong that push is. We will watch trends as we get closer. This will be a temporary pause before we engage in another active stretch heading into middle June.
KSN Storm Track 3 Forecast from Chief Meteorologist Lisa Teachman:
Wichita:
Tonight: Partly cloudy. 30% chance of showers and storms. Lo: 66 Wind: SE 5-15
Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy, breezy. 50% chance of showers and storms. Hi: 84 Wind: S 10-20
Tomorrow Night: Mostly cloudy. 30% chance of showers and storms. Lo: 64 Wind: SE 5-15
Wichita Weekly
Fri: Hi: 82 Lo: 64 Mostly cloudy. 50% chance of showers and storms.
Sat: Hi: 80 Lo: 62 Mostly cloudy. 50% chance of showers and storms.
Sun: Hi: 82 Lo: 63 Partly cloudy. 40% chance of showers and storms.
Mon: Hi: 85 Lo: 63 Partly cloudy. 20% chance of showers and storms.
Tue: Hi: 86 Lo: 65 Partly cloudy, breezy. 20% chance of showers and storms.
Wed: Hi: 85 Lo: 66 Partly cloudy, breezy. 10% chance of showers and storms.
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ROANOKE, Va. – Preparations for the IRONMAN race are underway in the Star City.
The intense race that requires swimming, biking, and running through the Blue Ridge Parkway kicks off this weekend.
Medical staff plan to be on-site during the hours-long race to treat people who need it.
Carilion Clinic’s orthopedic surgery department will lead an education training session on Saturday, before the race.
Medical volunteers will learn more about foot and ankle injuries, and heat-related illness, among other conditions that occur during endurance events.
Carilion Clinic’s Dr. Chris John said his team is prepared to provide participants with the best care.
“It’s heartwarming, it’s just like this multi-faceted team that sort of comes together on that day from different specialties,” Dr. John said. “There are people from all across the region just like there’s people you know nationally and internationally come to the race.” | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/31/carilion-clinic-to-provide-medical-care-at-ironman/ | 2023-05-31T22:56:59 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/31/carilion-clinic-to-provide-medical-care-at-ironman/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – Buying from others online is a great way to save money, but it can also be dangerous meeting someone you don’t know.
That’s why the Roanoke City Sheriff’s Office created the “Safe Exchange Zone” to make buying and selling safer.
“You can read many cases across the nation, unfortunately where people have been duped and/or they get to a location and it’s not what they thought they were going to get,” Roanoke City Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Tameka Paige said. “Or you know, they agreed on one price for something and someone gets there and asks for another price.”
The new Safe Exchange Zone will be officially unveiled on Thursday, with two parking spots outside of the Justice Center under 24-hour surveillance.
“We just felt like right here out in the open two law enforcement places you know close by this would be a very good location,” Paige said.
Colby Roy and his friends said that they’ve shopped online before and always look for red flags before they meet up.
“Especially in downtown Roanoke, there’s a lot of people that can see, a lot of witnesses if something were to go down,” Roy said.
Shopper Will Taylor said he’s looked online before but never felt comfortable buying in-person until now.
“I haven’t felt safe, but knowing this is in the community,” Taylor said. “I’ll be fine doing it.”
Meanwhile, Paige said the spot can be useful for more than just shopping.
“Let’s say you have two parents that share custody, and unfortunately they don’t get along too well,” Paige said. “They need just a neutral location to exchange the kids. This will be a primary spot that they can come to do so.” | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/31/roanoke-city-safe-exchange-zone-to-be-unveiled/ | 2023-05-31T22:57:05 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/31/roanoke-city-safe-exchange-zone-to-be-unveiled/ |
Cleveland-Cliffs, one of Northwest Indiana's largest industrial employers, has been benefiting from rising demand from automotive customers.
The Cleveland-based steelmaker has been seeing orders pick up. It shipped 4.1 million tons of steel in the first quarter, getting the most orders it ever has from the automotive clients who make up its core business.
Cleveland-Cliffs said it has been running all of its steelmaking shops at full capacity this year.
"During the past quarter, order release rates from our automotive clients were the strongest and the most consistent we have seen since becoming a steel company three years ago. Also, service center buying behavior in the first quarter came back to more normal levels," Chairman, President and CEO Lourenco Goncalves said in a conference call with investors. "These two factors, combined with reduced imports of flat-rolled steel, forced the buyers to increase their order levels with domestic producers."
Scrap metal prices also have been picking up of late.
"The excess scrap and metallics inventories that were built by other steel companies in response to the war in Ukraine were ultimately drawn down, forcing scrap prices back to what we believe are higher but is still acceptable and sustainable levels. We used all of these factors in our favor to implement several spot price increases, which have ultimately driven index pricing higher," he said in the conference call. "Our conviction that this country's prime scrap and metallic shortage will continue to tighten over the coming years is at the core of our strategy. Last year's strange scrap movement in the second half of the year has been proving to be an outlier and the prime scrap market is back in a shortage position. There is less than 20 million tons of annual prime scrap and metallic supply in North America currently. And unless you are a producer of only rebar and nothing else, you need prime scrap and metallics."
Demand for scrap metal exceeds supply, Goncalves said.
"We anticipate that with the new electric arc furnace coming online, demand for prime scrap and metallics will be at 30 million tons by 2026. This will require significant levels of imported metallics. The largest sources of these imports up until last year were Russia and Ukraine," Goncalves said. "More than a year after the invasion of Ukraine, that import avenue remains heavily disrupted. Said another way, unless one is rerouting Russian supply through other countries for transshipment, which is, by the way, illegal, they cannot get all the feedstock they need. Because prime scrap is a byproduct of manufacturing, and we, as a country, have been moving manufacturing offshore. Prime scrap supply has been shrinking in this country for over 50 years, bringing more manufacturing back to the United States over the coming years should help alleviate the situation, but that will take time."
The company is poised to capitalize on the scrap shortage since it's a fully integrated steelmaker that can produce new steel.
"The alternative to address the scrap shortage would be additional metallics production, but that requires iron ore," he said. "As the largest producer of iron ore pellets in North America, this plays right into our favor. For the majority of the last three decades, flat-rolled steel production with EAFs took advantage of cheap and plentiful prime scrap. This historical situation is changing fast."
New steelmaking capacity has been coming online but it doesn't compete for Cleveland-Cliffs' core business, Goncalves said.
"Greenfield flat-rolled production from electric arc furnaces also plays into our favor in the automotive market. As some EAF start-ups have been demonstrating for a few quarters now, the metallurgical challenge in automotive is too big for them," Goncalves said. "This fact, along with our customer service and our R&D capabilities are the three main reasons why Cleveland-Cliffs remains the supplier of choice to the automotive industry in the United States. That also helped us achieve annual price increases from all and each one of our major automotive clients."
Selling price, unit costs and steel volumes have been improving and boosting the company's bottom line, Chief Financial Officer Celso Goncalves said.
"We guided to a first quarter implied selling price of around $1,120 per ton and realized around $1,130. We indicated that unit costs would decline by $50 per ton and they declined by $60. We said volumes would rise to around 4 million tons, and we delivered 4.1 million," he said. Most importantly, we set the stage for another highly profitable year in 2023, which we expect to further materialize with a much higher second-quarter EBITDA and strong free cash flow generation in the last three quarters of the year."
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Region native Joseph S. Pete is a Lisagor Award-winning business reporter who covers steel, industry, unions, the ports, retail, banking and more. The Indiana University grad has been with The Times of Northwest Indiana since 2013. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/business/cleveland-cliffs-steel-demand-in-the-u-s-will-shift-in-our-favor/article_1b0707bc-ffdf-11ed-b710-67192b5f9759.html | 2023-05-31T22:57:05 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/business/cleveland-cliffs-steel-demand-in-the-u-s-will-shift-in-our-favor/article_1b0707bc-ffdf-11ed-b710-67192b5f9759.html |
Cleveland-Cliffs plans to reline a blast furnace at its Burns Harbor Works steel mill in 2025.
Company executives announced the significant capital project during the recent first quarter conference call with investors.
Blast furnaces burn iron ore, limestone and coke to make iron, which is turned into the steel that goes into cars, appliances, sports stadiums and countless other end uses. Blast furnaces generate such volcanic heat that they periodically need to be relined, or have all the refractory brick replaced, a massive capital investment that requires hundreds of contractors and can last decades.
Cleveland-Cliffs has two blast furnaces at its Burns Harbor Works mill, which can make up to 5 million tons of steel a year.
Bethlehem Steel, the company that supplied steel for the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, Madison Square Garden, Rockefeller Center, Merchandise Mart and the Golden Gate Bridge, built the steel mill on Lake Michigan in Porter County in 1964. It was Bethlehem Steel's largest mill and the last integrated mill ever built in the United States.
Cleveland-Cliffs Chief Financial Officer Celso Goncalves said the company's capital spending will be subdued over the next couple years until the reline comes up.
"So if you think of 2022, we spent over $900 million in capital expenses, but that included a lot of maintenance repairs, that cycle is now behind us," he said during a conference call with investors. "So the new sustaining level for 2023 and at least 2024 is that $700 million level. Now when you get to 2025 and beyond, and then you have some additional relines and things like that, it could increase again. But for the foreseeable future, what we can see here in 2023 and 2024, that $700 million is a number that we're comfortable with."
No projects of that scale will come up until then, President, Chairman and CEO Lourenco Goncalves said in the conference call. The longtime mining company has been focusing on paying down all the debt it accrued while buying AK Steel and ArcelorMittal USA to become North America's largest flat-rolled steelmaker.
"The carbon capture project is future. The hydrogen project is future because we still don't have hydrogen," he said. "The relining is in 2025. We are in 2023. So one more time, we flagged that we're going to get to net debt, of $3 billion this year. Before Santa Claus comes to your home, you're going to be with $3 billion net debt."
The investment drew criticism from environmental groups as it would involve continuing to burn the fossil fuel coke, a purified form of coal, contributing to climate change.
“Cleveland-Cliffs’ plan to reline the polluting blast furnace at Burns Harbor is a setback for the climate, potentially locking the company into high-emission technologies for decades,” said Erika Thi Patterson, auto supply chain campaign director at Public Citizen. “Blast furnaces are a major source of air pollution and Cleveland-Cliffs’ decision to continue using outdated technology is a missed opportunity to reduce emissions.”
Environmentalists encouraged Cleveland-Cliffs to instead take advantage of federal funding to invest in cleaner steelmaking technology.
“From relining blast furnaces to burning hydrogen produced by fossil fuels, dirty steelmaking is a dead end that will lock us into fossil fuel dependence and worsen pollution in communities that are already pollution-burdened in Northwest Indiana,” said Ben Inskeep, Program Director at Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana. “Cleveland-Cliffs must commit to rapidly transitioning to clean steelmaking in Indiana for our health, environment, and economy."
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Region native Joseph S. Pete is a Lisagor Award-winning business reporter who covers steel, industry, unions, the ports, retail, banking and more. The Indiana University grad has been with The Times of Northwest Indiana since 2013. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/business/cleveland-cliffs-to-reline-blast-furnace-in-2025/article_25131a98-ffdf-11ed-8393-7f5bd7ca2248.html | 2023-05-31T22:57:06 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/business/cleveland-cliffs-to-reline-blast-furnace-in-2025/article_25131a98-ffdf-11ed-8393-7f5bd7ca2248.html |
HAMMOND — A federal judge has imprisoned a man who joined a consumer fraud scheme that victimized hundreds across North America.
Senior U.S. District Court Judge James Moody imposed a 54-month sentence Wednesday on Rico Prunty, 41, of Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Prunty pleaded guilty in December 2020 to aggravated identity theft and knowing disclosure of another person’s health information with intent to sell, transfer, or use it for personal gain.
He admitted accessing the customer record files of an Arizona medical facility, where he previously worked, to steal the personal information of hundreds of its patients.
Federal prosecutors alleged he and three Region residents worked together to steal more than $132,000 from 652 persons living in 15 states, including Indiana, as well as Canada.
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Moody already has imposed prison time on Prunty’s 38-year-old brother Vincent E. Prunty, as well as Vincent Prunty’s 43-year-old girlfriend, Temika L. Coleman, and her 47-year-old brother Gemico T. Childress.
They all lived at a variety of Northwest Indiana and Illinois residences before their arrests and incarcerations.
The case is one of a growing number of identity theft schemes that have impacted more than 16 million victims and reaped stolen goods worth more than $16 billion, the government stated in court papers.
Federal authorities looking into reports of this identity theft six years ago raided an apartment building on Waltham Street in Hammond.
Investigators found evidence of victims' personal information being used to manufacture fraudulent credit cards, purchase cellphones, open telephone accounts and open other fraudulent accounts under victims’ names.
The judge ordered Prunty to pay $132,521.98 in restitution to the victims of the offense.
Co-conspirators Vincent Prunty, Temika Coleman and Gemico Childress were previously sentenced for their roles in the scheme to terms of imprisonment of 154 months, 121 months and 134 months, respectively. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-courts/prison-sentence-in-identity-theft-scam/article_ee1ccd52-ffe0-11ed-8c7e-2fc905b46936.html | 2023-05-31T22:57:08 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-courts/prison-sentence-in-identity-theft-scam/article_ee1ccd52-ffe0-11ed-8c7e-2fc905b46936.html |
BUCKHEAD, Ga. — Scofflaw is brewing up a new location in Atlanta's Buckhead.
The Atlanta-based brewery is the first tenant to sign onto food and retail hub Oxton, according to a report by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. It's taking shape at the base of Buildings 1-4 at Piedmont Center with the project expected to break ground later this year. As for the new Scofflaw location, it's expected to open in 2024 and plans on serving specialty brews only available in Buckhead.
Starting as a "basement brewery," Scofflaw has grown to be an Atlanta staple. After its 2015 debut, the brewery opened Dr. Scofflaw's at The Works, also on Atlanta's westside and recently opened a taproom in Columbus, Georgia.
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GRIFFITH — Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Indiana ReStore celebrated the expansion of its Griffith location Wednesday. A ribbon-cutting ceremony began with an address from Executive Director Dawn Michaels.
"We are so excited for our addition to the ReStore," Michaels said. "I am grateful for our wonderful staff that makes all of this happen on a daily basis."
"This is one of those things we don't typically get to do," ReStore manager Dan Walsh said in a following address, emphasizing the importance of the people behind the scenes that make projects like this possible. The expansion was not a one-person show, Walsh said, but a team effort.
The building of the addition was in partnership with Tonn & Blank Construction.
"We really hope that this 3,500-square-foot space can help accommodate the needs of the team and better serve the Lake county community," Tonn & Blank Marketing Manager Cassie Carlson said. "We know all too well how hard it is for not-for-profit organizations to undertake a project like this, which is why we have a community [give] back initiative in place in the first place."
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The expansion allows for more storage space and access to more items offered for sale at the ReStore.
Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Indiana ReStore is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing affordable home improvement items, building materials, and furniture to individuals and families in need. By accepting donated goods and selling them to the public at reduced prices, Habitat for Humanity ReStore generates funds to support local housing programs.
For more information, visit www.nwihabitat.org.
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ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – The best amateur cyclists in the nation will be testing their abilities on courses released on Wednesday by leaders of Virginia’s Blue Ridge as well as Roanoke County, Franklin County and the City of Roanoke.
“We are thrilled to bring the USA Cycling Amateur Road National Championships back to Virginia’s Blue Ridge. Few places in America are as beautiful for cycling as the County of Roanoke, the County of Franklin, and the City of Roanoke. The severity of the terrain and the competitiveness of the field will ensure that whoever puts on the Stars & Stripes jersey at the end of the weekend will be a worthy champion,” said Brendan Quirk, CEO of USA Cycling.
Quirk continued, “If you look back at the history of U.S. Amateur Road winners, it reads like a roll call of the next generation of Olympians, Tour de France stage winners, and World Championship contenders. Virginia’s Blue Ridge will be the center of American cycling in mid-June, and it will be amazing to watch the next generation of superstars showcase what they’re made of.”
Leaders revealed the courses for the event at a news conference at Explore Park in Roanoke County, which will host the first event, the Individual Time Trial.
Known as the race against the clock, riders will each ride solo to see how fast they can complete a course on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
“We are truly excited that our region will play host to a national cycling event that not only showcases the natural beauty and hospitality of our communities but also inspires and ignites a passion for cycling in our residents and visitors alike,” said Martha Hooker, chair of the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors.
On Thursday, June 15 and Friday, June 16 the road races will begin at Franklin County’s Waid Park. Riders will take on a challenging course through the Franklin County countryside.
“Franklin County is excited to showcase the natural beauty and top-notch outdoor recreation opportunities that make our community unique,” said Chairman Tim Tatum, of the Franklin County Board of Supervisors. “As a county, we pride ourselves in being able to provide first-class hospitality, breathtaking views, and an authentic Franklin County experience in any situation. Hosting the USA Cycling Amateur Road National Championship is a great opportunity to highlight what we have to offer to the cycling community both regionally and nationally. Franklin County looks forward to this being the first of many such prestigious events to be hosted in our community in the years to come.”
The four-day event ends on Saturday, June 17, with a criterium. The race will take place in downtown Roanoke. Racers will tackle a unique, broad, five-corner course that will test all riders’ skill as they race in a tight bunch at high speeds. The races will kick off at 8:00 a.m. and run until approximately 7:00 pm.
With speeds approaching 30 mph on a technical course, this event is spectator friendly.
“We are honored to be planning and preparing to host the USA Cycling Amateur Road National Championships in Virginia’s Blue Ridge for the second year in a row and for the opportunity to showcase the vibrancy of the region. We are also grateful to the County of Botetourt for helping our region lay the foundation for this event by hosting the time trial and road races in its inaugural year of 2022,” said Landon Howard, President of Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge. “VBR is excited to welcome these amateur athletes – and their friends and families to our area and we look forward to cheering them in a few weeks.”
The news conference featured high praise for the region’s cycling opportunities as well as the infrastructure that localities have been building in support of cycling and cycling events, such as the USA Amateur Road National races.
“You fly in and you can just see that this place is purpose-built for cycling. What this community has done to make it come to life, I recognize it didn’t happen last year. This is something that takes years and years and years of preparation, years and years of commitment. It’s amazing to see it come to life in the transformation of the reputation of this region to be a real national caliber hotbed for cycling. It’s real it’s really happening, Quirk said.
Officials said they are actively seeking volunteers to assist with the various races. They also advised drivers to beware of increased cycling activity in the region and to share the road with cyclists.
There will also be some road closures and partial closures to accommodate the events. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/31/usa-cycling-amateur-road-national-championships-to-come-to-virginias-blue-ridge-in-june/ | 2023-05-31T22:57:11 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/31/usa-cycling-amateur-road-national-championships-to-come-to-virginias-blue-ridge-in-june/ |
CHAMBLEE, Ga. — The City of Chamblee said DeKalb County Fire Rescue is working to put out a fire that started at the Manna Pro facility Wednesday afternoon.
The building is located at New Peachtree Road and Chamblee Dunwoody Road. The Manna Pro facility is near the Chamblee Heights Apartments and Jim Ellis University.
Authorities have closed off both roads to American Industrial Way. City officials are advising drivers to take West Hospital Avenue as an alternate route. They also urge drivers to avoid the area.
11Alive has reached out to fire officials for more information on if there are any injuries or what sparked the flames.
City officials tweet photos, which show heavy smoke coming from the facility.
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DECATUR, Ga. — With affordable housing in short supply, one program offering financial help is no longer taking on new applicants, but there are some other options that can help people out.
Residents of DeKalb County now have one less option when seeking help to pay the rent. The DeKalb Tenant-Landlord Assistance Coalition will no longer accept applications after today.
Natallie Keiser works at HouseATL, a coalition dedicated to finding ways to get more affordable housing in and around metro Atlanta.
“Federal funding, that emergency assistance that was available due to the COVID pandemic there is now a gap that is difficult to fill," Keiser said.
Keiser explained now that federal money is drying up and forcing programs to stop accepting new applicants, many organizations are relying on the generosity of private donors.
One nonprofit, called the Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Healthcare Improvement or ARCHI, has come up with an easier way for people to connect with the help they need.
“They don’t have to go to this nonprofit and that nonprofit to find where they can qualify for assistance," Keiser said. "Instead there’s just one common application that multiple nonprofits receive."
Today at a housing forum in Atlanta, city leaders and members of the community met to talk about zoning issues and affordable housing.
Renter Alexandra Kleinberg said there’s no magical solution to solve the area’s housing affordability issue, but she sees a need for more programs that can fill in the gap.
“There’s not one key thing that’s gonna work and that’s why we need all of these different programs and levels of assistance to help regular people, the renters and low-income people," Kleinberg said. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/rental-assistance-program-dekalb-no-longer-taking-applications-how-to-find-more/85-c7382dac-c89e-49d9-b22f-a8bb6478fbf1 | 2023-05-31T22:57:23 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/rental-assistance-program-dekalb-no-longer-taking-applications-how-to-find-more/85-c7382dac-c89e-49d9-b22f-a8bb6478fbf1 |
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va. – Following a busy and deadly Memorial Day weekend on Virginia roadways, 10 News is working for you to look into the latest crash data, including the number of people killed in accidents who weren’t wearing their seat belts.
This comes after four people from Pennsylvania were killed in a car crash on Interstate 81 on Tuesday, and according to state police, none of them were wearing a seat belt.
“A lot of people are choosing not to. So if I was going to tell you that you were going to die tomorrow in a crash if you weren’t going to wear a seatbelt, would that make you change your mind that day,” said Virginia State Police Sergeant Rick Garletts.
Because of the deadly crash, I-81 northbound lanes were closed for several hours as state police investigated the crash, which they call reconstruction.
“Death and serious injury is always going to be reconstruction, especially with commercial motor vehicles,” said Sergeant Garletts. “What reconstruction does is validate that opinion on how those vehicles came to be together and where they go after they come together.”
According to data from Virginia State Police District Six, which includes most of Southwest Virginia, from January 2023 to April, out of the 15 deaths from traffic accidents, five people were not wearing a seatbelt.
During 2022, out of the 91 traffic deaths in Southwest Virginia, 47 people were not wearing a seat belt — that’s over half.
“The first most important thing to do is put on a seat belt just doing that alone is the recognition that, ‘I’m going to be the best driver I can be on the roadway, but I can’t control everything that happens on the roadway,’” said AAA Mid-Atlantic Spokesperson, Morgan Dean.
AAA calls the time between Memorial Day and Labor Day, the 100 deadliest days on the roadways because of the increased number of drivers on the road during the summer months. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/31/virginia-state-police-shares-latest-trends-on-deadly-crashes-seat-belt-usage/ | 2023-05-31T22:57:18 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/31/virginia-state-police-shares-latest-trends-on-deadly-crashes-seat-belt-usage/ |
A celebration of life for Bonita “Bonnie” C. Boyd, of Coos Bay, will be held on June 10, 2023, at 2 pm at Bethel Baptist Church, 645 Cleveland St, Aumsville, OR 97325
Bonnie passed away on March 19, 2023, in Salem, Oregon surrounded by her loving family. She was born on February 8, 1939. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/bonita-bonnie-c-boyd-service-notice/article_24e9d288-fffc-11ed-819b-27e5d9399202.html | 2023-05-31T23:01:33 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/bonita-bonnie-c-boyd-service-notice/article_24e9d288-fffc-11ed-819b-27e5d9399202.html |
BALTIMORE — In just a few days the Baltimore 10 Miler returns to Druid Hill Park.
It's the 15th anniversary for the race, which goes from the Maryland Zoo, around Lake Montebello, and finishes back at the zoo.
The race starts at 7:00 a.m. and ends by 10:00 a.m.
The big change every year, who the charity chaser will be.
This year, it's not just one person.
"The Baltimore Police Department signal 13 charity chaser this year will feature four runners running as a relay. Corrigan Sports and the Baltimore 10 Miler will donate $1 for everybody that they pass,"
The Signal 13 Foundation is a nonprofit that helps Baltimore police personnel who suffer unexpected emergencies.
The race is set for June 3. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/baltimore-10-miler-set-to-return-to-druid-hill-park | 2023-05-31T23:03:15 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/baltimore-10-miler-set-to-return-to-druid-hill-park |
BALTIMORE — May is mental health awareness month and medical professionals are shedding light concerning how mental health often gets overlooked in minority communities.
Fighting silent battles is often a struggle for many of people on a daily basis. This month, Charles Robinson III lost his battle to the struggle of mental health, so it's important to identify the signs to look for to know when it’s time to seek help.
“Charles is a good person. He was a good, a great dad, that’s all he talked about was being a dad all the time, he loved being a dad,” Imani Alford, girlfriend of Robinson, said.
“He was a provider for everyone, so I guess he felt like he couldn’t be sad or he couldn’t act sad because he was a provider. A lot of people depended on him,” Alford said.
Known on Instagram as "Hotboy Chuckie," they shared a son in their blended family. But earlier this month, Robinson took to social media to give his final words before ultimately taking his own life.
“I know I’m loved, I know I can make money, I know I can turn s*** around. But it’s like, I just be sad, I just be sad,” Robinson said.
Xiomara Arrieta is a certified trauma specialist who said maintaining your mental health is just as important as any other part of your body.
“I think that as Black and brown people, we face a lot of issues. And, I think when it comes to mental health, a lot of people feel like, that's one more thing,” Arrieta said.
“Mental health is essentially being well in the mind, it's essentially practicing good habits that make you feel good and make you feel healthy,” Arrieta added.
And there are several ways to identify when it’s a good time to seek help if you’re struggling in this area.
“If people don't feel right, and they know what I mean, if they're feeling nervous, or sad, or overwhelmed. If you're having issues in sleep, appetite, different than what you know of yourself. You know, if you are feeling like, I'm not really responding the same way, I'm having a hard time,” Arrieta said.
Those can often times be indicators that it’s time to seek professional help.
“But you know, a lot of people and particularly in the Black and brown community are holding pain and things that are misdirected, it's just simply not for us. And it's ok to say we don't want that anymore,” Arrieta said.
Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States and in 2021, men died by suicide 3.9 times more than women. The tragic ending is something Alford wishes could’ve been different for Robinson and their family.
“If you feel like that once then, you’re probably gonna feel like that again so don’t think that it’s just gonna go away. Get ongoing services, seek out the help that you need and keep up with it,” Alford said.
If you or a loved one are battling with thoughts of suicide there is help and support available to you.
You can call 988 from your mobile phone to speak with a trained professional and get the help you need. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/identifying-when-its-time-to-seek-help-with-your-mental-health | 2023-05-31T23:03:21 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/identifying-when-its-time-to-seek-help-with-your-mental-health |
AUSTIN, Texas — An Austin woman’s 2019 cause of death was ruled “undetermined” by investigators until this month, when convicted killer Raul Meza Jr. called police and admitted to her murder.
According to an affidavit, 66-year-old Gloria Lofton was found dead on May 9, 2019, on Sara Dr. in East Austin.
Detectives on the scene found Lofton in her bedroom with possible signs of strangulation, the documents said. Investigators also determined the marks on her head and neck were not consistent with the position she was found in. Lofton was found with possible signs of sexual assault, and forensic tests were conducted.
In July of 2019, the Medical Examiner’s final report ruled the cause of death to be “undetermined” and manner of death “undetermined.”
“Although there was severe natural disease identified, the circumstances, witness accounts and findings at autopsy are concerning for potential inflicted trauma,” the report said. “Findings indicative of a strangulation such as external or internal neck trauma may not be present in all cases of strangulation.”
Nearly nine months later, in April 2020, DNA from the forensic tests was later linked to Meza Jr., the affidavit said. Meza Jr. had reportedly been living at the neighboring house on Sara Drive, and, on May 1, 2013, had been documented in a police report about a disturbance there.
But it wasn’t until this month, when Meza Jr. was wanted for a separate murder in Pflugerville, that police charged him for Lofton’s murder.
Police were searching for Meza Jr. after the May 13 death of 80-year-old Jesse Fraga in the 700 block of Camp Fire Trail. On May 24, detectives received a call from Meza Jr. where he reportedly said, “I think you are looking for me.”
According to the affidavit, on the phone call, Meza Jr. detailed his life after getting out of prison, telling investigators, “I got out in 2016 … I end up murdering a lady soon afterward … It was on Sara Drive.”
Meza Jr. said he believed the case was not investigated as a homicide and was “misidentified” by police. He claimed he was promised 25% of the money Lofton’s nephew inherited.
The documents said Meza Jr. also detailed a double murder he committed in San Antonio, “years prior.”
Detectives eventually revisited the Lofton case after examining the deaths on Sara Drive from 2013 to 2021 where the person was a woman.
Meza Jr. had a long history of violent crime and was convicted of murder in 1982 for the death of 8-year-old Kendra Page – a death that set Austin on edge. He served nearly 12 years of 30-year sentence, before being released for good behavior.
In a media conference on Tuesday, law enforcement called Meza Jr. the “worst of the worst” and a serial killer. They have now identified multiple cold cases with a similar modus operandi that could also be linked to him. Up to 10 other cases are currently being investigated, dating back to 1996, and detectives said they wouldn't be surprised if that number increases.
Meza Jr. was arrested this week and booked into the Travis County Jail. When he was arrested, he was carrying a bag with zip ties, duct tape and a .22-caliber pistol with additional rounds. He told authorities he was ready to kill again.
"I will let you know that Mr. Meza said he was ready and prepared to kill again, and he was looking forward to it," detectives told media. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/gloria-lofton-raul-meza-murder-affidavit/269-57a2bd46-ad7c-4196-94f0-93ba4ce40ac6 | 2023-05-31T23:03:26 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/gloria-lofton-raul-meza-murder-affidavit/269-57a2bd46-ad7c-4196-94f0-93ba4ce40ac6 |
A person in Arlington won $7.5 million in a recent Lotto Texas drawing.
The Texas Lottery said an Arlington resident claimed the jackpot for the May 17 drawing.
The anonymous player picked their own numbers and bought the ticket at One World Grocery along the 2800 block of Highway 157 in Mansfield.
The player didn't take the lump sum and instead chose 30 annual payments -- with the $7.5 million jackpot that works out to $250,000 per year before taxes.
The Texas Lottery said the winner told them they'd won "a few dollars here and there" when playing Texas Lottery games in the past, but after winning the jackpot they were "overwhelmed with disbelief" and "nervous, but excited."
"I called my best friend, cried and wished my late wife was here to be a part of this," the person said.
The anonymous winner said the windfall will allow them to retire, travel and be debt free. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/arlington-lotto-texas-winner-overwhelmed-with-disbelief-plans-to-retire-travel/3268473/ | 2023-05-31T23:03:38 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/arlington-lotto-texas-winner-overwhelmed-with-disbelief-plans-to-retire-travel/3268473/ |
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North Texas Fire Departments say lightning strikes caused at least ten house fires Tuesday afternoon from Fort Worth to Carrollton and Frisco.
The house on Old Providence Way in Frisco was charred. All but in ruins. But fortunately, empty.
The family was on a Disney cruise-when lightning struck.
Kaye Dick is keeping an eye on her son's home knowing it could've been worse.
"The dog was here til Sunday with a dog sitter and someone picked him up on Sunday and he's 14 years old and a big ol' bulldog and they would've never gotten over that so God took care of that for sure," Kaye Dick of Frisco said.
As crews battled the blaze, the neighbor next door alerted them his house was also hit.
Frisco firefighters responded to three house fires due to lightning within 45 minutes.
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"Combined with six other calls for lightning strikes on structures that there was no damage to but still required crews to respond," said Frisco Fire Marshal Kelly Kistner.
One Frisco firefighter suffered a minor injury and another was treated for heat exhaustion - both are okay.
Two hours later in north Fort Worth, firefighters responded to at least four house fires also blamed on lightning.
One on Wildriver Trail displaced a family of four
Another on Turning Leaf Trail forced a family of six out.
The Red Cross is helping.
Carrollton firefighters responded to two house fires on Woodcreek and Whitehurst and those fires were also blamed on lightning strikes.
With the spring storm season in full swing- fire departments are reminding North Texans there are things that should be kept in mind when storms start rolling in.
"That you get out of the weather. We don't need people who are injured, who are out in that weather and end up with lightning strikes or end up getting injured with hail," Kistner said.
Neighbors are grateful no one was hurt Tuesday, but now families are left to clean up.
In Frisco, at least hoping to salvage something, that can't be replaced.
"The first thing she wanted was her mother's ashes and they couldn't get to them so we'll see, so hopefully they're in there," Kaye Dick said. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/north-texas-fire-departments-say-lightning-striked-caused-multiple-house-fires/3268548/ | 2023-05-31T23:03:50 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/north-texas-fire-departments-say-lightning-striked-caused-multiple-house-fires/3268548/ |
Three people are facing murder charges in the death of a man killed outside an Arlington motel last winter.
Arlington Police said 43-year-old Kendrick Robinson was fatally shot at about 5:30 a.m. outside a motel on the 1200 block of North Watson Road over a debt.
Investigators said Robinson owed 47-year-old John Stewart an undisclosed amount of money. Police said 43-year-old Adrain Brown brought Robinson to the motel and tipped off Stewart to their location, knowing he was looking for Robinson.
Police said Stewart arrived at the hotel with 29-year-old Olivia Wynn and that at some point Robinson was shot multiple times. Investigators did not reveal any further information about the debt or what led to the shooting.
Police said Wynn was arrested on May 10 on a drug charge and was served in this case while in custody. She is now being held in the Tarrant County Jail on a $150,000 bond.
Brown, police said, was located and arrested by the U.S. Marshals North Texas Fugitive Task Force on May 18. He is also being held at the Tarrant County Jail on a $150,000 bond. Police said Stewart was located and arrested by the U.S. Marshals North Texas Fugitive Task Force on May 30. He is currently being held at the Arlington City Jail. His bond has not been set.
It's not clear if any of the suspects have obtained attorneys to speak on their behalf.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to call Det. Dixon at 817-459-5579. Tipsters can also remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers of Tarrant County at (817) 469-8477. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/two-men-woman-arrested-charged-with-murder-outside-arlington-motel/3268511/ | 2023-05-31T23:03:56 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/two-men-woman-arrested-charged-with-murder-outside-arlington-motel/3268511/ |
A 24-year-old man faces criminal charges for his alleged crimes while traveling through Kenosha County.
Mensah A. Bonman Jr. was charged Wednesday with felonies of substantial battery causing bodily harm and second-degree recklessly endangering safety, along with three misdemeanors.
Bonman made his Initial Appearance Wednesday afternoon at Intake Court.
On Saturday morning, an Oak Creek police officer patrolling a motel observed a vehicle with a registration plate that did not match, according to the criminal complaint.
The registered owner of the plate was identified as Bonman, who reportedly had an outstanding bench warrant from Sheboygan County on a case of possession of a firearm while intoxicated.
When the officer knocked on his room door Bonman answered and was taken into custody. However, the officer also located an injured woman in the room with severe facial injuries.
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The woman, according to the complaint, said Bonman had beaten her while in the car on Interstate 94 just north of the Illinois-Wisconsin border in Kenosha County.
Later that day, a Kenosha County sheriff’s deputy responded to Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee to investigate the matter.
The deputy observed the woman to have several scratches and severe bruising to her right eye, which was swollen shut. The woman, according to the complaint, said Bonman struck her multiple times with a closed fist and with a hard object while driving through Kenosha County on the interstate.
The woman also said she exited the vehicle to avoid being further hit and Bonman attempted to leave her on the side of the road before she jumped back into the vehicle. The woman said she later lost consciousness and awoke in the Oak Creek room.
The woman was eventually transferred to Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee for an orbital fracture to her left eye that required surgery.
Bonman is being held on a $5,000 cash bond.
A preliminary hearing is set for June 7.
Bonman free on bond during the alleged crimes committed in Kenosha County. In January, Bonman appeared before a Sheboygan County Circuit Court commissioner where he was charged with the misdemeanor offense of possession of a firearm while intoxicated.
Mugshots: Kenosha County criminal complaints from May 27-30
Arionna L. Ballewske
Arionna L. Ballewske, 18, of Kenosha, faces charges of intimidation of a victim (domestic abuse), battery, disorderly conduct, and criminal damage to property.
Mensah A. Bonman Jr.
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Mensah A. Bonman Jr., 24, of Rison, Alaska, faces charges of substantial battery (intend bodily harm), second degree recklessly endangering safety, and disorderly conduct.
Andrew Bracy
Andrew Bracy, 44, of Kenosha, faces charges of probation and parole, bail jumping, and criminal trespass to dwelling.
Jontaz Malik Darden
Jontaz Malik Darden, 26, of Kenosha, faces charges of probation and parole, battery or threat to judge/prosecutor/officer (aggravated assault), and resist/obstruct causing substantial bodily harm/soft tissue injury.
Jordon Namone Dickerson
Jordon Namone Dickerson, 20, of Pleasant Prairie, faces charges of stalking, and bail jumping.
Nathan Paul Ernst
Nathan Paul Ernst, 19, of Silver Lake, faces charges of second degree recklessly endangering safety, bail jumping, and disorderly conduct.
David Calvin Kinley
David Calvin Kinley, 58, of Kenosha, faces charges of probation and parole, and retail theft (intentionally take less than or equal to $500).
Trenton Benjamin Kmiec
Trenton Benjamin Kmiec, 23, of Salem, faces charges of bail jumping, and resisting or obstructing an officer.
George William Long III
George William Long III, 58, of Kenosha, faces charges of bail jumping.
Deandre M. McMiller
Deandre M. McMiller, 32, of Milwaukee, faces charges of bail jumping, and resisting or obstructing an officer.
Jazmin Georgiann Mendoza-Anderson
Jazmin Georgiann Mendoza-Anderson, 19, of Pleasant Prairie, faces charges of bail jumping.
Michael Jovan Smith
Michael Jovan Smith, 30, of Evanston, Illinois, faces charges of vehicle operator flee/elude officer.
Deartay Demetrius Watson
Deartay Demetrius Watson, 24, of Kenosha, faces charges of disorderly conduct, bail jumping, possession of an electric weapon, and carrying a concealed weapon. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-courts/man-charged-after-allegedly-beating-woman-while-driving-through-kenosha-county/article_ee9ffa54-ffe2-11ed-b15e-ffc0443c9b7c.html | 2023-05-31T23:07:26 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-courts/man-charged-after-allegedly-beating-woman-while-driving-through-kenosha-county/article_ee9ffa54-ffe2-11ed-b15e-ffc0443c9b7c.html |
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May in Tucson was slightly cooler than usual, accompanied by above-average rainfall, according to the National Weather Service.
The official climate report for May wasn't out Wednesday, but preliminary Weather Service data indicates that temperatures were about one degree below the normal average for the month.
In a typical May hear the temperature average is 63.5 degrees, but this year was about 62.5 degrees.
Also in the Tucson-area for the month: No day reached 100 degrees.
That's not as uncommon as some Tucsonans would expect, says Aaron Hardin, a forecaster for the Tucson office of the National Weather Service. There have been 50 instances since record-keeping began here that May has been free of triple-digit highs. That was also the case recently in 2019, 2016 and 2013.
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May also measured a higher-than-average rainfall.
Typically, Tucson records 0.2 inches of rain in May. This year the city received about 0.53 inches.
Looking ahead to June, forecasters predict below normal temperatures for the first couple of weeks.
Although not every day is expected to be below average, the overall average temperature is anticipated to be lower than normal.
Tucson is projected to experience fairly normal levels of rain in June, with some areas east of the city potentially receiving slightly above-average rainfall, particularly in Cochise, Graham and Greenlee Counties. The official start of monsoon season in Tucson is June 15.
Go to www.weather.gov/twc/ the website for the Weather Service in Tucson for up-to-the-minute weather data.
Eddie Celaya is a cannabis writer and host of the "Here Weed Go!" podcast. He graduated from Pima Community College and the University of Arizona and has been with the Arizona Daily Star since May 2019. | https://tucson.com/news/local/may-in-tucson-was-a-little-cooler-and-wetter-than-usual/article_95e104b2-ffe7-11ed-ada3-a7fb76ab3b24.html | 2023-05-31T23:15:55 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/may-in-tucson-was-a-little-cooler-and-wetter-than-usual/article_95e104b2-ffe7-11ed-ada3-a7fb76ab3b24.html |
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Arizona is opening a donation center office in midtown Tucson.
The nonprofit leased 784 square feet of office space at 3131 N. Country Club Road, just south of Fort Lowell Road.
Molly Gilbert and Ryan McGregor, with Picor, represented the landlord.
Big Brothers Big Sisters accepts clothing, accessories, housewares and toys.
The nonprofit then sells the items to local Savers thrift stores and the proceeds are used to recruit volunteers. It has several other donation centers around town. For more information and updates on its opening, visit tucsonbigspickup.org.
Other local commercial transactions include:
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TT Partners LLC & Jeff Diller Real Estate Inc. bought the 52-unit Tucson Terrace, 3493 E. Lind Road, from Lind Commons LLC for $3.8 million. Allan Mendelsberg and Joey Martinez, with Picor, represented both parties.
Gould Family Properties VIII LLC bought the 40-unit Craycroft Commons, 1511 N. Craycroft Road, from Craycroft Commons LLC & Casa Bahari LLC for $3.8 million. Allan Mendelsberg and Joey Martinez, with Picor, represented both parties.
Appliance Parts Co. leased 18,000 square feet at 1861 W. Grant Road from Walker Tucson Property LLC. Robert Glaser, with Picor, represented the landlord. Justin Sieczkowski, Mallory Wayne and Paul Sieczkowski, with Colliers International AZ, represented the tenant.
WeedCo LLC lease 3,271 square feet at Ruthrauff Commerce Center, 2480 W. Ruthrauff Road, from Pegasus Tucson Owner LLC. Paul Hooker and Andrew Keim, with Picor, represented the landlord.
The Caliber Group leased 2,800 square feet at River Park Office Complex, 1585 E. River Road, from LLDN Development Corp. Molly Gilbert, with Picor, represented the tenant and Doug Marsh, with Oxford Realty Advisors, represented the landlord.
HMWS Manufacturing leased 2,400 square feet at Broadbent Business Center, 2030 N. Forbes Blvd., from Boron Properties. Alex Demeroutis, Jesse Blum and Paul Hooker, with Picor, represented the landlord. Dave Volk, with Volk Co., represented the tenant.
Starbucks Corp. leased 2,400 square feet at 1975 E. Irvington Road from Kino Gateway Center LLC. Greg Furrier, with Picor, represented both parties.
Gema’s Grill LLC leased 1,200 square feet at Plaza Azteca, 3553 S. 12th Ave., from NAI Investments LLC. Cintya Denisse Angulo Garcia, with Picor, represented the landlord.
Carlos Chavez Photography LLC leased 958 square feet at Broadmoor Center, 181 S. Tucson Blvd., from 181 S Tucson LLC. Molly Gilbert, with Picor, represented the landlord.
Information for Tucson Real Estate is compiled from records at the Pima County Recorder’s Office and from brokers. Send information to Gabriela Rico, grico@tucson.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/big-brothers-big-sisters-donation-center-expanding-in-central-tucson/article_48349fba-fe54-11ed-a389-3bdeb75a709f.html | 2023-05-31T23:16:01 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/big-brothers-big-sisters-donation-center-expanding-in-central-tucson/article_48349fba-fe54-11ed-a389-3bdeb75a709f.html |
DULUTH — A large field of School Board hopefuls means a primary election this summer.
After the filing period ended Tuesday afternoon, seven people had formally declared their candidacy for Duluth School Board. Four of them are running for District 3, which represents the city’s center. They're set to compete in a primary Aug. 8 to narrow that race to two candidates before the general election Nov. 7.
The other two up-for-grabs seats, one of which represents the district as a whole and the other of which represents eastern Duluth, did not attract enough candidates to trigger a primary.
The four candidates for District 3 seat include:
- Henry Banks, an independent contractor with the Minnesota chapter of Opportunity Starts at Home and one of the founders of the Clayton Jackson McGhie lynching memorial in downtown Duluth.
- Valerie Joeckel, a family coach for a Duluth-area nonprofit that serves homeless families and a longtime advocate for unhoused people in the Duluth area.
- Loren Martell, a semi-retired owner of a Duluth-based water systems service business who has reported on the district for the Duluth Reader newspaper and is a regular candidate for school board seats.
- Matthew Moses, a data architect at IBM and freelance photographer who teaches a class each fall at the College of St. Scholastica.
Running for the at large seat, which encompasses the entire district:
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- Alanna Oswald, a former Duluth Public Schools employee who is pursuing a third term on the board.
- Stephanie Williams, a business adviser for the Northeast Entrepreneur Fund and a founder of the BIPOC Business Directory.
Running unopposed for the District 2 seat, which covers much of eastern Duluth, is Sarah Mikesell, a volunteer at Moms Demand Action who works in the quality management department at St. Luke’s.
The two new additions to the field are Banks and Martell, each of whom filed Tuesday to run for the District 3 seat.
Banks told the News Tribune that he’s working toward an inclusive and high-quality public education for all.
“We can make this school system the best in the state, if not the best in the nation,” Banks said. “So I want to be a part of that process, if you will, in getting our school district to that level because, years ago, Duluth Public Schools were amongst the best in the country, and I want to see us get back to that level.”
Martell has run for the board frequently. A ready critic of the district’s “Red Plan” to rework its facilities, which ultimately closed Central High School, Martell said he believes the city’s center has gotten the short end of the figurative stick.
“I am very interested in getting on the board because I would be focused on overseeing and monitoring all the extra money that will soon be pouring in from the state,” he said Wednesday. “I want to make sure that District 709 maximizes the value, the education of all that money and staves off any further burden borne by local taxpayers.” | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/7-candidates-seek-3-duluth-school-board-seats-triggering-primary | 2023-05-31T23:22:40 | 0 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/7-candidates-seek-3-duluth-school-board-seats-triggering-primary |
DULUTH — State regulators want any potential mining activity to be farther away from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness than currently allowed, leaving more restrictive regulations up to the Minnesota Legislature to decide.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' 74-page decision released Wednesday came two and half years after it agreed to review whether its 1993 rules for non-ferrous mining in the same watershed as the BWCAW were adequate.
In a news release, the agency said the rules were "largely protective" of the wilderness but could be bolstered to better protect the BWCAW from light and sound pollution.
The DNR started a rulemaking process to extend the Minerals Management Area, which bans mining activity that would disturb the surface along the outside edge of the BWCAW. The corridor is wider along the Gunflint Trail, Echo Trail and Fernberg Road. Mining is banned within the BWCAW.
The DNR received more than 4,000 public comments on the adequacy of the rules, many of which called for far more stringent regulation to prevent mining pollution from entering the BWCAW.
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However, the DNR said it was narrowly focused on the legal question of "is the current nonferrous mine siting rule protective of the BWCAW in combination with other regulatory controls?" and that it's up to lawmakers to consider changes in policy.
"The DNR recognizes that some nonferrous mining activities may pose greater long-term risks and would be inherently more challenging to regulate in the Rainy River Headwaters watershed," the DNR said in a news release Wednesday. "Any decision to modify a fundamental state policy of this nature belongs in front of the legislature, rather than an executive agency."
The DNR suggested the Legislature consider whether four nonferrous mining practices are "compatible with protection of the BWCAW" if placed the Rainy River Watershed: above-ground storage or disposal of waste tailings, permanent above-ground storage of reactive waste rock, heap leaching (using chemicals to recover specific minerals from ore), and smelting.
Mining — either underground or open pit — is absent from that list.
DNR Commissioner Sarah Strommen said the agency recognized the BWCAW "is an extraordinary natural treasure and deeply important to our identity as a state."
"We received many comments that raised questions about the State’s policy and risk tolerance around nonferrous mining," Strommen said in the release. "We believe these broader policy questions are more appropriately addressed by Minnesota’s Legislature."
The DNR agreed to review its rules after the group Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness sued the agency in 2020 under the Minnesota Environmental Rights Act. Twin Metals, which wants to build an underground copper-nickel mine, processing facility and tailings storage facility in the Rainy River Watershed, intervened and is a party to the case.
The group and company each have 30 days to request a contested case hearing on the DNR's decision.
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In a statement, Twin Metals spokesperson Kathy Graul said the company was reviewing the DNR's decision and is "committed to advancing" the project, but did not say whether the company would seek a contested case hearing.
Ingrid Lyons, executive director of Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters, which is part of Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness, said the Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters has not decided whether it will seek a contested case hearing.
“We do have questions as to the omission of water quality and air quality in their decision, but we are fully committed to working through the process to ensure whatever subsequent proceedings do properly address all of the natural resources that are at risk from things like pollution, impairment and destruction if sulfide-ore copper mining were to be allowed in the watershed,” Lyons said in an interview.
Lyons said the group was encouraged by the DNR encouraging the Legislature to consider whether tailings and processing are compatible in the watershed.
In a statement, Julie Lucas, executive director of MiningMinnesota, a trade group representing the copper-nickel mining industry, said the group supported the DNR leaving any fundamental state policy changes to the Legislature.
"Mining opponents asked for an arbitrary ban on nonferrous mining in the Rainy River Headwaters Watershed," Lucas said. "The DNR made clear in their announcement today that there is not a justification for a complete ban in the watershed and that the current nonferrous rules are adequate to protect the BWCAW from air, water, and other impacts. There will be rulemaking coming up to evaluate potential light and noise effects, which are two aspects already considered within environmental review."
In January, the Biden administration renewed a 20-year moratorium on mining activities on federal land within the Rainy River Watershed and Superior National Forest. It was initially put in place by the Obama administration but was then reversed by the Trump administration. The move, coupled with a Biden administration decision not to renew federal mineral leases to Twin Metals, effectively killed the company's project.
Mining is still allowed on state and private leases within the watershed.
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This story was updated at 6:15 p.m. May 31 with a reaction to the decision and a map of the BWCAW and Minerals Management Corridor. It was originally posted at 4:54 p.m. May 31. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/dnr-eyes-boundary-waters-buffer-to-address-light-sound-pollution-from-potential-mines | 2023-05-31T23:22:50 | 0 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/dnr-eyes-boundary-waters-buffer-to-address-light-sound-pollution-from-potential-mines |
HERMANTOWN — A 42-year-old Silver Bay man was hospitalized with a gunshot wound after an incident in the Walmart parking lot Tuesday.
Officers found a stolen vehicle in the store's parking lot at 4740 Loberg Ave. just after 10 p.m., the Hermantown Police Department reported in a news release. After a man left the store and attempted to get into the vehicle, officers moved in to arrest him.
"A single round from a firearm was discharged in the vehicle by the suspect, which is believed to have grazed the suspect’s head," the news release said. Officers administered first aid, and the man was transported by Mayo Ambulance to St. Luke’s hospital.
No officers were physically injured.
The suspect will face criminal charges of felony receiving stolen property, police said. The News Tribune generally does not identify suspects until they have been formally charged.
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The Saint Louis County Sheriff’s Office, Duluth Police Department and Proctor Police Department assisted at the scene. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/man-injured-in-hermantown-shots-fired-incident | 2023-05-31T23:23:00 | 1 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/man-injured-in-hermantown-shots-fired-incident |
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Loop 101 and SR 51 ramps reopen after brush fire
Kye Graves
Arizona Republic
Fire crews on Wednesday battled a brush fire in Phoenix that left a number of closures on area highways.
"The wind driven fire has consumed three acres and is moving west towards the 101," Phoenix fire said on Twitter.
By 3:22 p.m., all road closures had reopened, the Arizona Department of Transportation said on Twitter.The east and westbound Loop 101 Pima transition ramps to southbound SR 51 were closed due to the fire, with no estimated time to reopen, ADOT officials previously told the Arizona Republic.
By the time roads had reopened, the fire department had not indicated whether the fire had been contained.
The Republic reporter Jose R. Gonzalez contributed. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-wildfires/2023/05/31/wildfire-loop-101-sr-51-brush-fire-ramp-road-closures/70275067007/ | 2023-05-31T23:27:49 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-wildfires/2023/05/31/wildfire-loop-101-sr-51-brush-fire-ramp-road-closures/70275067007/ |
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Tucson mother IDed as Florida's 1969 'Trunk Lady' homicide victim through DNA
A woman found dead in a trunk 53 years ago in Florida has been identified through DNA as a mother of five from Tucson, leaving authorities now looking for her killer.
Officers on Oct. 31, 1969, discovered the remains of a woman wrapped in a plastic bag placed in a black steamer trunk in a wooded area behind a restaurant, according to St. Petersburg Police.
Partially clothed in a pajama top, the woman had injuries to her head and had been strangled with a man’s Western-style Bolo tie, police said. The unidentified woman earned the moniker of the “Trunk Lady” who was “St. Petersburg's oldest and most infamous cold case victim,” police said.
The "Trunk Lady" has now been identified as Sylvia June Atherton, 41, of Tucson, police said in a Tuesday morning statement on Facebook.
Investigators match remains to woman
Othram Inc., a Houston-area forensic lab, identified the victim as Atherton by yielding a DNA profile in April through a hair and skin sample taken from an initial autopsy, police said.
The lab's CEO and founder David Mittelman told The Arizona Republic that Atherton’s children were found through distant relatives who had consented to law enforcement using DNA information they submitted to a genealogical database.
Forensic genealogists then laid out a family tree, working backwards to find who might be genetically related to those identified individuals, but whose whereabouts were possibly unknown.
Through “process of elimination working with investigators, we stumbled across this woman who was unaccounted for genetically,” Mittelman said.
DNA profiles from her children confirmed her identity, according to police.
The search for her identity through DNA stemmed back to 2010 when her body was exhumed from a grave marked as “Jane Doe” at a St. Petersburg cemetery, according to police. However, teeth and bone samples were found to be too degraded to use, police noted.
St. Petersburg Police Detective Wallace Pavelski had located Atherton’s daughter, who was 9 at the time of her mother's disappearance, according to the Facebook statement.
Killer still unknown
Her daughter said Atherton left Tucson for Chicago with her husband, a younger daughter, an adult son, an adult daughter and son-in law, according to police. The 9-year-old and an 11-year-old son of the victim stayed with their father from a previous marriage in Tucson, police said. The adult son eventually returned to Tucson to live with them, police added.
Pavelski learned the husband Atherton moved to Chicago with died in 1999 in Las Vegas without any mention of his marriage to the victim in court records, police said.
And authorities still do not know who killed Atherton.
Her daughters who left to move to Chicago with her – then 5-year-old Kimberly Anne Brown and then 20-year-old Donna Lindhurst – have not been located and authorities think they may have additional information on the case. Lindhurst’s husband was named David Lindhurst, police mentioned.
Anyone with information on the daughters’ whereabouts or on Atherton’s homicide is asked to call Detective Pavelski at 727-893-4823.
Reach breaking news reporter Jose R. Gonzalez at jose.gonzalez@gannett.com or on Twitter @jrgzztx.
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Court documents detail May 22 police shooting of woman in Phoenix
Phoenix police have identified and arrested a woman they shot on May 22 after police said she had failed to yield for a traffic stop and pointed a gun at them.
Melissa Ann Larue, 40, was identified as a “suspicious person” in a car parked at Domino's Pizza near 35th and Glendale avenues who had the authorities called on her just before 7:30 p.m., according to court documents.
Larue was reported to be sleeping in a dark gray Nissan Altima with a Washington plate. The vehicle's engine was reportedly on, and there was also a dog inside the car, court documents state.
Officers arrived on the scene at about 8:40 p.m. and found Larue in the car with a lunchbox "containing apparent drug paraphernalia on her lap."
Authorities said they tried to contact Larue but she drove off, and a chase ensued. Larue then momentarily stopped near West Northern Avenue in Phoenix as an officer tried to pull her over.
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However, Larue sped off again, prompting a police helicopter to tail her, according to authorities.
A canine officer in an unmarked police vehicle equipped with a grapple tried to bring Larue's car to a halt, but only slowed her down as she attempted to drive away, court documents state.
Two more responding canine officers were able to contain Larue's vehicle on both the passenger and driver sides, bringing the car to a stop.
Court documents state that police commanded Larue to shut off her engine and show her hands, but she was "noncompliant."
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Soon after, Larue "committed aggravated assault" when she pointed a butane lighter "designed to look like a black handgun" in the direction of two Phoenix police officers from her driver's seat, according to court documents,
Court documents state that the two officers believed it to be a legitimate firearm and began firing "toward" Larue. Another police officer reacted to the two officers' shots and responded by firing his shotgun "toward" Larue.
When the gunfire ended, officers gave Larue more commands to exit her vehicle, this is what the court documents described as Larue resisting arrest.
Officers then broke out the driver side door window and pepper sprayed her "to gain compliance." Larue was pulled from the car when police found she had been shot, putting her in critical condition.
Larue was transported to the hospital where she was released on Friday, May 26 and arrested shortly thereafter.
A records check found that Larue had a history of having outstanding felony warrants for fraud and failure to appear for a sentencing reference for robbery, forgery and dangerous and narcotic drug possession, according to court documents.
Court documents state that a search of Larue's vehicle produced the lighter, 500 blue pills marked M30 (fentanyl), 27.3 grams of heroin, 4.7 grams of methamphetamine and a small bag of marijuana with an assortment of related equipment.
Upon being released from the hospital, Larue was read her Miranda rights, and court documents state that she told investigators she had fallen asleep while waiting for her pizza when she awoke to someone knocking on her window.
She said she did not recognize the person to be a uniformed police officer, adding she was disoriented and drove away.
Larue said she drove from the Domino's until the grapple got her. She tried to light a cigarette with the lighter, describing it as black and shaped like a taser, which she believes was in her hand when officers told her to show her hands, according to court documents.
Court documents state that when Larue was questioned about the drugs, she asked for a lawyer.
Larue was booked into jail and is facing multiple charges including two counts of aggravated assault with a simulated deadly weapon, one count of dangerous drug possession, possession of dangerous drugs for sale, narcotic drug possession, narcotic drug possession for sale, unlawful flight from law enforcement and resisting arrest. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2023/05/31/phoenix-police-shoot-woman-after-car-chase-pointing-lighter/70274754007/ | 2023-05-31T23:28:13 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2023/05/31/phoenix-police-shoot-woman-after-car-chase-pointing-lighter/70274754007/ |
Duggan: Stop punishing new construction in Detroit, raise taxes on vacant land
Mackinac Island — Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan proposed Wednesday hiking the city's property taxes for vacant land and buildings while lowering the rate for occupied homes and businesses in a split tax plan he contends will resolve many of Detroit's blight and high property tax woes.
The proposal, dubbed the Land Value Tax Plan, would increase taxes on land while reducing taxes on homes and structures by an expected 30%, or roughly $38 million total. This would apply to every neighborhood in Michigan's largest city, requires no application and never expires.
If approved by the Michigan Legislature, and later by Detroit voters, Duggan said, the plan would provide relief to homeowners who have been struggling under the burden of high taxes, encourage further neighborhood growth and hold land speculators accountable. Duggan laid out his plan Wednesday during an annual address at the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference.
Currently, private owners own roughly 30,000 neglected lots that Duggan on Wednesday described as “cheap lottery tickets” that bet on an increase in land value with no actual investment in the property. The city is forced to cut grass in the lots and remove garbage to spare surrounding neighbors while the property owners pay about $25-30 a year in taxes.
“This is what is driving me nuts,” Duggan said. “… In Detroit, blight is rewarded and building is punished.”
Under Duggan's plan, the average homeowner will see a $250 annual tax reduction, according to the mayor's office.
Owners of active businesses and land that is in productive use will also see their tax bills go down, depending on the taxable value of their assets. Currently, vacant residential lots in the city are taxed at an average of $25 annually, according to the mayor's office.
The program, which would be phased in over three years starting in 2025, would on average increase the millage rate on vacant land from 86 to 124 mills and lower the millage rate on a home from 86 to 60 mills, Duggan told The Detroit News.
House Speaker Joe Tate, D-Detroit, is supportive of the concept and is expected to spearhead efforts in the state Legislature to get the tax change passed.
Tate said Wednesday he's encouraged by relief experienced in other municipalities that have adopted similar tax formulas. Draft bill language still is being refined, but Tate said initial plans would create an opt-in program for municipalities across the state to adopt a split-tax.
"Those who would like to move forward, they can have the opportunity, but it's not a mandate for a local unit of government," Tate said in an interview with The News at the Mackinac Island policy conference.
Duggan hopes the Legislature passes the tax changes in the fall. After that, Detroit would need to hold a citywide vote because the shift would require a voter-approved increase in taxes for unoccupied land.
Duggan acknowledged during his address Wednesday that the biggest hit would be to owners of vacant lots, vacant commercial buildings, scrap yards and parking lots. Homeowners and businesses occupying Detroit buildings would be among the biggest benefactors.
Duggan said the city might see a small decline in property tax revenue because of the shift, but he was hopeful the anticipated future development spurred by the program would increase the city's income tax revenue from new residents and suburban workers.
Tax changes brewing
The effort comes as the Detroit has mobilized efforts to rectify property taxes after a class of Detroiters was over-assessed in their home property values from 2009-16, and some of them possibly lost their homes to property tax foreclosure. In 2020, a Detroit News investigation revealed the city of Detroit overtaxed homeowners by at least $600 million after it failed to accurately bring down property values in the years following the Great Recession.
Detroit Chief Financial Officer Jay Rising in April authorized the transfer of $4 million in general funds to a program that gives preferences to over-assessed homeowners seeking aid through certain initiatives. The Duggan administration and the council say the over-assessments, coupled with the expiration of resident property tax assessment appeal rights, have resulted in diminished resident household wealth in Detroit and are further exacerbated by the pandemic.
At the time, some Detroiters said the city government could do more to compensate overtaxed homeowners and criticized how much focus has been put on giving tax breaks to developers. The preferences program "just doesn't do it," and supplementing city programs "is like putting lipstick on a pig," said the Rev. Charles E. Williams II, pastor of the historic King Solomon Baptist Church.
Wayne County seized about 100,000 Detroit properties for unpaid property taxes from 2011 through 2015, about a quarter of all parcels, researchers have found. More than 28,000 families suffered foreclosures, while Detroit charged at least 96,000 homeowners double what it legally should have in property taxes.
Detroit residents, developers weigh in
Jeff Horner, an associate professor for Wayne State University’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning, said the land value tax system would result in higher property tax payments for vacant land owners and provide more of an incentive to develop empty land.
“I would be very surprised if in relatively short time, maybe within about five years, that if this land tax was operational, that would lead to putting a much higher tax bill on a lot of the empty lots that are right downtown,” he said. “Specifically the parking lots. All of the vacant land that is in the immediate downtown area because it is those are very lightly taxed enterprises. Mostly parking lots."
Horner doesn't think a property tax bill will make or break any parking deals, but that owners would be making less money while paying a higher tax bill.
"But what would really would bump out a lot of those parking lots would be the immediate demand for that land in the downtown area because now developing this site just got a whole lot cheaper," Horner said.
Real estate developer Cliff Brown, managing partner for Woodborn Partners, said the land value tax will benefit Detroit homeowners as well as developers active in the city.
“The hope and goal would be that it would be more equitable to people who actually own properties and are actually taking care of their properties,” Brown said.
Brown said the tax will motivate speculators to not let their properties sit undeveloped. It will also create more opportunity for developers, he said.
Woodborn Partners developed The Coe at West Village, a townhome and apartment complex, on a former vacant lot on Van Dyke. The firm has under development The Brooke, a mixed-income apartment complex, on a former vacant lot on Bagley.
“If we're not developing something it’s because we're trying to figure out how to get the deal to financially make sense,” Brown said. “And most of the deals in Detroit just don't make sense. The cost of development is higher than the value of the property."
Charity Dean, president and CEO of the Metro Detroit Black Business Alliance, voiced support for the plan, noting 70% of Detroit small businesses would likely see a reduction in taxes.
“When we prioritize small businesses, we create jobs, foster innovation and build a thriving economy that benefits everyone," Dean said. "Mayor Duggan’s Land Value Tax Plan recognizes this by providing relief to those businesses.”
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Corewell Health pulmonologists encourage early screening for lung cancer
Two Corewell Health pulmonologists discussed the importance of early lung cancer screening at a news conference Wednesday morning in honor of World No Tobacco Day.
Commercial tobacco use is the largest cause of preventable deaths in Michigan and kills more than auto accidents, overdoses, alcohol, homicides and suicides each year combined, according to the state department of health. Lung cancer was a "silent killer" for a long time, and mortality rates have only started to plateau recently due to early screening efforts, said Mohamad Raslan, a pulmonologist at Corewell Health Beaumont Hospital's Lung Nodule Clinics in Trenton and Wayne.
Patients between the ages of 50 and 80 years old who smoked one pack of cigarettes a day for 20 years or more qualify for lung cancer screening, said Abdulrazak Alchakaki, another pulmonologist at Corewell Health Beaumont Hospital's Lung Nodule Clinics in Trenton and Wayne. Patients who meet these conditions and who have quit smoking in the last 15 years also qualify.
Any doctor can refer patients who meet these criteria for screening. The next step is to obtain a computed tomography (CT) scan.
"Once they get the (CT) scan done, if it shows any findings, then it is very important for those patients to be seen in a pulmonary clinic," Alchakaki said. "I prefer those patients seeing a lung nodule clinic which is, again, a high specialty clinic, compared to a general pulmonary clinic."
Raslan likened the CT scan screening test for lung cancer to a mammogram for breast cancer or a pap smear for cervical cancer. The scans can detect lung nodules, or growths in the lung that range from a few millimeters to 1 inch in size.
Physicians at Corewell Health's lung nodule clinics determine which nodules need to be biopsied, monitored or removed. Around 90% of lung nodules are benign but the 10% that are not can be malignant, Raslan said.
"The earlier we diagnose lung cancer, the better survival is and the better prognosis is," Raslan said. "We navigate those 10% and make a priority to which one we need to act and how fast we need to act."
The clinics saw roughly 530 patients who had been screened for lung cancer and had concerning CT scans last year, Alchakaki said. Cancer was detected in around 44 of them, but roughly 70% were caught in the early stages.
"That means the cancer was resectable," Alchakaki said. "These numbers are really amazing when you compare it to national benchmarks."
Early-stage lung cancers, meaning stages one to three A, are resectable, meaning they can be removed by surgery. Resection can also be supplemented with chemotherapy or immunotherapy. Patients with non-resectable cancer will likely receive more palliative chemoradiation therapy than those in earlier stages, Alchakaki said.
Nationwide, only 20.8% of lung cancer cases underwent surgery as the first course of treatment in 2022, according to the American Lung Association. Just 5.8% of eligible Americans have been screened for lung cancer and Michigan ranked among the worst 10 states in the country in terms of early lung cancer diagnosis in 2021, the association reports.
This year Corewell Health's clinics have seen over 300 patients between January and April and detected around 29 cancer cases, Alchakaki said.
A close relationship with radiology, oncology and surgical departments is necessary for the lung nodule clinics to diagnose and act on lung cancer as early as possible, Raslan said. Nurse navigators work to educate primary care providers in the area and establish a relationship between them and the lung nodule clinics to facilitate early cancer diagnoses.
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CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa. — Abington Heights junior Amelia Gercken spends a lot of time in the weight room alongside her coach, Claude Welcome.
She says she fell in love with the sport of powerlifting two years ago.
"You get the competitiveness, you're competitive with yourself and you always want to do better than what you were already doing and you get to be competitive with other people as well," said Gercken.
Gercken qualified in a national competition to represent the United States at the International Powerlifting Federation World Bench Press Championship all the way in South Africa.
Coach Welcome gave her a little motivation before the big competition.
"Before she left, I told her, 'Seven years ago this May, I was in South Africa competing, and I won the world title,' so I told her this is a chance for her to go back and repeat the same title," said Abington Heights powerlifting coach Claude Welcome.
Gercken did just that.
"I got the gold!"
Bench pressing just over 167 pounds, Gercken came home with the IPF World Champion Bench Press title.
She explains it was a tough match-up between her and another athlete from South Africa.
"Our weight, like bench press, was very close, like our numbers were the exact same, when we got there, she weighed a little less than me, so if we came into a tie, she would take the gold, and I knew that wasn't an option because I didn't want to come in last," said Gercken.
"When Amelia was lifting our time, 4 a.m. I was watching. She got the red lights, and I said, 'Coach has to go to the jury because that was a good lift,'" said Welcome.
There's no time off for this world champion, Gercken has plans for several competitions this summer.
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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Christmas will always be a special holiday for Mistie Laubach's family.
She gave birth to her son Jackson at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital just 30 minutes after Christmas Day in 2017.
The time inside the delivery room with the staff and her family is a time Laubach says she'll never forget.
"Yeah, honestly, they pushed for me though they wanted him born Christmas night. Unfortunately, he wasn't, just shy 30 minutes, but still, they were pushing for me, 'Mistie, you can do it!' You know? 'Make him make him a Christmas baby!' You know? And then everything about my husband and my mom being there as well. You know, my support team," said Laubach.
Her family continued to make memories here as recently as this spring.
"My nephew, my first nephew, was just born three weeks four weeks ago. And he's probably going to be the last baby to be born there. So in our family, you know, so, again, what's going to happen, what's next? Where are these babies going to be born?" asked Mistie.
That's the big question Mistie, and other mothers, in the greater Wilkes-Barre area, are asking now that Commonwealth Health announced its plans to shut down the hospital's labor and delivery services at the end of July, citing a decline in demand as the reason for the closure.
Commonwealth Health says it will work with expecting mothers to receive childbirth services at Moses Taylor Hospital, Geisinger Wyoming Valley, or Geisinger Community Medical Center.
Laubach is also concerned about the future of the staff in the department that she says treated her like family.
"They were great. You know everything about the nurses, the staff welcomed us like they like we lived there. Did everything for us at our beck and call," she said.
Commonwealth Health says all nurses and personnel who staff the OB unit and clinics will have the opportunity to apply to other open positions.
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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Williamsport Mayor Derek Slaughter welcomed Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti to Billtown. The two met at Shaw Park in Williamsport to kick off their road trip across the state.
"We are showing how mayors are rebuilding Pennsylvania with American Rescue funds. We are on our way to the US Conference of Mayors in Ohio," said Cognetti.
"$65,100,000,000 split up and coming directly to each one of our cities. That is generational, and we can use that in a way that is going to have lasting effects," said Slaughter.
Cities across the country were given these federal funds to make improvements. Mayor Slaughter spoke about the upgrades made to Williamsport city parks, like splash pads and new basketball and tennis courts.
"I am a big believer that this assists with public safety, neighborhood improvements because most of our parks are right in neighborhoods and just the overall quality of life," Slaughter added.
Mayor Cognetti told Newswatch 16 how Scranton is putting that money to use.
"We have done grants for child care, health care, wellness, mental and behavioral health grants. A lot on small business. We have a wage boost program where we are helping small businesses boost their wages to retain employees and stay open," she said.
The pair will be in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday night for the U.S. Conference of Mayors. On the way there, they plan to make a few stops and pick up more Pennsylvania mayors.
"The mayor and I are headed to Allentown to talk about stormwater. Tomorrow we will kick off in Lancaster to talk with Mayor Sorace about transitional housing. Then head to Harrisburg for a meeting with Lieutenant Governor Davis and then on to Pittsburgh and then Columbus," Cognetti added.
"Continue to learn from other mayors all over the country from small, mid, and large cities. See what is working, what is happening in their cities, and see what we can take back here for me in Williamsport or Scranton for Mayor Cognetti," Slaughter said.
The mayors will return from their road trip on Friday.
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Karl Boroski is again getting ready to feed hungry youth around Midland during the summer.
The executive director of Rope Youth is days away from kicking off the organization’s Food First program, an evening summer feeding initiative for younger Midlanders in need of a dinner.
“My goal is 12,000 (meals),” Boroski told the Reporter-Telegram. “That is what I am expecting.”
His Food First food truck served 4,300 two summers ago. Last summer, the total fell just short of 9,000, he said.
Doubling up for a second summer wouldn’t surprise Boroski, who has a network ready to serve meals Monday through Friday from June 5 to Aug. 4.
Organizations ready to help Rope Youth include First Baptist Church, Porters Grocery, Grace Lutheran Church, Golf Course Road Men’s Bible Study Group, Performance Chemical, Champion X, Advance Church, Murray’s Deli, CrownQuest Operating, Stonegate Fellowship, First Presbyterian Church, St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Endeavor Energy and Pioneer Natural Resources.
Also, Boroski stated Diamondback Energy is sponsoring the bookmobile and the Literacy Coalition of the Permian Basin is the book sponsor.
Dinner will be served from 5-7 p.m. at different locations each night. They are:
- Greater Ideal Baptist Church, 411 S. Tyler St., on Mondays;
- Boys and Girls Club Halff Park, 110 E. New Jersey Ave., on Tuesdays;
- Casa de Amigos, 1101 Garden Lane, and Washington Park, 1803 E. Indiana Ave., on Wednesdays;
- Taylor Street Park, 1401 Carter Ave., on Thursdays; and
- Bunche Elementary, 700 S. Jackson St., on Fridays.
The resources provided and success of previous summers even have Boroski opening a second daily site from July 10-Aug. 4 at Porters Grocery, 703 E. Front St.
“(Companies and organizations) take the week and provide the food for the kids,” Boroski said. “It is basically anyone who wants to come.”
For Boroski, the Food First program is one way he works for a better Midland. He told the Reporter-Telegram this week that his organization Backyard Midland is working hard to account for Midland’s homeless population and to bring attention to those in need of help – whether it is a shower or clean clothes.
He also uses the summer to prepare for his young gentlemen and ladies leagues at selected Midland ISD schools. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/boroski-shoots-impactful-summer-feeding-program-18128772.php | 2023-05-31T23:36:41 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/boroski-shoots-impactful-summer-feeding-program-18128772.php |
For the fourth-straight month, Midland led the nation in over-the-year percentage gains in employment during the month of April.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday that Midland’s 8.0% growth (compared to April 2022) beat out Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina (6.4%) and Corvallis, Oregon (6.3%).
The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls in Midland grew from 110,200 to 119,000 from April 2022 to April 2023, according to the BLS. In Odessa employees jumped from 76,500 to 81,000 (a percentage gain of 5.9%).
The bureau also reported that nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 76 metropolitan areas in April, decreased in 1 area, and was essentially unchanged in 312 areas.
What about the employment rate?
As previously reported, Midland’s 2.3% unemployment rate was the lowest in the state, but the BLS reported Wednesday that Midland’s jobless rate wasn’t close to the lowest in the nation.
“In April, Dover-Durham, New Hampshire-Maine, and Manchester, New Hampshire, had the lowest unemployment rates (1.1% each),” the BLS reported. “ The next lowest rate was 1.2% in Portsmouth, New Hampshire-Maine.”
The BLS also reported that at least 14 different states had jobless rates of 2.3% (or lower), and five states (Alabama, Maryland, Nebraska, New Hampshire and Vermont) showed unemployment rates below 2.0%. New Hampshire’s was the lowest at 1.2%.
The BLS report also showed more than 30 metropolitan areas across the county with April jobless rates below 2.0% and a total of 224 areas below the U.S. unemployment rate of 3.1
Percentage employment growth in April
(year over year)
West Texas
Midland 8.0
Odessa 5.9
Abilene 2.3
San Angelo 2.1
Amarillo 1.7
Lubbock 1.7
Also
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land 3.5
State average 3.8
Number of employees
(on nonfarm payrolls)
West Texas
Lubbock 159,100
Amarillo 128,300
Midland 119,000
Odessa 81,000
Abilene 76,100
San Angelo 52,300 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/bureau-labor-statistics-midland-posts-top-18128763.php | 2023-05-31T23:36:47 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/bureau-labor-statistics-midland-posts-top-18128763.php |
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Tuesday night at around 8:00 p.m., North Little Rock police found a 71-year-old man dead at the intersection of JFK Boulevard and Osage Drive.
The incident was another painful reminder for Casey Covington, Executive Director for Metroplan, who explained that though he doesn't know many details of what happened at that intersection there's one thing he's sure of.
"I would say it continually stays sad," he said. "The general design and characteristics of the roadway are consistent with where else we would see, an often, a number of fatalities and serious injuries."
He explained how it was another crash they don't want to see. Metroplan works to help lower the number of crashes involving pedestrians— and adding another to the total was tough for him to see.
"We have 130 people that were killed in crashes in Central Arkansas last year," Covington said. "31 of those were pedestrians, and personally, I think that's too many."
Of those crashes, 271 of those involved someone that was not in a car. That's only one percent of the 25,762 total crashes we saw last year in Central Arkansas, but as Covington said, any is too many.
"There are a number of locations throughout Central Arkansas where there are a high number of pedestrian crashes," he said.
With more people out and about for summer, Covington explained that it's a good reminder to keep an eye out— whether you're on the road or crossing it.
"While the pedestrian may have the right of way, in certain situations, we would encourage people to know your surroundings, look at the other drivers," he said. "That's the best way to be safe." | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/north-little-rock-road-safety/91-90cbb017-05b8-43bb-bd46-e3a6a73282b7 | 2023-05-31T23:39:57 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/north-little-rock-road-safety/91-90cbb017-05b8-43bb-bd46-e3a6a73282b7 |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The last two months for Janet Recker and her husband have been a journey.
She showed us around her home Wednesday and pointed out the damage left behind by the EF-3 tornado on March 31 and the progress made in the two months since.
"The tornado hit our dining room ceiling," Recker said. "That all came down and crashed."
She said the progress in the neighborhood has been slow as contractors are having a tough time getting the materials needed to finish repairing her house.
"We're like, 'When will we get moving on this?' It's going to slowly," Recker said. "They said... 'We can't find any brick that'll match your brick.'"
It's something people who live in hard-hit areas are still challenged with.
"This was devastating, and I know some people are frustrated," Ward 4 City Director Capi Peck said. "We're getting to the hardest hit areas as fast as possible."
Ward 4 is considered a hard-hit area, and Peck said insurance is another challenge.
"A lot of people that live in these areas were underinsured, and I know some people plan not to rebuild," Peck said.
The journey of recovery will take some time.
"We got a long way to go still," Peck said. "It won't look like it did six months or six years from now."
However, Recker remains optimistic.
"Every day, we say thank you, Lord, that we're alive," Recker said.
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Clifford Walters of Hawaii pleaded guilty to one count of feeding, touching, teasing, frightening, or intentionally disturbing wildlife on May 31, 2023 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephanie A. Hambrick. Walters was charged a $500 fine, a $500 Community Service payment to Yellowstone Forever Wildlife Protection Fund, a $30 special assessment, and a $10 processing fee.
According to the violation notice, on May 20, 2023, Walters approached a struggling newborn bison calf in Lamar Valley near the confluence of the Lamar River and Soda Butte Creek. The calf had been separated from its mother when the herd crossed the Lamar River. As the calf struggled, the man pushed the calf up from the river and onto the roadway. Visitors later observed the calf walk up to and follow cars and people. Park rangers tried repeatedly to reunite the calf with the herd, but their efforts were unsuccessful. The calf was later euthanized by park staff because it was abandoned by the herd and causing a hazardous situation by approaching cars and people along the roadway. There was nothing in the report that revealed Mr. Walters acted maliciously.
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BLOOMINGTON — A Bloomington woman was sentenced to eight years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty in a robbery case.
April S. Mench, 36, pleaded guilty Wednesday to financial institution robbery, a Class 1 felony.
The remaining charges in the case were dropped.
According to court documents, on July 25, 2022, Mench entered Mid-Illini Credit Union at 1811 Eastland Drive in Bloomington and handed a teller two notes demanding the teller put money in a bag and threatening to shoot the teller.
Mench made off with over $8,600.
Most of the money was recovered by police when they arrested Mench less than two hours later at Quality Inn & Suites, 1803 E. Empire St. in Bloomington.
Mench was ordered to pay $980 in restitution to Mid-Illini Credit Union.
She received 310 days credit for time already served in the McLean County Detention Facility.
Mench is also awaiting trial on another case in which she is charged with aggravated involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, a Class X felony; obstructing justice and destruction of evidence, a Class 4 felony; and causing a child to be endangered, a Class A misdemeanor.
That trial is set for jury selection Aug. 14.
Despite perceptions of rising crime, theft has become far less common in recent years than it used to be. However, there are still hotspots where break-ins and burglaries are far more common than the typical American neighborhood.
Updated mug shots from The Pantagraph
Bryant Lewis
Bryant Lewis, 28, of Bloomington, is charged with home invasion causing injury, a Class X felony. His next appearance is Dec. 30.
Connor Wood
Derek Roesch
Derek Roesch of Saybrook was charged Thursday, Nov. 10 in McLean County Law and Justice Center with several counts, including:
-Two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, Class 2 felonies
-One count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon while on parole, Class 2 felony
-Two counts of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a felon, class 2 felonies
-One count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a felon while on parole, class 2 felony
-Unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver (greater than 2000 grams but less than 5000 grams), a class 1 felony
-Unlawful possession of cannabis (greater than 2000 grams but less than 5000 grams), a class 2 felony
-Unlawful possession of a controlled substance, psylocibin less than 15 grams, a class 4 felony
-Unlawful possession of methamphetamine, less than five grams, a class 3 felony.
-Unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, a class A misdemeanor
Justin M. Mata
Justin M. Mata, 28, no address given, is charged with possession of less than five grams of meth with intent to deliver, a Class 2 felony, and possession of less than five grams of meth, a Class 3 felony. He was released on a $50,000 personal recognizance bond and his next appearance is Dec. 30.
Connor Wood
Marcus D. Wesley
Marcus D. Wesley, 36, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon in a vehicle (Class 4 felony), unlawful possession of cannabis (Class 3 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Phillip Tinch
Phillip Tinch of Normal was charged Thursday, Nov. 10 at the McLean County Law and Justice Center with several felonies including:
- Five counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, more than one but less than 15 grams of a substance containing cocaine, a Class 1 felony.
-One count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, less than one gram of a substance containing cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
Trisha L. Hanke
Trisha L. Hanke, 36, is charged with theft of over $10,000 (Class 2 felony). Court documents indicate she knowingly took $14,000 belonging to a Love's Travel Stop, in LeRoy, where she was employed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William B. Givens
William B. Givens, 49, no address given, is charged with unlawful possession of five to 15 grams of meth with intent to deliver, a Class 1 felony, possession of less than five grams of meth with intent to deliver, a Class 2 felony, possession of five to 15 grams of meth, a Class 2 felony, and possession of less than five grams of meth, a Class 3 felony. His next appearance is Dec. 30.
Connor Wood
David L. Oliver
David L. Oliver, 51, of Bloomington, is charged with predatory criminal sexual assault.
Kenneth E. Funk
Kenneth E. Funk, 27, is charged with residential burglary (Class 1 felony) involving an apartment in Lexington on Dec. 31, 2022.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordan R. King
Charges have been filed against Jordan R. King, 34, for violation of the Illinois Violent Offender Against Youth Act.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Holly M. Isaacson
Isaacson
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenneth L. Minton
Kenneth L. Minton, 51, is charged with aggravated home repair fraud (Class 2 felony) and theft (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tony L. Jackson
Tony L. Jackson, 50, is charged for violation of the Illinois Violent Offender Against Youth Act (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Britley L. Hilger
Britley L. Hilger, 32, is charged with aggravated battery (Class 2 felony) after she supposedly punched a McLean County Detention Facility officer in the chest.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jasmine L. Smith
Jasmine L. Smith, 31, is charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol (Class 2 felony) and five counts of endangering the life or health of a child (Class A misdemeanors).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jackie S. Claypool
Jackie S. Claypool, 46, appeared for a Friday bond court hearing for two new cases which charged her for one count of burglary (Class 2 felony), four counts of forgery (Class 3) and one count of deceptive practices (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Noah R. Demuth
Noah R. Demuth, 22, of Evanston, is charged with aggravated battery of a peace officer, a Class 2 felony, aggravated battery in a public way, a Class 3 felony, mob action, a Class 4 felony, and obstructing a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor. His next court date is Feb. 17.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon L. Parsano
Brandon L. Parsano, 39, is charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, a Class 2 felony. His next appearance is Feb. 17 for an arraignment.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alexander N. Williams
Alexander N. Williams, 24, was charged Feb. 2 with the following:
3 counts of unlawful delivery of cannabis between 30 and 500 grams - Class 3 felonies. 2 counts of armed violence - Class X felonies. 1 count of unlawful possession of cannabis between 2,000 and 5,000 grams with the intent to sell - a Class 1 felony. 1 count of unlawful possession of cannabis between 500 and 2,000 grams with the intent to sell - a Class 2 felony. 3 counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon - Class 3 felonies. 1 count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a felon - a Class 3 felony 3 counts of violating the Illinois FOID act - Class 3 felonies.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carlos Sanchez-Solozarzano
Carlos H. Sanchez-Solozarzano, 22, was charged with 1 count of criminal sexual assault, a Class 1 felony.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaylin S. Bones
Jaylin S. Bones was charged with four counts of first-degree murder stemming from a homicide in Bloomington last year. A McLean County grand jury also returned a bill of indictment charging him with attempted first degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordan R. King
Jordan R. King, 34, was charged with violating the Illinois Violent Offender Against Youth Act (Class 2 felony) a second time in under a month.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dominique M. Banks
Dominique M. Banks, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery involving strangulation (Class 2 felony). The incident happened in October 2022 and involved one victim.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Austin T. Daugherty
Austin T. Daugherty, 29, was charged with burglary (Class 2 felony) after he entered an Avis Car Rental, 3201 Cira Drive, in Bloomington, without permission and with the intent to commit theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Sandra M. Lewis
Sandra M. Lewis, 77, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance containing MDMB-4E-PINACA, a synthetic cannabinoid, with the intent to deliver (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Samantha E. Morris
Samantha E. Morris, 40, is charged with aggravated battery of a peace officer (Class 2 felony) after supposedly spitting on a Colfax police officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nolan C. Love
Nolan C. Love, 46, appeared in court Friday for a bond review hearing after being charged with aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation (Class 2 felony) on Feb. 26.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nikkita L. Sandefur
Nikkita L. Sandefur, 36, is charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felony) containing cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Katlin M.B. Wilson
Katlin M.B. Wilson, 32, is charged with aggravated identity theft (Class 2 felony) after being accused of fraudulently obtaining money exceeding $300 but not exceeding $10,000 from a 60 year old man.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Eli C. Garozzo
Eli C. Garozzo, 20, is charged with two counts of home invasion, a Class X felony, two counts of attempted armed robbery, a Class 1 felony, and two counts of residential burglary, a Class 1 felony. His bond was set at $200,000 as a 10% bond, meaning he must pay $20,000 plus fees to be released. His next appearance is an arraignment on April 13.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tysean T. Townsend
Tysean T. Townsend, 35, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle (Class 2 felony), three counts of child abduction, aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer and obstructing justice (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Curtis J. Byrd
Curtis J. Byrd, 31, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felony), two counts of fraud and two counts of financial institution fraud (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Noral K. Nelson
Noral K. Nelson, 31, was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony) after he was arrested in connection to a shooting along the 1500 block of S. Main Street.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Charles J. Tankson
Charles J. Tankson, 23, was charged with burglary (Class 2 felony), theft and two counts of unlawful use of a debit card (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Davis, Micah S
Davis was charged with 3 counts of arson, Class 2 felonies, and 3 counts of criminal damage to property, Class 4 felonies.
His next court date is May 5 at 9 a.m.
PROVIDED BY THE MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Livingston, Joshua D.
Livingston was charged with 2 counts of possessing stolen vehicles, Class 2 felonies, possession of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 3 felony, and criminal damage to government property, a Class 4 felony.
His next court date is May 5 at 9 a.m.
PROVIDED BY THE MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kevin L. Ewen
Kevin L. Ewen, 42, appeared in a Thursday bond court hearing and was charged with aggravated battery (Class 2 felony), obstructing a peace officer (Class 4 felony) and two counts of resisting a peace officer (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Emmanuel K. Mpay
Emmanuel K. Mpay, 23, appeared in a Thursday bond court hearing following a grand jury indictment for two counts of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ahmad S. Manns
Ahmad S. Manns, 19, appeared in a Friday bond court hearing and was charged with cannabis trafficking (Class X felony), unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dylan R Mann
Dylan R Mann, 31, appeared Friday in bond court following four grand jury indictments for two separate cases relating to aggravated assault and battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tony L. Jackson
Tony L. Jackson, 50, was charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle (Class 2 felony), domestic battery, violation of an order of protection and driving while license revoked or suspended (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William R. Linden
William R. Linden, 79, was released Tuesday on felony burglary charges for trying to pass a forged check at Busey Bank.
Zadek U. Moen
Zadek U. Moen, 20, is facing six felony drug charges after being arrested by the Illinois State Police on Thursday.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Zachary T. Willis
Zachary T. Willis, 27, is charged with aggravated domestic battery by strangulation (Class 2 felony) and domestic battery subsequent offense (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cecily M. Sexton
Cecily M. Sexton, 39, was charged with two counts of burglary, a Class 2 felony; one count of forgery, a Class 3 felony; financial institution fraud, a Class 3 felony, and possession of a controlled substance, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tonisha A. Jackson
Tonisha A. Jackson, 27, was charged with aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James A. McConnaughay
James A. McConnaughay, 53, appeared in a Friday bond court hearing before Judge Amy McFarland. McConnaughay is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of methamphetamine (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jessica M. Longberry
Jessica M. Longberry, 38, appeared in a Friday bond court hearing before Judge Amy McFarland. Longberry is charged with burglary (Class 2 felony) and forgery (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Barry D. Guyton
Barry D. Guyton, 26, was charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon (Class 2 felonies) two counts of unlawful possession of 15-100 of cocaine with the intent to deliver with one being a Class X felony and the other being a Class 1 felony.
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Keon E. Spiller
Keon E. Spiller, 22, appeared in a Friday bond court hearing before Judge Amy McFarland and was charged with attempted escape after his jury trial reached a verdict.
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Question: When will a Richmond-area resident appear on national television?
Producers of "Jeopardy!" on Wednesday confirmed that Jong Limb, of Glen Allen, will be a contestant on an episode that will air locally on WRIC-TV at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Limb is a retired software developer.
The game show is in its 39th season and has a weekly audience of more than 20 million, producers said.
Jong Limb, a Glen Allen resident, will compete on Jeopardy! on an episode airing Friday on WRIC-TV. He is show with Jeopardy! host, Mayim Bialik.
Jeopardy!
From the archives: Cloverleaf Mall, 1972-2011
Cloverleaf Mall: Before the opening
Workmen put the finishing touches on Cloverleaf Mall in August of 1972.
1972 FILE
Cloverleaf Mall: Opening day, 1972
Opening day at Cloverleaf Mall, August 1972
1972 FILE
Cloverleaf Mall: Busy first week
Chesterfield County police aid shoppers at Cloverleaf Mall during its first week in August of 1972.
1972 BOB BROWN/TIMES-DISPATCH
Cloverleaf Mall: Upscale Sears
When it opened in 1972, the Crystal Room at the Sears in Cloverleaf Mall included furs.
1972 FILE
Cloverleaf Mall: Twin cinema
Seymour Hoffman, vice president of District Theaters in Washington, in front of the twin cinema at Cloverleaf Mall, which opened with the mall in August of 1972. It was expanded to an nine-screen Regal Cinema in the 1987 renovation.
1972 FILE
Cloverleaf Mall: Piccadilly Cafeteria
Chef William A. Richards prepares food in the Piccadilly Cafeteria in 1972.
1972 FILE
Cloverleaf Mall in 1975
Cloverleaf Mall in 1975
1975 FILE
Cloverleaf Mall Community Room
A 1976 meeting in the Community Room at Cloverleaf Mall. Community groups took advantage of the free room almost every day.
1976 FILE
Cloverleaf Mall: Christmas Tubas, 1985
Thirty five tubists showed up to play carols at TubaChristmas at Cloverleaf in December 1985.
1985 FILE
Cloverleaf Mall: 1987 renovation
The interior of Cloverleaf Mall after the renovation in 1987.
1987 LINDY KEAST RODMAN
Cloverleaf Mall: Christmas Eve, 1990
Cloverleaf Mall's parking lot was full on Christmas Eve of 1990.
1990 DAN CURRIER/TIMES-DISPATCH
Cloverleaf Mall: 1995 fire
Chesterfield County and Richmond, Va., firefighters remove debris from the site of a fire at Cloverleaf Mall, on Oct. 12, 1995.
1995
Cloverleaf Mall: Frederick's of Hollywood
Frederick's of Hollywood at Cloverleaf Mall in 1995
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Cloverleaf Mall: Christmas, 1997
Christmas trees decorated by Chesterfield and Richmond school students are on display at Cloverleaf Mall. Pictured here a mall walker passes by the trees on Dec. 20, 1997.
MARK GORMUS/TIMES-DISPATCH
Cloverleaf Mall: 1998 renovation
A construction worker guides the placement of one of three metal pyramids at the entrance of the Cloverleaf Mall in October 1998. When completed the would have a renovated front entrance and food court , a new major entrance sign and other upgrades.
1998 CLEMENT BRITT/TIMES-DISPATCH
Cloverleaf Mall: New police station, 1999
Chesterfield County opened a new Police station inside of Cloverleaf Mall in November of 1999.
1999 STUART T. WAGNER/TIMES-DISPATCH
Cloverleaf Mall: Regal cinemas close, 2001
Regal cinemas at Cloverleaf Mall closed in 2001.
1999 STUART T. WAGNER/TIMES-DISP
Cloverleaf Mall: Sears closes, 2003
Cloverleaf Mall Sears store worker Richard Lanzarone (right) who has worked for Sears for 45 years, leaves the sales floor with a fellow employee after the store closed for good on Jan. 25, 2006. Sears opened a new store in Chesterfield Town Center
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Cloverleaf Mall: Empty food court, 2005
The food court at Cloverleaf mall was empty on July 21, 2005.
2005 CINDY BLANCHARD/TIMES-DISPA
County buys Cloverleaf Mall, 2007
Chesterfield County bought Cloverleaf Mall in 2007 with plans to demolish it and replace it with a mixed-use development.
2007
Cloverleaf Mall sold to county, 2007
Joseph Toney makes his rounds inside Cloverleaf Mall on May 22, 2007. Chesterfield County bought the mall in 2007 and intends to demolish the mall and build new commercial and residential development
2007
Cloverleaf Mall: One last shop
Deon Payne (left) and Gaylen Braxton shop Cloverleaf one last time on Feb. 28, 2008.
2008 WESLEY P. HESTER
Cloverleaf Mall: Closing in 2008
The closing sign posted on the main entrance to Cloverleaf Mall, the day before the mall's official closing.
2008 FILE
Cloverleaf Mall: Fenced off in 2010
Cloverleaf Mall buildings are surrounded by a padlocked chain link fence on August 20, 2010.
2010
Cloverleaf Mall: The walls come down, 2011
James F. Downs, of Crosland Southeast, was among the officials breaking out the gold sledge hammers to begin the long-awaited demolition of Cloverleaf Mall on October 25, 2011.
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Goodbye Cloverleaf, 2011
The long-awaited demolition of Cloverleaf Mall began on October 25, 2011.
EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Kroger rises from rubble of Cloverleaf, 2012
Construction of the Kroger at the former Cloverleaf Mall site on Aug. 13, 2012.
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Henrico police and school officials on Wednesday recovered a firearm from a student at the John Rolfe Middle School, authorities said.
After receiving a report of a juvenile with a firearm, authorities quickly identified and located the student and recovered a loaded firearm from his possession.
Henrico police took the juvenile to the Henrico Juvenile Detention home and charged him with possession of a firearm by a person under the age of 18, possession of a firearm on school property and a concealed weapon.
The student was not identified.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — City Manager Cathy Ball wants Johnson City to remain a place where people of mixed incomes can live and thrive. Housing and rental prices are putting that at some risk, she says.
“I think if we become a city…where you don’t have a working class people within the area then you’ve really lost the character of what Johnson City is,” Ball told News Channel 11.
Johnson City’s commission has moved affordable housing into its strategic plan priorities and the topic will be part of its work session Thursday. The chairman of the Johnson City Regional Planning Commission, Chris Dagenhart, pulled together a working group to focus on the issue earlier this year.
“Everyone is worried about it,” Johnson City Mayor Todd Fowler said. “It goes from the people that own businesses to the people that work for them.”
It’s those working people that are at the center of leaders’ concerns. Assistant store managers, police officers, medical assistants, factory workers and social workers — all tend to fall within an income range that doesn’t qualify for traditional “affordable housing” subsidies like Section 8.
Rather, those workers who form the backbone of the economy and the community need what area officials call “workforce housing.” That’s in short supply.
“If you want a house that’s ($600,000) to $1.8 million, we can find something for you,” Fowler said. “But anything under that I can’t guarantee there’s anything for you, so we need affordable housing for people that are looking for a house…all the way up to $400,000. We need those homes.”
While the situation may not be quite that dire, the inventory of homes on the market skews toward prices that leave many area families “cost-burdened” according to the traditional measure of the term. Anyone who pays more than 30% of household income on housing falls into that category.
The situation in the rental market is no better, if not worse, Ball said, agreeing it’s reached an urgent stage. People without any income constraints are struggling to find places to rent or buy when they move to the area.
“We are seeing numbers that are indicating rental availability at less than 1%, which means that even what’s out there and what the market is driving, people still can’t get housing,” she said. “So…the reason the commission put this on their list for us to work on is they feel like it is something we need to be working on this year.”
The U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey for 2022 showed that of 19,128 occupied units paying rent in Washington County, 10,892 rented for somewhere between $500 and $999, amounts that would leave some people cost-burdened.
Not quite 20% of units (3,613) units rented for $1,000 to $1,499, leaving all people meeting the area “workforce” definition cost-burdened. A $1,000 monthly rent would be more than 30% of income for anyone making less than $40,000 a year. Another 1,306 units rented for $1,500 to $2,000, with 715 above that rate.
But rental rates have been increasing, in some cases dramatically. One soon-to-be homeowner reported their $920 rent on a 2-bedroom, 1.5-bath apartment was moving from $920 to $1,048, a 14% increase. A single person would have to make $20.15 an hour or more to not be considered cost-burdened by the traditional measure.
What can be done?
Leaders around the region have spent the last few years attacking the affordable housing shortage with some traditional tools. They’ve worked to increase building on “infill” lots (properties with existing city infrastructure).
They’ve ramped up efforts to maximize production by non-profits that build and repair housing for the traditional low- and moderate-income demographic.
This has included giving some county-owned lots, which typically come after tax repossession, to the likes of Appalachia Service Project, Habitat for Humanity and Eastern Eight Community Development Corp. to build on. Washington County also just approved granting $300,000 in federal ARPA funds to Eastern Eight to help offset costs for a 14-home project it’s building on an infill lot not far from Science Hill High School.
But those homes typically get purchased by people with incomes below 60% of the area median, which for a family of four is just $40,440. Ball said Johnson City is looking to develop strategies that would help people up to 80% of median (just under $54,000 for a family of four, $37,750 for a single person).
That mythical family of four earning 80% of area median income (AMI) becomes cost-burdened at just $1,350 a month. That’s enough to borrow about $190,000 at 6.2% interest. Less than a third of Johnson City houses, 38 sold for below $180,000 in the first quarter of the year, when prices are typically lower. The year before 53 had sold in that range during the same period.
Some keys for Johnson City strategically, Ball said, include “identifying the resources and the tools that we have available to help developers produce this product at an affordable price.”
She said the city is inventorying all the property it owns. In fact, the 5-plus acres Habitat will build on was owned by the city.
“If some of those properties end up being what we call strategic properties for the purpose of housing redevelopment, we may potentially be able to enter into a public-private partnership wherein we make the land available at a cheaper price if the product is put on the market at a lower rent so it can be used for folks for affordable housing,” Ball said.
Those type of efforts, at least for now, would target housing for people making up to 80% of median income.
“They’re entry-level firefighters, police officers, teachers,” Ball said.
She said one strategy could be offering payment-in-lieu-of-tax (PILOT) agreements in exchange for accepting a lower rent.
“Our requirement would be that it would be for an extended period of time, and that at least say 20% of the units in that development would be available for 20 years to those who have income qualify at that 80% average median income,” Ball said.
Without strategies like that one, she said, Johnson City runs the risk of becoming increasingly difficult for many people to afford.
“As long as the market is like it is and they’re continuing to be able to rent at a market rate, there’s no reason that a developer would rent for less unless there is an incentive by the city,” Ball said.
It could be (a lot) worse
The Atlanta branch of the Federal Reserve Bank has a “Home Ownership Affordability Monitor” (HOAM) that tracks affordability monthly in several hundred metro areas using a few key indicators.
Combining current interest rates and median home price the HOAM produces an average payment, including taxes and insurance. It then uses a metro’s median income to determine an “index” amount based around the percentage of median income that average payment represents.
A score of 100 or higher denotes an area is affordable, with 100 being 30% of income.
The Tri-Cities has long prided itself on being an area where homes are very affordable, and Johnson City’s metro area was in the affordable range from 2014 all the way through March 2022.
The index dropped to 96.7 last April and fell all the way to 77.0 last September, just as Johnson City was enjoying continued attention as one of the nation’s hottest emerging housing markets. That meant a person with the median income (interest rates were at 7.0%) was paying 38.8% of their income for a median-priced house.
The figure for March was 87.5, with the median home price down to $233,250 and interest rates at 6.3%. The highest median home price month so far was July 2022, at $273,069. The March data meant the median-income household would pay 34.3% of income for that median-priced home. The index assumes no down payment.
Those increases may have set local leaders to seeking solutions, but the lack of affordability pales in comparison to the situation just over the Blue Ridge in Asheville, N.C., where Ball worked as an assistant city manager prior to taking the Johnson City job in late 2021.
Asheville’s HOAM index has reached the affordable level just once since 2014, when it hit 100.1 in February 2016.nIt was still at a fairly reasonable 93.6 in March 2021, when the median home price was $327,500 and interest rates were 3.1%, making for a 32% of median income payment.
By last October, when interest rates hit 7.0%, the index stood at its all-time low of 54.0. A person making Asheville’s median income of $63,843 would have had to put 55.6% of that to housing for the median-priced house, which had risen to $427,667.
In March 2023 things weren’t much different, with the median home price at $423,500 and the share of median income to afford that home’s payments at 51.3%.
Fowler wants to avoid that level of unaffordability on his side of the mountains.
“It’s really high priority. That’s one of the things we’ve got to do because we can’t grow if we don’t have a place for anybody to stay,” he said. “There are people here who would love to own a house instead of putting their money into rent putting it into a mortgage, but if there’s no place to go, what do you do?
“And when the rent has gone up and you can’t find an apartment to rent — we are full, pretty much.”
Johnson City and Kingsport/Bristol metro areas remain more affordable than the national average, though that gap has closed some over the past two years. The HOAM index nationally was 75.2 in March, compared to 87.5 in Johnson City and 88.9 in Kingsport/Bristol.
Two years earlier, it was 126.4 in Johnson City, 139.7 in Kingsport/Bristol and 104.0 nationally. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/balancing-the-boom/mayor-on-housing-costs-everyone-is-worried-about-it/ | 2023-05-31T23:49:09 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/balancing-the-boom/mayor-on-housing-costs-everyone-is-worried-about-it/ |
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued an Endangered Child Alert for a missing Hawkins County child.
Emergency officials are asking the public to be on the lookout for 4-year-old Dalton Drinnon, who was last seen near the Sandy Valley Road area near Rogersville.
It is believed Drinnon walked away from his home and may be with a yellow labrador retriever, according to the TBI.
He was wearing a grey “How to Train Your Dragon” t-shirt, khaki shorts, and no shoes.
Drinnon is about three feet tall, weighs about 40 pounds, and has curly blonde hair and brown eyes.
Anyone who sees him is asked to call 911. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/missing-4-year-old-reported-in-hawkins-county/ | 2023-05-31T23:49:15 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/missing-4-year-old-reported-in-hawkins-county/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Johnson City commissioners will consider the city’s first tax increase in a decade Thursday during the first of three readings on a $114 million general fund budget.
“Not even local government is immune to the national inflationary pressures that individuals and businesses have been experiencing,” City Commissioner John Hunter, who supports the 25-cent property tax increase, told News Channel 11 Wednesday.
If approved, the increase would leave Johnson City property owners with a rate of $1.98 per $100 of assessed value, up 14% from the current $1.73. For a person who owns a house assessed at $200,000, yearly property tax would increase $125, from $865 to $990.
Johnson City’s general fund budget for fiscal 2024, which begins July 1 is $114.5 million. That is a 6% increase from the current year’s estimated expenses and is almost 17% higher than the actual expenses from fiscal 2022’s $98 million.
“We look at surrounding cities and communities, they’re doing the same thing,” Vice Mayor Aaron T. Murphy told News Channel 11. “This is the only way we can keep up and provide the best service that this community deserves.”
About 10 cents of the increase will fund increased costs from inflation for things such as roads, police vehicles and parks and recreation, which Hunter called a key to the city’s attractiveness.
“When we look at our overarching themes of how we look at the city to maintain its success … one of those is quality of place, and the amenities and activities provided through Parks and Recreation are one of those key aspects,” Hunter said.
The other 15 cents is primarily earmarked for debt service on an estimated $40 million project to build a new Towne Acres Elementary School. Hunter said the 55-year-old school is overcrowded and not built to modern safety standards.
Without additional tax funding to issue debt, Hunter said, “we’d be waiting until almost 2040 to start the project, and we need it yesterday.”
Murphy said the city has strong schools, infrastructure and quasi-governmental support.
“We want to maintain that, and as a matter of fact, we want to take it to the next level,” Murphy said. “We have one of the most desired regions in our country, and I think it’s like that for a reason because we have worked hard in ensuring that this community has the best of the best, and in order to do that we have to come together and support this tax increase.”
He said leaders have looked for “other ways to make this happen, but this is the best we could do for now. With the support of the commission, with city management and the community, we believe we’re moving in the right direction.”
Some budget highlights include:
- A 19% increase in public works’s budget, to $17.1 million.
- A 14% increase in parks and recreation’s budget, to $9.7 million.
- A 28% increase in “general government,” to $5.1 million.
- Budgets of $16.7 million for police and $14.1 million for fire.
- A $40 million bond issuance for the new school.
- 17 new police cars, a new fire pumper truck, two new solid waste front loaders and seven school buses.
- $2 million for Towne Acres school design.
Hunter, who has served on the commission since 2018, said he believes people may be more amenable to the added expense than they were when the city raised taxes in 2014.
“I’ve not heard anybody singing joyous tunes about the idea, but I think people understand the city is in the same situation we’re all in personally and professionally, that this is a very clear problem that we’re all facing together.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/proposed-jc-budget-includes-14-tax-hike/ | 2023-05-31T23:49:21 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/proposed-jc-budget-includes-14-tax-hike/ |
SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL)- School districts have started preparing for Summer Food Programs to feed children who rely on school meals.
Most summer food programs are funded by the US Department of Agriculture and only offer on-site meals for children under the age of 18, but federal rules have changed.
The USDA has now made it possible for rural areas to apply for a waiver that would allow school districts to serve on-site or pick up meals for families.
Amber Anderson, Sullivan County School Coordinator said they are one of the areas that was approved for the waiver and will be offering pick up meals off campus.
“We got USDA approval for two non-congregate and rural serving sites,” said Anderson. “At those sites, we will be doing two days of meal pick ups eligible for any student or child, 18 years and under, and they’ll get multiple days worth of meals on each of those.”
Anderson said the waiver makes it easier to provide meals to students and children.
“Monday pick ups, they’ll get three days worth of meals,” said Anderson. “And on Thursday pick ups they’ll get four days, so if a child comes to both days, they’ll get seven days worth of meals.”
Sullivan County schools will provide meals to children under the age of 18 until June 23. Second Harvest Food Bank also offers a summer food program separate from the school districts.
Edward Breese, Community Relations Manager at Second Harvest Food bank said that the summer food program is important and needed in the community.
“We know that in northeast Tennessee, there’s about 13% of the population who are children who face food hunger, insecurity,” said Breese. “Last year, through the summer, feeding program, we were actually able to reach out and help a thousand children last summer.”
Second Harvest Food Bank has volunteers that help pack food for the children.
“One of the ways that we like to step in and help out in the community is we have AmeriCorps workers and volunteers who travel out to the eight counties that we serve,” said Breese.
If you are looking for a summer food program location near you, the USDA has a meals for kids site finder. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/summer-food-programs-feeding-children-on-and-off-campus/ | 2023-05-31T23:49:27 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/summer-food-programs-feeding-children-on-and-off-campus/ |
DES MOINES, Iowa — A teenage sex trafficking victim who fatally stabbed the man she accused of abusing her was resentenced Wednesday to probation, telling an Iowa judge that she now has a support system to help keep her on track.
Prosecutors agreed that Pieper Lewis should continue her probation rather than be incarcerated. Polk County Attorney Kimberly Graham told the judge that her office “sees her as a human being,” that she is vulnerable to revictimization and that there is low risk she will commit more violence.
Lewis, now 18, had faced a 20-year prison sentence for the June 2020 fatal stabbing of 37-year-old Zachary Brooks, who Lewis said she was trafficked to against her will and forced to have sex with multiple times at age 15. She pleaded guilty in September to involuntary manslaughter and willful injury and was sentenced to probation.
Polk County Judge David Porter ruled then that Lewis' charges would have been expunged from her record had she kept to the terms of her probation. That decision was revoked Wednesday.
“I indicated to you last year you’ve asked for a second chance, you don’t get a third. I stand by that,” Porter said to Lewis. “There are consequences for your actions. You have now been convicted of two felony offenses.”
Lewis acknowledged in court that she violated the terms of her agreement when she cut her GPS monitor and walked out of the Fresh Start Women’s Center without permission in November. She was arrested days later and has been held at the Polk County jail since then.
Lewis wrote a letter to Porter, dated April 5, that described a “success plan” for probation, according to court documents.
“The team I have now is my biggest support, and I need to stop fighting them,” Lewis said in a statement to the judge Wednesday. “I refuse to fail and I refuse to let the system fail me. I’ve developed a plan and an option so I will succeed this time.”
At Wednesday’s hearing, defense witnesses described the importance of trauma-informed care for child sex trafficking victims and the research showing a high propensity to run away among this population.
The type of court-ordered placement can determine “the entire future of this young person,” said Yasmin Vafa, executive director of Rights4Girls, who testified virtually. “Being in a placement that is a prison-like atmosphere, it can greatly exacerbate that trauma.”
Her attorneys were visibly emotional, calling themselves her family, as Porter questioned the teenager's ability to commit to the rehabilitation plan and address criminal tendencies.
Matthew Sheeley, one of Lewis' attorneys, said they were disappointed that she was formally convicted on Wednesday but ultimately relieved by the continuation of her probation.
Lewis will remain in jail until the Department of Corrections determines an appropriate facility.
The Associated Press does not typically name victims of sexual assault, but Lewis agreed to have her name used previously in stories about her case.
A similar case in Wisconsin made it’s way to that state’s Supreme Court, which ruled that a woman accused of killing a man who was sexually assaulting her could use the fact that she was sex trafficked as a defense in her criminal case. That case is ongoing. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/pieper-lewis-resentenced-to-probation-after-escape-killing-rapist-abuser/524-0a4981bd-4f96-4feb-8d73-4f64d4a8b87f | 2023-05-31T23:58:24 | 1 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/pieper-lewis-resentenced-to-probation-after-escape-killing-rapist-abuser/524-0a4981bd-4f96-4feb-8d73-4f64d4a8b87f |
In April, the city of Boise named three finalists to be the next Office of Police Accountability director: Vic McCraw, who ran for Ada County sheriff last year; Mac Muir, who deals with civilian complaints in New York City; and Leia Pitcher, the interim police auditor in Eugene, Oregon. The city decided to move forward with none of them.
“I think that after the interviews with the panels and with the mayor and (city) councilmembers who oversee the office, they didn’t think any of them were the right fit for the office or for the community,” Boise spokesperson Maria Weeg told the Idaho Press by phone. “I think the next steps are to do a more targeted, localized search.”
The finalists were interviewed by Mayor Lauren McLean, City Council President Holli Woodings, Council President Pro Tem Jimmy Hallyburton and Councilmember Patrick Bageant, who together oversee the office of police accountability.
They also met with an internal panel, a local agency panel and a community panel.
The finalists were scheduled to be on-site in late April or early May for the series of panel interviews.
Weeg said she didn’t know when exactly the decision to move forward without hiring any of the finalists, which was first reported by the Idaho Statesman, was made. She said it was probably within the last couple of weeks. The city did not put out a press release about the decision.
The Office of Police Accountability is responsible for reviewing police conduct, investigations and retaining investigators for critical incidents, among other things.
The previous director, Jesus Jara, was fired in December 2022 for what McLean said was “unauthorized surveillance of community members” by reviewing police officers' body camera footage.
Jara has since filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming he was fired in retaliation for recommending that former police chief Ryan Lee be placed on leave while Lee was being investigated for complaints made against him by other members of the Boise Police Department. Lee was never placed on leave and was never charged, but he resigned at the request of McLean in September.
A jury trial in Jara’s case against the city is scheduled for June 12, 2024.
Nicole Schafer has been serving as the interim OPA director since January. Schafer is a criminal prosecution senior manager in the city attorney's office and has been serving as interim OPA director in addition to her duties in the city attorney's office, the Idaho Press previously reported.
Carolyn Komatsoulis covers Boise, Meridian and Ada County. Contact her at 208-465-8107 or ckomatsoulis@idahopress.com and follow her on Twitter @CKomatsoulis.
Carolyn Komatsoulis covers Boise, Meridian and Ada County for the Idaho Press. She previously worked at a newspaper in rural Nebraska. She's from the D.C. area and went to school in Boston, where she graduated with a degree in journalism. In her free time, she loves watching football, spending time with Kyoko and Pickles, exploring and going on road trips with her best friends. She welcomes news tips in English or Spanish. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/boise-named-3-police-accountability-finalists-it-wont-move-forward-with-any-of-them/article_858cac56-0000-11ee-b2ce-db1da9b38505.html | 2023-06-01T00:00:41 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/boise-named-3-police-accountability-finalists-it-wont-move-forward-with-any-of-them/article_858cac56-0000-11ee-b2ce-db1da9b38505.html |
West Ada School District Superintendent Derek Bub talked about redrawing elementary school boundaries and rolling in modular classrooms during last Monday’s board meeting as ways to manage overcrowding.
Major plans for construction, renovation and improvements to all 58 West Ada schools were scrapped for the near future after voters rejected a $500 million plant facilities levy proposal last month.
Bub told trustees that they will need to find alternative solutions to managing growth in their 40,000-plus student population.
“While we are disappointed with the outcome of the election, we are certainly not defeated. A lot of planning went into the levy and we will pour our energy into finding alternate solutions for our facilities needs because our students deserve it,” West Ada asserted in a letter to parents.
The district will prioritize projects that “have a direct impact on students’ educational experience.” This means focusing on instructional space improvements, such as replacing accordion walls in classrooms and upgrading HVAC, lighting, technology and furniture.
Updates to outdoor athletics and activities areas will be minimized and maintenance updates like new carpeting, refinished tennis courts and repaved parking lots will be delayed.
Now that plans for building two new elementary schools in the north and south ends of the state’s largest district have been rejected, the district plans to add portable classrooms to address congestion at Star, Hillsdale and Mary McPherson elementary schools.
West Ada officials also plan to continue busing students to outside schools to relieve overpopulated hallways. In a parent letter, Bub said that, going forward, “extended (busing) will be addressed and implemented where necessary” and that “attendance areas will be addressed and adjusted as needed.”
What this means in practical terms is yet to be solved. West Ada will examine final enrollment numbers to determine facility needs. If officials decide to redraw boundaries to ease capacity issues, West Ada’s operations team would oversee the process, present the proposed solution to Bub and then go to the school board for final approval.
Tight finances also require a “soft hiring freeze” as West Ada analyzes its hiring process and ensures that requested certified positions are necessary for student learning.
While the growing district faces significant challenges sans the funds that it deemed necessary for growth, Bub remains positive about how West Ada’s employees and staff will respond.
“We have a tremendous staff,” he said at Monday’s board meeting. “I want to thank our building staff who maintain unbelievable educational opportunities for all of our kids. And I want to shout out our maintenance workers who continue to uphold and make sure our buildings are in working order so we can offer education in those facilities every day.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/west-ada-considers-alternative-solutions-to-manage-school-overcrowding/article_b011a9b2-ffd4-11ed-86ec-43cae9581051.html | 2023-06-01T00:00:42 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/west-ada-considers-alternative-solutions-to-manage-school-overcrowding/article_b011a9b2-ffd4-11ed-86ec-43cae9581051.html |
SEATTLE — The Seattle City Attorney's Office plans to increase use of pre-filing diversion services after announcing it will end its participation in Community Court.
City Attorney Ann Davison said the decision to end participation in community court was based on data that shows pre-filing diversion is more effective than Community Court.
"Accountability is not just for defendants, it's for our systems as well," Davison said in a prepared statement. "When a city program isn't working, it's up to us to implement better alternatives."
A May 26 letter signed by Criminal Division Chief Natalie Walton-Anderson points out that people entering Community Court "fail to engage with court resources, fail to resolve their cases and never perform even the minimal 6 hours of community service that was a central component" of the latest operating agreement.
According to Davison's office, 22% of people who enter Community Court graduated or engaged with services. Additionally, when looking at a two-year time period, the chances of people committing a crime after participating in Community Court was 52%, compared to 23% when participating in pre-filing diversion.
Three years ago, former City Attorney Pete Holmes signed an agreement with Seattle Municipal Court and the Department of Defense to establish what was called Seattle Community Court 3.0. It was the third attempt at that type of court in 12 years. The agreement mandated a large number of misdemeanor crimes would be automatically routed to the court and that participants immediately be released from custody, according to the May 26 letter from the City Attorney's Office.
The May 26 letter says since Community Court 3.0 was established, Seattle has seen "a marked increase in misdemeanor crimes such as theft, trespass and property destruction."
On June 12, no new cases will be referred to Community Court. A "significant number" of cases pending in Community Court will be dismissed if filed before Jan. 1, 2022. Other cases currently pending that are not resolved within the next three months will be sent to Seattle Municipal Court. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-ends-participation-community-court/281-ea6d2f7a-19ee-4411-9bc5-4b8980cc91cd | 2023-06-01T00:03:26 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-ends-participation-community-court/281-ea6d2f7a-19ee-4411-9bc5-4b8980cc91cd |
A 31-year-old Lincoln man got more than 30 years in prison Wednesday for kidnapping a woman and her 2-year-old child during a methamphetamine-induced psychotic episode.
"This, frankly, was a horrific incident," Deputy Lancaster County Attorney Jessica Murphy said at Joshua Salazar's sentencing.
She said Salazar bound his 32-year-old victim for hours, cut her with a knife, burned her with a lighter and sexually assaulted her over five hours on Oct. 9, 2020.
Then he took her at knifepoint, along with her 2-year-old child, and drove them around Lincoln for about three more hours "where the defendant is threatening to kill both her and the child," Murphy said.
Salazar eventually let the woman go with her child after about eight hours.
The next day as police closed in on him in the area of 53rd and Knox streets, Salazar, wielding a knife, ran at two investigators trying to take him into custody, backing them up against their cruiser before running off.
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Officers ultimately used a non-lethal shotgun to shoot beanbag projectiles at him, then a Taser, to get him into custody, and found 2 grams of methamphetamine on him.
"This was a very, very serious incident, threatening the safety of the victims and the community at large," Murphy said.
His victim told police sirens from a fire truck seemed to spark Salazar's mental breakdown.
Salazar said he has no memory of the incident. But he pleaded no contest to attempted first-degree sexual assault, attempted kidnapping, second-degree assault and resisting arrest using a deadly weapon.
On Wednesday, Deputy Lancaster County Public Defender David Tarrell said Salazar was lucky he wasn't killed by police. He very well could've been, given his actions the day of his arrest.
Salazar was lucky, too, that his victim said in a letter to the judge she is willing to forgive him because he was experiencing a psychotic episode at the time, Tarrell said.
He said he had considered raising an insanity defense, but Salazar was high on meth at the time. By law, voluntary intoxication doesn't qualify.
"As his medication was wearing off, his paranoia was coming on, and at a certain point his paranoia was running the show," Tarrell said.
He said Salazar began to think, wrongly, that the woman was molesting her child and was under the delusional belief he was trying to save the child.
After being treated at the Lincoln Regional Center and getting back on his anti-psychotic medication, Salazar was able to see how serious his actions had been and didn't want to put the victim through any more pain, Tarrell said.
Salazar told the judge he was very sorry for what he did.
"I don't remember why I did it. I don't remember if there was a reason. I know it was wrong. Very wrong," he said.
In the end, Lancaster County District Judge Darla Ideus sentenced Salazar to 31½ to 38 years, saying "horrific" was the exact word she came up with as well after she reviewed the nature of this attack and his actions.
"I think you present a danger to the public," she said.
Salazar, who has been incarcerated since his arrest in 2020, will have to serve at least 13 more years in prison before he's eligible for parole. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-man-goes-to-prison-for-kidnapping-sexual-assault-during-psychotic-episode/article_b692e3e8-fff0-11ed-a430-2309192f1985.html | 2023-06-01T00:03:26 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-man-goes-to-prison-for-kidnapping-sexual-assault-during-psychotic-episode/article_b692e3e8-fff0-11ed-a430-2309192f1985.html |
GRAY, Maine — Wednesday was a tense day for the Gray-New Gloucester Middle School community. A student suffered serious injuries after he was hit by a tractor-trailer truck Tuesday afternoon after he got off his school bus and began walking home.
MSAD 15 Superintendent Craig King said he and other school officials have been in contact with the student and his family, and while it may be a long process, the boy is expected to make a full recovery.
King said the news sent a “shock” throughout the district Tuesday, but people are feeling better now that they know the student is expected to be OK.
“It’s a very tight community that looks out for each other,” King said Wednesday. “There are a lot of people organizing to help the student and his mom get through this crisis.”
Counselors and other support services were in place at Gray-New Gloucester Middle School on Wednesday for students, staff, and bus drivers.
A sign that reads “We [love] our bus drivers” was also hung outside the school’s main entrance.
“[Bus drivers have] probably, in many, many ways, one of the most important jobs in the school district,” King said. “It does take a special breed, and it is hard work.”
Bus drivers were also given the opportunity to speak with a social worker Wednesday, King said.
King also appreciated the quick action taken by local first responders and law enforcement officials Tuesday. He said they helped transport the injured student and his mother to the hospital and safely reunited the other students on the bus with their families.
Parents across the state were thinking about bus safety a little more after Tuesday’s news. Brett Williams of Sanford said he and his family were horrified about the situation in Gray.
“It’s just really scary," Williams said. "We saw yesterday what happens, [you] know?”
On Wednesday morning, Williams was making sure his middle school son got on his bus to school safely when he said he witnessed a close call with another truck driving too fast.
“The red lights [on the school bus] were on. My son was already getting on the bus when around this corner, a cement mixer comes and couldn’t stop and went right through,” he said.
Williams added this is not the first time cars or trucks have quickly passed by a parked school bus near his son’s bus stop on the corner of Grammar Road and Grammar Street. He even spoke with his children’s bus driver, who said she sees it often.
“If there’s anything that makes this better, [it's] the bus driver," Williams added. "I do trust her with my kids' lives."
Still, he said, parents having to worry about their kids getting on or off the school bus safely should be the last thing on their minds. Williams said the stretch of road near his house has gotten busier over the years, but drivers still need to know it’s a neighborhood and school buses make several stops in the area.
King added a reminder to all drivers across Maine to take it slow and be cautious when driving near or around schools or school busses, especially during morning drop-offs and afternoon pick-ups. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/public-safety/gray-new-gloucester-middle-school-student-hit-by-tractor-trailer-expected-recover/97-d5f3adbe-f362-469a-b6d8-a53b7cf1af92 | 2023-06-01T00:07:15 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/public-safety/gray-new-gloucester-middle-school-student-hit-by-tractor-trailer-expected-recover/97-d5f3adbe-f362-469a-b6d8-a53b7cf1af92 |
STOCKTON, Calif. — A little bit of the Central Valley is heading to the NBA Finals.
Gabe Vincent, Miami Heat guard, is representing both Stockton and Modesto as the Heat aim to take down yet another top-seeded team, this time for the grandest prize in the NBA.
It's a tall task for any team. The Miami Heat overcame all the odds, taking down the No. 1 seeded Milwaukee Bucks and the No. 2 seeded Boston Celtics on their way to the finals. However, they'll be meeting yet another No. 1 seeded team from the Western Conference, the Denver Nuggets and Nikola Jokic.
"I think it's very clear that we've been doubted, time and time again. But that doesn't change the fact that we have one another," said Vincent. "That doesn't change the things that we're capable of doing when we're playing basketball.
ABC10's Kevin John spoke with the Miami Heat guard before the historic matchup in the NBA Finals.
This interview has been edited for brevity.
Kevin John: Do you feel that you're not only representing the Miami Heat, but you're also representing Stockton and the 209?
Vincent: I think everyone's representing where they come from as well. And I think we've been doing that as long as we've been playing, you know. Even though I went to college, people knew where I came from, and I think you represent those people as well. So, the people from home, come with me everywhere in that regard, you know? I'll forever be where I'm from, and they've played a huge role in my upbringing and getting me to where I am today and even accepting me where my time is in St. Mary's. Having transferred in, the city of embracing me and allowing me to be me, and to be me at that school and to grow and flourish. I'm forever grateful to my hometown.
Kevin John: Some refer to you as a Modesto native and other refer to you as a Stockton native. What do you refer to yourself as where you're from and which city you associate yourself with?
Vincent: It's a tough one. It's a tough one. I was born and raised in Modesto, so I think that that alone sets the tone for that. You know, the minute I transferred to Stockton, I just became known in the basketball community as the kid from Stockton, and I think that's kind of where it's at. Took a life of its own, and we ran with it. Like I mentioned before though, the city has embraced me and welcomed me in. And that's something that Stockton didn't have to do. I could have just been another player that transferred and played and left, but I felt loved from the city. They embraced me, and I'm very grateful when I do get a chance to represent them. And I take pride when people say, 'Oh, you're from Stockton.' I take pride in that, even though I necessarily wasn't born and raised there. You know, I appreciate them for embracing me and, Stockton embracing me as their own as well.
Kevin John: When you look at your personal journey, what does it say about trusting the process, knowing your value, working hard and eventually getting to where you want to be?
Vincent: I just I never gave up. You know, I was persistent. I had a plan in place. I had a vision, and I just follow the steps and trusted in the work that I put in.
Kevin John: Is there an inspiration that you have or a biggest influence who's played a critical role in where you're at now?
Vincent: I'd say my family, my family, for sure. Their endless support and love for me whether I'm playing in a game with Nigeria in the middle of China, mainland China, or I'm in Stockton, our hometown or Hawaii with Santa Barbara. They've been a great job of supporting me, showing me love through all the ups and downs and injuries that the championships, etc. So it's been great.
Kevin John: What do you attribute taking that next step this year too? And what do you attribute your overall proficiency on the court to this season?
Vincent: It's definitely been a lot of work put into that to be able to produce, but most importantly I think between my teammates and my coaching staff, they've poured confidence in me and pour life into me and encouraged me time and time again. You know, it's not that hard to take a shot when your star player is telling you to shoot when you catch it or giving you that confidence or feeding that into you. The support from my teammates and my coaching staff has been huge for me, and I'm definitely grateful to them to allow me to take on these moments.
Kevin John: If you had to describe just the theme of you guys is postseason, which is practically unprecedented, what would you refer to that as?
Vincent: Resiliency? I think we're very resilient group. I think a lot of what we are instilled with through our culture and through what we believe and how we practice that plays a major role. We understand that the way we do things and the way we operate isn't for everybody. You know, we start there with our culture. It's not for everybody, but we know the things that we're capable of. We continue to believe in one another, and play good basketball. We can do a lot of great things.
Kevin John: What is your message to all of those kids back in the 209 who want to be the next Gabe Vincent?
Vincent: Just stay focused, stay focused. There's gonna be a number of things along the way that will be distracting that will try to tear you from your ultimate goal or your vision -- just tried to stay focused on the task at hand.
For the full interview: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/gabe-vincent-miami-heat/103-176a2657-37d5-4ceb-a91d-6eb81af8e223 | 2023-06-01T00:10:37 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/gabe-vincent-miami-heat/103-176a2657-37d5-4ceb-a91d-6eb81af8e223 |
Nearly one month after the mass shooting, the Allen Premium Outlets re-opened to the public on Wednesday.
The shopping center has been closed since a gunman opened fire on May 6, killing eight people and wounding several others before an Allen police officer shot and killed him.
It was a day filled with mixed emotions in Allen, as life is starting to get back to some sort of “normal.” Shoppers told NBC 5 it doesn’t feel the same but they know the first step to moving forward, is facing the fear.
“It’s OK to be afraid but we can’t allow bad things to dictate our behavior,” said Andrew Taylor, who was bringing his daughter to the outlets on Wednesday.
Despite the reopening, crowds remained relatively thin throughout the day.
On most store windows are stickers that say "Allen Strong," which were provided by the outlets' owners, Simon Property Group. In a statement, the owners said its 120 stores and restaurants have the flexibility to resume operations at their own pace over the next several weeks.
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Across the property, there is a heavy security presence of guards and Allen police officers.
Six comfort dogs with Lutheran Church Charities were also on patrol to support shoppers and store employees. Some dogs will also be back out again on Friday.
“We realize that healing is going to take a long time, so this is the first step to come out on the day of reopening to just be there for them and let them know that we still remember and that we’re here for them,” said Carolyn Nussman with Lutheran Church Charities.
Allen Police operates a substation on the property to support on-site police services. The increased security is expected to continue through the weekend.
A permanent memorial to honor the victims is still in the works, according to the mall. It is expected to take several months. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/allen-premium-outlets-reopens-to-shoppers-on-wednesday/3268557/ | 2023-06-01T00:10:39 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/allen-premium-outlets-reopens-to-shoppers-on-wednesday/3268557/ |
STOCKTON, Calif. — A decades long tradition of cultural foodie-fun is returning to Stockton for the first time this weekend since the start of the pandemic.
Temple Israel will be hosting the annual Jewish Food Fair for its 48th year on June 4 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. following a three-year hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions.
The admission-free event typically takes place the first Sunday in June. It will feature a variety of traditional and fusion Jewish-American foods such as corn beef sandwiches, lox and bagels, falafel, blintzes and its newest option - brisket tacos.
"We happen to have a lot of members of our congregation currently who are of Hispanic heritage, and they're very much a part of our community," said Rabbi Jason Gwasdoff of Temple Israel. "So we decided to include that and to make it Jewish by making it a brisket taco, because people usually think of brisket as a favorite Jewish dish so we're putting the two together."
Food items can be claimed with meal tickets for $15, which are available for purchase upon entry the day of the event.
Aside from food, fair goers can expect music, family friendly activities and a unique shopping experience from cultural merchandise to a variety of freshly baked goods.
"They're baking cheesecake, chocolate chip coffee cake, blintzes and Dobis Torte," said Gwasdoff. "The list goes on and on of the delicious things that we pack up very carefully, so people go home with a full stomach, smile on their face and a bag full of yummy things to eat...."
The event became tradition in the 1970s and evolved over the last five decades.
"It started as the blintz brunch, became the bagel brunch for a time," said Gwasdoff. "Different kinds of food were eventually introduced, it got bigger and bigger and they decided to call it the Jewish Food Fair."
Tours of the sanctuary will be open to the community during the event for those who would like to learn about Judaism and the history of the Stockton congregation.
"It's both a fundraiser and a community builder and a wonderful opportunity for us to invite the community to come in to see what the temple is all about," said Gwasdoff.
Watch more from ABC10: Sacramento religious leaders call out Anti-Semitic City Council meeting comments | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/jewish-food-fair-returning-stockton-after-pandemic/103-eeee3613-6c79-480b-a5c2-3c21f2c221a5 | 2023-06-01T00:10:43 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/jewish-food-fair-returning-stockton-after-pandemic/103-eeee3613-6c79-480b-a5c2-3c21f2c221a5 |
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