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'Out-of-car experience': Fans, businesses rev up for Grand Prix
Detroit — The race to get downtown Detroit has commenced.
Families, businesses and fans descended on the Motor City on Thursday in anticipation of the three-day Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, which begins at 8:30 a.m. Friday and runs through 4 p.m. Sunday with the IndyCar series leading the way.
"Although I love racing on Belle Isle, bringing this event closer to the community that lives in Detroit is really neat, with the free viewing available (outside the track), I think the Detroit Grand Prix has been enhanced," said British driver Jack Harvey, a two-time Indy NXT by Firestone championship runner-up.
The 1.7-mile street circuit on Jefferson Avenue and Atwater Street along Detroit's riverfront, returns to downtown streets for the first time in three decades. There'll be activities on Hart Plaza, the Spirit Plaza and the Riverwalk.
More: Guide to the Detroit Grand Prix: Everything you need to know
"The first race was held on the streets of Detroit in 1982, and somebody had to win that race, and, well — it was me," said John Watson, the winner of Detroit's first Grand Prix and Grand Marshal for Sunday's race.
In his third trip to Detroit, Northern Ireland-born Watson, 77, recalled the moment he crossed the finish line 41 years ago driving a McLaren MP4/1D.
"To say I was flying is an understatement; the car was great, I mean, the car was everything I wanted a race car to be," Watson said. "And on Sunday, maybe one driver will have that same out-of-car experience."
Watson said the return to Detroit's streets from Belle Isle will place drivers on an even playing field because none of the drivers have driven the downtown track.
Many drivers spent Thursday afternoon walking the track and getting a feel for its nine twists and turns before revving up their engines Friday morning.
"You've got to take as much information in as you can and do so faster than others, and learn because its a leveled playing field for everyone," said Scott Mclaughlin, three-time Australian Supercars champion and 2019 winner of Bathurst 1000, now a driver for Team Penske.
"I think you'll see maybe a new winner — well, hopefully not, because I want to win again, but you'll see someone at the front who's new to it, and I think that's exciting," said Mclaughlin, winner of the NTT IndyCar Series in the 2022 season.
Although this year's track is shorter than what it was on Belle Isle, it will be more inclusive because the event is free for spectators on Friday. Fans will have access to more than half the circuit throughout the weekend, including a pop-up shopping area, featuring 29 businesses in Cadillac Square.
Detroit-based and Black-owned Delectabowl Food Truck and Catering, which has been in business for more than 10 years, said it's prepared to take all the foot traffic the race will generate, and has food prepared for thousands of patrons.
"We've over-prepared our dishes with the expectation not to run out of food," said Jamil Mapps, known as Chef Millz, 32, the food truck's executive chef. "Our team devised a number to reach in sales, which informed how much food we should prepare daily, and we're expecting a huge turnout."
The event is expected to pump about $75 million into the downtown economy, said Eric Larson, CEO of the Downtown Detroit Partnership.
“Fifty percent of the course now is going to be made available for free and open to the public,” Larson said. “That was not really possible on Belle Isle. The ability to spread the overall economic impact, but also just the interaction with the downtown is better.”
jaimery@detroitnews.com
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6 in Michigan, 2 in California charged in $6M fraud scheme involving pandemic relief
Six Michigan residents and two Californians were indicted after an FBI investigation allegedly uncovered their participation in a $6 million pandemic relief fraud scheme, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.
The enterprise involved filing fraudulent unemployment insurance claims, fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loan applications and fraudulent Economic Injury Disaster Loan applications using misrepresented identities and qualifications, prosecutors said in a news release.
Many of the applications were submitted using the names of identity-theft victims. The suspects are allegedly to have obtained more than $6 million through the fraudulent applications.
U.S. attorney Dawn Ison described the venture as "a massive scheme to defraud taxpayers across a number of pandemic relief programs."
"The conduct as alleged is brazen and targeted programs designed to help our nation through an unprecedented public health crisis," she said.
Deangelo Jackson-Portwood, 40, of Livonia; Anton Greenwood, 37, of Detroit; Adartha Tillman, 39, of Eastpointe; Christopher Lindsay, 36, of Detroit; Taurean Davis, 41, of Detroit; Maurice Brown-Portwood, 33, of Van Buren Township; Timothy Boyle, 55, of Los Angeles County, California; and Tyrone Boyle, 55, of Los Angeles County, California, were charged in an indictment with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
The charges carry consecutive prison sentences of up to 22 years, up to 20 years for the wire fraud conspiracy charge and up to two years for the aggravated identity-theft charge, prosecutors said.
"An important part of the mission of the Office of Inspector General is to investigate allegations of fraud involving unemployment insurance programs. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to aggressively investigate these types of allegations," said Irene Lindow, special agent-in-charge for the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General's Great Lakes region.
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Locals and environmental groups are split over a plan to respond to one of the most serious environmental problems in Lake Tahoe with a controversial solution: poison.
Similar to using chemotherapy to kill cancer cells, authorities approved a test of chemical herbicides to kill underwater weeds threatening to ruin Tahoe’s shoreline if left unchecked.
Herbicides triclopyr and endothall were applied last year to developed lagoons connected to the lake in a subdivision known as the Tahoe Keys. The test could lead to a larger-scale application of herbicides.
“This was wrong,” said Tobi Tyler, a volunteer with the Sierra Club, which sued the Lahontan Water Board for approving the test. “This was very wrong, this project.”
The League to Save Lake Tahoe, known for its “Keep Tahoe Blue” bumper sticker, has taken the opposite position. It endorsed the Tahoe Keys herbicide test.
“You have to be pragmatic about what's possible politically,” said league representative Jesse Patterson. “The biggest threat to keeping Tahoe Blue, instead of it turning green, is this development.”
Supporters point to climate change as part of the reason herbicides must be considered: the invasive aquatic plants have spread around the lake in recent years, something that happens more easily when water gets warmer.
Opponents worry about unintended consequences, arguing the idea of using herbicides embodies the same kind of rash thinking that got us into this mess.
There’s little debate about the problem. Both sides see it as an existential threat to Lake Tahoe, brought about by destruction of nature done decades ago in the name of progress.
“This is the biggest ecological disaster in California,” said opponent Laurel Ames, who’s lived at the lake since the 1940s and ran the League to Save Lake Tahoe during the decades when the Tahoe Keys was developed.
“If we were to see a massive infestation around the lake, we could potentially lose the lake,” said Jeff Cowen with the bi-state Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, which supports the herbicide test.
HOW ‘CANCER’ GOT IN TAHOE’S LUNGS
The “cancer” of these weeds isn’t new. It’s progressed slowly for decades, incubating in the damaged remnants of Lake Tahoe’s "lungs."
Lake Tahoe owes its famous deep blue color to a natural water filtration system that created some of the clearest lake water on Earth: 99.994% pure.
As the snowpack high in the Sierra melts each spring, raging rivers carry murky sediment toward the lake. Just as your lungs filter the air you breathe, wetlands filter this water.
Nature blessed Tahoe with large meadows and marshes that slow the flow, allowing sediment to fall out of the water. The biggest marsh in all the Sierra served as a filter for the lake’s largest tributary: the Upper Truckee River.
But today, most of the Upper Truckee Marsh is gone.
“In the 1960s, it was destroyed,” Tyler said. “The owner came in and started dredging.”
In the wake of the 1960 Olympics, developers channeled the Upper Truckee River around the marsh and built a housing development.
The Tahoe Keys has 1,200 homes and 300 condos. Each has its own boat dock and a waterway to Lake Tahoe, thanks to a 172-acre network of artificial lagoons carved out of the former marsh.
Then someone dumped out their fish tank. It’s one popular theory for where the weeds first came from.
“Eurasian watermilfoil, one of the weeds we’re battling here, was a super common plant for aquariums,” Patterson said. “In large part because it grows super easily and spreads really rapidly.”
The milfoil became established on the keys during the 1980s and '90s. In 2003, another plant called curlyleaf pondweed showed up, likely carried in by boat from another lake.
FAILED TREATMENTS, GROWING PROBLEMS
The Tahoe Keys used to have its own system to recirculate and treat the lagoon water, but it was allowed to shut down decades ago.
Today, the water sits stagnant. The ends of the lagoons look like golf course ponds.
“It's a nursery for invasive weeds,” Tyler said.
Each summer, the stagnant canals warm and the weeds burst forth from the muck below.
The Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association operates a fleet of harvester boats to keep the canals open each summer.
“These are big floating lawn mowers, they chop the top four feet of the plants up onto a conveyor belt,” Patterson said. “The problem is: These plants spread by fragment, and chopping them off with a harvester creates millions of fragments.”
Every year, these harvesters chop out enough weeds to fill a thousand dumpsters, costing millions to the Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association. It exacts an even greater cost on Lake Tahoe’s health.
Despite the installation of a double-layer curtain of bubbles designed to knock weeds off of boats as they leave the Tahoe Keys, fragments continue to escape.
This season, volunteers will attack the latest in a string of infestations to hit iconic Emerald Bay. Divers will use plastic sheets to smother weeds, which has proven effective outside of the Tahoe Keys.
Where the weeds take root, they do multiple kinds of harm to Tahoe’s fragile ecosystem.
Invasive plants provide cover to invasive fish. Tahoe now has established populations of huge goldfish and largemouth bass, which compete with and eat native fish.
The weeds also break down into nutrients which feed a growing problem on Tahoe’s lakeshore: toxic algae blooms.
CHEMICALS WERE APPLIED IN THE KEYS
The same factors causing the Tahoe Keys to serve as an aquatic weed greenhouse also make it a pleasant place to live.
The marsh had no trees, so the properties get expansive mountain views and abundant sunshine.
“It’s always 10 degrees warmer right here,” said Pete Wolcott, standing on his boat dock in the backyard of his Tahoe Keys home. “This place is magic.”
That (and the boat dock, of course) attracted Wolcott and his wife to buy a home here.
“We didn't know about the weeds back then," he said. “If we were developing this today, it wouldn't happen.”
Wolcott ended up on the board of his HOA as it won the first-ever permit to allow herbicides in Lake Tahoe waters.
Last spring, in a one-time test run, the Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association hired contractors to apply two different chemicals: triclopyr and endothall.
“We're using 50-year-old California and federal EPA approved products,” Wolcott said. “They're really not that dangerous.”
The tested lagoons were walled off behind double barriers called turbidity curtains, meant to contain the herbicides until they reached undetectable levels.
Wolcott believes these testing restrictions were too strict, arguing they did more harm than good.
The triclopyr applied last spring took the whole boating season to break down beyond detectable levels: one part per billion.
“It took until September 22. 15 weeks,” Wolcott said.
The turbidity curtains made the water more stagnant and cloudy, he argues, making it harder for sunlight to help the chemical break down.
ECOLOGY MEETS ECONOMY
The idea of destroying a vast wetland to make waterfront housing would be patently offensive today.
The Tahoe Keys is a legacy of decisions made back before there was a bi-state agency tasked with protecting the lake: The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
The TRPA was created partially in response to the development of the Keys. Today, the agency supports the herbicide test.
“All of the analysis that we've had on this particular subject is saying that we have to act now in order to save the lake in the future,” said TRPA spokesperson Jeff Cowen. “We have to really start with feasibility.”
“We're here and we're a neighborhood,” Wolcott said. “We're not going anywhere.”
He sees the need for balance: to control the weeds, protect the property rights of Keys owners, and to do so at a price the community can afford to pay.
To him, chemicals show a lot of promise to satisfy those needs.
“It's a private Marina with 2,000 slips, it's a $15-20 million business,” Wolcott said. “It probably doesn't make sense to spend $30 million a year on the solution… but it might make sense to spend $3-5 million a year.”
Opponents view it as upside-down thinking prioritizing boating over the health of Lake Tahoe.
“It's all about the money. It's all about lakefront owners and their property rights,” said Sierra Club volunteer Tyler.
The Sierra Club and California Sportfishing Protection Alliance jointly sued California’s Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board for approving the permit for the herbicide test.
They argue the water board broke its own rules by failing to fully test non-chemical methods first.
“When I've talked to the public about this, everyone says, ‘What? What! They can't do that to Lake Tahoe,’” said Tyler.
ABC10 didn’t interview water board officials. Board spokesperson Edward Ortiz wouldn’t agree to an interview without knowing our questions in advance, citing the Sierra Club’s lawsuit.
Tyler, a former employee of the water board, has a list of other steps she feels need to be considered before resorting to herbicides: repair the circulating pump for the Keys, eliminate lawns to reduce nutrients, install a lock between the Keys and the rest of the lake, and even restore some of the most stagnant parts of the lagoons to wetlands.
Patterson, with the League to Save Lake Tahoe, hears those suggestions. He just doesn’t see them happening, especially if they require eliminating some of the boat docks.
“Property rights have some standing in this country,” Patterson said, explaining why the League to Save Lake Tahoe supports the test. “There's over $2 billion in real estate here.”
MAGIC FIX OR MAGICAL THINKING?
Patterson and other supporters of the test say they’re hoping the test can find a way to use herbicides differently in Lake Tahoe.
Aquatic herbicides are generally applied on a seasonal, ongoing basis to control weeds like those growing in the Keys.
The Tahoe Keys will examine whether weeds can be “knocked back” with one application of herbicides and then kept back using other methods in years two and three.
Laminar aeration and UV light methods are being tested in conjunction with the herbicides. Opponents call it “magical thinking.”
“One application of the herbicide? Yeah, right. Once you do it, you have to keep doing it,” Laurel Ames grumbled. “To put herbicides in this lake just upsets me so much.”
She’s been here long enough to remember the Upper Truckee Marsh, the lungs of the lake, before it was destroyed to build the Tahoe Keys.
To Ames, this idea of using chemicals comes from a rash mindset: looking for a quick buck, a quick fix. She sees it as the same mentality that allowed the Keys to be built.
“It was a marsh, but the developer called it a swamp,” recalled Ames. “We are loving the lake to death.”
The existential threat to the lake and the urgency added to it by climate change undergirds the arguments on both sides of the debate over herbicides.
It hints at a question deeper than whether to treat Tahoe’s cancer with chemo: Nature gave us this jewel of the Sierra, how long can we keep it?
ALSO FROM ABC10 ORIGINALS: As Gov. Gavin Newsom seeks to raise his national profile, local news organizations are finding it increasingly difficult to obtain responses from his administration. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/debate-poisons-tested-lake-tahoe-invasive-species/103-20691bd5-404e-4faf-ba10-181ce3df4961 | 2023-06-02T00:46:16 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/debate-poisons-tested-lake-tahoe-invasive-species/103-20691bd5-404e-4faf-ba10-181ce3df4961 |
SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — The Sacramento area withstood a devastating period of violence over the last 24 hours with separate shootings in the area. Some were left wounded, but others died from their injuries.
Victims in the various shooting included a Grant Union High School student, a bystander, a 56-year-old man, and a woman and another man.
Grant Union High School Senior Killed
An 18-year-old Grant Union High School student died in a shooting hours before he was set to graduate, according to a Twin Rivers Unified School District board member.
The shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Gandhi says three people were sitting in a parked car outside a North Highlands home when a man approached the passenger side of the car and shot a passenger. The people in the car left the area and drove to Marysville Boulevard and Grand Avenue near Del Paso Heights where they flagged down a police officer.
An 18-year-old passenger was shot in the leg and taken to the hospital where he later died. His identity has not been released.
Bystander Wounded
A bystander was wounded after being hit in a shooting in Antelope Thursday.
The shooting happened around 1:15 a.m. near Watt Avenue and Elverta Road in Sacramento County.
Gandhi says people in two cars were shooting at each other when a bystander was hit several times. The bystander was taken to a hospital and they are expected to survive.
Their identity has not been released, but Gandhi described them as an adult man.
56-Year-Old Man Dead
A 56-year-old man is dead after a shootout in an apartment in Sacramento County Thursday morning.
The shooting happened around 6 a.m. in the 7000 block of Stockton Boulevard.
Gandhi says two men who appeared to know each other got into an argument and then they shot each other.
A 56-year-old man was shot in the chest and torso area, and a 49-year-old man was shot in the neck area. They were both taken to the hospital.
The man who was shot in the chest and torso area died in the hospital, according to Gandhi.
Fight on 34th Street
Around 10:41 a.m., Sacramento police responded to reports of a shooting along the 2300 block of 34th Street, which is near Sacramento High School.
Police said there was large fight between groups and one person fired a gun before running away. No injuries or damages were reported.
Double Shooting near Lerwick and Watt
According to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office, this one happened around 12:30 p.m. Thursday.
Deputies say a woman and her boyfriend were driving through some parking lots near Lerwick and Watt for a spot to refill their tires before being approached by a man.
A spokesperson for the sheriff's office said there was a verbal exchange before the man shot into the vehicle, hitting both the woman and her boyfriend.
Both were able to drive away to the hospital. Both victims are expected to survive. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/every-shooting-sacramento-area-24-hours/103-31f9783f-ace1-4e71-a387-11a33ec08e9d | 2023-06-02T00:46:22 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/every-shooting-sacramento-area-24-hours/103-31f9783f-ace1-4e71-a387-11a33ec08e9d |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — New details from police shed more light on a deadly crash that killed two children and a woman, and left eight others hurt in Sacramento.
The single-vehicle crash happened along the 900 block of San Juan Road around 8:15 p.m. Police said the car reportedly lost control before hitting a tree.
Arriving officers found witnesses to the crash helping people out of a smoking sedan and found 11 victims on scene.
The victims included two women and nine children, who ranged in age from three to eight-years-old. The victims had injuries police said ranged from critical to serious.
Despite efforts to save lives, one woman was pronounced dead at the scene and two children, ages three and five, died from their injuries. Police previously identified one of the deceased as being seven years old before the recent update.
The crash is still under investigation, but police believe speed could have been a contributing factor.
The victims who died in the crash have not been identified yet. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/speed-possible-factor-crash/103-77147900-b287-45e3-a020-5b980efd971e | 2023-06-02T00:46:28 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/speed-possible-factor-crash/103-77147900-b287-45e3-a020-5b980efd971e |
TURLOCK, Calif. — The Turlock Police Department is warning residents about someone going around the city and shooting a paintball gun at pedestrians and bicyclists.
Officials say they have received multiple reports of the alleged assailant driving a newer, dark gray Honda sedan with tinted windows and shooting people with the paintball gun.
Between May 29 to May 31, police say there have been up to nine of these incidents with victims ages 13 to 77.
Injuries have been minor to moderate, according to Turlock police officials.
There have been similar reports in Denair Wednesday involving a car with the same description.
Anyone with video footage or information regarding these assaults is encouraged to contact Detective Navarro at (209) 664-7319. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/turlock/turlock-police-paintball-gun-shootings/103-23442ea1-17ef-494b-9248-f6c9b3fd07aa | 2023-06-02T00:46:34 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/turlock/turlock-police-paintball-gun-shootings/103-23442ea1-17ef-494b-9248-f6c9b3fd07aa |
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — The Middle Township High School boys tennis team earned its seventh straight trip to the South Jersey Group I final Thursday.
Steve Berrodin won his second singles match to help the second-seeded Panthers win 5-0 over third-seeded Pitman in the South Jersey Group I semifinals.
The senior defeated Cole Kelly 6-3, 6-3.
“It feels pretty good,” Berrodin said. “I knew I was going to have a tough match. Cole is a good player. He played (his teammate) Justin (Wen) in three sets earlier in the season. I knew it was going to be tough. I just knew if I came and stuck to the game plan (head) coach (Matt) Gilbert and (assistant Sarah) Bruno gave me that I would be successful.
“But, yeah, it feels really good to make it back to the finals.”
The Panthers captured the championship in 2016, 2018 and 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season in 2020 was canceled. Middle lost in the final the last two seasons.
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Middle (16-7) also defeated Pitman 4-1 on May 5. The Panthers will travel to top-seeded Haddon Township for the championship Monday. Haddon Township defeated Middle in the finals in 2022.
“It’s basically just a testament to the program on where we have our standards and our high expectations,” Gilbert said. “Hats go off to the guys and the endless hours they put in and the dedication they have to me and the program.”
In first doubles, Will Casterline and Markos Sakoulas defeated Aiden Hausmann and Max Pappalardo 6-0, 6-0. Teammates Tommy Barber and Gabe Queen followed by winning second doubles 6-1, 6-2.
Wen won third singles 6-0, 6-3, clinching the match before Berrodin and first singles player Simon Hardin were done. Hardin defeated Maddox Marker 6-4, 6-1, in a match that took more than two hours. The plan was to keep Hardin on the court as long as possible, and have both doubles win, Gilbert said.
“The doubles are the heart and soul of our team every year,” Gilbert said. “We need to get two points from them. And we have some pretty good singles players this year, so we just had to figure out what (Pitman’s) lineup was going to be. It’s nice everyone came through.”
Hardin said Thursday was one of his shorter matches of the season. He said he was able to win the second set more easily because Middle was up 4-0. Hardin added he hopes to play Maddox next year.
"I'm excited to go back to my third finals in a row," Hardin said."It's no different than last year. I'm there for the team. I'm not there for myself. The mindset is no different. I'm going to get everything back and rally around my team's energy. Keep them at high positivity and high morale."
Lineup changes
Berrodin started the season at first doubles, and he and Casterline won the Cape-Atlantic League doubles championship April 27. Since then, Berrodin moved to second singles, and Sakoulas paired with Casterline at first doubles.
That wasn’t the only change Middle made to its lineup. Wen moved from second to third singles. Sakoulas was at third singles at the start of the season.
“I do like singles,” Berrodin said. “I do miss playing with Willy. That’s my guy. My best friend forever. It stinks having to split up with him, but I feel it makes the lineup stronger.”
Berrodin beat Wen in a challenge match in three sets to move up to second singles. Berrodin wanted to take on a new challenge.
“I just like the competitive spirit everyone has playing at two,” Berrodin said. “I’ve been having a blast there. It’s definitely been a learning experience going through, and I had to make tweaks to my game. But I feel like I’m getting more confident and better as the days go by.”
Berrodin is a leader on the team and a “true champion and has a winner’s heart,” Gilbert said.
“He has definitely made a huge impact since he left the doubles spot and challenged in,” Gilbert said. “It’s pretty remarkable for a doubles player to come up there and do what did. It’s amazing to watch him progress. I wish I had him for another year. Nobody is going to match his intensity on the court. He’s a true competitor.”
Thursday was proof those moves helped. When the Panthers played Pitman last month, both first and second doubles went to third sets. Pitman also won third singles. Middle is 8-3 since changing its lineup.
Berrodin attributed that success to the coaching staff, which also includes Middle girls basketball coach John Leahy. For the final Monday, Berrodin anticipates a battle but trusts his teammates and coaches to get the job done.
“Coach Gilbert every year seems to have a team in the finals, so that just shows a lot. His new players, half his players on his teams don’t even play tennis until their freshman years,” Berrodin said. A lot of props to coach Gilbert.”
Added Gilbert, “I think our chances are good for the next round. We have to work hard this weekend and continue with our journey.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/middle-township-advances-to-7th-straight-s-j-group-i-final/article_fcbf47c0-00d2-11ee-a4e0-77548ea4d78e.html | 2023-06-02T00:50:26 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/middle-township-advances-to-7th-straight-s-j-group-i-final/article_fcbf47c0-00d2-11ee-a4e0-77548ea4d78e.html |
SAGINAW COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - Friday is National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
People are encouraged to wear orange Friday and through the weekend to raise awareness of gun violence. Two Saginaw County mothers will be wearing orange and asking others to do the same.
They have a bond they wish they didn't have. Both are parents who have lost children to gun violence.
Stacy Washington and Jackie Danks are now working together to hopefully prevent others from experiencing their pain.
"Even though it was a year ago, it is still fresh like I lost my daughter today," said Washington.
She lost her daughter, 26-year-old Beanitta Dawkins, to gun violence in March 2022. Washington lives in Bridgeport Township across the street from Jackie Danks.
"I apologized to Stacy, because after it happened with her I gave her my condolences and I came back home and went on with my life," Danks said.
But life changed the following month when her son, 18-year-old Izaiah, was shot. He died a month later.
"He came across pure evil," Danks said.
A picture was taken of Jackie, Izaiah and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer just three days before he was shot.
"And when it happened to me, I saw other people go on with their life and I am just stuck in this nightmare," Danks said.
This Bridgeport neighborhood is now dotted with "Wear Orange" signs. Danks even chalked up that reminder on Washington's vehicle.
The two women now want to bring attention to the pain gun violence brings, hoping not just those affected by gun violence, but everyone begins to understand what this is doing to society.
"When someone closes their eyes at night, they will see this orange and it will resonate with them to work on the support," said Washington.
The mayors of Saginaw, Bay City and Midland have all proclaimed June 2 as Wear Orange Day.
"I got my co-workers to wear orange tomorrow," Danks said.
"Hopefully it resonates to put down the weapons," Washington said.
The two neighbors living right across the street from each other hope their work with the groups Parents of Murdered Children and Moms Demand Action will mean their children didn't die in vain.
"You don't want to feel this pain, because it doesn't go away," Danks said.
"See the pain and the hurt of the kids missing their mom and dad, I wouldn't wish their pain on anyone," Washington said.
St. John's Episcopal Church in Midland is hosting an event at 7 p.m. Friday, where organizers hope to bring together survivors, activists and communities to demand change. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/bridgeport-moms-ready-to-wear-orange-in-their-fight-to-end-gun-violence/article_443a96b6-00c1-11ee-811a-df762e2e19c1.html | 2023-06-02T00:53:11 | 0 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/bridgeport-moms-ready-to-wear-orange-in-their-fight-to-end-gun-violence/article_443a96b6-00c1-11ee-811a-df762e2e19c1.html |
SAGINAW, Mich. (WJRT) - An east-side Saginaw neighborhood is recovering from a major fire Wednesday night.
The Saginaw Fire Department responded to reports of a field fire that spread to a garage on Collingwood Avenue around 8 p.m. Flames eventually spread to two commercial buildings, two homes and a few vehicles.
A firefighter suffered a sprained ankle while fighting the blaze. Fire crews remained on the scene cleaning up and dousing hot spots for five hours until 1 a.m. Thursday.
Investigators were still trying to determine how the fire started Thursday afternoon. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/grass-fire-spreads-to-several-buildings-vehicles-in-saginaw/article_648c7b40-00db-11ee-b8b7-5b6a77c5d398.html | 2023-06-02T00:53:17 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/grass-fire-spreads-to-several-buildings-vehicles-in-saginaw/article_648c7b40-00db-11ee-b8b7-5b6a77c5d398.html |
MT. MORRIS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) - A home on Webster Road in Mt. Morris Township is a total loss after a fire Thursday afternoon.
Smoke from the fire was visible for miles around the Flint area. Several fire departments from Genesee and Shiawassee counties came to help battle the flames amid hot weather.
The fire was reported at 4:30 p.m. The family was at home when flames broke out, but they all escaped with no injuries.
Fire crews could not immediately say what sparked the fire. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/mt-morris-township-house-destroyed-by-fire/article_8cf1a520-00da-11ee-a8fb-eff24bc1d1b6.html | 2023-06-02T00:53:23 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/mt-morris-township-house-destroyed-by-fire/article_8cf1a520-00da-11ee-a8fb-eff24bc1d1b6.html |
It’s no secret. This country is dealing with a workforce shortage. To help get the community back on track the Utica School District is developing Career and Technical Programs that can help fill the local workforce demands. The workforce shortage in the trades industry has become most apparent during the pandemic, but Rick Short, the Corporate Associate Vice President at Indium Corporation, says it’s been a ticking time bomb for years.
"Over the past 50 years the USA has embarked upon a slow deliberate walk away from Technical Hands-On Skills Training that enables a nation to support itself, to enhance itself, and yes in times of crisis to save itself. How did this happen?"
Mohawk Valley Community College is partnering with the Utica School District to expand educational collaboration through CTE Pathways, but even Randy VanWagoner, the President of the College, expressed how critical it is to get these career-based programs up and running.
"Part-time employees are at an all-time high. So they call this demographic drought, when we think about our current workforce going forward for years to come, we are at this moment of a hurricane, earthquake, tornado, and tsunami… all of these factors coming together at once."
The programs will be fashioned around local industry needs. Randy Wolken, the President/CEO of the Manufacturers Association of Central New York expressed how too much production is being lost to overseas manufacturers.
"For the betterment of our entire communities we have to make these critical elements right here in our own community. We can’t afford for them to be on a ship from Asia. Literally it’s a life or death conversation."
That conversation will be taking place between local industry leaders and the Southern Regional Education Board. They’ll have a study completed by October that will be used to create career awareness programs. Rick Short is interested in getting that talent to stay local, but there's a need for technical support nation-wide.
"To support this infrastructure we need millions of educated, skilled, and enthused people. People who are trained in collaboration with business, and industry, and trades. People who are prepared from day 1 and every day from K-12."
The programs can be designed to suit large technical industries like Wolfspeed, or Indium, but smaller businesses like A&P Master Images can benefit from the programs as well. Howard Potter is the CEO at A&P Master Images, and has benefited from programs like this himself.
"This avenue of CTE takes everything to a whole new level that I don’t think people grasp because unless you’re actually engaged in it, and see it firsthand from a business level or an educational level, you don’t understand until it’s too late. This is going to give these kids a huge head start, and it’s going to fill a lot of gaps in our employment for all industries."
Any business interested in getting involved with the CTE Program development should contact Erica Schoff:
Director of Career and Technical Education
315-368-6042
https://www.uticaschools.org/departments/curriculum-and-instruction/index | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/task-force-to-develop-career-and-technical-education-pathways/article_088ac718-00c0-11ee-b97f-a7f24e194184.html | 2023-06-02T00:54:18 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/task-force-to-develop-career-and-technical-education-pathways/article_088ac718-00c0-11ee-b97f-a7f24e194184.html |
'Our Desiree deserved better': Family of teen killed on Mother's Day seek public's help
Desiree Rivas, a 17-year-old junior in high school described by her family as a kind and loving girl, died last month after she was shot while leaving a graduation party in west Phoenix.
"It's just not fair. Nothing is the same without her, and it hurts," Ricky Casillas, Rivas' stepfather, said during a Thursday news conference. "She was so full of life. She was a cheerleader at her school, but she was also a cheerleader in personality. She was always hyping up the room and getting everybody excited."
Rivas' family, Silent Witness and the FBI Phoenix division asked for the help of the community in providing information about her death. A $12,000 reward was offered to members of the public who help with the investigation.
Phoenix police spokesperson Sgt. Brian Bower asked people to reach out to detectives with any information, photos or videos they may have. "This could be information that you do not see as importat, but to the detectives it could be one piece of vital information," Bower said.
Desiree Rivas killed on May 14
In the early morning of May 14, Rivas was killed while leaving a house party near 91st Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road, police said.
Phoenix officers received reports of multiple shots being fired at about 12:10 a.m. When police went to the neighborhood, they found Rivas with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the location.
Bower said Rivas was at the party with friends and was caught in the middle of crossfire after multiple people at the party started shooting their guns.
Bower said police had yet to determine who was shooting during the party and no arrests had been made as of Thursday.
'Our Desiree deserved better'
Rivas' father, Danny Rivas, said he spoke with his daughter on the night of the shooting.
"What hurts the most, and I just can't comprehend at this point, is all the future events we had planned and we're not going to be able to do," he said. "I was fortunate enough to have dinner with her that night. I told her I love her and told her 'get out early, please leave early,' — but she didn't leave early enough."
Vanessa Gonzales, Rivas' mom, said she dearly remembers the Mother's Day messages she would receive from her daughter every year. Rivas died only days after Día de las Madres, which is celebrated on May 10, and just hours before being able to celebrate Mother's Day.
"I'm never gonna get (those messages) again," Gonzales said. "There's so many good memories that you just can't pick one. Desiree was just the type of person who would think of others before thinking of herself."
Gonzales said Rivas was excited as she was about to start her senior year in high school and was planning on trying out for cheer captain.
"She just knew her senior year was going to be her year. It just breaks my heart," she said.
Rivas' aunt Jacqueline Lopez said just a week before the shooting, Rivas was at her house and spoke with her about her future goals and plans for college. Rivas dreamed of becoming both a realtor and a notary one day.
"It devastates me and all of us that her life was cut short, before she even got the opportunity to actually live," Lopez said. "We were not prepared to face a loss like this, and no one should be prepared. Our children deserve better, and our Desiree deserved better."
People who want to provide information anonymously can call Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS and 480-TESTIGO for Spanish, or they can submit and electronic tips, photos and videos on silentwitness.org.
Sgt. Bower especially asked for the help of those who attended the graduation party or know someone who did. Bower explained people who provide information through Silent Witness will not be involved in the police report and their identities will remain anonymous.
"There's nothing anybody could do to get her back, but if anybody knows any information, at least grant us some peace, a little bit of justice, because this is just not fair," Casillas said. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/06/01/familiy-of-teen-who-died-in-shooting-ask-for-help-from-the-community/70277589007/ | 2023-06-02T00:57:05 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/06/01/familiy-of-teen-who-died-in-shooting-ask-for-help-from-the-community/70277589007/ |
CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Carter County Budget Committee members meet Thursday night to continue discussing the terms of next fiscal year’s budget, which includes a possible property tax increase and cuts for non-profit organizations.
The current county property tax rate is $2.03 per $100 of assessed value. The potential rate increase has dropped to 27 to 28 cents after the county received American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding, according to Budget Committee member Bob Acuff.
Acuff says the committee is dealing with the decisions of past commissioners with this proposed tax increase.
“We should’ve not accepted the state’s recommendation at $2.03,” Acuff said. “We should’ve increased it, maybe a 10 or 15 cent increase and this wouldn’t be such a heavy lift.”
While the committee plans to cut funding for non-profits, Acuff says they hope to receive around $3 million from the increased property tax revenue. That money will be earmarked for increased pay for the sheriff’s office and county employees.
This is to continue the increased wages for sheriff’s office workers that began last year.
Acuff says the committee is considering an increase of $2.50 for county employees.
The committee has suggested that non-profits return after the budget has been set to ask for money from the county’s unassigned fund balance.
“We have to wait until our 2023-24 budget is approved from the comptroller’s office before we can make any disbursement of funding,” said Acuff.
A wheel tax has also been suggested to bring in more revenue, but Acuff says it’s something that the county has tried in the past and it failed.
During the meeting, Acuff says the committee will review which outside agencies will receive funding from the 2023-24 budget. After that is decided, commissioners will have a better idea of what the final property tax increase rate will be.
Acuff says organizations like the Elizabethton/Carter County Senior Citizens and Loaves & Fishes Outreach Ministry have come before the committee asking them to continue funding, claiming they are the only avenues for the services they provide to the community.
“We depend on every penny that we get and (the county budget has) been a huge part,” said Serena Miller, director of Loaves & Fishes.
Miller says they serve a total of 700 people in Carter County and are the only organization that offers hot meals five days out of the week.
“Prices continue to rise,” said Miller. “We see new people each night. We see people we haven’t seen before. We see repeat people. People just can’t make it.”
Non-profits go to the Budget Committee every year to ask for funding. Miller says the money from the county makes up one-sixth of their monthly budget.
She says they receive donations, but not a lot of places provide a set amount like county funding.
“And that’s a huge chunk if we don’t get money from the county this year,” said Miller. “I know that it’s important where they want to spend the money, but it’s also important that we take care of our people here in the community as well.”
Acuff says the budget needs to be turned in to the comptroller’s office before August. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/carter-county-budget-could-include-13-property-tax-hike/ | 2023-06-02T01:00:54 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/carter-county-budget-could-include-13-property-tax-hike/ |
Northwest Indiana's congressman was among 314 Democrats and Republicans voting Wednesday to increase the federal debt limit and prevent the catastrophic economic consequences of a first default.
U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, said prior to casting his vote in favor of the Fiscal Responsibility Act that he ran for Congress to solve problems, and he believes the compromise plan crafted by Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy does just that.
"This bipartisan agreement honors our commitment to solve problems in support of workers, teachers, first responders, seniors and veterans," he said.
U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, speaks Wednesday in the U.S. House in favor of the bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act that suspends the national debt limit until Jan. 1, 2025. The legislation was approved 314-117 and next goes to the Senate.
In contrast, Mrvan warned that failing to increase the debt limit by Monday's anticipated deadline would throw millions of Americans out of work, increase interest rates and put at risk the retirement savings of Region residents and others across the country.
"A default would jeopardize seniors and the Medicare and Social Security benefits they have earned and depend on. A default would jeopardize our numerous successes from the 117th Congress, including transformational investments in our economy, our transportation infrastructure, our steel and manufacturing base, and our dedicated public servants, including teachers and public safety officers," he said.
The legislation suspends the federal debt limit until Jan. 1, 2025; increases defense spending in 2024 and 2025; boosts funding for veterans programs; limits growth in nondefense discretionary spending; rescinds $1.4 billion in IRS funds; claws back $30 billion in unspent appropriations relating to the COVID-19 pandemic; and requires pandemic-suspended student loan repayments to resume no later than Aug. 30, among other provisions.
Of particular importance to Mrvan are specific mandatory funds included in the plan to enact veteran health benefits under the Honoring Our PACT Act and providing resources for the Toxic Exposures Fund.
"Following Memorial Day weekend, I am proud that the passage of today’s legislation will confirm to our veterans they will have access to world-class health care," he said.
The legislation also was supported by Rep. Rudy Yakym, R-Granger, whose 2nd District includes part of LaPorte County; and Rep. Jim Baird, R-Greencastle, whose 4th District contains Newton and Jasper counties.
Yakym considers the measure an "important first step toward stopping out-of-control, inflation-inducing spending and restoring fiscal responsibility in Washington."
"Washington did not amass nearly $32 trillion in debt overnight, and no single piece of legislation alone will solve our debt crisis, which is the greatest threat to our nation’s future. But this is a good start to changing our fiscal trajectory and the unsustainable spending culture in Washington," he said.
Baird, meanwhile, said that even though it took a last-minute deal to get it done, the consequences of a default are too dire to ignore, and cutting the deficit by $2 trillion is "a strong down payment."
"My constituents deserve the economic certainty this legislation delivers, which is why I voted in favor of this bipartisan solution," Baird said.
President Joe Biden says he has reached a deal with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to raise the nation's debt limit and urged Congress to pass the measure.
In fact, only two of Indiana's nine U.S. House members expressed opposition to the legislation: Victoria Spartz, R-Noblesville, and Jim Banks, R-Columbia City.
Spartz was among the 117 lawmakers voting against the measure. But Banks, who is seeking Indiana's 2024 Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, was absent during the roll call, according to House records.
The Democrat-controlled Senate is expected to act on the legislation Friday or over the weekend, and then send it to the president to be signed into law.
Gallery: Indiana historical markers in the Region
First Physician
First Physician
Location: 2985 W. 73rd Place, Merrillville
Erected by Woman's Auxiliary, Lake County Medical Society
Henry D. Palmer, M.D. (1809-1877) located at this site in 1836. First physician in Lake County, he was also counselor to the pioneers for 40 years and member of the underground railroad aiding escaped slaves.
Great Sauk (Sac) Trail
Great Sauk (Sac) Trail
Location: Van Buren Street at West 73rd Avenue (Old U.S. 30/Lincoln Highway) on traffic median east of Calumet Cemetery and west of Broadway, Merrillville
Erected by Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission, 1966
Part of a transcontinental trail used by prehistoric peoples of North America, it passed through modern Detroit, Rock Island and Davenport in the Midwest. The trail was important into the 19th century.
St. John's Lutheran Church Tolleston
St. John's Lutheran Church Tolleston
Location: 2235 W. 10th Avenue at Taft Avenue, southeast corner, Gary
St. John's Church, the oldest surviving institution in Gary and north of the Little Calumet River, began with the work of the Rev. Henry Wunder in the early 1860's. He regularly came from Chicago by horse and buggy. Baptism records date from 1863; the first church was built on this site in 1868 or 1869; 1870 is celebrated as date of organization. The church served German immigrants to Tolleston (named for George Tolle who came in 1856). Tolleston was annexed to Gary in 1910.
Dutch in the Calumet Region
Dutch in the Calumet Region
Location: 8941 Kleinman Road, Highland
Erected 1992 Indiana Historical Bureau and Lamprecht Florist & Greenhouse, established 1923
Dutch immigrants after 1850 began moving to this area because of its similarities to their homeland. They helped to locate ditches to drain water from the extensive marshes, leaving rich land to expand successful horticultural activities.
St. John Township School, District #2
St. John Township School, District #2
Location: 1515 Joliet Street (Old U.S. 30/Lincoln Highway), east of St. John Road at the St. John Township Community Center, Schererville
Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau and Committee to Save Township School #2
Built, 1853, approximately one half mile south; closed, 1907; moved to this site and restored for educational and community uses, 1993-1994. One of twelve St. John Township schools; structure typical of early one-room school buildings in Indiana.
The Lincoln Highway/The Ideal Section
The Lincoln Highway/The Ideal Section
Location: Southeast corner U.S. 30 (Joliet Street) and Janice Drive, Schererville
Erected 1996 Indiana Historical Bureau, Northwest Indiana Lincoln Highway Association, Dyer and Schererville Historical Societies, Sand Ridge Bank, Welsh, Inc.
United States' first transcontinental highway, constructed 1913-1928, from New York City to San Francisco. Dedicated to the memory of Abraham Lincoln. Conceived by Carl G. Fisher to encourage building "good roads." Sponsored by Lincoln Highway Association and supported by automotive industries.
The Lincoln Highway/The Ideal Section
"Ideal Section" - 1.5 miles - of Lincoln Highway, completed 1923, designed and built as a model for road construction. Funded by county, state, and U.S. Rubber Co. Features included 100 foot right-of-way, 40 foot paved width, 10 inch steel-reinforced concrete, underground drainage, lighted, landscaped, bridge, and pedestrian pathways.
Froebel School - side 1
Froebel School - side 1
Location: 15th Avenue and Madison Street, Gary
Installed 2014 Indiana Historical Bureau, Froebel Alumni Park Committee, and Northern Indiana Public Service Company
Froebel opened here, 1912, as many European immigrants and southern blacks moved to Gary for jobs in steel mills. An experiment in progressive education, it served students of diverse backgrounds and the local community. Despite early status as integrated school, black students were excluded from many extracurricular activities and facilities into 1940s. Closed 1977.
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Froebel School
Froebel School
Location: 15th Avenue and Madison Street, Gary
Installed 2014 Indiana Historical Bureau, Froebel Alumni Park Committee, and Northern Indiana Public Service Company
After WWII, Froebel made national headlines when hundreds of white students walked out protesting "integration experiment" there. "Hate strikes" lasted several weeks in 1945 and reflected growing racial tension in North. In 1946, Gary school board adopted desegregation policy, but discrimination continued. Indiana state law desegregating public schools passed 1949.
Stewart Settlement House
Stewart Settlement House
Location: 1501 E. Massachusetts St., Gary
Installed 2014 Indiana Historical Bureau, Indiana Landmarks, and Christ United Methodist Church
Stewart House was organized during depression of 1921 to provide social services for Gary’s black community. A vital neighborhood center for unemployed WWI veterans and southern blacks who migrated for jobs in steel mills, it helped thousands adjust to urban life. Services included lodging and meals, as well as legal, medical, and employment advice. Moved here, 1925.
Stewart Settlement House
Stewart Settlement House
Location: 1501 E. Massachusetts St., Gary
Installed 2014 Indiana Historical Bureau, Indiana Landmarks, and Christ United Methodist Church
U.S. Steel, with an interest in regulating its workers, helped fund the settlement house, designed by architect W.W. Cooke. The Methodist Episcopal Church and Gary’s blacks also donated funds. Rev. Frank Delaney guided its development as superintendent, 1920-1939, and made it a source of pride for blacks. During Great Depression, it aided hundreds daily. Closed 1970s.
Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
Location: 1927 Madison St., Gary
Installed 2019 Indiana Historical Bureau, KHEF, Inc., Atty. Junifer Hall, Atty. Jacqueline Hall, and Law Office of Deacon-Atty. John Henry Hall
Rep. Katie Hall (1938-2012)
Democratic leader Katie Hall was born in rural Mississippi and moved to Indiana in 1960. She taught in Gary before serving in the Indiana General Assembly, 1974-82. Hall became the first African American U.S. Representative from Indiana, serving 1982-85. During her tenure, she authored and sponsored the bill that made Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a federal holiday.
Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
Location: 1927 Madison St., Gary
Installed 2019 Indiana Historical Bureau, KHEF, Inc., Atty. Junifer Hall, Atty. Jacqueline Hall, and Law Office of Deacon-Atty. John Henry Hall
Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
The struggle to make Dr. King’s birthday a federal holiday began soon after the civil rights leader’s death in 1968. Growing interest, publicity, and advocacy helped Representative Hall secure passage of a bill in 1983. President Ronald Reagan signed the bill into law that November, designating every third Monday in January as the holiday. Celebration began in 1986.
Bailly Homestead
Bailly Homestead
Location: Bailly Cemetery, U.S. 12
Marker no longer standing.
Home of Joseph Bailly, a French Canadian, who established a fur trading post here on the Detroit-Chicago road in 1822. It became a center of trade, culture and religion. The family cemetery is on the land near by.
Iron Brigade
Iron Brigade
Location: Eastbound U.S. 20 at southeast corner of Ind. 49 overpass, Chesterton
Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau, Porter Co. Tour. Com., Indpls. Civil War Rnd. Tbl., Porter Cmp. 116, Dept. of Ind., Sons of Un. Vets. of Civil War
Composed of infantry regiments from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan, the Iron Brigade fought with Army of the Potomac during the Civil War (1861-1865). Received name for valor at battle of South Mountain, Maryland (1862). Sustained combat fatalities among the highest in the Union armies.
Willow Creek Confrontation
Willow Creek Confrontation
Location: Southeast corner of Woodland Park, 2100 Willow Creek Road, Portage
Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau
As railroad lines expanded through U.S., conflict occurred between competing lines. Michigan Central Railroad, with track in Porter County since 1851, briefly defied state militia and court orders (1874) to allow Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to cross its track. Crossing was built at Willow Creek Station.
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Ogden Dunes Ski Jump
Location: Kratz Field, 82 Hillcrest Road at Boat Club Road, Ogden Dunes
Erected 1997 Indiana Historical Bureau and Historical Society of Ogden Dunes.
Steel and wood ski jump with adjustable height and length was built here for Ogden Dunes Ski Club, incorporated in 1927 to promote winter sports. Five annual events with international competitors were held 1928-1932, with 7, 000 to 20, 000 spectators. Reputed to be the largest artificial ski jump at the time. Dismantled after 1932 event.
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Edwin Way Teale
Location: 285 E. U.S. Highway 20, Chesterton
Installed: 2009 Indiana Historical Bureau and Musette Lewry Trust
Born 1899 in Illinois, Teale became an influential naturalist, author, and photographer[ who won 1966 Pulitzer Prize for his book Wandering Through Winter. Teale wrote that boyhood summers and holidays spent near here at his grandparents’ farm inspired his interest in nature. Teale moved to New York City; employed by Popular Science Monthly 1928-1941.
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Edwin Way Teale
Location: 285 E. U.S. Highway 20, Chesterton
Installed: 2009 Indiana Historical Bureau and Musette Lewry Trust
Teale published his first critically acclaimed book, Grassroot Jungles, in 1937. In 1943, he published Dune Boy, recollections of time spent exploring the dunes and woodlands in this area. During his life, he wrote, edited, and contributed to over 30 books, which educated Americans about nature’s importance and beauty. He died in Connecticut in 1980.
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Legacy of Steel/Burns Harbor Steel Plant
Location: Burns Harbor Town Hall, 1240 N. Boo Rd., Burns Harbor
Installed 2018 Indiana Historical Bureau, ArcelorMittal, and the Town of Burns Harbor
In the early 1900s, steel plants were developed on southern Lake Michigan to improve access to growing Midwest markets. After purchasing 3,300 acres in Porter County, Bethlehem Steel built and began its Burns Harbor operations in 1964. The plant’s development spurred local conservation efforts leading to the creation of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in 1966.
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Legacy of Steel/Burns Harbor Steel Plant
Location: Burns Harbor Town Hall, 1240 N. Boo Rd., Burns Harbor
Installed 2018 Indiana Historical Bureau, ArcelorMittal, and the Town of Burns Harbor
The Burns Harbor plant was key to building the Port of Indiana and incorporation of the Town of Burns Harbor in 1967. Designed as a fully integrated plant, it relies on the port for transporting raw materials. Since 1969, Burns Harbor remains the newest integrated U.S. steel facility. Global steelmaker ArcelorMittal gained ownership of the Burns Harbor plant in 2007.
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Civil War Camps
Location: Ind. 2 W and Colfax Avenue, La Porte
Erected by the Indiana Civil War Centennial Commission, 1963
Two Civil War training camps: Colfax and Jackson, were located near La Porte. The 9th and 29th Indiana Volunteer Infantry regiments were organized and trained here.
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Old Lighthouse
Location: Old Lighthouse Museum in Washington Park, Michigan City
Marker no longer standing. Replaced by local marker.
Built on the water’s edge, 1858, by the United States Government. One of the first lights on the Great Lakes. Harriet E. Colfax was the tender from 1853-1903. Remodelled 1904, electrified 1933, discontinued 1960.
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Chicago-New York Electric Air Line Railroad
Location: CR 250 and Ind. 39, south LaPorte
Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau.
Proposed in 1905 as a 742 mile, straight-line, high speed route, without crossings; estimated ten hours travel time at a cost of ten dollars. Just under twenty miles, between LaPorte and Chesterton, were constructed, 1906-1911.
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Camp Anderson
Location: 2404 E. Michigan Boulevard at Carroll Street, Michigan City
Erected 1996 Indiana Historical Bureau and McDonald's Restaurant
One of three Civil War training camps in La Porte County. Site is one fourth mile west. Named for Colonel Edward Anderson. Used 1863-1864 to train Indiana Union volunteers of the 127th, 128th, and 129th regiments.
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Indiana Territory Boundary Line
Location: 213 Pine Lake Avenue, LaPorte
Erected 1999 Indiana Historical Bureau, the Hinton Family, and L Porte County Historical Society, Inc.
Northwest Territory formed 1787; Indiana Territory formed 1800. Admission of Ohio 1803 and formation of Michigan Territory 1805 established Indiana Territory's northern boundary at southern tip of Lake Michigan. When Indiana became state in 1816, Congress moved boundary ten miles north giving Indiana part of Lake Michigan.
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Indiana Territory Boundary Line
Location: 213 Pine Lake Avenue, LaPorte
Erected 1999 Indiana Historical Bureau, the Hinton Family, and L Porte County Historical Society, Inc.
Northern boundary of Indiana Territory established at southern tip of Lake Michigan when Michigan Territory formed in 1805.
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LaPorte County Courthouse
Location: 813 Lincolnway and Michigan Avenue, southeast corner of LaPorte County Courthouse lawn
Installed: 2001 Indiana Historical Bureau, LaPorte County Board of Commissioners, and LaPorte County Historical Society
County formed by Indiana General Assembly and LaPorte selected county seat 1832. Three courthouses built on this site: first 1833, second 1847-1848. Present courthouse constructed 1892-1894 of Lake Superior Red Sandstone; designed by Brentwood S. Tolan of Fort Wayne in Richardsonian Romanesque Style. Incorporates cornerstone from 1848 courthouse.
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LaPorte County Courthouse
Location: 813 Lincolnway & Michigan Avenue, SE corner of La Porte County Courthouse lawn, LaPorte
Installed: 2001 Indiana Historical Bureau, La Porte County Board of Commissioners, and La Porte County Historical Society, Inc.
Features include open-arched central tower, stained glass window transoms, wood paneling, and gilded friezes. Goddess of Justice stained glass graces courtroom. Tower has 272-piece glass skylight; gargoyles decorate exterior. Included in Downtown La Porte Historic District, listed in National Register of Historic Places 1983.
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LaPorte's Carnegie Library
Location: LaPorte County Public Library, SW corner of 904 Indiana Avenue/US 35 & Maple Avenue
Installed: 2002 Indiana Historical Bureau and Friends of the LaPorte County Public Library
La Porte's first public library was established 1896. La Porte City School Board was awarded $27, 500 Carnegie grant 1916; by 1919 local support had been secured to meet grant requirements. Architect Wilson B. Parker designed the Neo-Classical style structure. Library opened in 1920 with 30, 000 volumes.
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LaPorte's Carnegie Library
Location: LaPorte County Public Library, SW corner of 904 Indiana Avenue/US 35 & Maple Avenue
Installed: 2002 Indiana Historical Bureau and Friends of the LaPorte County Public Library
Renovation and expansion designed by architect William Koster; building dedicated 1991. Original 1920 section retained. Library has played a major role in community's development. One of 1, 679 libraries built in U.S. with funds from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Indiana built more Carnegie libraries than any other state.
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The Rumely Companies
Location: NW corner of Madison Street & Lincolnway, La Porte
Installed: 2003 Indiana Historical Bureau and Rumely Historic Recognition Committee
Meinrad Rumely (1823-1904), a German immigrant, founded a blacksmith shop here 1853, which grew into a dominant company through reorganizations and acquisitions. Rumely companies in La Porte benefited from available rail transportation plus German and later Polish immigrant laborers. Products included a wide variety of agricultural machines.
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The Rumely Companies
Location: NW corner of Madison Street & Lincolnway, La Porte
Installed: 2003 Indiana Historical Bureau and Rumely Historic Recognition Committee
Rumely's prizewinning thresher later became one of the earliest powered by steam. Thousands of OilPull tractors sold worldwide 1910-1930. Rumely companies were at the forefront of mechanization of American and world agriculture and had significant impact on La Porte. Allis-Chalmers acquired the firm 1931 and closed La Porte plant 1983.
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The Lincoln Funeral Train
Location: 100 E. Michigan Blvd. (U.S. 12), Michigan City
Installed 2010 Indiana Historical Bureau and Indiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln's funeral was April 19, 1865 at the White House. The funeral train left for Springfield, Illinois April 21 directed by military; stops en route allowed the public to pay homage. From Indianapolis, train passed mourners lighted by bonfires and torches along the way; arrived in Michigan City by 8:35 a.m., May 1.
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The Lincoln Funeral Train
Location: 100 E. Michigan Blvd. (U.S. 12), Michigan City
Installed 2010 Indiana Historical Bureau and Indiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Residents decorated depot north of here with memorial arches adorned with roses, evergreens, flags, and images of Lincoln. Train stopped to switch engines and to allow dignitaries from Illinois and Indiana to board. Sixteen women entered funeral car to place flowers on casket. Train left for Chicago on Michigan Central Railroad; track was lined with mourners.
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LaPorte University/Indiana Medical College
Location: Lincoln Elementary School, SE corner of Clay St. and Harrison St., LaPorte
Installed 2018 Indiana Historical Bureau and the Healthcare Foundation of LaPorte
LaPorte University was established in the early 1840s to include law, literary, and medical departments. The medical department, later Indiana Medical College, began classes by 1842. Its distinguished faculty attracted students from across the U.S. Notable attendees included Dr. William W. Mayo, whose practice evolved into Mayo Clinic, and Dr. William H. Wishard.
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LaPorte University/Indiana Medical College
Location: Lincoln Elementary School, southeast corner of Clay Street and Harrison Street, LaPorte
Installed 2018 Indiana Historical Bureau and the Healthcare Foundation of LaPorte
Before the university’s founding, Indiana offered few opportunities for professional medical training. The medical college trained skilled doctors in the Midwest, preparing them for the region’s medical needs in surgery, anatomy, theory, and obstetrics. Classes ceased circa 1850; it consolidated with Indiana Central Medical College (1849-1852) in Indianapolis, 1851.
Source: Indiana Historical Bureau, www.in.gov/history/
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Gary Roosevelt High School
730 W. 25th Ave., Gary
Installed 2020 Indiana Historical Bureau, Lady Panthers & Supporters '63, Roosevelt Adult Booster Club, National Gary Theodore Roosevelt Alumni Assoc., Inc., and Indiana Landmarks
As Gary grew in the early 1900s, African American students were segregated within white schools or overcrowded into small, separate schools. To compensate, officials transferred some Black students to Emerson High School in 1927. After over 600 white students walked out in protest, the school board reinforced segregation by building a new school for the Black community.
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Gary Roosevelt High School
730 W. 25th Ave., Gary
Installed 2020 Indiana Historical Bureau, Lady Panthers & Supporters '63, Roosevelt Adult Booster Club, National Gary Theodore Roosevelt Alumni Assoc., Inc., and Indiana Landmarks
Theodore Roosevelt High School was dedicated in 1931 as an all-Black K-12 school. While many community members opposed segregation, they took pride in Roosevelt, and strove to make it equal to Gary’s white schools. It employed highly educated Black teachers, pushed students to excel in academics and sports despite discrimination, and produced many distinguished alumni.
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Stevce Rajcinoski, 42, of Crown Point
CROWN POINT — A 42-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an alleged puppy mill operation where more than 40 dogs were found in various conditions May 25.
Stevce Rajcinoski of Crown Point was taken into custody by the sheriff's police on a probation violation related to an investigation into the puppy mill, Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez said Thursday.
St. John Police CIT Officer Dustin Wartman is trained in mental health intervention.
The sheriff's department received a tip May 24 about a man who was buying "unusually large amounts" of pet food and medical supplies for pets. Investigators obtained and served search warrants the next morning in Crown Point and Rensselaer, where they found the animals. Four of the dogs were found dead.
Veterinary experts examining the dogs found many with skin issues, ear infections and other ailments. Among the dogs were 29 French bulldogs, seven American bulldogs and one mountain dog, Martinez said. Lake County Animal Control and Adoption is taking care of the animals, which are not up for adoption.
Charges have not been filed against Rajcinoski, who was convicted in 2020 of one count of felony torturing and mutilating a vertebrae animal, according to online court records.
A group of puppies huddle together after they were found May 25 at a suspected puppy mill. Lake County Animal Control and Adoption is caring f…
"As a person who loves pets, I am appalled at the treatment of these animals," Martinez said last Friday. "We’re investigating allegations that the person running this operation may have been illegally performing surgery on some of the animals, as well. I’m pleased that our detectives were so diligent with following up on leads in this case."
Rajcinoski is at the Lake County Jail. He is set to appear in court at a bail review hearing June 6.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Aaron Doeing Jr.
Age : 18
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304714
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Hollingsworth
Age : 36
Residence: Ford Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304719
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anastasia Clark
Age : 23
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304826
Arrest Date: May 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anthony Peters
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304722
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cameron Mills
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304752
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Candice Makiling
Age : 32
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304770
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Candice Shaw
Age : 40
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304771
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Winfield Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Charles Ward
Age : 31
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304815
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Colton Wilkey
Age : 26
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304825
Arrest Date: May 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Damien Kent
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304794
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Gianoli
Age : 46
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304788
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lowell Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Velasquez
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304749
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT OF A FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David McGuire Jr.
Age : 42
Residence: Riverdale, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304746
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - (NIBRS FRAUD OFFENSE)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dessiree Reese
Age : 39
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304791
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lowell Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devante Ricks
Age : 30
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304709
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Devion Perry
Age : 25
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304801
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devonte House
Age : 28
Residence: Dolton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304720
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dimitri Person
Age : 30
Residence: Villa Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304748
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Eddie Turnage
Age : 59
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304803
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: New Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edgar Hernandez Rodriguez
Age : 36
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304808
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Emmanuel Rivera
Age : 41
Residence: Beloit, WI
Booking Number(s): 2304798
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWi
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Eric Rangel Jr.
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304747
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Fernando Mancillas Munoz
Age : 34
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304797
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: HPDB
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Freddie Forsythe
Age : 49
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304779
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: SEX CRIME - POSSESS CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (b) ENHANCEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Glen Johnson II
Age : 33
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304688
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Henry Jones Jr.
Age : 58
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304760
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaime Najera
Age : 49
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304793
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
James Webb
Age : 52
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304751
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jelani Pruitt
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304789
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jennifer Mischka
Age : 38
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304713
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jermaine Wade Sr.
Age : 51
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304696
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jerome Cannon
Age : 37
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304697
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesus Barajas
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304727
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Chism
Age : 28
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304783
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Jones
Age : 44
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304700
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Kirk Wright
Age : 37
Residence: Rockford, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304818
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kurt McCammon Jr.
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304795
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kymari Cheeks
Age : 24
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304733
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lisette Corral
Age : 41
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304690
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Louie Campbell
Age : 44
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304816
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - USING A DEADLY WEAPON; BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Michael Hill
Age : 34
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304809
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael-Anthony Kruse
Age : 30
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304732
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Milan Tanasijevich
Age : 39
Residence: Schereville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304726
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schereville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Monique Bradford
Age : 53
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304698
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Montel Smith
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304753
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Muhammad Najeeullah
Age : 51
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304792
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nadarangua Jackson-Carson
Age : 19
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304687
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Naja Wilder
Age : 22
Residence: Blue Island, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304744
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Novae Gatewood
Age : 53
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304693
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Paris Finney
Age : 35
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304694
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: LACC
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Quintin Transou Jr.
Age : 37
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304721
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Raymond Colburn
Age : 53
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304790
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rene Rodriguez
Age : 51
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304814
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Jones
Age : 54
Residence: Weeki Wachee, FL
Booking Number(s): 2304768
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Kirk
Age : 61
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304811
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Ramos
Age : 67
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304740
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ronald Myers
Age : 57
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304804
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Semaj Reynolds
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304780
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Theron Harris Jr.
Age : 21
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304724
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Travis Walker
Age : 38
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304743
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Trina Weaver
Age : 39
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304728
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Victor Sanchez
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304766
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE (EXPLOSIVES) - UNLAWFUL POSSESSION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vincent Michalik
Age : 20
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304817
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST A PERSON < 14 YEARS OLD - BY ADULT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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People can make lifestyle changes to prevent the Onset of Type-2 Diabetes, a Northwest Health physician advised.
Andrew House, a family medicine physician with Northwest Medical Group – Primary Care, warns that Type-2 diabetes can afflict anyone, though it's most commonly diagnosed in adults over 45 years old who are overweight or have a family history of the disease.
More than 30 million people suffer from the disease, which causes blood sugar levels to rise when the body creates too much insulin or resists it. It can damage the cardiovascular system and result in heart disease, blindness and even loss of limbs, among other grave conditions.
“The reality is that there is no cure for Type-2 diabetes, so taking steps to prevent this disease is your best course of action,” says Andrew House, a family medicine physician with Northwest Medical Group – Primary Care. “Even small changes in lifestyle like taking a daily walk or drinking water instead of juice can help ward off a diagnosis and make a big impact on your health.”
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House encourages people to eat fresh foods, especially nutrient-rich foods like fruits, vegetables and lean proteins. They should avoid processed foods like chips, candy and deli meats.
People should exercise regularly, getting in about 150 minutes of aerobic exercise like walking or biking each week. The American Heart Association also recommends two weightlifting workouts each week to help avoid Type-2 diabetes, heart disease and stress. People should also move more in their daily life, such as by taking the stairs instead of the elevator, House said.
He said it's critical to manage weight and belly fat, which are main causes of Type-2 diabetes. People should try to maintain a body mass index between 18.5 and 24.9 and a waistline under 35 inches for women and 40 inches for men, House said.
For more information, visit NWMedicalGroup.com.
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SAN ANGELO, Texas — A lion, hippo, zebra and giraffe all make an attempt to escape New York City's Central Park Zoo. Will they be able to survive alone in the wild when an enclosure is all they've ever known?
Find out 7 p.m. June 8 in San Angelo during "Madagascar the Musical." This DreamWorks animated movie has been adapted into a live action performance which will hit the stage for one night only and tickets are on sale now.
"For this one, you can see all the original cast and characters. Alex and his friends are escaping the zoo, you’ve got the Madagascar penguins who are also fleeing to the North Pole I think, and King Julien and his shenanigans," San Angelo Performing Arts Center Director Yukio Kuniyuki said. "So it’s gonna be, you know, like watching the movie but live in-person with a really well-designed program.”
This international touring show has performed in Australia, England and across the world and now they are coming to San Angelo's Murphey Performance Hall, 72 W. College Ave.
For Kuniyuki, welcoming bigger productions to the stage is a way to increase the importance of theater and the arts in West Texas.
"San Angelo has a very rich and vibrant performing arts environment and ecosystem and we try to bring large scale Broadway shows, family productions, big name productions because we want to enhance and enrich the quality of life in San Angelo,” he said.
So far, approximately 400 tickets have been sold but the box office will remain available until the night of the show.
Purchasing tickets can be another helpful way to support the performing arts community, from SAPAC to Ballet San Angelo and the San Angelo Choral Society.
"Ticket sales just help artists, promoters, agents see San Angelo as a destination for live performing arts and it kind of helps the art economy grow in this great city of ours,” Kuniyuki said.
Call 325-284-3825 or go to the box office, 82 Gillis St. to purchase tickets now. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/madagascar-the-musical-to-hit-the-stage-in-san-angelo/504-33d0c38e-7708-4f22-8ba9-db8e70c03d01 | 2023-06-02T01:07:40 | 1 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/madagascar-the-musical-to-hit-the-stage-in-san-angelo/504-33d0c38e-7708-4f22-8ba9-db8e70c03d01 |
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — The owner of a scratch ticket sold in Pinal County recently won a top prize worth $5 million.
The Arizona Lottery said it'd gotten the first top prize winner for its new "Set for Life" scratch ticket. Five top prize tickets remain.
The anonymous winner chose to receive the prize of $250,000 paid annually over 20 years.
The valuable ticket was sold at Fry's store near Pinal Avenue and McCartney Road in Casa Grande.
"Seeing our first ‘Set For Life’ top prize winner choose to receive $250,000 every year for the next 20 years is exciting,” Arizona Lottery Executive Director Alec Esteban Thomson said.
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PHOENIX — Get your fishing rods ready because on Saturday, June 3, Arizonans can fish for free in any public waters in the state.
The Arizona Game and Fish Department said Arizona’s Free Fishing Day is a great opportunity for people to try fishing for the first time and for experienced anglers to introduce friends or family to this activity at any of the state's 50+ community fishing lakes.
Game and Fish said as an incentive, a fishing license is not required Saturday for anyone fishing in any public waters in Arizona.
"Whether you’re a seasoned angler who wants to introduce a newcomer to the sport or someone who’s always been interested but never took that next step, this is the perfect time to get outdoors and experience what fishing in Arizona is all about,” said Julie Carter, aquatic wildlife branch chief.
Officials said while a fishing license is not needed, bag limits and other fishing regulations still apply and must be observed.
Children under 10 can fish for free all year in Arizona, so this special fishing license exemption means that older kids and parents get a free pass for the day, too.
Arizona fishing licenses start at just $37 for residents 18 and older.
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BELLEVUE, Wash. — A man is in critical but stable condition after he was kidnapped off the street in Bellevue last weekend.
The victim was walking along the 10600 block of Northeast 2nd Street just after 10 p.m. on May 27 when a black SUV pulled up alongside him. Several 911 callers reported that two suspects jumped out of the car and fought with the victim, eventually pulling him inside the car and speeding away.
"It was obvious enough and concerning enough that multiple people recognized, this is out of the ordinary, this isn't some kind of game that's being played or a prank or anything like that, this is a serious disturbance that's happening," said Bellevue Police Captain Joe Nault.
Police investigated the man's disappearance for the next several hours, interviewing witnesses and searching for the vehicle.
Just after 2 a.m., a convenience store attendant at a Chevron in south Bellevue called 911 to report that a disoriented man had walked into the store and appeared to have been assaulted.
After responding to the scene, police and medics discovered it was the same man who had been grabbed off the street hours earlier. The victim was able to confirm his identity and that he had been taken against his will, but wasn't able to provide other details.
"At that point, because of the nature of his injuries, the more urgent pressing need was to get him medical assistance," Nault said. "So we haven't had a chance to get much information from him."
The victim is in critical, but stable condition, according to hospital staff. Police estimate he is in his early 30s.
The gas station where the victim later reappeared was only about a mile and a half from where he was kidnapped, Nault said. However, the victim was gone for four hours, and police are still investigating where the suspects may have taken him during that time.
Police believe this was a targeted incident and that there is no current threat to the public. They are asking anyone who saw the kidnapping or knows anything about the people involved to reach out to the Bellevue Police Department at (425) 577-5656 and reference case number 23-29029.
Nault thanked the multiple people who reported the initial kidnapping and also the gas station attendant who called 911 after the victim reappeared.
"This is exactly the kind of situation where we depend on the community to help," Nault said. "I give a lot of credit to anybody who sees something that looks out of the ordinary and looks dangerous, and has the initiative to pick up the phone and call 911." | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/bellevue/bellevue-kidnapping-victim-critically-injured/281-32f5f7b4-0588-47ab-a5b0-0ac77a1b9f17 | 2023-06-02T01:08:55 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/bellevue/bellevue-kidnapping-victim-critically-injured/281-32f5f7b4-0588-47ab-a5b0-0ac77a1b9f17 |
SEATTLE — The King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) Governing Committee unanimously approved its five-year plan Thursday.
The plan, which operates within KCRHA's current budget, lays out its path forward to reduce unsheltered homelessness in the county. Key goals of the five-year plan include ensuring service providers have the staff and tools needed, coordinating the county’s network of providers and collaborating with other systems like healthcare, employment and education.
KCRHA said it needs to create 18,200 units of temporary shelter or housing by 2027 to meet the need of the 53,000 people that experience homelessness over the course of one year in the county.
According to a required U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Point-In-Time Count, KCRHA's systems have a total of 12,644 units of permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, or housing through federal vouchers dedicated to homelessness response.
On the day of the count, King County had 6,464 people in emergency shelters, up from 5,683 in 2022.
According to the plan, KCRHA’s top priorities for the first two years include:
- Streamlining the contracting process to ensure timely and reliable collaboration with service providers
- Optimizing existing funding in our current budget by restructuring and re-procuring service contracts
- Leveraging federal funding, including use of Medicaid funds, and advocacy with federal partners for expansion of housing investments
- Increasing capacity for services like outreach, shelter, and emergency housing when funding is available
- Improving data and dashboards, including better information about populations disproportionately impacted
- Developing a real-time bed availability tool so all service providers can match people to beds faster
- Improving wrap-around supports to people with behavioral health needs through partnership
- Improving severe weather response across all sub-regions
- Increasing support and funding for BIPOC organizations
- Developing programs in partnership with Youth and Young Adults
- Continuing to refine the pilot of the Housing Command Center model of emergency management response to unsheltered homelessness
Find more information on the five-year plan at kcrha.org. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/homeless/king-county-regional-homelessness-authority-approves-5-year-plan/281-ea8182b9-329e-462e-9084-6e479f01d52b | 2023-06-02T01:09:02 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/homeless/king-county-regional-homelessness-authority-approves-5-year-plan/281-ea8182b9-329e-462e-9084-6e479f01d52b |
BURIEN, Wash. — In Burien, tension is rising over how to handle the homeless crisis. It's where an unsanctioned encampment took over a corner, not far from City Hall.
Public notices went up days ago, stating that people needed to leave the homeless encampment by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday.
"That is when our lease took effect,” Debra George explained. "We weren't going to come and wake them up at midnight, but we want them to know that it is coming."
George is the director of Burien CARES, a nonprofit animal shelter, and said cleaning crews showed up at 6 a.m.
"The encampment is being cleared and it was prior a dog park and we are bringing back to being a dog park,” said George.
They are doing that after the city leased the land to the animal shelter
"The council voted to sign a lease for $185 a month, which is very little for a sizeable space,” said Cydney Moore, a Burien council member. "If we lease our public property to a private third party then they can maintain control of that property and forcibly remove people."
When asked if people staying in the encampment have a place to go, George replied, “it appears like a lot of them do."
George added that teams have been on site offering people resources and rides.
"There is not sufficient shelter space for people in this city. We have a regional homelessness crisis here,” said Moore.
King County's Regional Homelessness Authority took up that topic on Thursday afternoon. The Governing Committee unanimously approved a five-year plan which comes with the task of creating more than 18,000 additional temporary housing units.
Back in Burien, the encampment cleanup is not without conflict.
"I think situation is being handled very poorly,” said Moore.
"The encampments don't work. They just don't work for the health and safety of the individuals in it and the community around it,” said George.
The Regional Homelessness Authority says without significant changes, King County’s homeless population is expected to grow to 62,000 in the next five years. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/homeless/nonprofit-clears-homeless-encampment-in-burien-critics-question-where-people-will-go/281-e301c452-3625-4e9b-a5b1-5c73160fc9f3 | 2023-06-02T01:09:08 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/homeless/nonprofit-clears-homeless-encampment-in-burien-critics-question-where-people-will-go/281-e301c452-3625-4e9b-a5b1-5c73160fc9f3 |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Little Rock's River Market has an air of change, and Daniel Bryant can see it from his front step.
"The River Market needs to do more," Bryant said. "We are working on it to make sure that we keep people coming to us."
Bryant, the owner of Gus's World Famous Fried Chick and Big Whiskey's American Restaurant and Bar, has been in the area for over 20 years. In that time, businesses have come and gone, including two just across the street.
"Am I surprised? Not necessarily," Bryant said. "Statistically speaking, I think we all know that restaurants have a 90% or plus failure rate, and so it's always sort of a feast or famine type investment."
Cannibal and Craft officially closed its doors on May 31, while The Library closed in November 2022.
It's a changing landscape that provides an opportunity to shift focus.
"You can't take your foot off the gas," Bryant said. "This is, in my opinion, the most unique place in Little Rock. It's got to be protected."
Providing protection applies to both businesses and the patrons that visit them. That's where the Little Rock Police Department comes into action, especially as more people come to the River Market for the summer.
"We sat down with the city attorney, and we discussed some options that we have in the River Market," said Maj. Eric Hinsley, commander of the 12th Street division.
Protecting the area is what Hinsley and Lt. Kenneth Baker do. It's why they're thinking of new possibilities.
"We want people to come in, but we want to make sure that the children, the juveniles that are here, are having adult supervision," said Baker, commander of the River Market division. "That's the best kind of balance that we're trying to work through."
They're proposing raising the curfew from 10 p.m. to 9 p.m. It's a difference that would require board approval, but they said it's a step toward keeping people safe.
"We want people to come in here and be able to enjoy the River Market for what it's meant to be," Baker said.
Change on two fronts— business and protection. It's a transformation that Bryant said they're committed to seeing happen.
"If the downtown is the heart of the city, the River Market is the heart of the downtown," Bryant said. "As long as it's fostering, and we're fostering it, and it's growing around it, this will come." | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/safety-in-river-market/91-a8800fc2-a971-4f50-8160-1551415714bf | 2023-06-02T01:17:38 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/safety-in-river-market/91-a8800fc2-a971-4f50-8160-1551415714bf |
A man linked to a domestic violence case was arrested Friday following a confrontation with police, the Sahuarita police say.
Louis Trujillo was confronted by officers just after 9 a.m. Friday as they responded to a domestic violence call in the 600 block of Calle Tolmo, a news release Thursday from the Sahuarita Police Department said.
Officers determined Trujillo had violated the conditions of his release following a prior arrest and jail booking, the release said.
Trujillo resisted arrest, then ran away, police said.
A Taser and pepper spray were used in the effort by officers to handcuff Trujillo, police said in the release.
Trujillo was booked into the Pima County jail after being checked for abrasions and medically released, police said.
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No officers were injured.
Trujillo was booked on suspicion of resisting arrest, a class 6 felony. He also was booked on suspicion of disorderly conduct, threats and intimidation, interfering with judicial proceedings and aggravated domestic violence, a class five felony.
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PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs promised Thursday to launch a new effort to get state lawmakers to curb the growth of universal school vouchers.
But the governor may have even less bargaining leverage with GOP lawmakers now to place some limits on the program than she did when she was negotiating the $17.8 billion state budget and first asked for limits on the program that allows any Arizona student to get taxpayer money to attend private or parochial schools.
And that effort got her nowhere.
What's changed since she signed the budget last month, said Hobbs, is a report Wednesday by the state Department of Education that the universal voucher plan will cost the state $900 million this coming school year, about 63% more than was projected.
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"Obviously, this number wasn't published before the budget," she said. "We have a different set of facts that we're dealing with now in terms of actual cost."
That argument, however, may hold little sway among GOP leaders who refused to negotiate with her before.
Instead, an aide to Senate President Warren Petersen distributed an analysis Thursday by legislative budget staffers of the Department of Education numbers.
That report questioned the assumptions used by education staffers in their projections. And it also said it may be impossible to come up with an accurate cost until November — long after the start of the next school year.
The Gilbert Republican on Thursday refused to comment on the original report, the questions raised by budget staffers or the governor's interest in raising the issue again.
But House Speaker Ben Toma already is questioning the numbers in the report prepared by staffers of state schools chief Tom Horne.
With less than a month before the new fiscal year begins, Hobbs has a limited amount of time to try to do anything about vouchers.
Hobbs, in her first State of the State speech in January, decried the program that lets any student in the state get a school voucher.
She said the program "lacks accountability and will likely bankrupt the state." Hobbs put the cost at $1.5 billion over the next 10 years.
Republicans, unmoved, refused to negotiate. So Hobbs gave up.
Now, with the renewed estimate, the governor said that gives her a chance to revisit the issue.
"We're looking at every option available," she said.
But her arguments Thursday about curbing the program remain the same as the one that GOP lawmakers refused to consider even when Hobbs had some bargaining power in terms of being able to reject some of their demands.
"We knew going into this that this program was going to be out of control and has the potential to bankrupt our state," she said. "And I will put it squarely back on Republican leaders who wouldn't put this on the negotiating table when we were doing the budget."
That still leaves the question of whose cost estimates are to be believed.
The report prepared by the Department of Education estimates 100,000 students will enroll in voucher programs this coming year. And so far the majority are those who already were attending private and parochial schools, with the cost having been picked up by their parents.
The median cost of a voucher to the state is $10,000.
Legislative budget staffers sniffed at the estimate, saying it doesn't detail the methodology Horne's agency used.
As to that projection of 100,000 students, the legislative report says it always has considered enrollment in universal vouchers "highly speculative." And the cost numbers, the report says, will depend on how many students already were in private schools — on their parent's dime — versus those who switch from public schools where the state was already providing aid, albeit not at the same level as the cost of a voucher.
Howard Fischer is a veteran journalist who has been reporting since 1970 and covering state politics and the Legislature since 1982. Follow him on Twitter at @azcapmedia or email azcapmedia@gmail.com. | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/hobbs-vows-to-address-growth-of-school-vouchers-in-arizona/article_ddc1f624-00be-11ee-b07b-e7fedb20d083.html | 2023-06-02T01:31:21 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/hobbs-vows-to-address-growth-of-school-vouchers-in-arizona/article_ddc1f624-00be-11ee-b07b-e7fedb20d083.html |
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MARSHALL, Indiana — An Indiana state park is again being honored as one of the nation's best.
The website TravelAwaits has named Turkey Run State Park as the seventh-best state park in the United States. The website, which is dedicated to travelers age 50 and older, featured the park in its list of "15 Best State Parks To Visit In The U.S.," part of it's annual "Best Of Travel Awards."
The website noted the picturesque hiking opportunities at the park, through the sandstone gorges carved by Sugar Creek. While hiking scenic trails, visitors to the park in Marshall, Indiana can cross suspension bridges and wade through the creek while taking in the scenery all around them.
"With its unique geological features and diverse wildlife, Turkey Run State Park is a nature lover’s paradise in America’s heartland," the site wrote.
One of those hiking spots, Trail 3, was named "Best Hike" earlier this year by Midwest Living. That survey gave the trail top honors for the rock formations, waterfalls and glacial potholes hikers encounter on their journey, before using wooden ladders to climb out of the canyon.
Turkey Run State Park is about an hour and 15 minute drive from downtown Indianapolis. Along the way, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources recommends checking out Shades State Park in Waveland, which the department says has a similar landscape to Turkey Run, but with smaller crowds.
Turkey Run was one of three parks in the Midwest to make the top 15, along with Missouri's Katy Trail State Park and Starved Rock State Park in Oglesby, Illinois.
You can take a closer look at all the trails at Turkey Run here and get a glimpse at other must-see spots throughout the Midwest here.
Other state parks making the TravelAwaits top 15 include:
1. Franconia Notch State Park in Lincoln, New Hampshire
2. Baxter State Park in Millinocket, Maine
3. Niagara Falls State Park in Niagara Falls, New York
4. Custer State Park in Custer County, South Dakota
5. Red Rock State Park in Sedona, Arizona
6. Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park in Monterey County, California
7. Turkey Run State Park in Marshall, Indiana
8. Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park in Navajo County, Arizona
9. Valley of Fire State Park in Clark County, Nevada
10. Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park in Kane County, Utah
11. Palo Duro Canyon State Park in Canyon Texas
12. Deception Pass State Park in Anacortes and Oak Harbor, Washington
13. Katy Trail State Park in Missouri
14. Bahia Honda State Park in Monroe County Florida
15. Starved Rock State Park in Oglesby, Illinois | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/turkey-run-state-park-marshall-indiana-travelawaits-best-state-parks/531-1f6dc97b-37ea-4da9-806f-df8342e2ca18 | 2023-06-02T01:38:36 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/turkey-run-state-park-marshall-indiana-travelawaits-best-state-parks/531-1f6dc97b-37ea-4da9-806f-df8342e2ca18 |
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- The Board of Education unanimously voted Thursday to approve a five-year improvement plan for Philadelphia schools that includes an emphasis on student safety, academic achievement and a pilot program for year-round schooling.
- Philadelphia School District Superintendent Dr. Tony Watlington presented his Accelerate Philly plan to the School Board last week.
- The plan – which comes nearly a year into Dr. Watlington’s tenure – covers five priority areas and includes 63 strategic actions. It’s the result of a listening tour with 3300 stakeholders during his first 100 days on the job.
The Board of Education unanimously voted Thursday to approve a five-year improvement plan for Philadelphia schools that includes an emphasis on student safety, academic achievement and a pilot program for year-round schooling.
Philadelphia School District Superintendent Dr. Tony Watlington presented his Accelerate Philly plan to the School Board last week.
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“This five-year strategic plan, called Accelerate Philly, will allow us to do a better job of partnering with parents and community,” Dr. Watlington said during an interview with NBC10’s Brian Sheehan. “It will allow us to focus very intently on school safety. And it will allow us to accelerate academic achievement such that we can become the fastest improving large urban school district in the country.”
The plan – which comes nearly a year into Dr. Watlington’s tenure – covers five priority areas and includes 63 strategic actions. It’s the result of a listening tour with 3300 stakeholders during his first 100 days on the job.
Dr. Watlington said safety for both students and staff is a major focus.
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“Internal to the district, we’re going to move down the road in this strategic plan to invest more resources in our safe paths programs,” Dr. Watlington said. “We are going to invest more resources in the safety zones. We are going to significantly increase the number of cameras that we have available in our school buildings.”
The plan also includes efforts to improve communications with families by updating the district and school websites and establishing a parent ambassador role.
“A third priority area is around accelerating academic achievement and we will have a number of research-based and some quite innovative strategies to do that,” Dr. Watlington said.
Dr. Watlington said the goal will include reducing school dropouts and increasing graduation rates as well as launching a financial literacy module for all high schools.
The plan also includes improving student achievement and recruiting and retaining diverse as well as effective educators.
“We’ll have strategies in this plan for example that focus on increasing the number of African American and Latino male teachers in particular. Because those are two groups that are most underrepresented in our classrooms,” Dr. Watlington said.
Another aspect of the plan is year-round schooling, which Democratic mayoral nominee Cherelle Parker is a proponent of.
“The purpose of doing this is to eliminate what’s called, ‘the summer slide.’ We know that children across geographic areas lose some of what they learn in the school year in the United States and certainly in Philadelphia,” Dr. Watlington said.
Dr. Watlington said the year-round schooling proposal will be tested through a pilot program.
“We will propose to launch a pilot of up to ten schools that will implement a year-round calendar,” Dr. Watlington said. “We won’t impose this on any family. We want schools to opt and school families to opt into this model and not feel like we’re forcing them on them.”
Philadelphia School Board President Reginald Streater released a statement on Dr. Watlington's plan last week.
“I truly believe that every child can learn and every learner can be taught,” Streater wrote. “Yes, the Board understands that there are certain barriers to success in the current and future lives of our learners, but we believe that a quality education gives our learners the tools necessary to matriculate the gauntlet of life toward self-determination, dignity, and full potential.”
With the Board's approval, the plan could launch as early as July 1. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/board-approves-superintendents-5-year-plan-to-improve-philly-schools/3577649/ | 2023-06-02T01:44:14 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/board-approves-superintendents-5-year-plan-to-improve-philly-schools/3577649/ |
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Meridian Mayor Robert Simison during his 2023 State of the City address on Thursday echoed many similar goals and concerns from last year‘s address, including divisive politics, the speed limit on Eagle Road, and growth.
Last year, Simison asked the Legislature to fund schools. This year he thanked the Legislature for passing a bill that would provide money to school districts for paying off bonds and levies. But he also criticized those that don’t focus on “main street” issues like education and transportation.
“I am frustrated with the vocal minority who are manufacturing social issues to create fear and division in our state and communities in an attempt to achieve political gain,” Simison said from the Galaxy Event Center at Wahooz. “We don’t always have to agree, but we do need to be able to listen and be courteous to one another. This is how we have done it in Idaho.”
Simison said such behavior erodes society and “detracts common sense people from serving in our communities.”
This appears to be a key issue for Simison, who established the Leading Idaho PAC in Fall 2021. His goal was to “identify, cultivate and support” elected officials who will lead with “common sense solutions.”
“It is important that we have people who are leading at all levels of our government focused on policy and solutions, not politics and rhetoric,” Simison wrote in a 2022 newsletter.
In another newsletter issued this winter, Simison promoted an occassion where people could come participate in events about the PAC or support his reelection campaign.
Simison on Thursday also asked yet again for the Idaho Transportation Department to lower the 55 mph speed limit on Eagle Road. Last August, Meridian officials blasted and questioned ITD officials on their comments on the Eagle Road speed limit and crash data.
The family of Kess Boesch has been pushing to reduce the speed limit on Eagle Road and ban unprotected left turns after Boesch died last November in a crash at the intersection of Eagle Road and Baldcypress Street, according to Idaho Statesman and Idaho Press reporting.
For Simison, growth was once again a big topic as Meridian’s population continues to rise. He discussed some of the benefits of growth, including 8,500 jobs created since 2020, a new phase at the Village at Meridian and new businesses.
One big-name business coming to Meridian is In-N-Out burger, which is expected to be completed in September, BoiseDev reported.
“And of course, who can’t wait for In-N-Out?” Simison said.
He also said he is asking for six additional police officers in the next budget and wants to address the need for a community center in the city. Simison wants to devise a plan for performing arts facilities as well.
“Finally, what would the community look and feel like without talking about the look? What we are seeing and moving towards in Meridian is a more vertical city in certain areas,” Simison said. “In downtown, we put a minimum height standard in place for buildings other than single-family residential to help create the opportunity for vibrancy.”
However, Simison said there are challenges to come, including finding funding for the Linder Road Overpass, dealing with congestion and working on school funding.
“It’s hard to believe that I am delivering my fourth State of the City address. The last several years have been some of the most rewarding and challenging as we have watched our country, state and community evolve,” Simison said. “The state of our city has never been stronger.”
It has been an interesting past 12 months in the city of Meridian. Some of the noteworthy storylines have been:
Meridian Police added six new school resource officers to local elementary schools in response to the public shooting epidemic that has engulfed the United States. The city council considered implementing a public intoxication ordinance; Topgolf opened right off Interstate 84; and a new autism facility opened.
A teenager was hit and killed on their way to school, prompting a case study about intersection safety. A Meridian woman was forced out of her tiny home and sued the city. An AARP report called Meridian’s lack of medium- and high-density housing alarming. Former city councilmember Treg Bernt won a seat in the Idaho Legislature and was replaced on the council by former Police Officer John Overton.
In January, the ‘Park Mom’ who was arrested at a Meridian playground in 2020 for her protest of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions had her charges dismissed by new Attorney General Raúl Labrador. The Meridian Library District faced a petition for dissolution, but survived.
And this spring, lamb quintuplets were born on a Meridian farm.
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/meridian-mayor-talks-growth-eagle-road-divisive-politics-during-state-of-the-city-address/article_8142c478-00d2-11ee-a498-d3d7531f6bd0.html | 2023-06-02T01:46:27 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/meridian-mayor-talks-growth-eagle-road-divisive-politics-during-state-of-the-city-address/article_8142c478-00d2-11ee-a498-d3d7531f6bd0.html |
On the heels of one of the driest months in Lincoln’s history — and amid some of the worst drought conditions ever in Lancaster County — city officials are asking residents to restrict watering their lawns to three days a week beginning Friday.
It will be the first time officials have implemented voluntary drought-related water restrictions since 2012 — and drought conditions are worse today than they were a decade ago.
Typically, by this time of the year the aquifers that provide water to Lincoln have been 100% replenished, said Lincoln Transportation and Utilities Director Liz Elliott.
Today, they’re at 65%, Lincoln’s rainfall levels are half of what they typically are and river flows are at their lowest point since 1956, Elliott said.
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“This scarcity of water poses a significant challenge to our community,” she said.
That’s despite Thursday’s storms, which dropped more rain on Lincoln than the city’s seen in the past two months.
As of Thursday afternoon, the Lincoln Airport had recorded 1.35 inches of rain, making it the biggest one-day total since July 7.
The city officially recorded just 0.51 inches of rain in May, the second-lowest amount ever recorded for the month.
Average May precipitation is 4.91 inches. For comparison, the city received 1.1 inches total in April and May.
Before Thursday, Lincoln had received just 1.73 inches of rain over the past three months, which was more than 7 inches below normal for the period.
Only twice in recorded history — in 1934 and 1989 — has the city seen a drier March-May.
And the lack of rain isn't limited just to this spring. Over the past 12 months, Lincoln has received less than 16 inches of rain, which is more than 13 inches below the normal amount during the period.
All of that has added up to a worsening drought in Lincoln and Lancaster County.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Drought Monitor, released Thursday, shows more than half of Lancaster County is in exceptional drought, the most severe category. Overall, nearly 92% of the county is in either the extreme or exceptional drought categories.
In the 23-year history of the Drought Monitor, this is the first time exceptional drought has shown up in Lancaster County. Even during the severe drought in 2012 and 2013, things never got that bad.
Paul Fajman, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Valley, said areas in exceptional drought could experience significant crop and pasture losses, extremely high fire danger and water shortages.
Lincoln’s drinking water isn’t at risk, and the city isn’t experiencing any water shortages now, Elliott said. Officials hope to keep it that way, and the immediate focus is on outdoor water conservation.
Lincoln’s summer water use is almost triple that of winter, Elliott said, and limiting outdoor water use can make a big difference.
Steve Owen, the city’s superintendent of water production, said two-thirds of water the city produces is used for watering grass and other outdoor purposes.
Beginning Friday at 5 p.m., the city is asking people living in single-family homes and duplexes with addresses ending in an even number to water lawns on Sundays, Wednesdays or Fridays. Addresses ending in odd numbers water Tuesdays, Thursdays or Saturdays.
Apartments, commercial and industrial properties should water on Sundays, Tuesdays or Fridays.
City officials encourage no water use on Mondays to give the city’s water supply a chance to replenish, Owen said.
“We suggest that residents and businesses consider watering just one or two days per week,” Owen said. “And we discourage property owners from watering all three designated days.”
Property owners with automatic sprinklers should set them to run only on the property’s designated days.
The city structures water rates to encourage conservation, Owen said. That means the more water property owners use, the higher rate they pay. At that higher rate, watering an average-sized lawn costs more than $15.
Dick Campbell, owner of Campbell’s Nursery, said conserving water following the recommended schedule will not damage lawns and outdoor plants.
“The designated-day watering schedule will easily allow you to keep your plants and grass alive and healthy,” Campbell said. “In fact, watering deeply just once a week is actually much better for your lawn than shallow waterings every day.”
Elliott said the restrictions are voluntary at this point, and the first phase of a water management plan the city has devised. In 2012, the city eventually instituted mandatory water restrictions. The city also imposed voluntary and mandatory water restrictions in 2019 after flooding damaged the city's wellfield. Elliott said she hopes that won’t happen this year.
That is likely to depend on whether Lincoln's rainfall starts trending upward.
Fajman said that while the heavy rain in Lincoln on Thursday will provide some short-term drought relief, a lot more is needed.
"What we need is more frequent, sustained rains," he said.
Fajman pointed out that the forecast for the next couple of days is favorable for more rain, with a 50-60% chance on Friday and a 60-70% chance on Saturday.
But longer-term predictions are not as favorable, with the weather service's one-month and three-month forecasts both showing equal chances of below-average or above-average precipitation.
"That's not real favorable for overcoming those drought conditions," Fajman said.
The city will continue to monitor rainfall and forecasts, the city’s water use and conditions on the Platte River. They’re hoping to keep the water use consistently below 60 million gallons a day, Elliott said.
“The key is everyone working together to remember their day for water,” she said. “Just take a minute, make a plan.”
Lincoln officials aren't the only ones calling for conservation.
The Lower Platte River Drought Consortium, a group of agencies that works together to sustain public water supplies in the lower Platte River basin, said in a news release Thursday that it was asking the public to be proactive in conserving water, although it didn't offer any specifics.
The consortium said in the release that the Platte has experienced significantly below-average flows since last summer, and flows are expected to be below average through the summer months.
Because of that, "rivers are running much below average, and lakes are short of their capacity," said Jeremy Gehle, Nebraska Department of Natural Resources water administration manager, who noted that could affect supplies of water used for drinking and irrigation, as well as recreational opportunities.
The city's voluntary water restrictions begin at 5 p.m. Friday. The schedule for using water outdoors for such activities as watering lawns or washing cars:
* Odd-numbered addresses of single family households and duplexes: Water on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
* Even-numbered addresses of single family houses and duplexes: Water on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday.
* All other properties: Water Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday.
* Other properties include multi-family residential, commercial, business, office, industrial, governmental, townhomes with common irrigation systems, and medians and rights of way not associated with an address.
Automatic sprinklers should be set to water only on designated days.
Property owners with more than one street address at the same location can choose either daily schedule and notify the Lincoln Water System of their decision.
A Lincoln Water System call center will be available to answer water conservation questions, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday at 402-441-1212.
For more information, go to lincoln.ne.gov/waterconservation. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/weather/lincoln-asking-residents-to-restrict-watering-as-drought-conditions-intensify/article_e87fe816-ffd1-11ed-b3d4-8fdf79524114.html | 2023-06-02T01:47:53 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/weather/lincoln-asking-residents-to-restrict-watering-as-drought-conditions-intensify/article_e87fe816-ffd1-11ed-b3d4-8fdf79524114.html |
GREENSBORO — Prosecutors on Thursday described a horrific scene in which no adult was close at hand to save two young boys from dying in a house fire in March.
Firefighters could not get in the front door, which was blocked from the inside, and a mattress leaning up against a wall obstructed the only other doorway, prosecutors told District Court Judge Brian Tomlin. The home's old windows were also too high for a young child to reach.
Additionally, there was no early warning from smoke detectors, which prosecutors said the homeowner, 36-year-old Michael Christopher Dennis, would install for visits by Social Services — and then remove once they left.
Dennis was charged Wednesday with two counts of felony child abuse after police said they determined he was "neglectful and abusive." His 2-year-old-son and the child's friend, Cash Whitaker, 3, died at the man's Glenside Drive home. The boys were found in a room across the hall from where prosecutors say they believe the fire originated.
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Dennis, who was jailed on a $1 million bond, had his first appearance in court on Thursday.
Prosecutors said Dennis lived at the residence with his children and Noelle Cervantes, 33, and her children. Dennis was at work when the fire started, but went to the house when told of the fire. It's unclear where Cervantes was when the fire began, but firefighters say she was outside the home when they arrived. Cervantes, who was pregnant, was hospitalized in critical condition; her baby, who was delivered prematurely, survived.
The official cause of the fire is "undetermined."
In court, prosecutors noted the "extremely dangerous and reckless" decision to leave two children alone who had a previous history of playing with lighters.
Cervantes, 33, was jailed Tuesday on a $1 million bond after her arrest on two counts each of second-degree murder and felony child abuse. On Wednesday, Tomlin chose not to change her bond amount.
Tomlin said the $1 million bond set for Dennis far exceeded the maximum recommended bond for his charges. Tomlin asked several questions of prosecutors, who said they were not contemplating filing murder charges against Dennis.
Tomlin decided to lower the bond for Dennis to $500,000. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/prosecutors-young-boys-had-no-way-out-of-fatal-house-fire-in-march/article_e74b04d8-00be-11ee-a732-2fcb89c9913f.html | 2023-06-02T01:52:12 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/prosecutors-young-boys-had-no-way-out-of-fatal-house-fire-in-march/article_e74b04d8-00be-11ee-a732-2fcb89c9913f.html |
When it comes to violent crimes experts are seeing a disturbing trend.
"The criminal pool is expanding, and we are seeing kids partake in crimes we did not historically see them engage in,” Crime Stoppers Houston CEO Rania Mankarious said. “It's more critical than ever that we start bridging the gaps and doing what we can to reach our youth."
According to Dallas Police Department online records, the number of juvenile arrests rose from last year in February and March.
February 2022 saw 80 arrests and there were 85 arrests in February of 2023.
March 2022 saw 89 arrests and there were 107 arrests in March of 2023.
It was down slightly in April from 85 arrests in 2022 to 62 arrests in April of 2023.
May numbers haven't been posted yet.
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Thursday Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia praised his investigators for arresting four teens connected to several violent robberies.
"Again, these were perpetrated by, again, three 16-year-olds and a 15-year-old,” Garcia said. “With that type of violence, really, can't put my finger on what's occurring."
Mankarious says several factors contribute to the increase including anxiety, depression, and youth feeling they are in a crisis mode.
Also, technology could play a part.
"We notice teens are spending more time on their devices,” Mankarious said. “They are consuming a lot of hateful content, a lot of violent content. They feel a bit disconnected from family and community and they are acting out more aggressively."
Community groups like Urban Specialists and police agree it will take law enforcement and the community working together to find solutions.
"Together we are going to work this out,” Urban Specialist CEO Antong Lucky said. “We are going to work hand in hand and support each other. Because our mission is how do we stop violence in our city."
"It's something we'll continue to work with city and providers and advocates and our community really to get the message out," Garcia said. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/concerns-rising-as-more-teens-are-committing-violent-crimes-in-dallas/3269482/ | 2023-06-02T01:52:12 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/concerns-rising-as-more-teens-are-committing-violent-crimes-in-dallas/3269482/ |
GREENSBORO — It's been a good news/bad news situation for Guilford County Schools workers calling for increased wages, including those who rallied downtown on Thursday.
The good news: The Guilford County Board of Education asked commissioners for a 41% hike to the school district's annual operating budget. The district is looking to lead the market in how much it pays the daily workers who support educators — people such as bus drivers and custodians — as well as providing an increase to the local pay supplement for teachers.
The bad: With other priorities at stake, County Manager Michael Halford is recommending that the district receive no increase in funding.
In his proposal, Halford wrote that the request "far exceeds the estimated resources available to the county next fiscal year." He recommends that the Board of Commissioners talk to the school board to learn more about what funding the district might expect to receive from the state and other sources.
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"We know that they can do better than that by our public schools," said Joanna Pendleton, a librarian at Brightwood Elementary School. Pendleton said that her hopes have been buoyed by the Guilford County Association of Educators hearing from some commissioners who say they want more money funneled to the district.
The association's most consistent tactic this spring has been for district workers to tell their stories and make their own cases in support of raises. That's what happened during Thursday's rally at Phill G. McDonald Plaza, which took place just before a scheduled county commissioners meeting and public hearing on the budget.
"We are the backbone of the schools," said Loretta Bennett, the lead custodian at Christine Joyner Greene Education Center.
Bennett said her pay does not reflect her years of experience or the leadership duties she performs. That's something that the district's plan hopes to change, and a point other workers also mentioned during the rally.
They presented Commissioner Mary Beth Murphy with a giant, signed petition bearing photos of workers from various schools who are calling for help from elected officials.
"We can, and we will, do something," Murphy said. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/guilford-school-workers-rallying-for-pay-face-good-news-bad-news-situation/article_b70db5a6-00c6-11ee-acdc-a75dabfe2d86.html | 2023-06-02T01:52:18 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/guilford-school-workers-rallying-for-pay-face-good-news-bad-news-situation/article_b70db5a6-00c6-11ee-acdc-a75dabfe2d86.html |
GREENSBORO — If your 2022 Greensboro property tax was higher than the 2021 tax, you could qualify to receive a check for the difference.
And city staff members will help you apply for the program at two sessions at local libraries next week, according to a news release from the city.
The deadline for the Low-income Homeowner Assistance program is June 15. It is only available to single-family, owner-occupied properties (houses, townhouses and condos included) located within Greensboro’s city limits.
For one-person households, the total gross income for 2022 must be less than or equal to $41,000 to apply. For two or more people in a household, the total 2022 gross income must be less than or equal to $47,000.
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The application assistance sessions are from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at Vance Chavis Library, 900 S. Benbow Road, and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at McGirt-Horton Library, 2501 Phillips Ave.
The following documents are required to apply:
• Two forms of proof of residence, such as a valid photo identification, most recent utility bill, or other official government mail showing the applicant’s name and address.
• One proof of household income, such as a 2022 tax return, W-2 form, current paycheck stub or benefits statement.
Residents also can complete an application online with a system that allows users to select from dozens of languages such as Spanish and Khmer. The application is available at www.greensboro-nc.gov/PropertyTax.
For more information, call the Greensboro Housing and Neighborhood Development Department at 336-373-2349. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/property-tax-rebate-application-help-greensboro/article_d26d3746-00a2-11ee-8323-2f4d13753150.html | 2023-06-02T01:52:24 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/property-tax-rebate-application-help-greensboro/article_d26d3746-00a2-11ee-8323-2f4d13753150.html |
Fort Wayne/ Allen County
2 monuments to honor Daisies
The TinCaps and Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation on Saturday will unveil two new monuments to honor All-American Girls Professional Baseball League members.
The monuments will list the names of the 144 players, managers, chaperones and bat kids who participated in the Fort Wayne Daisies.
The unveiling will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Park, which is near Washington Boulevard and Maumee Avenue.
Area
PHP to cover many insulin products
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana will soon cover many insulin products without any out-of-pocket cost for members. PHP officials announced Thursday that the program enhancement will go into effect July 1.
The prescription benefit will cover many of the members’ most-used insulins, including various dosages and forms of Humalog, Humulin, Levemir, Lyumjev, Semglee, Soliqua,Toujeo, Tresiba and Xultophy.
Members who use the drugs will automatically receive the new benefit level, as long as they use an in-network pharmacy, a news release said.
Several other drugs will move to the zero cost-share list on July 1, including epinephrine and inhaled albuterol, PHP officials said.
– Journal Gazette | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/tincaps-fort-wayne-parks-to-honor-daisies-with-2-monuments/article_14839776-00d3-11ee-bf7c-1f3451060514.html | 2023-06-02T01:53:52 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/tincaps-fort-wayne-parks-to-honor-daisies-with-2-monuments/article_14839776-00d3-11ee-bf7c-1f3451060514.html |
The 16th Annual Quick Response Unit Fundraiser set for Sunday will include a pancake breakfast and motorcycle challenge run early in the morning and end with community events in the afternoon.
The fundraiser will take place at the Twin Falls County Fairgrounds Park and proceeds will be divided equally among the participating rural emergency responder organizations, including Gooding, Wendell, Jerome, Shoshone, Carey, Dietrich, West End (Paul), Filer, Buhl, Hagerman, Oakley, Rupert, Rock Creek (Kimberly), Bliss and Castleford.
The day’s events begin with a breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m., which the public is invited to attend with a donation. About 300 to 500 motorcycle riders normally participate in the challenge run that will take them to QRU locations.
After the ride, a gathering is expected to start between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. It’s open to the public and will consist of live music, car show, raffle, BBQ dinner, bounce house, photo booth, ax throwing, water slide and more. The event will conclude at 8 p.m.
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The fundraiser is hosted by QRU Nonprofit Organization, a nonprofit organization. Donations are tax deductible. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/sunday-fundraiser-will-benefit-quick-response-units/article_68094930-00a7-11ee-8d01-dfda4ee70ad0.html | 2023-06-02T01:57:25 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/sunday-fundraiser-will-benefit-quick-response-units/article_68094930-00a7-11ee-8d01-dfda4ee70ad0.html |
Serengeti Springs' opening is deyaled, but what about Hattiesburg pools? What we know
Completion of Serengeti Springs, the Hattiesburg Zoo's water park, may be delayed, but that doesn't mean young Hattiesburgers can't have a splashing good summer.
The water park was slated to open Memorial Day weekend, but weather and other delays have pushed the grand opening into later this summer.
The zoo features a splash pad where children can cool down as temperatures rise into the 90s. The splash pad is free with admission to the zoo.
Hattiesburg Zoo:Work on Serengeti Springs water park continues; opening delayed
In addition, the city of Hattiesburg has three public swimming pools, which are open Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays during the summer months, beginning Monday. The pools are located at Ben McNair and C.E. Roy community centers and Vernon Dahmer Park.
While many cities across the country are experiencing a shortage of lifeguards, Hattiesburg Parks and Recreation officials began looking for applicants early this year, city spokesperson Samantha McCain Alexander said in an email.
"We did not have problems employing lifeguards this year," she said in an email. "However, we did adjust our recruitment efforts by tabling at local schools and universities to help recruit students for all of our summer jobs."
The city also increased the pay for lifeguards by $1 per hour, bringing lifeguard pay up to $12 per hour.
At least one-third of the nation's swimming pools were impacted last year by a shortage of lifeguards, prompting some to reduce hours or close altogether, USA TODAY reported, citing data from a report by the American Lifeguard Association.
In Jackson, officials are uncertain when or even whether city pools will open this summer, despite recruiting efforts such as raising lifeguard pay to $17 per hour.
Jackson's Parks and Recreation Department Director Ison B. Harris Jr. told the Clarion Ledger the city must have 10 lifeguards before the pools can open.
Last year, only five of New Orleans' 13 pools were able to open. This year, according to the city's recreation department website, the lifeguard shortage could again force some pools to remain closed.
Jackson:City officials uncertain when city swimming pools will open. See why
Hattiesburg's public pools are open from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is $1 per person per day.
The pools are closed Tuesdays and Thursdays for maintenance.
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Hattiesburg has three public pools and a splash pad at the zoo. The splash pad is available during regular zoo hours. City pools are open 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.
- Ben McNair Center, 300 North 12th Ave.
- CE Roy Community Center, 300 East Fifth St.
- Vernon Dahmer Park, 100 Country Club Road
- Hattiesburg Zoo, 107 South 17th Ave.
Do you have a story to share? Contact Lici Beveridge at lbeveridge@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @licibev or Facebook at facebook.com/licibeveridge. | https://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/2023/06/01/hattiesburg-public-pools-to-open-on-time-no-lifeguard-shortage/70269004007/ | 2023-06-02T01:59:48 | 1 | https://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/2023/06/01/hattiesburg-public-pools-to-open-on-time-no-lifeguard-shortage/70269004007/ |
Raymond Cox, 67, of Twin Falls died Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at home. Arrangements are under the care of Parke's Magic Valley Funeral Home, Twin Falls.
George Henry Shaw, 75, of Marietta, Georgia, died Friday May 26, 2023. Arrangements are under the care of Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home, Burley.
Jerrid Wayne Funke, 48, of Burley died Thursday, June 1, 2023, at St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center in Twin Falls. Arrangements are under the care of White-Reynolds Funeral Chapel, Twin Falls. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/death-notices/article_78bd7fc6-00a7-11ee-b0b2-cf67204e6d46.html | 2023-06-02T02:00:05 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/death-notices/article_78bd7fc6-00a7-11ee-b0b2-cf67204e6d46.html |
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — It was a night for fans, filled with food, fun, and of course, baseball in Lycoming County.
The Williamsport Crosscutters kicked off their 25th season with a home opener against the State College Spikes.
Jason and Ella Fisher threw out the first pitch.
"I was excited. It's always exciting. I grew up playing baseball, so coming back here to Bowman Field and being able to throw the first pitch out. It's exciting," Jason said.
"I don't know. I guess it was just fun. I think I've only been out there like once just for a kids thing, but it was fun because I know, right," added Ella.
For the father and daughter team having baseball players in the MLB Draft League right in their backyard is something that makes the team at Muncy Bank Ballpark at the historic Bowman Field unique.
"I think the Hometown feel it's a smaller ballpark, so I actually played here in high school, so you know, being able to look at the field, the fields a lot bigger than most minor-league fields, so in just the atmosphere, everything's close," added Jason.
A new addition to the ballpark this year is local food options like a meatball hoagie from Tag's Family Style Takeout.
"I'll tell you one thing it's cheaper concessions and just really a lot of fun," said Kurt Schawaller, Muncy.
A fun night at the ballpark to start another season of baseball, with fans leaving the stands cheering for the home team.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/baseball-is-back-in-billtown/523-e4495394-ddd0-4bd8-91ad-68b33f6b2dc8 | 2023-06-02T02:01:29 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/baseball-is-back-in-billtown/523-e4495394-ddd0-4bd8-91ad-68b33f6b2dc8 |
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A man faces charges after allegedly setting a mobile home on fire in Lycoming County.
Crews responded to the fire on Saturday afternoon along Beech Street in Lycoming Township.
Dustin Hargenrader had escaped from the home and was flown to the hospital.
Police now say they found evidence that he had intentionally started the fire.
Hargenrader faces arson and reckless burning charges.
Want to see what Newswatch 16's newscast was like in 1976? Head on over to WNEP's YouTube. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/man-accused-of-setting-home-on-fire-in-lycoming-county-dustin-hargenrader-township-wnep/523-0746a272-88f7-4f47-a8f0-f083b6009bb0 | 2023-06-02T02:01:35 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/man-accused-of-setting-home-on-fire-in-lycoming-county-dustin-hargenrader-township-wnep/523-0746a272-88f7-4f47-a8f0-f083b6009bb0 |
MIDLAND, Texas — Protestors chanted in front of the Midland County Courthouse all day Thursday for the bond reduction hearing for Mario Chacon.
Chacon was charged with the murder of Madeline Pantoja, whose remains were found after a search that lasted over a week.
"We weren't even able to give her a proper funeral," said Ruby Urias, Madeline's cousin. "He took so much from us."
Chacon's lawyer asked for a reduced bond.
"Our proposal was reduce it down to $750,000, and let him bond out through the Midland County pre-trial program, which would also require that other conditions be imposed on the case here," said Steve Hershberger, Chacon's lawyer. "He would have to report once or twice a month, maybe even weekly, have a curfew, even a GPS monitor."
Chacon's mother took the stand and said that he has a 3-year-old daughter and they would co-sign on the bond if it were to be lowered.
The District Attorney's office made the argument that Chacon could flee to Mexico if he is released, as he has extended family in the area. The DA also brought up Chacon's extensive criminal history.
Pantoja's family also worried something could happen to someone else if he were to bond out.
"We are aware that Madeline was not his first victim as a woman, so if he's done it before, what makes you think he's not going to do it again?" said Urias.
The family hopes the judge does not grant the reduction.
"Pray and hope that the judge touches his heart and sees our pain, everything he put our family though, and he doesn't give him that reduction," said Urias.
The judge said that he would review evidence from both the DA and Chacon's lawyer and make a decision Friday. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/madeline-pantojas-friends-family-protest-bond-reduction-hearing-man-charged-with-her-murder/513-68e09a45-dc64-4aa0-aab2-baf350f80aaa | 2023-06-02T02:04:25 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/madeline-pantojas-friends-family-protest-bond-reduction-hearing-man-charged-with-her-murder/513-68e09a45-dc64-4aa0-aab2-baf350f80aaa |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Just out of sight from cyclists riding along the Capital Greenbelt near Shanois Street, 15 people have been living in the woods near the trail for the last five months.
“This is the second time we’re being asked to leave," said Paul, who lived at the encampment. "The first was from underneath the Mulberry Bridge, the second is the encampment here behind the Greenbelt.”
Occupants were given until 3:00 p.m. on Thursday to leave the area. Paul said people are left scrambling to find places to stay.
“They don’t know if they’re going to lay down and the police will shine a flashlight in their face, saying, ‘Hey, there’s a no trespassing sign. You’re trespassing, you’re going to Dauphin County Prison tonight,'" said Paul.
“The landowner there asked us to get the people off that property because it’s his land," said Matt Maisel, communications director for the City of Harrisburg.
The City of Harrisburg sent the eviction notice to the encampment two weeks ago for trespassing on private property along the Capital Greenbelt. Maisel said the city will not set up another location for homeless residents, claiming officials are looking for more permanent solutions.
“The city is committed to ending unsheltered, homelessness and it’s very important to talk about that here," said Maisel.
Last month, Harrisburg-area nonprofits were awarded $2.3 million in federal funding to fight homelessness. However, Paul says Harrisburg’s homeless population has yet to see those resources.
“The rapid re-housing program is not so rapid," said Paul. "[The people from the homeless encampment] feel as though these organizations are playing a smoke-and-mirrors game, telling the press one thing that 'We’re helping these people,' but then nothing."
FOX43 reached out to the Capital Area Coalition on Homelessness for comment, but they did not respond.
Paul says he and the others from the encampment simply want a place to call their own.
“We want to get out of here, but some of us don’t have the resources to get out.” | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/city-of-harrisburg-evicts-occupants-of-homeless-encampment-near-capital-greenbelt-harrisburg-dauphin-county/521-9ad1e0a7-df01-4eb1-84af-e9aac1fb0e7d | 2023-06-02T02:07:14 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/city-of-harrisburg-evicts-occupants-of-homeless-encampment-near-capital-greenbelt-harrisburg-dauphin-county/521-9ad1e0a7-df01-4eb1-84af-e9aac1fb0e7d |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Property crime, car thefts and break-ins have been rising in the Portland area, and victims are voicing their frustration saying the alleged offenders aren’t being prosecuted or being let out of jail.
But as of Thursday, a change is coming in Multnomah County.
The order, written by Chief Criminal Judge Cheryl Albrecht, allows a judge to order a defendant accused of a property crime to stay locked up until arraignment if it’s their third property-related crime.
The new order will give judges more latitude when they make decisions about whether suspects should get out of jail before their trial.
“What happens now is that instead of using a score, their recognizance officer looks at what their criminal history is, or what their pending charges are, and using that information, makes the decision and determines whether they can be held pending arraignment, or release pending arraignment,” Albrecht said.
This decision comes after a new state law was enacted to help reduce discrimination. The 2021 law, Senate Bill 48, ordered inmates to be released for certain crimes, instead of having to come up with bail.
The hope now from prosecutors is that it will keep repeat property crime offenders behind bars at least until they appear before a judge. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/new-multnomah-county-court-order-impacts-pre-trial-release-for-those-facing-criminal-charges/ | 2023-06-02T02:08:12 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/new-multnomah-county-court-order-impacts-pre-trial-release-for-those-facing-criminal-charges/ |
DALLAS — WFAA's longest-tenured employee is receiving a special recognition from Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson for his 50 years with WFAA and dedication to broadcast journalism
Jerry Cadigan, WFAA's production operations manager, has worked at the station since 1973, and will this weekend celebrate his 50th anniversary with the company.
In Johnson's special recognition extended to Cadigan, the mayor writes that Cadigan has been recognized by his colleagues as a leader and positive influence at WFAA and within the Dallas broadcast community as a whole. The special recognition also applauds Cadigan's decades of serving as a role model to hundreds of area students with aspirations of working in broadcast journalism.
"Jerry Cadigan's five-decade-long service to the station and the Dallas community is a constant source of inspiration," Johnson writes.
Cadigan, a Dallas native and a Southern Methodist University graduate, had earned numerous accolades during his five decades with WFAA, including countless Regional Emmy Awards, Press Club of Dallas Katie Awards, WFAA Employee of the Year honors and a national Edward R. Murrow Award.
"Since joining WFAA in 1973, it is estimated that he has been connected to nearly every major news event that has occurred in the market since then," Johnson writes.
Cadigan's work extends beyond his role at WFAA, as he has mentored students and young employees and supported their advancement at stations across the country and around the world.
One of Cadigan's pivotal roles at WFAA in the '90s was helping the station become the first in America to launch high-definition television on a VHF signal in 1998.
"It is Jerry Cadigan's outstanding commitment to broadcast media in the City of Dallas, inside and outside of the television studio, that makes him such a celebrated and integral member of our society," Johnson writes. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-mayor-issues-special-recognition-production-operations-manager-jerry-cadigans-50-years-wfaa/287-c448ae3d-44ca-4ff7-9497-116e5e15eedf | 2023-06-02T02:08:46 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-mayor-issues-special-recognition-production-operations-manager-jerry-cadigans-50-years-wfaa/287-c448ae3d-44ca-4ff7-9497-116e5e15eedf |
CALIFORNIA, USA — Allstate is among the insurance giants not currently taking new homeowners insurance policies in California.
While recent headlines have followed State Farm pulling out of the new homeowners insurance market in the state, Allstate says they paused it last year but it's not clear exactly when that happened.
"We paused new homeowners, condo and commercial insurance policies in California last year so we can continue to protect current customers," Brittany Nash, spokesperson for the company, told ABC10 in an email.
It's also not clear why the insurance company paused policies unlike State Farm who recently released a statement explaining its decision last week.
"State Farm General Insurance Company made this decision due to historic increases in construction costs outpacing inflation, rapidly growing catastrophe exposure, and a challenging reinsurance market," said State Farm in a press release. "It’s necessary to take these actions now to improve the company’s financial strength. We will continue to evaluate our approach based on changing market conditions." | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/allstate-among-insurers-new-homeowners-insurance-policies/103-ac0ca331-2d83-4b00-bedc-2d2d1c03b4b5 | 2023-06-02T02:20:38 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/allstate-among-insurers-new-homeowners-insurance-policies/103-ac0ca331-2d83-4b00-bedc-2d2d1c03b4b5 |
Smoothie King, a health and wellness-focused smoothie shop near the Somers Walmart, will open its doors at 3667 Market Lane on Monday, June 12.
The shop will offer a wide variety of smoothies and smoothie bowls, with some focusing on nutrition, energy, and health, and others simply offering “a treat,” owner DeSario Turner said.
“I want people to have an open mind, smoothies are not just a drink, there’s really some benefits to the smoothies we offer,” Turner said. Turner said that Smoothie King will be a shop “with a mission to inspire people to live a healthy and active lifestyle.” Customers can get smoothies made from fresh ingredients catered to their needs.
While some people might be intimidated by the large menu, Turner said the staff will help educate and direct customers to their best options, whether they focus on health, energy or just a filling meal replacement.
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“Before you know it, people will have their favorites,” she said. “We’ll work with you.”
Turner, a Racine resident, said she first learned about Smoothie King while traveling in the South, where its “very common and very popular.” She had been struggling with some health concerns, and the smoothies offered a “delicious and filling” meal.
“I tried to make them at home, but it wasn’t the same,” Turner said, laughing.
Although she has a background in numerous businesses, Turner said it was a “huge step” into “uncharted territory” for her. With opening day just over a week away, there was plenty of work to do.
“It’s like that saying, the duck is calm above the water, but below the feet are going,” Turner said.
Despite the hard work, she was excited. “So many people are excited,” Turner said. “They’re walking in already, wondering when we’re opening.”
Smoothie King is currently hiring staff, and Turner encouraged people to apply. She expected to have about 15 to 20 total staff.
According to the company website, Smoothie King was founded in 1973 in Louisiana by Steve Kuhnau. The business later expanded into a franchise, crossing the Pacific Ocean in 2003 when it opened shops across South Korea.
The company was bought by South Korean Smoothie King franchisee Wan Kim in 2012. According to the company website, there are over 1,000 locations around the world. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/smoothie-king-to-open-this-month-along-green-bay-road/article_d005e464-00a0-11ee-a5e1-cb75d46d7898.html | 2023-06-02T02:21:08 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/smoothie-king-to-open-this-month-along-green-bay-road/article_d005e464-00a0-11ee-a5e1-cb75d46d7898.html |
RADFORD, Va. – A heroic rescue for man’s best friend in Radford.
As a couple of citizens were boating down the New River on Thursday, they spotted a dog in distress and called dispatch for help, according to the Radford City Police Department.
Radford City Fire and EMS and Radford Police officers responded to the area quickly and worked together with the citizens to save the pup from the river.
But had the citizens not made the call, the dog may not have been rescued at all.
“As you can see it was a team effort and these amazing citizens saved a dog’s life,” RCPD wrote in a Facebook post. “Thank you to our officers and Radford City Fire/EMS for your response that led to fast rescue of the cold and tired pup.” | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/02/radford-crews-save-pup-from-new-river/ | 2023-06-02T02:21:49 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/02/radford-crews-save-pup-from-new-river/ |
Hanna Watson scored five goals to go with five assists to lead the top-seeded Holy Spirit High School girls lacrosse team to a 22-6 victory over ninth-seeded St. Elizabeth in a state Non-Public Group B quarterfinal game Thursday.
Maddie Abbott and Lauren Cella each scored four for the Spartans (13-4), who are No. 10 in The Press Elite 11. Brielle Soltys added 14 draw controls to go with three goals and an assist. Kendall Murphy scored twice and added an assist. Maren DePersenaire scored two.
Laura Livingston contributed two assists.Taylor Lyons added two assists and scored once. Riley McNulty also scored one. Livingston and Lyons each added three ground balls. Marissa Gras made three saves.
Grace Gehm scored twice for St. Elizabeth (8-11). Madelyn Moore made five saves.
Holy Spirit will host the winner of fifth-seeded Saddle River Day and fourth-seeded Bishop Eustace in the semifinals Tuesday.
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Boys tennis
South Jersey Group II semifinals
(2) Cumberland Reg. 3, (6) Haddon Heights 2
Singles: Samuel Falk C d. Wesley Mazzucco 6-4, 6-2; Luke Fischer C d. Ben Mazzucco 6-0, 4-6, 6-4; Perry Stanger C d. Ryan Connor 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles: Matt Underwood and Padraig Kearns HH d. Blake Modri and Asher Kennedy 6-2, 6-2; Gavin Whitham and Colin Kirk HH d. Chase Sheppard and Angel Perez 6-3, 6-4
Note: The Colts will travel to top-seeded Haddonfield in the championship Monday.
Records: Cumberland 23-1; Haddon Heights 17-7
South Jersey Group III semifinals
(4) Moorestown 4, (1) Ocean City 1
Singles: Nick Styliades M d. Charles DiCicco 4-6, 6-2, 6-1; Ajay Shah M d. Chris Ganter 6-2, 6-3; Xander Giannone M d. Sawyer Lomax 6-4, 7-5
Doubles: Pat Lonergan and Jackson Barnes C d. Arjun Rabinowitz and Rahul Rabinowitz 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; Caleb Liu and Charlie Schlindwein M d. Tracy Steingard and Colin Bowman 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
Records: Moorestown 18-7; Ocean city 18-3
Softball
Tri-State Christian Athletic Conference semifinals
Atlantic Christian 12, Gloucester Christian 4: Paige Noble pitched a complete game and struck out 18. Evangelina Kim doubled and hit a grand slam for the Cougars (15-2). Alli Schlundt doubled. Atlantic Christian scored seven in the second inning. The Cougars will play Pilgrim Academy in the TSCAC championship a 1 p.m. Saturday at Stockton University. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/hanna-watson-scores-5-holy-spirit-advances-to-state-semifinals-thursdays-roundup/article_a1d2c922-00d7-11ee-927b-9b1b51602ad1.html | 2023-06-02T02:21:50 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/hanna-watson-scores-5-holy-spirit-advances-to-state-semifinals-thursdays-roundup/article_a1d2c922-00d7-11ee-927b-9b1b51602ad1.html |
The Crown Point Car Cruise has rolled back into Bulldog Park for the season: 4 to 8 p.m. Thursdays through Sept. 28 at 183 S. West St.
The gathering features live entertainment and food vendors.
Participants should arrive at Bulldog Park no earlier than 4 p.m. Cars will not be allowed to enter the pavilion before then.
Visitor parking will not be permitted in the Chase Bank parking lot before 5 p.m. After 5 p.m., only visitors are permitted to park in the lot. The West Street municipal lot and the Bulldog Park parking lot will be open for Car Cruise attendees. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/cruisin-into-crown-point/article_32741256-00b5-11ee-bde0-4728cedf650a.html | 2023-06-02T02:42:11 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/cruisin-into-crown-point/article_32741256-00b5-11ee-bde0-4728cedf650a.html |
VALPARAISO — At Valparaiso High School’s 150th commencement ceremony, the new graduates were told they’re taking different paths, but they’ll all end up right where they belong.
The 450-plus graduates took different paths through their education to get where they were Wednesday night, but they all ended up “exactly where we needed to be,” commencement speaker Henna Patheja said — on metal folding chairs in the main gymnasium.
The ceremony, intended to be at the football field, was moved inside because of inclement weather.
“Although we all walked the same halls, we each had a unique experience,” Patheja said.
Principal Virginia Tobon told the graduates that 86.45% of them were headed to college or trade school, 5.4% to the armed forces, 4.2% straight into the workforce, and 4% “are waiting to see where life takes you.”
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As the graduates head in different directions, Tobon urged them to stay connected.
Patheja echoed that sentiment: “We are a family that will continue to celebrate each other for years to come. Valpo may not be a hub of excitement, but it is a place of beauty that we get to call home.”
Tobon offered a long list of achievements during academic and athletic competitions during the graduates’ senior year. “I believe people from across the state definitely know We Are Valpo,” she said.
Patheja said she “will miss so much about Valparaiso High School. I will miss running in a sea of green and swinging ponytails,” referring to girls cross country meets.
Among other things she will miss is making up jingles to help with calculus lessons.
Fellow commencement speaker Carter DeVries also recounted his classmates' school careers and life lessons learned along the way. “Procrastinating study only works if you’re really good at it,” he said.
Tobon rewound the clock to their preschool days, when they took a scary step into the unknown. “Letting go was difficult for your parents and guardians as well,” she said.
Football coach William Marshall also spoke of the seniors’ early years, joking that kindergarten was “the best three years of my life.”
DeVries fast-forwarded to their senior year: “Senioritis came out of nowhere, just like COVID did.”
Marshall urged the graduates to learn from their past.
The football team’s state championship came not just from luck but from putting forth daily effort, he said. “Prepare like never before for the person you have only dreamed of becoming.”
He also cautioned them against negativity bias: “We remember traumatic events better than we do positive ones. Gratitude amplifies feelings of happiness. We are blessed in our own ways beyond measure, but are you able to see it?”
Marshall also urged the graduates to be brave. The biggest regrets stem from inaction, not actions, he said.
“When you focus on not making mistakes, you won’t make a difference,” he said.
DeVries offered his own wisdom. “You are the author now,” he said. “You are in control of your story. Be creative. Jump from page to page.”
Superintendent James McCall said the graduates’ educators focused on preparing students for the paths ahead rather than preparing the path.
“Draw strength from all your experiences and from the people and community all around you,” he urged.
“Seniors, we believe in you,” Tobon said. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/education/valparaiso-high-school-graduates-head-for-new-paths/article_9e38eeda-00bf-11ee-8ebb-dbd9762b6538.html | 2023-06-02T02:42:17 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/education/valparaiso-high-school-graduates-head-for-new-paths/article_9e38eeda-00bf-11ee-8ebb-dbd9762b6538.html |
EAST NAPLES, Fla. — Residents living in the ‘Windstar on Naples Bay’ gated community contacted NBC2 after construction began to remove a large treeline bordering homes.
“They’ve been here for over 30 years. So why are they now deciding to remove them without any notice or any planning on what the replacement is going to look like,” said Daryoush Zafar, who lives along Lighthouse Lane in the community.
The treeline, which separates Lighthouse Lane from the surrounding neighborhoods, has kept the community quiet and isolated for many years.
“There’s a lot of run-down homes on the other side. My big concern is security. Not having some sort of barrier, this makes us very prone to break-ins. There’s also a lot of wildlife, coyotes, bears, things like that. Without some sort of barrier, I think it makes it easy for anybody to enter this community,” said Zafar.
NBC2, with the help of the horticulturists at the Naples Botanical Gardens, discovered that the trees are the invasive “Seaside Mahoe.”
“Something like the Seaside Mahoe will come in, it comes in as a seedling from a bird dropping and all of a sudden, you have a massive tree. It’s out colonizing everything, growing everything. That’s when you have a monoculture of something invasive,” said Brian Galligan, Vice President of Horticulture at the Naples Botanical Gardens.
The Seaside Mahoe, which is not found naturally in Florida, is considered an invasive species. It is extremely resilient and grows as much as 40-50 feet wide.
“The Seaside Mahoe was brought in as a plant that naturalizes well. It has a beautiful flower, it’s pretty much bulletproof. It’s adapted to seaside locations,” said Galligan.
The Homeowner’s Association of Windstar told NBC2 that the project should have come with more notice to residents, but it is essential due to the problems they have experienced with the plant.
The fence, located on the base of the treeline, has become completely overwhelmed. A new fence structure will be built for the residents following the tree removal.
“First of all, they are really beautiful. It gives the street a gorgeous view, but not only that, it’s a barrier from the noise and the other neighborhood,” said Zafar. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/collier-county/2023/06/01/east-naples-community-outraged-by-sudden-tree-removal-project/ | 2023-06-02T02:45:59 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/collier-county/2023/06/01/east-naples-community-outraged-by-sudden-tree-removal-project/ |
CAPE CORAL, Fla. –A Cape Coral homeowner said ditches in construction zones nearby are flooding her property.
Barbara Tomlinson, who lives on SE 14th Street, watched as stormwater took over her lawn on Tuesday.
“I don’t need to have flood insurance, you know, and that’s another thing that I’m concerned about if this continues on. Am I now going to have to get flood insurance?” said Tomlinson.
Tomlinson said construction crews finished up work last week on a new build across the street.
She says they dug the drainage ditch too deep and are not able to reach neighboring drains.
“Where the water runs off – it’s running off their property out of their big pipe onto my property. Nobody else got it but me,” said Tomlinson.
It’s not just her home Tomlinson is worried about; burrowing owls have made homes near the problem area.
“It’s a fairly new family in that one. They just had their little babies, so I am concerned about them,” said Tomlinson.
With many new builds happening in the Cape, she is worried this could happen to more people.
“I don’t know who I’m supposed to contact to see if I can have this corrected before something happens and if there’s anybody else having this issue. I want to get some information out there so we all know what to do,” said Tomlinson.
The city asked anyone experiencing stormwater issues to report them by calling 311.
Officials said in most cases, responsibility for drainage issues falls on the property owner where the problems are coming from. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/06/01/cape-coral-homeowner-claims-construction-project-causes-flooding-on-her-property/ | 2023-06-02T02:46:06 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/06/01/cape-coral-homeowner-claims-construction-project-causes-flooding-on-her-property/ |
DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS, Fla. — Fort Myers residents interviewed the final four candidates up for the police chief job in two public forums downtown Thursday after interviewing one on one with city council members.
This was also the first setting that the Fort Myers public have heard from external candidates Gina Hawkins and Reo Hatfield, who both come from bigger cities and have some police chief experience.
Each of the four final candidates discussed their plans to push the department forward with 21st-century policing practices with technology and ways to engage with the public to create more trust.
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NBC2 also heard from internal candidates’ Maj. Jason Fields and Cpt. Victor Medico who want to continue the work the late Chief Diggs started.
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Residents who talked with NBC2 said they know how important the decision is in a city that’s seen crime rates drop to one of the lowest in the country.
“Well, it’s very very important and everything and I’ve seen some of the candidates are local and I’m always for promoting from within,” said resident Dan Endrizal.
Lee County NAACP leaders told NBC2 whoever takes the job needs to be able to understand the way Fort Myers has changed.
“Our minority communities growing, our Hispanic community’s growing, today we’re having a protest,” said NAACP Economic Development Committee Chair Mike Love.
Lee County NAACP President James Muwakkil said he hopes the new chief focuses on community policing.
“We need those officers to get out of their cars, talk, meet people shake hands, exchange phone numbers so that crime can continually decline,” Muwakkil said.
“Crime is going down in our city, everything is downward trend, let’s keep it that way,” Love continued. “We don’t want somebody to experiment on us. That’s the bottom line.”
The city manager, Marty Lawing told NBC2 that council could pick the next chief in the next few weeks. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/06/01/fort-myers-police-chief-candidates-address-resident-concerns-during-public-forums/ | 2023-06-02T02:46:12 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/06/01/fort-myers-police-chief-candidates-address-resident-concerns-during-public-forums/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Johnson City Commission gave unanimous approval on first reading of the city’s budget, which includes a property tax increase.
If approved on two further readings, the property tax rate in the city will increase by 25 cents per $100 dollars of assessed home value.
Mayor Todd Fowler told News Channel 11 that there was no other option for the city.
“There is just no way to balance a budget and do the things that we need to furnish the services that we need for Johnson City,” said Fowler.
Though the commission voted unanimously, Commissioner Joe Wise said passing the first tax increase since 2015 was not an easy decision to make.
“We are not taking lightly the question of coming to taxpayers at a time when inflation is going through the roof, and asking you for money,” Wise said.
If approved, the city property tax rate would rise to $1.98 per $100 of assessed property value. For a person whose home is assessed at $200,000, property taxes would cost $10 more dollars per month, or about $125 more dollars per year.
City Manager Cathy Ball says the tax increase will fund three efforts: the construction of a New Towne Acres Elementary School, contributing to raises for county emergency workers, like 911 dispatchers, and infrastructure projects like road resurfacing.
“With inflation, our money doesn’t go as far so part of the proposal is that we would be able to keep up with infrastructure needs by adding more money,” said Ball.
Despite the tax increase, Fowler says there are things to celebrate in this year’s budget, like raises for city staff and investments to address homelessness by adding a homeless services coordinator.
“It was over a million and a half dollars just to keep up with what we should be paying our people to retain them,” said Fowler. “That’s really important to us too.”
The commission will have to approve the budget two more times before it is adopted. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-commission-approves-budget-property-tax-hike/ | 2023-06-02T02:47:34 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-commission-approves-budget-property-tax-hike/ |
PHOENIX — Who killed Desiree Rivas? That’s the question her family, Phoenix police, and the FBI need help answering.
The 17-year-old was killed just after midnight on Mother’s Day as she was leaving a graduation party near 91st Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road in Tolleson.
Authorities said Desiree was caught in the crossfire after multiple people were in an altercation and began shooting. She was struck multiple times and died on the scene. The suspected shooters left before the police arrived.
More than two weeks after her death, no one has been arrested and detectives said they need the community’s help to solve the case.
“We want justice,” said Danny Rivas, Desiree’s father. “This is terrible.”
A plea for help
Desiree’s family spoke at a press conference on Thursday. A special agent from the FBI was also there.
The federal agency is offering $10,000 for information that leads to an arrest in the case, that’s on top of the $2,000 from Silent Witness.
“The shooters must be made accountable for their actions,” said Desiree’s aunt, Melissa Rivas. “Before another family is left broken like ours… Desiree was ripped from our lives. It was literally a simple night out with friends.”
Authorities are asking anyone who was at the party to send them information, pictures, or videos from that night.
“If anybody knows any information, at least grant us some peace,” said the 17-year-old stepfather, Ricky Casillas. “A little bit of justice because this is just not fair… nothing is the same without her.”
Promising cheerleader
Desiree Rivas had been a cheerleader since sixth grade, her family told 12News.
Vanessa Gonzales said her daughter hoped to be captain of her Cesar Chavez High School squad next school year, which would have been her senior year.
“Desiree is just the type of person that would think of others before thinking of herself,” said the 17-year-old's mother. “She would give the best Mother's Day messages to me… I’m never going to get that again.”
The family said Desiree wanted to attend business school and be a realtor, following in her aunt’s footsteps.
“She was going to be 18 this year,” said her father, Danny Rivas. “She was my best friend, my confidant, my ride or die. To the person who took her life, I have nothing to say to him. I just hope they find them.” | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/family-fbi-ask-public-help-solving-desiree-rivas-murder-phoenix/75-7762bd73-1553-474e-90af-38f7dc9ded3e | 2023-06-02T02:48:02 | 1 | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/family-fbi-ask-public-help-solving-desiree-rivas-murder-phoenix/75-7762bd73-1553-474e-90af-38f7dc9ded3e |
Pepsi plans to close operations in Muncie
MUNCIE, Ind. − A longtime Muncie employer is leaving town. PepsiCo announced Thursday it was closing its Muncie beverage distribution plant.
The facility, at 2901 N. Walnut St., which employs about 100, will be closed in coming months, according to the statement.
"PepsiCo is always evaluating our network solutions and reviewing the best possible ways to optimize our service," the statement said. "With many recent distribution changes, we have determined that in the coming months, PepsiCo Beverages North America’s operations in Muncie, Indiana will close and be redistributed to neighboring locations."
The company went on to say it will be working closely with local leadership, unions and other stakeholders to "ensure a smooth transition during this process with minimal impact to our employees and customers."
This story will be updated. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2023/06/01/pepsi-muncie-plant-to-close/70279548007/ | 2023-06-02T02:51:46 | 0 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2023/06/01/pepsi-muncie-plant-to-close/70279548007/ |
Big Bend National Park visitors will experience temporary closures along sections of the Rio Grande Village Nature Trail, according to a press release from the National Park Service.
From June 3-7, a team of biologists and resource staff will be applying herbicide to control non-native giant cane along the river in the Rio Grande Village area. This is a follow-up treatment to a successful prescribed burn in early May. Imazapyr, the herbicide being applied, will be directly applied to all resprouts of the invasive plants post-fire, according to the NPS.
During this time, sections of the Rio Grande Village Nature Trail, specifically the spur of the trail that leads to the banks of the river may be temporarily closed. The Rio Grande Village boat ramp and the use of the river will remain open.
"With the removal of this cane, the river can carry the sediment downstream, opening up gravel bars and wider flood plains again. This in turn benefits native willows, and wildlife, such as mussels, fish, and beaver. Removing thickets of giant cane also opens up the banks of the river for recreational use," according to the press release. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/herbicide-application-cause-temporary-closures-18128108.php | 2023-06-02T02:56:17 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/herbicide-application-cause-temporary-closures-18128108.php |
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A mid-morning protest over an attempt to lower the bond of the man arrested for the murder of 20-year-old Madeline Molina Pantoja turned into an all-day affair Thursday at the Midland County Courthouse.
Before the day ended and the protestors headed home, the Midland County Sheriff’s Office brought out its BearCat armored vehicle and protestors were moved off courthouse grounds.
The day started out with dozens protesting an attempt to lower the bond of the man arrested for the murder of Madeline.
Mario Juan Chacon Jr. was arrested May 20 and is being charged with murder, a first-degree felony, Midland County records show. Chacon has a bond-reduction hearing scheduled for Thursday. The Midland County Sheriff’s Office current detainee list shows Chacon’s bond at $3 million.
The protest took place at the Midland County Courthouse. Protesters outside of the courthouse chanted “Where are the City Council members,” “no bond for the killer” and “no bond reduction.”
Following the hearing, activity picked up. Chacon’s family members were escorted out of the courthouse, and protesters surrounded Chacon's family before being escorted off the courthouse grounds following an altercation between courthouse officials and protesters.
Midland County Sheriff's Office members wearing tactical gear also responded to the scene as protesters were being escorted off the premises. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/protestors-rally-support-madeline-s-family-18131049.php | 2023-06-02T02:56:23 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/protestors-rally-support-madeline-s-family-18131049.php |
Scenes from Madeline Pantoja's alleged killer's bond-reduction hearing protest
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Family and friends of Madeline Pantoja gathered outside of the Midland County Courthouse on Thursday to protest a bond reduction hearing for Mario Juan Chacon Jr.
Chacon was arrested on May 20 and is being charged with murder in connection with Madeline's death. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/scenes-alleged-killer-s-bond-reduction-protest-18130994.php | 2023-06-02T02:56:30 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/scenes-alleged-killer-s-bond-reduction-protest-18130994.php |
This Lubbock business is the latest Expo Center sponsor
Terry County Tractor is the latest Lubbock-area business to announce its partnership with the Lubbock County Expo Center, committing to provide funding and equipment for the future facility slated to open in 2025.
The family-owned Kubota dealer, which has locations in Brownfield and Lubbock, is gifting equipment for use at the facility and has made a "multi-year monetary commitment" to the center, Expo Center steering committee officials revealed at a news conference Thursday, though they would not divulge further details or the amount of the sponsorship deal.
"They're going to provide equipment for whatever our needs are for that building for the life of that building, and they're also going to give us money each year for as long as we'll take it," said Bret Lamkin, treasurer of the Lubbock County Expo Center. "We've learned through this process that our greatest support is right here in our own community from families like the Melchers," who own Terry County Tractor, Lamkin said.
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Shane Melcher, general manager for Terry County Tractor, said he's proud his business is able to give back to the Lubbock area by supporting the agricultural community.
"Our families, our business, our everything is founded in agriculture," Melcher said. "One thing that you'll always find Terry County Tractor and the Melcher family behind is youth in agriculture. That is important to us. Continuing to raise agriculture awareness is important to us, and continuing to support both will be in our future from here on out."
The Lubbock County Expo Center is a public-private partnership, relying on funding from a hotel/motel tax increase passed by Lubbock County voters in 2018 and private fundraising.
"The best thing going for us right now is the (hotel occupancy tax) revenue," Lamkin said. "In 2018, the tax revenue was about $1,800,000 — that's what we projected it to be. And last year, we took in $3,350,000. So that's a lot better than we thought then."
Officials announced a partnership with Great Plains Distributors in April, naming the beverage company as a founding partner and the official beer provider, designating Coors Light as the official domestic beer and Dos Equis as the official import beer for the center. Details of that agreement were not released.
The Helen Jones Foundation also committed $10 million to the project in 2022.
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Members of the steering committee previously told the Avalanche-Journal they hope to break ground by Sept. 1 this year. Lamkin said Thursday he expects the facility to open and host events like livestock shows, rodeos and concerts by 2025.
"We're going to have people come from outside the community, rent a motel, buy some food, buy some clothes or some tires for their pickup, or a tractor and some cold beer, and that money will be spent here in Lubbock. Right now, it's not," Lamkin said. "Our families that are going and doing these events, they're going to other towns — Levelland, Amarillo, Abilene. All those other communities are getting our money.
"Instead of that happening, it's going to come to Lubbock. We're gonna get to do that." | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/01/lubbock-county-expo-center-announces-terry-county-tractor-as-second-founding-sponsor/70278009007/ | 2023-06-02T03:00:20 | 1 | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/01/lubbock-county-expo-center-announces-terry-county-tractor-as-second-founding-sponsor/70278009007/ |
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Woman killed in Hockley County after Thursday morning crash
Mateo Rosiles
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
One person died early Thursday morning in Hockley County after their vehicle veered off the road.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, 38-year-old Linda Garza of Whiteface was driving a 2000 Chevrolet C-10 south on Santa Fe Road when both the right tires went off the edge of the road.
Garza overcorrected to the left, which led the vehicle to cross over the roadway and into the field. According to DPS, the vehicle collided with a boulder in the field before coming to a rest.
Garza was pronounced dead on the scene due to injuries received during the crash. | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/01/one-dead-after-a-thursday-morning-single-vehicle-car-crash-in-hockley/70279195007/ | 2023-06-02T03:00:26 | 0 | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/01/one-dead-after-a-thursday-morning-single-vehicle-car-crash-in-hockley/70279195007/ |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Southwest Community Center will be closed until June 3 after a pool incident Thursday involving an 18-year-old man.
City officials said a lifeguard found the man in the pool, got him out and performed rescue measures while the community center staff called for emergency medical services.
The man was transported to UAMS for medical treatment.
“My sincere prayers are with the young man and his family during this difficult time," Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott said. "The City of Little Rock stands ready to support those impacted, including city staff who immediately responded to the emergency. We are grateful for the prompt response and care provided by our first responders and local medical professionals.”
The City of Little Rock urged residents to follow safety guidelines when around water. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/southwest-community-center-temporarily-closed/91-de381a54-c890-4e3c-a68c-05a16398875c | 2023-06-02T03:01:41 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/southwest-community-center-temporarily-closed/91-de381a54-c890-4e3c-a68c-05a16398875c |
OGUNQUIT, Maine — June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month, and Maine Gov. Janet Mills helped officially kicked it off by raising a rainbow pride flag at Ogunquit's Veterans Park Thursday evening.
"Every person deserves to live their life with the person they love," Gov. Mills said before a packed crowd made up of LGBTQ+ community members and advocates.
This pride month comes as several anti-LGBTQ bills are being proposed in Augusta. One bill would ban public schools from using names or pronouns for students other than what's listed on their birth certificates without parental permission.
"I’m always concerned when the rights of minorities are threatened," Mills told NEWS CENTER Maine.
Representative Gerry Runte, D-York, also spoke at the Pride Month kick-off. He said there's still a lot more work to do in the fight for equality.
"Boy, the journey isn’t over yet and there’s still more education and there’s still more battle to be won, frankly," Rep. Runte said.
The flag-raising is just one of a slew of pride events scheduled in Ogunquit. A full list schedule can be found here. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/lgbtq/gov-mills-helps-kick-off-pride-month-in-maine-lqbtg-community-ogunquit/97-814ee610-cfb4-432a-ab4c-a3670b4b3892 | 2023-06-02T03:08:26 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/lgbtq/gov-mills-helps-kick-off-pride-month-in-maine-lqbtg-community-ogunquit/97-814ee610-cfb4-432a-ab4c-a3670b4b3892 |
San Diego is its Eucalyptus trees. San Diego is its beaches. San Diego is a place where you don’t need air conditioning (except for that one week, when you lie on your bed under a ceiling fan in perfect stillness). It’s a place where people wear skate clothes year-round and the pop-punk radio station broadcasts from across the border. And in all that San Diego is, it is for visitors.
Growing up in Vista, seasons were marked by the school year and the holidays. The only notable change in weather came in late spring: May Gray and June Gloom, foggy mornings. I knew I should appreciate the Mediterranean climate, but I also couldn’t imagine what anything else was like. All I knew was cheery, mild sameness.
Which is to say, to come from outside of California is to savor it. When we leave Tucson’s broiling summers, the tension of waiting for the monsoon’s humidity to break with a storm, to get a lungful of salty air off the Pacific Ocean, the 400-mile drive feels like a miracle performed.
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I don’t think a visit to San Diego needs a more complicated itinerary than going to the closest beach with a cooler full of cold drinks, deli sandwiches and chips (maybe a boogie board or two). But while you’re there, you might as well have a few ideas to kick around.
San Diego is a big region, and visitors might choose to stay anywhere from the U.S.-Mexico border to Camp Pendleton (and traffic is so heavy that downtown recommendations might not be relevant to those visiting Oceanside). So, I’m breaking down suggestions of things to do and places to eat by stops along the coast.
These suggestions come partially from my editor Gloria Knott’s previous edition of this guide. They also come from my personal experience growing up in San Diego, which is a bit outdated (I moved away for good in 2014), and the recommendations of my family and friends who still live there. If I missed one of your favorite spots, please let me know at elueders@tucson.com.
Oceanside
Curbside Cafe
Vista, inland to Oceanside, is my hometown, and signifies where most of San Diego actually lives: away from the beach. I have so many favorites (Pepper Tree Frosty, The Wave Waterpark and The Yellow Deli all harbor really sweet school-age memories for me), but because I know y’all probably aren’t vacationing in Vista, I’m going to keep it short and sweet.
If you’re going to Vista, this is the spot to soak up the vibes of its cute, retro main street. Also, isn’t their fruit cup ridiculously gorgeous?
Location: 307 Main St.
Primo Market
My cousin Andy would always bring Primo’s ceviche to family kickbacks, and it was always decimated by the group. It’s a perfect spot to grab some snacks before heading to the beach. You can also get fresh-grilled carne asada at their inland location near Boomers.
Locations: in Oceanside, 606 Morse St. and Vista, 1535 W. Vista Way
Angelo’s Burgers
This is an old-school surfer joint where my best friend worked during high school. We’d get their salty, juicy steak fries and dip them in syrup at picnics, but it’s probably best known for its California burritos and burgers.
Locations: in Oceanside at 621 North Coast Highway; 1050 S. Coast Highway; 2035 S. Coast Highway
Privateer Coal Fired Pizza
Recommended by my cousin Andy, who lives in south Oceanside, this coal-fired pizza restaurant is a go-to for date night. This style of pizza was popularized in New Haven, Connecticut, where its extra-hot oven created a perfectly crunchy exterior and soft, chewy interior.
Location: 1706 S. Coast Highway
Note: My favorite coal-fired spot in San Diego is URBN Pizza, which started in my hometown, Vista, but has since expanded to Encinitas, Del Mar, North Park and El Cajon.
The Flying Pig
Their goat cheese and garlic confit was the highlight of my 18th birthday dinner. At the time, I didn’t get the chance to try their locally-brewed beers on tap, which is a highlight of the comfort food restaurant’s offerings.
Location: 509 Mission Ave.
The Hill Street Country Club
This community-centered gallery hosts art exhibits, movie screenings and dance parties.
Location: 530 S. Coast Highway
Oceanside Harbor
The shopping village at Oceanside Harbor is a little bit of a tourist trap (not that there’s anything wrong with that!) but it’s a nice place to walk around. The nearest beach has a lot of play structures, climbable jetties and sites for bonfires, making it a great spot to camp out for the day with the kids.
My favorite landmark is the Oceanside sign you’ll see while walking around the harbor. You can also walk to the pier.
Location: 1206-1342 N. Pacific St.
San Diego Zoo’s Safari Park
Though this is inland, in Escondido, you’ll take the 76 Highway that starts in Oceanside to get there. Real ones will know this place as the Wild Animal Park. The major difference between the Safari Park and the zoo is that here, there’s one central, conservation-oriented enclosure that mimics the African savanna, where you can book safari tours in Jeeps to encounter the animals up close.
But the park is worthwhile without these add-ons: my favorite spots have always been the California Nativescapes garden, near the California Condor habitat, and the African Outpost, which has a waterfall, islands with lemurs, a cheetah run and flamingos.
Location: 15500 San Pasqual Valley Road
Carlsbad
Prager Brothers Artisan Breads
My Tante Karin loves Prager Brothers as much as I love Barrio Bread. When I checked their original Carlsbad location out, per her recommendation, I couldn’t help but run the gamut of pastries they had on offer. Not only do they make artisan pain au levain, they also make savory and sweet treats like pretzels and chocolate croissants. The trick is to get there early so you have first dibs on their limited, seasonal offerings.
Note: Their original Carlsbad location has a Prager Brothers pizza shop next door!
Locations: 5611 Palmer Way, plus two other locations in the San Diego area.
Pelly’s Fish Market & Cafe
Pelly’s is a great spot to pick up fish sandwiches to take to the beach. I always get the mahi-mahi with what the lady behind the counter recommends: teriyaki and Cajun seasoning. My mom gets the langostino tacos, and my Oma gets the fried fish. We all leave happy!
Location: 7110 Avenida Encinas
Tip Top Meats
If you ever lament Tucson’s lack of German food, Tip Top — a multihyphenate restaurant-butcher-grocery — is the place for you to stock up on German sausages, chocolates, breads, desserts like Bienenstich, jams and home cooking. This is where my family would go to get Sauerbraten (German pot roast) and Rouladen for any special occasion. We bring huge freezer bags filled with ice packs to bring the Weisswurst home to Tucson.
Location: 6118 Paseo del Norte
Vinaka Cafe
Once we got driver’s licenses, my friends and I would go to Vinaka to grab ice cream, sit around and put on intellectual airs. It’s close to the beach and homey in a way not much else in ultra-touristy downtown Carlsbad is. Bonus points if you catch a live band (my friend’s dad played a regular set) at nearby Coyote Bar & Grill.
Location: 300 Carlsbad Village Dr.
Jeune et Jolie
This twice Michelin-starred restaurant is arguably the fine-dining destination of North County. The French-inspired setup is prix fixe: $105 per person for a four-course menu, or order a la carte at the bar and lounge. If I were going to San Diego, I would make a reservation here as soon as I know what dates I’ll be in town.
Location: 2659 State St.
Legoland
I only ever went to Legoland growing up when my cousin was in town, visiting from Rio Rico. He’d always get an obscure Lego set from the gift shop and take me on all the most exciting rides. The boat tour that takes you through the world in Lego miniature is a favorite memory of my childhood.
Location: One Legoland Dr.
The Flower Fields
Nearby Legoland and decidedly more low-key, the flower fields are the kind of place that anyone from a little kid to a great-grandmother would enjoy. Its 55 acres are not only beautiful, but especially photogenic. Bear in mind: the 2023 season is currently over, but the fields will reopen in March of 2024.
Location: 5704 Paseo Del Norte
Encinitas
Swami’s
I cannot visit San Diego without making a pilgrimage to the original Swami’s in Encinitas. This casual surf shack of a restaurant peddles in smoothie bowls and California-style Mexican food. Named for the beach and retreat across the Pacific Coast Highway from the restaurant, Swami’s is pure, distilled San Diego vibes. I always, always, always get the classic acai bowl, but I know a lot of people like their burritos, too.
Locations: While the original location at 1163 S. Coast Highway 101 is unbeatable in its atmosphere, the local chain has many locations across the city.
Pannikin Coffee & Tea
This cute cafe has delicious scones that go perfectly with their in-house tea blends. When I think of Pannikin, I’m thinking of the updated train station in Encinitas, but they also have an outpost at the airport.
Location: 510 N. Coast Highway 101
VG Donuts and Bakery
Every time I visit San Diego, I mark one day of the visit as the day I will get up obscenely early, before the crack of dawn, to get to VG Donuts and Bakery in Cardiff-by-the-Sea right when they open. The fresh doughnuts here, matched with a sunrise over the Pacific, are a truly transcendental experience.
Note: My uncle holds Leucadia Donut Shoppe in similarly high esteem. I love that spot, too.
Location: 106 Aberdeen Dr.
Potato Shack Cafe
Potato Shack is a normal diner with a cute gimmick: pancakes the size of manhole covers. It’s tucked away off the main drag of Encinitas, and it’s a sweet little spot to share a meal with your partner or your whole family. Then you run down to the beach!
Location: 120 W. I St.
Blue Sky Ecological Reserve
California chaparral is one of the rarest and most endangered habitats in America, and Blue Sky is a gorgeous reserve of chaparral. Located inland from Encinitas, in Poway, this is one of my favorite places to hike in San Diego. Trails will lead you through oak forests, along one of the few active streams in San Diego, and up some elevation to the Lake Poway reservoir. The riparian smell is unbeatable, and you’ll go home thinking about it.
If you’re feeling less active, you can also drive up to the other side of the lake and have a picnic! If you’re feeling more active, the trail system at Blue Sky links up to a route to the infamous Potato Chip Rock.
Location: 16275 Espola Road
Del Mar
Iceskimo
My editor Gloria visited San Diego in April — and she still thinks about Iceskimo daily. She went to the Taiwanese dessert shop every day during her vacation, ordering a bubble waffle filled with ube ice cream, mini mochi and Oreo crumbles (and an ube hot chocolate on one colder night).
But what the shop actually specializes in is a very delicate shaved snow — much softer and creamier than your average shaved ice. Pick your flavor, then whisk down the topping bar.
Location: 12925 El Camino Real, plus two other locations in the San Diego area.
Jake’s Del Mar
Located right on the beach with surfboards hanging on the wall, this spot is known for their coastal brunch and dinner offerings. And if you’re looking for something especially scenic — the most-used word in Jake’s Google reviews is sunset.
Location: 1660 Coast Blvd.
Del Mar Fairgrounds
The Del Mar Races and San Diego County Fair both happen at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. If you happen to be in town while these things are in full swing, it’s worth the trip. Though many of the vendors and rides at our Pima County Fair are available at the San Diego fair, too, this time they’re by the beach: one of my favorite San Diego memories is riding the Ferris wheel and getting incredible ocean views.
Location: 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd.
La Jolla
Harry’s Coffee Shop
Dubbed La Jolla’s oldest diner, Harry’s Coffee Shop has been around for more than six decades, inspired by the diners and coffee shops in Brooklyn, New York. The menu features classic diner favorites — BLTs, patty melts and milkshakes — and all-day breakfast.
Location: 7545 Girard Ave.
Michele Coulon Dessertier
Recommended by one of my former editors, this quaint dessert shop has a big roster of sweets, from cakes and tarts to macarons, brownies and chocolate-covered strawberries.
Location: 7556 Fay Ave.
Cody’s La Jolla
Start your day with brunch at Cody’s. Blueberry pancakes and crab cake benedicts among beachy views.
Location: 1025 Prospect St.
La Jolla Cove
Snorkeling, scuba diving and more of what you simply cannot find in Tucson. You might even spot a sea lion in this picturesque seaside area.
Location: 1100 Coast Blvd.
Birch Aquarium at Scripps
This aquarium overlooking the Pacific Ocean featuring seahorses, penguins, jellyfish and a sea turtle. It typically takes about an hour and a half to wander through the 60 habitats.
Location: 2300 Expedition Way
La Jolla Playhouse
Arguably the highest-brow venue for plays in San Diego, the La Jolla Playhouse is where you are most likely to catch the first showing of a Broadway show or an up-and-coming playwright’s early work. Other great venues are The Old Globe and the Civic Theatre (though I’ll always have a soft spot for my hometown Moonlight Amphitheatre and the intimate New Village Arts).
Location: 2910 La Jolla Village Dr.
The Che Cafe
This is just one of many great music venues in San Diego. Other favorites include the Casbah and The Rady Shell.
Location: 1000 S. Scholars Dr.
Downtown
Point Loma Seafood
This casual, cult-classic fishmonger spot has great views of the harbor (that are best from the second-story patio).
Location: 2805 Emerson St.
Filippi’s Pizza Grotto
Tucked behind a small market in Little Italy, Filippi’s Pizza Grotto is a traditional Italian spot home to red-and-white checkered tablecloths and old photos hanging high on the wall. My editor Gloria was a fan of the cheese ravioli and her boyfriend swears by their pizza.
Location: in Little Italy, 1747 India St., plus other locations in the San Diego area.
Bang Bang
Apparently you enter Bang Bang through a corridor that looks a lot like a New York City subway — and then you’re transported to a sushi bar. It’s one of those experiences that Tucson doesn’t yet have, though the vibe of Portal Cocktails inside Fourth Avenue’s Ermanos might come close.
Location: 526 Market St.
Balboa Park
While dining in Balboa Park is pretty limited to the Prado and the restaurants inside of the zoo, there is lots of dining nearby in the trendy North Park, Hillcrest, Golden Hill and Barrio Logan neighborhoods.
Location: See the Google Maps page here.
San Diego Zoo
On pretty much any list of things to do in San Diego, the zoo will come out on top. It’s easy to get lost as you wind your way through the 100 acres, spotting red pandas, penguins and gorillas along the way.
Location: 2920 Zoo Drive
Ruben H. Fleet Science Center
If you have kids, take them to the Fleet and watch an IMAX movie with them about the ocean or deep sea creatures. If they’re anything like me, they’ll remember it for the rest of their lives. The science museum is fun too, with lots of hands-on exhibits.
Location: 1875 El Prado
Mission Beach
Hodad’s
No-frills burgers, fries and shakes galore at this Mission Beach-area stop. The bacon cheeseburger is popular — and was what Guy Fieri tried when he visited Hodad’s in 2007 for an episode of “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.” The eatery even has a burger inspired by Guy, called the Guido Burger, with pastrami and other fixins.
Location: 5010 Newport Ave. and in downtown, 945 Broadway
The Baked Bear
Now with dozens of locations all over the country, The Baked Bear got its start in San Diego. Choose from more than 10 cookie or brownie flavors and even more flavors of ice cream to customize your perfect ice cream sandwich.
Location: 4516 Mission Blvd., plus many other locations in California.
The Mission
Breakfast spot The Mission has been around for nearly three decades and was recommended to us twice. I hear their chilaquiles are incredible, and the restaurant displays local artwork on the walls
Location: 3795 Mission Blvd., plus two other locations in the San Diego area.
Taco Surf
Surfboards hang from the ceiling of this spot known for its carne asada and burritos (they have more than two dozen of ‘em on the menu, with almost as many taco options).
Location: 4657 Mission Blvd.
Belmont Park
Founded in 1925 as a way for John D. Spreckels to promote his electric railway while also boosting real estate sales, Belmont Park is now home to rides, bumper cars and games along Mission Beach. There are a few places to eat and drink, too.
Location: 3146 Mission Blvd.
Old Town
Cafe Coyote
If you want the hardcore tourist experience, Cafe Coyote is the pulsing heart of the scene. The two-story plaza building is ripe with patios and eye-popping drink specials. It will most likely be packed with people, but that’s why you came here.
Location: 2461 San Diego Ave.
El Agave Restaurant and Tequileria
The hidden gem of Old Town is El Agave Restaurant and Tequileria, tucked away on the second floor of a chiropractic office. Its strengths, atmosphere and tequila selection, are highlighted in the same stroke: the restaurant is covered floor-to-ceiling with tequila bottles like a shimmering, moody mosaic.
Location: 2304 San Diego Ave.
Casa de Reyes
Somewhere in between is the more relaxed, but still centrally located Casa de Reyes. Their sprawling patios show off an eclectic style more than the sheer, luring loudness of Cafe Coyote.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Fifteen residents of an east Indianapolis apartment complex were displaced by a fire Thursday evening.
The fire broke out around 6:45 p.m. at an apartment on Harbor Drive, near East 21st Street and North Post Road. Firefighters arrived to find heavy fire and smoke showing from the apartment, with the black smoke reportedly visible for miles.
The fire was marked under control around 7:15 p.m. Investigators said the fire was an accident, caused by grease on a stove.
One firefighter was taken to Methodist Hospital to be checked out for a slight injury.
In all, 15 residents were displaced by the fire, which damaged five units in the apartment building. IFD Victims Assistance is working with the management of the apartment complex to find shelter for those affected. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/fifteen-residents-displaced-by-east-indianapolis-apartment-fire/531-b1285c62-54d4-41e9-8619-1b285882ef0f | 2023-06-02T03:14:26 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/fifteen-residents-displaced-by-east-indianapolis-apartment-fire/531-b1285c62-54d4-41e9-8619-1b285882ef0f |
TUPELO, Miss (WTVA)- Postal service offices are changing their hours in Tupelo due to incidents happening in the lobby.
There have been reports of homeless people possibly sleeping in the lobby and that is impacting the safety of the area. Though that is not yet confirmed it may be a reason why the hours are changing.
Until now you could access your PO box in the lobby 24 hours a day seven days a week. That has now changed to Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
The post office says if you have any questions to visit the Postal Service website at www.usps.com, or customers may call 1-800-ASK-USPS (1-800-275-8777). | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/postal-service-changes-access-hours-for-tupelo-office/article_d8e51014-00eb-11ee-894e-9be9d560331e.html | 2023-06-02T03:14:26 | 1 | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/postal-service-changes-access-hours-for-tupelo-office/article_d8e51014-00eb-11ee-894e-9be9d560331e.html |
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Democrats have hit another snag in their new caucus plan.
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed HF 716 into law on Thursday, which requires in-person participation at all caucuses.
Previously, Iowa Democrats proposed a caucus format that allowed for a vote-by-mail caucus process. The new law makes that plan illegal.
“For many years, Iowa Democrats have worked in good faith with the Republicans to preserve our caucuses," said Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart in a press release. "This legislation ends decades of bipartisanship, and now Kim Reynolds has signed off on this attempt to meddle in Democratic party business.”
Prior to the bill's passage, Iowa Republicans argued that providing alternatives to in-person caucusing creates a gray area. A vote-by-mail option could functionally turn the caucus into a primary – allowing New Hampshire to skip in front of Iowa.
"Hopefully, today's bill signing by the governor will mark an end to the Iowa Democrats pushing and then doubling down on an ill-advised, primary-in-all-but-name caucus proposal," said Jeff Kauffman, chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa, in a press release. "The fate of middle Americans having a voice in selecting our next president depends on it."
Iowa Democrats had hoped the vote-by-mail option could help make the caucuses more accessible.
“Iowa Democrats are committed to moving forward with the most inclusive caucus process in Iowa's history no matter what," Hart said in the release. "We will do what's good for Democrats, what's good for Iowa, and what's good for democracy.”
Reynolds signed dozens of bills into law Thursday, including House File 425, which expands Iowa's safe haven law to include newborn safety devices, and Senate File 478, which limits the power of the state auditor. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/local-politics/iowa-requires-in-person-caucus-new-law-governor-kim-reynolds-iowa-democrats-republican-party-of-iowa-first-in-the-nation-caucuses/524-9e46c98d-9e3d-4a70-aa08-3e4354e92781 | 2023-06-02T03:16:50 | 1 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/local-politics/iowa-requires-in-person-caucus-new-law-governor-kim-reynolds-iowa-democrats-republican-party-of-iowa-first-in-the-nation-caucuses/524-9e46c98d-9e3d-4a70-aa08-3e4354e92781 |
OCALA, Fla. – Two men were arrested after police said they scammed a 69-year-old Ocala woman out of $80,000 over the phone.
Parth Patel and Jayarami Kuruguntla face charges in connection with the scam, which started on May 23, according to police.
Officers said the victim initially received a pop-up message on her iPad claiming her bank had been compromised and that she needed to call a 1-(833) number. After calling the number, the scammer told her she was a suspect in a child pornography case and posed as her financial institution, the department said.
According to police, the scammer then told the woman a $30,000 purchase of child pornography was made in China and in order to resolve the issue, she needed to pay that money back, which she did out of fear of being arrested. She withdrew the money from the bank, and per the scammer’s instructions, went to a Bitcoin ATM to transfer the cash to cryptocurrency, police added.
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The next day, the scammer contacted her again, demanding $50,000 more, asking her to withdraw the money the same way as before, to which she refused, according to police. Officers said she didn’t feel safe carrying that much money and so the scammer said he would come to her house to collect it.
After the suspect collected the money, the victim then called 911, explaining “she only gave the money because she was scared she would be killed if she didn’t,” according to the department.
The scammer contacted the victim again the next day to ask for an additional $50,000 that they would pick up at the house, police said.
Officers said they responded to the location, identifying and arresting Patel and Kuruguntla. During questioning, Kuruguntla said he wasn’t sure of the purpose of their trip to Ocala and Patel lied, saying how the pair “came to hang out and have dinner” before claiming “they were supposed to pick up a package at the victim’s address for a friend in India,” according to police.
Patel faces charges for organized fraud of $50,000 or more and unlawful use of a two-way communication device while Kuruguntla faces charges for larceny and fraud/swindle to obtain property of $50,000 or more.
To prevent against phone scams, remember to be skeptical, guard your personal information, verify before trusting, don’t rush into decisions and hang up and report any suspicious behavior or activity to law enforcement.
You can read more about how to protect you or your loved ones from scammers here.
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MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A Leesburg High School employee was arrested on Tuesday after deputies said he attacked people at Eaton’s Bar and Grill in Marion County.
Deputies said they were called to the restaurant around 2:05 p.m. after several 911 calls were made about a man going out of control and attacking people.
Upon arrival, deputies found Daniel McCaw, 45, who was being restrained by several staff members and held to the ground until law enforcement arrived, deputies added.
According to investigators, McCaw had been sitting at a table with three others, becoming “angry and verbally abusive.” He eventually began using “foul language,” prompting a woman at the table next to his to contact the manager, investigators said.
In an affidavit, deputies said the manager asked McCaw and his party to leave, and as they gathered their belongings, McCaw snatched up a child from the arms of someone nearby.
McCaw then began attacking someone — grabbing him by the neck, pushing him and punching him — all while holding the child, the affidavit shows.
At this point, several of the restaurant’s staff began trying to stop the fight, with one employee taking the child from McCaw’s arms, deputies said. The affidavit shows that McCaw threw a metal chair during the attack, causing it to break.
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Afterward, there was a “brief calm period” during which McCaw began to leave, though he turned around and punched an employee in the side of the head unprovoked, investigators said.
As a result, the employee fell down a set of stairs, and McCaw chased after him to continue beating him around the head, deputies said.
Employees were eventually able to restrain McCaw until deputies arrived, according to the affidavit.
Investigators said that McCaw had been served at least three drinks, though McCaw was reportedly taking Klonopin, which causes increased intoxication when paired with alcohol.
Deputies also said that McCaw told them that his actions were in self defense. The affidavit reveals that McCaw was an employee at Leesburg High School.
McCaw faces charges of domestic battery, property damage, disorderly intoxication, criminal mischief and two counts of child abuse. He is being held on bond of $14,000.
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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A man was hospitalized after a possible lightning strike Thursday afternoon in southwest Miami-Dade, according to News 6 partner WPLG-TV.
The incident was reported at 22700 SW Eighth St., just west of Everglades Safari Park.
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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said the man was transported to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital’s West Trauma Center.
His condition has not been released.
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OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – An Osceola County deputy accused of helping a child sex suspect evade the law has been fired and arrested, according to the sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s office said 30-year-old Arturo Dominguez used law enforcement databases to help the suspect — identified as 36-year-old Omar Ayala — a high school teacher and coach accused of sex activity with a minor.
Dominguez was arrested on Tuesday and now faces four felony charges, according to statements by Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez at a news conference Thursday.
In the second week of May, an investigation of Dominguez began. A detective with the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office submitted a complaint about Dominguez after asking questions about Ayala and finding discrepancies in the now-former deputy’s answering.
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As the Okeechobee detective had put out an arrest warrant for Ayala and saw that Dominguez had repeatedly run the suspect’s name, they asked whether the deputy had made contact with the suspect. Dominguez told the detective that he ran Ayala’s name because he pulled him over in a traffic stop, what Lopez said was “just a flat-out lie.”
“There wasn’t a traffic stop. What we discovered through the investigation is Deputy Dominguez is a lifelong childhood friend of this individual here. He was running Ayala’s name to see if he had a warrant in the system. He wanted to give his friend a heads up so Ayala would know if the police were looking for him,” Lopez said.
Dominguez was interviewed and allegedly admitted to the sheriff’s office that he did research Ayala.
“He also admitted (that) he lied to the detective about the traffic stop and confessed. He did have conversations with Ayala about his arrest warrant. He told a suspect in a sex case involving a minor to flee. That’s pretty disgusting. That’s pretty sick. You know, we’re here to protect and serve, not to aid and abate anyone, especially a crime in this nature where, you know, we are here to protect our children,” Lopez said.
Dominguez faces charges of unauthorized access to a computer device, official misconduct by obstructing with an investigation, disclosure or use of confidential criminal justice information and accessory after the fact to unlawful sex activity with a minor, Lopez said.
Law enforcement is still searching for Ayala, who was not suspected of being in Osceola County at the time of the news conference, according to Lopez.
“Right now, we’re (providing) whatever resources they need to help affect his arrest. We have no reason to believe he’s here. The other thing is also since the guy’s absconded, they believe he’s out of state, that’s not 100%. It’s been turned over to the Marshals because of the felonies ... so the Marshals are now going to adapt their case and help look for him also,” Lopez said.
When asked if the sheriff’s office was concerned with the optics of this case juxtaposed with how another Osceola County deputy was formally charged last week after a subject caught fire during an attempted arrest at a gas station in Feb. 2022, Lopez said that it was.
“Yeah, we’re concerned. Remember though, you know, they’re two unique, different cases. Both cases were investigated by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office. In both cases, we found deputies guilty and (they) were charged, so we’re doing our job. You know, when we discover any type of inappropriate conduct from any law enforcement officer, especially here, you know, we’re going to take the actions to make sure that they’re prosecuted, arrested, put a good case together for prosecution and send it to the state,” Lopez said.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – A coalition of advocates and community organizations that defend immigrant rights voiced their disappointment Thursday against District 25 State Rep. Carolina Amesty, who voted in favor of Florida’s newest undocumented immigration policy.
“She had the nerve to betray us,” said Felipe Sousa, director of Hope Community Center. “She voted against the rights of immigrants, against the human rights of so many people.”
Amesty, the daughter of Venezuelan immigrants, is among the 83 Florida legislators who supported Senate Bill 1718, which was signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in May.
The law, which goes into effect July 1, aims to crack down on illegal immigration by stepping up requirements on businesses to check the immigration status of workers, punish people who bring immigrants without permanent legal status into Florida and collect data about whether hospital patients are in the country legally.
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In response to the law, about 200 people came together to protest in front of Amesty’s district office in Orlando along Conroy Windermere Road Thursday. It was also a call to action to ask businesses to close and allow their workers to be part of the movement.
“Today we are proud to say that a lot of business owners that support their workers who are against this bill did close down in solidarity,” said Ana Maria Hernandez, field director of Florida Immigrant Coalition.
One of those business owners runs a local crane company. Several of its workers lined up their cranes along the street in support of the immigrant community.
“We as immigrants deserve justice and immigrants are not the problem,” crane worker Ahtziry Barrera said. “We’re here today united as one. What we as people are facing is unfair.”
The policy also requires private employers with 25 or more workers to use the federal E-Verify system to determine a new employee’s employment eligibility. Public agencies are also required to use that same system and hospitals that accept Medicaid will have to ask patients about their citizenship.
“We aim to educate constituents to not vote for these people and vote them into power again,” Hernandez said.
Following the protest, several small groups went out to canvass in residential districts to let people know about the potential impact the law could have on the community.
“The purpose of this is to let all of our neighbors and community know that our legislators are voting and making laws and passing laws that are against our community,” Hernandez said.
Another protest is planned for July 1. Immigration advocates expect several businesses to close then in solidarity as well.
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DELAND, Fla. – Calls about a driver’s dangerous behavior led DeLand police to arrest a man they say had a stolen gun and drugs in his car Wednesday.
DeLand police said that they were dispatched around 1:16 p.m. after reports that the driver was asleep at a stop light and also nearly hit another car head on.
Officers eventually tracked the driver to a Friendly Way store at 901 S. Florida Ave., and they noticed a gun in the driver’s lap, a release by the department shows.
The release says that the driver — later identified as 32-year-old Jerry Falconer — was not responding to commands from the officers.
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Falconer ultimately had to be removed from the vehicle and taken into custody, police said.
Investigators determined that the gun in Falconer’s lap had been stolen, and drugs were also discovered in the car, police announced.
According to investigators, Falconer had an active felony warrant out of Seminole County that stemmed from drug charges.
Falconer was arrested and faces charges of grand theft of a firearm, illicit drug trafficking and multiple counts of weapon possession by a felon. He is held on no bond.
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HOLLY HILL, Fla. – A toddler was inside a vehicle that was stolen Thursday morning in Holly Hill, according to police.
Holly Hill police said a red 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan was stolen near Clifton Avenue and 3rd Street.
According to police, the toddler’s mother went into a family member’s house, and seconds later a man or teen jumped in the car and took off.
The toddler was let out of the stolen car, which has the Florida tag AJ79FA, about a half-mile from the home, authorities said.
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Today, deputies responded to assist @HollyHillPolice on a report of a stolen vehicle with a 2-year-old child inside.
— Volusia Sheriff (@VolusiaSheriff) June 1, 2023
After about half an hour, a witness called 911 after finding the child alone in a body shop parking lot.
Deputies reunited the boy with his family in good health. pic.twitter.com/BfwXeDHVHM
A short time later, the toddler was spotted alone by a good Samaritan who called 911, police said. Darrell Everman said he found the toddler sitting behind a car on State Street while he was walking to his storage unit. He said he didn’t see any parents around so thought it would be good to check on the toddler.
“It was an odd situation, so I decided to do something about it,” Everman told News 6. “I knew it was important to keep him calm so I acted like nothing really major was going on and tried to find somebody who was responsible for him and figured out the police needed to be involved.”
Body cam video released by the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, which assisted Holly Hill Police Department, shows a deputy responding to the call and approach the toddler.
“What’s up, buddy? You OK?” he said in the video. “Wanna come with me, buddy? Wanna go see your mommy?”
The deputy then picks up the toddler, who was not harmed, and consoles him as they wait for a car seat before taking him home. The toddler was then reunited with family members.
The suspected car thief and the stolen car have not been located.
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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A woman was arrested in Seminole County on Wednesday after her car caught fire near the Oviedo Mall while a child was inside, according to police.
Police said that on May 26 around noon, 24-year-old Alicia Moore parked her car in the parking lot of Dillard’s at the Oviedo Mall. She then left the car — with the child inside — to go into the Dillard’s, police added.
Once in the Dillard’s, security workers watched as Moore began shoplifting along with another male for about an hour, an affidavit shows.
According to the affidavit, Moore started to leave the Dillard’s with the stolen merchandise — only to see her car “engulfed in flames.” Moore then dropped the merchandise, police said.
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However, investigators said that other shoppers at the mall had seen the fire and helped rescue those in the car.
First responders arrived at the scene to find the car completely totaled, and a child was rushed to Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital for treatment, the affidavit shows.
While police said they weren’t sure what caused the fire, they determined that if Moore “was not being neglectful,” it was likely that the child wouldn’t have been injured.
She was later arrested by the Orlando Police Department on an unrelated warrant, though Oviedo police eventually brought her into their own custody.
Moore faces charges of child neglect with great bodily harm and first-degree arson in the Oviedo Mall case. For those charges, she is held on $40,000 bond.
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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida woman was arrested on Thursday after her child died after being left in a hot car earlier this week, according to the Palm Bay Police Department.
Police said that on May 28, first responders arrived at Mount of Olives Evangelical Church after receiving reports about an unresponsive 11-month-old girl.
Responders discovered that the girl had been left in a car for approximately three hours by her mother — 37-year-old Bulaine Molme — as the suspect and her family attended services at the church.
Investigators determined that Molme arrived late to the service, which she was set to officiate. Molme believed that the child had been brought inside by a member of the church, police said.
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Hours later, however, Molme realized that her child was not inside the church or with any of the church’s members, a release by the police department shows.
The release shows that Molme immediately went out to her car, where she found the child in the car seat, unresponsive.
After first responders showed up, the child was taken to the hospital, where she later died, according to investigators.
Molme faces a charge of aggravated manslaughter of a child.
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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Lyman High School is offering parents full refunds for yearbooks after material was included that shows “LGBTQ” content, according to the school district.
One page in the high school’s yearbook shows a list of “LGBTQ” terms, including phrases like “genderfluid,” “nonbinary” and “pansexual.”
Afterward, school officials released a statement, promising parents that full refunds or revised yearbooks would be available for those who originally purchased a yearbook with the offending content.
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Dear Lyman High School Parent/Guardian:
I hope that your family enjoyed the end to another school year and the start of summer break. The Greyhound family gave a strong send-off to the Class of 2023 at graduation on May 17th, and I was honored to award high school diplomas to hundreds of deserving students!
I am writing to you today in response to information that was brought to my attention regarding content published in the Lyman High School yearbook. Specifically, two pages included information regarding sexual orientation/gender identity. A few students and parents have reported that they found this content to be inappropriate.
Yearbooks are classified as school-sponsored student publications. SCPS School Board Policy 5722 provides for review prior to publication, which is the responsibility of the school’s administration.
While this matter is being reviewed further at the district level, any student or parent who purchased a copy of the 2022-23 Lyman yearbook may choose to return it to the school for a full refund or request an exchange for a re-printed yearbook that omits the pages in question. If you wish to take advantage of either option, please email your request to lymanbook@scps.k12.fl.us by Thursday, June 29th.
Superintendent Serita D. Beamon
Danielle Pomeranz, the high school’s former yearbook advisor, argued against the decision.
“We think that it’s important that our book remains inclusive and represents all of the students at Lyman High School,” Pomeranz said.
Meanwhile, Sharmon Craft is among the parents who believe the page is inappropriate.
“This gender ideology crap has parents in an uproar because it’s disgusting and wrong for an adult to sexualize a minor,” Craft said on Facebook. “The district superintendent is ordering the school to give full refunds or have the books reprinted without the glossary of perverse sexual attractions and pronouns.”
District officials said they have received four parent complaints so far.
Any parents looking for a refund or exchange can email lymanbook@scps.k12.fl.us by Thursday, June 29.
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ORANGE CITY, Fla. – An Orange City councilwoman sparked controversy after handing out nearly 2,000 American flags for Memorial Day earlier this week.
Councilwoman Kellianne Marks, who is running for mayor, distributed the flags along with a campaign letter to homes throughout the community as a way to celebrate the holiday and announce her candidacy.
“I wanted the people to know that I support veterans, basically, and that I was trying to start a tradition,” Marks told News 6. “They do this back in my hometown, so I thought, ‘You know, why don’t I do this here?’”
Marks said she spent around $3,500 to buy American flags made by Soldiers’ Angels, a nonprofit group aimed at helping U.S. service members, veterans and their families.
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Along with her supporters, Marks said she then spent a few days leading up to Memorial Day putting the flags up near homes in the Orange City community. The flags were accompanied by a small card that had her campaign information printed on it.
While Marks meant for the gesture to help celebrate Memorial Day, some members of the community were unhappy with handouts.
“One of (Marks’ constituents called her) and said, ‘This is a disgrace,’” said Debbie Wright, Marks’ campaign manager. “Because you’ve got your advertisement under the flag, and that’s not the way it’s supposed to be.”
Wright told News 6 that the campaign discussed the issue with veterans and other members of the community, and those consulted “seemed to be pretty happy about it.”
However, city officials said they received some complaints over social media about the flags, prompting the city to look into the issue further.
According to city officials, there were no formal complaints filed, but the flags were considered a violation of code enforcement due to the addition of Marks’ political advertisement.
“They were saying that it’s in the right of way, and you have to take them all down before 3 o’clock on Friday,” Wright explained.
Marks said this was a major issue, as she had her supporters help her put them up over Memorial Day weekend. With the work week already underway, she didn’t have the people necessary to take them all back down.
“It took us five days to put out, and to be truthful, the people that helped me put them out are not available now because it was a holiday,” Marks said. “They were all also working everything, so it was me and Debbie. I’m like, ‘Oh my.’”
Despite the ordinance, Marks said she’s also had people approach her to ask for their flags not to be removed.
“Now, people are going crazy that they don’t want them taken down,” Marks stated. “So I got one person that says, ‘Take them down,’ and then the city says, ‘Take them down.’ And now, I get all these other people — a whole feed on Facebook, saying, ‘We don’t want you to take them down.’”
Marks said she is still planning to take down as many of the flags as possible before Friday afternoon, though she also announced that anyone who wants to keep their flag should place it on their lawn outside of the right-of-way.
Alternatively, those who have had their flags picked up already can request another one by reaching out to Marks or texting (386) 316-2959.
She also issued the following statement in regard to the incident:
“It was not my intention to offend anyone. My idea was to put out 3000 flags for the community to display and show support for our Veterans who have fallen and to honor the Memorial Holiday. I attached a postcard to announce my candidacy and to show my constituents that I support Veterans.”
Orange City District 4 Councilwoman Kellianne Marks
Marks and Wright said they would be repurposing the flags they pick up to hand out for a July 4 event planned for later this summer.
She has previously worked on programs like the “Backpack Buddies” nonprofit, which is aimed at tackling food insecurity for local families and students. For more information on that program, click here.
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GREENSBORO — Prosecutors on Thursday described a horrific scene in which no adult was close at hand to save two young boys from dying in a house fire in March.
Firefighters could not get in the front door, which was blocked from the inside, and a mattress leaning up against a wall obstructed the only other doorway, prosecutors told District Court Judge Brian Tomlin. The home’s old windows were also too high for a young child to reach.
Additionally, there was no early warning from smoke detectors, which prosecutors said the homeowner, 36-year-old Michael Christopher Dennis, would install for visits by Social Services — and then remove once they left.
Dennis was charged Wednesday with two counts of felony child abuse after police said they determined he was “neglectful and abusive.” His 2-year-old-son and the child’s friend, Cash Whitaker, 3, died at the man’s Glenside Drive home. The boys were found in a room across the hall from where prosecutors say they believe the fire originated.
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Dennis, who was jailed on a $1 million bond, had his first appearance in court on Thursday.
Prosecutors said Dennis lived at the residence with his children and Noelle Cervantes, 33, and her children. Dennis was at work when the fire started, but went to the house when told of the fire. It’s unclear where Cervantes was when the fire began, but firefighters say she was outside the home when they arrived. Cervantes, who was pregnant, was hospitalized in critical condition; her baby, who was delivered prematurely, survived.
The official cause of the fire is “undetermined.”
In court, prosecutors noted the “extremely dangerous and reckless” decision to leave two children alone who had a previous history of playing with lighters.
Cervantes, 33, was jailed Tuesday on a $1 million bond after her arrest on two counts each of second-degree murder and felony child abuse. On Wednesday, Tomlin chose not to change her bond amount.
Tomlin said the $1 million bond set for Dennis far exceeded the maximum recommended bond for his charges. Tomlin asked several questions of prosecutors, who said they were not contemplating filing murder charges against Dennis.
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GREENSBORO — It’s been a good news/bad news situation for Guilford County Schools workers calling for increased wages, including those who rallied downtown on Thursday.
The good news: The Guilford County Board of Education asked commissioners for a 41% hike to the school district’s annual operating budget. The district is looking to lead the market in how much it pays the daily workers who support educators — people such as bus drivers and custodians — as well as providing an increase to the local pay supplement for teachers.
The bad: With other priorities at stake, County Manager Michael Halford is recommending that the district receive no increase in funding.
In his proposal, Halford wrote that the request “far exceeds the estimated resources available to the county next fiscal year.” He recommends that the Board of Commissioners talk to the school board to learn more about what funding the district might expect to receive from the state and other sources.
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“We know that they can do better than that by our public schools,” said Joanna Pendleton, a librarian at Brightwood Elementary School. Pendleton said that her hopes have been buoyed by the Guilford County Association of Educators hearing from some commissioners who say they want more money funneled to the district.
The association’s most consistent tactic this spring has been for district workers to tell their stories and make their own cases in support of raises. That’s what happened during Thursday’s rally at Phill G. McDonald Plaza, which took place just before a scheduled county commissioners meeting and public hearing on the budget.
“We are the backbone of the schools,” said Loretta Bennett, the lead custodian at Christine Joyner Greene Education Center.
Bennett said her pay does not reflect her years of experience or the leadership duties she performs. That’s something that the district’s plan hopes to change, and a point other workers also mentioned during the rally.
They presented Commissioner Mary Beth Murphy with a giant, signed petition bearing photos of workers from various schools who are calling for help from elected officials.
“We can, and we will, do something,” Murphy said. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/guliford-county-association-of-educators-budget/article_b70db5a6-00c6-11ee-acdc-a75dabfe2d86.html | 2023-06-02T03:23:37 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/guliford-county-association-of-educators-budget/article_b70db5a6-00c6-11ee-acdc-a75dabfe2d86.html |
KENNER, La. — A man driving past a fire at a Kenner home stopped to rescue those inside. Thanks to his and others' selfless heroism, more than a dozen people are safe.
Jonathan McCray says he's far from a hero, but the man who refuses to be called a hero, did something very heroic.
"Man I was just passing by leaving my brunch, I seen the smoke, hey I just went into survival, help everybody out man, that was really it," McCray said. "My car was still running, I didn't even turn my car off or nothing, I just ran in there and started grabbing people."
He pulled people and dogs out of the house.
"I am definitely scared of fires, I know I had the opportunity before it got bad. It was just starting, it was maybe two/three minutes in so I knew I had time to get in there, by the time I got in there, the smoke started getting real thick," McCray said. "I was grabbing everybody and just pulling them and grabbing them dogs and throwing them out the door it was a lot."
According to Chief Terence Morris with Kenner Fire Department said there were 15 people inside, most of them were kids. The fire started around 11 a.m., and firefighters had it under control within 90 minutes.
Java Jordan witnessed the fire, she said she saw McCray saving those trapped inside.
"We saw some smoke going up and then when I came out, I saw the side of the house on fire, so I was screaming and hollering, saying 'Somebody help, somebody help,'" Jordan said.
All that could be saved was what could be carried out. According to Chief Morris, the cause is still under investigation. A Firefighter was taken to hospital for a heat-related illness.
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University of Idaho leaders have remained steadfast in their confidence in a proposal to acquire the large online higher education institution the University of Phoenix.
UI President C. Scott Green and other university leaders held a Q-and-A with state lawmakers Thursday in Moscow regarding the proposal, which was greenlit to move forward in the process by a unanimous State Board of Education vote on May 18.
“We get one chance at this transformative endeavor, and I would not be moving forward if I was not completely confident in the work that has been done to understand and shore up risks, identify opportunities and find synergies between our two institutions,” Green said.
Rep. Dustin Manwaring, R-Pocatello, and Sen. Mark Harris, R-Soda Springs, asked about the university’s statutory and constitutional authority to make the sale, the potential risks and benefits to Idaho’s students, the motivations for the school’s owners to sell, and oversight of the nonprofit entity that will oversee the University of Phoenix if the sale does go through, among other questions.
Officials also addressed other legislators’ submitted questions about ongoing liability, competitiveness between the two institutions, broadband access to support programs statewide, and the costs of creating UI’s own online platform.
The recent State Board of Education decision will allow UI to create a not-for-profit entity called NewU that would issue the bonds to go forward with the purchase; the net purchase price is $350 million.
Manwaring asked if lawmakers and the public could be assured that there’s been a thorough review of the university’s authority to move forward under state law as well as what contractual obligations it would take on moving forward.
Nick Miller, a partner at the Boise-based law firm Hawley Troxell, said the main issue is that the university will incur some liabilities by issuing debt through what’s essentially a leveraged buyout. However, UI’s obligations would be minimal because the debt will be secured through the University of Phoenix’s (UoPX) revenues, “which are significant.”
“So in a perfect world, there’s no obligation to the University of Idaho at all,” Miller said.
There may be a requirement from the bond market to pledge funds as a backstop if UoPX’s revenues aren’t enough to make bond payments.
“That pledge will be limited to being sourced from university funds, not state funds, we cannot access appropriated funds, we cannot pledge appropriated funds for that purpose,” Miller said.
He said case law finds that if the funds pledged aren’t from the state, then it wouldn’t be considered the state’s debt.
Harris asked why the UoPX’s owners were looking to sell, given that it is reporting profitability.
Leaders from UoPX previously told the Idaho Press there was a time horizon on the investment that is ending, which is why the private equity firm that holds it is looking to sell and move on.
A submitted question asked about the potential for ongoing liability for costs associated with pending Borrower Defense Claims against UoPX. Green previously told the Idaho Press it’s estimated this liability could come to up to about $7 million annually.
He said Thursday there are a number of mitigating measures that UI would implement, including an agreement from UoPX to leave $200 million with NewU if the transaction goes through.
He said, that “for an $800 million business, even if it is $7 million, that can be easily handled by that business.”
Another questioned if UI and UoPX would be competing with each other.
“We are competing currently,” Green responded, “but if we affiliate, we won’t be.”
He said the university is looking at opportunities to create pathways between the institutions, for instance if a UI student may want to take an online UoPX class to graduate more quickly or a UoPX graduate student may want to go in a physical lab or do field research at UI.
Harris asked about how in-state or out-of-state tuition would work at UoPX.
Because the University of Phoenix is a national online school, in-state tuition wouldn’t be offered to Idaho students. However, Green said he would want to pursue an opportunity to create scholarships for students in the state to better access its classes.
Green also fielded submitted questions regarding Idaho’s broadband infrastructure and if UI looked into the cost of building its own online platform compared to the purchase price of UoPX.
Idaho’s broadband infrastructure still has more work that needs to be done, Green said, although the state and federal governments have recently made investments to strengthen it. He also noted the during the pandemic, UI upgraded the broadband at its extension offices and research centers, which UoPX students could use if they didn’t have reliable access to the internet at home.
Green said building out as expensive of an online platform as UoPX’s would be “a tall order,” and it wouldn’t’ come with the 85,000 students who are currently enrolled in the online university’s programs.
“Here we get it all at once,” he said.
Manwaring asked who would oversee the not-for-profit entity NewU.
UI Provost and Executive Vice President Torrey Lawrence said NewU would be governed by an independent board that meets accreditation requirements from UoPX’s accreditor. The State Board of Education, which sits in as UI’s board of regents, would select the members of NewU’s board, he said.
These requirements include that the board is majority independent, meaning they have no economic connection to the operation of the entity
Green said the transaction is in alignment with goals state lawmakers have put forth for Idaho’s universities, including running more “business-like,” creating pathways for rural students, and producing degrees for in-demand jobs.
“This transaction responds to all of those asks,” Green said.
The acquisition cannot move forward until it is approved by both institutions’ accreditors.
UI officials are slated to discuss the proposal with the state budget-writing committee on June 16.
“There are many opportunities ahead, most have yet to be developed,” Green said. “But none of them are possible until we have a successful transaction.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/university-of-idaho-answers-lawmakers-questions-about-university-of-phoenix-transaction/article_f4a1d336-00d3-11ee-af03-d7e8605790a0.html | 2023-06-02T03:26:38 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/university-of-idaho-answers-lawmakers-questions-about-university-of-phoenix-transaction/article_f4a1d336-00d3-11ee-af03-d7e8605790a0.html |
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, 7 p.m. Friday, The Royal Grove. Nashville’s Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors will start their summer tour behind their soon-to-be-released album “Strangers No More” at the Royal Grove Friday.
That’s the ninth long-player from the group, fronted by Memphis native singer-songwriter Holcomb who crafts a blend of Jackson Browne, Lyle Lovett and acoustic-rooted rock ‘n’ roll that fits the amorphous Americana label and does so with skill and confidence.
“Strangers No More,” set for release June 7, is filled with songs co-written by the likes of Natalie Hemby and Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor that connect with their insightful personal observations and beautifully arranged playing, a combination that peaks on the gorgeous “Fly.”
Of Virtue with Evil Shadows, Crack Mountain, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 1867 Bar. Of Virtue proudly and appropriately announces itself as “heavy music from Michigan.” Formed in 2009 by guitarists Damon Tate and Michael Valadez, who found each other on MySpace (remember MySpace?) and put the Lansing band after all of the members completed their education at, we assume, Michigan State.
Of Virtue has recorded three albums and two EPs and is touring to build a fan base, starting a western U.S. run at 1867 Bar on Saturday.
Death Angel with Vicerous, Molten and Cyphen, 6 p.m. Sunday, The Royal Grove. Death Angel was one of the key Bay Area thrash metal bands of the ’80s, along with the likes of Megadeth, Metallica and Slayer, before breaking up in 1991.
Reforming in 1991, the group is now led by founding guitarist Rob Cavestany and vocalist Mark Osegueda, who has sung on all nine Death Angel albums. In the last two years, the band has been a constant tour club and festival staple, bringing the heavy, driving sounds that have made it one of the “big eight” of thrash, a group that also includes Anthrax, Testament, Exodus and Overkill.
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L. Kent Wolgamott, the recipient of the 2018 Mayor’s Arts Award, has written about arts and entertainment for Lincoln newspapers since 1985, reviewing thousands of movies and concerts and hundreds of art exhibitions. | https://journalstar.com/life-entertainment/local/heres-whats-going-on-in-lincolns-music-scene-this-weekend/article_04bf869e-ff0a-11ed-90f0-a7cf7c41caf8.html | 2023-06-02T03:27:54 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/life-entertainment/local/heres-whats-going-on-in-lincolns-music-scene-this-weekend/article_04bf869e-ff0a-11ed-90f0-a7cf7c41caf8.html |
GULFPORT, Fla. — Tampa Bay-area cities rose pride flags on Thursday as the LGBTQ community kicked off Pride month. This year, however, new laws are restricting how pride parades look.
This weekend, those in Gulfport are getting ready to celebrate theirs.
"I’m a performer first and foremost and there’s nothing wrong with us," a male performer in Gulfport, Silver Foxx, said.
Foxx will be performing this weekend at the Gulfport Pride Parade, but not in public this year.
"It’s sad that I can’t perform on stage outside because there might be kids there," Foxx expressed.
New laws restrict Foxx's performance. Foxx explained the vice mayor of Gulfport alerted him that he will perform inside with people 21 years and older.
"I came out a long time ago and to think that I have to go back in the closet, it’s not going to happen. I’m out, I’m proud," Foxx said.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 1438 into law in May. It prohibits businesses from allowing children to watch adult live performances.
"I mean, you'll have situations where you will have like an 8-year-old girl there, where you have these like really explicit shows and that is inappropriate," DeSantis said during a news conference on May 17.
With the new law, city officials are making sure they follow the new rules. Some local municipality leaders are personally impacted by the new laws involving the LGBTQ community.
"To see this come back again is very disheartening, to say the least," Gulfport Vice Mayor Paul Ray said.
Ray watched as the pride flag was raised in his city Thursday night. Ray said the city made changes for this weekend’s pride parade and moved drag performances indoors.
"There are people who are very concerned and very worried and the fear level is much higher," Ray explained.
Brianna Summers is a drag performer and won’t let fear stop her from performing.
"I never thought that I would be standing in the halls of Tallahassee in the Capitol building saying that I’m here to fight for my human rights," Summers said.
No matter what obstacles state leaders put in Summers' way, she said drag will continue.
"We raise the flag to let people know we have been resilient. That we will continue to fight for our rights, for liberties, for existing as human beings," Summers said.
Gulfport’s Pride parade is on Saturday, June 3. All drag performances will be inside with adults only to follow state law. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/tampa-bay-pride-flags-fly-lgbtq/67-86604c35-ab8d-4b97-97c5-a59d49178118 | 2023-06-02T03:39:03 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/tampa-bay-pride-flags-fly-lgbtq/67-86604c35-ab8d-4b97-97c5-a59d49178118 |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — For the first time in seven years, Multnomah County is taking applications again for its Housing Choice Voucher Program waitlist.
The Home Forward program will only be open for five days starting Monday, June 5 at 9 a.m. and closing Friday, June 9 at 11:59 p.m.
“We are at the nearing the end of the previous lists that we opened in 2016. We’re at the last couple-hundred names on that list. We won’t pull and work through those here in the next month or so. And so it prepared us for this opportunity to open a new waitlist,” said a spokesperson for Home Forward.
The program is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/multnomah-county-housing-voucher-wait-list-to-re-open-monday/ | 2023-06-02T03:44:09 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/multnomah-county-housing-voucher-wait-list-to-re-open-monday/ |
Elizabeth Granger got teary-eyed Thursday afternoon at the Allen County Public Library.
The downtown location, where Granger stood behind a second-floor lectern, houses a Genealogy Center that has helped thousands of people discover their family background.
Granger is one of them.
A Nunica, Michigan, resident, Granger talked about her quest to learn about one of her grandfather’s children, who did not grow up with the rest of the family in Croatia or in the U.S., where many had relocated.
Parts of her family’s background remained a mystery, even after a trip to Croatia, until Granger connected with the Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne.
“Because of you, families sparkle with knowledge of their history,” Granger said during a ceremony where the Midwest Travel Writers Association she is part of presented two GEMmy Awards to the library.
One award was for the Genealogy Center and the other was for the Rolland Center for Lincoln Research. The awards are recognition for venues any traveler should consider visiting – gems that help make trips “a rich, rewarding and memorable experience,” according to a news release.
The honors, announced earlier this week and presented Thursday, are the only GEMmy Awards the travel writers group will give this year.
The organization has awarded up to eight GEMmies in a single year, but “many times none,” Granger said in a brief interview after the ceremony.
The local Genealogy Center is nationally known, as is The Rolland Center for Lincoln Research, which has more than 20,000 artifacts related to President Abraham Lincoln.
The Midwest Travel Writers Association, which held its annual conference in Fort Wayne last year, allows its members to nominate places for GEMmy Awards.
Granger, a freelance travel writer with 34 years’ experience, presented the award for the Genealogy Center.
Damaine Vonada, another veteran travel writer and author who lives in Xenia, Ohio, presented the award to the Rolland Center for Lincoln Research and talked about its history and impact in Fort Wayne.
Vonada was particularly impressed by some original photos she found in a photo album at the Rolland Center. She said the library is home to a “national treasure that blends history with modern technology.”
Curt Witcher, director of special collections for the local library system, called the GEMmy Awards an honor.
“To have people moved to tears, satisfying tears, fulfilling tears is really amazing,” he said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/genealogy-and-lincoln-research-centers-changing-lives-keeping-fort-wayne-in-the-spotlight/article_d3c65c1c-00c5-11ee-bc33-bf2e8108a271.html | 2023-06-02T03:51:45 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/genealogy-and-lincoln-research-centers-changing-lives-keeping-fort-wayne-in-the-spotlight/article_d3c65c1c-00c5-11ee-bc33-bf2e8108a271.html |
A Fort Wayne police pursuit ended with minor injuries, damage to four cars near Lake Avenue and North Anthony Boulevard and a 19-year-old’s arrest, officers said Thursday.
The pursuit began about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday near Colerick Street and Holton Avenue when Justice T. Smith fled from police during a stop for a traffic violation, the Fort Wayne Police Department said in a news release.
The chase continued when Smith’s vehicle was disabled after he struck four vehicles near the intersection of Lake and North Anthony and fled on foot, police spokesman Sgt. John Nichter said in an email.
Smith was eventually apprehended by police.
The drivers of the four damaged vehicles went to a hospital for treatment. The most serious injury was a broken arm, Nichter said.
Police recovered a gun near 2100 Reed Street that officials said was thrown from the vehicle during the pursuit.
Smith was charged with felony resisting law enforcement and three misdemeanor charges. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/police-pursuit-ends-in-minor-injuries-arrest/article_e83bc05e-00c7-11ee-abfa-973d14b41d64.html | 2023-06-02T03:51:51 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/police-pursuit-ends-in-minor-injuries-arrest/article_e83bc05e-00c7-11ee-abfa-973d14b41d64.html |
The St. Joseph Community Health Foundation recently awarded $585,800 in grants, bring the total this year to 59 donations.
The following nonprofits and grassroots organizations were grant recipients (amounts not disclosed):
• Alive Community Outreach
• Bridge of Grace Compassionate Ministry
• Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana
• Catholic Charities Fort Wayne South Bend
• Christian Community Healthcare
• Community Transportation Network
• Courageous Healing
• Easterseals Arc of Northeast Indiana
• Fort Wayne Medical Education Program/Family Medicine Center
• Greater Fort Wayne Inc.
• Headwaters Counseling
• Hope Alive
• League for the Blind & Disabled
• Lutheran Agency for Missions to Burmese (LAMB)
• Matthew 25 Health and Care
• Mental Health America of Northeast Indiana's Adult Guardianship Program
• Miss Virginia’s Food Pantry
• New Mercies Ministries
• Northeast Indiana Positive Resource Connection
• Out of a Jam
• Redemption House Ministries
• SCAN
• St. Joseph Missions
• University of Saint Francis' Public Health Fellow program
• Society of St. Vincent de Paul
• Wellspring Interfaith Social Services
• YWCA Northeast Indiana
• Young Life | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/st-joe-foundation-awards-grants/article_769f2282-00eb-11ee-8215-afa702aa42ef.html | 2023-06-02T03:51:58 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/st-joe-foundation-awards-grants/article_769f2282-00eb-11ee-8215-afa702aa42ef.html |
The Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research awarded 10 News Anchor John Carlin its inaugural Crystal Sarcoidosis Inspiration Award for his contributions to the fight against the disease, most notably the FSR Sarc Fighter podcast.
In the FSR Sarc Fighter podcast, Carlin interviews patients, researchers, physicians, and industry leaders to help listeners understand the latest in the battle with a disease for which there is no known cause or cure.
The podcast has been instrumental in helping to gel the sarcoidosis community, which is widely scattered across the United States. Only about 200,000 people suffer from the disease in the U.S.
Carlin also serves as a volunteer advocate for the Foundation, helping other patients navigate to proper care or answering their questions. He also serves as co-chair of the Foundation’s Patient Advisory Committee, which assists the board of directors with input from the patient’s perspective.
Carlin, whose illness is successfully controlled with medication, said he was thrilled to accept the award, during the gala, which was held at Union Station in Washington, D.C.
Carlin thanked the Foundation, members of the medical community, and most importantly the patients who have been willing to share their stories publicly.
“In this ‘HIPPA’ world, where we are not supposed to talk about our health issues, people have been willing to join me on the podcast and pour their hearts out while sharing very personal details,” Carlin said. “They are the true reason the podcast has gained the following that it has.”
Three other people who have made significant contributions to the battle with sarcoidosis also received awards.
They include:
- The FSR Sarcoidosis Crystal Spotlight Award was presented to Dr. Jeryl Prescott Gallien, an actor from AMC’s Walking Dead and BET’s All the Queen’s Men and spokesperson for FSR’s Ignore No More: African American Women & Sarcoidosis National Campaign,
- The FSR Sarcoidosis Crystal Community Engagement Award was presented to Dr. George Mensah, Director of The Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science (CTRIS) at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),
- The FSR Sarcoidosis Crystal Award for Excellence in Research and Clinical Care was presented to Dr. Marjolein Drent, member of FSR Scientific Advisory Board member, Professor emeritus ILD at the FHML of the Maastricht University, NL, guest senior researcher at the ILD Center of Excellence, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, NL, Chair ILD Care Foundation and an honorary member of Sarcoidose.nl (Dutch Sarcoidosis Patient Association). She has been involved in sarcoidosis care and research for over 30 years. She has received several awards and honors, including the ‘World Sarcoidosis Person of the Year Award’ in 2012 in Dublin, Ireland, and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Lifetime Achievement Award ILD. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/02/10-news-anchor-john-carlin-receives-award-from-the-foundation-for-sarcoidosis-research/ | 2023-06-02T03:53:11 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/02/10-news-anchor-john-carlin-receives-award-from-the-foundation-for-sarcoidosis-research/ |
ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – UPDATE
A deputy and two inmates were taken to the hospital after a crash on I-81 in Roanoke County Thursday evening, according to Virginia State Police.
The crash happened on I-81 South when a Botetourt County Sheriff’s Office vehicle, which was transporting two inmates, was rear-ended by a Ford pickup, police said.
After the sheriff’s office vehicle was hit, it overturned in the median, according to VSP.
Police said the deputy and the two inmates were taken to Lewis Gale Medical Center for treatment of their injuries. No word on their current conditions.
We’re told VDOT is setting up a traffic detour at the 137 exit to route traffic around the crash until the area is cleared.
As of 11:27 p.m., VDOT reports traffic backups of nearly three miles. Crews say the left lane and south left shoulder are still closed.
ORIGINAL STORY
If you plan to head south on I-81 in Roanoke County this evening, you may want to find a different route.
According to VDOT, a crash has closed all southbound lanes at mile marker 133.8.
As of 9:57 p.m., crews say traffic was backed up around 2.5 miles | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/02/crash-on-i-81-in-roanoke-county-causes-lane-closures-traffic-backups/ | 2023-06-02T03:53:17 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/02/crash-on-i-81-in-roanoke-county-causes-lane-closures-traffic-backups/ |
POLLOCK PINES, Calif. — Family members say a young girl hit by a van in Pollock Pines is currently in stable condition at the hospital.
"They're monitoring her very, very closely. The staff at UC Davis is amazing... she's stable. So those numbers are stable for the moment and that's all we can ask for right now," said Allison Warren, the child's aunt.
Warren said her niece Juniper Ammons, 4, was one of the five children hit by an appliance van in Pollock Pines.
"They were walking across the street at the time (on a field trip to a park), and the young man did not see them and ran into five children who were all injured. And Juniper was one of them," she said.
She said her sister and brother-in-law have been by Juniper's side since she arrived to the hospital. Warren's role, as the older sister, and her family's role, for now, is to serve as a rock for them despite how challenging it may be.
"My sister Jill, my sister Kelsey, and myself were there today with her. But we're strong in front of her and then we have our moments where we get in the car and just kind of scream it out and then and then we go back up and we support," said Warren.
One of the things the family is asking for right now is a prayer from anyone willing to share one.
"Right now, the more prayers we get, the louder we are, and she (Juniper) needs that -- she needs that support," said Warren.
The hope is that Juniper goes back to being the "ray of sunshine" they know her to be.
"She lights up a room... We laugh because we talk about her being such an old soul. She says things that you're like, 'How did that come out of a four-year-old's mouth. She and just, the largest heart ever. All she wants to do is help people," said Warren.
As Juniper recovers in the hospital, her aunts have put together a GoFundMe to support her and her family. The fundraiser aims to help them with food, toiletries and child care for Juniper's baby sister.
"I thought we would share it with a few friends, and it would get enough to handle some DoorDash gift cards while we were sitting there so we could DoorDash food to them and make sure that my sister and Trevor ate and drank and were able to be comfortable. And then to see that (support). I mean, it's astonishing," she said.
The GoFundMe is available HERE. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/family-identifies-one-five-children-hurt-pollock-pines-crash/103-68b6ee56-76e6-4094-8d72-2dcc5811d548 | 2023-06-02T03:56:53 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/family-identifies-one-five-children-hurt-pollock-pines-crash/103-68b6ee56-76e6-4094-8d72-2dcc5811d548 |
Metro Detroit 7th grader makes it to final round in national spelling bee before he's knocked out
A Waterford Township seventh grader competed in the final round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee but was knocked out of the competition by a thick-walled sponge.
Aryan Khedkar, 12, was among the last standing in the Thursday night finals. He is a Baker Middle School student and was sponsored by the Oakland Schools Education Foundation. It was his first time competing in the bee.
His first challenge on Thursday was "elaeodochon," defined as the oil gland of a bird situated near the base of the tail. On the second round, when contestants have to identify the meanings of words, he correctly defined "vermiculate" as something shaped like a worm.
His next word to spell was "dorr," as in "there are many a dorr in Maine's Acadia National Park," as pronouncer Jacques Bailly explained. Khedkar correctly spelled the word for a glacial trough crossing a ridge or mountain range.
But Khedkar misspelled his next word, "pharetrone," a group of thick-walled sponges. Four contestants were left after Khedkar was out of the competition.
Dev Shah, a 14-year-old eighth grader from Largo, Florida, won the bee on the word "psammophile," an organism that prefers or thrives in sandy soils or areas, according to Merriam-Webster.
Khedkar enjoys solving Rubik's Cubes, playing basketball, reading, writing, math and singing, according to his spelling bee biography. He plays bass clarinet at school.
ckthompson@detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/06/01/metro-detroit-7th-grader-makes-it-to-final-round-in-national-spelling-bee-before-hes-knocked-out/70280000007/ | 2023-06-02T03:59:31 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/06/01/metro-detroit-7th-grader-makes-it-to-final-round-in-national-spelling-bee-before-hes-knocked-out/70280000007/ |
Pride flag flies on 'iconic' flagpole at Mackinac Policy Conference
Pride flags were flown outside the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island during the Detroit Regional Chamber's annual policy conference for the first time Thursday.
The moment marked the state's recent expansion of protections for LGBTQ residents, the beginning of Pride Month and the chamber's interest in attracting a talented workforce to Michigan.
"We thought it was really important to fly these flags from one of the most iconic flagpoles in Michigan," said Brad Williams, Detroit Regional Chamber vice president of government relations.
Surveys conducted on behalf of the chamber show LGBTQ+ issues are business issues, Williams said. A majority of workers, particularly young workers, said they want to live and work in places where they have equal rights and can love whomever they want. Businesses' chief demand is for a talented workforce.
"This is an issue that drives talent to the state, so this has been part of our legislative priorities since (2014)," Williams said.
The chamber bought the flags and will give them to the hotel after the conference, since next year's conference won't fall during June, which is Pride Month.
Inside the Grand Hotel's theater, a Pride flag was displayed on the screen with the words "a safe, welcoming place" while Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivered her annual address to a packed crowd of the state's business, political and civic leaders.
"While some states demonize the LGBTQ+ community, Michigan is expanding civil rights so that everyone has freedom to be who they are," Whitmer said.
Whitmer signed legislation in March that added sexual orientation and gender identity to the Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act, the state's anti-discrimination law that provides protections in employment, housing and public accommodations.
The flag displayed on the hotel is known as Progress Pride flag, according to the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ+ organization that fights discrimination. The Progress Pride flag contains white, pink and blue stripes to represent trans people, and black and brown stripes to represent people of color.
The chamber has advocated for including LGBTQ+ protections in Elliott Larsen for nearly a decade, Williams said.
"This is an issue that is in our DNA," he said. "We're not just a fly-by-night organization on this."
ckthompson@detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/06/01/pride-flag-flies-on-iconic-flagpole-at-mackinac-policy-conference/70279780007/ | 2023-06-02T03:59:43 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/06/01/pride-flag-flies-on-iconic-flagpole-at-mackinac-policy-conference/70279780007/ |
PLAINS, Pa. — Party on the Patio is back at Mohegan Pennsylvania in Luzerne County.
The 16-week concert series kicked off in Plains Township.
Tribute bands and local food trucks will be featured each week.
"I mean, it kinda is a party, but it's still fun at the same time. We enjoy some good music, good food, good people. They all come together. It just honestly brings everyone together, and it's just peaceful. I love it," said Robert Flynn of Peckville.
Party on the Patio runs until September 14 at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
For a full list of bands, CLICK HERE.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/party-on-the-patio-returns-to-mohegan-pennsylvania-party-on-the-patio-is-back-at-mohegan-pennsylvania-in-luzerne-county-wnep/523-c6175275-cc89-42eb-9496-edacf8f24d2f | 2023-06-02T04:03:41 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/party-on-the-patio-returns-to-mohegan-pennsylvania-party-on-the-patio-is-back-at-mohegan-pennsylvania-in-luzerne-county-wnep/523-c6175275-cc89-42eb-9496-edacf8f24d2f |
COLUMBIA, Md. — A local high school junior is merging two big interests - improv and helping kids - and it all started within the halls of Hammond High School in Columbia.
"I wake up every day, and I feel so lucky. I feel so, so privileged," said Sebastian Hurt, a junior at the high school in Howard County.
Hurt's charity-improv show, billed Laughing Matters June 1, raised funds at the door and online. The money goes to immigrant children in need through a charity called KIND (Kids in Need of Defense), helps pay for lawyers for those children at the southern border.
Hurt’s vision began with a high school government class. He chose to do this show a year ago as part of a project - setting the stage for round two Thursday night.
"Honestly, it’s just kind of a staggering amount of pride," Marcus Hurt, Sebastian's dad, told WMAR.
"It's very amazing. It’s exciting to see that he’s caring about other kids. And hopefully through comedy, through some people having fun, we can capture some of this money, and hopefully some kids who are in need of legal defense can benefit from it," Hurt added.
As of Thursday night, they’d raised about $2,000 online, and that’s not counting the in-person funds they brought in at the show. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/charity-meets-improv-at-high-school-in-howard-county | 2023-06-02T04:14:45 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/charity-meets-improv-at-high-school-in-howard-county |
CROWN POINT — An Illinois man who robbed a Crown Point man May 22 outside the victim's home is facing four felony charges, police said Thursday.
Demonte Kentrell Vance-Williams, 28, was charged with armed robbery, confinement, unlawful possession of a firearm and pointing a firearm, according to court documents.
Police said he followed the victim, driving from a local casino to the man's home with the intention of taking his winnings. The man had cashed about $3,200 in chips from the casino.
St. John Police CIT Officer Dustin Wartman is trained in mental health intervention.
Vance-Williams approached the man around 2:40 a.m. in the 500 block of Charles Court, pointed his gun at him and demanded that the man give him money. The man gave Vance-Williams his wallet, which contained four credit cards, $1,000 in cash and a Social Security card. Vance-Williams took the wallet, rushed back into his car and drove off. The man went inside his home and told his family to call police.
Video surveillance showed the man turning onto his street at 2:41 a.m. Seconds later, a gray Toyota Camry is shown turning on Charles Court. At 2:42 a.m., screaming is heard on the video. Less than one minute later, the Toyota Camry is seen speeding away from Charles Court without lights.
Vance-Williams was reportedly communicating by phone with another individual in the area at the time. The other person has not been charged.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Aaron Doeing Jr.
Age : 18
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304714
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Hollingsworth
Age : 36
Residence: Ford Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304719
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anastasia Clark
Age : 23
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304826
Arrest Date: May 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anthony Peters
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304722
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cameron Mills
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304752
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Candice Makiling
Age : 32
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304770
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Candice Shaw
Age : 40
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304771
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Winfield Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Charles Ward
Age : 31
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304815
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Colton Wilkey
Age : 26
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304825
Arrest Date: May 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Damien Kent
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304794
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Gianoli
Age : 46
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304788
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lowell Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Velasquez
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304749
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT OF A FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David McGuire Jr.
Age : 42
Residence: Riverdale, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304746
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - (NIBRS FRAUD OFFENSE)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dessiree Reese
Age : 39
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304791
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lowell Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devante Ricks
Age : 30
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304709
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Devion Perry
Age : 25
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304801
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devonte House
Age : 28
Residence: Dolton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304720
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dimitri Person
Age : 30
Residence: Villa Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304748
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Eddie Turnage
Age : 59
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304803
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: New Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edgar Hernandez Rodriguez
Age : 36
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304808
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Emmanuel Rivera
Age : 41
Residence: Beloit, WI
Booking Number(s): 2304798
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWi
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Eric Rangel Jr.
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304747
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Fernando Mancillas Munoz
Age : 34
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304797
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: HPDB
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Freddie Forsythe
Age : 49
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304779
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: SEX CRIME - POSSESS CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (b) ENHANCEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Glen Johnson II
Age : 33
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304688
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Henry Jones Jr.
Age : 58
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304760
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaime Najera
Age : 49
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304793
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
James Webb
Age : 52
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304751
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jelani Pruitt
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304789
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jennifer Mischka
Age : 38
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304713
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jermaine Wade Sr.
Age : 51
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304696
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jerome Cannon
Age : 37
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304697
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesus Barajas
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304727
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Chism
Age : 28
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304783
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Jones
Age : 44
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304700
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Kirk Wright
Age : 37
Residence: Rockford, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304818
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kurt McCammon Jr.
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304795
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kymari Cheeks
Age : 24
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304733
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lisette Corral
Age : 41
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304690
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Louie Campbell
Age : 44
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304816
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - USING A DEADLY WEAPON; BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Michael Hill
Age : 34
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304809
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael-Anthony Kruse
Age : 30
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304732
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Milan Tanasijevich
Age : 39
Residence: Schereville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304726
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schereville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Monique Bradford
Age : 53
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304698
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Montel Smith
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304753
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Muhammad Najeeullah
Age : 51
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304792
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nadarangua Jackson-Carson
Age : 19
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304687
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Naja Wilder
Age : 22
Residence: Blue Island, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304744
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Novae Gatewood
Age : 53
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304693
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Paris Finney
Age : 35
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304694
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: LACC
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Quintin Transou Jr.
Age : 37
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304721
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Raymond Colburn
Age : 53
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304790
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rene Rodriguez
Age : 51
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304814
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Jones
Age : 54
Residence: Weeki Wachee, FL
Booking Number(s): 2304768
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Kirk
Age : 61
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304811
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Ramos
Age : 67
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304740
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ronald Myers
Age : 57
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304804
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Semaj Reynolds
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304780
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Theron Harris Jr.
Age : 21
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304724
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Travis Walker
Age : 38
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304743
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Trina Weaver
Age : 39
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304728
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Victor Sanchez
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304766
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE (EXPLOSIVES) - UNLAWFUL POSSESSION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vincent Michalik
Age : 20
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304817
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST A PERSON < 14 YEARS OLD - BY ADULT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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TEXAS, USA — It's the start of summer which means mosquitoes, gnats, flies and all the bugs are in full force. They're the talk of social media groups, and Central Texans want them gone.
6 News spoke with three local experts who share tips on why the bugs seem more intense this year and what you can do to prevent them.
The Bug Master CEO, Dauphin Ewart, says the big thing to remember is that as little as a tablespoon of water can serve as a breeding site for mosquitoes. The more areas that you have, the higher the mosquito population around you is going to be.
Ewart recommends the following:
- Minimizing the number of breeding sites. The other really big one is gutters because they tend to be full of leaves and they hold water so cleaning them out will help.
- Wear mosquito repellent, it helps.
- Get treatments – we now have very effective ways to treat yards for mosquitos.
Service manager at 855Bugs, Robby Milam, says moisture, warmth and carbon dioxide all attract the bugs. However, one main factor is causing a spike in their recent development. Milam says the recent rainfall has been a big proponent.
With rainfall comes standing water attracts the bugs as they breed in aquatic locations, says Jason Pitts, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology in Baylor’s College of Arts and Sciences.
The critters then fly right to bushes, trees, leaves and flowers - all places where Central Texans want them gone.
Pitts and Milam recommend to dump water out of flowering pots and unclog rain gutters.
As far as gnats go, Milam says people should work on sanitation issues.
"If you have decaying material on some of your house plants, they will live in that," Milam said. "They will lay their eggs in that, so they're going to keep coming back. You want to make sure your drain is rinsed. That'll help out because a lot breed and live down there in your drains."
Pitts shared that home remedies don't work for everyone because there are many species of different types of insects. According to Pitts, there are between 85 and 90 different species of mosquitoes in Texas.
Even if it is the same species, lighting, shading, temperature, humidity and other odors could affect the effectiveness of the particular products.
"In one situation, maybe even a homegrown or a natural kind of remedy or repellent or something, might be effective, whereas maybe even a short distance away there's a completely different species that's causing the nuisance that won't be affected by that," Pitts said. "That's the challenge of trying to suggest a one size fits all."
Pitts says another misconception is fans. They can be a double-edged sword. People may think the fan is blowing the mosquito away, but in reality, they are exposing their odor to more bugs, attracting mosquitoes from far away.
To reduce your chance of being bitten, Pitts suggests reducing their breeding ground, using DEET repellants and avoid peak biting times. He says mosquitoes typically bite when the sun is rising or setting, so be cautious when participating in outdoor activities.
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