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An Allen County judge denied a request for a mistrial and sent jurors home about an hour and a half after opening statements in the trial of a man accused of stabbing a woman pregnant with his child in .
Brandon K. Williams, 42, received several charges including attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed the victim at least 48 times in their northwest Fort Wayne apartment in 2022.
Defense attorney Marcia Linsky argued that Allen County Deputy Prosecutors Tasha Lee and Shannon White did not fulfil their obligation to provide relevant information for trial. Linsky specifically referenced not receiving a redacted version of two sets of body cam footage and video from the dashcam of one vehicle.
Linsky described the issue as a “trial by ambush” to the court.
Because the prosecutors did not provide the redacted copies to the defense, Allen County Superior Judge Fran Gull said the entirety of the videos, estimated to be about two hours long, will be played for the jury when they reconvene Wednesday morning. While Gull said prosecutors should have provided the redacted copies, she denied the motion for a mistrial.
Williams was initially charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery, two counts of domestic battery, strangulation and intimidation after police allegedly found him standing over the bloodied pregnant woman.
Two 911 calls led police to the apartment where they heard the woman yelling for help, gasping and moaning, according to a probable cause affidavit written by Fort Wayne Officer Christopher McBride. She was unrecognizable because of the amount of blood and swelling, pleading with officers to save her.
“Tell everyone I love them,” the woman told police, saying she was going to die.
She was stabbed at least 48 times, suffered multiple fractures and was choked several times, according to court records. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/first-day-of-2022-attempted-murder-trial-ends-in-motion-for-mistrial-motion-denied/article_c8c70f80-0487-11ee-b08b-2f381beef5ff.html | 2023-06-06T20:24:40 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/first-day-of-2022-attempted-murder-trial-ends-in-motion-for-mistrial-motion-denied/article_c8c70f80-0487-11ee-b08b-2f381beef5ff.html |
NAPLES, Fla. — A bear was spotted by workers at the Publix Super Market at Naples Lakes Village Center on Collier Boulevard.
The bear is seen up close and personal at the front entrance near the automatic doors.
Publix workers did have the doors closed.
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), bears are found throughout Florida and will sometimes visit neighborhoods. However, if bears can’t find food, they will move on.
FWC reminds everyone that feeding bears is illegal and recommends securing garbage, pet food and birdseed.
If you have an encounter with a bear, you can contact your local FWC office or click here. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/collier-county/2023/06/06/bear-spotted-going-on-a-publix-run-in-naples/ | 2023-06-06T20:25:14 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/collier-county/2023/06/06/bear-spotted-going-on-a-publix-run-in-naples/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Riverfest continues in Wichita, and those in attendance will get the opportunity to meet some incredible horses this Thursday.
Wichita Festivals said the Clydesdales will be on the west side of the Old Library on Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
“Budweiser Clydesdales continue to be an enduring symbol of the brewer’s heritage, tradition and commitment to quality, making hundreds of appearances across the country each year,” Wichita Festivals said.
Those in attendance will get a chance to meet and learn all about the Budweiser Clydesdales.
Riverfest continues until Saturday night at 10:30 p.m. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/meet-the-budweiser-clydesdales-at-riverfest/ | 2023-06-06T20:29:04 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/meet-the-budweiser-clydesdales-at-riverfest/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — The largest credit union in Indiana is changing its name.
Teachers Credit Union (TCU) announced the change Tuesday to Everwise Credit Union "to better reflect its mission to empower and serve all people and grow beyond its original educator roots."
The Everwise brand, including a new logo, tagline and visual identity, will launch Monday, June 26.
The credit union confirmed it will remain 100% member-owned and headquarter in South Bend.
"Though we will always support local educators, it is simply time our name reflected all the members we serve today and the growth ahead," said Jason M. Osterhage, president and chief executive officer of TCU, in a statement. "We have always championed financial confidence and well-being for all of our members and all of our communities. This is the next step in our evolution, as a simple yet meaningful way to connect with people aspiring to feel more confident and in control of their money and their future."
TCU currently has more than 300,000 members and over 50 branches throughout Indiana and southwest Michigan.
Click here for more information. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/teachers-credit-union-changes-name-everwise-june-26/531-cde951d7-9c73-4a52-94bf-61fba2ebd6e8 | 2023-06-06T20:33:13 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/teachers-credit-union-changes-name-everwise-june-26/531-cde951d7-9c73-4a52-94bf-61fba2ebd6e8 |
INDIANAPOLIS — The Garage Food Hall in downtown Indianapolis needs your votes for some nationwide recognition!
Located in the Bottleworks District at 906 Carrollton Ave., The Garage Food Hall is nominated for Best Food Hall in USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards.
Voting ends Monday, July 3, and the winner will be announced Friday, July 14. You can vote once per day at this link.
The Bottleworks District opened in 2020 at one of the largest Coca-Cola bottling plants in the world.
The 30,000 square-foot food hall has more than 20 local vendors to satisfy your taste buds.
The Bottleworks Hotel was recently ranked the No. 1 best place to stay in the entire country, according to Yelp's Top 100 Places to Stay in 2023. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/the-garage-food-hall-nominated-usa-todays-readers-choice-awards-bottleworks-district/531-6907fb87-1530-4055-8738-de231847061a | 2023-06-06T20:33:19 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/the-garage-food-hall-nominated-usa-todays-readers-choice-awards-bottleworks-district/531-6907fb87-1530-4055-8738-de231847061a |
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Two people were shot in a car Tuesday in Daytona Beach, according to police.
Officers responded to Lake Forest Apartments at 600 Jimmy Ann Drive for reports of a shooting.
Two people were found with non-life-threatening injuries.
**UPDATE**
— Daytona Beach Police (@DaytonaBchPD) June 6, 2023
Two people were shot, both have non-life threatening injuries. No suspects at this time. This is an ongoing investigation.
Police said there is no information on a suspected shooter at this time.
An investigation is ongoing.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Three airlines will be relocating inside the Orlando International Airport, according to transportation officials.
Starting Wednesday, Spirit Airlines, Alaska Airlines and Breeze Airways will have new ticker counter and baggage claim locations.
For any further questions regarding your specific flight, contact your airline directly.
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Spirit Airlines:
- Ticker counter and check-in area will move from Terminal B, Level 3 to Terminal A, Level 3
- Baggage claim will relocate to Terminal A, Level 2, carousels 2 through 5
- There are no changes to gate assignments
Alaska Airlines:
- Ticker counter and check-in area will move from Terminal A, Level 3 to Terminal B, Level 3
- Baggage claim will relocate to Terminal B, Level 2, carousels 21 or 22
- There are no changes to gate assignments
Breeze Airways:
- Ticker counter and check-in area will move from Terminal A, Level 3, to Terminal B, Level 3
- Baggage claim will relocate to Terminal B, Level 2, carousels 20 or 21
- There are no changes to gate assignments
Airline Relocation Update: Starting tomorrow, June 7th, Spirit Airlines, Alaska Airlines, and Breeze Airways will be relocating in our airport. For any further questions regarding your specific flight, please contact your airline directly. Thank you. pic.twitter.com/utYIYq4KBP
— Orlando International Airport (@MCO) June 6, 2023 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/06/3-airlines-relocating-operations-at-oia-heres-which-ones/ | 2023-06-06T20:33:32 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/06/3-airlines-relocating-operations-at-oia-heres-which-ones/ |
OCALA, Fla. – Newly released incident reports show Marion County deputies were called a dozen times to an Ocala neighborhood before a mother of four was shot and killed by her neighbor.
Ajike Owens, 35, was shot through the door of her neighbor’s home on Friday when she confronted a woman about throwing a pair of roller skates at her children, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. The neighbor, whose name has not been released, was identified in a report as a 58-year-old woman.
Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said during a news conference on Monday that deputies responded over 10 times since January 2021 for a “neighborhood feud” between Owens and the woman they say shot her.
An incident report released by the sheriff’s office on Tuesday shows that the neighbor called deputies in February 2022 and reported Owens was on her property with a dog and claimed Owens threw a “no trespassing” sign at her. The neighbor said the sign hit her left shin and caused a red mark, though deputies did not see any visible injuries.
This makeshift memorial is still in place days after an Ocala mother of 4 was shot and killed after what deputies say was a neighborhood dispute. I’m gathering more information and finding out more about those prior disputes for @news6wkmg starting at 4pm. pic.twitter.com/gsJyjVONtd
— Jerry Askin (@JerryAskinNews6) June 6, 2023
Most recently, deputies responded to a trespassing call in the 1600 block of SW 108th Lane around 9 p.m. Friday when they learned that a shooting happened at the same location.
An incident report from the day of the shooting shows one of the children told deputies there was a dispute between the neighbor and the children about an iPad left on the ground near the woman’s apartment and that the neighbor threw a pair of skates at the children.
Another child reported that Owens was told what happened and Owens went to the woman’s home to confront her about hurting the children, the report shows. Owens was then shot through the door when she was knocking on it, officials said.
The report shows Owens’ children — ages 12, 9, 7 and 2 — were at the scene of the shooting when deputies arrived.
Woods said detectives are working with the State Attorney’s Office and must investigate possible self-defense claims before they can move forward with any possible criminal charges.
The sheriff pointed out that because of Florida’s stand-your-ground law, he can’t legally make an arrest unless he can prove the shooter did not act in self-defense.
Anthony D. Thomas, an attorney with Ben Crump Law, held a news conference Monday afternoon with Owens’ children, mother and community leaders, demanding justice in the shooting.
“My baby was so full of life. She was a single mother of four,” Owens’ mother Pamela Dias said. “She loved them with all her being. To know her is to know that her kids were everything. On Friday, June 2, 2023, at approximately 9 p.m., she was rendered voiceless.”
A GoFundMe was set up for Owens’ children and her funeral expenses following the shooting. As of Tuesday afternoon, it has reached nearly $62,000.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – The Ford Motor Company announced a recall on over 125,000 vehicles due to a risk of engine compartment fire.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the recall potentially affects 125,322 vehicles that include the 2020-2023 Escape, 2022-2023 Maverick and 2021-2023 Corsair vehicles equipped with 2.5L HEV or PHEV engines.
“In the event of an engine failure, engine oil and fuel vapor may be released into the engine compartment and accumulate near ignition sources such as hot engine or exhaust components, possibly resulting in an engine compartment fire,” NHTSA’s statement read in part.
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Owners of the affected hybrid or plug-in hybrid vehicles are advised to park and shut off the engine as “quickly as possible if they hear unexpected engine noises, notice a reduction in vehicle power, or see smoke.”
The NHTSA said a remedy is currently under development and letters notifying owners of the safety risk are expected to be mailed June 12, and second letters will be mailed once the remedy is available.
Owners can contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332 in reference to recall number 23S27. This recall expands and replaces recall number 22V-484. Vehicles previously repaired under 22V-484 will need to have the new remedy completed.
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
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Detroit gas station clerk who locked door before shooting to stand trial for manslaughter
Detroit — The involuntary manslaughter case against a gas station clerk who locked the door to prevent an irate customer from leaving with $3.80 worth of merchandise after his card was declined who ultimately shot three people and killed one is strong enough to stand trial, a Detroit judge ruled Tuesday.
Detroit 36th District Court Judge Kenneth King said the question of whether Al-Hassan Aiyash's actions were grossly negligent when he locked the door and escalated the situation to the point where Samuel McCray allegedly pulled out a gun and shot everyone in the gas station except Aiyash would be best left up to a jury to decide.
"A lot of the intensity was attributable to the defendant and how he handled the situation, how he continued to pour gasoline on the fire," King said. "The question I have is, is there gross negligence? Is heightening the situation, amping the shooter up and locking the doors gross negligence? If not for the fact that he locked the door, none of this would've happened. ... That is at least a question of fact to be determined by trial."
McCray allegedly killed customer Gregory Kelly and shot Anthony Bowden and David Langston at about 3 a.m. May 6 at a Mobil gas station in the 12800 block of West McNichols in Detroit after Aiyash locked the gas station door to prevent McCray from shoplifting, according to testimony at Aiyash's Tuesday preliminary exam.
Aiyash's case will now go to Wayne County Circuit Court to stand trial.
McCray was also set to have a preliminary examination Tuesday morning, but it was postponed so the court could take time to see if McCray is mentally competent to stand trial.
Assistant Prosecutor Ryan Elsey used arguments from case law set by the Michigan Court of Appeals' decision in the James and Jennifer Crumbley involuntary manslaughter case, where Oakland County prosecutors are trying to hold the Crumbleys responsible for the actions of their son, who killed four people and injured seven others at Oxford High School in November 2021.
To bind Aiyash's case over to Wayne County Circuit Court, King had to find there was probable cause that it was "reasonably foreseeable" that some type of harm would occur when Aiyash locked the door and escalated the situation.
Elsey said in this case, it was "highly foreseeable that exactly what happened, would happen, that life would've been lost."
"When he's physically locking the door, he's doing it at a moment where he's unnecessarily escalating the situation with an individual who has already threatened violence against him," Elsey said. "It's like a fire erupted in the store and the reaction was not only to lock the customers in the store but to essentially pour gasoline on the fire."
There is no point in the surveillance video from the gas station where it is clearly audible that McCray threatens to shoot everyone in the store if Aiyash did not unlock the door, Elsey said, but at least one witness told police that was said.
Aiyash's attorney, Ben Gonek, argued there was no evidence to prove that Kelly's death was a "natural or necessary result of" Aiyash's actions.
At one point during the altercation, McCray threw a bottle of juice at the security window Aiyash was standing behind and it burst and splashed Kelly, according to the video and testimony at the preliminary exam. Kelly became angry and confronted McCray, which is when Gonek said tensions really began to escalate.
"There's no doubt the whole notion of locking anyone in the store is detestable, it shouldn't have happened," Gonek said. "(But) there's no showing that even unlocking the door based on what happened between Mr. McCray and Mr. Kelly that Mr. McCray wouldn't have shot him even if door was unlocked."
There's nothing to indicate Aiyash knew McCray had a gun or knew that McCray would start shooting, Gonek said.
Aiyash unlocked the door once things escalated further — about 15 seconds prior to the shooting, prosecutors previously said — and told the customers to "get the (expletive) on." But nothing indicated if anyone heard him or understood he meant the door was now unlocked, Elsey said.
One of the customers in the store, Anthony Bowden, filed a lawsuit against the owner of the gas station and the business itself shortly after the shooting.
Ali Dagher, the attorney for the Mobil gas station, said in May the gas station's owner is devastated by the shooting.
"The owner reached out to the family of the victims and provided support to try to heal the great pain that has been inflicted on the families by a cold-blooded killer who took the life of Mr. Kelly and injured two other patrons," Dagher said in an email. The owner paid for Kelly's funeral expenses, Dagher said.
Detroit's Buildings, Safety, Engineering, and Environmental Department closed the gas station because the city said it was unlicensed.
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A Bismarck woman has pleaded not guilty to having sex with a student while employed as an instructional aide at Century High School.
Victoria Reiswig, 24, entered her plea Tuesday. Her trial is scheduled Aug. 29.
Authorities allege Reiswig had a relationship with a 17-year-old male student and admitted to having sex with the boy over the 2022-23 Christmas break.
She's charged with felony corruption of a minor, a count punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Reiswig is no longer employed by Bismarck Public Schools, according to the district. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/crime-courts/bismarck-woman-pleads-not-guilty-to-sex-with-student/article_d61d2e34-04a1-11ee-9fef-c7052b12df36.html | 2023-06-06T20:37:22 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/crime-courts/bismarck-woman-pleads-not-guilty-to-sex-with-student/article_d61d2e34-04a1-11ee-9fef-c7052b12df36.html |
A Mandan man has pleaded guilty to charges related to setting one of his former girlfriend’s cars on fire and threatening to kill another former partner.
Jesus Guilbe, 31, originally pleaded not guilty in January and was set to go on trial this Wednesday. He instead pleaded guilty on Monday to felony charges of endangering by fire or explosion and terrorizing, and two misdemeanor counts of violating restraining orders.
Guilbe faced up to a total of 15 years in prison on the felony charges. South Central District Judge Daniel Borgen gave him credit for 21 days spent behind bars and sentenced him to a total of three years of probation.
Guilbe late last year set fire to his former girlfriend’s car about 2 ½ hours after police served a protection order on him, authorities said. A Mandan Fire Department arson investigation report indicated that gasoline was used to intentionally start the blaze.
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He also later called another woman he dated and told her in Spanish, “I’m going to kill you. This is the moment,” according to court records. It's unclear from the affidavit what prompted the call. Police later found Guilbe and arrested him.
Guilbe's attorney did not immediately respond to a Tribune request for comment on his client's change of plea.
A Mandan man has pleaded guilty for setting one of his former girlfriend’s cars on fire and threatening to kill the other.
31-year-old Jesus Guilbe originally pleaded not guilty in January and was set to appear on trial this Wednesday. He has since changed his plea guilty and was sentenced to a 3-year probation.
Last fall, Guilbe set fire to his former girlfriend’s car after police served a protection order on him. He also called another woman he dated and told her in Spanish, “I’m going to kill you. This is the moment.” Police later found Guilbe and arrested him with felony terrorizing and a misdemeanor violation of a restraining order. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/mandan/mandan-man-gets-3-years-of-probation-in-cases-involving-ex-girlfriends/article_6ac10baa-03ee-11ee-93ba-d7c1d986276d.html | 2023-06-06T20:37:28 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/mandan/mandan-man-gets-3-years-of-probation-in-cases-involving-ex-girlfriends/article_6ac10baa-03ee-11ee-93ba-d7c1d986276d.html |
River Road will be reduced to one lane of traffic in the area of the Grant Marsh Bridge on Interstate 94 between Bismarck and Mandan for about three hours on Thursday afternoon.
The reduction is scheduled for 1-4 p.m. to allow for maintenance work on the underside of the bridge, according to the city. Flaggers will be in place to direct traffic. Motorists can expect delays. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/river-road-lane-reduction-announced/article_c09efe14-04a3-11ee-a2ca-8fb89ba83572.html | 2023-06-06T20:37:35 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/river-road-lane-reduction-announced/article_c09efe14-04a3-11ee-a2ca-8fb89ba83572.html |
BRIMGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The City of Birmingham announced the resuming of curbside recycling pickup for residents on June 7, 2023. The service will provide pickup on the first and third Wednesday of each month.
The Birmingham Recycling and Recovery facility was destroyed May 3 due to a fire. Last week it began accepting recycling from Birmingham residences last week.
View the press release here on the city council’s website. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-to-begin-curbside-recycling-pickup-up-june-3/ | 2023-06-06T20:46:54 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-to-begin-curbside-recycling-pickup-up-june-3/ |
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The new White Castle in Whiting, replacing the oldest White Castle in the Chicago area, opens Wednesday, and it features artificial intelligence and robots.
The Columbus, Ohio-based burger chain, known for its steam-grilled sliders, demolished the White Castle at Indianapolis Boulevard and 119th Street in Whiting after an 88-year run serving generations of Region residents.
It will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Whiting Mayor Steven Spebar, White Castle leaders and other dignitaries at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
The new White Castle replaces a white porcelain, castle-shaped restaurant that was built in 1935 and had the chain's original restaurant design, which was meant to reassure customers of cleanliness at a time when fast food was a new concept and food safety at restaurants was more suspect. Complete with turrets, it opened just 14 years after the White Castle chain started in Wichita, Kansas, where it became America's first fast food chain and introduced the world to the slider, the tiny square burger that now has become a popular appetizer at many sit-down restaurants all around the country.
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The Whiting White Castle was expanded during a remodeling in 1956 and finally closed on March 28. Parts of it were moved to the Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society Museum down the street and to the Illinois Railway Museum in Union.
The new restaurant at 1879 Indianapolis Blvd. is more than twice the size, at 2,997 square feet. It features an outdoor park where the old White Castle used to be that includes benches to sit on and a historic plaque commemorating the long-standing White Castle that served Northwest Indiana for more than eight decades. It was frequented by many people outside of the immediate vicinity, given its proximity to the Lake Michigan lakefront, Pierogi Fest, the Hammond Horseshoe Casino and other nearby attractions.
The new White Castle features a mural by artist Adan Ramirez from Chicago's neighboring East Side neighborhood. The Calumet College student painted a work that represents the history of the Whiting-Robertsdale area.
The new White Castle has a robot making French fries and a menu board in the drive-thru lane that's powered by artificial intelligence. White Castle said the new technologies let employees spend more time on customer-facing responsibilities and have not eliminated any positions.
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ARKANSAS, USA — A new law that facilitates requirements for rural communities to declare disasters and receive assistance is now in place, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced the Disaster Assistance for Rural Communities Act in effect on June 6, 2023. The Act was signed by Joe Biden on Dec. 20, 2022.
SBA says "Rural communities often face more severe impacts from natural disasters due to limited access to resources and infrastructure". This causes not only a harder but longer recovery for those communities.
This new law will allow rural areas to declare a disaster "where significant damage has been incurred for the purpose of providing certain assistance," according to congress.gov. To receive assistance, the damage must include "uninsured losses of not less than 40% of the fair replacement value or pre-disaster fair market value of the damaged property (whichever is less)." the website says.
Administrator Guzman says small businesses need this change.
"Small businesses are especially vital in our nation's rural communities, and we must have effective tools to rapidly help them and the neighborhoods they serve recover when disaster strikes," said Guzman.
Before this law, SBA could only claim damage to a minimum of "25 homes, businesses, or other eligible institutions". Now, the law allows SBA to claim "one damaged property in a rural area when the county has received a major disaster declaration from the President for Public Assistance." This would allow SBA to assist with "low-interest loans to individual renters and homeowners as well as nonprofit and for-profit businesses."
In the case of a disaster, SBA can now facilitate the process for governors to request disaster assistance for rural communities which originally included more complicated requirements.
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Check out Cleveland County's latest big lottery winner
Natashia Rogers of Shelby used a personal approach to selecting her scratch-off ticket, and it paid off with a $200,000 prize.
“I picked the number of the scratch-off by the age I was when I had my kids,” she said.
Rogers bought her lucky ticket at Curve View Express on West Warren Street in Shelby, and she chose the $5 Ice scratch-off in the No. 36 slot in the store’s dispenser because she was 36 years old when she had her second child.
“I don’t even know why I did that. It was just random,” Rogers said. “It was my first time doing that.”
She said she wanted to share the news of her big win right away.
“I texted my boyfriend a picture of it,” she said. “He said, ‘That’s awesome. Who won that?’”
Rogers arrived at lottery headquarters Thursday to collect her prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $142,501.
“I’m happy, but I think I am still in shock,” Roger said.
She said she doesn’t know how she will spend her winnings but she knows she will “have fun with it.”
Ticket sales from scratch-offs make it possible for the lottery to raise $2.5 million a day on average for education. Cleveland County received $28.5 million in grants, using funds raised by the lottery, to help with school construction. For details on other ways money raised by the lottery made a difference in Cleveland County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section. | https://www.gastongazette.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/check-out-cleveland-countys-latest-big-lottery-winner/70282867007/ | 2023-06-06T20:55:12 | 1 | https://www.gastongazette.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/check-out-cleveland-countys-latest-big-lottery-winner/70282867007/ |
Homeless encampment complaints make it before a judge Monday
A Gastonia ministry that helps homeless people was given two months to get their property up to code.
Faith, Hope, & Love Community Enrichment Ministries, which operates out of a church on North Oakland Street near the Gastonia Police Department, is the subject of a civil complaint that was filed by the city in March.
The complaint asks that, among other things, Faith, Hope & Love be forced to comply with Gastonia zoning ordinances. The city found that the property violates zoning ordinances for the mobile homes and a camper that were placed on the property without the proper permits.
The ministry's leader, Moses Colbert, and a crowd of supporters appeared in court Monday for a hearing in the case. Colbert's lawyer, Les Miller, asked District Court Judge John Greenlee to allow more time for Colbert to comply with the city's request.
"They're trying to do the right thing," he said.
An attorney representing Gastonia, Assistant City Attorney Charles Graham Jr., asked for a judgment that allows for an additional 30 days for Colbert to comply with the city's requests.
Instead, Greenlee granted Colbert a continuance and rescheduled the case to be heard in August. He said that his hope that Colbert's desire to get the property up to code remains fervent, and he said he will not be inclined to accept excuses if Colbert is not in compliance in August.
Assistant City Manager Quentin McPhatter said in an earlier interview that the inspections of the property were sparked by complaints from the public. Colbert, he said, should have gotten the proper permits before allowing mobile homes and a camper on the property, and Gastonia city officials now want Colbert to move the mobile homes and the camper off the property. The city is fining Colbert around $60,000 for violations.
Colbert says he has no intention of moving the mobile homes, but he plans to get the proper permits to keep them on the property. He said he is grateful for the extra time to do so.
"It means a lot, because it gives us an opportunity to state our side of the case," he said. "In that two months, we'll be able to come into total compliance with what the city is asking us to do." | https://www.gastongazette.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/homeless-ministry-granted-more-time-to-comply-with-zoning-rules/70276665007/ | 2023-06-06T20:55:18 | 1 | https://www.gastongazette.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/homeless-ministry-granted-more-time-to-comply-with-zoning-rules/70276665007/ |
Dan Sloan begrudgingly admits that maybe it's a little more than coincidental that every neighborhood the Mill Coffee & Tea enters soon begins to blossom.
It happened in the historic Haymarket district in the late 1980s. College View got a boost when the Mill opened a coffee shop there in 2000.
The Mill Coffee & Tea at the Telegraph District is the newest location, having opened in December 2017. “That one is just like coming home,” owner Dan Sloan said. “We just fit into that space so comfortably.”
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And six years ago, the Telegraph District and Nebraska Innovation Campus felt the same bounce that is currently being noticed in Omaha, where the Mill opened its first shop outside of Lincoln in March.
"I guess we make good things happen in neighborhoods," said Sloan, the co-owner of the Lincoln-based coffee chain.
Perhaps its the business model that offers not only a good cup of coffee, but also a place for people to gather. Surrounding businesses naturally feel an uptick in foot traffic.
This week, the Preservation Association of Lincoln honored Dan and Tamara Sloan with its City Center Award, saying the Mill locations have played a pivotal role in Lincoln's historic preservation.
The award also recognizes the attention paid to the architectural integrity of every building they occupy. At the Mill's Haymarket location, the brick building and original wood floors give the feeling of a bygone era.
The honors, which seem to come regularly, continue to surprise the Sloans because they are not in business to win awards.
"You should never say, 'Oh yeah, we expect this,'" he said. "We really don't. There are a lot of places and agencies, architect firms, printing companies that apply for awards. They try to win awards.
"That's not us. We just trying to do cool things and it's nice when we get recognized for them."
For iced coffee diehards, it doesn’t matter what the weather is like outside, it just tastes too good! But when it comes to making iced coffee yourself, how can you reproduce it the way your barista would? Buzz60 has more.
50 roasters across the US: A guide to coffee in every state
50 roasters across the US: A guide to coffee in every state
What makes a good cup of coffee is personal. Some coffee connoisseurs swear by an AeroPress, while others are drip loyalists. But what about the steps before that? Sure, how a cup is brewed impacts the flavoring, but so does how it's planted, harvested, and roasted.
Everything from the soil of the coffee plant to how the cherries are processed, roasted, and brewed affects elements like acidity and flavor notes. For example, arabica plants are more acidic than robusta plants, which tend to have double the chlorogenic acid as arabica plants. This flavoring can then be either increased or decreased based on how the cherries are processed. If the cherries are washed, it tends to have more acidic notes, but if the cherries are naturally processed, the end product will have a sweeter flavor profile. There's also a third option, where the cherries are pulped. This method creates a bean that falls somewhere in the middle, with mild acidity and mild sweetness.
If you're wondering why you love some dark roast blends and can't stand others, start paying attention to the origin of your coffee and how it's been processed. Homegrounds researched notable coffee roasters in the U.S. and listed ones you can't afford to miss in all 50 states. Here's a look at how the best roasters in America are crafting the ideal cup.
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Alabama: Turbo Coffee
Turbo Coffee spent years developing the perfect modern dark roast, found in two signature blends—Ghostwriter and Double Vision. These are perfectly suited for coffee lovers who appreciate notes of walnut, dark chocolate, and rich fruit.
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Alaska: Goldie's Coffee Roasters
Produced in small batches, Goldie's Coffee is an award-winning roaster celebrated for blends that are consistently fresh, tantalizing, and aromatic. Goldie's was recognized as the best coffee in Alaska by Food & Wine Magazine in 2019 and a two-time medal winner at the 2019 Golden Bean of North America competition.
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Arizona: Peixoto Coffee Roasters
Each cup at Peixoto Coffee Roasters is served with over 100 years of family tradition and expertise. With roots in Brazil, this is more than a coffee house—it's an heirloom, where roasting knowledge has been passed down and perfected through the generations.
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Arkansas: Mylo Coffee Co.
Mylo Coffee is best known for its commitment to sustainability, from sourcing beans to running the business. With in-house roasted beans and a variety of blends, expect fresh and flavorful options all year long.
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California: Demitasse
Self-proclaimed coffee geeks, the baristas at Demitasse have each developed a signature drink that's only available when they are at the bar. They discovered their perfect blends by tinkering and exploring unique combinations and full-flavored blends.
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Colorado: MiddleState Coffee
This cafe handpicked their unique blends the old-fashioned way—by drinking a ton of coffee and then choosing the brews that leave them craving a second or third cup. They love blends that have complex flavors that balance acidity with sweetness.
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Connecticut: Giv Coffee
Giv Coffee is a collective that focuses on using coffee influence to inspire and create change among coffee communities, consumers, and people in need. By acknowledging each step of the coffee process, they've successfully developed award-winning roasts and blends that should be in any coffee lover's cabinet.
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Delaware: Brandywine Coffee Roasters
Whether you're a fan of deep dark roasts or lightly caffeinated brews, Brandywine Coffee Roasters has a blend for every palate and nervous system. What makes this cafe such a joy is its commitment to accessibility via roasting. It works closely with producers to find lower-acidity beans from previous crops that may be difficult to place on the market and roast them to perfection.
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Florida: Lineage Coffee Roasting
What started with a makeshift roaster fitted over an ice cream motor has since grown into three cafes and an education program for aspiring roasters. The team at Lineage Coffee has sourced beans from all over the world, roasting them in a way that enhances their respective natural flavors.
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Georgia: Docent Coffee
From Chemex and drip, to AeroPress and V60, or a French press, Docent Coffee will brew you the perfect cup every time. The team at Docent believes that sustenance is more important than style, so they stick to true and tested methods that will leave you wanting a second, third, or fourth cup.
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Hawaii: Tradition Coffee Roasters
Celebrated for brewing the perfect medium roast coffee, Tradition Coffee Roasters is the place to grab your morning or afternoon cup of joe, if you're in Hawaii. In addition to their medium roast, they also carry a limited-edition Guatemalan coffee with hints of toffee, butterscotch, and fig as well as a coffee blend with notes of key lime pie and macadamia nuts.
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Idaho: Neckar Coffee
With coffee hailing from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Colombia, Neckar's blends are packed with flavor, richness, and history. Roasted in-house, coffee is served on handmade ceramics. One can even order a side of pastries from 2016 James Beard semifinalist Janjou Patisserie.
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Illinois: Metropolis Coffee Company
The coffee at Metropolis Coffee Company is purchased above fair trade price, triple certified for quality and consistency, and hand roasted to order each and every time. Their award-winning blends have won them several titles and accolades, including 2007's Roaster of the Year in Roast Magazine.
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Indiana: Botz Coffee
A small-batch roaster, Botz Coffee is loved for its quirky takes on classical blends. Each batch is taste-tested in-house to ensure quality and consistency every time. Botz is consistently celebrated for producing brews that are creative, bold, and fresh.
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Iowa: Horizon Line Coffee
Started by two friends from Southern California, Horizon Line Coffee has cultivated a unique coffee culture that focuses on relationship-building through the supply chain, creating knowledge and experiences around coffee.
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Kansas: Repetition Coffee
What started as a graduate student's dream in Paris has grown into a thriving and much-loved cafe. After Amy Pope learned all that she could from a Guatemalan expat in Paris, she realized that her international relations degree could be used to benefit coffee farmers all over the world. Every year, Pope travels to the countries of origin to build relationships and ensure that farmers are given a living wage .
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Kentucky: Sunergos Coffee
Offered year-round, the mainstay coffees of Sunergos emphasize caramelized sugars, spices, and nuttiness. Meanwhile, seasonal coffees are sourced from micro-lots and have a brighter, fruitier profile. In addition to owning three cafes, the team at Sunergos Coffee used their talents to open up an espresso-focused cafe for those interested in more experiential coffee.
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Louisiana: Congregation Coffee Roasters
Have you ever wondered what exactly you like in a cup of coffee? Congregation Coffee Roasters has a wheel to help you understand exactly that. The coffee wheel helps tasters break down different notes and intensity of flavor to help them pick their perfect blend.
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Maine: Tandem Coffee Roasters
Tandem is home to multiple single-origin coffee blends sourced from small farmers and specialty importers. They are Climate Neutral certified and donate 1% of their annual sales to environmental nonprofits.
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Maryland: Vigilante Coffee Company
Vigilante started with a dream, a 5-pound roaster on a back porch, and funding from a surf/marijuana mogul. Now, Vigilante has three locations (including one all the way in San Diego) and a master roaster who rose up the ranks at the shop and spends his days perfecting brews.
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Massachusetts: George Howell Coffee
George Howell is known for The Coffee Connection shop, which he eventually sold to Starbucks in 1994. After earning a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Specialty Coffee Association of America in 1996, Howell once again returned to his coffee roots, finding and roasting high-quality coffees, particularly single-estate regional ones. George Howell Coffees are lightly roasted, which allows their natural sweetness to shine.
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Michigan: Madcap Coffee Company
Each brew and blend at Madcap is traceable, from planting to roasting and packaging. The company was founded by an award-winning and internationally recognized barista and trainer.
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Minnesota: Dogwood Coffee Co.
At Dogwood, you can find bold flavors in small-batch brews, from flat white espressos to lattes. Owner Dan Anderson started roasting using a popcorn maker above his stove and now oversees three shops all over Minnesota. Dogwood's beans are labeled by origin, but its best-known blend is Neon espresso—sweet and bright just like its namesake.
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Mississippi: Meraki Roasting Company
Meraki Coffee Roasters is an innovative community hub that brings together social change, coffee, and a commitment to be better. Through its social programs, the cafe employs and mentors youth as a way of passing down innovative roasting practices.
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Missouri: Coma Coffee Roasters
Coma Coffee roasts coffee in a way to honor the origin and history of the respective bean. A head roaster oversees a seasonal menu that features coffees for every palate—some more fruity and acidic, while others are nuttier and chocolatey.
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Montana: Clyde Coffee
Clyde Coffee began as a college business project for Glenda Bradshaw, who now oversees a hip artist-centric spot that roasts coffee in-house. The shop offers a beautifully packaged medium roast blend with beans from Guatemala, Ethiopia, and Costa Rica called Irregular Jane and a dark roast blend from Mexico, Sumatra, and Honduras called It's Morning, among others.
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Nebraska: The Coffee Roaster
The Coffee Roaster has been around for almost 30 years. Renowned for its innovative rare blends, The Coffee Roaster is a must-visit for coffee enthusiasts in Nebraska who are looking to elevate their morning cup. Some beans offered are Colombian coffee rich with cocoa and caramel and Indian coffee low in acidity.
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Nevada: Vesta Coffee Roasters
Vesta sources unique and tantalizing blends from all over the world. Each crop is roasted to its respective sweet spot. Recent inclusions from Costa Rica are anaerobic process coffees that have the shop buzzing.
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New Hampshire: Mad River Coffee Roasters
Mad River Coffee was born out of a desire to brew the perfect cup of coffee. For owner David Levin, that meant a blend that was low in acidity and strong in flavor. Now, thanks to the in-house roaster, he's able to share his perfected brew with the world.
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New Jersey: Penstock Coffee Roasters
Specializing in farm-direct coffee (where they deal directly with the farmers or mill owners), Penstock Coffee will teach you how to brew each blend depending on its history. From the temperature, grind size, and time, you'll be able to get the perfect cup every time. The shop was a two-time finalist for the Good Food Awards in 2017 and 2018 and was selected New Jersey's best coffee by Food & Wine in 2019.
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New Mexico: Subterra Coffee
Full-flavored coffee that's smooth, earthy, and easy on the stomach: Whether you prefer light roast or dark roast, each blend at Subterra carries a high-level flavor. The roaster offers a satisfaction guarantee and sends coffee bags with air vents to ensure long-lasting flavor.
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New York: White Noise Coffee Co.
White Noise Coffee plays to the senses, with each blend being rich in flavor and scent. They are celebrated for offering small-batch roasted beans and some of the most unique coffees from around the world.
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North Carolina: Black & White Coffee Roasters
Founded on the principle that coffee should be simple, Black & White Coffee prides itself on easy blends for each type of coffee drinker. They offer seasonal and year-round blends for those looking for a no-frills cup and for those chasing an experience. The shop also turns some blends into instant coffee for no-nonsense drinkers.
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North Dakota: Mighty Missouri Coffee Company
Mighty Missouri Coffee is produced with the adventurer in mind. With bold and crisp notes, its coffees are freshly roasted and veer toward classic and traditional coffee flavors.
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Ohio: Hemisphere Coffee Roasters
Hemisphere Coffee consistently produces the freshest blends that change lives. By working directly with farmers, Hemisphere Coffee is able to acquire exceptional beans and pay producers the best price. Their latest blend hails from Myanmar, where the coffee is processed through natural means and sourced from a small-acreage farm community called Myin Dwin.
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Oklahoma: Coffee Slingers Roasters
The team at Coffee Slingers is just as addicted to the process of roasting their coffee as they are drinking it. The shop intentionally avoids dark roasts, which allegedly nixes the nuances of each cup. Each coffee they make is tested using the Specialty Coffee Association standard cupping forms, ensuring consistency, flavor, and freshness with every sip.
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Oregon: Proud Mary Coffee
Proud Mary has been sourcing their coffee directly from farmers since 2009. Their team is equipped with five Q-Graders, to ensure quality control with every cup. The shop made headlines early in 2023 for offering a $150 luxury pour-over cup of coffee from Panama. Beans are so limited the shop is only able to sell 22 cups in the United States.
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Pennsylvania: Passenger Coffee
A certified B Corporation, Passenger Coffee's award-winning blends are famous for their unique flavors that shine when lightly roasted. The roaster has been recognized as the state's best roaster by Food & Wine in 2022.
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Rhode Island: The Coffee Exchange
Roasting since 1984, The Coffee Exchange works daily in small batches. It works with The Coffee Trust to help Guatemalan coffee farmers in the community of San Gaspar Chajul improve their agricultural practices and incomes.
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South Carolina: Methodical Coffee
At Methodical Coffee, each blend is categorized by origin and process, allowing you to choose the perfect flavor for your palate.
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South Dakota: The Breaks Coffee Roasting Co.
Serving artfully roasted arabica beans, The Breaks is committed to making each cup an experience you'll remember. They carry brews from Guatemala, Honduras, and Ethiopia, leaving your taste buds with a variety of options.
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Tennessee: Osa Coffee Roasters
As a roaster and micro-cafe, Osa Coffee is all about keeping things minimal, so you can enjoy each bean in its most traditional state. The shop has no indoor seating but offers coffee from a window takeout with a few bar stools to perch on.
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Texas: Pinewood Roasters
Pinewood Roasters specializes in your classic coffee beverages, with homemade sweeteners, and beans sourced from all around the world. The shop filters all of its doubtful Waco water into a reverse osmosis system before brewing a cup, ensuring the cleanest water and best flavor profile possible.
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Utah: Blue Copper Coffee
Home to a curated collection of complex, bold, and bright coffee blends, Blue Copper Coffee carries a variety of brews that will suit all your caffeine needs. If you've ever wondered how altitude or process affects the acidity and flavor of a brew, this is the perfect place to find out.
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Vermont: Uncommon Coffee
All of the coffee served at Uncommon is roasted fresh in their Probat P-25 series roster. Advocates of unique flavor profiles, Uncommon's approach to coffee-making translates into satisfying brews.
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Virginia: Lamplighter Coffee Roasters
Lamplighter Coffee's espresso blend balances unusual tasting notes of red apple, milk chocolate, and caramel. With the blend being two parts Colombian and one part Ethiopian, it's a testament to just how creative flavors can be. Founded in 2009, the shop attracts coffee geeks to its Roast Lab, which offers single-origin coffees.
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Washington: Q.E.D. Coffee
A small-batch specialty roaster, Q.E.D. Coffee sees pouring the perfect cup as a puzzle piece that begins long before the beans are roasted. By focusing on every detail, from the variety of the plant, the terrain, and the drying process, Q.E.D. is able to develop an intentional blend every time.
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West Virginia: Koin Coffee Roasters
A much-loved micro-roaster tucked away in West Virginia, Koin Coffee has beans from Colombia, Costa Rica, and Peru. They are also known to collaborate with other roasters in the area, bringing decades of expertise into each batch.
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Wisconsin: Valentine Coffee Roasters
Valentine Coffee has long been committed to exclusively roasting beans that are traceable and ethically sourced. Roasted in small batches, each blend is a testament to the integrity of the relationship between the farmers and the cafe.
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Wyoming: Snake River Roasting Company
Founded in 2007, Snake River Roasting is celebrated for its premium coffee blend and small-batch roasting. Bestsellers have notes of lemon scones and blueberries (Wyoming Blend) or s'mores and dark chocolate (Kirby's First Tram). Their award-winning coffees are organic and some of the finest craft roasts in the U.S.
This story originally appeared on Homegrounds and was produced and distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio.
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CALIFORNIA, USA — Stand-up comedian Matt Rife announced he's going on a world tour with 10 stops in California.
Rife's world tour has more than 100 shows throughout 2023 and 2024. He shared a promo video of his tour on social media featuring Ashton Kutcher as a genie.
The 27-year-old started performing when he was 15, opening for acts like Dane Cook and Ralphie May. Rife has gained massive popularity through his viral content on TikTok, gaining more than 14 million followers and more than 2 billion views collectively.
He has shows scheduled in Indio, Fresno, San Diego, Riverside, Los Angeles, Santa Rosa, San Jose, Wheatland, Sacramento and Oakland.
The world tour is scheduled to kick off this July in the U.S. and end in Europe in October 2024. Matt Rife will also perform in Canada and Australia.
California Shows
- Indio: September 1, 2023, at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. Find tickets HERE.
- Fresno: September 28, 2023, at William Saroyan Theatre. Find tickets HERE.
- San Diego: September 30, 2023, at San Diego Civic Theatre. Find tickets HERE.
- Riverside: October 1, 2023, at Fox Performing Arts Center. Find tickets HERE.
- Los Angeles: November 24, 2023, at Dolby Theater. Find tickets HERE.
- Santa Rosa: November 29, 2023, at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts. Find tickets HERE.
- San Jose: November 30, 2023, at San Jose Civic. Find tickets HERE.
- Wheatland: December 1, 2023, at Hard Rock Live. Find tickets HERE.
- Sacramento: December 2, 2023, at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium. Find tickets HERE.
- Oakland: April 12, 2024, at Paramount Theatre. Find tickets HERE.
Find all the tour dates HERE.
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Firefighters are responding to a wildfire in Jackson Township, New Jersey.
The fire began burning in the area of East Commodore Boulevard and Cedar Swamp Road on Tuesday. As of 4:30 p.m., the fire was zero percent contained and 15 acres in size.
East Commodore Boulevard, Cedar Swamp Road and Jackson Mills Road are currently closed. Officials also said 30 structures are threatened and residents are being advised to avoid the area.
The fire comes amid a Red Flag Warning for most of the region and a Code Orange Air Quality Alert for parts of the region.
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The Red Flag Warning is in effect until 8 p.m. Tuesday for New Jersey, Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania suburbs and the Lehigh Valley due to a combination of gusty winds, low relative humidity and dry fuel moistures resulting in critical fire weather conditions.
A Code Orange Air Quality Alert is also in effect for Pennsylvania and Delaware. Hazy wildfire smoke over Philadelphia and the surrounding communities is coming from wildfires burning in Quebec, Canada, and leading to decreased air quality in the form of a Code Orange Alert for sensitive groups.
"A code orange air quality alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups, according to the National Weather Service. "Sensitive groups include children...people suffering from asthma... heart disease or other lung diseases...and the elderly. The effects of air pollution can be minimized by avoiding strenuous activity or exercise outdoors."
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Marijuana growers plead with RI regulators to move faster. Here's what they say is at stake
PROVIDENCE – As state senators on Tuesday considered the governor’s three nominees to the new Cannabis Control Commission, some of the state’s roughly 60 licensed cultivators implored decision-makers to move faster in opening more marijuana stores to carry their product – and save their businesses.
“It is a necessity for survival of business, for revenue and jobs,” said Nick Lacroix, president of Warwick-based Mediflor Organics. “The cultivators have already seen a 30- to 40-percent layoff rate. We don’t have the outlets to sell to.”
Last year’s law that legalized recreational marijuana called for 24 more stores eventually, beyond the nine dispensaries now operating or in the planning stages.
But until the cannabis commission and its advisory board are up and running and establishes a means of awarding more licenses, no new stores are expected to open until the end of 2024 at the earliest, with 2025 being more likely.
That leaves the cultivators – which employ about 400 workers total – with only the seven existing dispensaries as outlets. And five of those dispensaries also grow their own marijuana for medical and recreational sales.
“Our industry has probably already lost 150 jobs in the first wave of layoffs,” said Peter Kasabian of Loud LLC, also based in Warwick. “That’s the first round of layoffs. Who knows when the next round is coming.”
As the state Senate Judiciary Committee was scheduled Tuesday to hold hearings on Gov. Dan McKee’s three cannabis commission nominees, the cultivators were calling on the Department of Business Regulation to do more of the legwork to expedite the awarding of more store licenses during the commission’s transition period.
For instance, the DBR could begin preparing applications for those new store licenses, based on the applications used previously to outline the regulations and consider the viability of applicants for additional dispensary licenses, said Thomas Mirza, the CEO of New Leaf LLC, which manufactures marijuana products from extracted oils.
“We’re suggesting that DBR streamline the process so that there is some urgency behind it,” said Mirza. “That they work together with the new commission to get these new applications out as quickly as possible.”
The law that legalized recreational use called for the establishment of the Cannabis Control Commission to take over running the medical-marijuana industry in Rhode Island (now run by an office within DBR) as well as the new adult-use market.
But regulators and lawmakers have said that one of the biggest decisions a new commission would likely face is how best to award licenses for more stores.
The state used a lottery system, complete with numbered balls whirling around a transparent spinning bowl, to award five new dispensary licenses in 2021.
But that system, promoted by then-Gov. Gina Raimondo to remove political favoritism in the selection process, came under criticism.
Some opponents said it awarded licenses to inexperienced businesses with greater chances of failure.
Mirza said the DBR right now could also be advising local cities and towns that have approved hosting marijuana stores on any new requirements the state might have on placing a marijuana store, such as the new setbacks from schools.
Acquiring property and gaining proper local zoning approval have been the biggest challenges facing dispensary licensees in the past, Mirza said. Allow those discussions to start now, he said.
“We’ve heard from the cities and towns that they are waiting on the CCC for timing and regulations on placements of the stores. If they don’t tell the cities and towns now to get started and give them the parameters that they’ve used already, that’s another six months [in delays] just for cities and towns to get their zoning in place.”
Mirza said if the DBR, the new commission and the local communities began working collaboratively now, new stores could be open in 12 months rather than in 2025.
“That means working together. And that’s all we’re asking – to save the industry. It can be done. And it should be done.”
It took McKee a year after the marijuana-legalization bill became law to name his three nominees to the commission: Kimberly Ahern, Robert Jacquard and Layi Oduyingbo.
Contact Tom Mooney at: tmooney@providencejournal.com | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/marijuana-cultivators-say-ri-needs-to-move-fast-in-opening-more-retail-outlets-to-save-industry-jobs/70293145007/ | 2023-06-06T21:16:29 | 1 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/marijuana-cultivators-say-ri-needs-to-move-fast-in-opening-more-retail-outlets-to-save-industry-jobs/70293145007/ |
BUCKSPORT -- A sanctuary in Bucksport Maine is helping a herd of farm animals live out the rest of their lives in comfort but they need a little more help.
Coastal Dreams Farm and Sanctuary has rescued, seven horses, three dogs, two mini pigs, two goats, and a flock of birds.
Now they're looking for some volunteers to come to the rescue.
Currently, the staff on the farm only consists of its founder and director, Ellisha Krutuleski and 3 volunteers but more are needed to make sure all of the animals get the care they deserve.
Along with farm volunteers, Krutuleski is looking for foster homes for many of the dogs at the sanctuary so she can make room and save more pups from kill shelters in Florida.
Krutuleski says, "There is an opportunity for anybody and everybody. We can find a spot for you here and we would love for you to join our team".
If you don't have the time to volunteer but still want to help, coastal dreams is also looking for donations of all kinds.
For more information about volunteering or donating, message Krutuleski through the Coastal Dreams Farm and Sanctuary Facebook page. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/coastal-dreams-farm-and-sanctuary-needs-volunteers/article_eca098bc-04a1-11ee-87b0-870a4df0d66c.html | 2023-06-06T21:18:12 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/coastal-dreams-farm-and-sanctuary-needs-volunteers/article_eca098bc-04a1-11ee-87b0-870a4df0d66c.html |
AUGUSTA -- The Maine State Fire Marshal's Office welcomed a new K9 arson investigative team to their unit as they went onboard a Forest Service Helicopter.
State Farm has been offering their arson dog program for the past 30 years. It is the premier training program in North America for accelerant detection canine teams.
"Every year we see hundreds of lives lost due to arson and billions of dollars lost to arson as well," said State Farm representative Jennifer Young.
The program works in partnership with the Maine Forest Services and Fire Marshal's Office to help conduct investigations in arson cases.
They recently welcomed their newest addition to the team, Fire Investigator Andrew Whitney and his K9 Cheeto.
"Human beings have about 5-6 million old factory receptors, that's what we use to smell, dogs have 225 to 300 million so they can smell a lot that we can't smell," said Whitney.
Whitney and two-year-old Cheeto went through four weeks of training together and he says building that relationship is very important.
"We're there with them 24-7 for almost a full month, so that creates a big bond and it's important because that creates a lot of subtleties that I need to be able to see when we're working."
According to Kent Nelson with the Maine Forest Services, they have seen a 30-40% increase in wild land fires in the last four to five years. He says these cases are difficult to solve but the dogs provide a great service.
"By using the fire marshal's offices dogs who can sniff accelerants and the Maine forest services helicopter we can work together and try to investigate these arsons that are occurring and get these people taken care of that are doing them," said Nelson.
Part of their work requires quick response to emergent situations. Today's demonstration was K9 Cheeto's first flight aboard the Maine state forestry helicopter, which Nelson says is pivotal in this partnership.
"These dogs help us to determine the cause of the fire and once we know what the cause is it really helps us without wildlife prevention efforts so its really a great relationship with the fire marshal's office as well as the Maine forest services."
With this new addition, Cheeto is now the third dog to join the Fire Marshal team. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/new-k9-arson-investigation-team-joins-maine-fire-marshals-office/article_a3eca822-04ab-11ee-bccf-af8afdfc284d.html | 2023-06-06T21:18:18 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/new-k9-arson-investigation-team-joins-maine-fire-marshals-office/article_a3eca822-04ab-11ee-bccf-af8afdfc284d.html |
Construction on the new Caro Psychiatric Hospital is now complete.
Governor Whitmer was in Caro Monday to mark the end of the 85 million dollar project. It took 6 years to complete the new hospital after it was announced back in 2017. Caro City Manager Scott Czasak says it could not have come at a better time.
"As someone who has seen things over the last few years in his career and has seen how things have changed in terms of mental health, to know that that facility is there and that those services are there and that we're reinvesting in it is a tremendous thing," Czasak said.
The new facility is one of just three state-owned psychiatric hospitals in Michigan, with the nearest one located over 2 hours away near Detroit. It has room for 100 patients, which is 50 fewer than the 100-year-old Caro Center the new hospital replaces.
"Any scale back was not what we originally intended, but having something having the 100 is better than none if they had closed the facility," Czasak said.
Despite the decrease in beds, the new facility boasts modernized treatment spaces along with plenty of space for recreation. It also maintains the 450 people employed by the Caro Center. Czasak says that makes it one of the largest employers in the city.
The city says it will continue to work with the state should they find more need for mental health services in the community.
"I think it shows that the city of Caro is willing to work with someone if they want to do something if they want to invest in our community, and that's what we're here for," Czasak said.
Patients are expected to be completely transferred over to the new hospital by the end of the month. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/construction-ends-on-85-million-caro-psychiatric-hospital/article_0575e4a0-04a7-11ee-bad1-eb13a4c6a0b2.html | 2023-06-06T21:21:10 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/construction-ends-on-85-million-caro-psychiatric-hospital/article_0575e4a0-04a7-11ee-bad1-eb13a4c6a0b2.html |
MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — Work is almost complete on a park that's sure to get tails wagging at TLC Park in Pocono Township.
All that's left is to install the doggy tunnels and equipment and wait for the grass to grow in.
"It is something that our residents have asked for. They said they want opportunities to be able to take them out locally, and this is what we're doing," said Pocono Township Manager Taylor Munoz.
Tanya Cheeseman Fanning of Stroudsburg visits TLC every week with her toddler. She says once the dog park is open, she'll be able to bring the whole family for a day of fun.
"We've only really been to the playground portion. I know we've been over to the baseball area as well. We do have a dog, so we were waiting for the dog park to open. So, a little bit for everyone. We just come out, and every time it's something new."
Muzoz says the new dog park will alleviate many of the problems the township sees with people using the baseball field to let their dogs run.
"We have individuals that are using our Little League field as their personal dog park, which does not mesh well with players trying to play," said Munoz.
You'll need to register with the township to use the dog park. That includes showing proof your dog is vaccinated and a $ 20-a-year fee.
People will be able to access the dog park with a key fob provided by the township.
Officials say this ensures that everyone's dog is up to date on its shots while keeping a track record of who is using the park.
"I'm sure that the majority of the people will be respectful and pick up after their dogs, but if we have any maintenance issues at the park or any vandalism, it would at least be a little bit of a record as to who was accessing the park at the time," Munoz said.
Dog owners we spoke to don't mind paying a fee to use the park.
"I think that it's a good thing. Keep it clean, keep it nice. I think you'll get more people that way," Cheeseman Fanning added.
The dog park is expected to open at the end of this month or early next month.
Township officials plan to open up registration online and in person closer to opening day.
See more pets and animal stories on WNEP's YouTube playlist. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/monroe-county/tlc-parks-new-addition-for-dogs-pocono-township-dog-park/523-fd2bba55-4153-4ae1-bd56-bd51f260dc1a | 2023-06-06T21:32:17 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/monroe-county/tlc-parks-new-addition-for-dogs-pocono-township-dog-park/523-fd2bba55-4153-4ae1-bd56-bd51f260dc1a |
LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — If you've been outside Tuesday, you might be wondering why it's so smokey.
It's wildfires burning thousands of miles away.
Those wildfires burning up north are blanketing our area in a haze.
There is a thick wall of smoke over Lackawanna County as far as you can see in either direction from the lookout along Route 307.
On a normal day, you would be able to see most of Scranton, but Tuesday you can only make out a couple of buildings and houses that are about a mile away.
This smoke comes from wildfires that are currently burning in Quebec, Canada.
That smoke made its way here early Tuesday afternoon.
By 2 o'clock, it completely covered the sky, giving the sun an orange tint.
People were out snapping photos of what they say looks like an apocalyptic scene out of a horror movie.
Adam Zenker of Scranton says, "It's pretty crazy. I started to notice it when I was looking at the sun 'cause it was red out and stuff like that, but yeah it's really crazy I've never seen anything like it before."
Gabriella DeCesare of Moscow tells Newswatch 16, "I just think it's absolutely insane, I mean I've never seen anything like this before. Scranton is just completely covered in the smoke and it takes away from the beautiful scene here."
For more information on the air quality in your area, click here. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/smoke-from-canada-blankets-pennsylvania/523-bb761647-b50f-4011-841a-1593de1f151e | 2023-06-06T21:32:23 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/smoke-from-canada-blankets-pennsylvania/523-bb761647-b50f-4011-841a-1593de1f151e |
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonians will get to fist pump the night away this August with Jersey Shore star DJ Pauly D, who will be in town to spin some records at a downtown night club. Get ready to G-T-L, everyone!
The celebrity DJ and star of Jersey Shore will bring his high-energy performance back to 1902 San Antonio on Commerce Street. He was last here back in August of 2022.
The show is for ages 18 and up and will be on August 17, with the doors swinging open at 9 p.m.
DJ Pauly D performs at over 150 shows annually, including a forty-date residency at Marquee Las Vegas and a new gig at Premier Atlantic City. He has more than 18 million fans across various social platforms, and has graced Forbes' World’s Highest Paid DJs list three times, most recently in 2019.
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SAN ANTONIO — Students in the North East Independent School District will have a chance to study space, the final frontier, thanks to a new partnership with NASA.
North East ISD and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officially signed a Space Act Agreement forming a partnership which will benefit students in their new Space and Engineering Technologies Academy (SETA).
This is only the second time in history that NASA has formed a Space Act Agreement with a school district.
"As part of this agreement, NASA will provide an onsite employee who will work closely with Krueger Middle School and Roosevelt High School to incorporate NASA curriculum, experiences and opportunities," said NEISD in a statement. "These experts will bring industry expertise and real-world learning experiences to our campuses."
SETA will launch with 6th and 9th grade classes at Krueger Middle School and Roosevelt High School starting in the 2023-24 school year and grow into a comprehensive program for grades 6 through 12.
Students from all across the San Antonio area can apply now by visiting neisd.net/magnetprograms.
Courses will be centered around the aerospace industry in the fields of aerospace engineering, aviation technology, computer science, and manufacturing.
Check out their website to learn more about it.
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SAN ANTONIO — What began as a moment that sparked the fight for LGBTQ+ equality became a movement that has spanned decades. The first LGBTQ Pride Month took place in June 1970, commemorating the first anniversary of the Stonewall uprising in New York City.
There are plenty of events for the city's LGBTQIA+ community and their allies to gather in celebration of acceptance and expression, including San Antonio's official parade and festival sponsored by Pride San Antonio.
For just some of this month's Pride-themed events, see the rundown below:
Pride Ride Spin Class
Wellness at the Tobin invites you to celebrate pride and wellbeing with AMP Studio. Throw on your favorite bike shorts, lace up your rainbow sneakers and clip in for an inclusive, energetic spin class.
Saturday, June 3
9 a.m. - noon
Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle
Pride Ride- Hosted by Team Taco
Team Taco Cycling Group, SAC - Office of Student Life, and Mixxedfit SA Dance Fitness Group are teaming up to celebrate Pride Month! This event is FREE, open to the public, and will be tons of fun! The goal of this event is to bring awareness, educate, empower, promote health/wellness, and celebrate the the LGBTQ+ community.
Saturday, June 3
9 a.m. - noon
SAC - Loftin Student Center - 1300 San Pedro Ave.
Fostering Equality Together: An LGBTQ Panel Discussion
This event will showcase esteemed members of the LGBTQ community affiliated with the local Riverside Pride Association. Panelists will share their personal experiences and valuable insights regarding the obstacles faced by the LGBTQ community and will deliberate on practical measures we can take collectively to champion equality and foster acceptance for all individuals.
Wednesday, June 7
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Bulverde Senior Center, 30280 Cougar Bend
2023 Icon’s Brunch
The Pride Center's Icon's Brunch is an inclusive event and has moved to the Rosenberg UIW Skyroom. The Center will present Icon Awards to exemplary members of the community for their outstanding contributions to LGBTQ+ causes. The event includes live entertainment, delicious food, special guests, bottomless drinks and more. The brunch is the largest and most exciting annual event supporting San Antonio’s LGBTQ+ community resource center. There will also be a silent auction to raise money for the Center’s health and wellness programming.
Saturday, June 11
11:30 a.m.
Rosenberg UIW Skyroom
New Braunfels Pride
The growing city of New Braunfels is hosting its own Pride Month event. It will include family-friendly live music drag performances food trucks local vendors and more. The NBTX Pride Festival is a celebration of all things LGBTQ+ and welcomes people of all ages races genders and sexual orientations.
Saturday June 10
11am - 9pm
Comal Country Fairgrounds
Night Out at the Zoo
Serving as the kickoff event for San Antonio's official Pride Week later this month, Night Out at the Zoo is billed as being an all-ages, family-friendly event to celebrate the LGBTQ community with the opportunity to interact with some animals firsthand, live music, entertainment and community resources.
Friday, June 16
6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
San Antonio Zoo, 3903 North St. Mary's Street
A Celebration of Love at Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Celebrate Pride Month in Hurricane Harbor San Antonio! Experience an after-hours splash party in Six Flags Fiesta Texas’s Water Park at the Lone Star Lagoon featuring live music, dance areas, specialty food, and drinks, select water attractions, and more!
Saturday, June 17 & 24
7:00 pm-12:00 am
Six Flags San Antonio
Out at the Tobin Pride Brunch
Join the Ghost Light Society for OUT at The Tobin Pride Brunch, a celebration of love, diversity, and inclusivity! This event will benefit the Thrive Youth Center, a local organization that provides resources and support for homeless LGBTQ+ youth.
Sunday, June 18
11:30 a.m.
Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle
Pride Bigger than Texas
This is the official Pride parade and festival for the San Antonio area. It is San Antonio's only official Pride parade and the only night parade celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community. Net proceeds raised by Pride San Antonio will be distributed through public community gatherings to registered nonprofit organizations chosen by the Board of Directors.
Saturday, June 24, 2023
Festival: 11am - 7pm, Parade: 9 p.m.
Crockett Park, 1300 North Main Avenue
Fees: Ages 12+ (11 and under free)
May 6 - June 15 Presale online = $12
June 16 - June 24 General Admission Online = $15
*There is no fee to view the parade
An Evening with George Takei
George Takei is known around the world for his role in the acclaimed original TV series Star Trek, in which he played Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the starship Enterprise. But Takei's story, which includes an acting career that spans six decades, goes where few have gone before.
Wednesday, June 28
7:30 p.m.
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HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — A passenger was injured after a vehicle overturned Tuesday morning on the Atlantic City Expressway following a two-car collision, State Police said.
Troopers were called to the crash site at milepost 12.9 at 12:43 a.m. Their investigation determined an eastbound vehicle hit a car in front of them, pushing it into a concrete median, Trooper Charles Marchan said.
After hitting the concrete, the car overturned, injuring the passenger's hand, Marchan said. The rider was taken to an unnamed hospital.
The crash remained under investigation Tuesday afternoon, Marchan said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/atlantic-city-expressway-crash/article_e1f7ab72-04a5-11ee-ab21-2b7bbbb76f00.html | 2023-06-06T21:37:07 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/atlantic-city-expressway-crash/article_e1f7ab72-04a5-11ee-ab21-2b7bbbb76f00.html |
MAYS LANDING — An Absecon man was convicted Tuesday of 15 charges stemming from a home invasion that nearly killed a man in 2020, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said.
Michael Hayes, 46, was found guilty of robbery, unlawful possession of a handgun by a person with a prior No Early Release Act conviction, conspiracy to commit robbery, burglary, conspiracy to commit burglary, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, certain persons not to possess firearms, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, criminal restraint, terroristic threats, theft, conspiracy to commit theft and aggravated assault by pointing a firearm at another.
He is scheduled to be sentenced July 18 by Superior Court Judge W. Todd Miller, the Prosecutor's Office said in a news release.
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During the trial the jury was shown evidence of how Hayes, with an unknown abettor, robbed a Buena home and almost killed a 32-year-old man.
Prosecutors said Hayes and his accomplice planned the robbery. The pair confronted the victim at gunpoint outside a home in the 800 block of West Summer Road about 6:30 a.m. Sept. 15, 2020.
Both assailants duct-tapped the man and forced him into a bedroom, where, while holding him at gunpoint, the duo robbed their victim of $1,000 in cash.
During the robbery, the victim broke free of the duct tape and was shot at by the unknown aggressor at Hayes' command.
The bullet grazed the victim's head before he managed to escape the house and call 911.
Both and Hayes and his partner left the scene.
Investigators got a break in the case by identifying Hayes' fingerprints on the tape left at the scene.
Authorities searched both of Hayes' addresses in Absecon and Atlantic City on Dec. 16, 2020, recovering evidence that led to his charges. He was arrested and taken to the Atlantic County jail.
An Absecon man was indicted Wednesday in a home invasion robbery that occurred last Septembe…
Hayes was indicted nearly a year after the armed robbery. He was also indicted in May 2021 for allegedly managing a drug production operation at the Showboat Atlantic City.
The status of that case was unknown Tuesday. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/absecon-buena-robbery/article_674af17e-04a3-11ee-809e-17a6dd582f85.html | 2023-06-06T21:37:13 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/absecon-buena-robbery/article_674af17e-04a3-11ee-809e-17a6dd582f85.html |
ATLANTIC CITY — A city woman is accused of lighting a trash bin on fire near a Boardwalk pizzeria, police said Tuesday.
Dawn Davidson-Gonzalez, 42, is charged with arson and is being held in the Atlantic County jail.
Davidson-Gonzalez was arrested Sunday after she returned to the site and was recognized there as the suspect, police said in a news release.
Firefighters were called to Jersey Shore Pizza and Grille in the 2600 block of the Boardwalk at 4:03 a.m. May 29, finding the trash bin engulfed in flames. The building sustained minimal damage, police said.
A police investigation found the fire was started deliberately. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/arson-atlantic-city/article_554e5960-04a9-11ee-af32-33df733b4d7e.html | 2023-06-06T21:37:20 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/arson-atlantic-city/article_554e5960-04a9-11ee-af32-33df733b4d7e.html |
TUPELO — Tupelo officials plan to inject almost $29 million into the city for parks, infrastructure and quality-of-life upgrades by the ends of their terms.
According to information discussed during a work session, Monday, the city expects to spend an estimated $50.1 million in capital projects over the next four years. This includes a $20 million state bond issue city officials believe will not come with increased taxes on the resident’s end.
Many of the projects, if they come to fruition, will be funded through already raised capital funds, excess revenue, grants and state money, according to Kim Hanna, Chief Financial Officer for the city of Tupelo.
The capital project list is a collection of projects the mayor and city council members would like to see accomplished during their time in office.
“This is very important that we set the stage for the next two years," Hanna said. Although priorities, none of the projects are set in stone. Hanna noted the list is subject to change multiple times before city officials approve the budget for the fiscal year in September.
As of Monday, the city's capital budget held $21 million in revenue. Some of that money will be used to fund the $6 million in projects the officials hope to complete by the end of the current year.
The capital project list is the culmination of ideas tossed out by the council, mayor and department heads throughout the year and gives a guidebook on what the city and council hope to accomplish over the next few years. The included projects follow a wide range of issues, from improvements to multiple highly trafficked streets to upgrades to parks and city-owned, safety improvements and recreational upgrades.
While discussing the list, Ward 4 Councilwoman Nettie Davis asked if there were any plans to build a sports complex in the city for indoor basketball and other activities, noting that she believes Tupelo was behind other area cities like Oxford that offer the amenity.
Chief Operations Officer Don Lewis said it was a possibility but did not make the top list of priorities for the next four years, adding it would ultimately be “up to the wishes of the council” to move forward with the project.
Ward 5 Councilman Buddy Palmer asked if the city had any plans for the building that formerly housed the Tupelo Automobile Museum, which closed in 2019. Lewis noted that the city does not own the building, which has remained unoccupied since the museum's closure, but has looked at its options. Davis said she believed the building could support a sportsplex, but Mayor Todd Jordan said the structure of the building will not suit basketball courts without wasted space and nonregulation-sized courts.
Ward 7 Councilwoman Rosie Jones suggested the city currently has too few storm shelters, leading to the overpacking of existing shelters during severe weather.
Ward 2 Councilman and Council President Lynn Bryan said it ultimately was a balancing act of needs and wants for the city.
“It all the same pot of money,” he said, adding that the council may have to choose between more storm shelters or a sportsplex if there was no money for both.
The next step in the process, Hanna said, will be for the council to vote to either reject or approve publishing an intent to issue $20 million in bonds during the June 20 meeting. She said publishing an intent does not lock the city into taking out the bond issues.
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NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — A motorcyclist died after an SUV turned into the path of the motorcycle in New Port Richey Monday morning.
Authorities in Pasco County responded at around 10:30 a.m. to the intersection of Trouble Creek Road and Whitetail Lane. The deadly crash shut down eastbound lanes of Trouble Creek Road in that area while first responders conducted an investigation.
Before the crash, the motorcyclist was traveling eastbound on Trouble Creek Road at a high rate of speed, according to a report from Florida Highway Patrol.
Authorities said an 80-year-old man driving an SUV northbound on Whitetail Lane stopped at the intersection, then continued to turn left into the path of the motorcyclist.
The 49-year-old man from New Port Richey, who was wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. The motorcyclist has not been identified at this time. The driver of the SUV was seriously hurt, the crash report said. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/motorcycle-suv-crash-new-port-richey/67-ece954ea-ddad-4c93-8ab9-6ddf478cabaf | 2023-06-06T21:38:30 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/motorcycle-suv-crash-new-port-richey/67-ece954ea-ddad-4c93-8ab9-6ddf478cabaf |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A person hit by a car in downtown St. Petersburg was taken to the hospital Saturday evening.
The crash happened just after 9 p.m. near the intersection of Central Avenue and 3rd Street South. The person walking suffered critical industries, a spokesperson for St. Pete police said.
The driver involved stayed at the scene and is under investigation.
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LAKELAND, Fla. — A huge project is underway along Lakeland’s Lake Hollingsworth.
The city is using a unique piece of equipment to remove excess and non-native plant life from the lake, hoping it adds biodiversity and also improves the water quality.
“The easiest way to describe it is a big aquatic lawnmower,” Cody O’Gorman said, who is overseeing the project.
This is the first time the city has deployed the aquatic harvester on Lake Hollingsworth.
They’ve tested it on some smaller lakes where they say it worked well.
“It allows water to flow through and it's actually like a vortex. It will pull it to the conveyor, and the conveyor is constantly moving with the movement of the boat, and it just feed rate of the conveyor and pulls it right up,” O’Gorman said.
Over the next few weeks, the harvester will remove native plants that have become overgrown and invasive species that don't belong here.
“We need to reduce certain plants in the lake so that we can get diversity of plants and animals back into our lake the way we need it to be,” Laurie Smith, city of Lakeland lakes and stormwater manager, said.
It's estimated the barge will collect about 30 to 50 tons of vegetation each day, which will then be composted and used for other environmental projects.
“I definitely think it's a good idea,” neighbor Valerie Stern said as she watched it all happen. “Might as well get it to be recycled rather than just collecting around and keep it clean. It's good maintenance.”
Lakeland city workers say the harvester is unique in this region.
Most municipalities, including Lakeland, use herbicides to kill off plant life.
But in doing so, dead plants decay and sink to the bottom. By harvesting and removing the plants, they reduce nutrients, algae and helps to improve water quality, which the city is under a state order to do.
“A lot of decay at one time can also deplete the oxygen content in the water column,” Smith said. “That can lead to fish kills and it also drives that algae fueling cycle. So, it's a great benefit to actually remove them from the lake.”
Aside from the lake just looking prettier, the project coincides with the onset of hurricane season.
Keeping drainage pipes clear is key to prevent flooding.
“By opening up these corridors, we will be able to have the stormwater flow freely into the lake during those storm events,” Smith said.
The harvester and conveyor belt cost the city about $240,000. They say it’s already paid for itself considering how much they used to pay outside contractors to do similar work.
Visitors to Lake Hollingsworth will have plenty of opportunity to catch the harvester in action. The project is expected to last at least four to six weeks.
“This is like the crown jewel of Lakeland,” O’Gorman said. “Everybody calls it ‘the’ lake. We have so many residents during the week, and on the weekends, we just use this resource so much. So, maintaining it is crucial.” | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/lakeland-aquatic-harvester-lake-hollingsworth/67-a4489742-1c26-4007-a438-fde7ece31c95 | 2023-06-06T21:38:31 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/lakeland-aquatic-harvester-lake-hollingsworth/67-a4489742-1c26-4007-a438-fde7ece31c95 |
TUPELO — Tupelo officials, business owners, nonprofit advocates and local skaters met to celebrate the official opening of the city's new skatepark Tuesday morning.
The newly renovated Boerner Park, located beside the Oren Dunn Museum at Ballard Park, has been skateboard ready for about two months, and city officials said they’ve been proud to see skaters using the park daily since construction of the half-million-dollar upgrade wrapped up in April.
“I appreciate seeing so many of you out here that are dedicated advocates of free public spaces where our kids can grow as a community and they can grow in peace," said Matt Robinson, president of Tupelo Skate Board and owner of the local skate shop, Change. "It means so much to me and the skateboard community that we have been accepted as a part of this community. This is where skateboarding happens, and now we have one, and I think we will have many, many more.”
There's a mosaic adorning a ramp at the entrance of the park with the name "Boerner Skatepark" in hundreds of tiles reclaimed from the demolished Trace Inn. The piece was created by Hal Boerner, a local skater and son of Helen Boerner and the late Hank Boerner, for whom the park is named. The Boerners were instrumental in the construction of the original park in 2004, and Robinson said the new park would not have been built if it weren’t for Hank Boerner's guidance.
“(Hank Boerner’s) the guy who took me under his wing and he showed me how to stop screaming at the wall and work with the city,” Robinson said. “That same do-it-yourself ethic is thriving in his wife Helen and his children Hunter and Hal…. (The mosaic) is a shining testament to what can happen when people work together with the resources they have with the help their community to do a beautiful thing.”
Helen Boerner attended the ceremony and cut the ribbon on the park.
Tupelo Parks and Recreation Director Alex Farned said he was proud to see the project finished and the fervor that it brought forth in both the skateboarding community and Tupelo as a whole.
The city’s next goal with the park, Farned said, is to encourage large skateboard competition groups to add Tupelo to its stops, generating more tourism, tax revenue and opportunities for local skateboarders.
Another recent addition to the park is a bench honoring the late Lee Bowdry, a local skater that died two years ago. His sister, Jinney Dickey, attended Tuesday's ceremony. She said her family believes the bench is an appropriate way to memorialize her brother, who would be 32 this year.
Tess Marshall, Bowdry’s mother, said he began skating at 12 years old and did so until his death. Marshall said she and Dickey planned to use the bench often.
“He used to skateboard all the time. (Boerner Park) was his happy place,” Dickey said.
Robinson, who began skating in the late 80s, praised the city and local officials for bringing the park to life. He noted that it was important for young skaters to have an outlet, joking that his “generation ran so yours can walk,” referencing running from security guards and police telling him to stop skating.
“One of the stresses that I’m proud to say this coming generation will not have is the thing I loved to do was illegal,” he said. “One day, when we see a young Mississippian as a gold medalist skateboarder in the Olympics, we will see these training facilities pay off in a big way.”
Between bouts of skating, local skateboarder John Presley said he was excited to see the park upgraded but the city and skating community was not going to stop there, noting the effort to create multiple smaller parks around town oriented toward beginners.
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WATERLOO — A Waterloo man has been arrested for allegedly breaking into a neighbor’s home and taking a gun.
Police arrested Demarcus Deshun Melton, 32, of 200 Butler Ave. on Sunday for third-degree criminal mischief.
He was also arrested for third-degree criminal mischief for allegedly damaging a squad car when he was arrested and first-degree harassment for allegedly telling a police officer he would kill him and eat his children, according to court records.
Authorities allege Melton entered his neighbor’s home around 4:25 p.m. on Saturday and knocked bottles of perfume to the floor and removed a firearm from the residence. He was spotted walking down the stairs when the resident returned home.
Officers found the gun and another firearm when they searched his home, court records state. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/burglary-arrest-in-home-break-in-gun-stolen/article_30e773bc-049b-11ee-a7ae-f3c56a3ecd65.html | 2023-06-06T21:38:58 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/burglary-arrest-in-home-break-in-gun-stolen/article_30e773bc-049b-11ee-a7ae-f3c56a3ecd65.html |
Rates of violent crime are significantly lower today than they were just three decades ago, though many Americans assume otherwise. And still, police spending continues to go up despite downward trends in crime.
Violent crime peaked in 1991 at a rate of 758 incidents per 100,000 people, according to FBI data. Today, the rate is roughly half of that, at 398 incidents per 100,000 people.
Experts and researchers have not reached a consensus on what drove violent crime rates down so dramatically since 1991. Some speculate that low unemployment and a generally favorable economic climate disincentivized violent crime. Others cite a reduction in alcohol consumption—the Brennan Center attributes a nearly 8% drop in crime to this alone. An increase in police personnel and stricter policing tactics have also been evaluated but proved to be only a modest influence, accounting for no more than 10% of the crime decline.
Many studies have attempted to answer whether crime can be reduced by increasing the number of police officers on patrol. While results are split, generally, there is not a strong significant relationship between the two. But recent research from economist Morgan Williams shows the power of deterrence cannot be wholly discounted.
Using data from the FBI and other public sources for 242 cities between 1981 and 2018, Williams and his colleagues were able to quantify the value, in lives saved, of every new police officer added to a force. Every new officer prevents between 0.06 and 0.1 homicides. Therefore, the average city would need to hire between 10 and 17 new police officers—costing $1.3 to $2.2 million—to save one life a year. This is, perhaps surprisingly, a good return on investment, considering the value of a statistical life is about $10 million, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Williams also found that an increase in police leads to a reduction in other violent crimes, as well as violent crime arrests, suggesting that having a greater police presence can deter crime, not just lead to more incarceration.
Inflection points in recent history, particularly the death of George Floyd in 2020, have led to calls for police defunding and divestment. In many places nationwide, police are expected to fill the gaps where critical social services are inadequate—instead of investing in improved housing, more police are used to surveil disadvantaged neighborhoods or break up homeless encampments; and instead of investing in mental health and addiction resources, drug-related arrests are used as a temporary solution. Defunding police forces would mean reallocating some portion of police spending to these social services.
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WATERLOO -- MercyOne Northeast Iowa presented three nurses with scholarships to help them pursue additional education. Recipients of the Nancy Weber Scholarship received $1,000 to put toward their Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
- Michala Phelps, RN, outpatient care.
- Selena Timmer, clinical informatics.
- Dzulijeta Karabegovic, RN, birth center.
Before retiring, Weber worked at MercyOne for more than 40 years, including in the role of chief nursing officer. She now sits on the MercyOne Northeast Iowa Foundations board.
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WATERLOO — National Alliance on Mental Illness Black Hawk County will discuss "Using Trauma-Sensitive Movement to Manage your Mood," at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 14, in the lower level of the First Congregational Church in Waterloo, 608 W. Fourth St.
Traci Ludwig, licensed independent social worker and member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers, has been a therapist at MercyOne Behavioral Health in Cedar Falls for 17 years and will be leading discussion. She specializes in treating stress and trauma and offers trauma-sensitive yoga to both individuals and groups.
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WATERLOO — East Shaulis Road is closed from the Lost Island Theme Park entrance to the Isle Casino entrance for reconstruction. This closure will be in place until Thursday.
Beginning Thursday, closure of the Shaulis Road/La Porte Road intersection will begin. Access to the Isle Casino, Lost Island Waterpark and Lost Island Theme Park will only be from U.S. Highway 218. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/shaulis-road-closure/article_bb69c0b8-03e1-11ee-aa07-b735815748a7.html | 2023-06-06T21:39:23 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/shaulis-road-closure/article_bb69c0b8-03e1-11ee-aa07-b735815748a7.html |
The amount spent annually per student in the U.S. is comparable to Germany's yearly investment in secondary studies. However, the national budget for K-12 public education represents only 3.2% of the GDP in the U.S., a spending output that places it closer to Canada and Portugal. Seven member countries of the OECD spend 4% or more of their GDP on elementary and secondary funding. Israel spent the highest percentage at 4.8%.
The United Kingdom—where university tuition is one of the priciest in the world—spends about 30% less on elementary and secondary public education than the U.S. On the other hand, Norway, where a college education is free to students, invests about 20% more than the U.S. in K-12 subsidies.
In Norway's case, 36% of the population seeks a post-secondary education. Meanwhile, in the U.S., 1.7 million people ages 16 to 24 enrolled in higher education institutions in 2021 for the first time, which is 61.8% of high school graduates. Nonetheless, Norway has a higher yearly percentage of college graduates.
The amount of money spent on a pupil's basic education doesn't mirror the quality of the instruction received. Their performance on international tests can more accurately reflect the efficiency of a national school system. The OECD runs the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), which evaluates how 15-year-old students perform in math, reading, and science every three years.
In 2018, the latest data available, "Estonia, Canada, Finland, and Ireland were the highest-performing OECD countries in reading." The organization concludes that since the year 2000, the importance of reading has not diminished, though the variety of written material has expanded to electronic formats.
About 16.5% of urban Chinese students tested and 14% of those in Singapore, "scored at Level 6 in mathematics, the highest level of proficiency" in PISA. Only 2.4% of OECD students were able to reach that score.
Trends in academic performance in a 20-year period are widely diverse among OECD nations, and even among students in each specific country. The main concern is a "widening of performance disparities," with low-performing students consistently scoring low grades in periodical assessments, affecting the national average.
The OECD recommends governments gear their education funding and policies towards opportunely spotting students who need extra help "to ensure that learning gaps observed today don't widen into larger social and economic inequalities in the future."
Data reporting by Emma Rubin. Story editing by Robert Wickwire. Copy editing by Tim Bruns. Photo selection by Elizabeth Ciano.
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Three California men accused of driving to Wyoming to rob a Casper Walgreens waived their right to hear the prosecution’s case against them Tuesday morning but continued to seek a lower bond so they could leave jail and return to their home state.
“The flight risk on all three ... they have zero ties to Wyoming and made the decision to come here,” Natrona County Circuit Judge Michael Patchen said in the courtroom.
Curtis Green, Joshua Slaughter and Charles Jemison, who are all high school friends, had their preliminary hearing Tuesday morning in Natrona County Circuit Court. The three men never spoke, but their public defenders argued for a lower bond — Green’s and Slaughter’s bonds were set at $150,000, and Jemison’s bond was set at $200,000 last week.
They are facing decades in prison for allegedly robbing a Casper Walgreens on May 26 and insinuating they had a gun to take more than 3,500 opioid pills, which they intended to sell back in California.
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Jemison, who is believed to have carried out the robbery and confined the workers in the store, asked for his bond to be lowered to $50,000. Patchen instead lowered his bond to $150,000 to match his co-defendants.
Slaughter and Jemison’s bonds remained the same. Their attorneys argued that all three co-defendants have cooperated with law enforcement thus far, so there’s no reason to believe that would change.
The men have no prior criminal history besides Slaughter, who had a misdemeanor vandalism charge in 2019.
Prosecutor Blaine Nelson agreed to all three men having the same bond of $150,000, but “that’s the lowest the state would go,” he said in court. There are many “serious aggravators” including workers being threatened, an attempt to flea and having zero ties to Wyoming, said Nelson.
All three men are charged with felony aggravated robbery and felony conspiracy to deliver hydrocodone, oxycodone and methadone. Jemison is facing a third felony charge for kidnapping.
According to a police investigator’s affidavit, the friends’ plan to rob Walgreens was inspired by an Instagram video, which showed them how to go for “hydros” at the pharmacy.
They allegedly drove over 1,000 miles from California to commit the robbery.
Jemison, 23, is accused of entering the Wyoming Boulevard Walgreens on May 26, jumping behind the counter and robbing the pharmacy, taking a bag of oxycodone and everything in the safe, according to a police investigator’s affidavit.
At the same time, Slaughter, 23, was allegedly watching to make sure no one saw Jemison jumping the counter or called authorities.
The pair jumped in a getaway car, which police believe was driven by Green, 20, the affidavit states. The white Kia Forte sped through Casper before fleeing on Interstate 25.
One of the pharmacy employees said he was pushed towards the back of the pharmacy and believed Jemison had a gun, which he reported to a Casper police sergeant after the incident.
“Once the safe was open, the male began taking all the Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Hydromorphone, and Methadone,” the affidavit states. “...[The employee] saw the suspect male’s hand in his hoodie pocket and it appeared the suspect male was holding a gun.”
Officers later found a small pistol magazine and rifle ammunition while executing a search warrant on their car, but there was no evidence a gun was actually brought inside the store, the affidavit shows.
The stolen pills were worth about $4,715.
Green, Slaughter and Jemison were apprehended in Converse County and transferred to the Natrona County Detention Center, where they remained jailed as of Tuesday.
During an interview with Casper police, Green was not sure why the trio selected Wyoming and admitted he never heard of the state before this, the affidavit states. He “made a stupid decision” because he needed the money.
“[He] expressed to the group that they should go home, but they had driven 15 hours to get to Casper, so [they] talked themselves into robbing a store,” the affidavit states. “They talked themselves into trying as they had never tried to rob a store and ‘it didn’t hurt to try.’”
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BRUNSWICK, Maine — As Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick kicks off its 2023 season with the musical “Titanic,” one thing is clear. People won’t be going to the show to find out how the story ends.
“Everybody knows what happens in this play. Unless, maybe, you’re six years old,” says director and choreographer Marc Robin.
From day one, that awareness of the audience’s built-in knowledge shaped his approach to telling the story.
“We didn’t want to concentrate on how are we going to sink a ship. We wanted to concentrate on how are we going to get you to care about who’s on that ship,” Robin said.
The production features ambitious visual effects rarely seen in Maine, and Robin is quick to give high praise to the set, lighting, and video designers who created them.
In the opening sequence of the play, for instance, the audience will see a three-dimensional ship being built right before their eyes on stage.
“I cried the first time I saw it,” Robin says, “Because it was beyond anything I thought.”
That’s a telling reaction from someone with a wealth of theatrical experience. A few years ago, when updating his resume, Robin stopped to count the number of productions he’s directed in his career. His best guess? More than 450.
For him, this production of “Titanic” stands near the summit.
“It’s in my top ten plays of all time,” he says. “And I’m uberly proud of it.” | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/an-ambitious-and-special-effects-filled-titanic-is-ready-to-set-sail-at-maine-state-music-theatre-entertainment/97-45027761-1c74-4cd6-b0a4-4241b215a5b1 | 2023-06-06T21:42:49 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/an-ambitious-and-special-effects-filled-titanic-is-ready-to-set-sail-at-maine-state-music-theatre-entertainment/97-45027761-1c74-4cd6-b0a4-4241b215a5b1 |
PORTLAND, Maine — Lynn Archer is the chef and owner of Archer's on the Pier in Rockland and joined us in the 207 kitchen. She wanted to share some dishes people can make using leftovers from other meals. She shared her recipe for bacon lobster parmesan twice baked potatoes.
Ingredients:
- 2 leftover baked potatoes
- 2 cups of leftover mashed potatoes
- 6-8 strips of cooked and crumbled bacon
- 1 cup chopped Maine lobster
- 1 cup shredded parmesan cheese
Directions:
- Scoop out the potato from the baked potatoes.
- Warm up mashed potatoes and the potato scooped out of the baked potatoes.
- Add ½ cup shredded parmesan cheese, bacon, and lobster to the mashed potatoes.
- Heap potato, cheese, bacon, and lobster mixture onto scooped-out baked potatoes in a baking pan.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper and add ½ cup shredded parmesan cheese on top.
- Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 20-25 minutes.
- It goes great with grilled steak surf and turf. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/making-good-use-of-leftovers-bacon-lobster-parmesan-twice-baked-potatoes-recipe/97-43234573-b0ce-4cf1-9a9d-50dada615ca1 | 2023-06-06T21:43:05 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/making-good-use-of-leftovers-bacon-lobster-parmesan-twice-baked-potatoes-recipe/97-43234573-b0ce-4cf1-9a9d-50dada615ca1 |
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine lawmakers are set to vote on two independent pieces of legislation that would create a program that advocates believe could solve the state's chronic homelessness crisis.
LD 2 would create a Housing First program within Maine's Department of Health and Human Services. A portion of Gov. Janet Mills' change package would do the same.
At its core, Housing First is an approach to helping people who are chronically homeless by providing them with a place to live.
"Housing First is a proven model of addressing homelessness by quickly rehousing people experiencing homelessness and ensuring that they have access to permanent housing and supportive services," according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The goal is to help people address their mental and physical health struggles with 24/7 care available on-site, without the stress of finding food or shelter.
Maine already has three of these Housing First apartment buildings. All of them are in Portland, operated by Avesta Housing, and staffed by Preble Street case workers: Logan Place, built in 2005; Florence House, built in 2010; and Huston Commons, built in 2017.
These legislative proposals come as Maine, especially the city of Portland, is dealing with unprecedented levels of people who have no place to take shelter. In the city, municipal and nonprofit shelters are at or near capacity nearly every night.
City staff report housing an average of roughly 1,200 people in municipal shelters alone nearly every night. Compounding the squeeze is the number of asylum seekers coming to the city. More than 1,500 have arrived since Jan. 1, 2023. In the city's brand new Homeless Services Center, which opened in March, more than 60 percent of the people staying there are asylum seekers, meaning those who are chronically homeless have nowhere to go.
Community partners like Preble Street and Avesta Housing say they are ready to go to work; people living on the streets say they cannot wait.
"I never thought in a million years I was the person who would give the homeless people money. I never thought I'd be one of those people," Kimmy Hardt, a 60-year-old woman who has been chronically homeless for more than two years, said.
Hardt currently lives in a small tent alongside a handful of others in a parking lot on Marginal Way in Portland. She and the others moved there after city staff told them they could no longer camp on the Bayside Trail near Trader Joe's.
"It may not have four walls and a bathroom and all that, but it's my home," Hardt said of her tent. "Some people look at you like you're an animal, like we choose this life. I didn't [expletive] choose this life."
The stories of how Hardt and all her neighbors became homeless share similar themes: physical and mental health struggles, trauma, and substance use.
"I still use crack-cocaine," Hardt said. "I use it for emotional pain. Maybe that'll happen when I get housing. Maybe I won't need it anymore."
Hardt's life, however, is about to change. She said she is moving into Florence House soon.
"I didn't really believe it until I went to my case management worker, and he said, 'It's true.'"
What makes Housing First properties such as Florence House effective for the chronically homeless is the 24/7 wraparound services, including social work, provided by Preble Street.
The first site of its kind in Maine was Logan Place, built in 2005.
"It transformed this agency in a lot of ways, where we said, 'OK, this is the single best solution to chronic homelessness—period,'" Mark Swann, executive director of Preble Street, said.
Swann said Logan Place was a test, knowing the agency had to prove this model worked. He and other advocates have said the current system is unsustainable, ineffective, and inhumane.
"They were bouncing from jail to shelter to sleeping outside, to detox, back to jail, back to another shelter, bouncing around and not getting better. So not only were they costing all those systems money, it was it was tragic. It wasn't working," Swann said.
Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck was rising through the ranks in the Portland Police Department as Logan Place opened.
"I'm a street sergeant working patrol in Portland, and I'm like, 'Wait a second. So you're going to put 30 of my super utilizers people that we literally deal with every day under one roof, and it's all going to work out just fine.'"
Preble Street studied the effect of opening Logan Place.
Those 30 tenants experienced:
- 88 percent fewer nights in jail
- 67 percent fewer emergency room visits
- 81 percent fewer contacts with police
- 66 percent fewer ambulance trips
- 79 percent fewer detox program visits
"Not only look how much money we're saving but spending what we spend better, like actually solving something," Swann said.
"You hear a lot about win-win scenarios. You seldom see those," Sauschuck said. "To me, this is one of those scenarios where it's incredibly, incredibly effective. I've seen it over and over and over."
The three facilities compromise 85 units of housing: 85 people breaking the cycle of homelessness.
Sara, a domestic violence survivor who asked not to be identified by her real name, said she had been chronically homeless for 22 years.
"When you wake up in the morning, you first wake up, and it's like, thank God I'm still alive," she said. "You're an outcast. The community really doesn't approve of us. I've been attacked many times out there by housed people, and now that's part of the life, and uncertainty of food, shelter, the things that everybody takes for granted, like a shower."
Sara just moved into Huston Commons in mid-May.
"I'd lost probably 15 people last month, month and a half, have died, and that's a low number. We are dropping almost one a day, dying out there. These are my friends. I don't want them to be the next ones out there found dead," Sara said. "It saved my life."
"The reality here is it's not just a city of Portland problem, and yet I think a lot of that burden has come down to them," Sauschuck said.
People from all over the state come to Portland for services like shelters and health care.
Preble Street estimates the state needs 400 more units, equivalent to 12 to 15 apartment buildings across Maine.
"I think it would absolutely help. I mean, that, that scale, it sounds about right, but probably could even be larger when you think of the sheer numbers," Kristen Dow, director of Portland's Health and Human Services Department, said.
How will the state pay for all this?
Avesta Housing CEO Rebecca Hatfield said there are three sources of funding: MaineHousing pays to construct the buildings, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development pays part of the cost of rent.
What remains is covering the cost of the 24/7 social work services.
"It's the last and the most critical piece of the pie," Hatfield said. "Without the services, you will not see the same level of success. That’s the point of this model. The idea is once they receive housing, they can then focus on the many other things in their lives that they need support with."
Tenants pay 30 percent of their income on rent. They are not allowed to use illegal drugs, but they are not required to be sober.
"You move in as-is, and then you're connected with the services that you need and no one's going to take that housing away from you because of because you're not sober yet or because you are managing various things in your life. And so that's the reason why it's successful," Hatfield said.
"Once you stabilize somebody in an atmosphere, then you could work on a lot of these other things that are going to have a negative impact on their world, whether it's substance use disorders, stabilizing them on their medication from a mental health standpoint, the co-occurring aspects of that, you can work on the trauma that they had when they were a child that led to these things, that led to the behavioral health issue," Sauschuck said.
Sauschuck said the old model, of having a counseling session, then sending people back to their encampments with another session on the schedule simply did not work.
Gov. Janet Mills pledged in her State of the Budget address to sign the Housing First legislation if it made it to her desk. The Maine House has voted to enact it. The bill is on the special appropriations table in the Senate awaiting funding.
"Everybody down here is so happy for me. They don't feel angry," Hardt said. "They're like, 'Kim you need this. You walked through [expletive] hell and came out the other side." | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/housing/maine-lawmakers-to-vote-on-adopting-housing-first-program-to-mitigate-chronic-homelessness-unhoused/97-60913e95-86be-44e8-9e5f-36e5cc2d5f2a | 2023-06-06T21:43:11 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/housing/maine-lawmakers-to-vote-on-adopting-housing-first-program-to-mitigate-chronic-homelessness-unhoused/97-60913e95-86be-44e8-9e5f-36e5cc2d5f2a |
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — South Portland city officials said Tuesday that Willard Beach will remain closed while water quality tests are conducted.
On Thursday, a force main pipe running along the beach that carries wastewater to the city's water treatment facility burst, prompting an indefinite closure of the popular beach situated along Southern Maine Community College's campus.
The beach has remained closed since Thursday.
When the pipe burst, city officials said in a release Tuesday that the nearby pump station was disabled to stop the flow through the pipe.
"[The City] also activated its contractor, Shaw Brothers Construction, and ultimately identified and repaired the break on Friday," the release said.
Water testing has been conducted by the city's Water Resource Protection and Parks, Recreation, and Waterfront departments since the closure to ensure it meets standards set by the Department of Environmental Protection’s Maine Healthy Beaches Program, according to the release.
"Today, the city reviewed results from the initial water tests, collected yesterday, Monday, June 5," the release said. "The tests yielded results in two locations that are above the threshold for bacteria levels considered safe by Maine Health Beaches. The sample that was taken closest to the site of the force main break is below the Maine Healthy Beaches public safety threshold, indicating that there is not a significant residual effect from the break in the sewage force main."
"Higher than acceptable levels" reportedly resulted from tests taken near the stormwater outfall, which city officials said is a large pipe near the Willard Beach bathhouse.
"This is not an entirely unusual finding, considering the amount of rain we’ve had recently," Fred Dillon, stormwater coordinator for the city, said. "We will continue to test and reopen the beach only when it is safe to do so."
"Safety is a priority at Willard Beach and all of our parks," Karl Coughlin, South Portland’s Parks, Recreation, and Waterfront director, said in the release. "We are eager to welcome visitors back to Willard, and will reopen as soon as we responsibly can."
The break in the force main pipe is currently under investigation by the city's Water Resource Protection department.
City officials added Willard Beach's water is expected to return to acceptable testing levels naturally "with time and tidal cycles."
"Willard Beach will remain closed on Wednesday, June 7, and potentially longer, as the City awaits a return to normal test results," city officials said Tuesday.
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GRESHAM, Ore. — Legacy Health has announced that it will reopen its Mount Hood Family Birth Center in Gresham on June 13. The reopening plan was announced previously but didn't have a firm date set.
Legacy announced in January that it intended to close the birth facility at Mount Hood Medical Center, citing a shortage of workers and financial losses. Despite significant pushback from the community, Legacy moved forward with the closure in March.
In the weeks leading up to the closure, the Oregon Health Authority publicly warned Legacy that state regulators had not granted permission to shut down the birthing center.
Legacy Mount Hood's state-issued General Hospital license requires it to provide maternity services unless the state grants a waiver, OHA said. Legacy applied for a waiver in advance, but the request was still under review when the hospital carried out the closure on March 17.
OHA officials announced in late March that the agency had denied Legacy's waiver request and opened an investigation into Legacy's decision to close the center without permission.
State regulators disagreed with Legacy's explanation about the lack of available staff, concluding that the staff shortages were a product of management decisions. OHA also said the closure would be detrimental to the community.
Legacy initially released a statement saying it would consider OHA's decision, and subsequently announced in mid-April that it would reopen the center.
The reopening date has changed a couple times; Legacy's initial announcement said it would reopen by July, but a subsequent news release said the hospital was aiming to reopen by the end of May.
A later update changed the plan to mid-June, noting that the timeline was dependent on how fast the hospital could line up physicians and nurses and establish a care plan. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/gresham/legacy-mount-hood-birth-center-reopen-june-13/283-1a66187a-90e4-488f-9ba1-219eade61c64 | 2023-06-06T21:45:55 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/gresham/legacy-mount-hood-birth-center-reopen-june-13/283-1a66187a-90e4-488f-9ba1-219eade61c64 |
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Southeast Portland restaurant and a chef were among those honored by the 2023 James Beard Foundation during an awards ceremony in Chicago on Monday night.
Kann, which opened last year, won the award for Best New Restaurant. The award for Best Chef in the Northwest and the Pacific category went to Vince Nguyen of Southeast Portland's Berlu.
The James Beard awards are regarded as one of the most prestigious culinary awards, highlighting top restaurants and chefs from across the United States.
Gregory Gourdet — an award-winning cookbook author and the chef and owner of Kann — thanked his team in a post on Instagram on Tuesday.
"Immense, eternal gratitude to all the cooks, servers, bartenders, dishwashers, bussers, runners, the construction team and all the others who work behind the scenes to allow Kann to keep putting our best foot forward," Gourdet wrote. "Restaurants are not easy. There is much work to do to fix and heal our industry. Every day at Kann we try."
At Kann, Gourdet pays tribute to his heritage and culture by combining Haitian cuisine with seasonal foods from the Pacific Northwest. The spot began operating in August 2022 and has since garnered many accolades, including being named as "best restaurant" by a number of food reporters and critics around the Portland metro area and around the country.
Chef Vince Nguyen opened Berlu in the summer of 2019. The restaurant takes a contemporary approach to Vietnamese cuisine and features locally sourced ingredients in its multi-course tasting menu.
Prior to opening Berlu, Nguyen started his career at a two-Micheline star restaurant in Los Angeles before working in other restaurants Portland, San Francisco and around the world.
Nguyen was named as a semi-finalist of the 2022 James Beard Award for Best Chef in the Northwest. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/james-beard-2023-winners-kann-berlu/283-373cea44-0dcd-485e-9554-e779bf660738 | 2023-06-06T21:46:01 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/james-beard-2023-winners-kann-berlu/283-373cea44-0dcd-485e-9554-e779bf660738 |
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Deputies arrested a Vancouver teenager early Tuesday morning after he reached over 130 mph while trying to escape a traffic stop, according to the Clark County Sheriff's Office.
A deputy attempted to stop the driver around 2 a.m. on Tuesday after seeing him driving recklessly east on Northeast Padden Parkway from Northeast 117th Avenue in Vancouver, the sheriff's office said, traveling over 100 mph.
The driver refused to stop, instead speeding up to elude the deputy and reaching over 130 mph. The deputy cut off the pursuit in accordance with Washington's law restricting chases.
Though the deputy fell behind, the sheriff's office said that other law enforcement officers in the area spotted the vehicle "and were able to get a look at the driver" before he sped away again.
A few minutes later, a deputy found someone walking the the area who matched the description of the driver. The suspect ran away on foot in a neighborhood on Northeast 85th Street in the Orchards area. Deputies found the suspect vehicle parked nearby.
After searching the neighborhood, officers found 18-year-old Tyler Stout of Vancouver hiding behind a car. He was taken into custody after another chase on foot and booked into the Clark County Jail on charges for attempting to elude a police vehicle.
In mid-May, deputies in Washington County arrested a 19-year-old after he was allegedly clocked going 176 mph on I-5 near the Highway 217 interchange southwest of Portland.
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A new design firm in Winfield is offering interior design services.
Design Direct NWI at 7617 E. 116 Ave. does home design, providing consulting for furniture, art and contractors. The firm does not charge directly for its design work, instead referring clients to contractors and suppliers and getting paid through them.
The firm is aiming to serve the entire Northwest Indiana market, seeking to help clients who are looking to paint walls, install lighting or renovate kitchens or bathrooms in their homes.
It's the latest venture of Ula Davitt, a local gallery owner. She hopes to give people the chance to redesign their homes so they "look straight out of a magazine."
"Instead of having a middleman or firm, now you can contact a supplier’s designer directly," she said. "We are a team of professionals who came together to serve our client. You can have custom furniture, window treatments, or renovation without a designer’s upcharge. It is possible because each designer is paid by their vendors."
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Design Direct NWI aims to keep its services affordable to ensure they're accessible to the public, Davitt said.
"We can help you set a budget and guide you in making the right investments while achieving your desired look and functionality," she said.
Davitt, an art and accessory consultant, specializes in professional art hanging service, rearranging furniture and vignette displays. She's partnered with Michele Ramirez, a floor plan and furniture expert at Walter E Smithe on U.S. 30 in Merrillville, and Julie Mintz, a project innovator who serves as a cross between a general contractor and a designer.
For more information, call 708-745-4100 or find Design Direct NWI on Facebook or Instagram.
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Pierogi stand, Brown Skin Coffee and Alpha Family Resale opening; Ixxa and Dan's Pierogies updating
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CROWN POINT— Neglect charges were filed Friday against a Gary couple after doctors said their 8-month-old was "days" away from certain death due to starvation.
On May 31, police and DCS investigated an incident regarding a family-reported case of child abuse in the 700 block of Adams Street in Gary. After locating and assessing the six children, all between the ages of 8 months and 11 years, DCS placed the children in foster care, charging documents stated.
Charging documents identified the perpetrators as the mother of the children, Jessica Hegwood, 32, and Gabriel Washington, 39, who is the father of some of the children and the stepfather of the others.
Police wrote in the probable cause affidavit that Hegwood had slurred speech and poor motor skills, and was unable to correctly answer questions about the children. Later, Hegwood admitted to the couple's recent use of Klonopin, the affidavit stated.
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Both the parents and the oldest child said that as a family, they have visited "dope houses" to purchase drugs on several occasions, charges stated.
The children were taken to Northlake Methodist Hospital in Gary, according to charging documents. The younger three children were then taken to Comer Children's Hospital in Chicago.
The youngest child, the 8-month-old, weighed 10 pounds, according to charging documents. Two children, ages 1 and 2, were not able to stand on their own due to muscle loss, the charging documents said, and the 1-year-old also had eye complications due to malnutrition.
The apartment was described in charging documents as hot and muggy with no moving air and garbage in every room. No food was found in the house except for a package of bologna on the floor of the kitchen, the documents said.
The water had been shut off for 28 days and electric services had been disconnected for 12 days, according to reports.
Both Hegwood and Washington stated they do not believe that the children should be in their care and custody, according to the probable cause affidavit. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-courts/baby-days-from-starving-gary-couple-faces-neglect-charges-cops/article_94ea33c0-03d0-11ee-83e9-17b41f114bd3.html | 2023-06-06T21:47:13 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-courts/baby-days-from-starving-gary-couple-faces-neglect-charges-cops/article_94ea33c0-03d0-11ee-83e9-17b41f114bd3.html |
PetSmart is opening a new store in Valparaiso.
The Phoenix-based retailer will have a grand opening from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at its new store at 150 Silhavy Road in the Valparaiso Marketplace on the east end of town.
PetSmart took over the former Pier One and AT&T Store spaces next to Barnes & Noble in the outdoor shopping center at the corner of State Road 49 and LaPorte Avenue. It combined the vacant storefronts into a bigger, 12,700-square-foot space.
During the grand opening celebration Saturday, the retailer will give out goodie bags with pet toys, $10 gift cards, pet bandanas and coupons while supplies last.
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The new store will sell an array of goods for dogs, cats and other pets including fish, birds and reptiles. It stocks pet food, treats, toys, clothes, supplements and habitats, carrying a wide variety of products like rawhides, bowls, beds and flea and tick treatments. Customers can get contactless curbside pickup and same-day delivery through DoorDash.
Valparaiso's new PetSmart also will have services like adoptions, pet training and a full-service grooming salon that employs academy-trained stylists.
It's located in Valparaiso Marketplace, which is home to many national chain retailers like Target, Home Depot, Kohl's, Shoe Carnival and Hair Cuttery. It's in the broader commercial area that also encompasses the neighboring Valparaiso Walk and the Porters Vale Shopping Center across the highway.
The new big-box store will compete with several existing pet shops in Valparaiso, including Woof Life, Healthi Paws and Hungry Hound Boutique and Grooming downtown.
PetSmart operates 1,660 pet stores in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, including in Schererville, Hobart and Michigan City. It estimates it has worked with more than 200 nonprofits to facilitate more than 10 million pet adoptions through its PetSmart Charities, more than any other brick-and-mortar retailer.
For more information, visit PetSmart.com .
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Pierogi stand, Brown Skin Coffee and Alpha Family Resale opening; Ixxa and Dan's Pierogies updating
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A new pierogi concession stand at U.S. Steel Yard in downtown Gary has turned every Gary South Shore RailCats home game into Pierogi Fest, especially on dollar pierogi Wednesday.
The concession stand along the first base line by right field sells three potato pierogi with buttered onions and sour cream for $5 and five for $8. The large-sized pierogi are just $1 each on Wednesdays.
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It's one of many concession options at the park, including hot dogs, Polish sausages, tacos, walking tacos and Ben's Soft Pretzels. 18th Street Brewery, which has locations in Hammond and Gary's Miller neighborhood, took over the former Devil's Trumpet spot this season after that Hobart-based craft brewery closed. It offers 18th Street's acclaimed craft beers like Candi Crushable as well as a limited food menu that includes pulled pork sandwiches.
The Dollar Pierogi Night on Wednesday is just one of many weekly promotions this season, including $5 signature cocktails for Sunday Fun-Day, all-you-can-eat hot dogs, popcorn and peanuts for $15 for AYCE Mondays, $3 tacos and $5 margaritas for Taco Tuesdays and $3 domestic beers for Thirsty Thursdays.
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Righteous Ribs closed its sit-down restaurant at The Steel Yard in downtown Gary and is now operating as a mobile barbecue business that caters to backyard barbecues and special events.
Originally from East Chicago, Righteous Ribs serves ribs, rib tips, brisket, turkey, wings and other barbecue staples. It took over the former R & R Sports Bar & Grill space in the minor league baseball stadium in 2020. It was originally home to a Bennigan's when the Steel Yard first opened as a major downtown redevelopment project in 2002, but that national sit-down restaurant chain has long since gone out of business.
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Also in pierogi news, Dan's Pierogies in downtown Highland completely renovated its dining room to have a "new, upbeat" look. The artist Ochoart did a personalized mural with the anthropomorphic pierogi that serve as the Dan's Pierogies mascot. The wall-sized mural depicts the history of the Polish restaurant that dates back to 1998.
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Dan's Pierogies sells pierogies and other Polish cuisine for dine-in at 2945 Jewett Ave and also offers frozen pierogies to take home. It also does pop-ups and is especially well-known for its annual booth at Pierogi Fest in Whiting, where it draws some of the longest lines every July.
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Brown Skin Coffee will soon provide Gary with a jolt of caffeine.
The new coffee shop is located at 1921 W. 25th Ave. by the Fresh Market supermarket just off the Grant Street exit of the Borman Expressway. It will serve single-origin coffee, loose-leaf tea and wines from around the world.
A soft opening is planned for Monday, to be followed with a grand opening that will include food and drink tasting, a jazz band and a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
"We are excited to bring the authentic experience of Brown Skin Coffee to Gary," said Shana Tate, a Gary native and CEO of Brown Skin Coffee. "We believe that our single-original coffee, loose-leaf teas and wine will entice the appetite of greatness for the citizens of Gary, Indiana. Our goal is to provide our customers with an unforgettable experience."
She founded Brown Skin Coffee as a mobile coffee bar based out of the back of a Mini car three years ago.
The business grew and she opened a brick-and-mortar location in Brownsburg in central Indiana.
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The coffee shop aims to provide an authentic experience in a "cozy and elegant atmosphere" that gives people a place to unwind or socialize. The coffee house will hang the work of local artists on the walls, where it will be available for sale. It will have regular events throughout the week, including Wine Down Wednesday and open mic nights.
Brown Skin Coffee has a full espresso bar with drinks like a flat white, affogato and macchiato. Signature drinks include a Rolo Latte, Red Velvet Latte, Lavender Matcha Latte and Brown Sugar Babe Coffee. It prepares coffee in a number of ways, including with V60, Chemex and a French Press.
Non-coffee options include MUD/WTR and kombucha.
The cafe serves breakfast items like avocado toast, breakfast burritos, omelets, grits, biscuits and gravy and chicken and waffles. It also has a variety of baked goods like butter croissants, brioche bread, loaf cake and Madeleines.
Lunch options include quesadillas, air-fried Boujie Wings, a BLT wrap, a fajita wrap, a ham & swiss wrap, salads and soups like tomato basil and New England Clam Chowder.
For more information, call 219-281-2155, visit brownskincoffee.com or find the business on Facebook.
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Alpha Family Resale is coming to Winfield this summer.
The thrift and consignment store plans to open soon at 10763 Randolph St.
"My wife and I want to help people in this area," owner Tim Koedyker said. "The first program will be for mothers and newborn babies who can't afford things. We looked at a resale shop to be the generator for the funds."
It's now accepting donations at its location at the Doubletree Plaza in Winfield, in the same shopping center as the Baja Restaurant and the Strack & Van Til that was previously a WiseWay.
"We just got some demolition done and are doing painting and fixtures," he said. "We're hoping to be open by the end of June or the first part of July."
The resale store will specialize in gently used clothes and household items.
"It's used clothing for people who want something new but are OK with it being old. People don't realize how much it saves the planet to keep these items from going to a landfill," he said. "We can find people that could use these clothes. The cost of everything is also going up whether gas prices or food. Everything is getting more expensive so this can help the community."
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Alpha Family Resale also will sell household items like decor and kitchenware. It will not carry larger items like appliances or furniture. People can donate household items or clothes in bags in a donation bin out in the back of the store.
"We're going to help people afford things they normally couldn't," he said. "People can come in here and browse and see things that weren't in here yesterday."
The store is a 501(c)3-registered nonprofit that plans to pour proceeds into community causes.
"We're talking to the township trustee to find people that do need the assistance, for baby goods or something like that," he said. "Once our bills are paid, our rent and electrical and whatever, we plan to support nonprofit programs."
For more information, call 219-776-2779, email info@alphafamilyresale.org , visit alphafamilyresale.org or find the business on Facebook.
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Expanded
Ixxa Coffee Roasters & Plant Shop expanded in Hammond's Robertsdale neighborhood and is now offering seating for the first time.
The coffee shop and plant store at 1720 Calumet Ave. just opened its outdoor patio and urban garden Saturday, and also recently added an apothecary section. It previously focused on a to-go coffee business as plants take up all the floor space inside the cafe.
It was founded last year by Jose Marin, who does the coffee roasting, and his wife, Stephanie Mora, who runs the plant store. The married couple from Los Angeles added al fresco seating and a garden on the left side of the building.
"It's an urban oasis," Marin said. "There's an urban garden where people can take home a couple of tomatoes for dinner that night. We're about providing value to the customers and community as much as possible. We're in on the urban garden trend. People who want to grab some tomatoes or cucumbers are more than welcome to do so."
They also will grow peppers and herbs in 12 beds.
"They're available to taste for free," he said. "If you want to try something out, you can pick it off the vine. We want to encourage people to eat organic and grow their own food. They can see what it tastes like right off the vine or bring some to add to a salad for dinner that night. We'll have hanging herb gardens where people can take clippings."
The patio also has about 16 seats at several tables. They plan to have live music, hosting different artists out on the patio throughout the summer. Upcoming events will be posted on its Instagram page.
"Hopefully, we'll have some blues or jazz," he said. "We'll also host discussions of gardening, sustainability, native plants and the benefits of native plants."
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Ixxa also recently expanded to add apothecary products.
"We have pictures and powders for moods, sleep, anxiety, pain, general illness, immunity boosting," Mora said.
It stocks Anima Mundi goods from Brooklyn.
"They are Costa Rican and indigenous healers," she said. "We've worked with this brand for awhile. They have pictures and medicine like sleep aides, to mitigate pain, for when you're feeling sick, for anxiety or a bit of depression. They have products that help with the mind as well as cognitive health, such as with mushrooms like Reishi, Cordyceps or Lion's Mane. They have health benefits so you don't have to rely on just pharmaceutical medicine. They work with nature for healing like with products for gut health and detox."
They are working to incorporate apothecary products into drinks at the coffee bar and looking to add other brands in the future.
"If you're sick and tired of putting chemicals in the body and really don't know or understand what's in them you can harness the power of nature, of herbs and plants," she said. "You can grow your own medicine from home. We're exploring herbalist tinctures and the healing power of nature."
Ixxa also is looking to add indoor seating, expanding its wholesale business to serve more restaurants and coffee shops and looking to offer subscription coffee packages in which people can sign up to get locally roasted coffee beans every month.
"We're very excited to be adding the patio space," Marin said. "We'll be creating the same vibe and energy sitting with the plants in a kind of urban oasis."
It recently expanded its hours to 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.
For more information, call 219-232-8138 or visit ixxacoffee.com .
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PLEASANT PRAIRIE – The Plan Commission approved plans for a 3,767-square-foot addition to the Mausoleum at All Saints Cemetery, 3300 Springbrook Road, during Monday’s meeting.
Commissioners unanimously approved a conditional use permit with site and operational plans for the project, planned for the west side of the existing facility.
Construction of the All Saints Cemetery Mausoleum, office and warehouse first began in 1975. Over the years, various chapel and mausoleum additions have contributed to the cemetery’s growth.
The new mausoleum addition will give have additional space for burials and added restroom facilities. The architectural design and materials will be consistent with the existing building and structure on the property.
Village Community Development Director Jean Werbie-Harris acknowledged the significance of All Saints Cemetery as a vital religious and community asset.
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“We are pleased to support the growth and development of All Saints Cemetery” Werbie-Harris said. “The Mausoleum addition will provide enhanced facilities that meet the needs of the Catholic community by providing a peaceful and respectful environment for the remembrance of loved ones.”
LaQuinta rebranding
The LaQuinta Inn, 7540 118th Ave., is rebranding to a Days Inn, meaning a recoloring of the building, signage updates and landscaping changes.
The Plan Commission approved a zoning text amendment, digital security imaging system agreement and digital security imaging system access easement.
Accessory structures
The Plan Commission took the first steps for potential plans to amend the separation distance required between a dwelling unit and certain types of accessory structures.
Village staff said residents had questions about situations such as open-air gazebos, asking if setback distances could be reduced from the current 10 feet.
Staff emphasized that Monday’s approval was not an evaluation of the merits of an future amendments, only initiating the process. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/pleasant-prairie-plan-commission-approves-mausoleum-expansion/article_e02e8bd0-048c-11ee-a9e0-2312298ef9da.html | 2023-06-06T21:50:23 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/pleasant-prairie-plan-commission-approves-mausoleum-expansion/article_e02e8bd0-048c-11ee-a9e0-2312298ef9da.html |
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Q.E.P, which owns the former Harris flooring plant in Johnson City, will permanently lay off dozens of employees in August, according to a WARN Notice filed with the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).
Q.E.P. Co., which is headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla., filed the notice on Tuesday, informing the TDLWD that a permanent layoff would take place on Aug. 9.
According to the notice, 87 employees will be affected by the layoff.
Q.E.P.’s Johnson City site is located at 2225 Eddie Williams Road.
The company bought the former Harris flooring company, which had operated in Johnson City since the late 1800’s, in 2010. Q.E.P continues to produce wood flooring under the Harris brand at its Johnson City location.
The TDLWD reports that employees at Q.E.P.’s Johnson City facility are not represented by a collective bargaining agreement, and the Northeast Local Workforce Development Area rapid response team has been notified to work with those impacted.
Recipients of the TDLWD’s memorandum included Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger, State Senator Rusty Crowe, State Representative Tim Hicks, Washington County Mayor Joe Grandy and Johnson City Mayor Todd Fowler.
News Channel 11 has reached out to Q.E.P. for more information on the layoff. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/87-permanent-layoffs-set-at-johnson-city-flooring-plant/ | 2023-06-06T21:51:03 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/87-permanent-layoffs-set-at-johnson-city-flooring-plant/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Byron Barnes of Barnes Exterminating Company told News Channel 11 that the recent killing of 23-year-old Tava Woodard inspired him to offer a second $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of suspects in the case.
“I didn’t have a personal connection with the victim or with family,” Barnes said. “I know some people that are close to me that do have personal connections, and our company just always tries to find ways to give back and help in situations.”
Barnes said anyone with information on the suspects seen demanding money in the Roadrunner Market on June 2 should immediately report it to the Johnson City Police Department for investigation. If that information leads to the arrest of those involved, Barnes said there’s $5,000 from his company waiting on them.
“This has just been something that really touched my heart,” Barnes said. “It’s really bothered me that something like this can happen in a city like Johnson City because this is the area and communities that we live and work in with our business.”
Representatives of GPM Investments, the holding company that owns Roadrunner Markets, said another $5,000 is available for those who help bring justice to those involved.
Barnes said the move is part of his business’s ethos of giving back.
“We just hope that it’s something that people down the road can make a difference,” Barnes said. “And try to prevent tragedies like this from happening again.”
The Johnson City Police Department said in a June 2 press conference that the public’s help is still needed to close the case. You can find photos of the suspects below:
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact the police department at 423-434-6166 or Crime Stoppers at 423-434-6158 to remain anonymous. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/local-business-adds-5000-reward-for-roadrunner-homicide-info/ | 2023-06-06T21:51:04 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/local-business-adds-5000-reward-for-roadrunner-homicide-info/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – A new 7 Brew location right across from East Tennessee State University (ETSU) is set to open next week, and early visitors can get free gifts beforehand.
Signage at the 1210 Harris Dr. business shows six days remain until high-speed coffee service begins. Before the official June 12 opening, however, a public “Family and Friends” period will open sales during specific times:
- June 9: 7 a.m. – 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
- June 10: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. – 6 p.m.
- June 11: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Anyone who visits the new location during “Friends and Family” hours will receive a free small drink.
Crews were seen training for the business’s grand opening on Tuesday, and representatives of the location said more community days are coming later in the year.
7 Brew opened its first location in Johnson City along North Roan St. in February 2023. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/new-johnson-city-7-brew-location-set-to-open-next-week/ | 2023-06-06T21:51:06 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/new-johnson-city-7-brew-location-set-to-open-next-week/ |
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Washington County Tennessee Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) is hosting a community meet and greet in Jonesborough on Wednesday in conjunction with its monthly food truck rally.
A release from the WCSO said Wednesday’s event serves many purposes, and there will be plenty to do all afternoon.
Deputies will be in the parking lot of the sheriff’s office on June 7 at 112 West Jackson Blvd. from 1-4 p.m. checking children’s car seats to ensure they’re safe and installed properly. Then, from 4-7 p.m., the public can meet local law enforcement staff and discuss how to begin their own community watch in their neighborhoods while enjoying local food trucks.
“We’re doing a Meet and Greet in each zone in the county to give residents a chance to talk with us one-on-one about concerns they have and how to establish a Community Watch program,” Sheriff Sexton said.
Another highlight of the event is the introduction of the WCSO utilizing Tip411, a program that makes submitting anonymous tips easy and accessible to anyone with a smartphone that has the Apple app store or Google Play.
The release said anyone can submit a tip by text without downloading the Tip411 app by texting WCSOTN, followed by their crime tip information, to 847411. The release said no participant’s contact information is shared with the WCSO. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/washington-county-sheriffs-office-hosting-community-meet-and-greet-food-truck-rally-june-7/ | 2023-06-06T21:51:20 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/washington-county-sheriffs-office-hosting-community-meet-and-greet-food-truck-rally-june-7/ |
The City of Flagstaff is soliciting community review and feedback on the second draft of the Greater Observatory Mesa Trail Plan.
The public participation opportunity includes a community meeting and a 40-day public comment period.
Public participation opportunities will allow citizens to review the plan, learn how the plan may affect them, comment on the plan, and contribute to ongoing communication to resolve concerns. Details on how to participate are listed below.
An in-person meeting is planned on June 14, from 5 – 7 p.m. at the Flagstaff Aquaplex Community Room at 1702 N Fourth St.
An online survey is also available from June 6 - July 16 on the city’s community forum website.
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The public meeting will begin with a short presentation on the Greater Observatory Mesa Trail Plan, highlighting plan changes and proposed ideas put forth by the community and stakeholders, followed by the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback through interactive stations. The trail plan proposal will be revised using community and partner input for this comment period.
This is the second phase of community input for this plan.
In June 2022, the City held a public comment period for the plan’s first draft through an online survey and a public meeting. Since then, community input has been used to develop the second draft of the trail plan.
The Greater Observatory Mesa Trail Plan’s purpose is to design a trail system for implementation in the Greater Observatory Mesa Natural Area.
The plan includes recommendations for restoration and defines appropriate uses of a final completed trail system. Citizens are encouraged to review and provide input on developing a final trail plan concept.
The City of Flagstaff will use the final plan to direct future management and trail implementation.
If you have questions about the Greater Observatory Mesa Trail Plan or the upcoming public meeting, please contact Robert Wallace at robert.wallace@flagstaffaz.gov. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/city-seeks-feedback-on-greater-observatory-mesa-trail-plan/article_a1b49e70-04a1-11ee-9b66-57830c3d0e75.html | 2023-06-06T21:55:03 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/city-seeks-feedback-on-greater-observatory-mesa-trail-plan/article_a1b49e70-04a1-11ee-9b66-57830c3d0e75.html |
The MetroPlan Board of Directors named Kate Morley Executive Director at their June 1, 2023 meeting.
Morley has served in an interim capacity since March and previously served as the Mountain
Line Deputy General Manager. In that role, Morley oversaw the Planning Division of the organization which included long range planning, capital projects, and grant writing.
“The Board is very excited to have Kate lead the organization,” said Flagstaff City Councilmember and MetroPlan Board Chair Jim McCarthy. “She brings a long history of public service, planning knowledge, and successful transportation grant writing to the organization.”
Morley was born and raised in Flagstaff. She received her master’s degree in Planning with an emphasis in healthy and environmental communities in 2011 from the University of Arizona.
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Prior to joining Mountain Line is 2015, Morley worked for Coconino County as a land use planner.
“I am honored by the trust the Board has put in me and thrilled to have the opportunity to lead this organization,” said Morley. “I believe there are many opportunities to expand the value MetroPlan brings to this community and looking forward to working on important transportation issues with our team and community partners.”
The mission of MetroPlan, the Flagstaff Metropolitan Planning Organization, is to leverage cooperation to maximize financial and political resources for a premier transportation system and is responsible for coordinating transportation planning and federal grants in the greater
Flagstaff region.
MetroPlan is a partnership of the City of Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona
Department of Transportation (ADOT), Northern Arizona University and Mountain Line. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/kate-morley-named-metroplan-executive-director/article_4c8ddaa2-04a0-11ee-9500-cffa1a332f18.html | 2023-06-06T21:55:05 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/kate-morley-named-metroplan-executive-director/article_4c8ddaa2-04a0-11ee-9500-cffa1a332f18.html |
Northern Arizona Healthcare’s (NAH) board announced Monday that it had moved up the start date for its new CEO after placing its acting CEO on administrative leave.
Josh Tinkle had been acting as NAH’s interim CEO since the organization announced the departure of its previous president and CEO, Flo Spyrow, in August 2022, the same day she left the role.
Monday’s announcement said the board had placed Tinkle on leave “during a personnel investigation.” NAH said it cannot discuss details of the reason for Tinkle’s administrative leave, as it has to do with personnel.
NAH had already announced the hiring of its new CEO, Dave Cheney, who is currently the CEO of Sutter Health Hospitals in California. To account for Tinkle’s leave, Cheney will now be starting next Monday, June 12, rather than his originally planned start date of July 10, which had been announced in April.
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Cheney will be leading the entire healthcare system, including both Flagstaff Medical Center and Verde Valley Medical Center as well as NAH’s primary and specialty care clinics and emergency medical transports.
“The NAH Board of Directors and Mr. Cheney will together immediately begin this new chapter of leadership to propel our community-driven organization into its next phase,” NAH board chair William Riley said in this week’s announcement. “Mr. Cheney is invested in leading NAH through building community relationships, developing strong organizational culture and continuing our high level of quality care.” | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/new-nah-ceos-start-date-moved-up-as-tinkle-placed-on-administrative-leave/article_d45ca7d0-048a-11ee-8c10-b77fc545667a.html | 2023-06-06T21:55:06 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/new-nah-ceos-start-date-moved-up-as-tinkle-placed-on-administrative-leave/article_d45ca7d0-048a-11ee-8c10-b77fc545667a.html |
HOYT LAKES — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has revoked a key discharge permit for the project vying to become Minnesota's first copper-nickel mine because it "does not ensure compliance" with the water quality standards of the downstream Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
But NewRange Copper Nickel, the joint venture between PolyMet and Teck formed earlier this year to see the advance Northmet copper-nickel mine and processing facility near Hoyt Lakes and Babbitt, can still apply for the permit again, the Army Corps said.
In a 27-page decision released Tuesday, Col. Eric Swenson, district commander of the Army Corps' St. Paul District, wrote that it was revoking the project's Section 404 permit, which allows the company to discharge dredged and fill material into over 900 acres of wetlands.
"With the finding that there are currently no conditions that can ensure compliance with the water quality requirements of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, I have determined that revocation of the subject DA (Department of Army) permit would be in the public interest," Swenson wrote.
Swenson cited the Fond du Lac Band's specific concerns that the project would cause additional pollution from mercury and specific conductance, a measure of dissolved solids like sulfate.
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The Army Corps issued the permit in March 2019, but the Fond du Lac Band has long argued that potential pollution from the proposed mine and processing facility would damage its wild rice and other resources.
The band sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency because the agency never notified the band on whether the project "may affect" its waters. The band argued it should have because under the Clean Water Act, the band is considered a state and was entitled to the same kind of notification and objection process.
A federal judge, and later the EPA's Office of Inspector General, agreed.
The permit was suspended in March 2021 as the EPA considered whether the project "may affect" Fond du Lac, and by June 2021, the EPA determined it "may affect" the downstream waters of the Fond du Lac Reservation and state of Wisconsin.
That opened the door for the band and state to object to the Section 404 permit.
The band objected, prompting a hearing before the Army Corps.
Just as the hearing began in May 2022, the EPA recommended the Army Corps not renew the permit as "there were no conditions that EPA can provide to the Crops that would ensure that the discharges from the CWA Section 404 permitted activities would comply with the band’s water quality requirements for its waters.”
The Northmet project is proposed near Babbitt and Hoyt Lakes, 70 miles upstream from the Fond du Lac Reservation, and in the St. Louis River Watershed. The St. Louis River also forms the Minnesota-Wisconsin border from the edge of Jay Cooke State Park in Carlton to Duluth-Superior Harbor.
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This is a developing story; check back for updates. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/army-corps-revokes-key-northmet-copper-nickel-mine-permit | 2023-06-06T21:58:12 | 1 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/army-corps-revokes-key-northmet-copper-nickel-mine-permit |
BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) — A new business named The Axe and Ale House is opening in Bristol, Virginia on July 4.
The space is a triple threat, owners say, as they’ll offer a dining space, ale bar, arcade, axe throwing and more.
“At the Axe and Ale House we have something for everyone,” said owner L.J. Boothe. “One of the things we did is we’ve established kind of a non-bar area, a nice dining room setting that’ll be a little quieter, a little more family-friendly but as you can imagine axe throwing isn’t necessarily family friendly so we will be 10 and up on the axe side of the house which is also our bar area.”
Featured on the business’s menu are pub-style foods like pretzels, mozzarella sticks and nachos, as well as more unique options for groups like charcuterie boards, which they call ‘Shark Boards.’ Chicken-based meals like tenders, wraps and sandwiches are offered, along with pulled pork, submarines, salads and plenty of dessert options.
“People will find that we have a pretty nice menu, Chef Josh is back there now pumping out high-quality handhelds, good sandwiches and salads,” Boothe said. “The common theme to this place is really to have something for everyone, so we’ll have a nice bar setting. We’ll have a nice arcade setting, quiet dining and then good food, moderately priced food.”
Boothe said he hopes the Axe and Ale House will be a great place for groups to go–whether it be friend hangouts or special occasions like birthdays. He said rental options will be available for those wanting Axe and Ale House to host their gathering with a side of fun.
“We really want people to come and play and have fun with their friends, that’s the whole point,” Boothe said. “We’re trying to establish kind of a cheers mentality here where everybody knows your name, where you feel comfortable when you walk in, where it’s not too bougie or too high-end for you, so we really hope people take advantage of it.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/axe-and-ale-house-opening-july-4-in-bristol/ | 2023-06-06T21:59:42 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/axe-and-ale-house-opening-july-4-in-bristol/ |
YORK, Pa. — Hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania Medicaid and CHIP patients could lose coverage this year due to the end of a federal pandemic-era policy.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicaid patients remained in the program regardless of whether they had changes in their eligibility, such as getting a higher-paying job that put them above Medicare’s maximum income requirements.
Beginning on April 1, the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement ended, meaning patients now ineligible for Medicare will risk losing their health coverage at the time of renewal. Renewal times vary by patient, so coverage losses will happen throughout the next year.
Officials estimated that 600,000 to 700,000 Medicaid patients may have become ineligible in the roughly three years since the continuous coverage requirement began.
On June 6 the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services detailed its plan to ensure those losing Medicaid coverage continue to have health insurance.
Current Medicaid patients who either don’t fill out their annual renewal or fill it out but are no longer eligible will receive a letter directing them to Pennie, the state’s official health coverage marketplace. Their personal information will automatically be transferred to the site, where patients can find another affordable health insurance plan.
“Everyone deserves the dignity and peace of mind of having access to affordable, high-quality health care and knowing they can go to the doctor when they need it. DHS’ goal throughout the renewal process is to make sure that all Pennsylvanians stay covered so they have that peace of mind,” said DHS Secretary Val Arkoosh.
Pennie is not an insurance provider, but helps patients shop for insurance policies. It also lets patients know if they qualify for tax savings to help reduce the cost of monthly premium payments and out-of-pocket costs.
“Those who lose medical assistance and come over to us often can find health plans that are quality for under $10 a month,” said Pennie executive director Devon Trolley.
Those who need help through the process can set up an appointment with a “Pennie assister” such as Emily Saare, an eligibility specialist with Family First Health in York. Saare, who specializes in assisting patients who are HIV positive, said many patients feel they have no options when they become ineligible for Medicaid.
“They’re in panic mode and they’re very scared, so they’re just giving up on life, giving up on their treatment,” Saare said. “There are other options and we provide those options.”
Officials urged Medicaid patients to fill out their renewals a few months ahead of time this year to make sure they don’t have any breaks in coverage.
For those losing Medicaid coverage, you can find more information on what to do next here. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/patients-lose-medicaid-coverage/521-9ba1f776-d3a4-46d9-972f-b93b0b0b91c8 | 2023-06-06T22:01:23 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/patients-lose-medicaid-coverage/521-9ba1f776-d3a4-46d9-972f-b93b0b0b91c8 |
JUNIATA COUNTY, Pa. — Emergency crews responded to a pretzel truck crash mid-Monday afternoon in Juniata County.
According to the Mifflintown Hose Co #1, the crash happened along Route 74 and Mountain Road in Turbett Township. Emergency crews responded to the scene for an entrapment inside the truck.
The driver was removed from the truck in just under an hour and flown to a nearby hospital, according to the fire company.
According to resident Jenifer Lilley, her historic home is destroyed. Built at the bottom of a mountain during the 1800s, the house could handle a rouge horse and buggy... not the high speeds of trucks and trailers, Lilley wrote in a Facebook post.
According to her post, the house has been hit 7-8 times in modern history and struck 2-3 times within the past three years.
Besides the truck driver, there were no additional reported injuries. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/pretzel-truck-crashes-historic-juniata-county-home/521-6ea0b0db-82dd-43b5-81db-f5ab8c6edd6f | 2023-06-06T22:01:29 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/pretzel-truck-crashes-historic-juniata-county-home/521-6ea0b0db-82dd-43b5-81db-f5ab8c6edd6f |
Universal school vouchers for K-12 students, significant tax cuts for individuals and businesses, extended tax holidays and a $1 billion fund for local projects are some of the highlights of the Ohio Senate’s proposed 2024-2025 budget unveiled Tuesday.
The Senate’s version of the budget will have three more hearings this week in the Senate Finance Committee. In several places, the Senate’s version diverges from the one the House approved in April.
“At the end of the day, particularly the Republicans, when they look at this budget, they’re going to see that, at this moment in time, this is the most conservative budget that can exist during this budget process,” Senate Finance Committee Chair Matt Dolan, R-Chagrin Falls, told reporters at a news conference.
Sen. Vernon Sykes, D-Akron, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, said his party was not fully aware of the details within the proposal as it had been revealed to them only an hour before it was made public, but he did call provisions “troubling” or something they “don’t feel good about.”
The office of Gov. Mike DeWine, who initially outlined his preferred budget back in February, said it is ”reviewing the proposals and will continue to engage in the legislative process as the budget moves through its Senate and Conference Committee processes.”
The bill, formally known as House Bill 33, is expected to be deliberated by both chambers in a conference committee later this month.
Tax reform
The Senate’s proposal includes a new income tax policy that would change Ohio’s current five-bracket income tax system to a three-bracket system and grant tax relief to the state’s highest earners, in particular. Under the proposal:
- Earners under $26,500 would remain exempted from income tax.
- Earners between $26,501 and $115,300 will be taxed at 2.75%
- Earners above $115,301 would be taxed at 3.5%
Lawmakers say the new cuts will bring more workers and businesses to the state.
The House’s version of the budget maintained the highest tax bracket at 3.99% and the lowest at 0%, but merged the three middle brackets at an income tax rate of 2.75%.
The Senate’s income tax cuts were paired with a proposal to alleviate tax burdens on businesses by reducing the Commercial Activity Tax (CAT) by 25%, phased in over two years.
Senate Finance Committee member George Lang, R-West Chester, characterized the Senate’s tax policy as a step in the right direction on income tax, but it wasn’t exactly what he wanted.
“In general, I’m very pleased with the direction we’re going; I’m not pleased with the pace that we’re going at. I would like to see bigger deductions right now but, you know, we’ll take baby steps as we continue to lower taxes,” Lang said. “My goal is to ultimately eliminate the income tax in Ohio.”
Lang said he would have liked the Senate Finance Committee to eliminate the highest income tax bracket — effectively creating a 2.75% flat tax rate on all earners above $26,500.
Lang said he approached the budget with his sights set on “making Ohio more business friendly.” Lang characterized lower taxes and fewer regulations as possible recourse to stagnating population growth by drawing more businesses and entrepreneurs to the state.
“I want the wealthy in California, the wealthy in New York, the wealthy in New jersey — those that are creating businesses that are saying, ‘Hey, we can no longer afford to stay in these high tax states’ — those are the ones I want to come back because those are the ones who are creating the jobs,” Lang said.
Senate leadership said they were confident the state could afford to cut those taxes. Lang asserted that a lower tax rate would bring more revenue to the state by facilitating a broader tax base.
Extended tax holiday
The Senate proposes an extended sales tax holiday that coincides with the back-to-school tax holiday the state facilitates every August. Their budget outlines a period of at least two weeks this August where all state and local taxes will be taken off local goods and earmarks $1 billion in excess general revenue funds to reimburse municipalities for the total local sales tax lost during the holiday.
Gas, cigarettes and alcohol will still be taxed during the holiday. Dolan said items above $500 will also still be taxed, though that is not fully determined.
The tax holiday would only occur in years where there is more than $50 million in excess state general fund revenue.
School vouchers
The Senate proposal makes the state’s EdChoice Expansion Scholarship, often referred to as school vouchers, available to all K-12 students in Ohio.
Under the proposal, any student with family income below 450% of the federal poverty level (about 75% of Ohio students) are eligible for a full scholarship and students in more affluent families will be eligible for partial or entire scholarships based on means-based testing. The minimum scholarship is capped at 10%.
For a family of four, 450% of the poverty line is $135,000.
The universal voucher program would allow more students to use state funds to attend private schools — a policy at the center of contentious debate at the statehouse for years centered on school funding concerns and student equity.
August election
The proposal also provides $15 million to run the forthcoming August election to decide Issue 1 — a contentious amendment proposed by the General Assembly to make it harder to amend the state constitution. The single-issue special election was called by the legislature months after limiting August elections on the grounds of their expense, low voter turnout and redundancy so that Ohioans can vote on Issue 1 before an abortion-rights amendment hits the ballot this November.
The provision provides a source of funding for the election and clarity for local boards of elections who did not know how the election would be funded.
$1 billion investment fund
Ohio senators proposed removed earmarks for $1 billion in one-time spending from the state operating budget and placing the money into a new fund for community projects to be doled out next spring.
Creation of the One-Time Strategic Community Investment Fund would nix many earmarks for infrastructure and other projects contained in the House’s version of the $88 billion, two-year spending blueprint.
The fund would be created from leftover federal revenue and taxpayer money from fiscal year 2023, which the Ohio House and DeWine have proposed spending in different ways. The Senate concept is to help lawmakers make thoughtful, one-time funding decisions for priority transportation or capital projects and keep the budget document focused on policy decisions, according to the Associated Press.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Insurance field adjusters are blowing the whistle.
Several adjusters claim insurance companies manipulated their reports to pay homeowners less money or deny their claims all together.
One adjuster made the claim while under oath during a deposition for a lawsuit and since then others have come forward with similar stories.
Hurricane Irma did about $50 billion dollars’ worth of damage to Florida in 2017, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Months after the storm, independent adjuster Rodney Buvens was hired by United Property and Casualty, also known as UPC, to assess a homeowner’s claim in Estero, Florida.
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“Our job is really to document the damage and provide an estimate,” Buvens told News 6.
Buvens testified under oath that he found evidence of windstorm damage, and he recommended a full roof replacement, according to his deposition.
But that’s not what the homeowner’s got.
“We started getting indications from the policyholders that they weren’t being provided their estimates that we had worked on,”
After getting Buvens’ estimate, UPC sent engineers to the home who found no damage.
“They were using these engineering reports as a basis to deny or underpay these claims when there was clear wind damage to these homes,” Buvens told News 6.
The homeowner’s claim was denied, which lead them to file a lawsuit against Family Security Insurance, a subsidiary of UPC.
And it led to Buvens being deposed.
“What we found is that they were taking our reports and either changing them without our knowledge and leaving our names on them, or they were asking, telling us, directing us to change those reports,” Buvens told News 6.
Buvens testified that “his report includes language that was inserted by the desk adjuster that no wind damages were observed upon inspection.”
He also said it was not the first time it happened.
“There were many. There were hundreds of them that were changed,” Buvens told News 6.
Jordan Lee is also an independent adjuster who testified before a Florida House committee in December that insurance companies regularly alter reports.
“They have manipulated these documents without my approval,” Lee told lawmakers. “It is my opinion that both the carriers and the adjusting firms are committing fraud by taking my estimates as well as other adjusters estimates and manipulating them to reduce policy holder payouts.”
Rep. Bob Rommel, the chair of the committee, responded.
“If insurance companies are doing fraudulent, manipulating behavior, it’s probably criminal,” Rommel said.
Mark Vinson also testified.
“I also witnessed the estimates being changed this year,” Vinson said. “And the problem with that is, they’re leaving our names on the estimates. When they send them to the policy holders, they’re under the impression that that’s a legitimate estimate from the findings that we found there and it’s not.”
UPC is now out of business, but they did settle with the Estero homeowners before the case went to trial, according to their attorney.
A spokesperson for the Department of Financial Services — which investigates insurance fraud — said the department is investigating the claims made in committee, as well as the claims made by Buvens.
They also said that if anyone feels they have been the victim of insurance fraud, they should report it immediately to their insurance fraud hotline at 1-800-378-0445.
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. – During Tuesday’s city commission meeting, Kissimmee’s board of commissioners is expected to vote on whether to move forward with a purchase agreement of $12 million for a Super 8 motel in Kissimmee.
“It is no secret that Central Florida battles a homelessness situation, and I think that city commissioners are trying to be receptive to what they’re hearing their community members say and are trying to combat that issue,” Stephanie Bechara, communications manager for the city, said.
The plans would involve converting the motel — located at the corner of Vine Street and North Hollywood Street — into homes for the homeless.
“It is something that’s definitely a priority in all of the city commissioner’s minds. This is the first time that you know we get to this level where you actually are talking about a purchase agreement,” Bechara said. “The city of Kissimmee’s vision, because we’re talking about 125 units here, is to have 40 units and use those as shelter. The resting or the remaining 85 units would more of affordable housing units, and basically, the revenue that’s generated from that will help upkeep that building of using tax dollars.”
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Bechara added the city has been committed to addressing the needs of the homeless for almost two decades, and three years ago, the city commission made homeless housing and supportive services a top priority.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – A federal judge is now mulling over whether to stop a new Florida law from taking effect that some say targets drag performances.
Hamburger Mary’s filed a lawsuit against the State of Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation on May 22.
They claim the new law, dubbed “The Protection of Children Act,” violates the first amendment right to free speech and is overly vague.
The restaurant’s attorneys filed a motion for an injunction, which would stop the law from taking effect while the lawsuit challenging its constitutionality proceeds through the court.
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Hamburger Mary’s enlisted the assistance of a pair of attorneys who just won a similar case in Tennessee just last week.
Brice Timmons and Melissa Stewart represented Friends of George’s in their case against the State of Tennessee, which not only won an injunction, a Trump-appointed federal judge ruled that case unconstitutional.
In court on Tuesday, both sides appeared before U.S. Judge Gregory Presnell to argue their case.
Timmons attacked the State of Florida’s argument that the law does not specifically target drag performers.
Even Judge Presnell pointed to the language of the law, which describes a violation as “the lewd exposure of prosthetic or imitation genitals or breasts.”
“There are two groups of people in the world who wear prosthetic breasts,” Timmons told News 6 outside the courthouse. “One of them is mastectomy survivors, and I’m pretty sure that the state legislature was not targeting performers who’ve had mastectomies. The other one is drag queens and drag performers are clearly who they mean to target.”
Timmons claimed Hamburger Mary’s business and reservations have dropped 20% as a result of the new law, forcing them to change the content in some of its drag performances.
He argued too much power for interpreting some of the law was left to the people who would enforce it – police and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, which oversees liquor licenses in Florida.
Attorneys for the state argued the law does not prevent drag performances from happening, and they agreed there are sections of the law that are vague.
Judge Presnell told attorneys representing the state, “There is no question to me that this targets drag performers and puts them on notice.”
He took all of the arguments under advisement and said he would issue a ruling on the injunction at a later date.
In the meantime, all sides agreed to drop Gov. Ron DeSantis and the State of Florida from the lawsuit as they do not have the power to enforce the new law.
The lawsuit now only targets DBPR and its director Melanie Griffin.
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OCOEE, Fla. – Orlando Health’s Health Central campus is taking part in a pilot program to encourage women to get their annual mammograms.
Starting June 7, “Walk-in Wednesdays” will allow women to come in and get a mammogram without an appointment every Wednesday indefinitely.
“They can just walk right up to reception, and we can get everything scheduled within 5 minutes for them, and then the exam time would be probably 10 minutes. So they would be here 15 minutes total instead of possibly waiting on the line of the phone for 15 minutes just to schedule the appointment,” said mammographer and Women’s Center supervisor Heather Buchanan.
Buchanan said mammograms are crucial when it comes to early detection.
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“We can find something at what we call a stage zero cancer,” Buchanan said. “So something that we know is atypical that could turn into cancer. We can find it at that stage so it never is a full-blown cancer in your breast. We can remove it with just surgery alone.”
As we reported last month, new recommendations from a task force of medical experts urged women to begin mammograms at 40.
“Unfortunately, we have seen patients younger and younger getting diagnosed with some type of atypia or breast cancer,” Buchanan said. “So being able to lower the age to let women know, hey, you can come in earlier because it will help us with your preventative care.”
Patients can get their mammograms without an appointment every Wednesday from 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Orlando Health Health Central campus located at 10000 W. Colonial Drive, Ocoee. The patient’s payment will be processed through their insurance and if they are uninsured, the mammogram is $200.
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ORMOND BEACH, Fla. – Walking the beach in Florida, you never know what the waves will bring in.
The Volusia Sheriff’s Office said it’s been called multiple times in the last few days for people finding large amounts of cocaine washed up on the beach and both times it was in Ormond Beach.
“We went to our normal spot and went and walked the beach. It was just typical,” Lauren Bevan said. “Looking down for stuff and there’s this black, book type thing just on the shore. It was just sitting on the shore, not even in the waves.”
Bevan’s beach walk turned into her finding over a kilogram of cocaine.
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“I kicked it around! I was carrying my 18-month-old so I was like, ‘What do I do here?’ I was kicking it around and tried to see. It was heavy, so it was something,” she said.
Bevan said she called the sheriff’s office and deputies came to the scene, confirming what the white substance was.
“They tested it and told me a price amount of what it was and then told me it was cocaine and I was like ‘What!’ I had convinced myself it was soap. It looked very soapy,” said Bevan.
The sheriff’s office said it’s not exactly rare for someone occasionally to find a washed-up illegal substance here, especially being in Florida, but this was one of two times for it to happen in the last few days here in Volusia.
Deputies said a second large block was found Monday evening in Ormond Beach, this time weighing in at 2 kilograms.
It’s part of an uptick sheriff’s offices across the state are reporting in washed up drugs.
The Martin County Sheriff’s office also reported bricks of cocaine washing ashore on Jupiter Island in the last few days.
While some speculate, the source hasn’t been confirmed.
“You hear about it happening, I guess down south in places like that, but you don’t think it’ll happen to you! I’m still a little bit like huh, I guess shocked, like what was that,” said Bevan.
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NORMAL — Midwest Food Bank CEO Eric Hodel is headed to Washington D.C. to testify before the House Committee on Agriculture on Wednesday, June 7.
According to a Tuesday press release, "Hodel plans to ask the Committee on Agriculture to commit to equitable policies that channel government resources to independent food banks able to meet program requirements."
Hodel said in the press release, "Alleviating hunger and malnutrition is a complex challenge requiring a multi-faceted solution."
On Tuesday, before boarding his flight, Hodel told The Pantagraph he is "hopeful that our (Midwest Food Bank's) model and the volunteer work is recognized."
Hodel said he "look(s) forward to the opportunity to share the work and the mission … how we operate."
Mackenzie Minter, 6, of Funks Grove caught a catfish and several bluegill at the Kid's Fishing Derby on Saturday, hosted by the McLean County Sportsmen's Association at Miller Park in Bloomington.
Mackenzie Minter, 6, of Funks Grove at the annual Kid's Fishing Derby on Saturday, hosted by the McLean County Sportsmen's Association at Miller Park in Bloomington.
Kolton Orrick, 6, of Bloomington shows off his catfish he named "Big" at the Kid's Fishing Derby on Saturday, hosted by the McLean County Sportsmen's Association at Miller Park.
Leveon Evans, 2, and his mom, Alysha Orrick, of Bloomington, hold the bluegill that he caught Saturday at the Kid's Fishing Derby hosted by the McLean County Sportsmen's Association at Miller Park in Bloomington.
Almost 100 families showed up Saturday to the annual Kid's Fishing Derby hosted by the McLean County Sportsmen's Association at Miller Park in Bloomington.
Jaxon Lewis, 7, of Bloomington reels in a catfish on Saturday with the help of Bill Lewis while Montana Brown, 6, right, and DJ Raggs, left, look on. The family participated in the annual Kid's Fishing Derby hosted by the McLean County Sportsmen's Association at Miller Park in Bloomington.
Montana Brown, 6, of Bloomington watches his grandfather, Bill Lewis, measure the catfish that his cousin Jaxon Lewis, 7, not pictured, caught on Saturday at the Kid's Fishing Derby hosted by the McLean County Sportsmen's Association at Miller Park.
Jaxon Lewis, 7, of Bloomington, snapped his fishing rod while reeling in a catfish Saturday as part of the Kid's Fishing Derby hosted by the McLean County Sportsmen's Association at Miller Park.
Mackenzie Minter, 6, of Funks Grove caught a catfish and several bluegill at the Kid's Fishing Derby on Saturday, hosted by the McLean County Sportsmen's Association at Miller Park in Bloomington.
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Mackenzie Minter, 6, of Funks Grove at the annual Kid's Fishing Derby on Saturday, hosted by the McLean County Sportsmen's Association at Miller Park in Bloomington.
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Kolton Orrick, 6, of Bloomington shows off his catfish he named "Big" at the Kid's Fishing Derby on Saturday, hosted by the McLean County Sportsmen's Association at Miller Park.
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Leveon Evans, 2, and his mom, Alysha Orrick, of Bloomington, hold the bluegill that he caught Saturday at the Kid's Fishing Derby hosted by the McLean County Sportsmen's Association at Miller Park in Bloomington.
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Almost 100 families showed up Saturday to the annual Kid's Fishing Derby hosted by the McLean County Sportsmen's Association at Miller Park in Bloomington.
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Jaxon Lewis, 7, of Bloomington reels in a catfish on Saturday with the help of Bill Lewis while Montana Brown, 6, right, and DJ Raggs, left, look on. The family participated in the annual Kid's Fishing Derby hosted by the McLean County Sportsmen's Association at Miller Park in Bloomington.
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Montana Brown, 6, of Bloomington watches his grandfather, Bill Lewis, measure the catfish that his cousin Jaxon Lewis, 7, not pictured, caught on Saturday at the Kid's Fishing Derby hosted by the McLean County Sportsmen's Association at Miller Park.
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BLOOMINGTON — A 20-year-old Champaign man was sentenced Tuesday in McLean County court to two years in prison for illegally possessing a loaded weapon .
Corey K. Butler pleaded guilty that day to a Class 4 felony charge of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. As part of his plea agreement, accepted by Judge Jason Chambers, two additional weapons charges were dropped. Those now-dismissed charges were possession of a stolen firearm, a Class 2 felony, and a second Class 4 felony offense of aggravated UUW.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant State's Attorney Jeffrey Horve, who told the court Butler was arrested March 12 , 2022. He said a person told dispatchers a suspicious, potentially armed person was at an apartment complex on Goose Creek Drive in Bloomington. Horve said the caller pointed out Butler to arriving officers, who found him with a loaded 9 mm gun in his waistband. He did not have a valid FOID card.
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Butler was credited for 33 days already served. Chambers said the sentence is expected to be served at 50%. The judge noted that Butler had no prior criminal record, and told him he hoped he would make better choices after his release from prison.
Assistant Public Defender Brian McEldowney represented Butler. Asked to comment on the outcome, he described the case as an isolated incident.
Echoing Chambers' comment about Butler's lack of prior record, McEldowney said it was a shame that statutory requirements did not allow the court to have discretion when sentencing someone in Butler's position, and that he had to be sentenced to the Illinois Department of Corrections.
McEldowney said a prison sentence for the charge Butler pleaded guilty to is mandated by state law.
The weapons being used in the Russia-Ukraine war
Warplanes and missiles: Kalibr
The Russian military has used warplanes and Kalibr (Caliber) cruise missiles to hit facilities throughout the country.
The Kalibr is a precision weapon, but Ukrainian military facilities and government buildings apparently targeted by those missiles in Kyiv and Kharkiv are located close to residential areas, resulting in civilian casualties.
The same applies to missiles carried by Russian warplanes, which targeted military infrastructure in strikes that also involved collateral damage.
In this image provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service and released on Friday, June 23, 2017, long-range Kalibr cruise missiles are launched by a Russian Navy ship in the eastern Mediterranean.
Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File
Warplanes and missiles: Iskander
To hit key targets, the Russian military also has used Iskander missiles that have a range of up to 500 kilometers (around 300 miles) and carry a much more powerful warhead that can destroy big buildings and some fortified facilities. Some Iskander missiles were reportedly fired from the territory of Russian ally Belarus, which has served as a staging ground for the Russian invasion.
This undated file photo provided Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, by Russian Defense Ministry official web site shows a Russian Iskander-K missile launched during a military exercise at a training ground at the Luzhsky Range, near St. Petersburg, Russia.
Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File
Rockets: Grad
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other officials have accused the Russian military of indiscriminately shelling residential buildings, schools and hospitals around the country.
Images from Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv that were verified by The Associated Press showed what appeared to be a barrage of Russian rockets hitting residential buildings in an attack that killed and wounded scores of civilians.
The Soviet-designed Grad (Hail), Smerch (Tornado) and Uragan (Hurricane) multiple rocket launchers are designed to fire a salvo of powerful rockets to destroy concentrations of troops or military equipment. Their use against populated areas inevitably causes heavy casualties and major damage to civilian infrastructure.
In this photo provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. A Russian "Grad" missile launcher fires on the field taking part in a military drills in Murmansk region, Russia.
Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP
Rockets: Smerch and Uragan
Russian-made multiple rocket launchers "Smerch," front, and "Uragan", behind it, at a display on the first day of Moscow's International III Arms Exhibition in Moscow, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008.
AP
Cluster munitions and thermobaric weapons
Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of using cluster munitions, accusations the Kremlin has denied.
Such weapons are designed to target enemy troops and weapons over a broad area, and their use in populated areas inevitably would lead to mass casualties among civilians.
Cluster bombs, rockets and artillery shells open in the air, releasing submunitions, or "bomblets," that are dispersed over a large area and simultaneously hit multiple targets.
Beyond the initial impact, bomblets have a high rate of failure to explode, posing a long-time threat of killing and maiming people for a long time after they were fired.
Thermobaric weapons consist of a fuel container and two separate explosive charges, with the first detonating to disperse the fuel particles and the second igniting the dispersed fuel and oxygen in the air, creating a blast wave of extreme pressure and heat that creates a partial vacuum in an enclosed space. That makes the weapon particularly deadly for people in an enclosed space.
The Pentagon has said that Russian mobile launchers for thermobaric weapons were spotted inside Ukraine, but couldn't confirm their use.
Activists and international delegations stand next to cluster bomb units, during a visit to a Lebanese military base in the southern town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, Monday Sept. 12, 2011.
AP file
Russian rockets and artillery
The Russian military also has a wide range of powerful Soviet-designed artillery units, which were bizarrely named after flowers, such as self-propelled 203-mm Peony and 152-mm Hyacinth and Acacia self-propelled howitzers.
Moscow has claimed it was only targeting military bases and infrastructure, but the AP has documented massive damage to civilian infrastructure and residential areas in Kyiv, Kharkiv and numerous other cities and towns across Ukraine. Russian officials have alleged that Ukrainian forces have widely deployed heavy weapons in residential areas to use civilians as shields, a claim that couldn't be independently verified.
The U.N. human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, speaking at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday, said "most civilian casualties were caused by the use of heavy artillery, multi-launch rocket systems and air strikes in populated areas, with concerning reports of use of cluster munitions striking civilian targets." She didn't specify which side may have used them.
FILE - In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, multiple rocket launchers fire during the Belarusian and Russian joint military drills at Brestsky firing range, Belarus.
Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File
Ukraine's arsenal: NLAW anti-tank missiles
The Ukrainian military has relied on the same assortment of Soviet-built multiple rocket launchers and howitzers that the Russian military has.
It doesn't possess sophisticated long-range precision weapons like Russia's Iskander ballistic missiles and Kalibr cruise missiles.
The Ukrainian military has Soviet-era Tochka-U short-range ballistic missiles, which have a powerful warhead but poor precision compared to the latest Russian weapons.
FILE - Ukrainian soldiers take part in an exercise for the use of NLAW anti-tank missiles at the Yavoriv military training ground, close to Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
AP file
Ukraine's arsenal: US javelin missiles
In addition to its aging Soviet-made arsenals, Ukraine has received large shipments of Western weapons, such as U.S.-made Javelin anti-tank missiles and shoulder-launched Stinger anti-aircraft missiles. Ukrainian officials said the country's military has used them to inflict heavy casualties to the invading Russian forces.
FILE - In this image taken from footage provided by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Press Service, a Ukrainian soldiers use a launcher with US Javelin missiles during military exercises in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022.
Ukrainian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File
Ukraine's arsenal: Bayraktar TB2 drone
The Ukrainian military also has used Bayraktar drones supplied by Turkey before the conflict. It has released a video showing an attack by Bayraktar against a Russian military convoy.
FILE - A Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone is seen during a rehearsal of a military parade dedicated to Independence Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 20, 2021.
AP file
Russian missiles: Iskander
In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, The Russian army's Iskander missile launchers take positions during drills in Russia.
Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File
Russian howitzers
FILE - In this image taken from video and released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Russian army's self-propelled howitzers fire during military drills near Orenburg in the Urals, Russia, Dec. 16, 2021.
Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File
Russian howitzers
FILE - Russian 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled howitzers roll toward Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 9, 2021, marking the 76th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.
AP file
Russian howitzers
FILE - In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, Russian troops fire howitzers during drills in the Rostov region during a military exercising at a training ground in Rostov region, Russia.
Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File
Russian self-propelled artillery
FILE - In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, a self-propelled artillery mount fires at the Osipovichi training ground during the Union Courage-2022 Russia-Belarus military drills in Belarus.
Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File
Why ethical behavior matters even in the fog of war
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WEST MELBOURNE, Fla. – Several years since West Melbourne opened a ballfield for athletes of all ages and abilities, a field of dreams has become a nightmare falling into disrepair.
But Tuesday night, the city council can work to bring the facility back to all-star shape by approving more than $73,000 in repairs for the property including the ballfield.
Tony Martinez, who told the city council last month he was born with a disability, helps organize events at the Space Coast Field of Dreams.
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“We were able to bring joy and we were able to bring fun to a lot of fun to a lot of people that don’t have those necessarily in their lives on a daily basis,” Martinez said.
Currently closed, the field has holes in its artificial surface which the city said could be a danger to children playing.
Mayor Hal Rose said he expects the council will approve the repairs that are needed.
During the May 16 council meeting, other council members called the field an “embarrassment” for the city which has run the property for the last five years.
“We have failed miserably on that park because when they handed that over to us and they handed us that money, that was supposed to be maintained,” John Dittmore said.
Heather Gilbert who brings her kids to the park on a regular basis said the ballfield is valuable to their community.
“I think they need to do what they need to get it set up and make everything safe and fun for the kids,” the West Melbourne mother said.
Tuesday night’s meeting at city hall starts at 6 o’clock.
Stick with News 6 and ClickOrlando.com for updates.
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BLOOMINGTON — A Gibson City woman faces burglary charges in McLean County.
Denise L. Thornton, 55, is charged with one count of residential burglary and one count of theft, accused of entering a home in Colfax between Nov. 18 and Dec. 16, 2021 with the intent to commit theft and taking property valued between $500 and $10,000 that belonged to the homeowners.
A grand jury returned a bill of indictment charging her in February 2022 and a warrant was issued. Thornton was taken into custody June 3 in Champaign County.
Her bond was set Monday at $5,000, 10% to apply. An arraignment was scheduled for June 23. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/gibson-city-woman-accused-of-stealing-from-colfax-home/article_19593a5c-0480-11ee-9004-a7932d63a889.html | 2023-06-06T22:06:04 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/gibson-city-woman-accused-of-stealing-from-colfax-home/article_19593a5c-0480-11ee-9004-a7932d63a889.html |
Milwaukee has a new bus route. Here's where it'll take you this summer—and where it won't.
All aboard Milwaukee County's new Connect Bus Rapid Transit. Let's go to a concert or the library. Maybe to grab some lunch?
The first BRT route launched June 4 and lets passengers ride for free this summer. The line spans from Milwaukee's downtown to the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center in Wauwatosa along Wisconsin Avenue and Bluemound Road. It operates from 4:30a.m. to 1:30a.m. During the day, on weekdays, it will arrive every 10 minutes, and every 15 minutes on weekends. Evening buses are scheduled to arrive every 20 to 30 minutes.
Here's some places to visit this summer via the BRT:
Sign up for a summer reading program at the Milwaukee Public Library
Board the BRT and get off at 9th St and Wisconsin Ave. and walk over the the Milwaukee Public Library Central branch, at 814 W Wisconsin Ave. This summer, you can sign up for their local summer reading programs for children, young adults and adults. While you're there, you can also attend a free public tour on Saturday at 11a.m. and learn more about the historic location, which opened its doors to the public in 1898.
For an list of upcoming events at Central branch, visit mpl.org/services/events/
Spend the day sightseeing at the Milwaukee Art Museum
Take the BRT to Van Buren and Wisconsin and walk over to the Milwaukee Art Museum or the Betty Brinn Museum to spend the day sightseeing. While you're there, you can check out Milwaukee's Lakefront Festival of Art the weekend of June 16-18. You could also take a free yoga class this summer at the museum.
Some Milwaukee County libraries let you check out a free pass to museums like the Betty Brinn or Milwaukee Art Museum with your library card. To see which library offer passes, visit the www.mcfls.org
Catch a concert or show at the Riverside theater, Bradley Symphony Center or the Rave
Grab your friends and head to your nearest BRT station and get off at 5th St. and Wisconsin Ave. There's a number of concerts happening all summer long at the Riverside theater, 116 W Wisconsin Ave. For a full list, visit their website at www.pabsttheatergroup.com.
Or you can attend the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra at the Bradley Symphony Center, 212 W. Wisconsin Ave., which opened during the COVID-19 pandemic. This summer, they'll be performing Marvel Studios' Black Panther, and Jaws. For a full list of concerts, visit www.mso.org
To get to a show at the Rave, 2401 W. Wisconsin Ave., get off the bus at 27th street. For a full list of concerts, visit www.therave.com.
RELATED:8 best Milwaukee music releases for June 2023, including PartyAt4, Direct Hit! and more
Grab a meal at the 3rd St. Market Hall
After all this adventure, it's time for lunch or dinner. Get off at 5th Street and Wisconsin and head into the 3rd Street Market Hall to grab a meal. The hall, at 275 W. Wisconsin Ave. in the old Grand Avenue mall, features everything from tacos to ramen.
Plan your trip to Summerfest on Milwaukee's lakefront
The Connect 1 BRT line will drop you off on the corner of Wisconsin and Van Buren, and you can walk a couple blocks to the Summerfest North Gate.
Summerfest is gearing up for its 55th anniversary on the lakefront. It runs from June 22-24, June 29 to July 1 and July 6-8 this year. For more information on who's playing this year, visit their website at www.summerfest.com.
Here are some places the BRT doesn't go
The BRT replaces Milwaukee County's Gold Line, which previously stretched from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to Brookfield Square. Instead, the BRT now ends at the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center. If you still want to go to Brookfield Square, you'll have to transfer from the BRT to the Waukesha Metro Route #1.
Riders who are trying to get to University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee can still take route 30. There's a full list of local routes that stop on campus at www.uwm.edu/transportation.
Can I still get to the Milwaukee County Zoo using the BRT?
Yes. You can take the BRT to the Milwaukee County Zoo by getting off at 95th Street and Bluemound Road and either waiting for the Waukesha Metro 1, or by crossing Bluemound and 43 and walking about 10 minutes to the zoo.
RELATED:Your guide to summer in Milwaukee: Beer gardens, festivals, public pools, hikes, music
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Another non-soon? Drier, hotter than normal conditions predicted for Arizona's monsoon season
The National Weather Service predicts that most of Arizona is going to have below normal precipitation during the monsoon with above normal temperatures, meaning Arizonans can face a hot and dry summer.
Far western areas of the state such as Kingman and Yuma have equal chances for above, near, or below normal precipitation.
"For the monsoon season, above normal temperatures are favored this summer with a slight tilt toward slightly below normal precipitation," said Isaac Smith, National Weather Service Phoenix meteorologist.
This is an abrupt change from the last two years of wet monsoons that brought record-breaking rain to the state. The monsoon in 2022 tied for the 7th wettest July-September on record with an average rain of 2.23 inches in Phoenix. The 2021 season ranked as 9th wettest on record, according to the weather service's data.
As we approach the standard Arizona monsoon season start date on June 15, conditions may look slightly different from years past especially regarding the current conditions of the state heading into the season of thunderstorms and flooding.
"We've been in a pretty cool pattern so far so it's possible we could see a slight delay in the start of the monsoon season," said Smith.
Earlier this year, the state experienced an extremely wet winter which considerably reduced drought coverage with only the far western side of the state ranking in with abnormally dry conditions.
The monsoon usually brings in about half of Arizona's annual rainfall which replenishes water sources and lowers summer temperatures. 2022's record breaking rainfall brought in enough water to help short-term drought conditions in the state.
Wildfire Concerns
Since drought conditions are mostly inapplicable throughout the state currently, the lack of rain this monsoon doesn't bring increasing concerns. However, the grass/brush growth from the winter's rain brings potential wildfire concerns, especially in elevations below 6000 feet.
Low water with high temperatures brings a disastrous breeding ground for wildfires, and this year may be no exception as the National Weather Service predicts above normal temperatures for the entire state of Arizona from July through September.
Last year ranked one of the 5th warmest years since 1895 even with abundant rainfall, so this year's heat may have potential to break records.
Smith warned that all the typical hazards that are seen during the monsoon will be present regardless of the predicted lower-than-average rain. This includes lightning, flash flooding, and dust storms which can turn dangerous very quickly and have the potential to lead to injuries or fatalities.
Last summer's weather brought more than 30 separate flood events in Flagstaff and major flash flooding in Apache Junction in July.
"We did see some flooding across the state last year," said Smith . "A lot of the state did see above normal rainfall so that did result in more flash flooding than maybe we would see in an average year."
Smith said flooding is never predictable and one unexpected thunderstorm could produce heavy rainfall to incite dangerous conditions.
"People need to remember to 'turn around, don't drown' if they encounter a flooded roadway," said Smith.
The latest storm and weather warnings can be found on The Arizona Republic's continually updated weather alert page using up-to-the-moment data from the National Weather Service.
What causes Arizona's monsoon season?
According to the weather service in Phoenix, high pressure in the atmosphere over northern Mexico strengthens and drifts northward during the summer months, which causes a reversal in the weather pattern across the Southwest.
While storms typically move from west to east in the spring, storms will move from east to west in the summer, according to prior reporting from The Republic.
This flow then causes high levels of moisture to gather in the atmosphere across the desert landscape as tropical air moves north, according to the weather service.
With the combination of summer heat and moisture, conditions are more likely to become more favorable for periodic rain showers and thunderstorms.
How to stay safe during the monsoon
The Phoenix Police Department has devised a list of resources and safety tips for drivers to consider while on the roads during the monsoon:
Tips from the site:
- Do not attempt to drive through a flooded road. The depth of water is not always obvious. The roadbed may be washed out under the water, and you could be stranded or trapped.
- Six inches of water can cause most cars to lose control.
- Two feet of rushing water can carry away most vehicles, including SUVs and pickups.
- Don't drive around barricades. Turn around and go the other way.
- Treat non-working or flashing traffic signals at intersections as a four-way stop. Proceed with caution.
Additionally, the Arizona Emergency Information Network says flooding can cause power outages, traffic issues, damage to buildings and landslides. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-weather/2023/06/06/drier-and-hotter-than-normal-monsoon-season-predicted/70293700007/ | 2023-06-06T22:13:53 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-weather/2023/06/06/drier-and-hotter-than-normal-monsoon-season-predicted/70293700007/ |
ATLANTA — Atlanta Police said its homicide investigators secured arrest warrants Monday for a suspect in connection to Atlanta hairstylist Ashley Burton's death.
Authorities said they obtained warrants for Darius Mills, 31, for charges including murder, armed robbery, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and the possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
APD said Mills is currently in custody at the Fulton County Jail on unrelated charges.
11Alive previously reported about Ashley Burton-- a transgender woman who was shot and killed at the City Park Apartments on Fairburn Road on April 11.
Atlanta Police said they got a call from their 911 center at 4:22 a.m. in reference to a "person down." On scene, police said they found Burton's body in the breezeway of her apartment complex.
Suspect in death of transgender woman
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ATLANTA — Atlanta BeltLine Inc. recently closed on $1.7 million in grant funding, which will be used to help develop 29 permanently affordable townhomes in a new Oakland City development.
The community, referred to as the Avenue at Oakland City, is a land trust model that "ensures properties remain affordable in perpetuity," according to a release.
In total it will contain 36 two- and three-bedroom townhomes, 13 of which are offered to buyers earning up to 80% AMI (area median income) and 16 offered to buyers with 100 percent AMI, hence the 29 permanently affordable units. The release adds that prices for these units will start at $186,000 and some buyers will qualify for down payment assistance.
“We’re proud of our work with Atlanta Land Trust to create these special homes that will change the future for 29 families by building generational wealth,” said Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. President and CEO Clyde Higgs. “Through this model, we extend an equitable way for people to buy and own their homes in neighborhoods that offer access to jobs and Atlanta’s best amenities.”
The community itself will be located a short distance away from the Oakland City MARTA station, the Atlanta BeltLine Westside Trail, and Lee + White. It will also be situated near Murphy Crossing, a 20-acre BeltLine owned future mixed use and mixed income development.
According to a release, the Avenue at Oakland City will be built in two phases, with the first move-ins expected at the end of 2023.
Groundbreaking for The Avenue at Oakland City took place in late 2022 following collaborative effort led by the Atlanta Land Trust and the Oakland City Community Organization.
To date, the BeltLine is 56% of the way toward this goal, having assisted in the creation or preservation of more than 3,100 affordable places to live in the TAD. The BeltLine’s housing progress can be tracked in this housing dashboard. Many of the properties shown on this dashboard were provided with grants for affordable housing through the BeltLine TAD Increment Fund or the BeltLine Affordable Housing Trust Fund, both of which are managed by Invest Atlanta. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-beltline-affordable-townhomes-development/85-a599c18c-2cab-4929-901f-6413c7b41565 | 2023-06-06T22:15:13 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-beltline-affordable-townhomes-development/85-a599c18c-2cab-4929-901f-6413c7b41565 |
COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Cobb County Police said Tuesday they are investigating after a K-9 officer died inside a hot patrol vehicle when the air conditioning malfunctioned.
The Cobb County Police Department said the death occurred on Monday afternoon as officers were participating in an active shooter training at Allatoona High School.
The service animal, K-9 Chase, was found unresponsive in the patrol vehicle by his handler officer, K-9 Officer Neill. According to the department, the training began at 11 a.m. and officers "had been checking on their K-9 partners on the hour for 15-minute breaks between each 45-minute training session."
At some point after one of the checks, the department said, "the air conditioning system malfunctioned" in the patrol vehicle and "other safety systems did not properly activate and the temperature quickly rose in the vehicle."
A Facebook post said life-saving measures were started by Cobb officers and county fire personnel, who were also at the active shooter training.
"K-9 Chase was then transported to a nearby emergency veterinarian clinic," the post said. "But the efforts were not enough to save him, and he succumbed to his heat-related injuries."
"This is a horrible incident and our investigators are continuing to gather information regarding the vehicle system failures that led to this tragedy. K-9 Chase is currently at Cobb County Animal Shelter and will be transported to the University of Georgia for a necropsy later today," Cobb Police said.
K-9 Chase, a Belgian malinois from Hungary, was born in August 2018 and named for a Locust Grove Police Department officer, Chase Maddox, who died in the line of duty that year.
He joined the Cobb County Police Department in April 2020.
Chase was described as "dual-purpose" service animal who was trained for "narcotics detection, criminal apprehension, tracking, building searches, and evidence recovery."
They said he had "seized thousands of dollars worth of illegal narcotics, with numerous arrests and apprehensions."
"K-9 Chase was a beloved officer of the Cobb County Police Department and will forever be missed by us all," the Facebook post said. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/cobb-police-k-9-officer-chase-dies-hot-patrol-vehicle-air-conditioning-malfunction/85-eb7a9b75-2c82-4606-947c-ed27e8cafdde | 2023-06-06T22:15:19 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/cobb-police-k-9-officer-chase-dies-hot-patrol-vehicle-air-conditioning-malfunction/85-eb7a9b75-2c82-4606-947c-ed27e8cafdde |
ATLANTA — Federal funds are making their way to Georgia to address train troubles that have been wreaking havoc on metro Atlanta communities for years -- but one area feels left out.
On Monday, Sen. Jon Ossoff, alongside Sen. Raphael Warnock announced that $3.2 million dollars in grant money would be coming to Georgia to help eliminate train blockages.
Gwinnett, Dekalb, and Chatham Counties are preparing to receive money through this federal grant, but advocates for the Hunter Hills community in Fulton County who have been some of the most vocal about train blockages say they're confused why they weren't included.
State Rep. Mesha Mainor says she's disappointed that Fulton County wasn't notified about the grant application.
“I’m still confused with us being so outspoken with all senators knowing we have been talking about this since 2021, why wasn’t there an effort to say 'Hey guys – there is a grant out there you can apply for,'" Mainor said.
She says it felt like the community she had been fighting for had been passed up.
"We didn’t know about the money," she said.
The lawmaker says shortly after 11Alive notified her, she was able to get some answers from Warnock and Ossoff's offices.
"They said money that came was from a grant from last year," she explained.
She added that Ossoff made a promise going forward to help her community apply for the grant for next year. She credited 11Alive for prompting the conversation with the senator.
“You’ve been a tremendous community partner when it comes to notifying Georgia about what’s happening with the trains stopping in communities’ days at a time and if it weren’t for you – I don’t know where we’d be so thank you," Mainor said.
Ossoff said last week that train blockages in Georgia remain a top priority.
"Railroad blockages are not just an inconvenience, they are a threat to health and life," said Ossoff.
Mainor says she believes the Hunter Hills community should see funds by the end of this year.
"I would say by the end of the year is when District 56 and Hunter Hills and Fulton County, in general, should expect some funds to come through because we’re going to put in a really good effort to make sure we get the money,” she said. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/hunter-hills-fulton-county-train-troubles-grant/85-be0b3f98-dfb2-4c86-9097-52d65c5d629e | 2023-06-06T22:15:25 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/hunter-hills-fulton-county-train-troubles-grant/85-be0b3f98-dfb2-4c86-9097-52d65c5d629e |
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Citing new funding, DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond announced Tuesday Intrenchment Creek Park could soon reopen.
Commissioners allocated $1.8 million to finance new amenities at the park, including a pavilion, trailhead, remote control airplane runway and walking trail. The funds stem from the 2023 tourism development fund, according to the county.
"We are excited about the investment in the new amenities and will work to expedite construction," Thurmond said in a news release.
This investment comes amid Thurmond's executive order, which prevents visitors from stepping into Intrenchment Creek Park and the South River Forest, portions of land that are considered to be part of Atlanta's future public safety training center. Dubbed "Cop City" by opposers of the project, Thurmond restricted access to the area for "safety reasons." It was not made immediately clear if Thurmond's executive order had been lifted in the wake of the new investment.
RELATED: What is 'Cop City'? Explaining the controversy around a future police training center in Atlanta
"I know everyone is eager to get back to participating in recreational activities in the Intrenchment Creek Park, so we are thrilled to receive this funding to improve the quality of life for the citizens of DeKalb," the county's parks director Chuck Ellis said in a news release.
The county added that the park has been closed to the public since March "for safety reasons and for renovations and upgrades." The county did not announce when it would reopen.
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DORAVILLE, Ga. — A 39-year-old woman has been missing in Doraville for three days and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday morning they believe she is in danger.
According to the GBI, Ebony Varner was last seen around 9:20 a.m. on Saturday morning, June 3, in the area of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and I-285.
The GBI describes her as a Black woman standing 5-foot-2, weighing 140 pounds.
"We think she’s in danger," the GBI tweeted.
There were no other details available about the circumstances under which Varner went missing.
"Please call Doraville P.D. (770.455.1000) w/ info. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online…or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app," the GBI tweeted.
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DUNWOODY, Ga. — Police report a mother and baby are in "good health" after she gave birth on the side of the highway in the middle of morning traffic on Tuesday.
It happened on I-285 in Dunwoody, near Ashford Dunwoody Road.
Dunwoody Police said they responded to the scene and that, when they arrived, the baby had already been born.
It was not clear if anyone else was on scene to help the mother deliver the newborn.
"We arrived, and checked on the mom and baby until medical personnel arrived. They were transported in good health," Dunwoody Police said.
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EAST POINT, Ga. — Norfolk Southern's Operation Awareness and Response program hosted Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and several local emergency responder agencies in East Point for a safety training Tuesday.
"It's really important to us that we engage with our first responders and ensure that they have the resources and the tools and the training they need to respond safely in the unlikely event of a rail accident," said Norfolk Southern's CEO Alan Shaw.
The transport company's safety training comes months after they were under fire after several trains derailed in Alabama, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ohio — with the most scrutinized 50-car derailment in East Palestine causing a major toxic chemical spill and a large fire.
Shaw addressed the derailments at Tuesday's training.
"I'll be in East Palestine later this week. I'll be there this weekend. I was there in the immediate aftermath of the derailment. I've been there almost every week since," Shaw said.
Shaw adds that Norfolk Southern has committed $35 million to helping communities recover.
"It's about prevention. It's about mitigation and it's about response. Last year, we had the lowest number of derailments on Norfolk Southern in the last two decades. We can get better. The train with the first responders is all about the response," said Shaw.
The CEO added that he has a team in East Palestine assisting families, businesses, and communities with the aftermath.
Officials with the company said the training was implemented to strengthen the response to an accident on the railroad for first responders.
"I think most people in the state know that just by our actions and how much we appreciate what you're doing every day and we know how important training is not only for railroads but also for first responder public safety," Kemp said.
The Georgia governor attended the training as part of his visits during National Safety Month.
He and his wife Marty attended a school resource officer training in Athens Monday.
"We're the ones getting those calls when something happens too. And we want to be able to respond and work together and put life safety first and then deal with the aftermath," the Georgia governor added.
The free training focused on topics such as safety around the railroad, identifying tank cars, locomotive emergencies, response tactics, and more.
Norfolk Southern hosts safety training for local emergency responders
East Point Fire Lt. Scott Zoebisch has been in the department for 18 years. He said the last time his team responded to a rail accident was several years ago.
Lt. Zoebisch said the training was informative and is happy to have more people to contact if an emergency happens.
"We work in the 'what if' industry. You never know what we're going to face every day. So, this information is very informative— just knowing the breakpoints," said Lt. Zoebisch.
Officials said Norfolk Southern's OAR program travels through 22 states to provide free training to first responders.
Authorities added that classes are held on one of the company's safety trains equipped with boxcar classrooms, tank cars, and more. There will be 15 trainings this year. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/norfolk-southern-train-safety-training-atlanta/85-dcd63aa7-443b-4280-a738-05fa5af0f2d5 | 2023-06-06T22:15:49 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/norfolk-southern-train-safety-training-atlanta/85-dcd63aa7-443b-4280-a738-05fa5af0f2d5 |
ATLANTA — After a staggering number of people signed up to voice their opinions about the proposed Atlanta public safety training facility, the Atlanta City Council has finally voted on an ordinance regarding funding.
The session went on all night since 1 p.m. Monday, eventually passing in an 11-4 vote Tuesday around 5:30 a.m. In total $30 million in funds was approved for construction of the facility, as well as approve a "lease-back" agreement that will see Atlanta make $1.2 million yearly payments for 30 years toward paying off the project.
At the moment funding passed, protesters in the audience could be heard chanting "Cop City will never be built."
The council meeting began its public comment period Monday with people packing City Hall, With more than 1,000 people signed up to speak, which went late into the night. The proposed center has been met with a long-running protest movement calling it "Cop City."
The funding measure, Ordinance 23-O-1257, would provide a $30 million payment to support the construction of the training center, as well as approve a "lease-back" agreement that would see Atlanta make $1.2 million yearly payments for 30 years to the Atlanta Police Foundation - roughly doubling the city's contribution to the project, 11Alive's Doug Richards reported this week.
Opposition against the training center has become a mushrooming cause for left-leaning activists in Atlanta, nationally and even around the world.
“I don’t think we need more police, and the police we have, they need to be more compassionate about human rights and trying to see each other in the eye and look for love and not for war," one protester who went by Luciana said Monday. “We want our parks, and we want a safe place for everyone to come together and no more guns. We don’t need that.”
The Council vote represents one of the last official hurdles for the project, which has cleared regulatory hurdles in DeKalb County - where it is to be built on land in the South River Forest - as well as some legal challenges.
“There’s a lot of passion in the audience," Atlanta City Councilman Michael Julian Bond said Monday night.
Bond believes despite that passion, approving the facility is the right thing to do.
“There are over 3,000 911 calls a day in Atlanta, so there’s a demonstrated need for this service," Bond said. "We just have to find a way to address it, work for a better relationship, and rebuilt trust with the community.” | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/public-safety-training-center-vote-atlanta-city-council/85-8903cb6b-adb2-4206-bf7f-49af43b477b5 | 2023-06-06T22:15:55 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/public-safety-training-center-vote-atlanta-city-council/85-8903cb6b-adb2-4206-bf7f-49af43b477b5 |
Neyland Drive lane closures and greenway shifts to occur June 7 through February 2024
Parts of Neyland Drive between the Henley Street Bridge and Joan Cronan Way will be closed to traffic beginning June 7 and lasting through February 2024 so Knoxville Utilities Board crews can work on the wastewater collection system.
Crews will close lanes nightly between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m., though at least one lane of traffic will remain open in both directions at all times.
Short sections of the Neyland Greenway path will be shifted while work is occurring nearby.
Lane closures and greenway shifts will take place only in the immediate area where crews are working.
Flaggers, channeling devices, signs and barricades will help drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians navigate the area during the closures.
Anyone traveling through this stretch should expect delays during closures.
Tennessee's Move Over Law requires motorists who are approaching a utility vehicle with flashing lights activated to move over to create an empty lane buffer when it's safe to do so, or to reduce speed when moving over is not possible.
KUB will work with the University of Tennessee and the city to minimize the impact on traffic during special events on campus and downtown. | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/neyland-drive-lane-closures-to-occur-june-7-through-february-2024/70294759007/ | 2023-06-06T22:22:18 | 0 | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/neyland-drive-lane-closures-to-occur-june-7-through-february-2024/70294759007/ |
Tennessee campground closed after increase in 'dangerous' bear encounters
An increase in dangerous bear encounters attributed to campers' haphazard food storage practices is forcing the U.S. Forest Service to indefinitely close a campground in northwest Tennessee.
Horse Creek Campground in a section of the Cherokee National Forest near Greeneville is closed until further notice.
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency experts said the dangerous interactions are increasing, especially in areas north of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The national forest has strict food safety and storage rules to try to prevent bears from crossing paths with humans.
"Visitors are required to store unattended food in bear-resistant containers, in a vehicle in solid nonpliable material or suspend food at least 12 feet off the ground," the agency said.
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Bears are attracted to food, soft drinks, cooking grease, alcoholic beverages, canned foods, pet foods, livestock feed and grains, personal hygiene products, and even empty food and beverage containers.
Trash, especially food wrappers, must be secured as well.
"Once a bear develops a pattern of relying on human food sources it begins to lose its fear of people and may become aggressive," the forest service warns. | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/tennessee-campground-closed-after-dangerous-bear-encounters/70295006007/ | 2023-06-06T22:22:24 | 1 | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/tennessee-campground-closed-after-dangerous-bear-encounters/70295006007/ |
New Haven officials are expected to break ground Wednesday to expand the building that houses the police department and city hall.
The ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. at 815 Lincoln Highway East.
Pone Vongphachanh, director of community and economic development for the city, said New Haven officials sent out a request for proposals last year. They received two and chose Hagerman Group of Fort Wayne for the project.
The expansion will cost about $6.2 million, Vongphachanh said. She declined Tuesday to provide project details or say when work is expected to finish. More information will be released at the groundbreaking.
In April 2022, New Haven officials sent out a request for proposals. It called for someone to evaluate both the police and government facilities, make design recommendations, prepare a budget, obtain financing and be able to follow up.
The goal was to “provide a safe and secure working environment for the police department," the notice said.
New Haven Police Chief Jeffrey McCracken said he couldn’t speak on any improvements that city hall might receive, but his department will receive more space. The department has 10 offices and will get seven new ones.
The work will include a reconfiguration of the squad room and an in-house weight room for officers, McCracken said.
His department hired a new police officer for each of the last four years, and he hopes to add another next year, he said.
“It’s an exciting time in New Haven with all the growth,” he said.
McCracken said his department’s biggest challenge with the city’s growth is finding new applicants for police positions, a problem other law enforcement agencies also have.
Vongphachanh compared the proposed police and government building work to the nearly $1 million addition made to the fire station at 910 Hartzell Road. New Haven held a ribbon cutting for the station’s addition July 20, 2021.
New Haven has no similar projects planned after this, she said. However, more expansion may come if needed.
“It’ll be based on the growth of the community,” she said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/new-haven-to-break-ground-on-police-and-city-hall-expansion/article_ed611aae-04ad-11ee-a585-970415d412c0.html | 2023-06-06T22:22:44 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/new-haven-to-break-ground-on-police-and-city-hall-expansion/article_ed611aae-04ad-11ee-a585-970415d412c0.html |
When a business jet failed to respond to air traffic control instructions, federal aviation officials say they reported the situation within minutes to a network that includes military, security and law enforcement agencies. Despite being out of contact on its ascent Sunday, the jet that took off in Tennessee continued toward Long Island, then turned back toward Virginia, where it slammed into a mountain, killing four people. The erratic flight path directly over the nation’s capital prompted the military to scramble fighter jets, causing a sonic boom heard in Washington, Maryland and Virginia.
Here's a timeline of events related to the flight and crash:
June 4
1:13 p.m.
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Cessna Citation 560 (N611VG) takes off from Elizabethton Municipal Airport in Elizabethton, Tennessee, for Long Island's MacArthur Airport. Air traffic control loses communication during ascent.
1:28 p.m.
Last ATC communication attempt with the business jet, which was at 31,000 feet (9,449 meters).
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1:36 p.m.
The Federal Aviation Administration reports the situation to the Domestic Events Network, which includes the military, national security, homeland security and other law enforcement agencies.
2:33 p.m.
Business jet overflies Long Island MacArthur Airport at 34,000 feet (10,363 kilometers).
3:01 p.m. to 3:21 p.m.
One or more people identifying themselves as military fighter pilots are captured on air traffic control audio trying to make contact with the business jet, according to recordings on LiveAtc.net.
3:20 p.m.
NORAD F-16 fighter aircraft intercept the business jet.
The F-16s responding to the unresponsive plane over Washington and northern Virginia were authorized to travel at supersonic speed and people around the region reported hearing a sonic boom.
3:23 p.m.
Business jet begins to descend.
3:32 p.m.
Business jet crashes near Montebello, Virginia, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) southwest of Charlottesville.
3:50 p.m.
Virginia State Police are notified of a possible aircraft crash in the Staunton/Blue Ridge Parkway region and search efforts begin.
8 p.m.
First responders reach the remote crash site on foot and Virginia State Police report that no survivors were found. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/timeline-of-long-island-bound-flight-that-crashed-prompting-military-to-scramble-fighter-jets/4399515/ | 2023-06-06T22:22:52 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/timeline-of-long-island-bound-flight-that-crashed-prompting-military-to-scramble-fighter-jets/4399515/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After closing nearly three months ago, the Legacy Mount Hood Birth Center in Gresham will reopen next week. Legacy Health announced Tuesday that the birthing center will begin welcoming patients on Tuesday, June 13.
“This is a significant milestone that marks the beginning of a new chapter for us,” Legacy Health said in a release. “This marks a positive step forward for Mount Hood and our East County community.”
Legacy says the Family Birth Center will return to being staffed 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and promises round-the-clock support for pregnant patients.
“At Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center, our top priority is to provide safe and quality care to our community,” said Bahaa Wanly, president of Mount Hood Medical Center. “We are pleased to welcome patients to a nurturing environment staffed with experienced professionals who are committed to delivering exceptional care during this precious time in families’ lives.”
The center will be staffed to accommodate all patients that were receiving care at the Mount Hood Women’s Health Clinic, the organization said. However, due to labor and delivery care being unpredictable, patients may need to be transferred to other facilities in the area when the birthing center is at capacity — which is a standard practice in the region, according to Legacy.
In late July, the clinic will also welcome the Legacy Medical Group Maternal Fetal Medicine practice, which provides outpatient service to those considered high-risk.
Legacy says it is continuing to work on a long-term plan for the birthing center and expand capacity.
“I want to again apologize for the stress, confusion and disruption caused by the situation at the Mount Hood Family Birth Center,” Wanly said. “I want to assure our patients, community partners, and elected leaders that Legacy remains committed to delivering good health to all members of our diverse community. We will continue to provide safe, quality care, and we are excited about the vibrant future ahead of us in East County. Moving forward, Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center is dedicated to rebuilding trust with the community and forging a stronger bond.” | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/a-significant-milestone-legacy-health-set-to-reopen-mt-hood-birth-center-on-june-13/ | 2023-06-06T22:25:36 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/a-significant-milestone-legacy-health-set-to-reopen-mt-hood-birth-center-on-june-13/ |
How much does it cost to have kids? Sarasota-Manatee on list for most expensive places for parents
The North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton area ranks 47th out of 381 U.S. metro areas for most expensive places to raise a child.
Using the MIT living wage calculator, the study conducted by SmartAsset, includes costs of food, housing, childcare, health care, transportation and other necessities.
How much does it cost to raise a child in the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton area?
The annual cost of raising a child in the Sarasota area is $24,637. Expenses include $10,362 in childcare, $1,768, housing at $5,580 and other necessities.
The median income of Sarasota County is $69,490 and $64,964 for Manatee County, making annual child costs more than a third of residents' income, according to 2017-2021 U.S. Census data.
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What are the most expensive cities to raise a child in the U.S.?
Here’s a breakdown of the top five most expensive cities to raise a child in, according to the study. The dollar amounts represent the total one-year cost of parenting one child:
- San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, California: $35,647.
- Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California: $33,877.
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California: $33,228.
- Barnstable, Massachusetts: $33,184.
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, Massachusetts-New Hampshire: $32,307.
What other Florida cities landed on the list?
Here’s how 21 other Florida cities fared with the annual cost of raising a child.
- No. 37: Naples-Marco Island, $24,637
- No. 52: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, $24,221
- No. 94: Jacksonville, $22,341
- No. 100: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater: $22,259
- No. 108: Punta Gorda, $22,052
- No. 109: Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, $22,049
- No. 116: Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, $21,872
- No. 130: Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, $21,527
- No. 131: Port St. Lucie, $21,303
- No. 135: Panama City, $21,303
- No. 145: Cape Coral-Fort Myers, $21,126
- No. 151: Sebastian-Vero Beach, $21,054
- No. 176: The Villages, $20,676
- No. 180: Tallahassee, $20,514
- No. 215: Sebring-Avon Park, $20,014
- No. 216: Ocala, $20,009
- No. 220: Gainesville, $19,961
- No. 231: Homosassa Springs, $19,806
- No. 234: Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, $19,699
- No. 247: Lakeland-Winter Haven, $19,272
- No. 269: Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent: $18,851
What are the least expensive cities to raise a child in the U.S.?
- Morristown, Tennessee: $14,577
- Sumter, South Carolina: $14,702
- Jackson, Tennessee: $15,246
- Gadsden, Alabama: $15,261
- Longview, Texas: $15,345 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/sarasota-manatee-bradendon-childcare-cost-list/70287890007/ | 2023-06-06T22:26:27 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/sarasota-manatee-bradendon-childcare-cost-list/70287890007/ |
City Council OKs golf carts on city streets
Wichita Falls city councilors voted Tuesday to allow golf carts on neighborhood streets -- but not without a great deal of discussion first.
Consideration of what kind of vehicles should be included in the ordinance almost knocked the issue to the curb.
The resolution allows licensed drivers to operate the carts on streets where the speed limit is 35 mph or lower. Under previous law, the carts were only allowed on streets if they were being driven to or from golf courses.
Police Chief Manuel Borrego said many Wichitans use the carts for family outings and his officers have not had much trouble with their operation on streets.
Trey Sralla of Eddie Hill Fun Cycles encouraged councilors to amend the proposal to include off-highway vehicles, too.
"Making it golf cart-only excludes a lot of people," Sralla said.
Councilors Steve Jackson, Michael Smith and Larry Nelson wanted to table a vote on the ordinance to give consideration to other vehicles, but councilors Bobby Whiteley, Jeff Browning, Tim Brewer and Mayor Stephen Santellana voted to pass it.
As passed, it applies only to golf carts and not other similar vehicles.
Council members also voted for an expenditure up to $76,000 to be used as 10 percent matching funds for an update of the Wichita Falls Regional Airport Master Plan to be paid for mostly from Federal Aviation Administration money. Transportation Director John Burrus said the plan could help in expansion of business around the airport and maybe even bring more airline service to the city.
In other business, councilors:
- Awarded a $423,000 bid and contract to Cage Construction and Management Company for a new restroom and cart barn canopy/pavilion addition at Champions Golf Course.
- Awarded $390,000 to ServiceMaster of Wichita Falls for water removal and dehumidification of the Public Health District building, which sustained flooding damage and bought a new air conditioning unit for the MPEC's Ray Clymer Center.
- Accepted grants from the state for the HIV Prevention Grant Program; Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Grant Program and the Epidemiology Capacity Expansion Grant Program. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/city-council-oks-golf-carts-on-city-streets/70292939007/ | 2023-06-06T22:28:13 | 0 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/city-council-oks-golf-carts-on-city-streets/70292939007/ |
Cyclists ask Wichita Falls City Council for more safety measures
A bicycle accident Thursday that claimed the lives of a Wichita Falls area couple brought biking enthusiasts to the Wichita Falls City Council meeting Tuesday to call for a greater awareness of bicycling dangers.
Charles and Lisa McBride were struck by a pickup and killed as they rode their bikes on FM 2393 outside the city limits.
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Meg Nester became tearful as she spoke Tuesday.
"In just over a year we've lost four members of our community. It is scary being on roads. I probably shouldn't be up here speaking because I'm angry and frustrated," she said. "How do we stress the importance of paying attention if you're operating a motor vehicle?"
Becky Raeke with the Bike Wichita Falls organization advocated creating a bicycle program manager within the city to keep bike safety at the forefront of public awareness and to be involved in new development and ordinances. She suggested an ordinance to require motorists to move over or slow down when passing a bike.
Pabloe Cruz with the Midwestern State University Cycling Team said his group recruits students from across the county and internationally.
"Parents - the first thing they ask is, how safe is Wichita Falls?" he said.
David Coleman from the Lake Wichita Revitalization Committee suggested an ongoing program of public awareness for bicycle safety.
"Maybe if we bring it home people will pay a little more attention when they're driving," he said.
Councilor Bobby Whiteley implored city residents to "take a few extra seconds whatever you're doing and pay attention."
Wichita Falls has placed emphasis on bicycling for 41 years since the inception of the Hotter 'N" Hell Hundred, an annual bike race that draws thousands to the city.
The city designated some busy stretches of road as "shared" lanes with decals to remind drivers of the presence of cyclists and is also in a program to designate certain stretches with bike-only lanes. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/cyclists-ask-wichita-falls-city-council-for-more-safety-measures/70293262007/ | 2023-06-06T22:28:19 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/cyclists-ask-wichita-falls-city-council-for-more-safety-measures/70293262007/ |
Fear and chaos as hit-and-run crash kills woman on I-44: witnesses in Douglas' trial
In the moments before a hit-and-run driver sent Lorri Lynn Garst's SUV into a deadly tumble, terrified motorists saw a car aggressively weaving in and out of traffic at high speeds on Interstate Highway 44 in Wichita County.
It was about 6:30 p.m. Nov. 15, 2018, on the northbound stretch of I-44 before the Bacon Switch Road exit. Steven Ray Douglas of Burkburnett was erratically driving a Chevy Malibu in the winter darkness among busy traffic. Garst, 53, of Wichita Falls was somewhere ahead of him, the sole occupant of an SUV.
During Douglas' punishment trial Monday, Joshua Jackson testified he and other motorists were driving above the speed limit at about 80 mph, but Douglas was going "dramatically quicker" before he hit Garst's SUV.
Francisco Ochoa was returning to Lawton, Oklahoma, after a shopping trip in Wichita Falls with his mother, Tiffany Ann Bounds, he testified Monday. She suddenly sped up, frightening him because he didn't know why.
Then 17 years old, Ochoa told his mother, "You can't be doing that!" Then he saw the crash that killed Garst behind them.
Later when they were sitting in their car, "I apologized to my mom because she had saved my life," Ochoa testified.
Another witness, Nadia Holguin, testified she was driving through the area with her then 4-year-old son when she looked in her rearview mirror and saw a vehicle swerving from lane to lane.
"I started slowing down because it was coming too fast, and it scared me," Holguin testified.
She let Douglas pass her and then saw the crash happen in front of her. A minivan and Garst's SUV were going about the same speed side by side.
"That vehicle drove in between both of them, causing one of them to start flipping," Holguin gold the judge.
Garst was ejected and killed. Douglas drove on, in spite of the damage to the Malibu, as her SUV continued to roll.
"It was a lot of pieces breaking off of it," Holguin testified.
Ochoa testified that he and his mother followed Douglas when he took the Bacon Switch Road exit. Bounds pulled up beside Douglas and confronted him while Ochoa got his license plate number and later called 911 to provide it.
"You realize you hit that vehicle, right?" his mother said more than once to Douglas.
He seemed "not really aware of what happened," Ochoa testified. "He was kind of like, what?"
Bounds drove back to the area of the accident where they saw Garst's body shrouded by a blanket, blood on the northbound side of the highway and the damage to her SUV, Ochoa testified.
"It was completely on its side," he testified. "Glass and debris were everywhere. It was terrible."
He was too stunned and traumatized to do anything other than sit in the vehicle with his mom, he told the judge. That's when he apologized to her.
Others stopped to render aid to Garst and call 911.
She had suffered an extensive head wound, and when her husband arrived and wanted to see the body, authorities steered him away from doing that, fearing he would suffer for a lifetime from the sight, Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Todd Lewis testified Monday.
On Thursday, Douglas, 61, waived his right for a jury to decide his guilt or innocence and pleaded guilty to accident involving death.
At Douglas' request, his penalty for the second-degree felony, punishable by two to 20 years in prison, will be determined by 89th District Judge Charles Barnard. His punishment trial began Monday afternoon and was expected to continue Tuesday morning.
Wichita County Assistant District Attorney Matt Shelton gave a very short opening statement before the judge Monday.
Defense attorney Dustin Nimz told the judge in his opening statement that he agreed that Douglas did not do the right thing, and Douglas took responsibility for that with his guilty plea. But he did not intend to hurt anyone.
"You're going to hear from him directly about how he feels about this case," Nimz said.
During Lewis' testimony, he told the judge how the DPS tracked down the damaged car, discovered with a carpet draped over the damage and a trash can pushed up next to it, at a Burkburnett home.
DPS video shown to the judge Monday captured the trooper's first encounter with Douglas in Burkburnett.
Douglas came outside the home while Lewis was examining the damaged vehicle he had discovered there.
"I was fixing to come see y'all," he said to Lewis.
He told the trooper he can't walk very well and has numerous health problems.
"I have quite a few pills I need to take, and one of them, that water pill, it gives me a blindspot," Douglas said.
The judge also watched video of Lewis' drive to take Douglas in for an interview.
Douglas talked extensively about health problems he was suffering, including an enlarged heart, a difficult bout with bladder cancer, resulting complications and trouble obtaining medical care for two months.
Douglas also discussed his medication.
"The water pills, there's something about them that messes with your vision," he told Lewis.
Douglas said that if he "beat this last one," and the cancer was gone, he might become a preacher.
"God has a plan for me," Douglas said.
Douglas was free Monday from the Wichita County Law Enforcement Center on a $5,000 bond, according to online jail records.
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Trish Choate, enterprise watchdog reporter for the Times Record News, covers education, courts, breaking news and more. Contact Trish with news tips at tchoate@gannett.com. Read her recent work here. Her Twitter handle is @Trishapedia. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/steven-ray-douglas-punishment-trial-for-death-of-lorri-garst/70292473007/ | 2023-06-06T22:28:25 | 0 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/steven-ray-douglas-punishment-trial-for-death-of-lorri-garst/70292473007/ |
Wichita County bust yields nearly nine pounds of cocaine
A bust on Monday took nearly nine pounds of cocaine off the streets.
Members of the Wichita County Criminal Interdiction Unit stopped a vehicle at United States Highway 82 and Farm-to-Market Road 369.
According to a release for WCSO, the officers found four kilogram packages containing a white powdery substance concealed in the battery of the vehicle. The substance tested positive for cocaine.
Josue Garcia and Isaias Alvarado were arrested for manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance penalty group 1, a first-degree felony.
Garcia and Alvarado were taken into federal custody in the Wichita County Jail pending further federal investigation. A total of 8.8 pounds -- or 4,000 grams -- of cocaine with an approximate street value of $500,000 dollars was seized. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/wichita-county-bust-yields-nearly-nine-pounds-of-cocaine/70293702007/ | 2023-06-06T22:28:31 | 0 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/wichita-county-bust-yields-nearly-nine-pounds-of-cocaine/70293702007/ |
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