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PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates will be without the services of Vince Velasquez for the rest of the 2023 season after the right-hander underwent season-ending elbow surgery on Wednesday.
The surgery, performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache, will keep Velasquez from throwing for the next four months. He’s anticipated to return to game action in 11-12 months.
The surgery was done to address damage to Velasquez’s UCL, but was not Tommy John.
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UNIONTOWN, Pa. — A woman was shot and killed at an apartment on Iowa Street Friday morning. The suspect was taken into custody at a local gas station a half mile away.
According to the criminal complaint, Danny Sottile shot and killed a woman identified in court documents only as “Tiffany.” Police have not yet released her full name saying the family has not been notified.
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Police weren’t called to Sottile’s apartment for the shooting, but instead to a local gas station.
“It’s a little unusual way we were notified of the homicide,” said Uniontown Police Lt. Tom Kolencik.
An employee at the Marathon gas station just a half mile away saw Sottile walking around the store and felt that something was off.
“An employee indicated there was a male in the store walking around barefoot, didn’t seem like he was completely with it,” Kolencik said. “Our officers went and spoke to him, and upon speaking to him he indicated he had a weapon on him and that he had shot somebody in his apartment.”
Police say Sottile led them back to his apartment, where they found the woman shot to death.
According to court documents, Sottile told police he had been with the victim since about 4:00 Thursday afternoon. He told police they did meth, marijuana, and another drug police said Sottile called “wet.”
Police said Sottile told them he was sitting on the bed paranoid that her friends were going to rob him. He told police he heard noises outside and then shot the woman in the chest.
Police said he told them he fired another shot as she made it to another room, but he was unsure if he hit her.
Sottile is being held in the Fayette County Prison without bond. He faces criminal homicide and other charges.
He has a hearing set for June 27.
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Historic projects in East Central Indiana receive grants
MUNCIE, Ind. — Two local archaeology and historic rehabilitation projects in East Central Indiana will receive federal grants to research or restore cultural and historic sites.
A grant to the city of Muncie will assist with the rehabilitation of the community's Carnegie Library, built in 1904. The historic preservation funds will be used for roof rehabilitation and repairs to the front entryway and steps.
In Jay and Adams counties, a grant to Ball State University Applied Anthropology Laboratories will fund an archaeological survey at Limberlost Swamp Conservation Area.
"The project goal is to understand the use of wetlands by pre-contact Indigenous populations," according to a release.
Archeology and historic rehabilitation projects are anticipated to begin this summer and be completed by June 30, 2025.
'Rescue party' dinner, auction planned June 22
MUNCIE, Ind. — A "rescue party" dinner is planned at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 22, at 115 S. Pershing Drive.
That facility was purchased several years ago by Main Street Methodist Church — now known as The Garden at Main — to provide additional space for church dinners and functions.
"Today the building is being refreshed and is used for providing meals three days a week to anyone needing a meal or a cup of coffee," according to a a release..
A fund-raising auction will be held after the dinner.
Reservations are required, and made by mail by writing to ldehaven67@gmail.com or calling 765-744-6785. Reservations should be received by Thursday, June 15.
ARF anniversary celebration planned
MUNCIE, Ind. — ARF is having its 25th anniversary celebration on Saturday, June 24, from noon to 3 p.m.
"The plan is to have music, food trucks, tours of all four ARF buildings, a T-shirt giveaway, face painting for kids, etc.," according to a release.
The celebration is open to the public and will be held on ARF’s campus at 1209 W. Riggin Road.
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UMC loses 174 Hoosier congregations at annual state conference in ongoing schism
MUNCIE, Ind. − United Methodist Churches of Indiana is perhaps more united but smaller after 174 congregations separated from the UMC Thursday night during the denomination's annual state conference held at Ball State University.
A schism persists between believers in traditional Methodist doctrine and those pressing for a more progressive faith that, among other issues, includes the acceptance of LGBTQ rights within the church. Another 107 traditional congregations left in November, meaning 284 community churches in Indiana have split from the UMC in the past eight months.
"We value Christian unity and believe that we can accomplish more together than we could apart," said Serena Acker, communications officer for the UNC in Indiana. "We will continue with our mission, no matter the number of churches we have. We remain hopeful for the future."
She said Indiana still has 675 UMC congregations.
More:Over 100 Indiana churches leave United Methodist Church as social issues wedge a divide
Under rules currently in place, United Methodist congregations at local churches may disaffiliate after paying two years of apportionments or annual fees paid for being part of the UMC organization. It also must pay into the pension plan for UNC clergy. Departing congregations can keep church buildings and real state under "Rule 2553," which expires at the end of 2023. It also allows for a majority vote by the conference to permit churches to leave.
During the Thursday evening proceedings, a lay member of the church asked Julius C. Trimble, the resident bishop for Indiana, if there would be another opportunity for congregations to separate this year.
Trimble said there would be no further disaffiliations under Rule 2553 this year, and he would leave the question of additional disaffiliations to a global UMC general conference planned for the spring of 2024.
"If you've been United Methodist all this time," Trimble said, adding departing members should be able to wait until next spring.
Emotions high as disaffiliation vote concluded
Tears flowed among many of the attendees as the vote concluded and Trimble recited a verse from the hymn "Blest Be the Tie That Binds" – When we asunder part, it gives us inward pain; but we shall still be joined in heart, and hope to meet again.
John Lomperis, who has been a United Methodist General Conference delegate from Indiana and a supporter of traditional church doctrine, said the spilt started becoming serious in 2019 when the global church voted narrowly to maintain traditional doctrine.
The leadership in the United States did not accept the decision, he said, and determined to go their own way. At that same conference, the provisions of Rule 2553 were adopted. Since then, including this week, Indiana has lost a third of its UMC churches, he said.
Cory Herrin, pastor of Fairlawn United Methodist Church, which has a small congregation in Evansville, said the rule to allow a simpler path to disaffiliate was put forward at the 2019 conference in anticipation the progressive would win and many conservative churches would choose to leave.
"The conservatives won," he said.
But many conservative churches are still leaving.
Herrin said Fairlawn is staying put for the time being.
"Until something changes, there is no need to," he said.
The pastor said his church is open to everybody and everyone is loved at Fairlawn.
Churches disaffiliating include:
- Battle Ground UMC
- Bowling Green UMC
- Bunker Hill UMC
- Crawfordsville Mount Zion UMC
- Delphi United Methodist Church
- Evansville Albright UMC
- Greensboro UMC
- Hartford City Grace UMC
- Hartford City Trinity
- Muncie Industry UMC
- Muncie Fountain Square UMC
- Richland Mount Zion UMC
- Santa Claus UMC
Disagreements between liberal, conservative churches not new
While some UMC churches have welcomed openly gay pastors and performed same sex marriages, those practices remain officially outside the polity of the church, he said.
There have been disagreements between liberal and conservative churches for decades, he said, but issues surrounding the acceptance of people practicing gay lifestyles seemed to have triggered the schism.
"Human sexuality is a topic on which people of faith have differing and heartfelt views, and the Indiana Conference is no exception.," she said. "We have geographical, generational, and cultural differences in our Conference, and we consider that diversity to be one of our strengths."
Lomperis, who is also the United Methodist director at the Institute on Religion and Democracy, based in Washington, D.C., said homosexuality is not what is driving the split for traditionalists at UMC. Rather, it's about doctrine, scripture and to what degree the UMC will abide by biblical teachings.
Herrin said that he thinks there something of a libertarian spirit at the heart of church members choosing to disaffiliate. And he added that libertarians are often conservative these days.
"This is a dominate issue," Herrin said. "Churches want to have autonomy from the dictates of others."
But there is strength in numbers and Herrin said there are advantages in being part of the UMC, which Fairlawn has been it's entire existence for about a half century.
Lomperis said that as the more conservative congregations leave UMC, the progressive congregations are likely to gain in strength and make the progressive changes many anticipate.
Herrin said he would consider what that means for his congregation if that happens.
"I have shed tears," said Herrin about the UMC being torn apart. "It has been part of my prayer life daily."
Acker says "regardless of the number of churches that may disaffiliate," the Indiana Conference of the UNC will welcome people of all nations, ethnic groups, ages, and sexual orientations.
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The City of Pittsburgh announced Friday that it’s opening 15 of its 18 pools next Saturday, June 17.
“Our priority is opening pools so that Pittsburghers can have a safe, fun summer! We hope that the continued growth of lifeguard staff in future summers will allow us to return to full capacity that would include offering additional programs such as learn-to-swim lessons, water aerobics and swim team,” said CitiParks Director Kathryn Vargas in a release.
Eleven of the 15 pools will be open seven days a week while four of them will operate on a 5-day schedule.
Three of the pools -- Bloomfield, Homewood and Sheraden -- won’t be opening due to either mechanical issues or renovations.
The city said they recruited 145 lifeguards to open the pools.
“We appreciate the community’s support in this year’s lifeguard recruitment efforts. We are encouraged with the growth of our team and being able to open 15 pools,” Vargas noted.
Pool Hours will be as follows at these 11 Pools:
Ammon, Highland, Jack Stack, Magee, Moore, Phillips, Ormsby, Ream, Schenley, West Penn, and Westwood
Monday through Friday
12 p.m.-1 p.m.: Adult Lap Swim
1 p.m.-7 p.m.: Open Swim
7 p.m.-7:45 PM: Adult Lap Swim
Saturday, Sunday & Holidays (Holidays: Juneteenth Observance 6/19, July 4th, Labor Day)
12 p.m.-1 p.m.: Adult Lap Swim
1 p.m.-5:45 p.m.: Open Swim
(Due to size and capacity limitations, Schenley Pool will be unable to host lap swim.)
Hours for Banksville, McBride, Riverview, and Sue Murray are as follows:
BANKSVILLE & RIVERVIEW:
Tuesday, Thursday & Friday
12 p.m. -4:45 p.m.: Open Swim
Saturday, Sunday & Holidays
12 p.m. -1 p.m.: Adult Lap Swim
1 p.m. -5:45 p.m.: Open Swim
McBRIDE & SUE MURRAY:
Monday through Friday
12-4:45 PM Open Swim
CitiParks Pools details can be found here: https://pittsburghpa.gov/citiparks/swimming-outdoor
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PITTSBURGH — The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit against a local car dealership and its president for allegedly deceiving customers about the conditions of the cars they were selling.
According to the lawsuit, North Hills Auto Mall sold customers cars that they said were in good condition and under warranty, but those cars often broke down shortly after they were sold or didn’t pass inspection.
The lawsuit also said the dealership classified the vehicles as being sold “as is” and that the warranty was actually a limited service contract made through a third party.
Pennsylvania has a law against selling vehicles where the dealer knew or should have known about serious issues involving the offered vehicle, even if the vehicle is sold “as is.”
“This is every used cay buyer’s worst fear – paying hard-earned money and realizing soon after that the vehicle is in poor condition,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry said. “My office has a duty to uphold state law and regulations that prohibit deceptive car dealers from swindling consumers in this fashion, and we will do everything in our power to uphold that duty. Consumers deserve nothing less.”
According to the Attorney General’s Office, the lawsuit calls for North Hills Auto Mall and its president, Regis Mannke, to do the following:
- Pay restitution to all consumers who have suffered losses;
- Be permanently prohibited from doing business as a seller of motor vehicles in Pennsylvania or to Pennsylvania consumers, and engage in any practices that violate the Consumer Protection Law, Auto Regulations, the Vehicle Code, and/or the Board of Vehicles Act;
- Pay civil penalties of $1,000 for each violation of the Consumer Protection Law and $3,000 for each violation involving a consumer age 60 or older.
The lawsuit also said the dealership required $500 minimum deposit to hold cars and didn’t refund it if, for any reason, the sale didn’t go through.
North Hills Auto Mall also allegedly violated the state Auto Regulations by failing to provide consumers with required documentation, such as the purchase agreement and warranty information, the Attorney General’s Office said.
Consumers who believe they or someone they know may have been a victim of North Hills Auto Mall should file a complaint with the Bureau of Consumer Protection online, by calling 800-441-2555 or emailing scams@attorneygeneral.gov.
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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — The words "Trump" and "indictment" are taking over headlines across the country, as former President Trump is facing 37 felony counts after officials allegedly found boxes of sensitive documents from the White House, in his home in Florida.
Newswatch 16 spoke with Benjamin Toll, a political science professor at Wilkes University, to break down the alleged crimes.
“Once the president is no longer the president, the documents in his care are no longer his, they're actually owned by the government. We have had a law in place since the 1970s that all documents during one's presidency are given to the government,” he said.
According to Toll, all classified documents are collected by the National Archives and Records Administration so they can be archived officially and legally.
But after finding the documents in former President Trump's possession, the 49-page Indictment was released around 3 p.m., making it public knowledge what prosecutors are alleging.
“We're seeing that they had to do with nuclear capabilities from the US government, nuclear capability of our allies, people that are not our allies, and that President Trump shared information about military invasion plans with other countries,” he added.
Professor Toll reminds us this is actually only a part of the whole Trump investigation, making this indictment different from the last one in New York this past spring.
“That was from before he was the president, versus this has to do with stuff from after he was president, and the other major difference is that was a state-based crime while this is a federal crime,” mentioned Toll.
Still, former President Trump is making history.
He's the first former president to be charged with a federal crime, and Professor Toll is uncertain of what will happen next.
“Cases like this may go slowly unless both sides want it to go fast. If both sides want it to go fast, then the trial could happen sometime early in January in 2024,” Toll said.
Which would be right at the beginning of the next election year.
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CHICAGO — The death of a Gary man last month has been ruled a homicide, according to records from the Cook County medical examiner.
Devonire Glass, 23, was shot May 29 in the 2100 block of Georgia Street, records show. He died from multiple gunshot wounds.
Gary police did not respond to requests for comment.
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MERRILLVILLE — A woman is dead and an a man is in critical condition after shootings late Thursday in the area of the Menards at 6300 Mississippi St., said Merrillville Police Cmdr. Matthew Vasel.
Officers were called to the scene around 11:15 p.m. and found a man shot near the entrance of the store, Vasel said.
Medics arrived a short time later and began treating the shooting victim, who was transported by helicopter to a Chicago hospital, where he was listed Friday morning in critical condition, according to police.
"Officers continued to search the area and located a female, who was deceased on scene as a result (of a) gunshot wound," police said.
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A woman is dead and an a man is in critical condition following shootings late Thursday night in the area of the Menards store at 6300 Mississippi St., Merrillville Police Cmdr. Matthew Vasel said. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-courts/woman-dead-man-critical-from-overnight-shootings-in-merrillville/article_635cc7ae-06bf-11ee-a88f-4b80b78213da.html | 2023-06-10T03:01:31 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-courts/woman-dead-man-critical-from-overnight-shootings-in-merrillville/article_635cc7ae-06bf-11ee-a88f-4b80b78213da.html |
A recall has been issued for about 200 pounds of ready-to-eat chili topping because the packages might actually contain beef taco filling that includes soy, which is a known allergen.
The recall affects frozen 5-punds boilable plastic bags of “Gordon Choice® Homestyle Chili Topping” with lot code 230732002 and USDA establishment number 1917A. Affected bags were produced March 14 and packed inside cases labeled as beef taco filling.
According to the recall, the problem was discovered when the producer, J.T.M. Provisions Company, received consumer complaints about the incorrectly labeled bags.
The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service said there have been no confirmed reports of bad reactions to eating the products, but it is concerned that consumers or institutions might have the bags in their freezers.
Anyone with the bags are urged not to eat or serve them, but to throw them away or return them.
Consumers with questions can contact J.T.M. Provisions Company’s Chief Financial Officer Matt Montgomery by calling 513-367-4900, Ex. 117 by emailing mmontgomery@jtmfoodgroup.com.
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Vernon, N.Y.-- Since the global war on terror began, 7,008 service members have been killed fighting for our freedom. Of those 7,000, 1,343 were from New York state. The New York State Run for the Fallen Honors every New Yorker killed while serving our country as well as their families.
"While we are on our journey running over four days, 200 plus miles, we have gold star families we coordinate with and honor flags to, the have the name of their fallen honor on it and we recognize them," explained Ken Green, Director of the New York Chapter for the New York Run for the Fallen.
The run started yesterday in Watertown. Runners will go all the way to the Saratoga National Cemetery at the Saratoga Battlefield in Schuylerville on Sunday, along the way, stopping at pre-defined locations called hero markers, where the names of service members killed in action will be read. By the time they reach Saratoga, the name of every new yorker would have been read.
"It's very meaningful, it's also tough, it's an emotional rollercoaster, most of the runners that we had, especially the first year were all military and we're kind of pushed to hide your feelings and put them away through training,” Green said
Green says the run also helps to bring a light to the fact that even for active-duty service members and veterans, it's ok to not be ok.
"We try to push that message as well. At the end of every day, we have our closing ceremony and our run director Ryan, he will stand out there and he talks about PTSD, he talks about the suicide rate that happens from our veterans and those that currently serve unfortunately taking their lives because of the battle they fight inside," Green explained
The mission's third day will begin in Clinton they'll run all the way to Sharon Springs and the Walmart Distribution Center there, all on their journey to reach Schuylerville | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/new-york-run-for-the-fallen-stops-in-vernon/article_a4a673e8-072f-11ee-bc4c-eb0a0205e1cf.html | 2023-06-10T03:18:31 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/new-york-run-for-the-fallen-stops-in-vernon/article_a4a673e8-072f-11ee-bc4c-eb0a0205e1cf.html |
DALLAS — A popular dating show is getting ready to premiere its latest season -- and this time it's helping singles find love in Dallas.
"Ready to Love" premieres its eighth season July 7 on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).
The show features 18 men and woman in their 30s and 40s who are looking for their special someone -- even through all the drama that comes with the television show.
A trailer for the newest season can be seen here:
While it's unclear where the show will take the 18 love seekers, fans in North Texas should keep an eye out for popular landmarks and dating spots in the area.
The show airs at 7 p.m. CT Friday on OWN.
This is second time in a year that a popular dating show has been set in the Dallas area.
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DALLAS, Texas — A former Richardson ISD bus monitor is now facing an injury to a child charge after he was seen in security footage choking a student with special needs for several seconds during an after-school route last month.
Per the Dallas Police Department, 52-year-old Earl Brooks now faces an injury to a child charge.
The charge was filed on May 18, per a DPD spokesperson who added that Brooks has yet to be arrested.
In the video, which was recorded on May 8, a disturbance can be seen between a group of students with special needs during the route.
Per investigators, after Brooks breaks it up, he can be seen in the video putting an 8-year-old boy in a chokehold after the student said something to the 52-year-old.
"I don't think you know who you're playing with," Brooks said in the video.
Brooks' arm then lunges toward the boy's throat, and he can be heard saying, "Stop playing with me!"
The boy's mother, Treniece Hawkins, told WFAA that her son notified her that he was choked by a monitor while being taken home on the bus.
Hawkins, a bus driver for the district who has worked as an employee in various roles for RISD for 14 years, told WFAA that she was furious.
"He immediately sent me pictures," Hawkins said. "I was in tears. I was frustrated, and I was angry."
In the photos, discoloration and ripped skin can be seen on the boy's neck.
"When your child is in the care of someone else, you feel like they're going to protect them. Then you see stuff like this happen, and it bothers me," Hawkins said.
Per a spokesperson from Richardson ISD, Brooks was terminated one day after the incident. The spokesperson also said that law enforcement was notified after reviewing the video and that Brooks had passed a background check.
The spokesperson also said there were no other reported incidents involving Brooks before this situation.
"The actions of the former employee are both inexcusable and inconsistent with RISD's employee standards of conduct," the spokesperson added.
Hawkins told WFAA that her son is in a special needs class for emotional behavior and that all the students on his bus are in the same education plan.
She said she took him to the hospital to be checked out and that he has since recovered. However, Hawkins added that her son has trouble sleeping and also struggled to eat for days after the incident due to swelling in his throat.
Hawkins also said her son is beginning therapy due to the incident.
"A grown man -- an adult -- attacked an 8-year-old child," Hawkins said.
"Whatever happens on these busses -- you could have just stopped and called for help if you felt overwhelmed," the mother added.
WFAA asked Richardson ISD if bus monitors receive special training before interacting with students.
A spokesperson told WFAA, "Bus monitors only work on routes serving students with special needs and upon employment receive safety training and training related to any specific accommodations individual students on their route may have (based on each student's individual education plan (IEP)."
Hawkins questions what kind of training Brooks received and if protocols should be reviewed.
"I have plenty of questions, I do," Hawkins said. "I feel like the district let me down."
Hawkins also told WFAA that she had retained legal representation following the incident. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/richardson-isd-bus-monitor-charged-video-shows-choking-student-special-needs/287-0237285d-5a50-47d9-8783-31e93730ba79 | 2023-06-10T03:23:03 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/richardson-isd-bus-monitor-charged-video-shows-choking-student-special-needs/287-0237285d-5a50-47d9-8783-31e93730ba79 |
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Kimberly Koch, market dental director for CareSource Indiana, said the nonprofit’s new dental home model reconfirmed why she started working in dentistry.
CareSource, a nonprofit connecting Medicaid users to quality health care, this week announced its new home dental model, which will connect about 175,000 members with a dental provider who will coordinate their oral care.
Koch said the model has been adopted in other states but never in Indiana.
“It can be a struggle to know where to begin when it comes to locating and selecting dental providers,” Koch said. “We’re thrilled to bring the dental home model to our Hoosier members and help them build strong relationships with their dentists.”
Koch said the model is patient-centered and encourages users to seek preventive dental care. CareSource members will provide the name and phone number of a dentist they have seen in the last two years, and the nonprofit will pair them with a dentist in the area.
“This program will really encourage people to put their oral health first,” she said. “We know oral health care is not always the top priority, especially if they are dealing with Medicaid and have a lot of problems pulling at them.”
Koch has not heard feedback from patients yet, but she is excited to see how many people it helps and how the model improves access throughout the state.
“If oral care can be easier, we can all be healthier,” she said.
One northeast Indiana provider is Familia Dental, with offices at 5328 Coldwater Road and 100 E. Pettit Ave. Familia Dental also has locations in Indianapolis, Evansville and Terre Haute.
Roxana Jimenez, the dental provider’s community relations director, said the organization has worked with CareSource for a while, and she is excited to see how the model helps patients.
Many times patients don’t know Familia Dental accepts Medicaid, Jimenez said, so this initiative helps educate them on where they can receive dental care.
“If patients don’t know where to go, they can’t really plan ahead and take preventative care,” she said. “This model really allows for more visibility and makes the process smoother.”
Jimenez said this program might most help adults, who tend to neglect oral care and focus on their children. It’s important to see patients first in the office, so staff can get to know them before an emergency happens, she said.
Prior to the dental home model, Familia Dental held “Dental Days,” which contacted CareSource users who had not been to the dentist in more than a year and incentivized them to make an appointment.
Jimenez said the “Dental Days” served 95 CareSource members at both Fort Wayne locations.
The program also will help people who are new to the area, she said.
“It can be difficult to find a dentist, but this will really help them determine where to go,” Jimenez said. “And, as time goes on, they don’t have to stay in one place. They can always change their dental home.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/home-dental-program-helps-patients-in-fort-wayne-northeast-indiana/article_f184b05e-0706-11ee-92d9-538427ab123d.html | 2023-06-10T03:30:43 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/home-dental-program-helps-patients-in-fort-wayne-northeast-indiana/article_f184b05e-0706-11ee-92d9-538427ab123d.html |
The Allen County Commissioners on Friday approved a three-year contract to feed jail inmates for less than $2 a meal.
Trinity Services Group won the contract. Spencer Feighner, an attorney who represents the Allen County Sheriff’s Department, said the decision was made after considering various factors.
“Based on the evaluation process we went through, they were clearly the best offer of services for us in this particular circumstance,” he said.
Feighner said the county has had good experience with the company.
“We have an excellent track record with Trinity. They’ve been providing services to (the Allen County Juvenile Center) for several years,” Feighner said. “That was one of the things, candidly, that was very influential in our evaluation process.”
The contract begins on July 1 and will end June 30, 2026. The county will provide the facilities and equipment, and Trinity Services Group will provide the workers and send the county a weekly invoice.
Trinity Services Group will be required to maintain at least six employees, including a food service director, an assistant food service director and at least four hourly employees. Inmate labor will also be used, according to the agreement.
Prices for the meals will increase annually and largely depend on the average number of inmates. For the first year, meals will start at $1.65 with an average population of 600 to 649 and go down to $1.41 if the jail is housing more than 950 inmates.
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From prison, the wife of convicted killer Eric Williams speaks to NBC’s Dateline Friday night about one of the most notorious killing sprees in North Texas history.
Kim Williams was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the Kaufman revenge murders that put her husband on death row.
It was January 2013 when Assistant Kaufman County District Attorney Mark Hasse was gunned down on his way to work near the Kaufman County Courthouse.
That day his boss, District Attorney Mike McLelland promised to prosecute the killer to the fullest extent of the law.
But two months later before any arrests were made, McLelland and his wife Cynthia were found murdered at their home.
Dallas Attorney Toby Shook was one of the lawyers assigned as a special prosecutor for the investigation and trial.
“It was a very heavy responsibility. I’ve never seen a case like this before,” Shook said. “It was a diabolical crime, the extent, the planning that went into these murders for revenge, the cold-blooded nature of the killings.”
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During the investigation, other Kaufman officials received protection for fear they could be next.
“That was a pretty scary time for all of us,” former Kaufman County Judge Bruce Wood said.
As the county’s top elected official, Wood said he was close to all the people involved.
“McLelland and Mark would stop in the office two or three times a week and just say ‘hello, how are things going,’ just have a cup of coffee or whatever,” Wood said. "It really was a shocker to just about everybody I came in contact with."
As investigators considered all sorts of possible suspects and motives, Wood said insiders suspected former Kaufman County Justice of the Peace Eric Williams from the very beginning.
Past conflicts with county leadership included a theft of computer monitors case that ended Williams’ JP position.
“He felt that he didn’t need to go through the process that was set up by the county,” Wood said.
During the investigation, Williams spoke with reporters and boldly denied any involvement before he was finally arrested after the McLelland murders.
Current District Attorney Erleigh Wiley said she had an earlier conflict with Williams that could have made her his first victim.
“I think all the time that I really am blessed,” Wiley said.
As a judge at the time, Wiley said she accused Williams of overbilling for county-assigned child protective services cases. Wiley said the issue contributed to the demise of Williams’ law practice before he ran for Justice of the Peace.
“There were thousands of dollars of county assigned work over years that he had discrepancies,” Wiley said.
Kim Williams testified against Eric in the sentencing phase of his trial, detailing how their crimes were carried out.
His wife said Eric Williams had a hit list of people who might also have been killed if he had not been stopped and Erleigh Wiley was on the list.
“When I heard that I was like, ‘Wow,’” Wiley said.
These three people involved with the case ten years ago are curious to hear what Kim Williams has to say about it now.
“I don’t know if what she says today will be to try to mitigate her role because she wants to make parole, obviously, because it will be another ten years when she will come up,” Shook said.
Wood said he still considers Eric Williams to be the main culprit.
“He was such a controlling person. I don’t think she was of her right mind. I understand she was usually sedated,” Wood said.
Wiley said Kim Williams is responsible because she could have taken action to stop the killing, but also said the case is a lesson for influencing others.
“I would put nothing past Eric Williams. I would put nothing past him. So, that makes me more sympathetic to her,” Wiley said. “It is pretty amazing. It’s an unbelievable kind of story.” | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/co-defendant-kim-williams-speaks-from-prison-about-2013-kaufman-triple-murder-case/3274726/ | 2023-06-10T03:34:51 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/co-defendant-kim-williams-speaks-from-prison-about-2013-kaufman-triple-murder-case/3274726/ |
The City of Dallas on Friday released a report that was expected to offer insight into the ransomware attack that crippled city services in early May.
The attack affected city websites and systems from police and fire to city courts and the library.
Friday brought the scheduled release of the city's monthly Technology Accountability Report, or TAR, for May. The report was expected to cover the time period of the attack and potentially shed more light on the extent of it. Click here to read the report in full or scroll down to see it.
The ransomware attack happened on May 3. According to the report released Friday, Dallas' IT team took additional measures as an immediate response to disconnect systems, services, and devices from the city's network to contain and prevent further spread of malicious software. The report also states the city organized and mobilized a broader incident support team to help in the management of the recovery activities.
The city is still working to get back online but in the latest update, systems are reported to be more than 90% restored.
“We continue to prioritize restoration of our city services. We appreciate the community’s support, and remain grateful to our team for their hard work throughout our response to this incident,” the city said in a statement posted on Thursday.
Click here to read a complete update by the City of Dallas posted this week.
The hacker group known as Royal took responsibility for the attack and eventually made threats to release personal data on court cases, medical records and other government documents.
At first, the city said there was no evidence of sensitive data being leaked. In Thursday’s update, the city said their teams are still investigating.
“We know there have been questions as to the impact of this incident and what, if any, sensitive data may have been affected as a result. Our teams remain hard at work to understand the facts of the situation and want to ensure that if the investigation determines that individuals’ sensitive information was involved in this incident, we will notify those individuals directly and provide resources to help protect their information in accordance with applicable law,” the city said in the statement.
NBC 5 spoke with cybersecurity expert Randy Haba with DKBInnovative in Frisco about why the report is important and what we should expect.
"I think a lot of people don't understand that these ransomware events, the intent is to gain money,” he said. "Because at the end of the day, if the city of Dallas is going to pay that ransom. Well, the residents of Dallas pay that ransom and the city has to be transparent in how their tax money was used. So, in some way, shape or form that is going to come out. It's just a matter of time. That is always divulged somewhere down the line."
Haba said out of caution, the city cannot talk too openly about what has been done to secure the systems but they might release basic information on what happened and why it happened.
“As well as, what the attack vector was, how they got into the system and then potentially what data, if any, was compromised and extracted. That will have to be a part of the report,” he said.
The report Friday described the work over the past month as 'painstaking'.
It has involved a comprehensive review of each system and device "to ensure they are free of malware, the installation and implementation of additional security components and protocols, and the rebuild, re-imaging, and restoration from back-ups of servers and devices where necessary", the report states.
According to Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, a cybersecurity expert with UT Dallas, the goal now is to strengthen the security of the systems and better educate staff on any weaknesses to prevent this from happening again.
She said the more employees, the more vulnerable a city or business is. Other cities in north Texas will likely look to reports like TAR to know how to keep themselves safe.
“I think they would want to attack large cities because that’s where they get maximum coverage,” she said. “It’s only going to give incentive to other groups including Royal to attack. Now will they attack Dallas again? They may not right away.”
Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, a professor of computer science at UT Dallas, said getting back online as soon as possible is key.
"If you plan for it, of course. They said they have a plan for it, and I’m not criticizing or messing about their plan," Dr. Kantarcioglu said. "But what I’m saying is that whether your plan will take a certain amount of time…the question is, can you have a better plan which would cut this to something like 10 days? Half the time." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-to-release-technology-accountability-report-following-ransomware-attack/3274570/ | 2023-06-10T03:34:58 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-to-release-technology-accountability-report-following-ransomware-attack/3274570/ |
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Fan Expo is the largest sci-fi, horror, anime, and gaming event in Texas. It opened Friday afternoon and fans, many in cosplay, streamed into the exhibit halls.
"This is my personal first time ever cosplaying making a costume from scratch," Juliet Arnold of Fort Worth said as she changed into her costume in the parking garage. She said she couldn't drive in her costume. "I'm not even convinced I could sit down properly at this point."
Fan Expo is where fans and stars of films and shows like "Star Wars" and "The Office" come together.
"I'm actually an archaeologist by trade, so it made sense," Jim Baldwin of Shreveport said showing off his Indiana Jones cosplay. "When I put on Indian Jones or any of my other costumes, you know, I become that character."
Baldwin says that the appeal of cosplay.
"It allows you to be not really something that you're not, but it allows you to become something that you've always wanted to be," Jones said. "Because most of our lives are kinda in a rut. They're kinda boring."
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H&M at the Allen Premium Outlets will reopen on Monday for the first time since a gunman opened fire at the mall last month, killing eight people and injuring another seven.
On May 6, a man armed with several weapons stopped his car in the south parking lot and opened fire on shoppers at the sprawling outdoor shopping center. Among those killed were three children, including two young sisters and a boy who died alongside his parents. Three other adults were killed, including a mall security guard who died helping shoppers move to safety.
The outlet mall was closed for several weeks while the shooting was investigated and to allow ample time to honor the victims. In the days and weeks after the shooting, hundreds of people visited a makeshift memorial that began to grow outside of the mall's entrance.
H&M is expected to open at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 12.
On May 31, the mall reopened to shoppers though the mall's more than 100 retailers each had the flexibility to set their own hours and resume business at their own pace.
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Police in The Colony are pumping the brakes on car lovers swarming the city to catch a glimpse of some multi-million-dollar cars.
The department sending popular promoters ParkUpFront notice TCPD will no longer approve permits for their monthly car shows, claiming criminal activity that has gone unchecked by the promoter.
“I definitely feel blindsided,” said Stephen Levin, co-founder of ParkUpFront. “I just assumed if there were any issues we would hear from [police.] We have had a good relationship with them with mutual respect.”
ParkUpFront is a mobile platform for car enthusiasts, explained Levin.
Among other functions, it allows classic and luxury car owners to register for organized car events with off-duty police officers and staff members on hand.
Two events are held in The Colony: in the parking lot of Lava Cantina and LSA next door with permission from the owners and at Nebraska Furniture Mart.
Levin says his goal was to create a safe family-friendly environment for car enthusiasts to converge, avoiding reckless street takeovers while also attracting big crowds to local businesses.
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“It’s actually creating a safe space,” he said. “You have a guy with a $3 million car talking to a kid with an old truck. It’s just beautiful to see people just come together under one love and passion of cars and to take that away from the community when we’re doing something responsibly, I think that’s setting a bad precedence.”
The monthly events have grown from 150 registered cars on display five years ago to allowing 500 cars to register for the June 3 event, said Levin. The latest car show attracted "several thousand" spectators, he said.
Police declined an on-camera interview but said the car shows have "evolved the event to attract numerous street races of all types," according to a The Colony Police news release. The police department says officers have made arrests for stolen vehicles, weapons, drugs and active warrants.
TCPD also says officers have encountered drivers who have led officers on high-speed chases, up to 120-130 miles per hour.
TCPD provided NBC 5 videos found on YouTube, some from three years ago, purportedly showing drivers at the event spinning out and driving recklessly. NBC 5 was not able to independently verify the videos and has not received permission to broadcast the video without permission.
"We asked the company several times to address the issues," stated the press release. "When the show creates a nuisance and takes all our police officers away from our neighborhoods, we will ask them to move on and find a more appropriate venue... The company does not believe it should be held accountable for the type of crowd they attract or what participants and patrons do when they are not in the car show parking lot itself."
“None of that has ever happened or been brought to our attention at our events,” said Levin. “If any of that has happened, it’s happening outside the event in what we would call the spectator parking area.”
Levin said he works closely with a TCPD lieutenant and has never been told about any of the criminal activity police are reporting, though he admitted there was a car chase last weekend involving someone who was not registered for the event.
Levin also pushed back on how far his responsibility goes when it comes to the spectators his events can attract and what they do during or after his events, pointing to fans tailgating for games or concerts and whether the Cowboys organization or performers are responsible for their actions outside of such events.
Still, ParkUpFront is willing to make changes to keep the show going including drastically cutting down on the number of cars showcased and ticket prices. The money could go toward one of the many charities they work with, said Levin.
When it comes to spectators, Leveeen says he’s willing to drastically cut down on the number of spectators allowed into their events, requiring them to register and pay a fee to attend.
Why not make these changes earlier?
“We would’ve if we knew there was an issue, 100%,” said Levin. “If we knew there was an issue and the chief of police wanted to work with us we would say: here’s the fix. We didn’t realize the spectators were causing issues.”
Levin stressed 99% of their spectators are good people, calling the other 1% "bad apples" who ruin it for everybody else.
Not only is Levin disheartened pointing to the charities they’ve helped, including food drives and Make a Wish, but he fears the police department’s move sets a dangerous precedent in The Colony and beyond.
He says he’s already heard of a nearby city looking to follow in The Colony’s lead and ban car shows.
“You’re going to start seeing takeovers and unorganized pop-up events,” he warned. “People are going to be lashing out because this event serves as an outlet to a lot of people. You take that away from them, something we can control, and we can keep safe, it’s going to be the Wild Wild West.” | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/the-colony-police-are-cracking-down-on-car-shows-amid-allegations-of-criminal-activity/3274806/ | 2023-06-10T03:36:00 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/the-colony-police-are-cracking-down-on-car-shows-amid-allegations-of-criminal-activity/3274806/ |
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Under the shadow of the nation’s Capitol building, Texans closed out their fourth day fighting for change, joining families from around the nation to call on Congress to put a federal assault weapons ban on the Senate floor.
“We're here and we're here to make noise,” said Brett Cross.
Cross said this week’s "Survivor’s sit-in" comes after numerous meetings and phone calls with lawmakers have failed to move the needle.
“I shouldn’t be here. None of these people should be here, you know? But this is our life now, because part of our heart, a part of our soul, was ripped from us when we lost our kids. So we have to do this,” he said.
After Texas lawmakers failed to vote on a bill to raise the minimum age required to buy assault rifles before the legislative session ended late last month, Cross refused to accept defeat.
For now, he said he’ll focus on an effort to get more people registered to vote and a federal fight.
That includes standing alongside survivors and those who’ve lost loved ones in mass shootings in Parkland, Newtown, Highland Park and beyond to demand action before another community joins their ranks.
“There has to be a change. You know, the old way isn't working, so it's on us and that's what we have to do. Because no matter what we say or do, it's not going to bring Uziyah back. But it can protect another child, and that is what matters,” said Cross.
The sit-in is scheduled to run through the weekend. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/uvalde-parents-join-loved-ones-of-mass-shooting-survivors-in-washington-to-demand-assault-weapons-ban/3274837/ | 2023-06-10T03:36:14 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/uvalde-parents-join-loved-ones-of-mass-shooting-survivors-in-washington-to-demand-assault-weapons-ban/3274837/ |
The Holy Spirit High School girls lacrosse team lost to Montclair Kimberley Academy 14-8 Friday night in the state Non-Public B championship game in Flemington, Hunterdon County.
Montclair Kimberley, which won its first state Non-Public B title, led 9-7 in the second half before scoring five straight goals in the final 13 minutes.
Top-seeded Holy Spirit, ranked 10th in The Press Elite 11, ended its season 14-5. Montclair Kimberley, the No. 2 seed, improved to 16-7.
“They (Montclair Kimberley) won a couple pivotal draws at the end when we were trying to get the ball back,” Holy Spirit coach Kylie Primeau said by telephone afterward. “So in that event, you have to press a little bit, and when you do that, you create space. So it’s easier to drive it. But we didn’t have a choice. We needed to get some points on the board.”
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Montclair Kimberley scoring leader Aeryn Curren led the Cougars with five goals and four assists, and Shea Murphy scored twice and added three assists. Maggie Murphy and Maddie Polanskyj both scored twice, and goalie Orly Sedransk made nine saves.
Holy Spirit’s Maddie Abbott and Lauren Cella each scored twice. Hanna Watson scored one and had two assists. Brielle Soltys and Kendall Murphy each tallied once and had one assist. Taylor Lyons scored one. Marissa Gras made three saves.
Lyons, Kendall Murphy and Abbott all scored as the Spartans made it 4-3. But Maggie Murphy scored for the Cougars with 2 minutes, 7 seconds before halftime, and Curren made it 6-3 with 27 seconds left in the half.
Curren and Watson traded goals early in the second half to make it 7-4. Shea Murphy tallied for the Cougars, but Holy Spirit’s Soltys and Cella each scored to cut the lead to 8-6. Curren added her fourth goal of the game, but Spirit’s Abbott scored from Watson to make it 9-7 with under 17 minutes left.
“Our girls worked really hard all the way to the end,” Primeau said. “In my opinion, the game was very evenly matched.
“Overall I’m pretty happy with this group. I’m really proud of them for working hard and getting to the (Cape-Atlantic League) championship and the state final championship.”
Three of Spirit’s losses were to fourth-ranked Ocean City, including 15-6 in the CAL Tournament final May 19.
Primeau said the Spartans should be strong again next spring.
"We're graduating three seniors. We plan on it," she said about the possibility of reaching the 2024 final.
Holy Spirit topped fifth-seeded Saddle River Day 14-6 Tuesday in the Spartans' state Non-Public B semifinal. Montclair Kimberly beat defending state champion and third-seeded Princeton Day 11-8 in its semifinal.
Princeton Day beat Holy Spirit 17-11 last year in the state final. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/montclair-kimberley-beats-holy-spirit-in-state-girls-lacrosse-final/article_292ba190-0732-11ee-9126-3ff652dfb603.html | 2023-06-10T03:44:39 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/montclair-kimberley-beats-holy-spirit-in-state-girls-lacrosse-final/article_292ba190-0732-11ee-9126-3ff652dfb603.html |
CROWN POINT — A disagreement between two men led to a deadly shooting Friday in Gary's Midtown neighborhood.
According to court documents, Dyequan Kizer, 29, of Chicago has been charged with murder for firing the shot that killed Darius Sims around 4 a.m. in the 2500 block of Madison Street. Kizer was reportedly at the residence to pick up his children when he shot Sims.
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Sims was living with a friend who is the mother of Kizer's children, and he told her to pack her things and move out because he didn't approve of the way she was raising her kids, according to court documents. Upon calling Kizer to come pick her and her children up from the residence and placing the call on speakerphone, Sims and Kizer got into a verbal altercation and were shouting obscenities at each other.
While Sims was helping the woman pack her items, Kizer arrived at the residence, abruptly entered the apartment and shot Sims, court documents say. The children were sitting in a vehicle outside the apartment when the shots were fired. He fled the scene but returned after police arrived. He was taken into custody and is being held without bail, according to online court records.
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The Lake County coroner's office has not released an official cause or manner of death. Gary police did not respond to a request for comment.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information on this shooting can call the Lake County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Task Force at 219-755-3855.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
April Wright
Age : 34
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304645
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Fallon Stone
Age : 37
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304663
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kecelyn Sydner
Age : 26
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304632
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hilario Torres Jr.
Age : 48
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304638
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shawn Washington
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304654
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Steven Petrisko
Age : 61
Residence: Goodland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304651
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Roosevelt Pickett Jr.
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304649
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andre Patterson
Age : 59
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304634
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000;
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Mack Jr.
Age : 44
Residence: Grant Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304633
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - W/PRIOR CONVICTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rachel McKinney
Age : 38
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304642
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - W/PRIOR CONVICTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Patrick Noonan
Age : 41
Residence: Winfield, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304655
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Winfield Police Deparatment
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Bradley Kelly
Age : 38
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304650
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jason Howard
Age : 31
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304660
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tena Johnson
Age : 43
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304629
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - INSTITUTION - BANK/FINANCIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Leslie Hawkins
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304625
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCS
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Chanel Copeland
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304628
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tameera Dillon
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304627
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Elvee Evans III
Age : 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304641
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Totianna Gaston
Age : 23
Residence: Ford Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304630
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Olivia Blakeley
Age : 29
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304636
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION - STALKING VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Steven Bogner
Age : 40
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304648
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kristina Bohn
Age : 39
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304635
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tammy Berry
Age : 64
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304626
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - TRAFFICKING WITH AN INMATE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Christopher Arroyo
Age : 23
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304661
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750; CONFINEMENT; RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY; MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Melvin Pumphrey III
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304623
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dakota Robinson
Age : 20
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304631
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Sullivan
Age : 43
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304684
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: New Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Shauntwain Johnson
Age : 46
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304681
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Karley Jensen
Age : 28
Residence: DeMotte, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304683
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schneider Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - HANDGUN - W/NO PERMIT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cali Huerta
Age : 20
Residence: Oak Forest, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304680
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cindy Irons
Age : 40
Residence: St. Petersburg, FL
Booking Number(s): 2304677
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: RIVERBOAT GAMBLING- CASINO GAMBLING VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jack Hampton
Age : 43
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304671
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
John Huber
Age : 41
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304678
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT - KIDNAPPING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Chauncey Hackett Jr.
Age : 32
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304673
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Antwon Butler
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304670
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Aundra Butler
Age : 38
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304672
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: Domestic Battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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LA GRANDE, Ore. — Heroic actions from a boy scout group helped save a man who was seriously injured after falling 60 feet down a slope from a trail in Hells Canyon.
Eighty-year-old Eric Valentine tried to kick weeds off of the path when he lost his balance and fell down the side of Hells Canyon.
"All I recall is seeing light and dirt and light and dirt," Valentine said.
Valentine has been an avid hiker for 20 years, and has hiked most of the Pacific Crest trail in Oregon, Washington and California. He also serves on the board of directors of Oregon Parks Forever.
But his fall last month put him in a tough spot and resulted in a broken ankle and knee. He also fractured his C-1 and C-2 vertebrae.
Once he fell, Valentine said he began crawling up the side of the mountain. Eventually a driver passed by and spotted Valentine.
"I heard a voice calling, are you alright?" Valentine said. "And I shouted 'No, help!'"
The driver was able to flag down an boy scout troop from Eagle, Idaho that was traveling along the Snake River in canoes. The Troop 77 scouts took over, giving Valentine first aid.
"If no one saw him, it might have been a pretty miserable night out on the trail," Troop 77 Assistant Scoutmaster Brian Cavanagh said.
Valentine has been involved with the Boy Scouts for America for more than 40 years. For 20 years, he said he served as a scoutmaster himself.
Troop 77 looked after Valentine for three hours, stabilizing his broken knee and tending to his wounds, while radioing for help.
"I feel they are the gold standard of scouting, as far as being prepared," Valentine said.
Valentine was eventually life-flighted to Boise, Idaho for medical treatment. His wife, Meg Valentine, was home in La Grande, Oregon when she received a text that her husband was being air-lifted to Idaho.
"Not knowing what I would find, even though they said he was stable and conscious and all that, you still wonder what can happen in those hours," she said.
Without the help of the scouts and the passing driver, Eric Valentine realizes his fate could have been starkly different.
"What I do recall coming to my mind is just wondering how it would end," he said.
Valentine is recovering from his injuries. He said he has little pain, considering the circumstances, and is hoping to make a full recovery by late August. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/boy-scouts-help-rescue-injured-80-year-old-hiker/283-592455ef-a21c-4471-af02-71fa3f65369b | 2023-06-10T03:48:59 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/boy-scouts-help-rescue-injured-80-year-old-hiker/283-592455ef-a21c-4471-af02-71fa3f65369b |
GLEN BURNIE, Md. — Shots were fired in Glen Burnie as the saga continues with people trying to steal Kia and Hyundai cars.
It happened early Friday morning in the 200 block of Woodhill Drive, except this time suspects didn't get away with the car. It’s not the first time this has happened in that area.
According to police a man reported someone looking into his 2018 Kia sedan but when confronted the suspect walked away.
The man returned to his car and the same suspect was there, except this time inside the Kia. A chased ensued, as they got near the corner of a building two more suspects appeared. One of which had a handgun and fired shots. Police said no one was hit by the gunshots.
"That's real surprising, that's kind of scary,” said Joey Delozier who lives in the apartment complex and said incidents like this don’t tend to happen in the area.
He continued, "I’ve never heard of anything happening around here, it's real quite and everybody is cool around here. It's surprising for real.”
Police stated the three suspects continued on foot. When the man returned to his car the rear window had been shattered and the steering column dismantled.
A woman who lives in the same apartment complex, who didn’t want us to use her name, says she experienced something similar about a month ago. Also around four in the morning when she was sleeping.
"My neighbor he was up with his baby early in the morning and he heard the glass beak and he came out here and yelled at them and scared them away. A bunch of kids.”
She blamed it on the social media challenge across the nation that encourages people to steal Kia and Hyundai cars. "it's the internet, they put this hack out there and you just don't know. Anybody is susceptible. It only takes a second and if he wasn't there, it would have been gone.”
Police are still searching for the three suspects who took off Friday morning, they're described as being in their late teens.
As for the those who have been a target of the TikTok challenge, some say it's time for a change, “Sell it and get rid of it and get something more secure that's not on the internet to just be plucked away from me.”
Many of theses Hyundai’s and Kias that are being stolen lack an anti-theft device called an immobilizer. Police say a steering wheel lock can prevent these thefts. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/attempted-kia-theft-and-shots-fired-in-glen-burnie | 2023-06-10T03:49:00 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/attempted-kia-theft-and-shots-fired-in-glen-burnie |
PORTLAND, Ore. — George Spaulding will tell you the six years since his son's murder have been torture for him and his wife. He will also tell you other parents of murdered children have it far worse.
"Body never recovered, let alone case not solved," George Spaulding said. "We know exactly what happened to Brian. We just don't know why or who."
George said he remembers June 12, 2017, like it was yesterday. His phone rang. The person on the other end told him Brian did not show up to work. George and his wife, Carolyn, raced over to Brian's house on Northeast 10th Avenue near Irving Park.
"It was the worse day of my life," George Spaulding said. "911. Paramedics pronounced him dead."
Brian had been shot to death.
Detectives canvassed the neighborhood for clues, but nothing provided any clear-cut explanation. Six years later, there are still no answers.
"If somebody out there knows something about it, it would be nice if they told somebody," Carolyn Spaulding said.
She said she wants nothing more than justice for her only son, whose murder has left her feeling helpless.
"I don't particularly like to accept the situation as it is, but it's no good to fight it either," she said.
The Spauldings hope this is the year Brian's murder is solved once and for all. Resolution in the case, they said, would mean the world to them.
"We'll still miss him every day," George said. "That'll continue on. Nothing can bring him back."
More than $25,000 in reward money is available to the person who provides information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the case. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-couple-seek-answers-six-years-after-son-murder/283-160b95c0-b807-4396-a8a8-a79764b833c5 | 2023-06-10T03:49:05 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-couple-seek-answers-six-years-after-son-murder/283-160b95c0-b807-4396-a8a8-a79764b833c5 |
ORLANDO, FL (Ivanhoe Newswire) --- Smartphones, computers, gaming systems, and smart TVs may not fill every nook and cranny, but gradually, these devices are taking up residence and bandwidth in our homes and brains. According to Pew Research, the typical American home contains approximately five connected devices. However, over connection can take a toll on your emotional and physical health.
Forty three percent of people check their emails, messages, and social media constantly. If you’re stuck in your iPhone’s cloud, it may be time for a digital detox.
Start with turning off or snoozing any notifications that are not necessary. If you need help, download the freedom app, it lets you block whatever sites distract you the most.
Also, try establishing no phone zones. A good place to start is at mealtimes. Research in the journal Environment and Behavior found that even if you’re not checking your phone, simply having it on the table during a conversation can reduce the quality of the interactions. When you’re out to dinner with friends, make a deal, the first person to check their phone pays the tab.
You can also establish tech-free hours. Soaking up real time instead of screen time can reduce anxiety and increase happiness.
Finally, clean out your social media accounts. If it doesn’t make you feel good, it’s worth deleting.
If you feel addicted to your phones, there’s a reason for that. checking our devices activates the reward part of our brain, triggering the body to release the pleasure hormone dopamine. Beware though, that feeling is short-lived and can be detrimental to your well-being. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/digital-detox-24-hours-unplugged | 2023-06-10T03:49:06 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/digital-detox-24-hours-unplugged |
BREAKING NEWS
Tucson police investigating double homicide after 2 found dead in hotel
Perry Vandell
Arizona Republic
The Tucson Police Department is investigating a suspected double homicide after officers found two people dead in a hotel room.
Officers responded to the Minsk Hotel near Benson Highway and Park Avenue on Thursday at around 12:45 p.m. after receiving reports of an unresponsive man and woman who were later pronounced deceased at the scene. Police identified the two as 54-year-old Xavier Morales and 35-year-old Sonia Zaragoza. It was not immediately clear what their relationship was.
Police said no suspects were in custody and additional details surrounding the deaths remained limited. Anyone with information can contact police at 88-CRIME or 911. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2023/06/09/tucson-police-investigating-double-homicide-minsk-hotel/70308608007/ | 2023-06-10T03:52:27 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2023/06/09/tucson-police-investigating-double-homicide-minsk-hotel/70308608007/ |
SACRAMENTO, Calif — Does a barn-themed carnival, a pride festival or even an art showcase sound fun to you? If so, that shows there's something for everyone for your weekend in Northern California!
This weekend's weather will be cooling down just a bit with temperatures in the low-80s and a southwestern breeze.
Gather some friends, maybe family members or even go solo but head outside, soak up that springtime sun and enjoy some of these weekend events!
Celebrate Pride all weekend (and month) long at this march and festival filled with entertainment, education and community! There will be 3 stages for live performances, DJ booths with dance areas, youth and family activities, hundreds of local vendors, food trucks, beverage stations with specialty cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks and a VIP lounge.
- 12 p.m. – 9 p.m. June 10
- 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. June 11
- Located at Capitol Mall (1300 7th St., Sacramento)
- Organized by Sacramento Pride
- More information about this event HERE.
This French film festival will feature showings of local, national and international French films such as dramas, comedies, short films and more so grab your popcorn and come support!
- June 9 – June 11
- Located at Tower Theatre (2508 Land Park Dr, Sacramento)
- Organized by the Sacramento French Film Festival
- More information about this event HERE.
"With Flying Colors" features local artists and live music while the community can gather and enjoy the art show in the large gallery. Come and check out the activity table for kids both young and old and get a chance to chat with the artists!
- 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. June 10
- Located at The Art Studios (1727 I St., Sacramento)
- Organized by The I Street Art Studios
- More information about this event HERE.
Step right up and join in the fun at this barn-themed carnival featuring carnival games and activities, stilt walkers, entertainers, a petting zoo and more!
- 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. June 10
- Located at Drake's: The Barn (985 Riverfront St., West Sacramento)
- Organized by Drake's Brewing Company
- More information about this event HERE.
Celebrate freedom and opportunity at this Juneteenth Festival featuring food, music, fashion shows, marching bands, African dancers and entertainment all-day in honor of the holiday.
- 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. June 10
- Located at The Center at District56 (8230 Civic Center Dr. #100, Elk Grove)
- Organized by the University of Pacific McGeorge School of Law
- More information about this event HERE.
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An all-day celebration of local artists, live music, family-friendly activities, nightlife and more. There will be mural walks, farmers markets, outdoor movies, dining and more!
- 8 a.m. – 11 p.m. June 10
- Located at Midtown, Sacramento
- Organized by Explore Midtown Sacramento
- More information about this event HERE.
Expect a full day of Pride fun at this event featuring sensational storytelling and beautiful movement and celebrating the uniqueness and color of the LGBTQ+ community as a whole with local actors and musicians, slam poets, drag queens and more!
- 2:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. June 11
- Located at The Sofia, Home of B Street Theatre ( 2700 Capitol Ave., Sacramento)
- Organized by The Sofia, Home of B Street Theatre
- More information about this event HERE.
This Juneteenth celebration will feature swag bag giveaways, poetry performances, free book giveaways, STEM activities, healthy environment workshops and mural unveilings by local artists.
- 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. June 10
- Located at Florin Square (2251 Florin Rd., Sacramento)
- Organized by the Florin Road Community Beautification Project
- More information about this event HERE.
The Pakistan Cultural Festival features traditional street food, handcrafted items, live music and performances, clothing and jewelry vendors and more! This festival aims to showcase the local Pakistani community and highlight their culture and traditions.
- 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. June 11
- Located at Vernon Street Town Square (311 Vernon St., Roseville)
- Organized by the Sacramento Pakistan Cultural Festival
- More information about this event HERE.
The Sacramento Downtown Commons is PROUD to partner with Sacramento LGBT Community Center to celebrate equality and our diverse community. Stop by the West Plaza before or after Sacramento Pride for colorful photo ops and tunes by DJ Oasis this weekend!
- 12 p.m. – 7 p.m. June 10 and June 11
- Located at the Downtown Commons, DOCO (405 K St., Sacramento)
- Organized by the Downtown Commons
- More information about this event HERE.
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WATCH MORE ON ABC10: LGBTQ-owned Roscoe's opens in Lavender Heights district of Midtown Sacramento | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/10-weekend-events-northern-california/103-bad132c0-c99f-4505-b4d3-96d6baa7e3c1 | 2023-06-10T03:53:10 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/10-weekend-events-northern-california/103-bad132c0-c99f-4505-b4d3-96d6baa7e3c1 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Family and friends gathered together Friday to celebrate the life of Sacramento native Tyre Nichols Friday.
The 29-year-old was killed after multiple Memphis police officers beat him to death earlier this year.
Friday, an art event was held in his honor to remember him and honor his legacy.
"[It] turned my world upside down," said Keyana Dixon, Nichols' sister. "One day I was sitting on my bed, just crying and crying and I said 'if I could do something to honor him every day of my life, that would be the only way I could live through this.'"
Friday's event is part of that mission.
Nichols was a father known for his upbeat personality, love of skateboarding and photography.
"That has helped me a lot with creating a foundation and making sure that it's tailored to the things he loved while helping others," said Dixon.
On most weekends, Nichols would head to the city park, train his camera on the sky and wait for the sun to set.
The images seen Friday at the event were some of his favorites — picked out by his family.
In the words of his sister, this is just how we would want to be remembered.
"This is awesome, this is beautiful, he's smiling from ear to ear," she said.
Misty Alafranji, chief of staff for Councilmember Lisa Kaplan, said Friday's event was important as it highlighted Nichols' life.
"Tonight is so important as part of Tyre's life and legacy," she said. "Photography was a huge part of his life and a part of how he saw the world."
Nichols was on his way home from taking pictures of the sky January 7 when Memphis police pulled him over.
He was just a few minutes from the home he shared with his mother and stepfather when he was killed in what authorities have described as a brutal attack by five Memphis police officers.
Those officers have since been charged with second-degree murder and other offenses.
For Nichols' family, coping with their loss hasn't been easy, but having others to lean on has meant everything.
"The help from the community, the help from everybody, I just think coming together for him has been so beautiful, even under this tragic situation," said Dixon.
Tyre's birthday 30th birthday was June 5. To celebrate, family, friends and community leaders will hold a ribbon-cutting celebration this weekend for a Sacramento skatepark to be named in Tyre's honor.
The park is located within Regency Community Park.
It was Nichols' local skatepark while growing up in Sacramento and was a space where he built strong friendships and developed a love of skateboarding.
The event is Sunday at 2 p.m. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/art-event-held-in-honor-of-tyre-nichols-sacramento-california/103-6b0b2c7b-3c7c-48e6-abce-f00dd45fa6df | 2023-06-10T03:53:16 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/art-event-held-in-honor-of-tyre-nichols-sacramento-california/103-6b0b2c7b-3c7c-48e6-abce-f00dd45fa6df |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As summer is around the corner and warmer temperatures are forecast for the upcoming week, many people are looking to spend some time outside and near or on the water.
American River Raft Rentals (ARRR) planned on reopening Friday, but with the American River water flowing at a fast pace, co-owner Kent Hansen says the reopen date has been pushed back a day to Saturday.
“We have heard from the storage manager at the Bureau of Reclamation, that there is a chance that, this weekend the water will go down for safe rentals," said Hansen.
ARRR plans to resume operations after being closed around Mother's Day because of the fast-moving water conditions near the Sunrise Recreation Area of the river in Rancho Cordova.
Hansen says they did not mind the stoppage due to safety concerns, but starting things back up comes at a great time as they hit the prime part of their season.
He adds if people go rafting, it is important to wear a lifejacket and have the equipment that will not easily break or rip.
"Expect a faster float that was more like a two-hour float compared to our normal three to four hours," said Hansen.
ARRR says they will only be renting out the rafts this weekend. Kayaks, tubes, or paddleboard's will not be available until the water flows decrease.
For the latest on the weather this weekend, click HERE. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/sacramento-raft-rentals-to-reopen/103-39a53f68-d445-49e5-9756-ab1265f2a7f3 | 2023-06-10T03:53:22 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/sacramento-raft-rentals-to-reopen/103-39a53f68-d445-49e5-9756-ab1265f2a7f3 |
GREENSBORO — Ron DeSantis never mentioned his chief rival in the race for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination during his opening-night address Friday at the North Carolina Republican Party Convention, but Donald Trump’s legal challenges were an unmistakable prop in the Florida governor’s address to a packed Koury Convention Center ballroom.
DeSantis, the early frontrunner among nine challengers — so far — to the former president in the GOP primaries, delivered an unabashed broadside against a federal bureaucracy that he said functions as a “fourth branch of government.”
“When there’s no constitutional accountability, our founding fathers absolutely would have predicted the weaponization we’ve seen, particularly (the) Justice Department and FBI because without accountability, human nature is such that they will abuse their power, and that’s what’s happened.”
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DeSantis, a lawyer who served as a Navy JAG officer, suggested he would have been court-martialed if he’d used a private email server for government communications like Hillary Clinton did for a time when she was secretary of state.
“There are different standards for a Democrat secretary of state versus a former Republican president,” he said, referring to Trump. “I think there needs to be one standard of justice in this country. ... A weaponization of these agencies strikes at the heart of what it means to have a free society.”
Clinton was investigated by the FBI but cleared of any legal wrongdoing.
In Trump’s case, a federal investigation resulted in more than three dozen felony charges against him this week.
The indictment, unsealed Friday, accuses Trump of improperly removing scores of boxes, some containing classified documents, from the White House and taking them to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Prosecutors say Trump refused to return the documents and in some cases showed highly sensitive materials to visitors, and asked aides and lawyers to hide them from investigators.
It’s the first time in U.S. history that a former president has faced criminal charges by the federal government he once oversaw. If convicted, Trump faces the possibility of prison.
DeSantis, like some other Republicans in the race, is walking a fine line between criticizing Trump and angering the former president’s base, which still represents a significant chunk of the Republican electorate.
One way of doing that is shifting the focus of the former president’s legal issues on the agencies investigating and prosecuting him.
“We need to have a president that will do something about that,” an impassioned DeSantis said. “You can’t get cowed by the left (and) you can’t get cowed by the media from doing what is right. You gotta be willing to go in there on Day One and you gotta be able to spit nails and with me, you’ll have a new FBI director on Day One. We’ll clean out all those agencies on Day One.”
The governor also pointed to disappointing Republican results in the 2020 election when a significant segment of independent voters tipped from the GOP to Democrats — a trend tied largely to moderates’ dissatisfaction with Trump.
“We have a task in front of us to shake this culture of losing that has infected the Republican Party in recent years,” DeSantis insisted. “We were supposed to have a massive ‘red wave’ in November of 2022. That didn’t happen.
“We need to stop frittering away winnable elections.”
Trump speaks at the Greensboro convention Saturday night, just hours after his former vice president, Mike Pence, delivers his own address during a lunch event there. It’s the first time Trump, Pence and DeSantis have appeared at the same event since all three declared their candidacies.
And it likely won't be the last.
The road to the White House is a long one, and places like Greensboro are just a stop among many as GOP candidates will be criss-crossing the nation to make their case to those whose support they need.
The people.
On Friday night at the Koury, they were young but mostly old. Some Black but mostly white.
They had "DeSantis" stickers on their chests and patriotism within their hearts.
They wore blue suits and red ties — and allegiances on their sleeve.
“Trump outsells everyone,” Ronald Solomon of the MAGA Mall was saying as a customer lingered over a "DeSantis 2024" shirt among the many Republican wares on his exhibition table.
Trump might be the presumptive nominee for many Republicans but DeSantis, who filled the Koury Convention Center's largest ballroom, had people listening. He received more than one standing ovation as he seemed to orchestrate the ebb and flow of the packed ballroom's emotions like a conductor working through his latest performance piece.
Peary Coughenour, a Guilford County delegate, wasn’t even a Republican a few years ago. But he likes how the Florida governor maneuvered the state through the COVID-19 pandemic and has clashed with Disney over taxes.
Still, he’d prefer the 44-year-old DeSantis get more experience — as a vice president.
“There’s a lot more to running a country than a state,” Coughenour said. “Maybe he runs in four years.”
So Coughenour is supporting Trump. For now.
“But I haven’t heard Pence,” he said. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/ron-desantis-donald-trump-north-carolina-republican-party-convention/article_02a2485c-0729-11ee-8238-9f3c4bc6bc34.html | 2023-06-10T03:56:06 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/ron-desantis-donald-trump-north-carolina-republican-party-convention/article_02a2485c-0729-11ee-8238-9f3c4bc6bc34.html |
SEATTLE — Three years ago, CHOP, a protest zone took over a portion of Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. A new lawsuit claims lawlessness followed.
CHOP started on June 8, 2020, and the zone was not cleared until nearly a month later, on July 1. During that time, two teenagers were killed.
Antonio Mays Junior was 16 years old when he was shot and killed.
"My son lost his life here. I lost my son,” said Antonio Mays Senior of California.
It happened on June 29, 2020. His son was in CHOP, the Capitol Hill Organized Protest Zone. Nine days prior, 19-year-old Lorenzo Anderson Jr. was shot and killed in the same area.
"I waited two years patiently trying to give them a chance to do their job, run their investigation,” said Mays Sr. "I was feeling kind of confident that they were going to be able to get some information with all of the pictures and video that I saw."
Police released video from the night of the shooting. Nearly three years later, there are no arrests.
"They stopped taking my calls. They wouldn't call me back,” Mays Jr. said.
"Basically this is the last resort, the reason we took legal action is because there has been essentially from what we can see no police investigation into the murder of young Antonio Mays Junior,” said Attorney Evan Oshan.
Oshan filed a complaint against the state, King County and the city of Seattle.
"The city needs to step up and they need to start taking responsibility,” said Oshan.
That's what a Capitol Hill business wants, too. Molly Moon's, an ice cream shop, filed a complaint in federal court this week saying constitutional and other legal rights “were overrun by the City of Seattle's decision to abandon and close off an entire city neighborhood."
The allegations are that the area was left unchecked by police and unserved by fire and emergency health services.
That impacted Mays Jr., according to Oshan.
"After he was shot, the Seattle paramedics went the other way. They didn't try to help him,” said Oshan.
"I need my day in court with these people,” Mays Sr. said.
A spokesperson for the Seattle City Attorney said they cannot comment yet about the complaints filed this week. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/new-lawsuits-filed-seattle-handling-2020-chop-zone/281-04d67365-a32e-4070-9ca1-1371ce632b51 | 2023-06-10T04:02:12 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/new-lawsuits-filed-seattle-handling-2020-chop-zone/281-04d67365-a32e-4070-9ca1-1371ce632b51 |
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Next time you hit the sand in Clearwater, be aware that smoking and vaping are now banned on public beaches and in parks.
The new ordinance was passed by the City Council on Thursday.
One local man is happy to hear about the ban as he has made it his mission to keep all Tampa Bay beaches clean.
Caulin Donaldson considers himself an eco-activist. He was born and raised in St Pete, currently living in Redington Beach. He noticed for years all the trash on the beaches and three years ago decided to do something about it.
He spends most days walking up and down the beach collecting plastic and trash. What his finds mostly, cigarette butts. "Cigarette butts are the number one thing I find every day," Caulin stated.
He is now known on social media as "Trash Caulin." He created a TikTok three years ago that has taken off. With more than 2 million followers, he is educating people the importance of why a healthy environment is so important and how you can help.
These cigarette butts can be harmful.
"Cigarette butts have this chemical called cellulose acetate," Caulin explained, which can hurt wildlife and our environment.
That’s why Clearwater City Council passed a new ordinance Thursday, banning smoking and vaping on public beaches and in parks.
"I think it’s a great start," Caulin said. "I hope it’s either enforce or follow at the very least."
Clearwater City Council members expressed this is more about educating than punishing.
"The way I see it is we’re trying to change habits," one council member stated during Thursday's meeting.
The ordinance isn’t to tell people they shouldn’t smoke, it's to stop littering.
"If you smoke, that’s totally cool, but just take her butts with you and not leave them in the sand," he said.
One way Caulin is encouraging people to do that is with a "vote with your butt" box.
He was able to get permission to put a box on Redington Beach that allows people to dispose of their cigarettes.
Whether it’s a box or a ban on the beach, the ultimate goal is to protect Florida's precious natural resources. "Just realize this is a ban that is going to help us collectively," Caulin stated.
The ordinance was unanimously passed Thursday and adopted by the city. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/clearwater-smoking-vaping-ban-beaches-parks/67-48dc237c-a834-4bab-92fe-0a097120d0c5 | 2023-06-10T04:02:19 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/clearwater-smoking-vaping-ban-beaches-parks/67-48dc237c-a834-4bab-92fe-0a097120d0c5 |
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT/9 PM PDT/ THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...Portions of southwest Idaho and Oregon, including the
following areas, in southwest Idaho, Lower Treasure Valley ID,
Owyhee Mountains and Southwest Highlands. In Oregon, Baker County,
Harney County, Malheur County and Oregon Lower Treasure Valley.
* WHEN...Until 10 PM MDT/9 PM PDT/ this evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Up to two inches total rainfall from slow-moving showers and
thunderstorms.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
&&
Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom for a motion hearing regarding a gag order, Friday, June 9, 2023, in Latah County District Court in Moscow, Idaho.
Zach Wilkinson/Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP, Pool
A judge overseeing the case against Bryan Kohberger, charged with killing four University of Idaho students last fall, heard arguments Friday over a gag order that largely bars attorneys and other parties in the case from speaking with news reporters.
A coalition of more than 30 media organizations has challenged the order, saying it violates the Constitution’s guarantees of free speech and a free press, as has a lawyer for one of the victim’s families. But prosecutors and the defendant’s lawyers insist it’s needed to prevent prejudicial news coverage that could damage Kohberger’s right to a fair trial.
“It remains appropriate to have an Order reminding lawyers and their agents of the rules of engagement in this country and that we try cases in court, not in the press,” one of Kohberger’s attorneys, Jay Weston Logsdon, wrote in a memo to the court this week.
Second District Judge John C. Judge indicated he would rule later on the gag order and on a separate issue of whether to allow cameras in the courtroom during further proceedings.
Kohberger, 28, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and burglary in connection with the stabbing deaths in Moscow, Idaho, on Nov. 13, 2022. Judge entered not guilty pleas on his behalf last month. Prosecutors have not said if they will seek the death penalty.
The bodies of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were found at a rental home across the street from the University of Idaho campus. The slayings shocked the rural Idaho community and neighboring Pullman, Washington, where Kohberger was a graduate student studying criminology at Washington State University.
The case has garnered widespread publicity, and in January Latah County Magistrate Judge Megan Marshall issued a “nondissemination” order barring attorneys, law enforcement agencies and others associated with the case from talking with the press or issuing statements unless they are quoting directly from a court document.
The Idaho Supreme Court in April declined to vacate the gag order, saying the news organizations, including The Associated Press, should have first asked the lower court to lift the order. The justices did not weigh in on whether the gag order violates First Amendment rights.
The news organizations subsequently did ask the lower court to revoke the order, and Judge scheduled arguments for Friday. The media coalition says that while it respects the defendant’s right to a fair trial under the Sixth Amendment, the court should not have issued a gag order without evidence that right would be infringed by their ability to speak with attorneys involved in the case.
“Intervenors agree that there has been, and will continue to be, great publicity surrounding this case,” the coalition’s attorneys wrote. “But publicity alone is not prejudicial. ... The State’s and Mr. Kohberger’s failure to present any evidence of prejudicial news coverage, and the Court’s failure to consider alternative measures, means the competing constitutional rights here were improperly balanced and the Gag Order should be vacated.”
Gag orders that prohibit journalists from writing about certain cases are considered to be severely problematic under the First Amendment. But the U.S. Supreme Court and other appeals courts have upheld some that prohibit attorneys, police or others involved in a case — those with privileged information about it — from speaking with reporters to begin with, as a way to avoid influencing potential jurors or otherwise jeopardizing a defendant’s right to a fair trial.
Shanon Gray, an attorney for the Goncalves family, has also asked the judge to lift the gag order, saying he should be allowed to speak on the family’s behalf. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/judge-weighs-challenge-to-gag-order-in-university-of-idaho-killings/article_2aff3df0-071f-11ee-be93-2b36b52a7c21.html | 2023-06-10T04:03:33 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/judge-weighs-challenge-to-gag-order-in-university-of-idaho-killings/article_2aff3df0-071f-11ee-be93-2b36b52a7c21.html |
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT/9 PM PDT/ THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...Portions of southwest Idaho and Oregon, including the
following areas, in southwest Idaho, Lower Treasure Valley ID,
Owyhee Mountains and Southwest Highlands. In Oregon, Baker County,
Harney County, Malheur County and Oregon Lower Treasure Valley.
* WHEN...Until 10 PM MDT/9 PM PDT/ this evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Up to two inches total rainfall from slow-moving showers and
thunderstorms.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
&&
Representatives of numerous Idaho tribes participate in a walking parade during the 12th annual Return of the Boise People gathering at Eagle Rock Park on Friday.
Winston Bering sings while performing a song with the Smoke Creek drum group during the 12th annual Return of the Boise People gathering at Eagle Rock Park on Friday.
Participants prepare traditional clothing before a walking parade during the 12th annual Return of the Boise People gathering at Eagle Rock Park on Friday.
Representatives of numerous Idaho tribes participate in a walking parade during the 12th annual Return of the Boise People gathering at Eagle Rock Park on Friday.
Representatives of numerous Idaho tribes participate in a walking parade during the 12th annual Return of the Boise People gathering at Eagle Rock Park on Friday.
Representatives of numerous Idaho tribes participate in a walking parade during the 12th annual Return of the Boise People gathering at Eagle Rock Park on Friday.
Representatives of numerous Idaho tribes participate in a walking parade during the 12th annual Return of the Boise People gathering at Eagle Rock Park on Friday.
Representatives of numerous Idaho tribes participate in a walking parade during the 12th annual Return of the Boise People gathering at Eagle Rock Park on Friday.
Winston Bering sings while performing a song with the Smoke Creek drum group during the 12th annual Return of the Boise People gathering at Eagle Rock Park on Friday.
Participants prepare traditional clothing before a walking parade during the 12th annual Return of the Boise People gathering at Eagle Rock Park on Friday.
Representatives of numerous Idaho tribes participate in a walking parade during the 12th annual Return of the Boise People gathering at Eagle Rock Park on Friday.
Representatives of numerous Idaho tribes participate in a walking parade during the 12th annual Return of the Boise People gathering at Eagle Rock Park on Friday.
Representatives of numerous Idaho tribes participate in a walking parade during the 12th annual Return of the Boise People gathering at Eagle Rock Park on Friday.
Representatives of numerous Idaho tribes participate in a walking parade during the 12th annual Return of the Boise People gathering at Eagle Rock Park on Friday.
Descendants of the Original Boise Valley People returned to the region this weekend to celebrate their cultural heritage.
On Friday at Eagle Rock Park there were a number of events to honor and recognize the group including a traditional tribal clothing show, barbecue, and an overview of the various tribes’ cultural history in the region.
Thursday night saw the city of Boise host a Return of the Original Boise Valley People Welcoming Ceremony. In attendance were tribal Leaders from the Shoshone-Bannock, Shoshone-Paiute, Burns Paiute, Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone, and Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.
According to a news release from the city, descendants from those tribes have traditionally returned to Eagle Rock Park nearby Chief Eagle Eye Reserve, their spiritual gathering place, since their forcible removal by soldiers from the Boise Valley in 1869. The tribes initiated a formal gathering in 2011, known as “The Return of the Boise Valley People,” which is being held this weekend. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/original-boise-valley-people-honored-this-weekend/article_8ecd9436-0714-11ee-9d42-4b1835c988c6.html | 2023-06-10T04:03:39 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/original-boise-valley-people-honored-this-weekend/article_8ecd9436-0714-11ee-9d42-4b1835c988c6.html |
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New York City officials announced Thursday a new program to re-examine unsolved drugging, robbery and homicide cases involving LGBTQ victims, including some decades-old cases.
The announcement, made by the New York City Police Department and the mayor’s office, comes more than a year after the deaths of Julio Ramirez and John Umberger, who were killed in April and May of last year. Authorities later said their deaths were the result of a drug-induced robbery scheme that involved at least 16 victims, many of them men visiting gay bars.
News of the program also comes as several of the victims have alleged the NYPD did not initially take their cases as seriously as they had hoped, NBC News reported a few months ago. At the time, the NYPD did not respond to questions regarding victims’ allegations.
Under the new initiative, LGBTQ victims whose cases have not been solved, and friends and family members of deceased queer victims, can request that the cases be re-examined by filling out an online form on the NYPD’s website. The form, which appears to be the general form to message the police commissioner, will be reviewed by officials in the NYPD’s Detective Bureau, who will then facilitate these requests.
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Police in the Bronx are investigating the discovery of a decomposing woman found Friday in a beige storage bin discarded steps away from a community garden.
The gruesome find came the same day police say a woman was found naked inside the trash compactor room of an East Harlem apartment building. Right now, investigators do not believe the cases are connected.
Around lunchtime Friday, a green walkway in the Wakefield neighborhood of the Bronx officially became a crime scene days after someone reportedly turned it into a dumping ground for the woman's body.
Police say a 911 caller was walking the path off Edson Avenue and noticed flies around the plastic container located steps from a community garden. Inside, investigators say an unidentified female body was discovered partially decomposed.
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How long was that body left there? Since Monday – says Veronica Bostick, who lives next to the neighborhood pathway.
"I was frightened. I saw it Monday - the container – but I didn’t know something was in there," Bostick said.
James Washington noticed the bin earlier this week, too.
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"I seen the bin right there, walking through the park with my girlfriend, and I kicked it, it felt heavy. I was going to come back and open it but I didn’t open it," Washington said.
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Two workers are hospitalized after a serious accident Friday morning near the construction site for Eagle Mountain High School in Fort Worth.
The workers were said to be working in a ditch digging trenches for gas and water lines near the 3500 block of W. Bonds Ranch Road when a chain snapped on some equipment and hit them.
One of the workers was critically injured and was taken to a hospital by an air ambulance. The other worker was injured, but stable, and taken to a hospital by a ground ambulance.
Further information about what caused their injuries and their conditions has not yet been confirmed.
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When Carlie Alaniz is not working her day job, she spends her spare time decorating pots and making candles that she sells as a small business owner.
Alaniz, the owner of Lucky Pot Co., said she had learned about a new market called "The Roots Market" in Fort Worth on Instagram and instantly signed up for their first Saturday.
"I was really interested in doing that market because it's Magnolia Street and it's busy and you know, I'm still very small in my small business journey," explained Alaniz who said she wanted to get her name out there more.
On May 13, the weekend of Mother's Day, she was one of the first vendors for the market and said it was a good experience.
"It was great. Like everybody, there was really nice. The location was great. It was a very successful market as far as like people buying my products, and then I didn't really get like any vibes from anybody that it was , 'those types' of views were like harbored there," she explained.
She signed up for the June 3rd market on Saturday, but on Wednesday noticed $50 had been returned to her Venmo account followed by an email.
"I went to my email and I saw that they had sent me an email stating that their market had Biblical beliefs and that didn't align with LGBTQ plus people," explained Alaniz.
She forwarded the email to NBC 5 that was sent from the company's business email listed on social media:
"Hey Carlie, we wanted to clarify some things with you! We first want to apologize for accepting your application and not doing our research beforehand. Our business (the Market) has values just like any other business. Our values are biblically based, we do not have the same views as LGBTQ+. We apologize for accepting your application and not doing our research beforehand, and we will be refunding you your vendor fee now! Thank you, Carlie, we wish you the best!💚"
“I was more shocked than anything," said Alaniz who said she had said hello to the people who run the business at the first weekend market for the company. "They seemed very nice, I didn't really get a feeling from them that they were 'like that'. Then I also felt like more angry after I was shocked of course because it was kind of like, 'I've vended with you before and y’all seemed like y’all liked me, but of course once they find out like who I am or what I do, I guess outside of my small business, they're like, ‘Oh no, we don't like that," expressed Alaniz.
Alaniz said she didn't sell anything related to the LGBTQ+ community, but believes it was an Instagram post she made that caused the retracted invite.
"I did make a Pride pot for Pride Month and I had posted in support of Pride Month and I want I really use the pot to symbolize all the different parts of being in that community and I also wanted to put out there that I wanted to find an organization in Fort Worth to donate money to for the month of June," she said.
"I also have it like in my Instagram bio that I am a member of the LGBTQ plus community," she said.
The Fort Worth artist said she wasn't able to respond to the email because she didn't want her anger to spark an unprofessional post. Instead, she shared the email with other vendors in the community.
"I was just like trying to let the people that I know and that I've worked with like through the vendor fairs that this wasn't cool," she said.
It has made it's way over all of social media, causing The Roots Market to turn off the comment section on Instagram. On Friday, The Roots Market posted a statement on its Instagram "to address the recent attacks on our market and our core values".
"We have love and compassion for those who identify as LGBTQ+, and we firmly believe in God's design for marriage and family. We will continue to welcome all who wish to frequent Roots Market, and we will continue to make decisions on who we partner with based on the standards in the word of God," the statement reads. "As a local market, we will not waiver from the truth of the word of God that our market is founded on. We unapologetically stand by our core values and beliefs. Blessings to all!"
The owners of Roots Market did not want to comment on camera Saturday when supporters of Alaniz showed up at the market. Cat Valentine has lived in the Fairmount neighborhood of Fort Worth for about 17 years.
"I have seen small incidences like you would see anywhere but overall, I’ve never felt afraid to be here. I have never felt my neighbors had a problem with me being who I am," Valentine said. "You see us all come together, and it’s just about love and human rights."
Alaniz said she did not expect any of this and believes it could have been avoided if The Roots Market was upfront with her from the beginning because she wouldn't have signed up.
"They should have just said it from the get-go and then also the area that they chose, like it's weird because Magnolia is such a diverse hub of people and I've been to almost every restaurant on that street, and they all have like a Pride flag in the window, or they like work with Trinity Pride Fest and with local organizations who cater to LGBTQ+ people. So it's just a little weird to me that they would pick that spot. So, to me, it kind of seems like they're using that audience to get sales," she expressed. "I've always grown up to the belief that like you should be nice and accept everybody for who they appear to be and I am really upset that like all this had to happen, like we could have saved each other time had you just been upfront about your beliefs, but instead now it looks like some big scheme and it's very upsetting." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/fort-worth-artist-shocked-to-be-uninvited-to-the-roots-market-due-to-lgbtq-views/3269468/ | 2023-06-10T04:54:22 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/fort-worth-artist-shocked-to-be-uninvited-to-the-roots-market-due-to-lgbtq-views/3269468/ |
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Fort Worth police say a house on the city’s southeast side became a nerve center for the selling and distribution for a wide variety of illegal drugs.
According to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Fort Worth, it included the sale of not only fentanyl pills but the raw materials to make hundreds of thousands of doses of the lethal drug.
The five-page complaint says a tip came in from a confidential source on May 25 that a house along Ramey Avenue had been selling drugs “all day and night.”
Officer Daniel Segura said the home was in the 6200 block of Ramey Road.
“We were really surprised by the amount of drugs that were seized at this location,” Segura said. We’re talking about 900,000 doses of this fatal drug,” Segura said.
According to the criminal complaint, once narcotics officers made their way inside, they arrested Willie Andrew Bryant III, who investigators say admitted to selling a variety of drugs including methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin.
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Once inside the home, Homeland Security Investigation Task Force officers discovered numerous guns and “bricks of narcotics” in a compartment dug out of a wall behind a mirror.
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A man just days away from standing trial for the murder of a 9-year-old girl in Dallas County is missing after the District Attorney's office said 23-year-old Tyrese Simmons removed his ankle monitor.
In just three days, a Dallas County jury was set to hear the case against Simmons.
The 23-year-old is charged with the 2019 murder of 9-year-old Brandoniya Bennett.
Dallas Police said the little girl was killed when Simmons, who was feuding with a fellow rapper, fired into her Old East Dallas apartment by mistake.
A second man charged with Bennett's murder, Davonte Benton, was convicted last year and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
But one week ahead of Simmons’s trial, Dallas County pretrial services said it received a tamper alert from the ankle monitor Simmons has worn since he was released on bond back in December of 2019.
Court documents say all attempts to contact Simmons have been unsuccessful and that his whereabouts remain unknown.
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His disappearance comes just days after Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law that criminalizes tampering with ankle monitors.
It’s legislation that was proposed after a man on parole killed two Methodist Dallas Medical Center employees in October, and it had the support of several North Texans including Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia.
“We’re giving too many chances to our violent criminals and not giving enough chances to our victims and communities and neighborhoods,” said Garcia at a press conference about the bill back in March.
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Ultramarathons are not for everyone, but the 50-mile race is a walk in the compared to the challenge Lori Llera faced...ovarian cancer.
"That was rough," Llera said. "I think my running mindset, my ultra-endurance mindset was what got me through."
In January 2022, Llera was a newlywed. She noticed subtle symptoms.
"I had been gaining a little bit of weight and I thought it was happiness pounds," Llera recalled.
It wasn't. There were other symptoms; loss of appetite, and pain in her pelvis and abdomen. Llera, a nurse practitioner, went to the doctor.
"I had an 8-centimeter tumor on my right ovary and Dr. Koon is like, a baby's head is 10 centimeters," Llera said. "So it was huge!"
It was Stage 3C ovarian cancer.
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"We got a biopsy," Dr. Erik Colin Koon, GYN Oncology Division Director, Baylor Scott & White said. "Proved that it was ovarian cancer, and started her on therapy."
Chemotherapy and surgeries left Llera weak, but she was determined to get back running.
"I just remember sitting in that chemo chair thinking, you know, I'm gonna get out of this chair and I'm gonna run 50-miles," Llera said. "Just to spite this disease!"
She started walking, first to the mailbox, then 3 miles. That turned to short runs, and then when her chemo was done, Llera kept the promise to herself. She ran an ultramarathon for the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition's Team Teal.
She ran 50 miles, wearing 50 stickers with 50 challenges she faced in her cancer fight. Every mile that passed, Llera's running partner peeled a sticker off as she told the story behind it.
"This 'shero'...I'm just in awe and admiration of her strength and determination," Oncology Nurse Tanisha Watson said. "If I had to describe her in one word, I would describe her as a warrior."
"Our goal for our patients is not just to survive, it's to thrive," Koon said. "She's clearly thriving."
"I figured God and Dr. Koon saved me," Llera said. "I should do everything I can to bring awareness to ovarian cancer."
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Kutz and Fadez Barbershop has been on Louisiana Street in Mckinney for 17 years.
"It's an old school, hometown barbershop," is how McKinney native and owner Benjamin Salas described it.
He chose this spot because it lined up with his vision.
"I love the location and the traffic," Salas said.
He recently learned the city is considering a plan in his area that could fade out his shop.
"Possibility of putting a park in this area between Virginia and Louisiana and crossing Highway 5," Salas said.
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"My first thoughts were, 'What am I going to do? Where am I going to go? I've been here 17 years.'"
The idea being studied would place a two-acre park under State Highway 5.
McKinney Mayor George Fuller says it's about connecting Historic Downtown with the Mill District area.
"Being able to connect those two and expand the footprints in a pedestrian fashion is a main goal,” Fuller said. “There is a lot of economic development that will go along with it as well."
He acknowledges that could impact about 12 businesses including Salas' barbershop. Something customers can't quite brush off.
"I support my local community and I hate to see them move, have to relocate," McKinney resident Ro Mendez said.
Mayor Fuller said the city will try and help businesses with relocating to make it better for them.
"Is there an opportunity there and I would say that there is,” Fuller said. “What we have to do as a city is make sure we help those businesses that get displaced leave that situation and end up where absolutely was an opportunity that betters their situation not hurt them."
The project is still in the study and community engagement phase. So, all Salas and the other businesses can do is wait and see.
"What else can you do?” Salas questioned. “I'm just going to be hopeful and hope that everything works out great."
The project is not a done deal. However, the park already has committed funding from the Regional Transportation Commission.
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An asphalt plant that has plagued a Dallas community for nearly 15 years has decided to shut its doors after reaching a deal with city officials.
On Friday morning, Austin Industries officially announced that they will stop their operations at the plant near the community of Joppa on June 26 and will decommission their site within 120 days.
For Joppa residents, it's the news they've been waiting for. The community is located several miles southeast of downtown Dallas.
"It just brought joy to our ears this morning, to start my day,” said Emmanuel Davis, who has lived in Joppa for the last few years with his five children. “I was already excited over the top now.”
Joppa is a predominantly Black neighborhood and a historical Freedmen's Town.
"The ancestors of this land are pushing us forward,” said Alicia Kendrick, a chairperson for the Joppa Environmental Health Project and a resident of the community. "This land is important to us. It's not just an industrial area. This is our home, this is our community. This is where we're raising our children. It’s very important to give reverence to the people who walked this land and worked it and live their whole lives here.”
The community has already lived across from a Union Pacific railyard for years before the asphalt plant arrived in 2009.
“We live right next to and are surrounded by industry at all times. It’s clanking and banging and smoking at all hours of the night and at all hours of the day. There’s no stop to it,” said Kendrick, who worries about raising her own children in the neighborhood so close to the activity. “I want [my kids] to understand that, even if you were given the worst, there’s still some things you can make out of it that is extremely beautiful. And that’s just the history of our people.”
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In recent years, residents have been vocal about the asthma and other health issues they've experienced, mainly among the youth and elderly. Health and environmental studies confirmed their concerns.
"I have a son who had to take eight prescriptions a day to come outside and live in Joppa,” said Temeckia Derrough, Dallas environmental commissioner for District 7 serving Joppa.
Over the years, various groups came together to fight for the same cause. Their voices were finally heard when city officials worked out an agreement with the company to close the plant, following an automatic permit-renewal process that began a few months ago.
“I am so excited about this move that Austin Bridges is making. I hope it shows other industrial companies that integrity of being in communities and close to communities,” said Derrough.
CITY COUNCIL EFFORTS
Dallas councilman Adam Bazaldua, who represents the district Joppa resides in, helped the city secure the agreement with the company.
“We have continued to work diligently with Austin Industries for the past fourteen months to find the most effective path forward while putting the health and safety of our community first,” he said in the statement that announced the closure on Friday. "In my discussions since being on council, Austin Industries has shown a desire to be a good neighbor and have acknowledged a clear consensus in the Joppa community for heavy industry to no longer exist adjacent to their residential neighborhood. We have maintained a positive and productive partnership while determining the best path forward with their site."
Recently, the city had also put in dollars for infrastructure from equity funds to help dozens of residents with home repairs. Just over the past 18 months, they got up to $100,000 for each of their homes.
"Joppa is one of our last standing Freedman's towns. We have a history of neglecting the importance and the significance of what that stands for. This is where the presence of freedom came to Black Americans and Black Texans," Bazaldua said in an interview with NBC 5. "Several of those communities have been plagued by not just gentrification but by negligence and intentional construction of highways. This is one of the instances where environmental justice is exactly what we are addressing when it comes to the compromising of the quality of life that exists."
Bazaldua also called out past leadership that he said led to this situation in the first place.
"It's important for us to be intentional with our efforts and understand the negligence that has occurred in the past, understand what the ramifications of decisions of our past has done to compromise the quality of life,” Bazaldua said. "We realize that it's been disproportionately underinvested in and we also need to understand that the historical significance of what Black Dallas contributes to Dallas overall should also be talked about and celebrated and it can't be if we're not willing to invest and make positive changes in the future."
Bazaldua said this case is an example of addressing equity in the city of Dallas.
"I think that we've shown that with some of the investments that we've had for infrastructure that was disproportionately under-invested in, in our city's past," Bazaldua said. "One major example that we have is the difference in quality of life that we've had expectations for our Brown and Black communities versus that of our more affluent and predominantly white communities of our city."
He said residents in Joppa and other parts of Southern Dallas have been forced to live with heavy industry, whereas similar projects or proposals would have not been allowed in other more affluent parts of the city.
"So correcting those wrongs and addressing the significance of what that means is something that is much more than just putting dollars toward infrastructure," Bazaldua said. "This is making longstanding changes because having an industry like this adjacent to your community with the impact that it has on air quality and quality of life overall is something that needs to be addressed."
Bazaldua said this is just the starting point for where they need to continue to go when it comes to zoning cases and planning areas around Joppa and Southern Dallas.
WHAT'S NEXT?
It’s unknown what happens next after the asphalt plant moves. The space is still zoned industrial.
Either way, city leaders told NBC 5 that Joppa residents will have a seat at the table for those discussions.
"There’s so many possibilities that we can dream up in that space. And we don't want the highest bidder to just come in and start polluting again. That's really just our biggest focus,” said Kendrick.
Richard Mills, president of Austin Bridge & Road, sent the following statement to NBC 5 that reads in part:
“Since 2009, Austin Bridge and Road has worked in good faith to be a good community partner with funding and support for projects and programs, but as leadership has previously told Dallas city officials, it was never the company’s intention to continue long-term operations at the facility. Until the company begins operations at a new location, it will source materials from alternate sites to ensure projects that are already underway can continue without disruption. Austin Bridge and Road is proud of the support we provided Joppa and South Dallas and remain committed to responsible business operations and serving the communities in which we operate.” | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/south-dallas-residents-rejoice-over-closure-of-asphalt-plant/3270096/ | 2023-06-10T04:55:48 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/south-dallas-residents-rejoice-over-closure-of-asphalt-plant/3270096/ |
A pop-up experience built entirely by local high school students in Dallas promises a one-of-a-kind artwork, mind-bending experience.
"We invite everyone to experience PRISMATIC - a vibrant and immersive pop-up with many Instagrammable moments as you're transported to locations around the universe through colors and sights. You'll be impressed with what these students imagined, created, and built," Meg Bittner the executive director of SPARK! said in a new release.
SPARK! Dallas is a nonprofit founded in 2010 to provide Dallas children from second grade to high school with a fully immersive creative environment with hands-on learning that develops their self-definition as creative individuals.
A competition that invited high schools from across the Metroplex, resulted in all six winning teams coming from the Dallas ISD (DISD).
Here is a list of the finalists:
CityLab Slime
Advisor: Kelsey Turner, Creators: Kevin, Princess, Jennifer
Upon entering, visitors find glowing light filled goo emerging from large waste barrels, a toxic glowing ghoulish cloud hangs above with a fog machine adding to the vibe and forces the viewer to stoop underneath it . Upon stooping, people see mutant rats who've consumed the toxic waste glowing green and have other unique mutant qualities. All of these features leave people having an eerie, other-worldly and mysteriously unsettling feeling.
Woodrow Wilson Sunjoy
Advisor: Jessica Raff, Creators: Teal, Natali, Armando
This room is a giant ball pit with a path in front and neon signs to create a fun bubble and playful room. The room has four different shades of yellow paint; the mural design includes suns and circles that are bright and happy. The ball pit features yellow shades that are fun for photos, with an elevated spot for high-angled photos looking down at people surrounded by balls.
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Woodrow Wilson Orange You Glad to See Me
Advisor: Jessica Raff Creators: Layla, Stella, Ramsey
This orange-filled room is highlighted by a giant paper mache caterpillar and flowers that people can take photos. The room has a relaxing vibe, reminding people of the flowers they find in the outdoors. There are 3D flowers on the walls and a giant caterpillar for photos.
Hillcrest Body Garden
Advisor: Karleen Hesselbacher, Creators: Inergee, Kyra, Dana, Keyla
This body parts garden features an organic line painting of various green shades and tints on the wall. There is a man in the center of the room that is becoming one with nature as he becomes a plant himself. Other body parts and faces are emerging from the ground that is covered in grass. The two side walls are partial mirror walls that face each other representing a new dimension and giving the viewer a different perspective of the space.
Booker T. Red Herrings
Advisor: Linda Gossett, Creators: Laysha, Amara, Sarina
When explaining the concept of claustrophobia, the feeling of discomfort is ever apparent, which is reflected in the bold and striking tones of the color red. The sharp and jagged edges of the origami filled walls reflects the idea of feeling pressured or how it feels like sharp points in a crowded space. Claustrophobia can feel like eyes are watching, so included are 3D printed eyes and a projection of a moving and blinking eye.
Booker T. Deep Sea Dwellers
Advisor: Jessica Bell, Creators: Nadia, Phoebe, Lucy, Henley
This design idea is to feel like visitors are exploring the dark part of the ocean where it seems all around there are objects glowing from the fish and other creatures such as jelly fish, octopuses, and sea butterflies, along with non-glowing sea creatures like crabs. There is also a whale skeleton where people will be able to sit inside.
Exhibit hours and tickets:
Fridays and Saturdays: 4-8 p.m., Sundays 1-6 p.m.
Sat., June 10, July 8, Aug. 12: Extended hours from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Adult-only nights: June 16, June 24, July 15, Aug. 5 and Aug. 18. Those 21 and older may attend for a two-hour time slot (4-6 p.m. or 7-9 p.m.). Admission includes two drink tickets for beer, wine or soda.
Timed tickets range from $18 to $23. Teachers are $18; children ages 2-17 are $21; adults 18 and up are $23; children under 2 are free. Guests under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Click here to learn more and to make a timed ticket reservation or call 214-421-7727.
SPARK! is located in the historic South Side of Lamar building at 1409 Botham Jean Blvd, Ste 004, Dallas, Texas 75215. All proceeds benefit the misson of igniting the spark of creativity in all children. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/spark-pop-up-in-dallas-promises-a-mind-bending-experience/3269705/ | 2023-06-10T04:55:54 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/spark-pop-up-in-dallas-promises-a-mind-bending-experience/3269705/ |
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The Texas Department of Transportation launched a month-long "Talk. Text. Crash." campaign to urge drivers to pay attention to the road and not other things like their phones.
Distracted driving crashes are on the rise in Texas. TxDOT says 481 people in Texas died in distracted driving crashes in 2022, a 10% increase from the year before.
Thirteen-year-old Emily Zaltsman was killed by a distracted driver in San Antonio in 2017.
"Emily didn't die in an accident. Emily died in a crash that could've been prevented and was killed because of another person's selfish and thoughtless actions," said Emily's mom Karin Zaltsman.
Karin Zaltsman joined TxDOT in pleading for drivers to think about the deadly consequences of distracted driving.
"A driver, a male driver 22 years old, didn't even stop. He was traveling 60 mph and he never braked because he never looked up from his phone to know that the traffic ahead had stopped," said Karin Zaltsman. "And he smashed into my father's car at a differential rate of 60 mph crushing Emily who was sitting in the backseat."
Across the Dallas-Fort Worth area, TxDOT registered more than 20,000 crashes last year blamed on distracted driving, which claimed about 100 lives.
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"On average, sending or reading a text takes your eyes off the road for five seconds, when traveling at 55 mph, that's equivalent to traveling the length of a football field with your eyes closed," said TxDOT Traffic Safety Program Director Ruby Martinez.
Texting while driving is not only dangerous, it's a crime. Since Sept. 1, 2017, it has been illegal to read, write or send a text while driving in Texas, and violators can face a fine of up to $200.
TxDOT offers these tips to help drivers avoid the temptation of distractions:
- Put your phone away, turn it off or use an app or phone settings to block texts and calls while driving.
- Pull off the road entirely and come to a complete stop before you use your phone.
- Tell friends, family and coworkers you won't respond to texts or calls while driving.
- Avoid eating or drinking until you are parked. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/talk-text-crash-campaign-urges-texas-drivers-to-avoid-distractions-behind-the-wheel/3270086/ | 2023-06-10T04:56:07 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/talk-text-crash-campaign-urges-texas-drivers-to-avoid-distractions-behind-the-wheel/3270086/ |
Taste Addison, North Texas’ oldest food and music festival, launches this weekend, June 2 and June 3.
This year, Taste Addison features national music artists, top-notch Addison eateries, wine and spirits tastings, and special performances along with family activities.
Festivities begin at 6 p.m. Friday, June 2, with the Southern sounds of Tyler Kinchen & The Right Pieces at 6:30 p.m. followed by a rousing set by crowd-pleaser Emerald City Band at 8:45 p.m. before headliner Swae Lee takes the stage at 10:45 p.m.
On Saturday, the festival runs from 2 p.m. to midnight. The music line-up that day will feature nationally known pop-punk, early-2000s-era bands like Meet Me @ The Altar, Hawthorne Heights, Story of the Year and 3OH!3.
More than two dozen Addison restaurants will be offering the opportunity to try their favorites, like elotes from El Rincon, fried Cuban rolls from Taste of Cuba, green curry hushpuppies from Loro, or delicious mango sticky rice from Thai Orchid.
Guests 21 and over can also taste free samplings of wine and spirits in The Grove and The Garden. The Family Fun Lawn is open to kids of all ages and includes a petting zoo, crafts and more.
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General Admission tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for kids older than 5.
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Uvalde Police say they're looking for the person who called in a bomb threat at Robb Elementary School on Friday.
Police posted a message on Facebook just after 1 p.m. saying someone called the department's dispatch center at about 10:40 a.m., identified himself and then claimed to have placed bombs inside the building. The caller also said he was driving around with an assault rifle.
The Uvalde Police responded, notified partner agencies, including the Texas DPS and Uvalde County Sheriff's Office, and activated their Emergency Operations Incident Command Center. Meanwhile, nearby residents were alerted and the area around the school was cordoned off.
The department said late Friday afternoon the San Antonio Police Department's bomb squad searched the building but didn't find any devices. A short time later the all-clear was issued.
Investigators are now turning their attention to the caller, who Uvalde Chief of Police Daniel Rodriguez said will face consequences if identified.
"We are currently working with our state and federal partners to determine the location of the caller and will prosecute the actor to the fullest extent when fully identified," Rodriguez wrote on Facebook.
The school building has not been used since the May 24, 2022 massacre where an 18-year-old gunman entered the building and killed 19 children and two adults. Another 17 others were injured but survived the shooting. Robb Elementary is expected to be demolished, though officials have not said when that will take place. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/bomb-threat-directed-at-uvaldes-robb-elementary-friday/3269968/ | 2023-06-10T04:56:20 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/bomb-threat-directed-at-uvaldes-robb-elementary-friday/3269968/ |
During a discussion with the Texas Public Policy Foundation Friday afternoon on bills passed during the 88th legislative session, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott talked about the ongoing work to reduce and eventually eliminate the state's property tax.
Abbott reiterated Friday to TPPF CEO Greg Sindelar his intent to deliver to residents the largest property tax cut in the history of the state that will eventually lead to the elimination of property taxes.
This session, legislators are working to reduce the property tax burden through tax compression, which is the state's ability to use existing taxpayer money to buy down the school district maintenance and operations tax rate, effectively lowering the overall property tax obligation. The Texas House earlier this week approved a compression bill during Abbott's first special session. In the Texas Senate, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants to pass a bill using compression, too, but the Senate's plan also includes a larger homestead exemption of $100,000 to drive property taxes down even further than compression alone. To date, the chambers have not yet come to an agreement on which plan will make it's way to the governor's desk.
Abbott said Friday his plan is to use compression over multiple legislative sessions to chip away at the M&O tax until there is a zero balance due by the property owner.
"What we want to achieve in the state of Texas is to eliminate your property taxes. Make them go away!" Abbott said. "Zero is what we want you to pay for your property taxes in the state of Texas."
Abbott said they are planning to dedicate more than $17 billion from this session to buying down the M&O tax, which will cut the tax rate by 29%. The governor said that would put legislators on a path to further drive down the M&O tax in future legislative sessions until it eventually gets to zero.
"That will help you achieve what TPPF wants to achieve, what I want to achieve, but most importantly, what Texans want. Texans want to own their own property, not rent it from government. We must provide that by eliminating property taxes in Texas," Abbott said.
Following the discussion with the TPPF, Abbott repeated his messaging on Twitter.
For those concerned about how the state will sustain paying down the M&O tax, the governor said Texas' annual economy produces $2.3 trillion per year and that $17 billion to drive down property tax this session worked out to less than one-tenth of 1% of the state's GDP.
"We can do it," Abbott said.
The governor added that reducing the property tax burden would save residents billions of dollars per year, much of which may then be spent in the state, further increasing the sales tax revenue and growing the GDP. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/gov-abbott-pushes-compression-as-long-term-strategy-to-eliminating-property-taxes/3269984/ | 2023-06-10T04:56:26 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/gov-abbott-pushes-compression-as-long-term-strategy-to-eliminating-property-taxes/3269984/ |
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Peter Lake, the chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, is stepping down.
Lake submitted a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday afternoon announcing his intention to step down as commissioner by July 1 and to exit his role as chairman effective immediately.
"I respectfully request that you promptly designate another commissioner to serve as chairman so that person can immediately assume the duties of the presiding officer of the agency," Lake wrote.
Lake did not give a reason for his departure.
"Thank you for the opportunity to serve on the commission and on the Texas Water Development Board. I’m humbled by the gravity of the work and the dedication of the employees who work so hard every day. It has been my distinct honor to work for the people of Texas, and I’m grateful for your steadfast support throughout my time in public service," Lake wrote.
Lake served as the PUC chairman since April 2021 and oversaw reforms of the power grid after the failures during the winter storm of February 2021 where temperatures dropped below freezing for nine days, killed hundreds of people and resulted in millions of people being without power for days. Prior to his work with the PUC, Lake worked for the Texas Water Development Board.
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Abbott will name Lake's replacement. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/peter-lake-commissioner-of-the-public-utility-of-texas-steps-down/3270016/ | 2023-06-10T04:56:39 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/peter-lake-commissioner-of-the-public-utility-of-texas-steps-down/3270016/ |
A Texas high school cheerleader says she tries not to think about the man who allegedly shot her after a teammate mistakenly entered his car in a supermarket parking lot.
“He did what he did, and I’m just going to try and get through it, there’s no point in me, really, trying to think about what he did,” Payton Washington, 18, told ABC’s Good Morning America on Friday.
“I’m just trying to do whatever I can to be normal and do everything a senior in high school would do,” Washington said.
Washington suffered three gunshot wounds and teammate Heather Roth was grazed by a bullet in the shooting.
It happened after Roth said she mistakenly got into the wrong car in Elgin, just east of Austin, in April. Realizing her mistake, she got out and went to the car where the other cheerleaders, including Washington, were sitting. A man approached the car.
Roth has said she rolled down a window to apologize to him when he began shooting. The man was identified by police as Pedro Tello Rodriguez Jr.
Washington said she did not realize immediately she was wounded, then saw blood on the car seat and felt pain in her abdomen as the cheerleaders fled in their vehicle.
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Washington said she was shot twice in the hip and once in the back, with the wound damaging her stomach and causing the removal of her spleen and part of her pancreas.
Rodriguez was arrested and charged with engaging in deadly conduct, a third-degree felony.
An attorney listed for Rodriguez did not immediately return a phone call for comment Friday morning.
The shooting occurred days after two high-profile shootings that occurred after victims went to mistaken addresses. In one case, a Black teen was shot and wounded after going to the wrong Kansas City, Missouri, home to pick up his younger brothers. In the other, a woman looking for a friend’s house in upstate New York was shot and killed after the car she was riding in mistakenly went to the wrong address. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-cheerleader-says-she-tries-not-to-think-about-man-who-shot-her-in-parking-lot/3270382/ | 2023-06-10T04:56:45 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-cheerleader-says-she-tries-not-to-think-about-man-who-shot-her-in-parking-lot/3270382/ |
The first five months of 2023 saw the failure of three major U.S. banks: Silicon Valley, Signature, and First Republic. With large banks like Frost, Comerica, Texas Capital, and others based in our state, what are the chances a Texas-based bank could meet a similar fate?
"I don't know that I would tie it specifically to the geography," Texas Capital CFO Matt Scurlock said. "I think it's more of just a balance sheet management case study. I think banks in Texas are just as fortunate as anyone who lives in Texas to call the state home. We benefit from, in my view, the most robust economy in the U.S."
When banks failed in the 1980s, or in the Great Recession of 2008-09, the problems were more systemic. This time around, the collapses are expected to be more isolated, KRLD business analyst David Johnson said.
That's because When a person deposits money in a bank, the bank has to put it somewhere. Johnson said that somewhere is often 30-year bonds, but with the way the Federal Reserve has increased interest rates, those investments don't always pay off.
"If you bought bonds that at the time were paying 3%, which was a great deal, and all of a sudden the Fed's been jacking up interest rates for a year, 3% bonds are not very attractive anymore. Nobody wants to buy them," Johnson said. "So, your investment, Mr. Bank, that you paid $100,000 for, getting 3% -- if you want to sell them, you might have to sell it for $50,000."
He said that was the case with the Silicon Valley Bank collapse on March 10.
"They had a run on the bank," he said. "Everybody wanted their money at once. And they had to sell their collateral. And when they did, it wasn't worth as much as they needed. And the bank failed."
The CEO of San Antonio-based Frost Bank, Phil Green, said to continue to build the Texas economy, clients should be confident in their bankers.
"You can't build a bank on scared money. And Texas wasn't built on scared money," he said. "And there's a wholesomeness of people coming together and trusting bankers who have sound judgment to put these things together, put their money together with others, and make these economies grow. I think Texas is comfortable with that. I think we've got a raft of small community banks that believe in that and help with that. I think that's somewhat unique about Texas."
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Parents of two Keller ISD students want answers after they say their children were left behind on a school bus for about seven hours this week before anyone realized.
Sanjeeve Neupane of Fort Worth is the father of a 5-year-old who will begin kindergarten this fall at Keller ISD. This week, Neupane’s daughter was set to begin a summer school program at Basswood Elementary.
Neupane recalls dropping off his daughter at Sunset Valley Elementary around 7 a.m. on Wednesday, where parents were instructed to meet the school bus. The bus was supposed to take his daughter and other students to Basswood by around 8 a.m., Neupane said.
He got a call around 2 p.m. and was told his daughter was involved in an ‘accident.'
“My thinking when they said it was an accident, was it was normal. Like, they peed. That was the first thing on my mind,” he said.
Instead, he and his wife rushed to a bus barn on Alta Vista Road in Fort Worth where their daughter was located.
“There were paramedics. There were police officers. She [daughter] was sweating and everything,” he said. “I don’t have any words to say. It’s like a nightmare for any parent. You think your child is going to be safe at their school. You end up somewhere picking up your child. It doesn’t make any sense.”
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His daughter wasn’t alone. On the bus with her was Ansam Dinha’s 5-year-old daughter, who was also supposed to be taken to Basswood Elementary for the same summer school program.
“I tried to talk to her, and I guess that’s what happened maybe. For her, maybe she fell asleep. Maybe she didn’t see the other kids going down off the bus,” Dinha said. “She was red all over, unfortunately. Wet. She was like, shaking from the cold [water] because they wet her. Every time you think about that, my heart felt distress."
Neupane said he is not sure why his daughter didn’t get off the bus, as well. He said it was possible she was confused, thinking she was supposed to be dropped off at the school she just attended pre-kindergarten.
“Around 2 p.m., they were waving their hands. Somebody was passing, that’s how they found out,” he said, describing how an adult was eventually able to find the two girls.
In a statement Friday, Keller ISD said the district was aware of the incident and had been in communication with the transportation vendor to ensure the situation is being properly addressed and that the appropriate actions are taken, so it doesn’t happen again.
“We are thankful that, in this situation, both students were found to be unharmed after being examined by medical responders. However, Keller ISD families daily entrust us with the safety of their children, and the failure to follow basic procedures in this situation is inexcusable,” the statement to NBC 5 read.
Dinha said she feels the situation could have been handled differently had someone simply checked the bus before leaving.
“My message is when you take kids from their parents, make sure that they are in safe hands. They are with the person who’s responsible for this child. Please,” she said. “Always, I say thank you, God. I saw my daughter again. She’s OK. She’s in my hand again. I hope that never happens again. I’m thinking how I’m going to let her go to school again.”
Fort Worth police responded to the incident on Wednesday. A department spokesperson said it is too early to tell whether any potential charges will be filed. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/two-keller-isd-elementary-school-students-left-on-school-bus-for-hours-parents-say/3270168/ | 2023-06-10T04:57:05 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/two-keller-isd-elementary-school-students-left-on-school-bus-for-hours-parents-say/3270168/ |
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In a ceremony filled with tradition, loved ones gathered on the University of Texas at Dallas’s campus to celebrate a group of students bucking the trend, trading in a conventional school experience for a virtual one.
Today, more than 500 students from across the state received diplomas from Texas Online Preparatory School, an alternative education Samuel Hooper said just made sense.
“It was an interesting concept. It was comforting for me to stay home. It was inviting,” said Hooper.
It was also safe.
Hooper is one of the 643,000 students the National Education Policy Center reports turned to virtual schools across the nation during the pandemic, doubling the number enrolled the year before.
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Perhaps because of a shift in perspective, Meykhal Vasquez Mendiola said she’s witnessed seven years after she first enrolled.
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Ahead of the Moms for Liberty group visiting Philadelphia at the end of the month, advocate groups protested Friday and have launched a coordinated campaign calling for the hotel to cancel the event.
From June 29 through July 2 the Moms for Liberty group will hosting its annual summit at the Marriott at 12th and Market Street and will have an event at the Museum of the American Revolution.
On Friday at 6 p.m. protesters gathered outside of the Museum of the American Revolution in Old City. The protest was put on by Defense of Democracy, a national nonprofit organization advocating for the American public school system.
Galaei, a queer and trans, Black, indigenous, and people of color (QTBIPOC) radical social justice organization, is one of the groups that is calling for the Marriott to cancel the event.
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The group posted a script on its Instagram account with the hashtag “StopHostingHate.”
The script they shared read as follows:
“Hello, my name is [......] I am a [resident/frequent visitor] of Philadelphia and am concerned by Marriott’s support of the hate group Moms for Liberty, which is using the Philadelphia Marriott as a meeting place for their yearly summit from June 29th-July 2nd, 2023. Marriott will no longer have my business if it does not cancel the Moms for Liberty summit reservations and do its part to keep our schoolchildren safe.”
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Different variations of this message have also been sent to local news organizations in Philadelphia.
Moms for Liberty is a group that was founded in 2021 in Florida by two mothers, Tiffany Justice and Tina Descovich, that aims to “stand up for parental rights at all levels of the government,” according to their website.
Jazmyn Henderson is with Act Up and is among those pushing back against the Moms for Liberty group's plan.
"Everybody is framing this Moms for Liberty thing like this is a debate in ideologies and that they're just concerned parents who are worried about their kids...but my transness is not an ideology," Henderson told NBC10's Lauren Mayk.
The nonprofit has been deemed an extremist group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, who has a page dedicated to highlighting the ways that Moms for Liberty advances an anti-student inclusion agenda.
SLPC claims that Moms for Liberty "spreads hateful imagery and rhetoric against the LGBTQ community", "advocate for the abolition of the Department of Education" and "advance a conspiracy propaganda."
As of June 6, the nonprofit was added to a list with about a dozen other groups that SLPC has deemed as anti-government extremist groups.
"There's a lot of things on there that we completely reject. Any of the terminology where they say we're extremist for wanting to say mother instead of birthing person, we reject those things," Descovich, co-founder of Moms for Liberty, said. "
Descovich said the group's mission is to unify, educate and empower parents. She said the summit will include information about running for school board and that despite hosting presidential candidates they're not planning to endorse in that race.
The summit their holding later this month is slated to have leading candidates of the Republican presidential nomination speak, such as former president Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron Desantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
Descovich went on to say that the group doesn't want children in preschool through third grade being taught that they can be a boy or a girl, neither, or both, and that they can change their gender identity in school. That's something they believe should be taught by parents at home when they think their child is ready.
We also reached out to the Musuem of the American Revolution and their response was:
"Because fostering understanding within a democratic society is so central to our mission, rejecting visitors on the basis of ideology would be antithetical to our purpose."
We also reached out to the Marriott for comment and they did not respond.
When asked if any of the pushback Moms for Liberty has received ahead of their summit will change their plans, Descovich said, "Not at all."
The summit Moms for Liberty is set to have in Philadelphia will be its second summit. The first summit was held in Florida and was also held at the Marriott. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/social-justice-groups-call-for-marriott-to-cancel-alleged-extremist-group-moms-for-liberty-summit-in-downtown-philly/3582020/ | 2023-06-10T05:02:00 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/social-justice-groups-call-for-marriott-to-cancel-alleged-extremist-group-moms-for-liberty-summit-in-downtown-philly/3582020/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Federal investigators have cited nearly a dozen safety violations related to the deadly warehouse fire, Channel 9 has learned.
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Four people were killed when a warehouse burst into flames last December.
OSHA immediately began investigating, and inspections wrapped up just last week. Now, Magic in the Sky is facing 10 different violations.
OSHA classifies all 10 of those violations as serious, and they will cost Magic in the Sky nearly $110,000.
State fire marshals are still trying to figure out what caused the fire.
Texas-based fireworks supplier Magic in the Sky used the warehouse to store fireworks that were shipped to SeaWorld and other locations.
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While the exact details of each violation are not yet known, we do know they’re related to how the explosives were stored, the way they were handled and about the safety management plans Magic in the Sky had in place to prevent catastrophe.
All four employees killed were under the age of 25. The sole survivor is still fighting burns that cover 60% of her body.
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The families of all the victims have since filed lawsuits against Magic in the Sky, saying the victims weren’t properly trained or equipped to be handling explosives.
A spokesperson for Magic in the Sky had no comment at this time.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A 17-year-old was arrested in Flagler County after being involved in a Volusia County shooting, according to Daytona Beach Police.
On Wednesday, Daytona Beach police responded to 624 Roy Ave for a person shot call around 12 p.m.
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Police said the victim was transported to the hospital by an unknown person before officers arrived at the scene.
Detectives quickly identified the suspect as a person known to frequent the Bunnell arrest, according to a news release.
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Daytona Beach police coordinated with multiple agencies and located the suspect in Bunnell around 3:30 p.m.
The juvenile suspect, Russell Antonio Rouson Jr., was arrested by Flagler County deputies and is being charged with attempted murder and possession of a firearm by delinquent by DBPD.
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The victim was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
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