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SAN ANGELO, Texas — The City of San Angelo and Goodfellow Air Force Base welcomes back Col. Angelina Maguiness as the newest commander of the 17th Training Wing.
Maguiness returns to Goodfellow after spending one year at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. She was previously at Goodfellow from June 2020-June 2022.
"Returning to the 17th Training Wing is truly the honor of my career. I know we have the right team to focus on building the servicemembers we need in the current competition environment and in any future fight. I look forward to working with all of you in continuing to move our vital training mission forward for the nation," Maguiness said.
Maguiness will take over the 17th Training Wing for Col. Matthew Reilman, who spoke highly of her Friday morning.
"With all the leadership in the 17th Training Wing, I really cannot wait to see where you (Col. Maguiness) take this team, building the next generation of airmen, soldiers, sailors, guardians, Marines and Coast Guards," Reilman said.
Maguiness begins in her leadership role immediately with a service record that includes leading efforts to enable Air Force Cyber Component Operations on behalf of several departments. Despite her success, there is still plenty more to accomplish.
"I will work hard every day to make your job easier and more fulfilling. Whether you are a defender protecting this installation, an instructor on the line, teaching fire scientific applications or ISR training or a medic ensuring a ready force, there is more to do and I am excited to join your team to do it together," Maguiness said.
At the 17th Training Wing's helm, Maguiness will lead Goodfellow's mission to "develop firefighters and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance professionals on behalf of the Department of Defense." | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/goodfellow-air-force-base-welcomes-new-17th-training-wing-commander/504-070144d4-f72c-4c6c-a3c6-19641ee7dc49 | 2023-06-16T22:26:40 | 0 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/goodfellow-air-force-base-welcomes-new-17th-training-wing-commander/504-070144d4-f72c-4c6c-a3c6-19641ee7dc49 |
CORRAL CITY, Texas — Some North Texas firefighters started doing double duty Thursday as they helped save the life of a fawn while also putting out a grass fire.
A little after 6 p.m. on Thursday, Denton County Emergency Services District responded to a call for multiple for multiple grass fires along I-35W near Corral City, Texas.
Due to dry conditions, the grass fire eventually grew to 40-50 acres. The cause is currently unknown while no injuries were reported and no structures were involved.
While fighting the fire, firefighters came upon a fawn, a young deer, and were able to rescue it and provide it with oxygen. The fawn was turned over to the Texas Game Warden.
Argyle Police Department transported the fawn to WildRescue, Inc. and Rabbit Rescue where she received fluids. Just after 9 a.m. on Friday, officials reported the fawn was up and about, walking on her own, and was hungry. Later in the day, the fawn was transported to Fawns and Friends to continue her rehabilitation.
Denton County Emergency Services District No. 1 Engine 514, Brush 514, Engine 511, Brush 511, Chief 510 and Flower Mound Fire Department Engine 506 and Brush responded to the scene.
The Denton County Emergency Services District is a political subdivision of the State of Texas dedicated to providing fire protection, fire prevention education, and emergency medical services in the communities of Argyle, Bartonville, Copper Canyon, Corral City, Northlake and surrounding areas of Denton County.
This organization operates out of three fire stations (Station 511, Station 513 and Station 514) and is a combination department that provides services to more than 42,000 residents within 65 square miles. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/texas-firefighters-rescue-fawn-while-putting-out-fire/287-1977d4a5-5486-45a4-96c5-6e31a2175549 | 2023-06-16T22:26:41 | 0 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/texas-firefighters-rescue-fawn-while-putting-out-fire/287-1977d4a5-5486-45a4-96c5-6e31a2175549 |
In the race for the newly-drawn Virginia Senate District 4 covering Roanoke City, Salem, and parts of Roanoke and Montgomery counties, three candidates on the Democratic ticket are vying for your vote: Trish White-Boyd, Luke Priddy and DeAnthony “D.A.” Pierce.
A familiar face in the world of Roanoke politics is Trish White-Boyd, a small business owner and a Roanoke City Council member for four years.
Her platform includes increasing teacher pay, reducing gun violence, and boosting economic development in Southwest Virginia.
“We really have to have someone in this seat that is going to advocate for women’s rights, not to mention homelessness, affordable housing, sustainability, and the economy,” White-Boyd said.
After Sen. John Edwards announced his retirement in February, Luke Priddy–Edwards’ Chief of Staff turned Roanoke City Council member is now throwing his hat in the ring.
He wants to fight for education, public safety, and reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights.
“I want to continue doing the work that Sen. Edwards has been doing for years,” Priddy said. “I feel proud that I have an opportunity to follow in his footsteps.”
Political newcomer D.A. Pierce is a Roanoke native, Air Force veteran, and entrepreneur. He said he’d like to ensure affordable access to medical care, housing, and education.
“This seat should go to someone who is the strongest candidate who’d be willing to fight for the issues that can actually make a difference in people’s lives,” Pierce said.
Their message to voters ahead of the primary — make your voice heard. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/16/meet-the-candidates-for-virginias-new-senate-district-4/ | 2023-06-16T22:30:05 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/16/meet-the-candidates-for-virginias-new-senate-district-4/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke city leaders are honoring the life of a prominent civil rights activist.
Leaders dedicated Carver Avenue to Reverend Raymond Rogers Wilkinson.
Reverend Dr. R.R. Wilkinson was a pivotal figure in Roanoke’s history who fought tirelessly for equal rights during the time of segregation and is remembered for his contributions to the city and its people.
“It’s a special day, we are going to recognize a special man in our community I’m proud to be here and a part of it, his family is here, and what an appropriate time, Juneteenth, it’s the time to celebrate those things,” Roanoke Mayor Sherman Lea said. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/16/roanoke-city-street-dedicated-to-civil-rights-leader/ | 2023-06-16T22:30:12 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/16/roanoke-city-street-dedicated-to-civil-rights-leader/ |
ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – An ongoing debate, and a divided parent base in Roanoke County over LGBTQ+ materials in school.
It all started when Glen Cove Elementary School parent, Damon Gettier went before the Board on May 18 with concerns about transgender ideology he says his son learned at school.
”What I’m here to talk about is the child abuse, grooming, conditioning, and indoctrination by sexual predators disguised as teachers and staff at Glen Cove Elementary,” Gettier said.
This comment sparked dozens of LGBTQ+ community members and allies to voice their support for teachers during Thursday’s meeting.
“Your silence on these disgusting claims against our staff and members and allies of our community shows that you do not support all of your staff and all of your students,” Northside High School teacher Ashley Hendrix said.
“It was horrible that somebody felt comfortable enough to go in front of our School Board and say these things about people that love and care for their children every single day. What was more appalling was that the school board allowed it to happen,” Glen Cove parent Samantha Newell said.
With both sides arguing over what policy should be, 10 News is working for you to break down what Roanoke County’s current policy is when it comes to controversial material in the classroom.
The board previously established two policies for teaching and discussing controversial issues.
Code 6.02 states the following:
“In teaching about controversial issues, teachers are expected to:
- establish a learning environment where each student can study the issues within a curriculum that is appropriate to the student’s knowledge and maturity; and
- provide instruction in an atmosphere that is free from bias, prejudice, or coercion”
Gettier claims this was not the case for his son and other students.
“I had to teach my 9-year-old son what transgender was because Glen Cove Elementary woke staff put me in a position where I had to,” Gettier said.
Another section of school board policy states, “Unless a difficult or controversial topic is specifically and directly linked to a Virginia Standard of Learning or the curriculum adopted for a particular class or course, the teacher avoids raising or engaging with the topic. Staff do not share with students personal political opinions or personal opinions about difficult or controversial topics.”
Roanoke County student, and member of the LGBTQ+ community Ravenne Weddle says being able to discuss these topics with teachers is crucial.
“It is really important to have that support system when you feel so alone like that,” they said.
LGBTQ+ issues are front and center in many districts.
This includes Bedford County, where they became the first in Virginia to add a policy prohibiting teachers to have discussions with students about their sexual orientation or gender identity. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/16/tensions-rise-amid-roanoke-county-lgbtq-debate/ | 2023-06-16T22:30:18 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/16/tensions-rise-amid-roanoke-county-lgbtq-debate/ |
BALTIMORE — Shots were fired in South Baltimore Friday morning, hitting an elderly woman.
It happened around 10:30 in the 900 block of East Patapsco Avenue, that’s where a woman was shot while shopping inside a convenience store.
It was a 65-year-old woman who was shot. People in the area told WMAR-2 News the woman is known to visit the convenient store daily to purchase her coffee and cigarettes in the morning.
Friday morning, while doing just that, a bullet pierced through the store window striking her.
A neighboring business owner who didn’t want to be identified said he heard the gun shots and watched the police conduct their investigation following that shooting.
“So I heard some gunshots. Probably like five minutes or 10 minutes later the police came. I didn’t see someone that got hurt, I know the ambulance came that they picked up someone,” the business owner said.
Police said it happened after a black SUV pulled up and started shooting from the vehicle before speeding off.
“Happens all the time, at least once in a week or twice in a week sometimes. Why it won’t concern me because you know randomly it may hit someone. But we always hear it, we used to it,” the business owner added.
He said he’s had his car business in this Brooklyn area going on 20 years, and he believes the drugs and the violence in the community has been adopted as normal.
“That’s part of the problem it’s major problem,” the business owner said.
So much that it’s hindered the growth of his business and he’s hoping for a change.
“Some of them, they break in the cars at night times, they broke the car and sleep in it. They broke in about like three, four times. It concerns me but what can we do about it,” the business owner said.
A lot of people and neighboring businesses in this community were very tight lipped about what happened and what they heard and saw for fear of retaliation.
However, police are asking anyone with information concerning this shooting to contact them at Metro Crime Stoppers 1-866-7-LOCKUP. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/65-year-old-woman-shot-while-buying-morning-coffee | 2023-06-16T22:39:08 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/65-year-old-woman-shot-while-buying-morning-coffee |
BALTIMORE — The planning process for the newly revived Red Line is under way.
Next steps involve plenty of community feedback and studying.
The Edmondson Community Organization is submitting its proposal of a smart line to connect East and West Baltimore.
The heavy rail plan is a subway across town but avoids the expensive decision to build a tunnel for the stops along the Inner Harbor and instead uses an existing subway.
In a statement, Jonathan Sacks, the executive director of Hubwest said, “we believe smart line compares quite favorably with any plan out there - including the old Red Line.”
Governor Wes Moore made big promises speaking with reporters after his speech.
Saying he expects construction to start in 2026 or 2027 and wants this project done before he leaves office, which could be as late as 2030.
“We will be thoughtful about how to proceed to make use of the work that has already been done. We will also apply a clean eye for adjustments that need to be made to account for some very meaningful societal shifts," said Moore.
According to the next steps for MTA, public feedback starts in the summer and more will be had in the fall after a complete and detailed study.
“In Maryland, in this moment, we can do big things again and we will," said Moore.
Smart line is also making big promises saying “smart line would be first to shovels in the ground, first to completion of phase 1, and by far, the fastest way to get across town.”
The smart line plan also addresses a key goal of the Red Line project which is doing something with the Highway to Nowhere.
Smart line plans to put its first phase right in the Highway to Nowhere. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/community-organizations-putting-together-proposals-for-red-line-project | 2023-06-16T22:39:14 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/community-organizations-putting-together-proposals-for-red-line-project |
BALTIMORE — They spent the last three months sniffing drugs and now they work for the police.
Rosie, Bomba, Drak, Zoe and their handlers are the newest K-9 team graduates for the Maryland State Police Special Operations Division.
Their job, sniff out drugs, they spent the last 14 weeks honing their noses on drugs like cocaine, ecstasy, heroin and meth.
K-9 Drak's handler says graduation is only the first step in a long career together.
"The bonding process, it doesn't end here, we're gonna keep learning each other. He's still young and I'm still young, so we're going to keep going from here and that's probably my favorite thing about the whole process," Ashley Romeo, Trooper 1st class said.
The K-9's will be placed at various barracks throughout the state.
Their graduation today means state police now have 32 dogs in service across the state. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/k-9-graduation-welcomes-4-new-drug-dogs-to-maryland-state-police | 2023-06-16T22:39:20 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/k-9-graduation-welcomes-4-new-drug-dogs-to-maryland-state-police |
BALTIMORE — A new hotel is opening up on the Baltimore Peninsula.
Roost Apartment Hotel combines the style of a boutique hotel with the long term living of an apartment.
The new 81 room building is a hotel suited for both short and long stays.
And 40 of the rooms are also apartment units available for rent, with access to all the conveniences of the hotel.
The hotel side of things opened up for reservations today, for guest stays beginning July 1. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/new-hotel-opens-on-baltimore-peninsula-combines-hotel-and-apartment-living | 2023-06-16T22:39:26 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/new-hotel-opens-on-baltimore-peninsula-combines-hotel-and-apartment-living |
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is looking for the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run Thursday night that killed a pedestrian.
Kevin Baughman, 29, was wearing dark clothing and walking in the middle of the road near South Mark and West Valencia roads about 11:30 p.m. when he was struck and killed by an SUV, an agency news release said.
Witnesses said they saw an SUV brake hard before hitting Baughman and then flee, the news release said.
The vehicle is described as an early 2000s GMC Yukon. It is missing a rear passenger side taillight and has damage to a rear window and the plastic trim around the window.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or 88-CRIME, the anonymous tipster line.
Jamie Donnelly covers courts for the Arizona Daily Star. Contact her via e-mail at jdonnelly@tucson.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/pima-county-deadly-crash-suspect-vehicle-sought/article_816e7996-0c81-11ee-a3d2-b37a296ae64d.html | 2023-06-16T22:41:04 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/pima-county-deadly-crash-suspect-vehicle-sought/article_816e7996-0c81-11ee-a3d2-b37a296ae64d.html |
Nearly three years after it first acquired the assets of a troubled for-profit online school, the University of Arizona’s absorption of UA Global Campus is expected to take effect at the end of the month.
The Arizona Board of Regents approved the integration Thursday, which means the online school with roughly 27,000 students will soon be part of the University of Arizona.
The board did that right after it approved the UA’s $2.7 billion annual budget, which includes the budget for UA Global Campus. The budget for UA Global Campus is roughly $249.4 million and includes about $153 million for salaries and benefits.
Under this arrangement, the UA intends to “acquire substantially all of UAGC’s assets, assume substantially all of UAGC’s liabilities, and employ substantially all of UAGC’s faculty, staff, and administrators.” In addition, the UA will acquire two properties UA Global Campus already has leases on in Chandler.
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Unlike the UA’s diverse revenue strategy, which includes tuition, grants and state funding, UA Global Campus’ sole revenue base at this time is tuition.
Within the fiscal year 2024 budget plan the UA presented to the board, the university expects to net $766.3 million in tuition and fees from students at the UA. It expects to net an additional $231.1 million from its UA Global Campus students, which adds up to $997.4 million in total revenues from students paying for an education.
Critiques
In August 2020, when the UA announced it was acquiring the assets of the for-profit Ashford University (that’s what UA Global Campus was previously known as) and rebranding it as the nonprofit UA Global Campus, it faced both internal and external criticisms.
Many of those critiques focused on both student welfare — Ashford attracted high numbers of veterans, low-income students and students from historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups — and the UA entangling its upstanding reputation with a school that has faced multiple lawsuits for misleading students about the cost and value of an Ashford degree.
The UA isn’t the only major public university to affiliate with a for-profit college in recent years. Purdue University in Indiana acquired Kaplan University in 2018 and has since rebranded it Purdue University Global. Last month, the University of Idaho acquired the University of Phoenix shortly after the University of Arkansas system trustees rejected the deal.
At the time of the Ashford acquisition, the UA said it planned to keep the two entities separate. But by early 2022, the UA announced its new plans — and the regents approved it — to absorb the school and its assets.
Since then, leaders of the UA and UA Global Campus have been working on details of that plan, which would substantially grow the UA’s presence in the online higher education space that schools like Arizona State University have dominated for years.
Those discussions, however, faced continued criticisms from the UA Faculty Senate, whose members have repeatedly accused the administration of lacking transparency and shared governance in developing its strategy.
'I'm personally very excited'
Nonetheless, since the Board of Regents gave its final approval of that plan on Thursday, integration of UAGC into the UA will be complete by June 30.
“We’re in the position now of being able to achieve the ultimate objective of bringing UAGC into the University of Arizona,” UA President Robert C. Robbins told the board Thursday before it unanimously approved the request for the asset acquisition transaction.
“I’m personally very excited about this, given that there are 40 million Americans that have some college experience but no degree. It’s part of our offerings to serve these students and we’re looking forward to having these students be Wildcats for life," Robbins said.
Leila Hudson, chair of the UA faculty, told the Arizona Daily Star Friday that Robbins' “idealistic vision” for UA Global Campus will involve “more, not less, transparency about UAGC finances and educational practices to ensure that the tuition revenue generated from underserved populations of non-traditional and international students truly breaks with UAGC's problematic past, delivers value and excellence worthy of our name, and does not compromise our institutional operations or reputation.”
Hudson added that it’s “a tall order,” but she’s “hopeful that recent and continuing changes at the University of Arizona will make us healthy enough to sustain President Robbins' vision.”
UA will grant the degrees
Once the integration is complete, UA Global Campus will operate as a separate business unit within the UA, and Robbins will be held accountable to the regents for its academic, financial and operational performance.
Paul Pastorek, who is president of UA Global Campus, will now become the UA’s senior vice president for UAGC and report directly to Robbins. UA Global's senior leaders will at first report directly to Pastorek, but also to their corresponding senior leaders at the UA.
The following are key elements of this new structure for UA Global Campus:
- UA will be the degree-granting institution;
- A graduate of UAGC will receive a UA degree with a UAGC designation;
- UA Global Campus will maintain its current admission standards, which are different than UA’s admission standards;
- UA Global Campus will maintain its current tuition and fees, which are different than UA’s tuition and fees;
- UA Global Campus will retain its current faculty, separate from UA’s faculty;
- UA Global Campus will retain its current student body, separate from UA’s student body;
- UA Global Campus will have separate faculty-shared governance;
- UA Global Campus will continue to enroll and register its students separately from UA;
- UA will provide UA Global Campus’ annual budget to the Board of Regents for review and will periodically report UA Global Campus’ financial performance to the regents; provided, however, that UA Global Campus’ budget will be included in UA’s overall annual budget, which is reviewed and approved by the regents;
- UA Global Campus will have separate and distinct accounts within UA’s finance and treasury organization; and
- UA Global Campus will retain its own academic programs (as approved by the regents), faculty council, recruitment and enrollment services, and financial aid support.
Hudson said this new structure, which she said elected faculty representatives did not see before the vote, “seems designed to keep a firewall between the University of Arizona faculty and the students, programs, graduation requirements, and faculty of UAGC.” That structure, she added, makes her “worry that it could produce its own costs, inefficiencies, and frictions.” | https://tucson.com/news/local/education/college/university-of-arizona-budget-tuition-online-study-ua-global-arizona-regents/article_18882722-095e-11ee-b987-fb08b4d241b6.html | 2023-06-16T22:41:10 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/education/college/university-of-arizona-budget-tuition-online-study-ua-global-arizona-regents/article_18882722-095e-11ee-b987-fb08b4d241b6.html |
A wildfire broke out north of Sonoita Friday afternoon, causing both directions of Arizona 83 to close.
The Oak Wildfire started about 1 p.m. It is located within the Coronado National Forest.
As of 2:30 p.m., the fire had grown to about 400 acres, a post from the Coronado National Forest said.
Air attack is on scene, but helicopters are unable to fly due to high winds.
Incident commanders and firefighters are assessing the values at risk since the winds are pushing the fire north and east, the post said.
There is currently no threat to Green Valley or Sahuarita, the Green Valley Fire District said in a Twitter post.
The cause of the fire was not immediately available Friday afternoon.
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Due to the fire, State Route 83 is closed between Santa Rita Road and East Sahuarita Road, the Arizona Department of Transportation said. There is currently no estimated time to reopen the highway.
For more information on highway closures and updates on closures, visit ADOT’s website, https://az511.gov/, or their Twitter account.
Jamie Donnelly covers courts for the Arizona Daily Star. Contact her via e-mail at jdonnelly@tucson.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/oak-fire-sonoita-closes-down-state-route-83/article_2b5e1e3a-0c90-11ee-9097-0fa4d1e97f12.html | 2023-06-16T22:41:16 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/oak-fire-sonoita-closes-down-state-route-83/article_2b5e1e3a-0c90-11ee-9097-0fa4d1e97f12.html |
Pima County is set to get a 134-mile line of fiber internet infrastructure to create a ring surrounding the urban core of Tucson that’s set to provide high-speed internet access to rural and historically underserved areas.
The Biden administration announced more than $930 million in high-speed internet infrastructure grants across the country on Friday, of which Pima County is set to receive $30.3 million over five years from the National Telecommunications Information Administration.
The county plans to construct an open-access fiber ring that it’s calling the middle mile infrastructure project to quickly carry large amounts of data over long distances the county said is expected to reach one-third of the county’s population.
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The county and nearby jurisdictions are required to provide $12.5 million in supplemental funding for the project, bringing the total investment closer to $43 million.
“One of the significant things about access to broadband is that when that happens, economies, communities flourish,” County Administrator Jan Lesher said at a news conference Friday. “We know that the statistics are there and that areas that have higher access to broadband services, they earn more, their wages are higher, there is lower unemployment, and there's much greater opportunity for economic development.”
The middle-mile infrastructure will consist of high-capacity fiber lines that internet providers can use to carry high-speed internet service to end users. The project’s first phases will begin sometime within the upcoming fiscal year that starts on July 1, the county said, and will involve implementing compliance guidelines from the National Environmental Policy Act that requires certain environmental protections for federal projects.
It will take “significant amounts of construction” to build the underground fiber lines in the coming years, Pima County Information Technology Director Javier Baca said, and the project will include “anchor locations” for internet providers to connect.
That means internet providers won’t have to lay the fiber infrastructure themselves to reach low-density areas that yield a minimal return on investment. Instead, the fiber will already be available for providers to connect rural residents to the internet.
“This ring doesn't provide internet service in itself, it provides access to those internet service providers in a much more affordable way for those internet service providers to get into the market,” Baca said.
Nearly 10% of households in Pima County lack broadband internet access, according to data from the Federal Communications Commission. Some communities the new fiber line will reach showed up to 18% of households had no internet access, the county said.
Rex Scott, the Pima County Supervisor presiding over District 1, said he often hears concerns from constituents about the lack of internet access in Catalina and other areas in the foothills. Those concerns heightened as many students shifted to online, remote learning models throughout the pandemic, creating barriers for those without internet access.
“When it comes to education, we shouldn't have a system of haves and have-nots, and that's the part of this grant that has me the most excited, because it will give struggling families and their children access to schools that a lot of us take for granted,” Scott said.
The new project adds to the ongoing Connect Pima program that aims to build broadband infrastructure and increase internet access throughout the county while promoting digital literacy among residents. The county’s been partnering with the city of Tucson to expand internet access throughout the region and is currently working on making sure the city’s fiber network connects with the county’s to avoid “two disparate networks,” said Chris Mazzarella, Tucson’s chief information officer.
“This is a key piece of infrastructure, just like the roadways are,” Mazzarella said. “When we look at these fiber capabilities, it doesn't just immediately fill the gap, and it doesn't just help with some of those underprivileged areas, but it also makes sure we're well positioned for the future for decades ahead.”
Contact reporter Nicole Ludden at nludden@tucson.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/pima-county-fiber-internet-grant/article_0dd6ee4a-0c69-11ee-829a-8736c3b6cbcb.html | 2023-06-16T22:41:22 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/pima-county-fiber-internet-grant/article_0dd6ee4a-0c69-11ee-829a-8736c3b6cbcb.html |
MILLVALE, Pa. — Millvale police are searching for a missing 86-year-old man.
According to police, Thomas Craig Succop was last seen at 1 p.m. Friday in the Grant Avenue area of Millvale.
Succop has gray hair and brown eyes. He is 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 190 lbs.
He was last seen wearing a black button-down jacket with khaki pants.
Police said Succop drives a forest green Mini Cooper with Pennsylvania plate DRA 0587.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call 412-821-3410.
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NORTH HUNTINGDON, Pa. — After being arrested twice in the span of a week by the same White Oak police officer, a woman allegedly showed up at the officer’s home with a knife, threatening to kill him, and wouldn’t leave.
According to court documents, Raquel Ulicny arrived at White Oak Police Officer Kenneth Wherli’s home just after 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Wherli called 911 after she wouldn’t leave his property.
North Huntingdon police responded to the scene.
They say Ulicny had a knife in her purse and told them, “I’m going to kill a cop.”
This all came after Wherli arrested Ulicny twice in one week earlier this month.
According to court papers, Wherli arrested both Ulicny and her 12-year-old daughter outside a home in White Oak on May 31.
In that incident, police say Ulicny showed up at that house to fight the woman who lived there after their kids got into an argument. The daughter allegedly egged the house.
Police say Ulicny and her daughter showed up again a week later on June 7 to fight the woman and were arrested again.
On Wednesday, police say Ulicny told them she thought Officer Wherli was messaging her daughter on Facebook regarding that incident, so she wanted to confront him.
Channel 11′s Andrew Havranek placed calls to both White Oak and North Huntingdon Police but has not heard back.
Ulicny is being held in the Westmoreland County Prison without bond.
She has a hearing set for June 28.
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By the start of 1966, the nation was sending another round of young men to Vietnam, Richmond was setting into motion its plans to welcome baseball back to the city and in the surrounding counties, a new battlefield was taking root in the classrooms and at home.
As Hanover County’s leading generals, its school board, sat at the table, outlining their plans, their strategies were clear: eradicate “immorality” and keep children away from “seductive and suggestive pieces of literature.”
In its first act of rebellion, a decree was issued by way of an ordinance resulting in the ban of several books from its schools’ library.
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From small, Southern towns to the big epicenters of the country, it was a shot heard around the country. A single decision set into motion years of discussion and sent numerous dockets before the Virginia State Board of Education.
While the ban list consisted of some of America’s most-loved and popular novels like George Orwell’s “1984,” John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” and J.D. Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye,” as well as non-fiction book titled “The Great Dismal Swamp” in which the author compared the swamp to an “alluring and seductive woman,” it was Pulitzer-Prize winner Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” that proved to be the most controversial.
The decision to ban the book initially came as a request from board member W.C. Bosher, of the Cold Harbor district, after his son brought the book home from Lee-Davis High School as a part of his supplemental reading for his eleventh-grade English class.
After reviewing it, Bosher said it was “suggestive.”
The novel is a coming-of-age story between two siblings amid a tumultuous rape trial in which their father, a white lawyer in a small, Alabama town attempts to obtain justice for his client, a Black man. Its overarching themes bring to light both the blatant and internalized effects of systemic racism especially, in the South.
According to Bosher, this launched his interest in examining what other books were being taught in the classroom. After “extensive research,” Bosher crafted a list that he classified as “immoral literature.”
Bosher labeled “1984,” a novel about a post-World War II dystopian, totalitarian society, in which many aspects of life including mass media are controlled and regulated, as “seductive.”
At the time, the State Board of Education maintained an aid list that included various novels which public schools could use as material. While it was not a mandated list, it served as a guide for teachers to utilize.
In order to make it on the list, publishers had to submit novels to the state for consideration. As the list was updated, older, classic books often slipped through as they were perceived as given choices for the list.
Bosher, along with his board members who agreed with the ban, used this to their advantage as they pushed to remove any books that were not on the state aid list from their schools. This included “The Grapes of Wrath” and “Catcher in the Rye.” Books that the board did not agree with that were on the state list were subsequently tacked into that list upon the final vote.
“We are not censoring any books,” Hanover School Board Chairman B.W. Sadler said in the Thursday, Jan. 6, 1966 edition of the Times-Dispatch. “We are saying in this instance since the State Department of Education does have a library committee to review those books that are submitted to them, we would make a mockery of the committee, if we disregard their disapproval of books.”
In the months following the decision, not unlike the counterculture protests the nation faced, hundreds launched their anti-ban campaigns calling for the book’s reinstatement.
From Lee’s home state of Alabama to Virginia high schools across the state to the Richmond Times-Dispatch’s own copy desk, the Hanover School Board, coined by some “perpetrators of Nazism” faced an onslaught of outcry.
Newspapers across Alabama continually printed coverage of the school board’s decision to ban “Ms. Harper Lee’s masterful novel that “has been hailed in the South, the nation and the world as a tender and loving treatment of a Deep South community,” one reporter with the Alabama Journal wrote.
When Lee received word of the ban at her home in Monroeville, Alabama, she wasted no time crafting her own response to the board.
In a letter she mailed to the board and sent to the Times-Dispatch for publication, Lee questions all of the board members' ability to read, calling for them to take another look at her novel as there are few words with more than two syllables.
“To hear that the novel is “immoral” has made me count the years between now and 1984, for I have yet to come across a better example of doublethink,” Lee wrote. “I feel, however, that the problem is one of illiteracy, not Marxism.”
In closing, Lee included a check to the Beadle Bumble Fund to enroll any board member into any first-grade class of their choice.
The Beadle Bumble Fund, named after a character in Charles Dickens’s “Oliver Twist,” was established in 1959 by Richmond News Leader editor James J. Kilpatrick to reimburse victims of “legal stupidities” which were often a result of “bureaucratic inflexibility.”
The fund’s first recipient was a Richmond resident who was fined $25 for climbing over the hood of a car of an off-duty policeman that was blocking the crosswalk.
Following the book ban, Kilpatrick, who referred to the event as “an asinine performance” used some of the funds to purchase and mail copies of the book to the first 50 Lee-Davis High School students who wrote in requesting one.
“Whenever the fund supports what it considers a deserving cause, the modest kitty is quickly replenished,” Kilpatrick said. “From the tone of the fund’s mail, it appears that some people find it a welcome outlet for a bit of armchair anarchy.”
The Times-Dispatch’s editorial section quickly filled as folks from across the city and county lines wrote in to express their concerns with the ban calling into question the motives of the school board.
“Anyone who agrees with the Hanover County School Board’s action against Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” should have all four corners of his head examined,” Winchester High School eleventh grader Scott Pierce wrote in a letter to the editor published in the Thursday, Jan. 13, 1966, edition of the Times-Dispatch.
“If a school board thinks that it can preserve the clean, wholesome minds of high school students through the removal of certain books from a reading list, maybe they should put their narrow-minded heads together and put books fit for first-graders on the list,” Pierce added.
While the school board maintained its argument that it did not want its students consuming literature that had “sexual undertones,” “suggestive content” and promoted “communism,” others questioned their motives.
By 1966, the country, now two years past the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, had begun the process of desegregation. While it was slow moving in Richmond, with city schools not fully integrating until 1970, businesses had already changed its policies.
The inevitable, impending implementation of integration loomed over Hanover County, which is one of many counties in the state with deep-seated ties to slavery, placed a strain on its school board that fought to keep its schools segregated.
Hanover County was the last counties to fully integrate, after facing litigation on behalf of the state if it did not comply.
If it were to allow novels, like “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which directly calls into question the treatment of Black Americans in the South, it could sway public opinion.
At least that was the opinion of Ferrum College student Bobby Irby who wrote into the Times-Dispatch on Jan. 15, 1966.
“‘To Kill a Mockingbird” is a perfect example of the situations in life seen by the United States and its people,” Irby stated. “If Hanover County thinks this novel is so immoral, let me ask them a couple of questions: Why haven’t they banned the Bible? The Bible probably has more immoral acts than (the novel) has pages.”
As the controversy continued, hundreds became regular attendees at the school board’s meetings calling into question the board’s decision. Ultimately, Sadler placed the blame on the press claiming newspapers and their reporters “distorted what we were trying to do.”
During a board meeting, Sadler suggested the board require reporters to submit their notes for approval before leaving the board meetings. In April of the same year, Sadler resigned from the board.
Like most things, the board’s decision to ban “To Kill a Mockingbird” ultimately, had the opposite effect. Local bookstores reported a drastic uptick in sales for the novel. One store claimed that it kept two copies and was lucky to sell one each month. Following the ban, it made sure to keep at least a dozen copies on hand.
In a special column written for the Times-Dispatch titled ‘Controversial Book Enjoyed by Students Who’ve Read Novel,’ reporter Frances Jones chronicled students' thoughts and opinions on the book with many claiming they read it in order “to see what the fuss was all about.”
“This seemed to be the motive behind the rush to read it, plus a desire to do so simply because it was, in a sense, ‘forbidden fruit,’” Jones stated. “It will take much more than the banning of one book to protect teenagers from things they can read in newspapers, hear on the radio and see on television.”
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In May, environmental advocates hosted an event to raise awareness about toxic gases coming from a medical sterilization facility eastern Henrico County.
Now, the Environmental Protection Agency says it will host a community meeting, albeit virtually via Zoom on June 20, at 6 PM
“During the meeting, EPA staff will discuss revised risk information related to the Sterilization Services of Virginia commercial sterilizer facility, located at 5674 Eastport Boulevard in Henrico,” said an unattributed EPA press release.
The meeting will likely serve to clarify confusion around the facility that has residents concerned: a sterilization company that takes in used medical equipment, washes their payload in ethylene oxide, and then releases it back to its client hospitals and medical centers.
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The ethylene oxide used in the process has been shown by the EPA to be a hazardous air pollutant known to cause respiratory issues and increase cancer risk. Since it’s a gas, it can easily leak from these sterilizing facilities, which often run around the clock to handle high demand.
The estimates it is currently releasing nine times the acceptable amount of ethylene oxide into the community, the Times-Dispatch reported in May.
In 2021, 5,000 pounds of the harmful, colorless gas leaked into the eastern Henrico neighborhood, affecting a radial region extending several miles. Numerous schools and childcare facilities lie within that circle.
The Eastport Boulevard facility is called Sterilization Services of Virginia. It’s one of three owned by parent company Altair Engineering. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reached out to the facility several times in May but did not receive a response to questions.
Initially, the EPA said that the facility published a note online saying the facility had installed controls to prevent so much gas leakage. But when asked, spokesperson David Sternberg said that it "has not installed new controls," raising questions about the validity of the online note.
The EPA is also doing an in-person meeting in August to address PFAS, the forever chemicals found in water, and ethylene oxide, the press release said. That date has not yet been announced.
Residents can join the June 20 meeting via Zoom link, which is posted on the EPA’s website under “News Releases” for June 6. | https://richmond.com/news/local/government-politics/epa-ethylene-oxide-henrico/article_3b65c85c-0c6b-11ee-8303-33afa7b3965d.html | 2023-06-16T22:41:48 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/government-politics/epa-ethylene-oxide-henrico/article_3b65c85c-0c6b-11ee-8303-33afa7b3965d.html |
SAN ANTONIO — A Boerne gymnastics instructor under investigation for multiple sexual misconduct allegations is back behind bars after violating the conditions of his bond when he was seen near a San Antonio elementary school, records state.
451st District Court Judge Kirsten Cohoon approved the revocation of Mike Spiller's bond on June 2 after he violated those conditions at three separate times in May, according to court documents. An official with the Kendall County Community Supervision and Corrections Department alleged Spiller went within 500 yards of both James Madison Elementary and The School of Science and Technology-Hill Country "on or about May 30," breaking the rules of his bonding-out. He also later entered a west-side Whataburger, violating another bond provision.
Spiller, 75, is now being held without bond, and will remain jailed until the start of his trial.
At least five people accused Spiller of misconduct as of December, including a 9-year-old girl who alleged the coach molested her during a practice in April of 2022. The accusations go back decades, and the scope of the investigation is potentially international; Spiller has worked with thousands of children in Texas, New Mexico, California, Hawaii, Europe and elsewhere.
Accusers said staff at the Boerne Gymnastics Center where Spiller worked at as a contractor ignored reports made against him.
In a letter to parents sent out on Nov. 29, however, Boerne Gymnastic Center Owner Lorna Spellman said she filed a report to a watchdog group after the April incident, adding she was "appalled and heartbroken at the knowledge that someone we hired to work at BGC has a history of sexual misconduct that we were unaware of."
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SAN ANTONIO — Local labor unions are reminding their workers to be prepared during this excessive heat warning. One example, is construction workers who must handle these hot conditions all day.
As multiple construction projects continue downtown, workers are watching out for themselves.
“Imagine being in 100-degree weather for 5 to 10 hours for 90 days, that takes a larger toll on the body and mind,” Diana Lopez is executive director of the Southwest Workers Union.
They give out groceries and guidance to the workers who need it.
“We let them know they have to be adequately equipped whether that’s through ice packs, cooling centers things like that, medical space is important and access to health care,” Lopez adds.
It can be the simplest things that make a difference.
San Antonio is offering tips to reduce heat stress—which includes drinking cool water, dressing for the heat and resting when needed.
To avoid dangers such as heat stroke, heat exhaustion or heat cramps.
“Heat and heat exhaustion affect your mind and body, and if it gets to a point where your mind or body can’t take it, you’re going to faint and that’s a larger issue,” Lopez adds.
Changing work schedules to balance breaks with the work that needs to be done so workers aren’t soaked in sweat—or the sun.
“Unfortunately that’s sort of where many of the workers, they’ll be strong for their families but often times at the risk for their own health,” Lopez adds.
One of the top guidelines from the CDC for working in the heat is asking workers to stop working if they’re feeling some discomfort from the heat.
The CDC also recommends limiting exposure to heat, scheduling hot jobs for the cooler part of the day, and providing cool shaded or air-conditioned areas for rest and recovery.
Enhancing heat tolerance and encouraging hydration among workers are other key recommendations.
The City of San Antonio says it has no policy requiring contractors to give breaks to workers, but they recommend dressing appropriately for the heat and checking on coworkers. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/union-educating-workers-heat/273-0c644b47-9699-4ca9-a6d8-12f38396a08b | 2023-06-16T22:43:55 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/union-educating-workers-heat/273-0c644b47-9699-4ca9-a6d8-12f38396a08b |
SCHERTZ, Texas — One woman has been found dead near Interstate 35 on Friday morning, Schertz Police say.
The incident occurred at the 2100 block of Interstate 35 on the southbound access road around 8:28 a.m. Friday.
Police say they responded to a report of an adult woman lying in the grass off the interstate and upon arrival discovered the woman had died.
An investigation is ongoing.
This is a developing story. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/woman-dead-schertz-interstate-35/273-44ced0c8-aaa0-46a7-b813-c99ad8cfabfd | 2023-06-16T22:44:01 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/woman-dead-schertz-interstate-35/273-44ced0c8-aaa0-46a7-b813-c99ad8cfabfd |
BAR HARBOR -- A Bar Harbor couple is helping visitors from near and far experience the vast trails of Acadia through the use of e-bikes.
"If you can ride a bike you can ride an e-bike.” said Acadia Ebike Adventure owner, Thomas Brown.
Robin Williams and Thomas Brown originally moved to Maine six years ago and said they have no plans of leaving after experiencing the endless adventures found in places like Acadia national Park.
"We had always loved riding e-bikes. It was the best way that we were able to explore the carriage roads and the parks when we moved here,” said Robin Williams, owner of Acadia Ebike Adventure.
Now the couple has opened their very own e-bike rental company, Acadia Ebike Adventure to provide better trail access even when traveling on steep slopes.
"Gives people the opportunity to see some areas of the park that they probably wouldn't before without the e-bike and the assistance,” said Brown.
We spoke with a couple that traveled all the way from west palm beach to explore Acadia. Riders say the e-bike was a perfect option.
"It's nice to have the e-bike feature. I think it's pretty steep so it's more of a comfortable thing,” said ebike rider Jordan Wyatt.
Anyone interested in booking a reservation can log on here. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/couple-opens-new-ebike-rental-business/article_dc61f730-0c89-11ee-80dc-1b3729da850d.html | 2023-06-16T22:45:27 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/couple-opens-new-ebike-rental-business/article_dc61f730-0c89-11ee-80dc-1b3729da850d.html |
KENNEBUNK- There is good news for Maine lobstermen and their families.
The U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled overwhelmingly in favor of the Maine Lobstermen's Association in it's appeal of a lower court ruling challenging a federal whale protection plan by the National Marine Fisheries Service.
MLA Policy Director Patrice McCarron says " While today's decision is great news, our work will continue. We all agree with the need to ensure a safe environment in which the endangered right whale can recover, and MLA is hopeful that this decision will force the National Marine Fisheries Service to go back to the drawing board to develop a plan that uses best available science and accurate data, and more importantly that will protect whale without eliminating the lobster fishery.'' | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/historic-win-for-lobstermen-in-u-s-court-of-appeals/article_8da74b40-0c8e-11ee-a80f-1353a9f79307.html | 2023-06-16T22:45:33 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/historic-win-for-lobstermen-in-u-s-court-of-appeals/article_8da74b40-0c8e-11ee-a80f-1353a9f79307.html |
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BAR HARBOR -- Two women in the Mount Desert Island area took a leap of faith by opening a unique business in an effort to bring the community together.
Bar Harbor gift boxes have partnered with other business owners around the state to help people give small tokens of appreciation.
Each gift box has a special theme including the lavender box which includes a 8 ounce candle, lip balm, a specialty shell and more.
One of the two owners, Aleksandra Stamatovic said the company captures a piece of Maine in the box.
"Anything that can fit in our boxes and promote Maine in the best way,” said Stamatovic. “For people that are coming from other states [to this state] can bring something with them to their friends and family members...so we're immediately promoting all the businesses that we're working with and trying to grow our business at the same time."
Anyone in search of a special way to say thank you should visit the gift box service website here. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/new-specialty-gift-boxes-support-maine-businesses/article_a79f05b4-0c8a-11ee-ab44-0ff5171785a8.html | 2023-06-16T22:45:39 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/new-specialty-gift-boxes-support-maine-businesses/article_a79f05b4-0c8a-11ee-ab44-0ff5171785a8.html |
Just a year ago, President Joe Biden signed the first significant piece of federal gun safety legislation in nearly three decades.
It was a good start, Biden has said, but it didn’t go far enough.
On Friday, the Democratic president will speak at a summit in Connecticut highlighting how the sweeping law has been implemented so far. He’ll also use it as a moment to push for universal background checks and the banning of so-called “assault weapons.” Those are part of a 2024 political platform that was unthinkable to Democrats as recently as Barack Obama’s term.
The gathering is being led by U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and major gun safety groups hoping to build on recent progress.
“We actually had it wrong for a long time. We left an opportunity on the table for decades,” Murphy said of the push for gun safety legislation.
Even before the Sandy Hook massacre in Murphy’s state in 2012 spurred him to action, there was a mythology around Democratic election losses that dogged the party following passage of a crime bill in the 1990s — that voters weren’t interested in gun safety and it was a losing issue politically. “That was just a lie,” Murphy said. “But it was a lie the gun lobby did a great job of selling, with some help from Democrats.”
Last year’s law signed just weeks after a mass shooting that killed 19 elementary school children and two teachers in Uvalde, toughened background checks for the youngest gun buyers, sought to keep firearms from domestic violence offenders and aimed to help states put in place red flag laws that make it easier for authorities to take weapons away from people adjudged to be dangerous.
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There’s been success: Stepped-up FBI background checks have blocked more than 200 transactions of attempted purchasers under the age of 21. Prosecutions have increased for unlicensed gun sellers, and new gun trafficking penalties have been charged in more than 100 cases around the country. Prosecutions for those who sell firearms without a license doubled.
Millions of new dollars have flowed into mental health services for children and schools. On Friday, the departments of Health and Human Services and Education sent a joint letter to governors highlighting resources available to them to help support mental health — in particular if a student has been impacted by gun violence.
“I think there’s no question about it, the passage was a watershed moment,” said John Feinblatt, head of Everytown for Gun Safety. The law “clearly broke a log jam.”
“What we’re really going to do is continue to build on the moment both at the federal and the state level,” he said.
Yet since that bill signing last summer, the tally of mass shootings in the United States has only grown. As of Friday, there have been at least 26 mass killings in the U.S. so far in 2023, leaving at least 131 people dead, not including perpetrators who died, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.
That puts the country on a faster pace for mass killings than in any other year since 2006, according to the database, which defines a mass killing as one in which four or more people are killed, not including the perpetrator, within a 24-hour period.
Firearms are the No. 1 killer of children in the U.S., and so far this year 85 children younger than 11 have died by guns and 491 between the ages of 12 and 17 have died. As of 2020, the firearm mortality rate for those under age 19 is 5.6 per 100,000. The next comparable is Canada, with 0.08 deaths per 100,000.
“Too many schools, too many everyday places have become killing fields in communities across America. And in each place, we hear the same message: ‘Do something. For God’s sake, just do something,’” Biden said on the anniversary of the Uvalde shooting. “We did something afterwards, but not nearly enough.”
The president has said he’d like to ban so-called “assault weapons,” a political term to describe guns most often used in mass shootings with the capacity to kill a lot of people quickly. Still, the idea of further action — or unilateral action by the White House — makes some Republicans who voted for the 2022-gun legislation uneasy.
“I’m a little apprehensive,” said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. “I don’t want them writing a rule that basically deviates from what we’ve negotiated or voted on.”
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OLD TOWN -- Homemade doughnuts have a new home.
MeMe G's, a small family-run doughnut shop in Old Town, will return next week.
"We're so fortunate to be part of such a great community that has come out to support us -- we didn't realize people would go so crazy over a donut," said Aimee Thibodeau, co-owner of MeMe G's.
After an initial soft opening, the shop had to close down due to an overwhelming demand for their giant pastries.
"I walked out the front door to see the line going all the way down to Walgreens. I thought 'maybe we'll get a couple people' -- the door didn't close for about three-and-a-half hours," said Thibodeau.
The owners say they wanted to sprinkle something new into the community. At MeMe's doughnut shop, it all starts with a classic raised doughnut -- and from there, it's up to you.
"You have an array of toppings to select from, as well as frostings or fillings, if you prefer -- but it's totally up to the customer," said owner Cory Thibodeau.
The owners say the community has only seen a taste of what MeMe G's has to offer. And, when they reopen next week, they'll have some new ways to leave customers with a more fulfilling experience.
"Instead of having a round that just has the filling in the middle, we're filling the ring so you'll get filling all the way around. It's going to help speed up our production a little bit. You'll still get Boston cream or lemon filling, or whatever you want in there -- but it's going to be a little different," said Aimee Thibodeau.
Cory Thibodeau says that he opened the shop in memory of his mother, and he's excited to share his family recipe with the community.
"MeMe G was my mom -- Wanda Golding. When this place became open, we decided it was the right time to grab it and start with my mom's doughnuts to give her a little honor -- she passed away last summer," he said.
MeMe G's will reopen Wednesday, June 21.
For a complete schedule, visit memegs.com. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/old-town-doughnut-shop-offers-large-homemade-treats/article_a3ceea5a-0c88-11ee-8721-b73a94a0c7a5.html | 2023-06-16T22:45:45 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/old-town-doughnut-shop-offers-large-homemade-treats/article_a3ceea5a-0c88-11ee-8721-b73a94a0c7a5.html |
A woman in Central Texas learned a valuable lesson about rescuing injured animals from the side of the road.
A woman identified as Miss U told San Antonio Animal Care Services she spotted what she thought was an injured lemur on the side of the road and stopped to help the animal.
She wrapped the animal in a towel and put it in her car, planning to take it to a vet.
"While her intentions to help the animal were pure, the animal quickly became agitated," San Antonio Animal Care Services said in a post on Facebook.
With the animal frustrated, the woman stopped, got out of her car and called 311. San Antonio Animal Care Officer Centeno responded to her call for help and was able to remove the wild animal from the woman's vehicle.
Centeno said the animal was a ringtail and not a lemur. Ringtails are native to Texas and they belong to the family of coatimundis and raccoons, though they do look similar to a lemur, cat, or fox.
Ringtails are nocturnal and animal experts said spotting one is rare.
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Centeno took the injured ringtail to an animal ER before it was later transferred to Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation the next day.
"We love having animal lovers, like Miss U, in our community; however, we ask you to PLEASE report injured wildlife to 3-1-1 for the safety of all involved," San Antonio Animal Care said. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/womans-wild-animal-rescue-doesnt-go-as-planned/3277756/ | 2023-06-16T22:45:46 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/womans-wild-animal-rescue-doesnt-go-as-planned/3277756/ |
BELFAST -- Friday is National Fudge Day, and some Maine businesses are ready to serve up treats for those with a sweet tooth.
At Perry's Nut House in Belfast, workers have prepared a lineup of different fudges to take home. And, if you're not sure what to pick, you can try a free sample.
Perry's Nut House employees say all the fudge is made fresh on site.
"We have caramel sea salt, a butterscotch, chocolate, maple, fudge with walnuts," said Fox Buck, fudge counter employee at Perry's Nut House. "This is some of the best, this is a worldwide product."
Employees say the unique Maine fudges they offer can also make for a last-minute father's day gift.
For those looking to celebrate National Fudge Day year-round, Perry's Nut House is open every day from nine a.m. to six p.m. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/perrys-nut-house-employee-talks-national-fudge-day/article_b91051e0-0c8a-11ee-95d9-8ba8a8a2fddd.html | 2023-06-16T22:45:51 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/perrys-nut-house-employee-talks-national-fudge-day/article_b91051e0-0c8a-11ee-95d9-8ba8a8a2fddd.html |
BANGOR -- "Economic development, children's growth and economic growth."
Just some of the priorities Together Place Peer Run Recovery Center Executive Director Sean Faircloth has held high as he served the Bangor community.
"For me, the exciting, fun part was if you can say 'Oh, here's a policy idea that might work,' and change people's lives in a positive way," said Faircloth.
Holding high-ranking positions as Senator, City Councilor and Legislator for Bangor, Faircloth's always had a passion for making a difference for others.
"Community service whether you're in elected office or not in elected office, it's supposed to be service. It's more important to think of things that might benefit your community long-term," said Faircloth.
He did just that, opening the Maine Discovery Museum in 2001 and securing funding for The Together Place Peer Run Recovery Center in 2018.
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"He's been instrumental in pulling this neighborhood together to do some community events like cleaning the park and beautifying things. He's really been a leader and a good neighbor," said Boyd Kronholm, Executive Director for Bangor Area Homeless Shelter.
His successor, Abby D'Alessio, admits she has big shoes to fill.
"Sean has been a huge asset to individuals from a state level all the way down to our young children. Having the ability to be with Sean and watch the hard work that a lot of people don't see from the outside-in has been tremendous," said D'Alessio.
Does this look like the end of the road for Sean? Don't count him out just yet.
"I want to keep working on projects including here in Bangor for our community," said Faircloth. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/sean-faircloth-stepping-down-at-the-end-of-june/article_7ef517d8-0c86-11ee-ac37-672026c6d06a.html | 2023-06-16T22:45:58 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/sean-faircloth-stepping-down-at-the-end-of-june/article_7ef517d8-0c86-11ee-ac37-672026c6d06a.html |
Lumberjacks volleyball coach Ken Murphy has released the team's 2023 schedule, which contains 12 home matches, this week.
Northern Arizona will open the home slate with its annual Lumberjack Classic Sept. 7-9.
Before playing hosts to nonconference competition, including Arizona State University, Northern Arizona will be on the road for the first two weeks of the season, beginning with a tournament hosted by Tarleton State Aug. 25-26. Opponents will be announced at a later date.
After the opening weekend, Northern Arizona's next challenge will be at a tournament hosted by Jacksonville University Sept. 1-2. The Lumberjacks will open with the hosts on Sept. 1 and play The Citadel later that afternoon before closing with Florida A&M the following day.
Northern Arizona will welcome Arizona State, Stephen F. Austin and Boise State to town for the Lumberjack Classic. The tournament begins on the evening of Sept. 7 with a matchup between the Lumberjacks and Sun Devils.
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Following the Lumberjack Classic, Northern Arizona will host New Mexico on Sept. 13 and will play the Lobos in Albuquerque on Sept. 15 to conclude nonconference play.
The Big Sky stretch of the slate begins for Northern Arizona on Sept. 21 at Sacramento State -- the first of 16 conference matches. Northern Arizona will play each conference opponent at home and on the road, with the exceptions of Eastern Washington and Portland State.
Northern Arizona's Big Sky home opener is set for Sept. 23 against Idaho. After several conference matches, the Lumberjacks will wrap up the home portion of the schedule on Nov. 16 against the Weber State Wildcats and on Nov. 18 against the Idaho State Bengals for Senior Day.
At the end of the regular season, the top eight teams in the conference will qualify for the Big Sky tournament, which is scheduled to take place Nov. 22-25 in Greeley, Colorado.
Northern Colorado is the defending champion.
Murphy begins his 11th year at the helm in 2023 and is joined by eight returners and a class of six newcomers made up of three transfers and three true freshmen. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/nau-roundup-volleyball-announces-2023-schedule/article_18e14c38-0c67-11ee-b25b-5b10ef39e043.html | 2023-06-16T22:46:31 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/nau-roundup-volleyball-announces-2023-schedule/article_18e14c38-0c67-11ee-b25b-5b10ef39e043.html |
VALPARAISO — Valparaiso’s Hilltop House has added a bookmobile to travel with its mobile food pantry. As parents wait in line for food packages, children can pick out books and movies for themselves.
The bookmobile "is not a lending library,” said assistant director Stayce Christ.
“We want them to build their own libraries at home and learn to love books,” Christ said. "The bookmobile consists of donated items organized by category for easy selection. Common donors are parents and teachers."
Recently, Bailly Middle School in Gary donated a large quantity to the bookmobile, director of development Morgan Nagy said.
“If there is an overload of books, we’ll let families come and they’ll get extra from us or we might even donate them to other people," she said.
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Children are typically allowed to take five books and one DVD, Christ said, but the number of books per child might have to decrease to three so that there is enough for everyone that comes to the bookmobile.
“One of the things we’d really like to do going forward is have guest readers,” Christ said. “To read to the kids while their parents are in line for the food pantry.”
Hilltop House would also like book selection to include books to help parents read to their children.
“I know there’s some parents who might not feel confident to read with their kids,” Nagy said. “So we’d like to have books that help with that but also how to cope with their child’s emotions.”
The mobile food pantry serves 50 families, Christ said, and travels to Jamestown about once a month. The bookmobile and food pantry will also be in Valparaiso’s Popcorn Fest this September, Christ said. Dates haven’t yet been set for when the bookmobile will go out. Hilltop House partners with local churches, who will typically do food drives first, Christ said, to supply food for the mobile pantry.
The Hilltop House food pantry is open on Thursdays from 9-11:30 a.m. to take donations and pack up bags.
Donations are currently low, Christ said.
“Although we have a lot of wonderful donors, we’re seeing a downside to what we are getting,” she said.
Donations can be dropped off Monday through Friday, typically from noon to 6 p.m.
“You have to be a Valpo resident to use the facility, but we never turn anyone away hungry,” Christ said.
If people from outside the Valparaiso community come to the food pantry, they will receive food but also information about low-income food options in their own communities.
“I think it’s such a great addition to the community,” Nagy said. “I love how much we are able to help.” | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/valparaiso/hilltop-house-adds-bookmobile-to-travel-with-mobile-food-pantry/article_0c0ea292-0b92-11ee-8b93-3798691bf352.html | 2023-06-16T22:47:00 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/valparaiso/hilltop-house-adds-bookmobile-to-travel-with-mobile-food-pantry/article_0c0ea292-0b92-11ee-8b93-3798691bf352.html |
Congressional bill could fix workforce woes and federal funding for Mesa airport
New federal funding and programs are looking to address workforce issues and aging infrastructure that could hamper Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport’s growth.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday advanced the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, which includes aviation safety and infrastructure programs for the next five years.
U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., the only member of Arizona’s delegation on the committee, pushed for changes to the bill in an effort to help move forward projects and address priorities for the East Valley airport.
Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport has become a hub for economic development in metro Phoenix, bringing an estimated $1.8 billion to the Valley. The airport also saw double-digit passenger growth in 2022 with 1.8 million passengers compared with 1.1 million in 2021.
The changes to the bill include the expansion of yearly grant funds to the Airport Improvement Program, which will make $20 billion available over the next five years nationally.
To address a workforce shortage in the air traffic control tower, the bill would establish a pilot program to convert towers staffed by private companies to become staffed by the FAA. This part of the bill received support from Stanton’s Republican counterpart Rep. Andy Biggs.
The bill included other elements to improve air travel for people with disabilities and consumer protections. The bill, which passed the committee unanimously, heads to the House floor for a vote. A U.S. Senate companion bill is also making its way through that chamber. The bill would need to be signed by August to avoid funding disruptions.
Workforce woes in control tower
Gateway Airport dedicated a new air traffic control tower in August 2022, which was built with $10 million from a federal AIP grant. Keeping it fully staffed has been a struggle, leading the airport to reduce its operational hours by four hours to 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
“This shortage is affecting continuity of service at some of the busiest contract towers, including those that have a complex mix of aviation activity, including at the busiest contract tower in the nation, located at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in my state of Arizona,” Stanton said in a statement.
His amendment would establish a program to transfer contract towers to FAA-staffed towers and would allow current contract air traffic controllers to retain their positions at their current towers.
Because of the airport's scope of operations, airport spokesman Ryan Smith said the control tower should be an FAA tower, but no mechanism exists to allow the airport to make that change.
Stanton's amendment to the reauthorization bill would allow the tower to convert to FAA employees and solve the staffing shortages.
Smith said Gateway has complex air spaces and is the busiest contract tower in the nation, which makes it a great training ground for controllers looking to move up to become FAA employees.
“We lost a significant number of controllers last year. We basically get them trained up and immediately they’d get the letter from the FAA saying, ‘Hey, come work for us,’” Smith said. The FAA is also in the middle of a hiring blitz with plans to add 1,300 controllers this year and another 1,500 in 2024, he said.
During the off-hours, the control room sits empty at Gateway Airport. Smith said it’s not ideal to have planes land outside of operational hours but not uncommon. It’s important that the airport has the full capacity and coverage for an airport its size, he said.
Funding needed for runway construction
Updating aging runways at the airport is a key priority, Smith said. The airport has three 10,000-foot runways but the inside runway is older, and larger aircraft, like 747s, can’t land on it, he said.
Recently, the airport welcomed DVS, an international cargo service, to deliver regularly scheduled products to the Valley. At least once a week, a 747 plane lands at Gateway Airport to deliver 100 tons in “goods and products for the semiconductor industry,” Smith said.
The plane can land on the other runways, but the concern is without an updated runway, the airport could run into issues managing the anticipated growth.
“It’s time to redo that runway,” Smith said. He said those improvements are estimated to cost $40 million and would be funded with a combination of AIP grant funds, local airport funds and Arizona Department of Transportation funds.
The AIP is critical for the success of airports like Gateway, Smith said.
“Every dollar that we spend is supporting new jobs, new growth and new opportunities at the airport,” he said.
Reporter Maritza Dominguez covers Mesa/Gilbert and can be reached at maritza.dominguez@arizonarepublic.com or 480-271-0646. Follow her on Twitter @maritzacdom. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2023/06/16/staffing-issues-and-aging-infrastructure/70318961007/ | 2023-06-16T22:48:03 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2023/06/16/staffing-issues-and-aging-infrastructure/70318961007/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – What’s your nickname for Orlando International Airport?
Some people say OIA. Some people say MCO, which is the airport’s official code.
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But the airport wants to make sure you know — it’s MCO.
In fact, they tweeted about it recently.
It's #NationalHandwritingDay! ✍️ This day encourages us to put pen to paper (or chalk to board in this case), and write out our thoughts. To commemorate the day, here's an underrated, but valuable lesson: pic.twitter.com/vePjxeSh8R
— Orlando International Airport (@MCO) January 23, 2023
The airport’s MCO designation is rooted in its military past.
Orlando International Airport was originally a military base dating as far back as the 1940s when it was Pinecastle Army Airfield. In 1958 it was renamed McCoy Air Force Base after Colonel Michael McCoy, who was killed during a bombing competition.
The airport was designated MCO after the base name, and even though the military base closed in 1975, those letters haven’t changed. The airport became Orlando International in 1976.
If you ask people around Orlando though, the preference is divided, and if you Google “OIA,” the airport is the first thing to pop up, followed by Oia, a village in Greece, and the Outdoor Industry Association.
“OIA is a popular name,” said airport spokesperson Carolyn Fennell. “But there is already an airport that has that name in Brazil.”
Airport codes are designated by the International Air Transport Association, a trade group for the air travel industry that governs a number of airport policies. These location identifier codes are supposed to make communication easier for pilots, air traffic controllers and other parts of the travel industry.
Each three-letter designation is unique to the airport for convenience reasons.
In the case of “OIA,” it already stands for Ourilândia do Norte Airport – an airport in Brazil that is now closed.
“There are nearly 9,000 airport codes and to make a change would require a lot of coordination,” Fennell said.
Fennell said the airport has made MCO part of its marketing to get people to think of the airport by those letters.
So do you call the airport OIA or MCO?
You can listen to every episode of Florida’s Fourth Estate in the media player below: | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/16/heres-why-orlando-international-airport-goes-by-mco-not-oia/ | 2023-06-16T22:53:33 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/16/heres-why-orlando-international-airport-goes-by-mco-not-oia/ |
OCALA, Fla. – A 13-year-old girl in Ocala was trapped in her bed early Friday morning after a fallen tree pinned her down, according to Ocala Fire Rescue.
An incident report shows that crews responded to a home along Southeast 8th Street around 3:19 a.m. after receiving reports about the downed tree.
Upon arrival, crews found that the tree had caved in the roof and pinned the girl to her bed with one of its branches, the report states.
According to OFR, the girl was awake, complaining about pain in her leg and saying she had a hard time breathing. She was “suitably upset, but cooperative,” fire officials reported.
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Fire officials said a chainsaw was brought in to help cut off parts of the tree and free the girl, who was then taken to the hospital for treatment. The report says there was no apparent bleeding, however.
No information was provided on how the tree fell. The report states the tree is not expected to cause further damage.
Get today’s headlines in minutes with Your Florida Daily: | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/16/suitably-upset-ocala-teen-pinned-to-bed-by-fallen-tree-early-in-the-morning/ | 2023-06-16T22:53:40 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/16/suitably-upset-ocala-teen-pinned-to-bed-by-fallen-tree-early-in-the-morning/ |
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Volusia County deputies issued trespass notices to several islands near the Dunlawton Bridge in Port Orange on Friday, according to the sheriff’s office.
In a release, the sheriff’s office posted video showing deputies boating to the islands. The video also shows several illicit structures that people had built on the islands.
Today, deputies were happy to help out @PortOrange_PD, @South_DaytonaPD & @MyFWC in posting trespass notices on several islands near the Dunlawton Bridge. For everyone who enjoys the beauty of this area, this is one step toward bringing it back to nature. pic.twitter.com/OuXXPNp7VX
— Volusia Sheriff (@VolusiaSheriff) June 16, 2023
“It’s pretty impressive, honestly,” a member of law enforcement is heard saying in the video. “The number of structures has exponentially grown over the past few years.”
One of the structures shown was four stories tall, built into nearby trees using wooden planks.
Several of the other structures featured in the video included makeshift abodes, signs and even a trampoline.
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Police stapled trespass notices throughout the structures to let possible inhabitants know that they aren’t allowed to remain on the islands.
“For everyone who enjoys the beauty of this area, this is one step toward bringing it back to nature,” the sheriff’s office wrote.
No information was provided on whether the structures were still in use or who might have built them.
Get today’s headlines in minutes with Your Florida Daily: | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/16/volusia-deputies-issue-trespass-notices-on-islands-near-dunlawton-bridge/ | 2023-06-16T22:53:46 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/16/volusia-deputies-issue-trespass-notices-on-islands-near-dunlawton-bridge/ |
LANSING Mich. (WJRT) - Michigan's Attorney General Dana Nessel, has filed a complaint against Zimba Dairy, Inc. in Tuscola County for violations related to unlawful discharges into state waters.
The complaint alleges that Zimba Dairy has failed to obtain a mandated wastewater permit and has unlawfully impacted wetlands and inland streams with significant damaging effects.
AG Nessel's office states that Zimba Dairy has been accused of other illegal discharge actions. The complaint alleges Zimba Dairy polluted North Branch White Creek with runoff from unlawfully stockpiled agricultural waste. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy have documented other state water quality standards violations allegedly coming from Zimba's discharges near its production area.
Zimba is a concentrated animal feeding operation with three locations and more than 2,000 cattle, including around 1,600 dairy cows. AG Nessel's office adds that by law, Zimba must properly manage the waste it produces by confining the animals in the space it allocates. Instead, Nessel alleges that the farm has flaunted wastewater permitting rules and continues to pollute Michigan's water resources.
“My department is committed to protecting our lakes, rivers, and streams, as well as the animal life that depends on them,” Nessel said. “Large livestock operations need to adhere to Michigan’s water quality standards. If they place their bottom line ahead of the health and safety of Michigan’s residents, my office will hold them accountable.”
Zimba Diary has also installed culverts and placed fill material in more than 1,000 linear feet of wetlands and almost 200 linear feet of an inland stream without a permit, according to AG Nessel. Most installments are not entitled to a permit because there are alternatives to filing in and destroying these natural resources.
The state's complaint seeks civil penalties, attorney fees, the cessation of ongoing pollution, and an order that Zimba Dairy obtain the required permits. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/ag-dana-nessel-accuses-farm-in-tuscola-co-of-illegal-discharge-of-waste-into-state/article_936cfff2-0c7f-11ee-86f6-bf0d8a46ef36.html | 2023-06-16T22:58:54 | 0 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/ag-dana-nessel-accuses-farm-in-tuscola-co-of-illegal-discharge-of-waste-into-state/article_936cfff2-0c7f-11ee-86f6-bf0d8a46ef36.html |
FRANKENMUTH Mich. (WJRT) - Frankenmuth's Bavarian Inn Lodge is continuing to work on their $80 million construction project to make it Michigan's largest indoor water park.
Crews are lifting massive concrete columns, beams and planks into place for the fun center expansion.
The project will add around 20 new attractions such as water slides, a wave pool and an adult swim-up bar.
The expansion is expected to be complete next spring. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/bavarian-inn-lodge-continuing-their-80-million-construction-project/article_7e1cfc7e-0c89-11ee-9084-6f43e8a2d936.html | 2023-06-16T22:59:00 | 0 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/bavarian-inn-lodge-continuing-their-80-million-construction-project/article_7e1cfc7e-0c89-11ee-9084-6f43e8a2d936.html |
FLINT Mich. (WJRT) - The City of Flint is mourning the loss of the City's former Fire Chief, Samuel Dixon Jr., who recently passed away at the age of 95.
Following the holiday weekend, flags at Flint City Hall will be lowered to half-staff in his honor.
Current Flint Fire Chief Theron Wiggins said that Chief Dixon worked to grow the Fire Prevention Bureau and arson squads. He also played an important role in the diversification and inclusiveness of the Flint Fire Department. Dixon served as the City of Flint's first African American fire chief.
“Chief Dixon was instrumental in my life,” current Fire Chief Wiggins said. “I had only been a firefighter for a year when he became the fire chief, and that inspired me to see that we could go all the way to the top. He inspired us all to train and achieve higher goals within the fire service, and he will be missed by all of us who served with him.”
“When I was growing up in this community, Chief Dixon was a role model for me and for many other young men, especially African Americans,” Mayor Sheldon Neeley said. “He was a pillar of strength, and I can personally speak to his legacy and influence on young people. Chief Dixon also served for a time as the first African American appointed to the 6th Ward city council seat, and I am very proud to have followed in his footsteps as the first African American elected to the Flint City Council in the 6th Ward.” | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/city-of-flint-mourning-the-passing-of-their-former-fire-chief/article_2e3a46fc-0c85-11ee-8dc6-3fb6d57fcfd8.html | 2023-06-16T22:59:06 | 0 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/city-of-flint-mourning-the-passing-of-their-former-fire-chief/article_2e3a46fc-0c85-11ee-8dc6-3fb6d57fcfd8.html |
The Rousseau Centre will get a new look this year after trees are removed from the concrete planters that have been part of the building’s plaza since 1971.
The Allen County commissioner approved Friday a contract with architecture and engineering firm MartinRiley for planning work on the planter project. The engineering work will not exceed $86,000, but Vance Hernandez, director of facility maintenance, said construction work will likely cost between $1.2 million and $1.5 million.
The concrete planters along the north side of the building were emptied and waterproofed as part of a 2020 project to work on the roofing membrane that separates the plaza and offices in the basement of the Rousseau Centre, which is used by the county and city departments.
The trees and shrubbery in the concrete plants will be replaced with “low-maintenance landscaping.”
When Commissioner Therese Brown asked what plants are considered low maintenance, Hernandez was specific about one type that will not be going into the concrete planters once the work is completed.
“One thing we do not want to add are trees, which I’m sure there will be some disappointed people when we remove the trees, but the trees have overgrown” he said. “A lot of the trees are starting to die off.”
Hernandez said the trees are dying because their roots are compacted inside the concrete planters.
Brown asked whether the trees could be salvaged, such as by moving them to somewhere they’d have room to grow. Brown used Fox Island County Park, which lost thousands of trees in the 2022 derecho, as an example of a possible location.
Hernandez said that might be possible with the right equipment and resources. However, the tree removal and planter work will be complicated, partly because of the elevation of the concrete boxes that line the plaza’s perimeter.
Crews will also have to be careful with how they do the work because the plaza essentially serves as the roof for the offices below, Hernandez said.
The planters vary in height but stand at least 3 feet tall. Shrubbery surrounds the trees.
Hernandez said officials haven’t decided on what type of landscaping will be planted, but they’ll likely put in shrubbery that doesn’t require as much maintenance.
Commissioner Nelson Peters and Brown approved the request. Commissioner Rich Beck was absent.
If the county seeks bids for the construction contract in the fall, the new landscaping will likely be planted in the spring. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/allen-county-to-remove-trees-that-surround-downtown-rousseau-centre/article_d4ebffa0-0c7f-11ee-a4e7-1f912ba74096.html | 2023-06-16T23:01:09 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/allen-county-to-remove-trees-that-surround-downtown-rousseau-centre/article_d4ebffa0-0c7f-11ee-a4e7-1f912ba74096.html |
Foellinger Foundation on Friday launched the search for a new president and CEO, which it hopes to complete by fall.
“It has been an honor to serve Foellinger Foundation during this transitional period,” said a statement from David Bennett, who has served as the interim leader since October 2022. “The foundation has continued to grow and evolve in response to our community’s needs. We are excited to embark on this search to find the next executive who will carry forward our founders’ vision.”
The President and CEO Search Committee is chaired by Michael C. Moellering. Kittleman & Associates LLC was selected by the committee to conduct the search and to screen candidates.
The committee will review consultant recommendations, conduct candidate interviews and make a final recommendation to the foundation’s board of directors, a news release said.
“The foundation staff and board of directors are committed to operating under the Foellinger family’s values and principles: integrity, accountability, responsibility, and results,” Moellering said. “We look forward to identifying and welcoming our next leader, who will lead the organization under these principles, just as the leaders before have.”
In November 2019, Foellinger announced that longtime leader Cheryl Taylor would step down in May 2020 after three decades with the foundation, much of that time as president and CEO.
Ed Kominowski replaced Taylor in 2020 after a unanimous board vote.
No reason was given for his departure when the foundation announced in October 2022 that Bennett, a former executive director of the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne, had been chosen as Foellinger’s interim leader. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/foellinger-foundation-launches-search-for-new-executive/article_31e16c92-0c7e-11ee-88d2-03d2554c1c9d.html | 2023-06-16T23:01:15 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/foellinger-foundation-launches-search-for-new-executive/article_31e16c92-0c7e-11ee-88d2-03d2554c1c9d.html |
The Allen County prosecutor’s office has charged a man with a 2020 slaying for the second time.
Sedrick Allen Williams, 31, was first charged with the murder of Marlon Kimbrough in 2020, and the charges were dismissed in December at the prosecution’s request because of the unavailability of a witness. Kimbrough was found dead with gunshot wounds along the railroad tracks west of Meyer Road and Oxford Street on Jan. 6, 2020.
Williams was taken to the Indiana Department of Correction after the dismissal because of a parole violation in an unrelated case, according to a probable cause affidavit written by Detective Matthew Cline of the Fort Wayne Police Department.
An inmate at the Plainfield Correctional Facility told investigators this week that Williams said he killed Kimbrough because the man was assaulting him. The inmate provided details about the crime that corroborate evidence investigators have gathered, the affidavit said.
Kimbrough died of a gunshot to the back of the head and three to his neck, the Allen County coroner’s office said. Williams and Kimbrough were cellmates at the Miami Correctional Facility for four months in 2013 and 2014.
Evidence includes a photo of several people, including Williams and Kimbrough, at what appeared to be a party the day the man died. Williams’ vehicle was also found at a nearby apartment complex.
Williams was arrested after he was found to have the key fob to Kimbrough’s 2012 GMC Yukon during a traffic stop about a year after the slaying. Police also found a gun in Williams’ possession, but investigators were unable to determine if the projectile found in Kimbrough’s body could have been fired from the gun.
Swabs taken from inside Williams’ 2003 Chevrolet Impala showed that DNA found “had a high degree of statistical likelihood” of being Kimbrough’s.
Williams has also been charged with an enhancement for using a gun. If convicted of both charges, Williams faces up to 65 years in prison.
No court dates had been set as of Friday afternoon, according to online court records. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/man-charged-with-2020-murder-for-second-time/article_12dced28-0c8b-11ee-8ae2-7360b61fab0d.html | 2023-06-16T23:01:22 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/man-charged-with-2020-murder-for-second-time/article_12dced28-0c8b-11ee-8ae2-7360b61fab0d.html |
Fort Wayne/Allen County
A traffic signal debuted Friday at the intersection of East State Boulevard and Arrowwood Drive near Blackhawk Christian School.
The signal was put in flash mode Friday and is expected to be fully functional by Tuesday, a news release said.
The signal is expected to increase safety for students and serve nearby neighborhoods.
“This effort also complements safe routes to schools that the city has invested resources in that added sidewalks connecting Blackhawk Community, the Knolls, and Lake Forest neighborhoods with these schools,” a news release said. “More sidewalk connections are also being planned in this area.”
City shares safety tips for festival season
City officials shared Friday reminders of how to keep festival attendees safe during ongoing construction.
The sidewalk on the east side of Clinton Street is closed to pedestrians from Superior Street to the Headwaters Park Lincoln Pavilion.
People are asked not to walk or ride bicycles and other types of transportation through the closed traffic lanes on Clinton and Superior streets. The areas are active construction sites and are unsafe for any activity.
Free parking is available for most events at the North River side at Fourth and Calhoun streets. A shuttle service between North River and Headwaters Park will be available during high-traffic hours. The city recommended people interested in specific information about the shuttle service check in with the individual festivals.
Free parking is available at the railroad underpass just south of Superior Street after 5 p.m. on weeknights and weekends.
People can pay to park at the garage at Superior and Harrison streets.
Amani to host World Refugee Day celebration
Amani Family Services will host its annual World Refugee Day celebration from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Small Pavilion in Foster Park.
World Refugee Day is an international day to honor refugees for their courage and resiliency as they enter new communities. Since 2018, Amani Family Services has hosted a potluck celebration at Foster Park to recognize the unique multicultural community in Fort Wayne. This year, Stephanie Crandall, director of Intergovernmental Affairs for the city of Fort Wayne, will read a mayoral proclamation commemorating Immigrant Heritage Month and World Refugee Day on behalf of Mayor Tom Henry.
The event will also feature a cultural performance from the Amaneceres de Mexico dance group, a Zumba demonstration and a personal story from a local refugee. Supporters can participate in our celebration by bringing a potluck dish to the event.
I&M to assist in power restoration in south
Indiana Michigan Power is sending manpower south to restore utility service help after severe storms rampaged through Louisiana and Texas, the company said Friday.
I&M employees and contractors partner with AEP sister company, Southwestern Electric Power Co., in Louisiana.
As of 4 p.m. Friday, nearly 250,000 SWEPCO customers were without power.
More than 250 I&M employees and contractors will help, including line workers, damage assessors, forestry experts, safety professionals and a small management team.
Crews will travel over the Father’s Day weekend to receive assignments and begin 16-hour work days to help return a sense of normalcy to affected communities. Indiana Michigan Power employees will help place new power poles, string new power lines, and make repairs to restore power.
- The Journal Gazette | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/traffic-signal-near-blackhawk-christian-school-to-be-operational-tuesday/article_dcf456be-0ba5-11ee-9327-4b18e6ad1fc9.html | 2023-06-16T23:01:28 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/traffic-signal-near-blackhawk-christian-school-to-be-operational-tuesday/article_dcf456be-0ba5-11ee-9327-4b18e6ad1fc9.html |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Naples man claimed a $1 million prize from the Gold Rush Limited scratch-off game at the Florida Lottery’s headquarters in Tallahassee on Friday.
John Downey, 63, turned a $20 scratch-off ticket into a one-time lump-sum payment of $795,000. He purchased his winning ticket from Publix, located at 8833 Tamiami Trail North in the Pelican Bay area of Collier County. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — On Friday, employees of CBS 42 worked across Birmingham to volunteer as a part of parent company Nexstar Media Group’s “Founder’s Day of Caring.”
Volunteers served at several organizations across town: Mercy Deliverance Ministries, Assistance League of Birmingham, Jones Valley Teaching Farm and the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/cbs-42-serves-community-on-founders-day-of-caring/ | 2023-06-16T23:06:49 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/cbs-42-serves-community-on-founders-day-of-caring/ |
VESTAVIA, Ala. (WIAT) — A woman is in the hospital after driving off a cliff in Vestavia Hills Friday afternoon.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service was dispatched at 2:15 p.m. in response to a woman who drove off a cliff off the 800 block of Shades Crest Road in Vestavia Hills. According to Captain Orlando Reynolds of BFRS, the woman was found 17 feet at the bottom of the cliff.
The woman is currently being treated at UAB Hospital, where she is listed in stable condition. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/woman-survives-driving-car-off-cliff-in-vestavia-hills/ | 2023-06-16T23:06:55 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/woman-survives-driving-car-off-cliff-in-vestavia-hills/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A crash that was causing traffic to back up on Interstate 26 near Boones Creek has been cleared, according to TDOT.
TDOT reported a multi-vehicle crash on I-26 West at mile marker 16, just past the Boones Creek exit.
The crash caused traffic to back up for several miles before it was cleared by 5:50 p.m. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/crash-causing-delays-on-i-26-west-near-boones-creek/ | 2023-06-16T23:07:29 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/crash-causing-delays-on-i-26-west-near-boones-creek/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL)- Thursday night, the Johnson City Commission approved a 25-cent increase in property taxes. The raise will allocate three cents of that increase to Emergency Medical Services and 911 call centers.
Dan Wheeley, Chief of Washington County EMS, said the plan for the extra revenue is to help with payroll.
“That additional money is slated for raises for staff,” Wheeley said. “So we’ll be doing wage adjustments and raises, and that’s all driven by the need to just recruit and retain paramedics and EMTs. It’s a very competitive market; we have a great staff, and we want to keep them.”
Across the nation, there has been a shortage of Emergency Medical Technicians. Wheeley hopes that the additional revenue towards payroll will help with retaining his staff.
“We spend a lot of money and time and energy training these people up, they provide a great service to the community, and we just want to keep them here” said Wheeley.
The requested amount for the Washington County EMS was an additional $400,000 that will go straight to payroll. Wheeley said he is grateful for the support he has received.
“We appreciate the support of our Board of Commission, the city commission, the county commission that is a funding body for us and provides. Being able to provide this additional funding so we can make sure we continue to provide the great services that we do,” said Wheeley.
Washington County is scheduled to vote on its budget Thursday. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-tax-revenue-set-to-aid-ems-payroll/ | 2023-06-16T23:07:35 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-tax-revenue-set-to-aid-ems-payroll/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — News Channel 11 spent its annual Founder’s Day of Caring volunteering at Girls Inc. of Johnson City on Friday.
Founder’s Day is when members of the WJHL team take time to give back to the community.
This year, the station painted picnic tables and did some landscaping for the non-profit organization.
Girls Inc. leaders say this provides an example for their girls in the summer program.
“So it’s a mentoring lesson even though they probably don’t even realize it,” said Girls Inc. of Johnson City President and CEO Nikki Hughes. “They see others giving to us, so that helps them in turn give back to their communities.”
Hughes says community service is an important aspect of Girls Inc., saying it empowers the girls to be successful.
Acts of community service are important to Girls Inc. as a non-profit with a fixed budget.
“So we solely depend on volunteers from our community to come up and help us do the things that you all are doing today,” said Hughes. “Because without you all, it probably wouldn’t get done.”
News Channel 11 Vice President and General Manager Paula Jackson was out pulling weeds, painting picnic tables, and laying down mulch alongside other members of the WJHL team.
She says Founder’s Day is just another way the station gives back to the community.
“And we do give back to our communities with our news,” said Jackson. “We give back to our communities with our time. And the communities that we live, work, and serve in is what it’s all about. Taking care of those communities and giving back.”
Girls Inc. officials say they are appreciative of the volunteer work done by WJHL, but the group is in need of help all year round.
To find out how you can help out Girls Inc. of Johnson City, follow this link to their website. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/news-channel-11-supports-girls-inc-for-nexstar-founders-day-of-caring/ | 2023-06-16T23:07:41 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/news-channel-11-supports-girls-inc-for-nexstar-founders-day-of-caring/ |
MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – U.S. Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) took questions from the public during a town hall in Mountain City Friday evening.
Community members asked questions and expressed concerns about several key issues in Washington D.C.
A key topic for the audience was the federal debt ceiling. Earlier in June, a bill was passed that raised the debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion.
Harshbarger voted against this debt ceiling package and said that more federal cuts were needed to help benefit residents in our area.
“We did not cut spending like the first debt ceiling bill we sent over,” Harsbarger said.
However, Harshbarger assured the audience that she was going to continue to fight to cut more and reduce spending. She said that during the appropriations process over the course of the year is where she expects cuts to be made.
“We’ve got this year to do that, and we’re going to hold our feet to the fire,” Harshbarger said.
Another key topic during the town hall was the 2nd Amendment.
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee called an August special session to address public safety. Lee wants state lawmakers to pass a bill that keeps guns away from people deemed a threat to themselves and others.
Lee isn’t calling the possible legislation a red flag law, but Harshbarger said that she has spoken with local sheriffs and law enforcement and condemns red flag laws.
“If red flag law legislation passes, anybody can say that you were unfit to own a weapon, to carry a weapon, and they can come and do an evaluation and probably take that weapon,” Harshbarger said.
Harshbarger also reacted to former President Donald Trump’s historic indictment. He appeared in court earlier this week and pleaded not guilty to allegations that he mishandled National Security secrets.
The congresswoman joined several of her Republican colleagues in saying the Department of Justice is interfering with the upcoming presidential election.
“You don’t have to look any further than what they’ve done to the man the whole time he was president,” Harshbarger said. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/rep-harshbarger-fields-questions-in-town-hall-event/ | 2023-06-16T23:07:47 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/rep-harshbarger-fields-questions-in-town-hall-event/ |
CLEARWATER, Fla. — As thunderstorms rolled into the Tampa Bay area Friday evening, a waterspout that popped up at Clearwater Beach sent two people to the hospital.
The 63-year-old man and a woman said to be in her 60s were taken to Morton Plant Hospital as a precaution with very minor injuries, police said. The couple was at Barefoot Beach House restaurant when some rough weather rolled through, authorities reported.
Following the incident, police were checking the area and conducting interviews.
Red flags flew high along Clearwater Beach Friday to advise beachgoers of strong and frequent rip currents. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/2-hurt-small-waterspout-clearwater-beach/67-3f061f35-4776-4248-9ed5-dd77487b02e2 | 2023-06-16T23:08:50 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/2-hurt-small-waterspout-clearwater-beach/67-3f061f35-4776-4248-9ed5-dd77487b02e2 |
BRADENTON, Fla. — The county-owned John Marble Park in Bradenton is getting a major facelift. The closure of the park in May has been a temporary inconvenience to families who visit the park and live nearby. However, county leaders have said the improvements will enhance the quality of life and property value in the area.
Demolition crews have been tearing down old structures on the park which is located right off State Road 70.
When the 7-acre park is completed in just under two years county leaders hope it would help bring some revitalization to the community.
"That old Butler building, it was an eyesore and I was glad to see it go down," Rod White, a neighbor who has lived in the area for more than 20 years, said.
New structures coming soon to the recreational park include a double gymnasium with courts for sports like basketball, and volleyball as well as a fitness center. Along with an upgraded swimming pool, there would be a 4,000-square-foot splash pad, picnic pavilion, and other amenities. The county is investing nearly $19 million.
"Oh my God, I am so excited,' Nairobi Soriano, a neighbor and mom of 5, said. "I will like to enjoy that park, and I will and I'm excited about it."
"There are a lot of kids there you know, especially during your football season all out in the grounds there practicing for football," White added.
County leaders say the improvement to the six-decades-old park was long overdue.
"District 2 really has been an underserved part of the community," Amanda Ballard, County Commissioner District 2 said. "We really are lacking in a lot of community centers at things places for kids can go in and really spend that time and enjoy themselves be outside."
Ballard said more infrastructural improvements and additions are needed to support the area.
"Something that we're working on balancing on the commission is improving the utilities, improving the traffic, improving the infrastructure so that as we grow people's quality of life just gets better and better," Ballard said.
The facility will be able to accommodate more than 300 children for camping programs
"This is a very quiet community around here and something like this is needed for the kids," White said.
"I'm really happy because I thought they were going to remodel and remove it so I'm happy now they going to remodel and make it bigger," Soriano said.
The renovations at John Marble Park are being funded with infrastructure sales tax and impact fees, according to county officials.
The plan is to complete the park and re-open it by the fall of next year or in early spring of 2025. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/marble-park-bradenton-upgrades/67-8e396d14-3b19-4eae-96dd-605d557ccb94 | 2023-06-16T23:08:52 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/marble-park-bradenton-upgrades/67-8e396d14-3b19-4eae-96dd-605d557ccb94 |
SARASOTA, Fla. — Before signing a $116.5 billion record state budget this week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis slashed $510 million in proposed spending within the legislature’s bill.
“Quite a contrast between how Florida handles its budget and some other states handle their budget,” DeSantis quipped during a press conference this week, as he discussed the state’s positive finances.
$510 million is modest veto amount from the governor compared to years past, but among the list of projects cut, nine were directly in the Sarasota County area:
- University of South Florida - Sarasota-Manatee Campus Academic STEM Nursing Facility - $20,000,000
- Sarasota Academy of the Arts - Campus Expansion Project - $600,000
- Education Foundation of Sarasota County HUB facility - $1,500,000
- Sarasota County - Alligator Creek Aerial Pipe Crossing Replacement Project - $1,000,000
- Sarasota Whitaker & Hudson Bayous Water Quality Project -$800,000
- Sarasota Bobby Jones Nature Park - $250,000
- Grants And Aids To Local Governments And Nonstate Entities - Fixed Capital Outlay - Sarasota County Midnight Pass Reopening Project - $1,000,000
- Fruitville Road Capacity Improvement Project - Sarasota -$4,000,000
- Venice Fire Station #2 Relocation Project (Design) - $500,000
Most were backed by Sen. Joe Gruters (R-Sarasota). Gruters, the former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida is also the only Republican state lawmaker thus far to endorse the former president for president in 2024, at least 99 other state lawmakers have endorsed DeSantis.
In a statement to 10 Tampa Bay, Gruters says the governor is upset he endorsed Trump, "so he took it out on the people of Sarasota County."
"Simply because I support his political opponent, the governor chose to punish ordinary Floridians who want better water quality, less traffic congestion and increased resources for disabled children to find gainful employment," Gruters added.
The governor’s office pushed back on those accusations Friday, telling 10 Tampa Bay, Gruters is the one playing politics.
"Turning conservative governance and fiscal responsibility into a political statement is absurd," his office said in a statement.
Adding, the governor signed off on more than $125 million for Sarasota County including $25 million for New College of Florida, a public school he overhauled in recent weeks.
“I think you’re going to see parents all over the country want to send their kids to New College very, very soon,” DeSantis said at the budget signing press conference. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/sarasota-gop-senator-blasts-desantis-vetoes/67-4f3aabaa-c9ba-46b3-bf09-6881092664ca | 2023-06-16T23:08:52 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/sarasota-gop-senator-blasts-desantis-vetoes/67-4f3aabaa-c9ba-46b3-bf09-6881092664ca |
GRAY, Ga. — Ruth Hayes was born on April 5, 1929 in New Jersey. Hayes says both of her parents were house workers and moved around often.
"Sometimes, I would stay with my uncle, but it was up to me. Basically, I did what I wanted to do," Hayes said.
Hayes described her life as special. She had two kids by the time she was 15, was married twice, and dropped out of high school.
Her life didn't take the traditional route.
"I went to a beautician, then I went back and got my high school degree and then I went to college to get my undergraduate so me and my kids could go together and finish school," Hayes said.
Hayes found the motivation to continue with her education and got her graduate and doctorate in education. Her teaching career took off when she was almost 40, teaching seventh and eighth grade for 30 years.
20 years ago, Hayes moved to Jones County and started volunteering at an adult night class. But one year ago, she decided to tell everyone her story in her autobiography 'If I Can, You Can.'
"It's about if you can do something, whatever you want to do. If I can do it, and I didn't have a home and I lived with other people," Hayes said.
Evelyn Hill met Hayes ten years ago when she was looking for volunteers to help with the adult night class that she was teaching. She thought Hayes writing an autobiography was a good idea.
"At her age to write a book and just being around her and knowing her history, it was exciting to see that she wanted to share how she came up," Hill said.
At 94-years-old, Hayes says "All through my life God was there. All through my life God is there," and she never felt the urge to quit.
She hopes to write another book again in the future.
You can buy the book online at Target, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/94-year-old-woman-writes-first-autobiography/93-bc509c7e-1a62-496d-aca3-c33e19680e8b | 2023-06-16T23:10:48 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/94-year-old-woman-writes-first-autobiography/93-bc509c7e-1a62-496d-aca3-c33e19680e8b |
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A panel charged with tackling issues of racism and equity tabled discussion Thursday on a Kenosha County Board-approved resolution that declared racism a public health crisis and its need to work to halt racial disparities in the county.
During a meeting of the Racial and Ethnic Equity Commission, dozens of residents concerned over why the panel would revisit the issue — or even possibly recommend that the board rescind it — showed up. The item was tabled as some members said they needed more information, including data and other supporting documentation for the resolution, which the board passed in August 2020.
Supervisor Brian Thomas, one of two County Board members on the commission, said the resolution’s appearance came following a conversation with another commissioner last month.
“I thought it might be helpful if the new commissioners had some documentation from the county executive – that would be the previous county executive – and previous elected County Board on any data or documentation or any other information that led them to the resolution,” he said.
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The majority of members are new to the commission following appointments and confirmations earlier this spring after three members quit. Last year, two other members also left the panel, including the chair of the group. Last month, the body elected new members Xavier Solis and Brian Gonzales, as chair and vice-chair, respectively.
Additional information, ‘better direction’
Thomas said he thought the additional information would give the commission “a better direction” on the original intent for the resolution. Thomas was not on the County Board in 2020.
Thomas said he couldn’t find other background information on how the resolution came about. He added he would like to know in order to better understand how it relates to the commission’s purview on topics for which it has been asked to explore in terms of equity – law enforcement, housing, education and health care.
“I appreciate all the comments that everybody shared with us tonight, but there was no attempt to discredit or disclaim any of the facts that you all expressed or personal opinions that you shared,” he said. “So, there was some misunderstanding in how it was presented (on) the agenda. That certainly wasn’t the intent.”
The commission is expected to ask the county executive’s office for the documentation with a discussion to take place at its July 20 meeting.
Prior to tabling the issue, more than a dozen residents spoke out, including some who questioned what the intent was in revisiting the resolution, which was part of the basis for the commission’s creation two years ago.
In line or resign
Gayle Clark-Taylor said she was “thrilled” to see the commission included in the discussion of racism’s public health crisis, an idea she had suggested the commission unite behind.
‘“Everyone should be on the same page and so if anyone is not on the same page, does not believe the truth of the statement, you shouldn’t go looking at stats,” she said. “You should resign from this commission.”
She said the resolution was the “basis for all the work that this commission will be doing.”
She called the placing of the issue on the agenda an “underground offense”, one meant to “hamstring the commission so they cannot do effective work,” and eventually get rid of it.”
Juan Torres, a teacher and former Kenosha Unified School Board member, told the commission “it’s not right to say there is no racism.”
“That’s like me saying, I eat three meals a day, 365 days a year and there’s no hungry children in Kenosha,” he said. “I’m a teacher and I know there are hungry children in Kenosha.”
According to Veronica King, Kenosha NAACP executive officer, should the county somehow rescind its stance over public health crises of racism, it could jeopardize federal funding, including the county’s disproportionate minority confinement grant issued by the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention. The county, she said, is also looking to increase its hiring of minorities in law enforcement.
“OK, how are we going to attract minority law enforcement officers to this community, if we’re saying racism isn’t a public health issue?” she said. “So, it’s OK to be some ignorant, but let’s not be plumb ignorant and make such a foolish decision.”
Sarah Kirby said that as a white woman she had suffered severe pregnancy complications, but was fortunate to have “good insurance and access to high-quality health care.” Citing the Wisconsin Department of Health Services statistics, pregnancy related death rates for Black women are five times higher than that of white mothers.
“The infant mortality rate for Black babies in Wisconsin is the highest in the nation and consistently increased every year since 2011,” she said.
She added that since the county’s resolution was passed, measures have yet to be taken to address the disparity.
Jennie Tunkieicz, retired chief of staff for former County Executive Jim Kreuser, called on commissioners to be aware that maternal and infant mortality are not just crises nationwide, but in Kenosha County, as well. She cited the recent death of Olympic medalist Tori Bowie, who was eight months pregnant at the time. Multiple medical accounts indicate the cause was due to complications from childbirth. Reports pointed to eclampsia, a condition marked by spikes in blood pressure and seizures in late pregnancies, along with respiratory distress.
“Those issues disproportionately impact women of color in our nation and the racism-as-a-public health crisis resolution is one that just helps everyone draw attention to the fact that we need to examine all of the systems that contribute to the health and well being of our citizens,” she said.
GRE award
During the meeting, Tunkieicz’s name was also on the agenda as the commission was set to discuss the Gender and Racial Equity award named in her honor. Adelene Greene, who retired as director of the county’s workforce development division in 2016, was the first to be honored when she received the award last year.
The award was discussed as the commission sought clarity on a nomination and selection process, which could begin this month and continue into July before a final selection is made in August. More than once, Solis also mentioned that the commission could look into renaming the award, which drew several audible complaints from people in the audience. He said that he was giving the commission information that was provided to him.
Supervisor Andy Berg said he could not support a renaming of the award as it was just established a year ago and would be disingenuous to the person for whom it was named “and what she did for this community and this county.”
Tunkieicz was Kenosha County’s first female chief of staff, the highest-ranking, non-elected administration position. She served for Kreuser who retired last year after 14 years in office.
In other business, the commission discussed holding some of its regular meetings at the Kenosha County Center, with the first expected to take place in September. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/government-politics/racism-equity-public-health-crisis/article_33a051cc-0c03-11ee-a42d-470599dcc2a1.html | 2023-06-16T23:15:32 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/government-politics/racism-equity-public-health-crisis/article_33a051cc-0c03-11ee-a42d-470599dcc2a1.html |
PEKIN — A man and a woman from Pekin have been identified as the victims in a fatal scooter crash on Thursday morning in Pekin.
Authorities were alerted at around 1:42 a.m. that a motorized scooter with a passenger had been struck by a vehicle in the 100 block of Caroline Street, according to a news release from the Tazewell County Coroner's Office.
The passenger, 35-year-old Christina Kolesar, of Pekin, died at 3:30 a.m. Thursday from "multiple blunt force injuries" sustained in the crash, according to the news release. Toxicology testing is pending.
The operator of the scooter, 47-year-old Justin Barnhart, of Pekin, was transported to OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, where he was pronounced deceased at 3:21 a.m. Thursday, the Peoria County Coroner's Office stated on its Facebook page. The coroner said Barnhart "suffered multiple blunt force trauma injuries."
The coroner also said "due to the nature of the incident, this case is being investigated as a homicide."
The incident remains under investigation by the Pekin Police Department, Illinois State Police, Tazewell County Coroner's Office and Peoria County Coroner's Office.
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John Adams of Knox News highlights 2023 Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame induction class
John Adams, who has been a sports writer and columnist for Knox News since 1987, highlights the 2023 class for the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame.
Adams will be one of 10 inducted during the 42nd annual event on Aug. 31 at the Knoxville Convention Center.
Former Tennessee basketball player Grant Williams of the NBA's Boston Celtics is the guest speaker. Reception starts at 5 p.m. and program starts at 6:30.
Limited seating available. Tickets are $200 or you can purchase a table of 10 for $2,000. All ticket and auction proceeds benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley, which serves over 7,200 youth and teens at 22 Club locations in Knox, Blount, Loudon, Anderson, and Claiborne counties.
Visit www.gkshof.org for tickets.
Here is who will be inducted along with Adams:
John Adams
Adams has been named the state of Tennessee's sports columnist of the year and sportswriter of the year eight times. He also earned sportswriter of the year awards in Mississippi and Louisiana.
Adams has been inducted into the Tennessee Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame and East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame.
When combining all the positions Adams has held, he has been writing sports opinion pieces for 50 years.
Billy Arbo
Former Tennessee wide receiver Billy Arbo played for the Vols from 1976-78, playing 33 games with 664 receiving yards and three touchdowns in his career. He was a star player for Webb School.
Arbo eventually became the lead pastor at First Baptist Church in Jacksboro. At the church, he focuses on providing beds to children for families who may not be able to afford them. He has also served nine years worth of missionary trips in the southernmost part of Brazil.
Sarah Fekete Bailey
Sarah Fekete Bailey played a significant role in guiding Tennessee softball to its first two College World Series appearances in 2005 and 2006.
She played in 280 games with a .389 batting average and 85 stolen bases for the Lady Vols. In April of 2022, she became one of two Lady Vols to have their number retired by UT softball.
She has been a successful softball coach at Alcoa and also serves as an assistant principal.
Todd Burgan
Todd Burgan is a six-time Tennessee Golf Association champion and was the 2011 Player of the Year. He has five individual titles, four runner-up finishes and 19 finishes in the top five at the state level.
Burgan also played for the Vols from 1989-91 and was part of the 1990 SEC champion team.
Larry Cox
Larry Cox has been a coveted member of the Knoxville community for years and was city councilman from 1984-2003.
Cox also has been active within the sports community in his role with the Knoxville Falcons Youth Sports organization.
Nikki Caldwell Fargas
Nikki Caldwell Fargas' hometown roots run deep in the Knoxville area from growing up in Oak Ridge to playing basketball under legendary coach Pat Summit from 1990-94 at Tennessee.
Fargas racked up 128 3-point field goals made despite sustaining injuries for portions of two seasons over her career. She later became an assistant coach at Tennessee and Virginia before beginning her head coaching career at UCLA and most recently LSU from 2011-21.
In 2021, she was named as president of the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces.
John Fritts
John Fritts was part of the Tennessee men's tennis team from 1995-98 and played No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles in the lineup while the team was ranked in the Top 25 for three of those years.
After coaching many tennis prospects after college, he began working in insurance in 2003 but continued to participate in competitive tennis.
Gerald Hodges
Gerald Hodges has served as a sports official since 1967, working his way up from high school sports to becoming an SEC video replay official.
Since 1989, Hodges has worked as an SEC official with 17 years of experience on the field and 17 years replay. He has participated in a number of bowl games and completed his career with the SEC in 2022.
Bill Parker
Bill Parker has been connected to high school cross country and tracj for many years as well as working in the Knoxville education system.
He produced 16 consecutive girls KIL Championships and 16 boys KIL Championships in 17 years. Farragut named the track in his honor.
Julia Stowers Dilworth
Julia Stowers Dilworth won a gold medal in the 2000 Olympics as a member in the preliminary heats for the 4x200-meter relay for the United States.
Stowers was a state champion at West and later swam for Tennessee. She continued her All-American career at Tennessee.
She works as an attorney but still has ties to swim as a volunteer assistant coach at Delta State in Cleveland, Mississippi.
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Interior secretary visits Old Slater Mill to highlight creation of national historical park
PAWTUCKET – Two years ago, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland established the boundaries of Rhode Island’s first national historical park. On Friday, she got to see the Blackstone Valley National Historical Park in person.
Accompanied by Gov. Dan McKee, Rhode Island’s congressional delegation and other elected officials, Haaland toured Old Slater Mill, considered the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in America.
“This is sort of the Haaland park,” U.S. Sen Jack Reed joked, referring to the role she played in creating the park. “You put us on the map.”
Haaland was in Rhode Island to cap off a multi-day visit that started in Massachusetts and was aimed at highlighting federal infrastructure investments in land and water resources. She met with leaders of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the Narragansett Indian Tribe to talk about climate change, offshore wind and other issues.
After visiting with Native leaders Friday morning with U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, she came north to Pawtucket to the national historical park, which is made up of four sites along the Blackstone River in Rhode Island and two in Massachusetts.
“Together we can achieve more, tackle bigger challenges and ensure the health and well-being of communities is at the center of everything we do,” Haaland said.
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The park is located within the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, which runs from Worcester to Providence and was established in 1986. The idea for the park was hatched in 2003 as part of an effort to better protect the cultural sites along the river and to help tell the story of industrialization.
President Barack Obama signed legislation establishing the park in 2015. The plans came to fruition in 2021 when the National Park Service acquired Old Slater Mill, which when completed in 1793 on the banks of the Blackstone River became the nation’s first successful water-powered spinning mill.
The Park Service also took over associated buildings on the site as well as an 85-acre conservation easement for Blackstone River State Park in Lincoln.
The national historical park also includes the mill villages of Ashton, Slatersville, Whitinsville and Hopedale.
The creation of the park never would have happened without federal support, said McKee. Funding didn’t come just for the park itself but also for the decades-long cleanup of the Blackstone River, which was once heavily polluted by the factories along its banks but has since been restored to health.
“This river has experienced a remarkable and sustained turnaround,” the governor said.
When she was appointed in 2021, Haaland, a congresswoman from New Mexico and a member of the Laguna Pueblo Tribe, made history as the first Native American to lead a cabinet agency. One of the Interior Department’s key responsibilities is the welfare of Native people.
At the end of her remarks at Old Slater Mill, Haaland was asked about the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a 1978 law that aims to keep Native American adoptees with their tribes. She applauded the ruling, and talked generally about more recent efforts to preserve Native history after generations of persecution.
“We’ll continue our work to ensure tribes have a voice in all the decision-making in our government,” she said.
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Providence City Council passes first residential tax hike in a decade. Here’s what to know.
Certain councilors are frustrated that as the city looks to hike taxes, PILOT agreements with large nonprofits aren't yet nailed down.
The Providence City Council on Friday passed the city's first residential tax increase in a decade as part of Mayor Brett Smiley's budget.
The budget, which will need one more sign off from the council before heading to the mayor's desk, was recently amended in an effort to soften the blow of higher taxes on homeowners. Now, the residential rate would rise to $18.35 per $1,000 of property value -- a 55-cent boost over last year. Homeowners will also be faced with another hit: a 5% decrease in the homestead exemption, down to 43%. That's still larger that Smiley's initial 40% proposal, giving residents a slightly bigger break.
Meanwhile the commercial rate, under the amended budget, would be cut to $35.10 -- a 30-cent decrease from the current level and another change Council President Rachel Miller sought to temper with her edits.
"We are looking at a structural deficit in the city," Miller said after the vote. "This is the last year that we will have American Rescue Plan federal dollars as a revenue recovery piece in our budget, so really we are trying to balance quality service with affordability, and in doing so, realized a $4.1 million savings for residents."
Miller said it's time for "a deep dive on our tax structure and think about how equity and affordability are part of the structure or not." The council will be convening a commission in September to undertake that mission.
More:Breaking down Mayor Smiley's first Providence budget: Tax hikes, city spending and more
Frustration boils over unsettled PILOT agreements: 'Drop in the bucket'
The changes did not go without criticism. Councilman John Goncalves, who voted against the levy, called the taxes "unfortunate for the people we represent" and felt that it would have been more ideal if payments in lieu of taxes -- or PILOT agreements -- had already been worked out with the city's hospitals and higher education institutions. Instead, they have not yet been settled, resulting in a placeholder of $7.1 million being placed in the budget until agreements are reached later this year.
"I stand with the people I represent and the hard-working residents all across our city who are struggling to get by at a time of high inflation," Goncalves said. "I will not leave Providence homeowners holding the bag."
Councilman Justin Roias shamed nonprofits for not paying more, calling the placeholder amount "a drop in the bucket."
In a message to those institutions, Roias said: "Your jig is up … you need to start paying more."
Still, the budget passed with a nearly unanimous vote. Goncalves was the only councilor to reject it, while Councilwoman Jo-Ann Ryan was absent as was Councilwoman Helen Anthony as she continues her recovery in California from being hit by an ATV while hiking. (Anthony sustained serious injuries and was in intensive care in Salinas as of an update this week.)
More:Council president moves to counter Mayor Smiley's tax hike. Here's what she proposes
One more amendment: Added funding for traffic safety
In addition to Miller's amendments proposed earlier this month, the council passed an amendment to use 75% of revenue generated by school zone speed cameras -- if funds generated by PILOT agreements surpass $7.1 million. That would be a major increase from the 35% that had been proposed. The change was made due to testimony from Liza Burkin of the Providence Streets Coalition, a local group that advocates for pedestrian safety and shared streets.
"The goal should be identifying the areas where we need a speeding camera, and then eliminating the problem with traffic calming measures," Miller said. She added that "because of other revenue problems" the boosted funding for traffic safety was made conditional on the city receiving more in PILOT agreements. | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/06/16/providence-property-tax-rate-going-up-as-mayor-smileys-budget-gets-first-pass/70329709007/ | 2023-06-16T23:27:59 | 0 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/06/16/providence-property-tax-rate-going-up-as-mayor-smileys-budget-gets-first-pass/70329709007/ |
After outcry over forced lease terminations, displaced Community within the Corridor residents get 2-week reprieve
Residents forced to evacuate from the Community within the Corridor affordable housing building three months ago because of dangerous fumes now have three additional weeks to find new housing.
The CWC owners backtracked on their original timeline Thursday, one day after resident Tiffany Bowen filed a class action lawsuit against the developers.
The change came after CWC hosted a meeting with residents on Wednesday night. Under the original timeline, residents had until today to sign the agreement and June 27 to leave. Now, they have until June 23 to sign and July 14 to vacate. CWC officials confirmed the change Friday.
Under the lease termination contract provided to residents, tenants would receive $5,000 in compensation in exchange for an agreement to not sue the developers in the future.
Residents were informed of the move-out date June 8 after a flurry of updates from the state and city to the roughly 150 residents who were displaced on March 25 due to TCE, a carcinogen, being at the site. The lawsuit, according to Bowen, stems in part from receiving only two weeks to move out.
“I’m doing this because I think my rights have been violated,” Bowen told the Journal Sentinel. “We’re suing because they only gave us two weeks to move out and they gave us seven days to sign these lease terminations.”
The lawsuit and voluntary termination agreements came after state officials informed residents it would not be safe to return until January.
While CWC blames this update from the state for the voluntary terminations, the state has made clear that January has always been the earliest time when residents could move in due to a winter testing requirement that is “industry standard” for the remediation of TCE.
Some residents were moved into CWC apartments as early as October, months before the necessary testing was performed and the results of which led to the March evacuation.
Residents who attended Wednesday's CWC meeting in hopes of answers instead many left crying
Wednesday night’s meeting between residents and CWC was the first since the voluntary terminations were sent to residents.
In videos of the meeting obtained by the Journal Sentinel, Roers Company Regional Manager Conyunn West tells residents that they have until June 27 to clear out, calling it a “hard deadline.”
“Whether you sign the lease termination or not the 27th is the hard stop,” West is heard saying. “Signing the termination is totally up to you, and I can’t speak to why you wouldn’t sign the release but that is up to the individual.”
Residents responded in frustration that they only had two weeks to leave and find a new place to live. Most residents need often difficult-to-find affordable housing units. Under these circumstances, most residents say, it will be impossible to find housing.
“You get to go home with your outfit but we can’t even get our clothes from the building,” one resident is heard saying. “You’re giving us two weeks to leave and asking us to not be angry. That’s wrong on so many levels. You don’t have to deal with this, you get to go home and we have to deal with this.”
According to resident Breana Weakley, West also told residents that if they just made more money they would not need help moving out of their apartments.
Residents walked out of the meeting expressing frustration over the “lack of information.”
“They just kept saying the same thing to us,” Weakley said. “They never have anything to tell us at these meetings. It’s just not fair…they don’t care about us they never have.”
Some residents have signed the voluntary terminations saying that they feel as though they have "no choice."
"I just have nowhere to go, and I feel like I do not have any choice but get the money and move on," resident Matrix Martinez said. "I do not have the time to get involved in a lawsuit."
Others, like Weakley, plan on participating in the lawsuit.
"I lost my job because I kept having to move around because of these people," Weakley told the Journal Sentinel. "I am going to be homeless after they kick us out because finding an affordable housing unit in such a short time is impossible." | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2023/06/16/community-within-the-corridor-tenants-get-2-week-reprieve-on-vacating/70330811007/ | 2023-06-16T23:28:21 | 1 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2023/06/16/community-within-the-corridor-tenants-get-2-week-reprieve-on-vacating/70330811007/ |
Former-hotel-turned-shelter gets $750K in federal money to fix roof, transport residents
The New Castle County Hope Center is getting $750,000 in federal money to go toward capital improvements and transportation costs, with more money expected to come later this year.
U.S. Sens. Tom Carper and Chris Coons, U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester and County Executive Matt Meyer gathered in the Hope Center on Friday morning to announce the federal dollars that will go toward the building's roof repairs and support its transportation services.
The Hope Center operates a shuttle system seven days a week from its location off Airport Road near New Castle to the Prices Corner bus stop every half-hour during the week and every hour on weekends. They also received a $10,000 grant from Uber, which guests can use for rides.
Investing in the Hope Center has been heavily prioritized by the New Castle County government, as the area is facing a crisis in affordable housing. The former Sheraton Hotel, sitting just off I-95 north, had been vacant for years until December 2020 when the building was bought by the county with money from the pandemic-era CARES Act.
What is the purpose of the Hope Center?
The Hope Center specializes in short-term housing for houseless individuals, as well as providing resources such as medical care, workforce development, school programming for children and consistent transportation to get patrons to other nearby communities.
Over 2,500 individuals have spent at least one night in the Hope Center since its opening, including 69 pets and 22 babies who have been born.
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Could more funding be on the way?
Announcing the roof repair funding came on an ironically rainy morning, Coons noted in his address.
"A roof over one's head is, at the end of the day, the foundation of what shelter means," Coons said. "It's also transportation, it's mobility, it's engagement, it's care."
Coons also stressed the federal delegation's hope to provide another $1.9 million through congressional spending to the Hope Center sometime this year.
LaToya Brown, a resident of the Hope Center since January, stressed the shelter's significance to her and her 5-year-old son.
"Finding the Hope Center has been nothing but a blessing to me," Brown said. "I went through every program. I came here broken; now I feel whole and seen. It's been a journey, but I'm here now and I'm thankful."
Do you need housing?
Those in need of temporary emergency shelter at the Hope Center should contact your local State Service Center at 866-843-7212.
Contact Molly McVety at mmcvety@delawareonline.com. Follow her on Twitter @mollymcvety. | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/16/new-castle-county-hope-center-roof-repair-transportation/70331517007/ | 2023-06-16T23:29:54 | 1 | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/16/new-castle-county-hope-center-roof-repair-transportation/70331517007/ |
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — Only Channel 9 is catching a glimpse of the islands along the Halifax River in Volusia County as law enforcement cleared out homeless camps.
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Investigators said the islands are like little cities that have become hot spots for criminal activity.
Police said the problem is that the people living there are putting the public at risk.
They also deal with a lot of criminal activity, including death investigations.
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The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, and South Daytona and Port Orange Police Departments boarded boats and rode the river.
One of the areas -- known as “Pelican Island” -- isn’t your typical homeless haven.
It has several high structures with rooms for rent and places to play.
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At least one woman was taken into custody because she had already been given a warning by Port Orange Police for staying on the islands.
Port Orange Chief Manuel Marino said that while the structures are a spectacle, they’re unsafe and could collapse.
“Boaters use those islands as well,” Marino said. “There’s nothing to say teenagers won’t go out there.”
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Police believe many criminals call the islands home.
“We’ve been out there now for death investigations; we’ve been out there for wanted individuals,” Marino said. “And it seems like every time we go out to the islands; we find more and more issues.”
Eventually, law enforcement plans to clear them out completely.
“It’s just a matter of logistics, what kind of equipment do you need to get out there and again, that will be a partnership, and how do you get all that debris off the island and onto the mainland so it can be disposed of,” Marino said.
Law enforcement put trespass warnings on tons of structures Friday, and they will return on Monday. If they find more people, they will take them into custody.
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — A shooting in Downtown Kissimmee is prompting the city to make changes.
Nearly 2 weeks ago Kissimmee Police arrested a man accused of firing a shot that hurt a bartender. Investigators say the man was asked to leave Breeze bar in Downtown Kissimmee, but as he did, he fired one shot into the business.
In the weeks since downtown businesses have voiced concerns about an uptick in shootings and have called for more security..
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Channel 9 found out that in response, Kissimmee Police have added a patrol officer in the downtown area.
That off-duty officer will patrol the area near Dakin Avenue by foot from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The officer will also routinely make stops at Breeze Kissimmee, 3 Sisters Speakeasy, 2 Brothers Steakhouse, Vintage Vino, the City Center Parking Garage, and the adjacent side streets.
The extra KPD presence is being paid for by a group of downtown businesses.
“When things hit closer to home your senses are more in tune and become more heightened. And I think that’s what happened,” said Lance Spencer, the Downtown Liaison for Kissimmee Christian Church.
Read: Homeless camps on river islands in Volusia County pose issues for residents
As KPD has stepped up that weekend security and continued regular patrols, businesses and residents have also met to find more safety solutions.
Records show downtown Kissimmee has had 5 separate shootings from December 2022 to June 2023. That’s compared to just 2 shootings over the same period last year.
Spencer was one of many presents for a community meeting held at Kissimmee Main Street to discuss the uptick.
“Now it’s like okay, this is what we didn’t want to happen, we don’t want this to continue. You need to do something now,” said Spencer.
Read: Researchers in Florida receive grant to study sargassum and its potential uses
Community leaders at the meeting came up with additional ideas to improve security. They include increasing code enforcement’s presence on weekends and working with KPD to train downtown businesses on safety measures.
Those present at the meeting say they plan on presenting those ideas to the city council in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, over at City Hall, Kissimmee City Commissioner Janette Martinez also directed staff to also look into ways to improve security.
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A spokesperson for the city of Kissimmee says right now staff is researching the issue and is planning for a workshop with businesses.
In the meantime, the spokesperson says that off-duty officer presence in downtown will continue indefinitely.
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MCKINNEY, Texas — All that’s left of Brendan Kendrick’s wardrobe is what he wore when he ran out of his home late Thursday night.
Kendrick, who is back in McKinney for the summer, will have to drive to his apartment in Bryan/College Station to get clean clothing.
“My keys…my wallet… Oh, and I was able to save my Nintendo Switch,” Kendrick said, listing what he was able to save from his bedroom.
For the college student, it was a regular night of playing on his phone before falling asleep. Then, shortly after 10 p.m., storms came rolling through Collin County.
“We heard the big thunder,” Kendrick said.
Kendrick said he knew lightning had struck nearby at about 10:30 p.m., but didn’t know how close. He said he felt electricity course through him.
“When the lightning struck, I felt a shock come out of the charging port and hit my phone,” Brendan recalled. “I shook and threw my phone.”
Meanwhile, Brendan’s father, Willie Kendrick, went to inspect any potential damage. He, too, said he knew the lightning must’ve been close and assumed it was somewhere on his property.
“I was kinda surprised by that, you know,” Willie Kendrick said. “It didn’t take long for it to get real smoky in the house,” Willie said.
Willie Kendrick, who works in homebuilding, described seeing flames on the second floor and in the attic.
“I could see flames in there and that’s when I hollered out at [Brendan Kendrick] to get up and get out,” Willie said.
“I just hear this blood curdling yell of, ‘Brendan, there’s a fire!,” Brendan Kendrick said.
Brendan Kendrick, Willie Kendrick, his wife and the family dog made it out safely without injury. The Kendricks said the McKinney Fire Department arrived quickly and contained the fire to the second floor and attic.
However, parts of the ceiling did fall, creating a wet mess of sheet rock and insulation in their home.
Brendan Kendrick said he was anxious at first. Now, he's come to terms with what's happened to his family's home.
"Stuff can get replaced," he said. "Lives can't." | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/lightning-strikes-mckinney-home-starts-fire-thursday-storms/287-548f1c8d-cc19-4a25-8ef4-10d483b27b6d | 2023-06-16T23:35:04 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/lightning-strikes-mckinney-home-starts-fire-thursday-storms/287-548f1c8d-cc19-4a25-8ef4-10d483b27b6d |
EGG HARBOR CITY — Authorities were on the scene of a shooting Friday evening on St. Louis Avenue.
Police confirmed "an active investigation" was underway and said the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office was on the scene.
Karri Jorge, a local resident, said the shooting happened at Beacon Hall, an event facility in the 200 block of St. Louis, and that the area was surrounded by police tape.
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HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a man accused of partaking in a car-selling scheme to commit armed robbery.
Develin Grant, 18, of Mays Landing, is one of six people charged in the scheme.
He is wanted for robbery, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon, aggravated assault by pointing a firearm, simple assault, using a 17-year-old or younger to commit criminal offenses and possession of a large-capacity magazine.
Grant is considered armed and dangerous, police said Friday in a news release.
He and his conspirators allegedly used Facebook Marketplace to list cars for sale as a means to draw in victims. Once a victim agreed to purchase a car for cash, they would meet the suspects at a set location and be robbed by them at gunpoint, police said in announcing the charges earlier this month.
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While not in custody, Grant has continued to post two sedans on Facebook for sale, listing the vehicles as separately being in Mays Landing and Atlantic City, police said Friday.
Police ask that the public use the township’s municipal building for sales, as its parking lot has a “safe exchange zone” to deter fraudulent sellers. At-home meetings and person-to-person payments should be used in making similar transactions to avoid criminal activity, police said.
Also charged in the case are Hamid Webb, 21, Stephen Powell, 18, and three teenagers, two 15 and one 17.
Grant has been at large since charges against him were announced last week.
Anyone with information as to Grant’s whereabouts can call police at 609-625-2700. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/mayslanding-wanted-robbery-police/article_d59e6d5c-0c84-11ee-8210-1b0c2839d1c1.html | 2023-06-16T23:35:06 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/mayslanding-wanted-robbery-police/article_d59e6d5c-0c84-11ee-8210-1b0c2839d1c1.html |
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — One of Lake Tahoe's most popular state parks will be closed throughout the summer.
According to state park officials, D.L. Bliss State Park in South Lake Tahoe is closed so a main waterline can be replaced.
Closed areas of the park include:
- Vehicle access to Lester Beach
- Calawee Cove
- Balancing Rock trailhead
- Rubicon trailhead north
- All campsites and day-use areas
No vehicle access will be allowed throughout the construction period.
People planning on hiking the Rubicon Trail can access it from Eagle Point and the Vikingsholm trailhead in Emerald Bay, but it can only be an out-and-back hikes.
Hikers will be able to access Lester Beach and Calawee Cove, but they have to go back through Emerald Bay State Park.
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STOCKTON, Calif. — As the birds chirp in the tranquil Delta breeze sweeping through midtown Stockton, longtime resident Katya Evanhoe catches up with her friends.
Standing below the shade provided for decades by one of Stockton's estimated 92,000 city-owned trees, the calm conversation quickly jumps to a topic of controversy... its spray-painted white triangle.
"This is a beautiful pistache tree in my neighborhood, been here probably for 45 years," said Evanhoe while looking up. "These three trees behind me have been marked for kill by the city of Stockton."
The triangles aren't a new sight. They've popped up on trees around the city in recent weeks as part of the city's already-approved plan to cut down 435 trees in order to repair sidewalks, gutters and curbs.
Evanhoe and dozens of other community members packed recent city council meetings speaking in opposition to the plan and offering alternative ways to repair the sidewalks.
"Without these three trees, it will be a heat island," said Evanhoe. "We're going to badger and badger and badger and just continue to speak out until we can save these trees."
The protest worked briefly when city officials announced a pause in their tree removal plans, but days later, chainsaws across the city started buzzing again.
Now, nearly a month after the public backlash began, the city is proposing to cut down 165 more.
"Dismay and disgust. I feel that they are being reckless. They are using the analytic data and they're not thinking about people, especially children and seniors," Evanhoe reacted. "There's no thought involved at all."
This time, city staffers say the trees on the proposed chopping block are dead or unhealthy. For midtown resident Julie Dunning, the only thing that will be unhealthy is her neighborhood if the city moves forward with the current plans that don't include replanting the trees.
"There are impacts not only to health, (trees) are no longer there producing oxygen and absorbing CO2," said Dunning. "But there are also the heat impacts. They're doing this project right at the beginning of summer."
Without trees there to cool the cement, Dunning says she won't have any motivation to walk on the newly repaired sidewalks.
The new proposal will go before Stockton's City Council during its Tuesday meeting. Evanhoe says she and her friends will be there.
"Tuesday we'll be back at city council," said Evanhoe. "We are going to be losing our tree canopy and in a town like Stockton where the summers are severe, it's reckless... we're not going away."
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CROWN POINT— A jury found a Kouts man not guilty Friday of raping his co-worker’s wife in June 2020.
Roger Mashburn, 29, was charged in August 2020 with rape and battery, according to court records. If he had been convicted, Mashburn faced up to 16 years in prison for the rape charge.
Riding Shotgun with Merrillville Police Officer Amanda Earley
Jurors deliberated for about two hours before returning with the not guilty verdict.
Charging documents described how around midnight June 15, 2020, Mashburn allegedly pinned down his co-worker’s wife by her wrists and neck and raped her.
Mashburn was staying at the couple’s Crown Point apartment, located on Main Street, after spending the afternoon of June 14 drinking and hanging out by the pool with them, charges stated.
Mashburn’s co-worker told jurors on Tuesday that he and Mashburn weren’t really friends, and he only invited him over that day because he felt Mashburn didn’t have many friends.
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The co-worker’s wife gave emotional testimony on Wednesday, almost three years to the day that she was assaulted.
The woman described how Mashburn stumbled into their living room naked as she was watching television and pinned her down and raped her while her husband was asleep in the other room.
She said that, while Mashburn assaulted her, he quickly shifted from aggressive to loving. She said he tried to kiss her, as if trying to romanticize the moment.
“I don’t know why someone would try to romanticize that, but that’s almost what it felt like,” she told jurors Wednesday.
During the assault, the woman said she tried to call out for her husband, but Mashburn covered her mouth and said, “Don’t say a (expletive) word.”
She said, after the assault, she went to her bedroom and slept because she didn’t want to cause any problems. She detailed how she didn’t know how to tell her husband until the next day, when she texted him while he was at work, with Mashburn.
“I shouldn’t have cared,” she added.
“I let you stay in my (expletive) house after you raped me,” she said through tears.
Mashburn’s defense attorney Lonnie Randolph interrogated the woman about how she handled Mashburn, whom he repeatedly described as a “naked grown man who is not your husband,” waltzing around her house without any clothes on.
Randolph asked her if she could’ve made him sleep in his car or called 911. The woman said yes, but at that moment she froze and didn’t know what else to do.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Matthew Roggenkamp
Age : 22
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305148
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ruben Vega III
Age : 36
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305181
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jordan Picotte
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305144
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rakeem Pippins
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305141
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Victor Odgen
Age : 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305151
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Moses
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305154
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Thomas Murray
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305164
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kurt Gonzalez II
Age : 32
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305146
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Green
Age : 41
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305160
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Hollis
Age : 67
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305169
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Johnny Jones
Age : 50
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305170
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
2305170
Kenny Flagg Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305179
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Howard Geib Jr.
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305165
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT; UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Keith Cales
Age : 41
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305153
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Dillman
Age : 26
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305175
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Allison
Age : 48
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305142
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lavonya Banks
Age : 44
Residence: Harvey, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305163
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jacob Pritt
Age : 35
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305296
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HEALTH- POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Pritt
Age : 40
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305295
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Danny Serrano Jr.
Age : 40
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305282
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Valdez
Age : 46
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305319
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mary Powers
Age : 36
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305289
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Bryan Oparka
Age : 49
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305308
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vishad Patel
Age : 34
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305305
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Latrice McNeil
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305301
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edwin Negron
Age : 50
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305285
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Oscar Martinez Ocampo
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305290
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Devonte Gipson
Age : 30
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305283
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bryne Manns
Age : 34
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305287
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edgar Martinez
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305315
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Martin Cruz Jr.
Age : 53
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305304
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bianca Dominguez
Age : 33
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305311
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Combs Jr.
Age : 36
Residence: Lafayette, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305297
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cachun Combs Jr.
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305288
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dameka Ali
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305299
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Alms
Age : 28
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305316
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesse Argandona
Age : 21
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305314
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Vaughn
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305221
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Allan Triplett
Age : 34
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305217
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- INVASION OF PRIVACY; BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
David Roper
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305193
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCS
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Louwon Scott
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305218
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Murdaugh
Age : 23
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305228
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY; BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Delvin Perkins
Age : 28
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305223
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Timothy Pettis
Age : 28
Residence: Kentland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305211
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: St. John Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Midkiff
Age : 39
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305190
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Christopher Lanman
Age : 21
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305196
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Hedges
Age : 44
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305197
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Misti Harbison
Age : 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305188
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kenneth Babiarz
Age : 23
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305201
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Shawntina Beatty
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305191
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Timothy Brown
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305214
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marcos Gutierrez
Age : 39
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305219
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shannon Alelunas
Age : 44
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305225
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gabriel Washington
Age : 39
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305271
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Keorra Wilson
Age : 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305270
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesus Salas Jr.
Age : 42
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305235
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Clarence Sistrunk
Age : 33
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305257
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Richard Vinet Jr.
Age : 46
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305249
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: N/A
Offense Description: FAIL TO COMPLY A FINAL ORDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sadat Wade
Age : 47
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305261
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lavell Nylon
Age : 19
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305231
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Whiting Police Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Pitts
Age : 48
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305245
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Moore
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305259
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FALSE REPORTING - REPORT, CRIME, OR COMPLAINT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Asia Munford-Winters
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305266
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
George Lowe Jr.
Age : 60
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305274
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Malkowski
Age : 37
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305233
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Raul Mendoza
Age : 50
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305267
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Carlos Larrea
Age : 25
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305263
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jessica Hegwood
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305272
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jerome Kusbel
Age : 68
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305269
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Llewain Hardin
Age : 41
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305265
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Keith Gardenhire
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305246
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Yancey Gray
Age : 54
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305247
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lorenzo Crooks
Age : 50
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305277
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marko Duric
Age : 36
Residence: Park Ridge, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305281
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Carlos Castillo
Age : 26
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304984
Arrest Date: May 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandon Cramer
Age : 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305264
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brayan Benavides Acevedo
Age : 22
Residence: Berwyn, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305258
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Erica Brooks
Age : 37
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305232
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Castaneda Jr.
Age : 33
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305239
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cordaryl Bell
Age : 35
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305250
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Barnes
Age : 75
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305237
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Nearly one week after a pickup truck drove through the Grand Floral Parade and initiated a police chase in Portland, a grand jury has indicted the man accused of driving on 38 counts.
The interruption of the Rose Festival’s annual parade ended in the arrest of 42-year-old Sidney Mecham, who has been accused of 17 counts of unlawfully using a weapon and 15 counts of reckless endangerment.
Mecham also faces charges for attempted assault, reckless driving, attempting to assault a public safety officer, attempting to elude police and failing to perform the duties of a driver (x2).
He pleaded not guilty during his arraignment on Monday and claimed he was disoriented.
About 20 minutes before the parade started, witnesses told KOIN 6 that children had been in the road grabbing candy when Mecham came racing through the street.
“I thought any minute someone was going to get hit…tons of little toddlers. Little kids were running out in the middle of the road grabbing candy and then all of a sudden, probably about two blocks down…I believe it was a gray pickup truck come barreling down the street,” Hines said. “We think he was going about 30 miles an hour. And everyone was screaming, running out to get their kids.”
An officer with the Portland Police Bureau reported seeing Mecham head into the parade route, where he “saw parade goers running out of the street and heard them screaming, trying to get his attention.” The officer followed the truck by motorcycle heading east on NE Weidler Street.
However, police say Mecham “refused to stop” and went south on Northeast MLK Jr. Boulevard, where the officer pulled up alongside the driver and told him to pull over – only to be refused again.
According to PPB, the officer tried to drive ahead of the truck to warn pedestrians, but when it seemed like Mecham would hit him, the officer drove out of the way. Before the officer could get in front of the truck to slow or stop it again, police say the man “suddenly turned left” onto Northeast Wasco Street – driving toward the families sitting at the curb.
Officials say the officer continued to follow Mecham as he ran through a barricade and nearly hit parade volunteers. The truck then left the parade route, but continued to elude police until officials say Mecham finally stopped near the intersection of Northeast 24th Avenue and Clackamas Street.
Officials say Mecham had originally come from the Northbound I-5, going around two Oregon Department of Transportation trucks that “were being used to close the ramp” on Northeast Weidler Street. According to investigators, he “had to go up into the ivy on the hill side of the ramp to make it around the trucks.”
Mecham’s truck was promptly towed, and Portland Police Bureau says no one was injured.
However, the investigation is still ongoing. Police ask anyone with information about this incident to contact centralbikesquad@police.portlandoregon.gov and reference case number 23-152688.
Stay with KOIN 6 as this story develops. | https://www.koin.com/local/refused-to-stop-grand-jury-indicts-man-accused-in-grand-floral-parade-truck-chase/ | 2023-06-16T23:47:27 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/refused-to-stop-grand-jury-indicts-man-accused-in-grand-floral-parade-truck-chase/ |
ABERDEEN, Miss. (WTVA) — A man and a woman are accused of fraudulently taking money intended for tornado recovery in Monroe County.
Monroe County investigators arrested Jason and Carole Coffey on Thursday, June 15 at a hotel in Aberdeen, according to Monroe County Sheriff Kevin Crook.
They both face two counts of felony false pretense.
The sheriff said the couple lied about living in Amory in order to receive money that was to be used for tornado recovery. This prevented the real homeowners from receiving help.
This reportedly began in April soon after an EF-3 tornado swept through Amory the night of March 24. | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/couple-accused-of-storm-damage-fraud-in-monroe-county/article_fb2e7d2e-0c83-11ee-afd5-5bd64d1fe81e.html | 2023-06-16T23:54:25 | 1 | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/couple-accused-of-storm-damage-fraud-in-monroe-county/article_fb2e7d2e-0c83-11ee-afd5-5bd64d1fe81e.html |
JOHNSON CITY Tenn. (WJHL) — Gov. Bill Lee signed into law a family medicine student loan repayment grant program to incentivize rural health care.
The program will provide up to $40,000 per year in grants to residents who commit five years to providing medical services in areas of Tennessee that have a health care shortage.
Rep. John Holsclaw (R-Elizabethton), a sponsor of the bill, said the program will help underserved areas.
“They’re so lacking of rural health care right now and getting access to an actual doctor,” Holsclaw said. “We feel it’s much needed, especially with all these rural hospitals struggling and people leaving.”
Holsclaw said the loan payment will be handled by the state and will be distributed based on the amount of a resident’s student loan debt. Residents that are accepted into the program have to work at the facility for five years.
“What that does, it lets them plant roots in these rural areas and hopefully that will retain them more than the five years,” Holsclaw said.
Those that don’t stay for five years will have to pay the money back.
“If they leave before the five years then they have to pay the money back, so that is minimal risk to the state,” said Holsclaw. “But after five years we feel like, they’ll have kids, they’ll get in school, they’ll put roots down and then they’ll see how great these rural areas are and want to stay.”
A doctor who qualifies for the program can apply to receive the grant money.
“After a doctor gets his general license, he’ll go out and they have to do training, they’ll apply for this grant and it’ll go before the state board and they’ll see that everything’s kosher and approve them.”
Dr. James Holt, associate program director at Johnson City Family Medicine, said the program will have a huge impact on newly graduated health care workers.
“Having this loan repayment bill will kind of level the playing field a little bit and allow small communities to compete better for graduates,” Holt said. “We feel we have a commitment to work with these graduates, so hopefully they’ll have more support in these rural areas than they would have had otherwise.”
The details of the grant program have not been finalized.
Sen. Rusty Crowe (R-Johnson City) sponsored the legislation in the Senate. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/gov-bill-lee-signs-bill-to-address-rural-doctor-shortage/ | 2023-06-16T23:59:51 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/gov-bill-lee-signs-bill-to-address-rural-doctor-shortage/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Dr. Kelsey Walker has been named principal at Liberty Bell Middle School, according to a release from Johnson City Schools.
Walker heads into the role after Dr. Holly Flora accepted a role within Kingsport City Schools.
Before taking the helm at Liberty Bell, Walker worked as an assistant principal at Indian Trail Middle School and was an English Language Arts teacher at Liberty Bell for a decade.
“It is with great excitement that I return to Liberty Bell Middle School to lead its invaluable educators and continue Liberty Bell’s legacy of excellent teaching and learning,” Walker said in the release. “I am honored to accept the principalship at Liberty Bell Middle School. I am grateful for the preparation and guidance I was given over the last year during my time at Indian Trail Middle School under the direction of Dr. Jacobs and alongside the rest of the administrative team. I look forward to our future collaboration between our two middle schools. I am excited to work alongside the amazing staff, teachers, students and families of Liberty Bell.”
Walker earned degrees in English and Secondary Education from East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in 2012. She also completed her master’s in Elementary Education at ETSU two years later. She completed her doctorate of Education in Administrative Leadership at Carson-Newman University in 2021. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/walker-in-as-new-liberty-bell-principal/ | 2023-06-16T23:59:57 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/walker-in-as-new-liberty-bell-principal/ |
DANVILLE, Va. – It’s been one month since Caesars’ temporary casino opened in Danville, and the city is already hitting the jackpot.
In its first two weeks, Caesars Virginia generated nearly $12 million in revenue. $1 million of that lump sum will go straight to the city.
Danville created an advisory committee to decide how to best spend money from the casino. They identified eight priorities including economic development, public safety, and city infrastructure improvements. Topping that list is education.
Mayor Alonzo Jones says city officials will have conversations with public school leaders and colleges in the area to see what they need and how the revenue can be put to use.
City leaders tell 10 News that the casino revenues will not be used for day-to-day expenses for the city. Instead, the money will be used for one-time projects or repairs, including school construction, fixing up a neighborhood, economic development incentives, or adding to the city’s financial reserves.
For now, though, he says the casino is revving up the economy and putting a spotlight on the city.
“What I’m most excited about is being to retain our youth and young adults who were raised in this community that can say to themselves, ‘Not only are there good paying jobs in Danville, there are great opportunities, entertainment opportunities.’ And myself along with the council, we’re going to continue to push that envelope,” Jones said.
The full casino, which will also include a 500-room resort, is set to open in late 2024. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/16/danville-casino-rakes-in-nearly-12-million-in-first-two-weeks/ | 2023-06-17T00:01:17 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/16/danville-casino-rakes-in-nearly-12-million-in-first-two-weeks/ |
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. – Former Franklin County Sheriff’s office employee Justin Sigmon testified in Franklin County court this week for the trial of Heather Hodges.
Sigmon is in custody after being federally charged with abusive sexual contact with a minor under 12 last month.
The alleged incident happened on a cruise ship, and he’s being held in Florida.
On Wednesday, Sigmon was called by the prosecution to testify to the blood samples he collected in Hodges case.
A sheriff’s office spokesperson said Sigmon worked on Hodges’ case since 2012.
Court documents say the Bureau of Prisons’ had the ability to transport Sigmon to and from the trial in Franklin County.
Due to Sigmon testifying, his arraignment was delayed 30 days until July 14.
He waived his right to a preliminary hearing, according to the documents. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/16/former-franklin-county-sheriffs-office-employee-testifies-in-court-for-murder-trial/ | 2023-06-17T00:01:23 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/16/former-franklin-county-sheriffs-office-employee-testifies-in-court-for-murder-trial/ |
HARDY, Va. – On Monday, we celebrate Juneteenth, the historical day when enslaved people learned they were free.
Over the weekend, several events will commemorate the occasion, including one at Franklin County’s Booker T. Washington National Monument.
Organizers invite the community to come out and enjoy food, gospel music, and more.
“We’ve been doing Juneteenth for over 20 years,” Park Ranger Brittany Lane said. “It’s very important to come here and to learn about famed orator, educator and Franklin County native Booker T. Washington, I mean how much more powerful of a story can you get.”
Festivities kick off at 11 a.m. Saturday and will run until 4 p.m. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/16/juneteenth-celebration-planned-for-booker-t-washington-national-monument/ | 2023-06-17T00:01:30 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/16/juneteenth-celebration-planned-for-booker-t-washington-national-monument/ |
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. – More than ten years after a Franklin County woman disappeared, there’s finally been a conviction in the case.
After about an hour of deliberations, a jury found Paul Jordan guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Heather Hodges.
The conviction happened even though Hodges’ body has never been found.
“I don’t think I have words for how I feel inside, my emotions showed very much in the courtroom,” Hodges’s sister, Crystal Songer said.
Jordan wasn’t charged with second-degree murder until 2022.
“She was never found, but if the proof is beyond a reasonable doubt that she killed, you don’t get success rewarded because you successfully hid a body,” Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan Haskins said.
Washington and Lee law professor Jonathan Shapiro has been a criminal defense lawyer for almost 50 years. He’s worked on a no-body murder trial once before.
“People you know are puzzled by how can you prove a case against someone when there’s no body found,” Shapiro said. “It’s just like any other case, the prosecutor has to prove that someone died at the hands of another person and that the defendant is the one who did it.”
The first no-body murder conviction in the Commonwealth happened in 1980, with the killing of Radford University student Gina Renee Hall. Stephen Epperly was convicted for her murder.
“It’s rare,” Shapiro said. “I think maybe 8 or 10 in Virginia state courts.”
Now, Jordan is convicted in this latest case without a body.
“He got it,” Songer said. “He got everything that’s coming to him.”
Jordan was also convicted on Thursday of concealing a body. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/16/no-body-murder-convictions-are-rare-virginia-law-expert-says/ | 2023-06-17T00:01:36 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/16/no-body-murder-convictions-are-rare-virginia-law-expert-says/ |
DES MOINES, Iowa — The federal student loan repayment pause that started back in 2020 will come to an end soon.
This is because Congress recently passed a law preventing further extensions of the student loan repayment pause. These loans will begin accruing interest on Sept. 1, and payments will then be due starting in October, according to the Office of Federal Student Aid.
And many college graduates in the state have gotten used to not having to pay their loans.
“The repayment pause was very, very much appreciated for those students," said Roberta Johnson, the executive director of Student Financial Aid at Iowa State University.
Johnson also mentioned that others haven’t been as appreciative of this student loan freeze.
“The people who paid off their loans, or people who never borrowed loans in the first place are being disadvantaged as a result of this benefit," she said.
But on Tuesday, students at Iowa’s three public universities received the news that the Iowa Board of Regents approved a 3.5% increase in tuition rates at The University of Iowa, at Iowa State University and at the University of Northern Iowa.
Even though tuition increased once again this year, it is worth noting that it has also increased every year for the past decade for all three schools, according to the Iowa Board of Regents’ records.
But next year's tuition increase has left many students frustrated, including Makayla Vondra, a third-year student at Iowa State.
“I am paying a majority of my own way," she said. "I don’t have many scholarships the way my parents fall with income and everything. So even just a small increase is going impact me drastically.”
But what exactly does that mean for the students at Iowa's three public universities?
- University of Iowa residents and non residents will pay $300 more in the next academic year.
- Iowa State residents will pay $300 more, but non residents will have to pay an extra grand.
- Residents at University of Northern Iowa will also pay around an extra $300, while non residents will have to pay an extra $675 compared to the year before.
“Even with inflation of groceries and stuff… it is really hard to pay your own way," Vondra said. "And then rent on top of that is increasing and expensive right here in Ames.”
You can visit studentaid.gov for more information on help with student loan repayment and applying for federal aid. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/iowa-board-of-regents-public-universities-raising-tuition-student-loan-repayment-pause-ending/524-d31019ea-6beb-40c5-9dd1-588d7aa630a6 | 2023-06-17T00:02:16 | 1 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/iowa-board-of-regents-public-universities-raising-tuition-student-loan-repayment-pause-ending/524-d31019ea-6beb-40c5-9dd1-588d7aa630a6 |
DES MOINES, Iowa — Following the Iowa Supreme Court's ruling on Friday, Gov. Kim Reynolds and other political leaders said the fight over abortion access isn't over. In fact, the next moves could be made at the statehouse.
Reynolds is unable to appeal the split 3-3 decision, but lawmakers think there's a chance they could start from scratch.
Those seeking an abortion in Iowa have until the 20-week mark of pregnancy to have the procedure done. With the back-and-forth between the Iowa Legislature and various court proceedings, many are wondering what could happen next.
"It is entirely possible that we could have a special session to try to push through some other extreme anti-abortion, anti-reproductive rights legislation," said Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott, D-Windsor Heights. "We also have a constitutional amendment that is in process that would move through this session and go on the ballot in 2024."
Without an appeal available, a new plan of action will have to be taken.
"The procedendo will issue in about 21 days, and it will go back to the lower court, which the lower court upheld. That should be the end of this case," said Sally Frank, a legal expert at Drake University. "There's no federal question for them to bring to the U.S. Supreme Court. It's really pure Iowa Constitution and Iowa procedure."
Iowa Republicans are looking to possibly craft a new bill altogether.
"Obviously new legislation can be introduced and that's why, trying to really understand some of the opinions of the justices, is extremely important," Rep. Jon Dunwell, R-Newton, said. "Trying to read in what they are saying, what's the best forward piece of legislation, where did they leave some opportunity for us, where do we need to coalesce around as group?"
And despite Roe v Wade being overturned last year, the federal court's decision, in this case, didn't sway the state's high court.
In a statement, Reynolds said "the fight is not over" and she is reviewing options on what to do next. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/local-politics/iowa-legislature-next-steps-republicans-democrats-state-supreme-court-abortion-ruling/524-ba7bf000-f29e-490b-9127-eb576911418e | 2023-06-17T00:02:22 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/local-politics/iowa-legislature-next-steps-republicans-democrats-state-supreme-court-abortion-ruling/524-ba7bf000-f29e-490b-9127-eb576911418e |
DES MOINES, Iowa — Three justices wrote opinions in Friday's Iowa Supreme Court's ruling on Gov. Kim Reynolds' "fetal heartbeat bill".
The 3-3 deadlock affirmed a lower court's 2019 ruling maintaining access to abortions up until the 20-week mark in pregnancy.
Three separate opinions were issued on the split ruling — a rare occurrence for the court.
In his opinion, Justice Thomas Waterman said the court generally tries to avoid issuing opinions when justices are divided on the decision.
"Filing opinions in this 3–3 matter is not our idea; our court’s longstanding practice has been to issue no opinions when the justices are evenly divided on the outcome," his opinion reads in part. "There are valid reasons for not writing at all in 3–3 cases. Anything that any justice says is just their personal advisory opinion."
The last time the court filed opinions following a 3-3 split decision was in 2009, when they ruled on State v. Effler.
Since the Effler ruling, the Iowa Supreme Court has had 18 cases where the court was divided 3-3. In all of those 18 cases, no opinion was filed.
Waterman's opinion supports letting the district court ruling stand. He was joined in his opinion by Chief Justice Susan Christensen and Justice Edward Mansfield.
The other two opinions were written by Justices Christopher McDonald and Matthew McDermott, who, along with Justice David May, wanted to overturn the district's ruling in favor of a six-week ban.
Below are brief summaries of each of the three opinions.
In Waterman's opinion on what he calls an "extraordinary" case, he highlights how the court previously denied a motion to revive the bill after agreeing the bill was unconstitutional under the undue burden standard.
He writes in part, "The State appealed, and now asks our court to do something that has never happened in Iowa history: to simultaneously bypass the legislature and change the law, to adopt rational basis review, and then to dissolve an injunction to put a statute into effect for the first time in the same case in which that very enactment was declared unconstitutional years earlier."
Waterman also claims it would be "legislating from the bench" to put the statute into effect.
The only possible appellate review, according to Waterman, is by writ of certiorari, which "can be sustained only if the district court acted illegally or outside its jurisdiction."
However, Waterman affirms that the court would likely deny the state's writ of certiorari, or otherwise annul it if the writ were granted:
"The unprecedented jurisdictional and procedural issues presented in this case fall away if the legislature enacts a new abortion law. Nothing like this case has come up in Iowa’s legal history before or is likely to come up again. For all these reasons, this case is a poor vehicle for certiorari review. We would decline to grant the writ."
McDonald, who was in favor of overturning the district court's ruling, cites Dobbs v. Jackson, the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade.
His opinion reads in part: "Under the rational basis standard, it is inequitable to continue to enjoin the State from enforcing a law that is now presumptively constitutional. Federal courts have begun to vacate similar permanent injunctions after Dobbs."
McDonald also relies on an Iowa Supreme Court ruling from 2022, which ruled that abortion is not constitutionally protected in Iowa.
Standing in opposition to Waterman, McDonald rejected the idea that the court lacks the authority to overturn the injunction, writing, "It is almost universally accepted (except by my colleagues today) that courts have inherent authority to modify or dissolve a permanent injunction based on changes in fact or law without regard to the passage of time."
Waterman also criticized his peers for letting the district court ruling stand:
"[they] sit as a three-person super general assembly, and hold the fetal heartbeat law unconstitutional. They do so despite waiting for and then receiving the wisdom of Dobbs. They do so despite this court’s controlling precedents. They do so despite the weight of the persuasive precedents and authorities. And they do so despite their personal precedents."
McDermott echoes many of the points made by McDonald, only writing separately "to respond more fully to several points that our colleagues raise."
He goes on to claim that three of his fellow justices are "[peddling] in speculation" and thoroughly rejected Waterman's assertion that they are "legislating from the bench".
His opinion reads in part: "It requires no further 'legislating' by or from us—or the legislature—to create a fetal heartbeat law in Iowa. Of course, it’s our colleagues who refuse to exercise discretion to decide this appeal and who thus keep in place the injunction that prevents the State from enforcing the statute."
McDermott also criticizes Waterman's decision to speculate on legislators' intentions and ultimately concludes that the court failed to do its job to its fullest extent.
"It isn’t for us to dictate abortion policy in the state, but simply to interpret and apply the law as best we can in cases that come before us. We fail the parties, the public, and the rule of law in our refusal today to apply the law and decide this case."
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HUNTINGTON, WV (WOWK) – The American Countess Riverboat stopped by in Huntington, West Virginia, on Friday.
The sternwheeler makes several trips throughout the year, and Huntington is one of the Countess’ traditional stopping posts in West Virginia. The boat docked in the city again on Friday, June 16, 2023.
During the stop people aboard the ship got the chance to hop off and walk around the historic City of Huntington, taking in the sites, shops and attractions.
“It’s always great to be able to show off our city,” said Tyson Compton with the Huntington Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. “We’re hoping that these folks will go back to their homes, tell their friends and family about us, they’ll com and visit. But also while they’re here, they’re spending money, doing a lot of shopping.”
The American Countess will return to Huntington Friday, Aug. 18. To learn more about the schedule for the Countess and the rest of American Queen Voyages’ ships as well as voyage information, visit the company’s website. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/american-countess-makes-stop-in-huntington-west-virginia/ | 2023-06-17T00:05:55 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/american-countess-makes-stop-in-huntington-west-virginia/ |
The main beach at Buck Creek State Park remains under a Bacteria Contamination Advisory after testing found heightened concentrations of E. coli bacteria in the water, according to a state official.
However, on a chillier than usual Friday, some people still played in the water as part of their summer break or vacation.
In a release, Natalie Foos, land and water resources administrator for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Parks and Watercraft, said most strains of E. coli are harmless but its presence could mean that there are disease-causing pathogens in the water.
An advisory has been posted at the main beach, which will remain in effect until tests show that E. coli levels have dropped back down below acceptable limits.
Until the advisory is lifted, children, older people, people in ill health and people with weakened immune systems are advised not to swim in the water, Foos said.
On Friday afternoon, Leon Martin said he, his wife and four children were on vacation from their home in central Missouri, using the Buck Creek campground and visiting family in the area. The Martins were among those in the beach area playing in the water.
He said he had searched Google about the marina and the beach and knew some about the water issues.
“No, it doesn’t really bother me because we grew up around streams and rivers and had the same issue there,” Martin said. “Every couple years you would hear, ‘Don’t eat the fish from you know, the Susquehanna River or whatever,’ .. and we just went on with life like normal. It hasn’t killed anybody in the family yet.”
Credit: Bill Lackey
Credit: Bill Lackey
The advisory was initially issued on June 9 after a test found 323 colony-forming units of E. Coli per 100 ml of water, above the Ohio Department of Health’s acceptable threshold of 235 cfu per 100 ml. Colony-forming units are an estimate of the number of viable bacteria in a sample.
Foos said that the ODNR monitors E. Coli counts at state park beaches starting before Memorial Day and continuing through Labor Day weekend. According to the Ohio Department of Health’s BeachGuard website, the reservoir at Buck Creek State Park is tested once every two weeks, unless high levels of bacteria are found.
“ODNR reminds our visitors to look for the signs to determine if a beach advisory has been posted or to check for advisories on Beach Guard,” Foos said. “If E. coli counts exceed set water quality standards, an advisory will be posted indicating that the level of bacteria has reached potentially unsafe levels and could potentially make you ill.”
ODNR officials closed the marina for a few days in early May after a substance was found on the top of the water. It was contained using flotation devices called containment booms.
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BUTLER COUNTY, Pa. — A woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a Cranberry Township dentist’s office and Hines Ward’s Table 86 could be facing more charges.
The owners of the dentist’s office told 11 News exclusively that they found another way their former clerk, Kimberly Cook, stole even more money from them and now she may face more charges.
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“It’s just devastating it keeps getting worse,” said Erika Morrow with Generational Dental Associates.
PREVIOUS COVERAGE >>> Woman accused of stealing from Cranberry dentist’s office, Table 86 appears in court
Only Channel 11 was there when Cook walked out of court Friday for her preliminary hearing that was waived. We tried to question her about the allegations.
Cook used a fake name to get the job as a clerk at Generational Dental Associates, where police say she admitted to stealing more than $20,000 in cash. She entered cash payments as credit card payments.
Thursday, the owners made a new discovery.
“We have discovered that there were other ways she was taking the money, not just posting them as credit card payments, but also personal checks that didn’t exist,” Morrow explained.
In 2017, Cook was accused of stealing $73,000 from the Hines Ward Table 86 restaurant. Police say she was a server there and pocketed money by taking cash payments from customers but ringing them up as gift cards. She admitted to it and was charged.
However, the case was put on hold because the Butler District Attorney says Cook lied that she had a stroke and was recovering at a rehab facility. She allegedly forged medical excuses that she gave to her attorney – who then presented it to the DA’s office.
In a hearing last month, a judge revoked her bond and she was taken to jail.
Cook bailed out and her trial for Table 86 is scheduled for July. The DA says she could face more charges for lying to the court.
The owners of the dentist’s office said they don’t know how much more money was taken. They have a forensic analyst through their insurance company looking into it. Cranberry Township police are also investigating and may file more charges.
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'They were our babies': Family mourns loss of 2 pups after found shot in Cottonwood
A Verde Village family is demanding justice after their two miniature schnauzers were found shot dead this week near Thousand Trails RV Park in Cottonwood.
The family realized Monday that their two beloved dogs, Olivia and Popeye, had gone missing. Immediately, they began searching the area, printing out missing dog posters and calling all the nearest animal shelters.
Both were going to celebrate their 4th birthdays in August.
However, come Thursday, Alex Sanchez, the owner of the two dogs, told The Arizona Republic that the search ended when he received a heartbreaking phone call about his dogs that he never expected.
According to Sanchez, the man who called him said he came across the two dead dogs on Tuesday while out hiking near Thousand Trails in Cottonwood — just a day after the Sanchez family realized the dogs were missing. However, the man told Sanchez it wasn't until Thursday that he saw the missing dog posters and made the connection, which led him to call and alert the family.
Sanchez said he called animal control and the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, which took over the investigation.
The Sheriff's Office said Friday that their deputies picked up the remains on Thursday, but said no suspects were identified yet, or a cause as to why the dogs had been shot.
"They were our babies," Sanchez said. "It's hard to understand how somebody can do that."
Sanchez said his wife and two children are devastated and now are on a search for answers.
Friday morning, his wife and son went around the neighborhood assessing neighbors' and businesses' video footage for any evidence of someone taking the dogs, Sanchez said.
"We're just trying to get information because nobody saw anything, nobody heard anything yet that we know of," Sanchez said.
Sanchez and his wife, Maria Castillo, are hoping to find answers about who did this and get justice for their dogs.
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BALTIMORE — A juvenile murder suspect, awaiting trial, was released early from jail following a clerical error.
According to the Sheriff's Office, on June 2, the pending charges against the juvenile were marked as "nolle prosequi," by an employee of the Circuit Court Clerk's Office, making it appear as though the charges had been dismissed.
As a result, the juvenile was released.
The Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office informed the court of the error and issued an arrest warrant on June 15.
Less than 24 hours after receiving the arrest warrant, deputies assigned to the Special Operations Division of the Baltimore City Sheriff's Office recaptured the juvenile.
The suspect, a juvenile being tried as an adult, has been processed at Central Booking.
"This is highly problematic that a defendant awaiting trial on murder charges was erroneously released from state custody, but we commend the vigilance and proactive efforts of the State's Attorney's Office," stated Sheriff Sam Cogen. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/juvenile-murder-suspect-recaptured-after-being-accidentally-released-from-jail | 2023-06-17T00:11:04 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/juvenile-murder-suspect-recaptured-after-being-accidentally-released-from-jail |
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Dallas mural artist J.D. Moore spent one month painting a new Juneteenth mural called "Absolute Equality" on a courtyard wall at the South Dallas Cultural Center.
"It's important to sort of highlight South Dallas and Fair Park's role in the legacy of Juneteenth," Moore said. "Fair Park actually has played a huge role in the revitalization of the Juneteenth holiday."
Moore spent time researching to get the inspiration for his imagery, which is a timeline that goes from present day Juneteenth celebration back to Black Union soldiers in 1865.
"They are the genesis of the Juneteenth holiday," Moore said.
Those soldiers fought for freedom in the Union Army, and then enforced the 1865 order that freed slaves.
"Their gaze is important," Moore said. "I wanted you to know a sense of pride, but also a sense of pain and sacrifice as well."
The history of Fair Park has that, too.
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"They erected a building called the Hall of Negro Life that opened on Juneteenth," Moore said.
That was in 1936. The hall was a place to highlight Black excellence in art and science. It was demolished months after it opened.
"A lot like Black Wall Street," Moore said. "When we do something great, they try and tear it down."
The African American Museum sits on the same site in Fair Park today. Moore's mural pays tribute to Harlem Renaissance artist, Aaron Douglas, whose murals were on the walls of the demolished hall.
"This is his signature style," Moore said. "There is, I think, power in recognition and conversation."
The mural is a timeline that takes the viewer from 1865 to present day, showing what Juneteenth celebrates, and maybe sparking conversations about what still needs to be done.
"To actually change the lives of the people that we're trying to celebrate and recognize," Moore said.
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For the first time in several days, that rumbling sound is not a sign of huge thunderstorms. It might just be the sound of air conditioning units.
While a marginal risk of storms persists, for the most part, heat has pulled into just about every location just in time for a busy North Texas weekend.
“You’re either in the air conditioning or the pool,” Tyler Middleton of The Colony said.
Or you’re on a train. Tyler Middleton and his wife spent part of their Friday taking a trip on the Grapevine Vintage Railroad.
It’s a mostly indoor experience unless you’re riding in the outdoor train car, like Terri Yearby and her family visiting from Florida.
“I wanted my family just to experience a train ride, first time doing it, and I just prefer being outdoors,” Yearby said. “We focus more on water; water, and a lot of ice. Stay away from the sodas, the alcohol.”
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If you need a refresher, remember current conditions can lead to either heat exhaustion or heat stroke quickly, especially for anyone playing or working outdoors.
And it’s expected thousands will be out for a busy weekend that will include a number of celebrations for Juneteenth – including the Opal Lee Walk for Freedom in Fort Worth on Monday.
While we’re generally used to high heat, remembering the basics like drinking lots of fluids, staying in the air conditioning and out of the direct sun when possible are key to preventing any heat-related stress.
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A 55-year-old man from Melissa accused of surreptitiously recording a college student who was renting a room in his house has been indicted by a Collin County grand jury.
According to court documents obtained by NBC 5, in September 2022 two women who were completing student-teacher internships rented bedrooms across the hall from each other on the second floor of a married couple's home.
One of the students was also married and during one of her husband's visits, he spotted a camera hidden between items on a shelf. The couple continued moving items between her room and their car, but when they returned to the room the camera had been removed.
The renter and her husband, along with the other tenant, filed a complaint with the Melissa Police on Oct. 14, 2022.
According to an arrest warrant, during an interview with detectives, the homeowner told police he bought the camera on Amazon and watched the feed at least 15 times. He said he saw the woman nude on at least five occasions and put the camera in her room and in the other woman's room because he found her attractive.
Police said the homeowner showed investigators the application he used to watch the video, which showed over 11 hours of battery usage in the preceding 10 days.
Both of the renters and the renter's husband told police that they had all changed clothes in their rooms at some point since they moved in on Sept. 6, 2022.
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The homeowner wrote an apology letter to the victim saying, "In time, I hope you can forgive me. I will be spending the rest of my life trying to get back on the narrow path, with the help of counseling and the Lord, I will do my best."
According to the search warrant, the homeowner's wife also sent a group text to both of the renters saying her husband confessed to her what he'd done and had apologized.
The man was arrested on Oct. 17, 2022, and was indicted on June 8. It's not clear when his case will go to trial. The charge of invasive visual recording is a state jail felony. If convicted, the man could face up to two years in state prison and a $10,000 fine. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/melissa-man-indicted-on-charges-of-recording-college-student-in-her-bedroom/3279286/ | 2023-06-17T00:17:27 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/melissa-man-indicted-on-charges-of-recording-college-student-in-her-bedroom/3279286/ |
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MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Marion County deputies are looking for a missing 76-year-old man who is considered endangered due to heart-related issues.
John Carlisle was last seen around 6 a.m. Thursday leaving his home at 18721 SW 108th St. in Dunnellon, according to the sheriff’s office.
Deputies said Carlisle is believed to have left on foot and has limited mobility, using a cane to get around.
He also has heart-related issues and left without his required daily medications, leading to a concern for his safety, deputies said.
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Carlisle is 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. He has blue eyes and gray hair.
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BLOOMINGTON — A man who was previously convicted of murder has been accused again of failing to register in McLean County.
Wayne M. Damron, 52, is charged with one count of violation of the Illinois Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act (Class 2 felony).
Damron was convicted and sentenced to 45 years in prison in 1993 for the murder of 49-year-old Michael Grady. According to court documents, he failed to report in person to the Bloomington Police Department in June.
He has the same charge pending in a separate case where he failed to report in person to Bloomington police in March.
His bond was set at $5,000 with 10% and fees to apply for release. He is listed as homeless in court documents.
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NORMAL — Darren Tillis, owner of Darren Tillis Insurance Agency, an independent contractor with State Farm, was named as the newest appointee to the Illinois State University Board of Trustees.
Tillis' appointment was one of several announced by Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday. However, the official appointment is pending confirmation by the Illinois Senate.
In his 29 years in the insurance and financial services industry, Tillis has served as co-chair of the Lawndale Community Action Council, co-chair of the Hughes Elementary Local School Council and a member of the Chicago Youth Centers North Lawndale Advisory Board.
Tillis received his Bachelor of Science degree in finance from ISU.
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Loose tire sparks fatal crash on I-75, state police say
A 63-year-old Clarkston man died Friday following a car crash that closed northbound Interstate 75 at Davison Freeway, Michigan State Police said.
The incident occurred around 5 p.m., Michigan State Police said in a statement on Twitter. The 63-year-old was driving a truck north on I-75 when the at-fault vehicle, driving southbound, lost a tire, according to the post.
"It appears the tire went over the median wall and struck the pick-up in the windshield," MSP wrote. "Troopers found the pick up against the wall and the driver to be unconscious. Troopers broke the window to gain access."
The roof of the vehicle was caved in and prevented personnel from accessing the driver for treatment, MSP reported.
"Troopers utilized a chain and pulled the vehicle away from the wall and successfully removed the victim from the driver’s compartment as he needed immediate care," authorities said. "Troopers began treatment and assisted DFD with transporting him to the hospital."
The driver died at the hospital from his injuries.
The 34-year-old at-fault driver is cooperating with authorities. Northbound I-75 remained closed with traffic exiting to Davison Freeway for two hours.
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CROWN POINT – An East Chicago man was sentenced to 79 years in prison Friday for murdering a woman over $10 in February.
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A jury found Kevin Varner, 51 guilty of murder, unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon and firearm enhancement. Though all defendants are offered court-appointed attorneys, Varner opted to defend himself in his trial.
Varner was given 63 years on the murder count, which is two years below the maximum sentence, and an additional 16 years for a habitual felon enhancement, according to a news release from the Lake County Prosecutor’s Office.
Charging documents stated on Feb. 12, Varner fatally shot 21-year-old Danielle Brown at her friend’s house in the 1000 block of Durbin Street in Gary while his nephew Steven Nash kept lookout.
Varner shot Brown because she shorted him $10 for marijuana, charges said.
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Nash entered a plea deal April 13 which stipulated that he’d plead guilty to assisting a criminal in exchange for cooperating with prosecutors. The maximum sentence for assisting a criminal at the misdemeanor level is one year in jail or $5,000 in fines.
Nash testified during Varner’s trial that he originally lied to police because he was scared of catching other charges. He maintained that he was not a lookout for Varner, but simply drove him to Brown’s house because Varner threatened him.
Varner admitted to killing Brown in his opening statements at his trial but said he acted in self-defense.
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Matthew Roggenkamp
Age : 22
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305148
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ruben Vega III
Age : 36
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305181
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jordan Picotte
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305144
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rakeem Pippins
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305141
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Victor Odgen
Age : 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305151
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Moses
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305154
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Thomas Murray
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305164
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kurt Gonzalez II
Age : 32
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305146
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Green
Age : 41
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305160
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Hollis
Age : 67
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305169
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Johnny Jones
Age : 50
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305170
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
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Kenny Flagg Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305179
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Howard Geib Jr.
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305165
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT; UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Keith Cales
Age : 41
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305153
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Dillman
Age : 26
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305175
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Allison
Age : 48
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305142
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lavonya Banks
Age : 44
Residence: Harvey, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305163
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jacob Pritt
Age : 35
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305296
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HEALTH- POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Pritt
Age : 40
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305295
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Danny Serrano Jr.
Age : 40
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305282
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Valdez
Age : 46
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305319
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mary Powers
Age : 36
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305289
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Bryan Oparka
Age : 49
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305308
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vishad Patel
Age : 34
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305305
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Latrice McNeil
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305301
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edwin Negron
Age : 50
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305285
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Oscar Martinez Ocampo
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305290
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Devonte Gipson
Age : 30
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305283
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bryne Manns
Age : 34
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305287
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edgar Martinez
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305315
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Martin Cruz Jr.
Age : 53
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305304
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bianca Dominguez
Age : 33
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305311
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Combs Jr.
Age : 36
Residence: Lafayette, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305297
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cachun Combs Jr.
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305288
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dameka Ali
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305299
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Alms
Age : 28
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305316
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesse Argandona
Age : 21
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305314
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Vaughn
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305221
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Allan Triplett
Age : 34
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305217
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- INVASION OF PRIVACY; BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
David Roper
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305193
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCS
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Louwon Scott
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305218
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Murdaugh
Age : 23
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305228
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY; BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Delvin Perkins
Age : 28
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305223
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Timothy Pettis
Age : 28
Residence: Kentland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305211
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: St. John Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Midkiff
Age : 39
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305190
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Christopher Lanman
Age : 21
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305196
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Hedges
Age : 44
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305197
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Misti Harbison
Age : 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305188
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kenneth Babiarz
Age : 23
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305201
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Shawntina Beatty
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305191
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Timothy Brown
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305214
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marcos Gutierrez
Age : 39
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305219
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shannon Alelunas
Age : 44
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305225
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gabriel Washington
Age : 39
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305271
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Keorra Wilson
Age : 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305270
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesus Salas Jr.
Age : 42
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305235
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Clarence Sistrunk
Age : 33
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305257
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Richard Vinet Jr.
Age : 46
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305249
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: N/A
Offense Description: FAIL TO COMPLY A FINAL ORDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sadat Wade
Age : 47
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305261
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lavell Nylon
Age : 19
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305231
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Whiting Police Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Pitts
Age : 48
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305245
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Moore
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305259
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FALSE REPORTING - REPORT, CRIME, OR COMPLAINT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Asia Munford-Winters
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305266
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
George Lowe Jr.
Age : 60
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305274
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Malkowski
Age : 37
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305233
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Raul Mendoza
Age : 50
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305267
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Carlos Larrea
Age : 25
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305263
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jessica Hegwood
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305272
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jerome Kusbel
Age : 68
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305269
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Llewain Hardin
Age : 41
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305265
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Keith Gardenhire
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305246
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Yancey Gray
Age : 54
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305247
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lorenzo Crooks
Age : 50
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305277
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marko Duric
Age : 36
Residence: Park Ridge, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305281
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Carlos Castillo
Age : 26
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304984
Arrest Date: May 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandon Cramer
Age : 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305264
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brayan Benavides Acevedo
Age : 22
Residence: Berwyn, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305258
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Erica Brooks
Age : 37
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305232
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Castaneda Jr.
Age : 33
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305239
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cordaryl Bell
Age : 35
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305250
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Barnes
Age : 75
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305237
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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