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District Court
St. Louis County
March 15
- Eleanore M. Halverson, 44, Grand Rapids, test refusal, fined $2,000 and one year local confinement, time and $1,900 stayed on two years probation with conditions.
March 16
- Matthew I. Brown, 19, Duluth, burglary, 30 months in prison, prison time stayed for one day, pay $700 in restitution.
- Bryan R. Gibson, 44, Proctor, two counts violation of no contact order within 10 years of a previous conviction, fined $50 and one year local confinement, 349 days stayed on two years probation with conditions per each count, concurrent.
- Brady J. Hall, 22, Cloquet, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Stephen D. Hollis, 45, Hibbing, hands-free law violation, adjudication stayed for one year, $65 fine.
- Jerrald A. Jenkins, 42, Duluth, violation of order of protection, fined $50 and one year local confinement, 232 days stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Jessica J. Moore, 36, Two Harbors, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- April S. Thompson, 35, Duluth, driving after revocation, fined $200.
- Steven C. Tiessen, 37, Duluth, theft, fined $50 and one year local confinement, 317 days stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Shylo M. D. Ultican, 22, Proctor, carry/possess a pistol without a permit, adjudication stayed on two years probation with conditions, $50 fine and two days local confinement.
March 17
- Samuel J. Borgen, 27, Duluth, driving while impaired, $2,000 fine and one year local confinement, 363 days and $1,000 stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Austin C. Graham, 27, Utica, Michigan, criminal sexual conduct, imposition stayed on five years probation with conditions, $100 fine.
- Blair T. Hayes, 27, Cloquet, domestic assault, adjudication stayed on one year probation with conditions, $50 fine.
March 18
- Nicole M. Phipps-Hansen, 29, Duluth, driving after suspension, fined $200.
March 19
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- Michael D. Rydberg, 48, Duluth, driving after revocation, fined $200.
March 20
- Jamey J. Bednarek, 43, Duluth, shoplifting, adjudication stayed on one year probation, $100 fine, $50 stayed and pay $1 in restitution.
- Laura W. Belcastro, 48, Duluth, driving 90 mph in a 65 mph zone, fined $70.
- Andrew N. Chaffee, 49, Gilbert, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- John P. Dorenkamper, 57, Duluth, disturb the neighborhood, fined $100.
- Mia A. Forrestal, 42, Two Harbors, shoplifting, adjudication stayed on one year probation.
- Jordan J. Furnas, 20, Cloquet, two counts driving after suspension, fined $200 per each count.
- Brittany N. Garner, 25, Duluth, assault, adjudication stayed on one year probation.
- Desirae L. Garza, 30, Cloquet, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $1,000 and 60 days local confinement, time and $950 stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Jason A. Goldsworthy, 36, Luck, Wisconsin, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $2,000 and one year local confinement, 362 days and $1,000 stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- David Hamler Jr., 60, Hibbing, fugitive, extradition waived.
- Martha C. Happy, 38, Duluth, test refusal, adjudication stayed for one year; driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions, concurrent.
- Austin R. Hubbartt, 29, Two Harbors, driving after cancellation - inimical to public safety, adjudication stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Brodery W. Jensen, 25, Duluth, sale of 10 grams or more narcotic other than heroin, 88 months in prison.
- Jennifer L. Johnson, 42, Virginia, driving after revocation, adjudication stayed for one year, fined $50.
- Hailie M. Kubec, 20, Duluth, disorderly conduct, adjudication stayed for one year.
- Tracy K. Lafave, 59, Duluth, four counts disorderly conduct, fined $100 per each count.
- Payton M. Lafont, 28, Duluth, violation of a restraining order, continued for dismissal for six months.
- David A. Moreno, 43, Duluth, theft, continued for dismissal for one year.
- Wylee W. Osberg, 32, Cloquet, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Seth A. Palmer, 32, Two Harbors, driving after revocation, continued for dismissal for one year.
- Tris R. Salls, 20, Duluth, driving 103 mph in a 70 mph zone, fined $150.
- Jane A. Sayler, 59, Duluth, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions, second count operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, adjudication stayed for one year, concurrent.
- Robert M. Schamberger, 55, Duluth, driving after suspension, adjudication stayed on one year probation with conditions; possession of a controlled substance, adjudication stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Kathleen M. Skoglund, 72, Duluth, purchase/furnish liquor to a minor, adjudication stayed on one year probation.
- Dakota J. Spry, 25, Duluth, assault on a peace officer, fined $1,000 and 100 days local confinement, 97 days and $500 stayed on two years probation with conditions; domestic assault, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, 87 days and $500 stayed on two years probation with conditions, concurrent; driving after revocation, fined $400 on one year probation, concurrent.
- David B. Thompson, 53, Duluth, give false information to a peace officer, 30 days local confinement.
- Drew R. Turnquist, 37, Two Harbors, burglary, adjudication stayed on five years probation with conditions, two days local confinement; violation of no contact order, adjudication stayed on two years probation, concurrent.
- Ann C. Walters, 61, Hibbing, display canceled/revoked/suspended or stolen plates, fined $300.
- Jessica N. Whitman, 30, Duluth, damage to property, imposition stayed on three years probation with conditions, five days local confinement and pay $1,191 in restitution; assault, 90 days local confinement, time stayed on three years probation with conditions, concurrent.
- Sherling Yang, 25, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, driving after cancellation, continued for dismissal for one year.
March 21
- Jake N. Andersen, 23, Isle, Minnesota, hands-free law violation, continued for dismissal on one year probation.
- Michael K. Anderson, 71, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Travis W. Benck, 31, Soudan, open bottle law violation, fined $100.
- Shane T. Bilyeu, 37, Coleraine, vehicle violate forest products permit - exceed gross weight violation, fined $500.
- Alex D. E. Buckman, 29, Two Harbors, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Eben J. Fischer, 27, Silver Bay, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- James W. Kalligher, 40, Duluth, shoplifting, adjudication stayed for one year.
- Emma N. MacDonald, 19, Duluth, hit and run - failure to report collision with an unattended motor vehicle, adjudication stayed for one year.
- Jonathon M. Millett, 28, Saginaw, four counts shoplifting, fined $50 and 70 days local confinement per each count, concurrent; fifth and sixth count shoplifting, fined $50 and 70 days local confinement, concurrent, pay $25 in restitution; theft, fined $50 and 70 days local confinement, concurrent.
- Christopher H. Owen, 40, Duluth, driving while impaired, fined $2,000 and one year local confinement, time and $1,000 stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Nicholas R. Peterson, 36, Hermantown, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Edwin J. R. Quinones, 42, Hibbing, driving after suspension, fined $200; move over law violation, fined $50.
- Bradley S. Smith, 26, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
March 22
- Lori J. Anderson, 51, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Patrick W. Battees Jr., 19, Proctor, 2nd degree murder - without intent, 150 months in prison; dangerous weapons - reckless discharge of a firearm within a municipality, no sentence pronounced.
- Derek J. Deroche, 37, Duluth, threats of violence, imposition stayed on three years probation with conditions, three days local confinement.
- Daniel O. Goldstein, 20, Plymouth, Minnesota, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Johnny S. Inthasone, 23, Richfield, Minnesota, following too close to an emergency vehicle, fined $50.
- Dustin L. Johnson, 33, Virginia, obstructing legal process, fined $50 and one year local confinement, 363 days stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Chandra N. Klakoski, 26, Virginia, hands-free law violation - second or subsequent offense, fined $275.
- Dylan A. Lane, 22, Virginia, domestic assault, adjudication stayed on one year probation, $50 fine and one year local confinement, 362 days stayed.
- Mark A. Locken, 44, Hoyt Lakes, driving after revocation, fined $200; second count driving after revocation, fined $400.
- Bryan T. Moe, 36, Hibbing, driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Kaela E. Natwora, 26, Elma, New York, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Jessica A. Onnen, 34, Culver, child restraint system violation, fined $50.
- Sparkle N. Page, 41, Duluth, threats of violence, imposition stayed on three years probation with conditions, four days local confinement.
- Dean A. Schilling, 58, Alborn, possess ammo/any firearm while under the influence of a controlled substance, 180 days local confinement, 179 days stayed on two years probation with conditions, concurrent; driving while impaired, 60 days local confinement, 59 days stayed on one year probation, concurrent.
- Jeremy J. Schmitt, 45, Tower, domestic assault, fined $100 and 90 days local confinement, 86 days stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Trent L. Smith, 26, Duluth, assault, one year local confinement and 27 months in prison, prison time and 178 days local confinement stayed on three years probation with conditions.
- Reggie J. Stank, 27, Superior, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Andre D. Ward, 30, Duluth, domestic assault, 90 days local confinement, 82 days stayed on one year probation with conditions; assault on a peace officer, one year local confinement, 360 days stayed on two years probation with conditions, concurrent; violation of no contact order, 90 days local confinement, 85 days stayed on one year probation with conditions, concurrent.
March 23
- Gerald D. Crest Jr., 41, Duluth, domestic assault, fined $50 and 18 months in prison, prison time stayed on 18 months probation with conditions; violation of no contact order, fined $50 and one year local confinement, 330 days stayed on two years probation with conditions, concurrent; violation of no contact order, one year local confinement, 330 days stayed on two years probation with conditions, concurrent.
- Shaina E. Guenigsman, 34, Hibbing, driving after revocation, fined $200.
- Samuel J. Gurovitsch, 49, Duluth, driving after revocation, fined $200; driving after revocation, fined $200.
- John E. Lewandowski Jr., 34, Duluth, driving after suspension, fined $200.
- Malcolm X. Lewis, 30, St. Cloud, Minnesota, aid and abet sale of 10 gram or more heroin, 95 months in prison.
- Thomas B. Morris, 63, Cloquet, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Nicholas J. Norlander, 37, Britt, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Joshua P. Perrault, 26, Duluth, domestic assault, adjudication stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Raymond L. Pierce, 51, Hibbing, driving while impaired, fined $900 and 90 days local confinement, 87 days stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Christopher D. Stamp, 37, New Prague, Minnesota, no annual inspection decal violation, fined $100.
- David L. Suliin, 55, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Donald J. Thomas, 36, Duluth, hit and run - failure to stop property damage, fined $200 and 30 days local confinement, time and $150 stayed on one year probation; driving after revocation, 30 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation.
- Ethan R. Wehrman, 22, Silver Bay, exceed allowable 88,000 pound gross weight violation, fined $1,000.
March 24
- Louise A. Alfredson, 34, Cook, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Dalton T. Anderson, 24, Duluth, assault, adjudication stayed for one year.
- Trevor Castrogiovanni, 54, Orr, disorderly conduct, fined $50 and two days local confinement.
- Craig A. Egle, 65, Hibbing, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Kevin T. Fields, 58, Stacy, Minnesota, driving a snowmobile 92 mph in a 50 mph zone, fined $200.
- David E. Filius, 35, Virginia, possession/sale of marijuana, fined $50; possession of drug paraphernalia, fined $50.
- Maria A. Hileman, 37, Hibbing, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Tara A. Keith, 48, Mountain Iron, driving after revocation, adjudication stayed on one year probation, $200 fine.
- Joy E. Lewis, 45, Clear Lake, Minnesota, driving after revocation, fined $200; hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Caleb M. Martenson, 19, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Kenneth A. Miraflores, 18, Hibbing, driving 94 mph in a 65 mph zone, fined $100.
- Chad D. Olson, 38, Gilbert, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Wesley W. Olson, 36, Duluth, driving after suspension, fined $200.
- Estelle M. Simard, 54, Rainy River, Ontario, driving after suspension, fined $200.
March 25
- LeeAnn M. Briski, 46, Chisholm, driving after revocation, fined $200.
- Trygg R. Gilbertson, 17, Ham Lake, Minnesota, driving 90 mph in a 65 mph zone, fined $70.
- Trent S. Hanson, 25, Carlton, marijuana in a motor vehicle, fined $150; possession drug paraphernalia, fined $50.
- Kimberly K. Koebensky, 47, Eveleth, driving a snowmobile 76 mph in a 50 mph zone, fined $100.
March 26
- Christine A. Digiovanni, 33, Hibbing, driving after revocation (offense dated: 9/16/17), fined $200.
- Samantha M. Hanson, 21, Cook, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Baylie J. Peterson, 19, Proctor, possession of drug paraphernalia, fined $50.
March 27
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- Jeramie R. Allen, 35, Cloquet, driving after suspension (offense dated: 6/30/11), fined $200.
- Joseph M. Blaeser, 44, Babbitt, operate a snowmobile at 80 mph in a 50 mph zone, fined $100.
- Zachery M. Callahan, 29, Duluth, driving while impaired, fined $2,000 and 180 days local confinement, time and $1,950 stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Sandra L. Christianson, 52, Hibbing, test refusal, fined $1,000 and one year local confinement, time stayed on two years probation with condtions.
- Destinee M. Clark, 26, Duluth, domestic assault, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Keith D. Coward, 52, Hibbing, driving while impaired, fined $100 and 90 days local confinement, 86 days stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Ashley J. Crossley, 33, Virginia, driving after suspension, fined $200.
- Matthew C. Cuffe, 43, Hibbing, careless driving, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time and $700 stayed on three years probation with conditions.
- Ryan J. Drickhamer, 33, Duluth, disorderly conduct, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, 85 days stayed on one year probation with conditions; driving while impaired, fined $50 and one year local confinement, 360 days stayed on two years probation with conditions, concurrent.
- Melissa J. Falk, 44, Saint Paul, Minnesota, driving after suspension (offense dated: 6/25/10), fined $200.
- Lori J. Feinberg, 56, Virginia, shoplifting, fined $100.
- Felicia N. Forness, 27, Duluth, careless driving, fined $1,000 and one year probation with conditions.
- Jerad C. Greskowiak, 40, Chisholm, shoplifting, fined $50, 90 days local confinement, 67 days stayed on one year probation with conditions, pay $34 in restitution; possession of 50 grams or more of cocaine or methamphetamine, fined $100, 23 days local confinement and 75 months in prison, prison time stayed on five years probation with conditions.
- Angel M. Hanson, 43, Hibbing, driving after cancellation - inimical to public safety, adjudication stayed on one year probation with conditions, $200 fine.
- Craig R. Hanville, 49, Virginia, shoplifting, fined $50.
- Cade C. Hella, 27, Lakeville, Minnesota, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $1,000 and 60 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Travis R. Johnson, 30, Duluth, possession of over 1.4 grams marijuana in a motor vehicle, fined $150; driving after revocation, fined $200.
- Jacob D. Katzberger, 46, Granite Falls, Minnesota, disorderly conduct, fined $50.
- Ashley R. Lamar, 34, Duluth, driving after revocation (offense dated: 8/18/17), fined $200.
- Dewayne R. Lee, 49, Newport News, Virginia, driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time and $250 stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Jim R. Lindberg, 50, Superior, shoplifting, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time and $900 stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Chayna J. Loon, 23, Kenora, Ontario, driving 95 mph in a 60 mph zone, fined $150.
- Jeremy J. Lubansky, 29, Duluth, shoplifting, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time and $950 stayed o one year probation, pay $98 in restitution.
- Luke V. McGarry, 26, Duluth, two counts driving after revocation, fined $200 per each count.
- Chad M. Nylund, 37, Virginia, possession of over 1.4 grams marijuana in a motor vehicle, fined $150.
- Joy M. Packa, 56, Virginia, two counts driving after cancellation - inimical to public safety, adjudication stayed for one year, $50 fine per each count, concurrent.
- Christopher G. Panagos Jr., 29, Hibbing, open bottle law violation, fined $100.
- Ryan K. Parendo, 25, Aurora, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Cheryl J. Pattishall, 47, St. Peter, Minnesota, driving after cancellation - inimical to public safety, fined $1,000 and 180 days local confinement, time and $800 stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Andrew P. Pecchia, 35, Keewatin, shoplifting, fined $50 and pay $250 in restitution.
- Austin J. Pernu, 25, Eveleth, careless driving, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Cynthia J. Peterson, 31, Duluth, domestic assault - subsequent violation, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, 88 days stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Theresa L. Phillips, 28, Chisholm, driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and one year probation with conditions.
- Brandon M. Pintar, 31, Nashwauk, disorderly conduct, fined $50 and one year probation.
- Nichele L. Powell, 39, Hibbing, two counts violation of a restraining order, adjudication stayed on one year probation, $50 fine per each fine, concurrent.
- Shaylyn J. C. Powell, 27, Hibbing, disorderly conduct, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Michelle M. Romero, 45, Duluth, driving after revocation (offense dated: 9/15/11), fined $200.
- Raven L. V. Sainio, 18, Tower, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Michael D. Snodgrass, 48, Duluth, driving after suspension, fined $200.
- Cody J. Tocchio, 33, Britt, possession of a controlled substance, adjudication stayed on three years probation with conditions, $50 fine and 11 days local confinement; carry/possess a pistol without a permit in a public place, one year local confinement, 359 days stayed on two years probation with conditions, concurrent.
- Douglas D. VanVickle, 49, Gilbert, offering a forged check, one year local confinement, 160 days stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Justin A. Winn, 43, Monticello, Minnesota, driving after revocation (offense dated: 10/14/13), fined $200.
March 28
- Dustin L. Bilyeu, 39, Bovey, vehicle violate forest products permit - exceed gross weight violation, fined $600.
- Ross G. Coyer, 37, Orr, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Nicole M. Everson, 34, Eveleth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Johnathan C. Firebaugh, 40, Saginaw, receiving stolen property, fined $50, one year local confinement and 17 months in prison, prison time stayed on one year probation with conditions; possession of a controlled substance, fined $50, one year local confinement and 15 months in prison, prison time stayed on one year probation with conditions, concurrent; shoplifting, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, concurrent; driving after revocation, 90 days local confinement, concurrent.
- Sawyer D. Garretson, 19, Hibbing, careless driving, fined $100.
- George T. Ham, 66, Duluth, shoplifting, adjudication stayed for one year.
- Ian M. Horn, 57, Fort Worth, Texas, driving 90 mph in a 65 mph zone, fined $70.
- Benjamin L. Houle, 43, Black River Falls, Wisconsin, criminal damage to property, fined $50 and 24 months in prison.
- Alex C. Jokela, 42, Saint Paul, Minnesota, driving 90 mph in a 60 mph zone, fined $100.
- Rangineh Kalhor, 54, Duluth, failure to stop for a school bus, continued for dismissal for one year.
- Carleton E. Kishel, 18, Eveleth, driving 83 mph in a 55 mph zone, fined $100.
- Joshua A. Leblanc, 44, Hoyt Lakes, obstruct/interfere with operation of a vehicle, 30 days local confinement.
- Eric G. Lundin, 69, Saginaw, criminal sex conduct, fined $500 and one year local confinement, time stayed on four years probation with conditions, pay $961 in restitution.
- Rory E. Mikels, 40, Duluth, shoplifting, fined $50 and 20 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation.
- Zachary T. Petrich, 25, Eveleth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Chris J. Reynolds, 37, Cloquet, driving after revocation, fined $200.
- Lane E. Schiller, 49, Virginia, driving 80 mph in a 50 mph zone, fined $100.
- Melissa S. Shene, 55, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Annmarie Ulvestad, 37, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Christian R. Walling, 26, Superior, shoplifting, 10 days local confinement.
- Michael J. Wiggins, 34, Virginia, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Bradley K. Wilson, 49, Virginia, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Jaedon I. Wilson, 20, Duluth, driving 99 mph in a 65 mph zone, fined $150.
- Ronald M. Wrazidlo, 58, Duluth, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $1,000 and 60 days local confinement, time and $900 stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Nicholas J. Zupetz, 24, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
March 29
- Trevor L. Angellar, 25, Eveleth, disorderly conduct, fined $50.
- Jason K. Banks, 30, Biwabik, disorderly conduct, fined $50.
- Mary F. Boshey, 61, Virginia, disorderly conduct, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, 86 days stayed on one year probation with conditions; second count disorderly conduct, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, 88 days stayed on one year probation.
- Brandon R. Cavanaugh, 37, Cotton, possession of a controlled substance, adjudication stayed on one year probation with conditions, $50 fine.
- Trevor I. J. Cole, 19, Aurora, disorderly conduct, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, 85 days stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Randy J. Cozzi, 44, Duluth, fugitive, extradition waived.
- Sheikh E. Faal, 30, Minneapolis, driving 83 mph in a 55 mph zone, adjudication stayed for six months, $200 fine.
- Jordan T. Doedderz, 30, Babbitt, domestic assault, adjudication stayed on one year probation with conditions, $300 fine and 90 days local confinement, 87 days stayed.
- Thomas M. Geisler, 35, Ely, disorderly conduct, fined $100 and 90 days local confinement, 86 days stayed on one year probation.
- Jesse T. Grano, 40, Mountain Iron, driving while impaired, adjudication stayed on two years probation with conditions, $50 fine and one year local confinement, time stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Douglas E. Grovenburg, 43, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Dustin C. Heglin, 33, Ely, disorderly conduct, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, 88 days stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Garry B. Hendrickson Jr., 46, Duluth, fleeing a peace officer, fined $50, 3 days local confinement and one year and one day in prison, prison time stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Timothy J. Hirchert, 32, Hibbing, theft, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation, pay $201 in restitution.
- Emery W. Jensen, 60, Duluth, two counts driving after cancellation - inimical to public safety, fined $2,000 and 180 days local confinement, time and $1,500 stayed on two years probation per each count.
- Parker C. Johnson, 21, Soudan, interfere with an emergency call, adjudication stayed on two years probation with conditions, $300 fine and one year local confinement, 361 days stayed.
- Jean M. Kalinowski, 59, Gilbert, driving after cancellation, fined $200.
- Benjamin J. Kielar, 21, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Danette l. Lambert, 37, Virginia, possession of a controlled substance, adjudication stayed on one year probation with conditions, $50 and one year local confinement, 360 days stayed.
- Rose M. Marksmeier, 32, Two Harbors, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Ashley D. Martin, 35, Hermantown, two counts limited license violation, fined $100 per each count, concurrent.
- Gerralyn A. McEntyre, 58, Ely, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Ricky D. Nelson, 61, Duluth, driving after cancellation - inimical to public safety, adjudication stayed for one year.
- Cassie A. Oatis, 34, Hibbing, shoplifting, fined $100.
- John C. Packa, 33, Hibbing, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- David S. Rangel Jr., 337, Bovey, test refusal, fined $50 and one year local confinement, 362 days stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- George J. Rendl, 23, Eveleth, driving after revocation, fined $200.
- Donald F. Roybal Wakemup, 30, Orr, give false information to a peace officer, adjudication stayed on one year probation with conditions, fined $50.
- Jesse M. Schleppegrell, 20, Chisholm, driving while impaired, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement.
- Alex A. Seboe, 24, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Larry W. Sherman, 70, Hibbing, assault on a peace officer, adjudication stayed for one year, $50 fine.
- Alexa C. Thompson, 24, Virginia, shoplifting, fined $200 and pay $74 in restitution.
- Lujauanna M. Vernardo, 42, Duluth, two counts driving after revocation (offenses dated: 10/8/19, 5/27/22), fined $200 per each count.
- Jenny J. Walsberg, 52, Two Harbors, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Cody L. Walker-Nelson, 32, Duluth, theft, fined $50 and 36 months in prison; fleeing a peace officer, one year and one day in prison, concurrent; two counts failure to stop for collision - hit and run, 90 days local confinement per each count, concurrent; reckless discharge of a firearm in a city, 22 months in prison, concurrent; two counts felon in possession of a firearm, 68 months in prison per each count, concurrent; burglary, 36 months in prison, concurrent; second count theft, 36 months in prison, concurrent; assault, 68 months in prison, consecutive.
- Nathan R. Wallin, 41, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, driving 98 mph in a 60 mph zone, fined $150.
- Everett L. Wedlund, 56, Babbitt, possession of a controlled substance and domestic assault, adjudication stayed on two years probation with conditions, $300 fine and one year local confinement, 353 days stayed per each count.
March 30
- Travis J. Anderson, 21, Cloquet, careless driving, fined $100.
- Sheryl L. Bechel, 57, Duluth, driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and 60 days local confinement, time and $500 stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Amber l. Becker, 36, Hibbing, financial card fraud, fined $50 and one year local confinement, 328 days stayed on two years probation with conditions, pay $1,113 in restitution.
- Dahlya J. Brock, 34, Mountain Iron, neglect of a child, continued for dismissal for six months.
- Brenda l. Bratz, 42, Grand Rapids, theft of property, continued for dismissal for one year.
- Victor A. Brock Jr., 23, Duluth, test refusal, one year local confinement; felon in possession of a firearm/ammo, 60 months in prison, concurrent.
- Codey J. Case, 27, Hibbing, assault, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Robert A. Cementina, 22, Chisholm, fleeing a peace officer, fined $50, 70 days local confinement, and one year and one day in prison, prison time stayed on three years probation with conditions.
- Carley P. Challender, 26, Knife River, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Shonda L. Cunningham, 52, Eveleth, driving after suspension (offense dated: 12/14/19), fined $200.
- Christopher L. Deschampe, 43, Duluth, possession of over 1.4 grams marijuana in a motor vehicle, fined $150; driving after suspension (offense dated: 3/28/10), fined $200; driving after suspension (offense dated: 11/6/10), fined $200.
- Glenn D. Fernandes, 51, Timmins, Ontario, operate a snowmobile 79 mph in a 50 mph zone, fined $100.
- Steven L. Gerard, 43, Duluth, test refusal, fined $2,000 and 180 days local confinement, time and fine stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Joshua L. Hackensmith, 43, Eveleth, four counts driving after revocation (offenses dated: 2/16/18, 4/28/18, 7/27/18, 6/14/19), fined $200 per each count.
- Jason R. Hicks, 40, Duluth, theft, 15 months in prison, prison time stayed on five years probation with conditions; second count theft, 19 months in prison, prison time stayed on five years probation with conditions, concurrent; third count theft, 13 months in prison, prison time stayed on five years probation with conditions, concurrent.
- Robert A. Hoover, 36, Hermantown, hit and run - fail to stop for accident to property, fined $400 and 60 days local confinement, time and $200 stayed on one year probation with conditions, pay $500 in restitution.
- Francis P. Isham, 70, Duluth, disorderly conduct, 30 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation, 40 hours Community Work Service.
- Raven A. Isham, 35, Two Harbors, two counts theft, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation per each count.
- Jesse J. Keuten, 33, Duluth, two counts theft, imposition stayed on three years probation with conditions, $50 fine and 55 days local confinement per each count, concurrent.
- Jessica J. Klostermeier, 43, Minneapolis, driving after revocation (offense dated: 3/20/13), fined $200.
- Christopher M. Kueser, 26, Tennessee, domestic assault, fined $50, 31 days local confinement and 18 months in prison, prison time stayed on three years probation with conditions.
- Crystal L. Kuusisto, 38, Duluth, assault, adjudication stayed on three years probation, fined $50 and 14 days local confinement; receiving stolen property, imposition stayed on three years probation with conditions, $50 fine and six days local confinement; careless driving, fined $50 and 30 days local confinement, 16 days local confinement on on year probation with conditions.
- Tony L. Lewis, 49, Georgetown, Indiana, driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and 60 days local confinement, time and $500 stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Danielle R. Maki, 32, Duluth, driving after suspension (offense dated: 1/17/18), fined $200; possession of drug paraphernalia, fined $50.
- Cynthia M. Monsaas, 54, Duluth, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $50 and one year local confinement, time stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Andrew P. Olmstead, 36, Duluth, driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Justin P. Oseland, 43, Gilbert, careless driving, fined $300 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with condition.
- Andrew R. Pederson, 34, Barnum, over 20,000 single axle violation, fined $300.
- Zachary R. Petersen, 20, Cloquet, possession or sale small amount of marijuana, fined $50; possession of drug paraphernalia, fined $50.
- Gina L. Pishler, 53, Virginia, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Jon M. Redfield, 34, Silver Bay, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Winston P. Richardson, 68, Forrest Park, Georgia, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time and $950 stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- December J. Simmons, 25, Duluth, driving 91 mph in a 65 mph zone, fined $100.
- Zachary R. Smith, 25, Blackduck, two counts shoplifting, 30 days local confinement per each count, concurrent.
- Brittney M. Springer, 25, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Chantelle R. Taylor, 36, Buhl, possession of a controlled substance, adjudication stayed on three years probation with conditions, $50 fine and 19 days local confinement.
- Jonathan A. Williams, 33, Nashwauk, driving after suspension, fined $200.
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- Mark D. Baumann, 64, Floodwood, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Theresa L. Beaulieu, 28, Chisholm, shoplifting, fined $50 and 18 days local confinement.
- Brad S. Bjork, 25, Duluth, aid and abet assault, adjudication stayed on three years probation with conditions, fined $100.
- Jade M. Boshey, 37, Virginia, shoplifting, fined $50; possession of a controlled substance, fined $50 and one year and one day in prison, concurrent; sale of 17 grams or more of methamphetamine, fined $50 and 64 months in prison; second count shoplifting, continued for dismissal for 30 days.
- Vincent W. Dean, 59, Virginia, domestic assault, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, 86 days stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Melvin L. Easterling, 65, Duluth, hit and run - failure to stop for damage to property, adjudication stayed for one year.
- Adam J. Eberhardt, 21, Duluth, shoplifting, continued for dismissal for six months, 24 hours Community Work Service.
- Jeffrey C. Elg, 54, Gilbert, domestic assault - subsequent violation, fined $50 and one year local confinement, 351 days stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Kristina A. Faletra, 33, Duluth, shoplifting, adjudication stayed for one year.
- Michelle A. Garcia, 42, Duluth, driving after suspension, continued for dismissal for one year.
- Emily M. Hemphill, 37, Eveleth, driving after revocation, adjudication stayed, $200 fine.
- Charles D. C. Holmes Jr., 20, Virginia, shoplifting, fined $50 and pay $11 in restitution.
- Darcy R. Horowitz, 56, Superior, careless driving, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, 89 days stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Anthony J. Isaac, 35, Duluth, driving after cancellation, adjudication stayed on one year probation.
- Jim R. Lindberg, 50, Superior, driving after cancellation, fined $100.
- Johnathon M. Musakka, 39, Virginia, shoplifting, adjudication stayed on one year probation, $50 fine.
- Jonah E. Mathis, 22, Nashwauk, give false information to a peace officer, imposition stayed on one year probation with conditions, $50 fine.
- Trey M. Meyer, 27, Duluth, driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time and $900 stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Tadd M. Nelson, 22, Hibbing, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $100 and one year local confinement, 363 days stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Samantha M. Pearson, 23, Duluth, aiding an offender, adjudication stayed for two years, fined $50.
- Jeffery M. Pintar, 29, Hibbing, possession of a controlled substance, continued for dismissal for one year.
- Jonathan J. Russ, 57, Hibbing, driving while impaired, fined $100 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Dylan N. Salo, 23, Duluth, careless driving, fined $1,000 and 60 days local confinement, 59 days stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Darrell J. Sandberg, 65, Cook, driving after cancellation - inimical to public safety, adjudication stayed on one year probation with conditions, $200 fine.
- Hillary P. Shambow, 41, Virginia, shoplifting, fined $200.
- Andrea M. Silverio, 18, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Kai R. Soderberg, 40, Duluth, careless driving, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, 88 days stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Jenny A. Stauffer, 45, Chisholm, obstructing legal process, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation.
- Reece J. Townsend, 28, Duluth, driving while impaired, one year local confinement, time stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Carrie J. Weisinger, 44, Ely, driving after revocation, fined $200.
- Rodney J. White, 42, Superior, driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time and $900 stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Jerry S. Yang, 47, Saint Paul, Minnesota, gross weight exceeds registered limit violation, fined $500.
The News Tribune publishes Matters of Record as part of its obligation to serve as a keeper of the local historical record. All items are public records submitted by the courthouse in Duluth. Most defendants are also ordered to pay court and/or surcharge fees. Individual requests for items to be withheld will not be granted. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/matters-of-record-for-june-21-2023 | 2023-06-21T17:59:36 | 0 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/matters-of-record-for-june-21-2023 |
Ann Arbor man accused of hitting another man in the head with a rock charged
An Ann Arbor man has been charged with assault with intent to murder after allegedly hitting another man in the head with a large rock, police said.
They said the victim, 38, also of Ann Arbor, remains in critical condition after his skull was fractured.
Officers were called at about 11 p.m. on Friday to the 300 block of South Maple for a welfare check, according to authorities. They arrived and found a man with significant injuries to his head in a parking lot. Medics took the man to a hospital.
After a preliminary investigation, police learned the man was in a fight in the parking lot with another man. They reviewed surveillance video of the area, which showed a suspect intentionally throwing a large rock at the victim’s head while he lay on the ground.
Further investigation revealed the suspect's identity as Ryan Osborn, 37, also of Ann Arbor. Police located Osborn at a hospital and arrested him.
They said he was arraigned Sunday from his hospital bed. A magistrate set his bond at $500,000 and scheduled his next court appearance for next week Thursday, according to court records.
If convicted, he faces up to life in prison.
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Troy man charged in Saturday hit-and-run of 7-year-old girl
A Troy man has been charged in a Saturday hit-and-run crash that injured a 7-year-old girl, police said.
Raed Yousef Abdalla, 27, was arraigned Tuesday in 52-4 District Court on a charge of failing to stop at the scene of an accident-causing serious injury, a 15-year felony, officials said.
A judge ordered Abdalla held on a $1 million bond and scheduled his next court appearance for next week Thursday.
Police accuse Abdalla of striking a girl who was riding a bicycle across a street with his vehicle at about 11 a.m. Saturday near the intersection of Silverstone Drive and Dryden in Troy. They said the girl suffered a broken leg, a broken pelvis and severe abrasions.
Detectives developed Abdalla as a suspect from witness accounts. They also learned he has ties to a used car dealership in Roseville where Roseville police located the vehicle believed to have been involved in the crash 45 minutes after it happened, officials said.
Authorities said Dearborn police officers arrested Abdalla Monday at a family member's home.
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TAMARACK — A company hoping to build an underground nickel mine in Aitkin County has submitted its plan to state regulators, kicking off a years-long environmental review and permitting process.
In documents filed with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on Wednesday, Talon Nickel, a subsidiary of British Virgin Islands-based Talon Metals Corp., laid out its proposal for an underground mine 500-2,000 feet below the surface, a 60-acre above-ground footprint north of Tamarack and a 1.5-mile long rail spur to an existing BNSF railroad. The company will move the ore by rail to North Dakota for processing and tailings storage.
The company hopes to begin production in 2027 and expects it will last 7-10 years. Talon's mine would employ an additional 300 workers organized by the United Steelworkers union. Approximately 100 employees are already working for Talon.
“Our team in Tamarack is excited to have reached the milestone of submitting the initial worksheet form to begin Minnesota’s Environmental Review process, the starting point for any project seeking a permit in the state,” said Talon CEO Henri van Rooyen.
The DNR is now at looking at the proposal for its completion before it begins work on the environmental impact statement. Environmental reviews are separate from, but inform, the permitting process, and must be complete and deemed "adequate" before permits can be granted by state and local authorities, the DNR said.
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“We understand that Minnesotans have widely differing perspectives regarding this proposed project and nonferrous mining more broadly. The DNR, however, must base its decisions on the facts and the law,” Katie Smith, director of the DNR’s Ecological and Water Resources Division, said in a news release Wednesday. “I want to assure all Minnesotans that the DNR is committed to a rigorous, transparent, and neutral review of the project, based on science and applicable state law.”
The project faces opposition over fears that it could pollute the Mississippi River watershed.
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Chairwoman and Chief Executive Melanie Benjamin said in a statement last month that the band was concerned with the mine so close to its land.
"The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe supports transitioning to a green economy but in a way that does not cause further environmental harm," Benjamin said. "Mining is not the only option to source the nickel needed to produce electric vehicle batteries, and we do not believe it should ever be treated as the first option."
The company said that it will treat water that seeps from bedrock into the mine to the surface for treatment. Additionally, no ore will be crushed or processed on site.
Instead, the company is planning to build its processing and tailings storage facilities in North Dakota. The ore would be mined near Tamarack and shipped in a covered railcar to North Dakota. The facility is expected to employ 250 people. An industrial site in Mercer County, North Dakota has been identified, but negotiations to purchase the site are ongoing, said Todd Malan, Talon's chief external affairs officer and head of climate strategy.
Plans for Talon's "battery minerals processing facility" in North Dakota were announced last year in conjunction with the federal government awarding $114 million to help offset construction costs as the Biden administration aims to build a domestic supply chain for electric vehicle batteries.
Electric car maker Tesla Inc. and Talon signed a six-year agreement for Tesla to buy 75,000 metric tons (165 million pounds) of nickel concentrate.
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Talon said it moved its processing facility to a drier environment in response to community concerns about water potential water pollution from the mine.
Moving those facilities to North Dakota also reduces the number of permits Talon needs in Minnesota, a state with a reputation for lengthy environmental reviews and permitting processes.
NewRange Copper Nickel's proposed NorthMet project first started the environmental review process in 2004. It obtained its permits 14 years later. Today, several remain on hold amid legal challenges, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers revoked a key federal discharge permit earlier this month.
Talon plans to mine the Midcontinent Rift’s Tamarack Intrusive Complex, which was detected by a Minnesota Geologic Survey plane looking for anomalies through a geophysical magnetic survey in the 1970s. That was followed up by some exploration drilling and the results were published in 1986. It drew the attention of Kennecott, the exploration arm of global mining giant Rio Tinto.
By 2000, Kennecott had state mineral leases and began exploring. In 2008, the company was ready to call it quits. But on what company officials said was supposed to be the last drill, they found a significant amount of nickel a few miles north of Tamarack.
But the recession killed metal prices and exploration there slowed. By 2014, Talon started to buy into the project. It became Kennecott’s designated operator for the exploration, and in 2019, entered into an agreement to acquire up to a 60% interest in the Tamarack project. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/state-begins-review-of-proposed-nickel-mine-near-tamarack | 2023-06-21T17:59:47 | 0 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/state-begins-review-of-proposed-nickel-mine-near-tamarack |
Man arrested in fatal Tuesday shooting at Taylor motel
Police continue to investigate the fatal shooting of a woman who was found at a motel in Taylor on Tuesday, officials said.
They also said they have one person in custody who has admitted to killing her.
Investigators said the suspect at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday flagged down a Michigan State Police trooper at a gas station near the intersection of Goddard and Telegraph roads.
He told the trooper to arrest him because he murdered his girlfriend, according to authorities.
Taylor police officers went to the Tel Wick Inn on Telegraph Road at Wick Road to conduct a welfare check and found the deceased woman in one of the motel's rooms.
Police said the woman appears to have died from a single gunshot wound.
Officials said they are not releasing any further details at this time.
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A Fort Wayne teen is expected to spend two years in prison after pleading guilty to two kidnapping charges connected to a stolen car that had children in it.
Swa Hid, 18, was sentenced per a plea agreement signed last month that calls for two five-year sentences. In the agreement, it specifies that only two years of those sentences are to be executed and that they be served concurrent to each other.
Prosecutors did not object to Hid serving his executed sentence in the Allen County Community Corrections Residential Services or him being placed in Community Corrections. However, Allen Superior Judge David Zent ordered the teen to serve his sentence in the Indiana Department of Correction.
The remaining three years of his sentences are to be served on active adult probation. He's also ordered to pay more than $9,000 in restitution.
In exchange for Hid's plea, prosecutors dismissed charges of resisting law enforcement, theft and leaving the scene of an accident. The charges stem from December, when police arrested him after witnessing him flee from a crash involving a stolen car.
The car had been stolen earlier that day with two young children inside. Their parents had left the car running while dropping off groceries for a friend, according to a probable cause affidavit signed by Fort Wayne Det. Chris Crasper.
The parents called the police when they saw Hid, then 17, get into the car and drive away in it. K-9 Officer Treven Brown later located the vehicle and attempted to pull the teen over, but Hid fled and crashed into another vehicle.
Hid got out of the car and fled on foot, but was apprehended by Brown's police dog. After Hid was taken into custody, police were able to get his version of events through a translator.
Hid told police he was riding his bike home when he saw the car running, got in and drove away, according to court documents. Once in the van, Hid said he noticed the two children in the back.
He then gave the children to an old man he saw while driving and told him to keep an eye on the kids until he returned, Hid told police. After leaving the children, he was spotted by police and the chase-turned-crash ensued. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/teen-to-spend-2-years-in-prison-on-kidnapping-charges/article_bfbc4e9e-0f88-11ee-96e4-1b90d86e226b.html | 2023-06-21T18:01:13 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/teen-to-spend-2-years-in-prison-on-kidnapping-charges/article_bfbc4e9e-0f88-11ee-96e4-1b90d86e226b.html |
Warsaw is among communities in north-central and northwest Indiana forecast for high ozone levels on Thursday, the state Department of Environmental Management said today.
The department issued an Air Quality Action Day for Thursday in the regions.
Anyone sensitive to changes in air quality may be affected when ozone levels are high, IDEM said in a statement. It said children, senior citizens and anyone with heart or lung conditions should reduce or avoid exertion and heavy work outdoors. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/warsaw-included-in-air-quality-action-day-on-thursday/article_cff42762-1052-11ee-a0a6-6fdffae0888d.html | 2023-06-21T18:01:19 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/warsaw-included-in-air-quality-action-day-on-thursday/article_cff42762-1052-11ee-a0a6-6fdffae0888d.html |
TOWN OF FLOYD, N.Y. -- A man from the Town of Floyd has just been busted for allegedly selling a bulldozer that wasn't his to sell.
Oneida County Sheriff's officials say it was stolen from a home in Westmoreland where it was getting fixed.
64-year-old Grover Damuth is charged with grand larceny.
Since the bulldozer was sold without the owner's permission, deputies are still investigating.
They're asking anyone who may have any information on the purchase of the Nortrac bulldozer to give the Oneida County Sheriff's Office a call at 315-765-2334. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/floyd-man-accused-of-selling-bulldozer-without-owner-consent/article_815a15fe-1038-11ee-a1da-232a27c19684.html | 2023-06-21T18:03:17 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/floyd-man-accused-of-selling-bulldozer-without-owner-consent/article_815a15fe-1038-11ee-a1da-232a27c19684.html |
TOWN OF LEWIS, N.Y. -- State Police have charged the Town of Lewis highway superintendent with corrupting the government.
Investigators say 63-year-old Lynn Frank Platt sold scrap metal from items that were the Town of Lewis's, and then kept the more than $2,300 from selling the scrap. This, all while he was the highway superintendent.
Platt was issued an appearance ticket and will stand in front of a judge on July 13. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/highway-superintendent-arrested-in-town-of-lewis/article_f8c0ad54-1035-11ee-b7f5-bb7beaf466e1.html | 2023-06-21T18:03:19 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/highway-superintendent-arrested-in-town-of-lewis/article_f8c0ad54-1035-11ee-b7f5-bb7beaf466e1.html |
The inmate who ran from deputies into traffic outside Utica City Court last month was in Oneida County Court this morning.
Video of 40-year-old Mitchell Clark running into the street and trying to get in an occupied SUV was seen thousands of times on social media.
Today in county court, Clark entered a not guilty plea to an escape charge.
He has until July 19th to contemplate a plea offer from the Oneida County District Attorney's Office. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/inmate-who-fled-authorities-last-month-in-court/article_3a2b86fe-1051-11ee-a4e4-770f31ec5958.html | 2023-06-21T18:03:25 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/inmate-who-fled-authorities-last-month-in-court/article_3a2b86fe-1051-11ee-a4e4-770f31ec5958.html |
The man who police say opened fire in Monroe Park following a high school graduation ceremony appeared in court again on Wednesday morning.
Amari Pollard, 19, is facing two counts of second-degree murder for the June 6 shooting. Huguenot High School graduate Shawn Jackson and his step-father Lorenzo Smith were killed moments after Jackson walked the stage of The Altria Theater to receive his diploma. Five others were injured.
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Pollard’s case was continued until July 28, when he’s currently scheduled for a pretrial hearing.
The makeup of the case may change by that time. On July 3, a grand jury is scheduled to meet, at which point it’s possible that the prosecutors could secure more or upgraded charges by way of an indictment. For example, charges have not yet been filed against Pollard in relation to the gunshot injuries suffered by the five other attendees.
Pollard’s family has retained trial lawyer Jason Anthony. His mother, Ashley Pollard, declined to comment after the brief hearing.
Anthony said the case is in early stages and that he has yet to file a motion for discovery.
Anthony said much will become public about Pollard and Jackson’s relationship at trial, and “that law enforcement’s description of the case as complex is a very positive sign for the defense.”
“I think there was a great deal going on. I have a very good sense of the young man I’m representing,” said Anthony. “And both sides here are very eager to get this onto the third floor in front of a jury.”
Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney Mike Holloman represented the prosecution via video, Anthony said. Commonwealth's Attorney Colette McEachin has declined to comment on the case publicly.
Richmond police have said that Pollard and Jackson had an “ongoing dispute,” but little else has been released. That includes information on the ownership of four guns recovered from the scene.
The shooting prompted a floor speech by U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, who called for her colleagues in Washington, D.C., to legislate background checks and an assault weapons ban to protect children.
“We shouldn’t have to live like this. What should have been the happiest day of those kid’s lives turned into every parent’s worst nightmare,” McClellan said. “Those kids saw their freshman year cut short by COVID. They should have felt the joy, yesterday and last night, of graduating. Instead, their final memory of high school is marred forever by trauma.”
This is continuing Times-Dispatch coverage of a shooting that killed two after a Richmond high school graduation ceremony. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-courts/amari-pollard-shawn-jackson-lorenzo-smith-richmond-shooting-graduation-altria/article_8f590ee0-1050-11ee-9657-172e05198026.html | 2023-06-21T18:11:15 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-courts/amari-pollard-shawn-jackson-lorenzo-smith-richmond-shooting-graduation-altria/article_8f590ee0-1050-11ee-9657-172e05198026.html |
An abandoned gas station on the long-neglected Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground could soon become the new face of the historic site with the installation of a mural.
The artwork would be installed on the façade of the 1305 N. Fifth St. building and will feature three horizontal lines painted red, black and green in that order. Then, written across the lines in white vinyl stenciling, the inscription would read: “Beneath this old gas station, that billboard and I-95/65 is Shockoe Hill Burying Ground. Active 1816-1879.”
The proposed art piece, if approved, will serve as one piece in the ongoing Shockoe Project, which aims to recognize, acknowledge and honor the estimated 22,000 free and formerly enslaved bodies interred there.
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The plan is to have the artwork in place until a more complete design can be developed.
The push to install a mural on the historic site comes at the request of Sixth District Councilwoman Ellen Robertson, who first presented the design that was completed by the Public Art Commission at a community meeting this month.
According to a public art master plan issued by the commission, the goal is to use the public art piece as a way to acknowledge the city and the neighborhood’s history and engage the public in honoring people and their stories.
“Smaller-scale projects created by artists that interact with neighborhood residents can contribute to the texture and identity of an area,” the master plan says.
The Planning Commission voted 4-1, with Commissioner Burchell Pinnock abstaining, to recommend the City Council approve the proposed project.
The Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground is a historic landmark located on 15 acres in the city’s Shockoe Bottom. For several years, it served as the burial site for thousands of Black Richmonders in the once segregated part of the Shockoe Hill Cemetery until it closed due to overcrowding.
While the site has seen numerous buildings erected on the grounds, including several roads, a railway, an almshouse, a hospital and an eventual gas station, the greatest disturbance came largely with the construction on the interstate over the burying ground.
As a result of the numerous desecrations to the site, the city government pushed to provide funding to purchase the property and develop a plan to acknowledge the site’s historic significance. In 2022, the site was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground is one of two burial grounds located in the Bottom. The second, smaller and older site is located next to Lumpkin’s Jail, which served as the city’s holding facility for enslaved persons and housed the city’s gallows.
While the site’s two histories overlap, the Lumpkin’s Jail, or Devil’s Half Acre site, specifically functioned as a burial site for people who went through the jail.
The Richmond City Council will consider the proposal at its next regular meeting at 6 p.m., Monday. It will hold a public comment period prior to a vote.
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For months, many Richmonders held onto the belief that the Confederate capital would never fall to Union forces. Here's what happened in early April 1865. | https://richmond.com/news/local/history/shockoe-hill-burying-ground/article_68deb636-1044-11ee-9b12-53d21081b66f.html | 2023-06-21T18:11:21 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/history/shockoe-hill-burying-ground/article_68deb636-1044-11ee-9b12-53d21081b66f.html |
Friday Cheers, the Friday night concert series typically held on Brown's Island, is moving indoors this week to The National due to possible inclement weather.
"Thursday will not bring the consistent rain and wind that Wednesday has brought, but several rounds of rain and potential stronger thunderstorms are expected between mid-afternoon and evening on Thursday," RTD meteorologist Sean Sublette said. "Several rainy spells are also likely on Friday before rainfall becomes much more scattered in nature on Saturday and Sunday." Check out his full weather update here.
Doors at The National, 708 E. Broad St., open at 6 p.m., with music starting around 6:30 p.m. All advance tickets sold and season passes will be honored. Kids ages 12 and under are free. Tickets can still be purchased.
This week's Music at Maymont concert featuring Lettuce, Steel Pulse and Makua Rothman was also moved indoors to the Altria Theater on Wednesday, due to inclement weather.
Flowers After 5 at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden on Thursday was cancelled due to the forecast of severe weather. The Family Friendly Pollinator Talk and Tour will be postponed until July 20.
Pride UnHappy Hour with Landon Elliott and a drag performance at the Poe Museum on Thursday was also cancelled due to inclement weather.
Next week's Friday Cheers concert with Holy Roller and Flipturn on June 30 will be the last of the season.
But the weekend isn't expected to be a total washout, according to the RTD's Sublette. "Both Saturday and Sunday will bring temperatures in the 80s with the higher humidity that Richmond is known for in the summer. Showers will be scattered around Richmond during Saturday, but we are cautiously optimistic that Sunday will be dry from start to finish," Sublette said. | https://richmond.com/news/local/weather/weather-moves-friday-cheers-concert-indoors-cancels-flowers-after-5-unhappy-hour/article_8e8e3ed6-1050-11ee-ac48-d385a131f206.html | 2023-06-21T18:11:27 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/weather/weather-moves-friday-cheers-concert-indoors-cancels-flowers-after-5-unhappy-hour/article_8e8e3ed6-1050-11ee-ac48-d385a131f206.html |
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A bear that fatally attacked a 66-year-old Tucson man at a campsite in central Arizona last week tested negative for rabies and had no apparent signs of disease, authorities said Wednesday.
The adult male black bear killed Steven Jackson on Friday at his property in the Groom Creek area near Prescott.
Prescott is a little more than 200 miles north of Tucson.
Anne Justice-Allen, the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s wildlife veterinarian, conducted a necropsy on the carcass. The bear’s brain stem was tested for rabies at the state Department of Health Services state laboratory. Arizona has recorded only one case of a bear having tested positive for rabies, in 1971.
The bear acted in what appeared to be an unprovoked predatory attack, Game and Fish officials said.
The cause of death was determined to be from multiple gunshot wounds from a neighbor who was trying to stop the attack. Authorities said it's illegal to shoot or hunt a bear in Arizona unless there is an immediate threat.
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Keeping bears away from your home
1. Take outdoor bird feeders down at night.
2. Keep all trash in a secured location until your trash is collected. If that’s not possible, keep your food waste in a bag in the freezer until pick-up day.
3. Don't leave uneaten pet or livestock food out for extended periods of time.
Keeping bears away while camping
1. Don't burn food scraps or trash at your grill or campfire.
2. Keep food and other animal attractants secured and out of reach of bears. Do not keep food inside your tent.
3. Set up your campsite away from wet places where bears often search for food, such as creeks and rivers.
Tips when hiking
1. Make noise while you hike or hike in groups.
2. Don’t wear strongly-scented lotions, deodorant, body sprays or perfumes.
3. Always keep your pet on a leash when taking them on a hike.
What do to if you encounter a bear
1. Do not run, that could cause the bear to chase you.
2. If attacked, do not play dead. Fight back instead.
4. Attempt to deter the bear, then back away slowly facing forward if the bear keeps approaching.
5. Make yourself look as big as possible by raising your arms or pulling your shirt or jacket higher than your head.
6. Throw items such as rocks or sticks and yell at the bear. | https://tucson.com/news/local/bear-that-fatally-attacked-tucson-man-didnt-have-rabies/article_1f85681c-1059-11ee-941a-8bd37a9c8677.html | 2023-06-21T18:22:40 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/bear-that-fatally-attacked-tucson-man-didnt-have-rabies/article_1f85681c-1059-11ee-941a-8bd37a9c8677.html |
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. — A Baxter County man died on Tuesday afternoon after sustaining injuries in a boating accident at the Cranfield Marina on Lake Norfork in Mountain Home.
According to reports, the Baxter County Sheriff's Office received a call about an injured man yelling for help at the marina.
When officers arrived, they found the man and saw that his pontoon boat had extensive damage to the front, side, and inside. Officers said it appeared that he had been in a boating accident.
Video surveillance showed that there was possibly another person involved in the accident who may be missing, but after a brief search officers learned that the person had been dropped off in a different location and was safe.
After reviewing the footage further, it showed that 74-year-old Robert Jay Louck returned to the marina in his boat where it was seen circling for about 30 minutes before arriving at the dock and then striking another boat that was parked in a stall.
Paramedics were on scene to help but their procedures were ineffective and Mr. Louck was later pronounced dead by the county coroner.
The accident is being investigated by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Officers and we will update with more information when it becomes available. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/baxter-county-man-boating-accident-lake-norfork/91-a0f87181-5378-458f-ab5f-b1295b3b951d | 2023-06-21T18:30:19 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/baxter-county-man-boating-accident-lake-norfork/91-a0f87181-5378-458f-ab5f-b1295b3b951d |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — For the first time in five years, the USAF Thunderbirds will be soaring through the skies over Central Arkansas on October 21 and 22.
The largest aviation event in the Natural State, Thunder Over the Rock, will feature two daytime Thunderbird performances that will display the pride, precision, and professionalism that the U.S. Air Force represents.
“This year we're excited to have the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds headline the show as we say, ‘thank you’ to our outstanding communities for their continued support,” said Col. Denny Davies, 19th Airlift Wing and installation commander. “Mark your calendars and come join us for the air show we have longed to bring you these past five years!”
The Air Force's premier demonstration team of six pilots will be flying the F-16C Fighting Falcon while performing fascinating formations that include loops, rolls, sharp turns, and inverted flight.
During the last Thunder Over the Rock event in 2018, there were over 200, 000 people in attendance from every corner of the state. This year they will have even more aerial action in store for attendees.
There will also be performances by the F-35 Demo Team, the U.S. Air Force Academy Wings of Blue Parachute Jump Team, the F-35 Demo Team, and the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team. The Aftershock Jet Truck, C‐130 capability demonstrations, World War II aircraft, and a STEM Fest, will also be there and so much more.
For a complete list of performances, please click here. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/thunder-over-the-rock-returns-central-arkansas/91-4e4f082a-ef36-4d8f-9230-d03065deb9e1 | 2023-06-21T18:30:25 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/thunder-over-the-rock-returns-central-arkansas/91-4e4f082a-ef36-4d8f-9230-d03065deb9e1 |
Timberwolf musicians took to the stage at one of their favorite places to play in early June.
“Dance all night. Play all day. Don’t you worry ‘bout what they say,” the local band members sang during their recent performance at Coney Station in Coos Bay.
The longtime musicians like to shake things up on the Oregon Coast by playing familiar, upbeat songs that gets their audience dancing and singing along.
Timberwolf was first formed in 1982. Neil Griffin is a founding member and continues to play today.
Musician Rich McCarty came into the band in 1987.
“We are having so much fun, we just kept it going,” he said.
The band is based in Coos Bay and plays as far as Newport, Roseburg and Brookings. Their current members include Neil Griffin, Rich McCarty, Brian Bryan and Ronn Lentz.
The Coos community has continued to support the Timberwolf band throughout the four decades they have played by attending their shows and booking them for private events.
“To me, I think it’s just about connecting with people,” McCarty said. “We've always said there are probably bands that play better than us. But we really enjoy the people that we play for.”
The band interacts with their audience and runs an open stage. Sometimes members of the audience will be invited to come up on stage and sing along to their favorite songs.
“We have an extensive song list. Everything's danceable and popular,” said band member Brian Bryan.
Timberwolf plays AC/DC, Merle Haggard and everything in between, he said.
The local musicians have taken pieces of what they’ve learned through the many years they have been playing together to form their playlists today.
“It's funny because over the years we've been different bands, if that makes sense,” McCarty said.
“In the eighties, we were actually an eighties rock band. We were doing ZZ Top and Led Zeppelin and Lynyrd Skynyrd.” he said. “Then when country got really popular with Garth Brooks we were a straight country band for a whole bunch of years and had a good time with that.”
When Timberwolf brought Ronn Lentz’s saxophone into the band, they added some oldies from the 50s and 60s.
“We’ve got an element of that now. So basically, it's whatever the audience would like. It's very versatile,” McCarty said.
The band performs at many different venues from big casinos, to local restaurants and bars, to private events like weddings or family reunions.
“I think our rapport with the audience is a major reason why people like us. They get to know us, and they know we're not bad guys,” Bryan said.
The band has performed about a half dozen weddings for the same family.
“You get connected with those people,” McCarty said. “We've got a lot of those connections over the 40 years that just don't go away.”
Timberwolf has a busy upcoming summer schedule. To keep up-to-date with upcoming performances, view their Facebook page at Timberwolf Musicians. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/local-band-timberwolf-offers-four-decades-of-music-to-coos-community/article_03b37362-0bb4-11ee-8392-7f484aeeaffb.html | 2023-06-21T18:31:48 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/local-band-timberwolf-offers-four-decades-of-music-to-coos-community/article_03b37362-0bb4-11ee-8392-7f484aeeaffb.html |
The 32 students wearing a cap and gown on Friday, June 2 represented a diverse variety of backgrounds and circumstances.
They may have missed wearing a cap and gown for a high school graduation, but they did not give up on themselves and they did not give up on furthering their education.
“Hard work and dedication have brought them all here today, so let’s join them in celebrating their accomplishments,” said Curtis Buell, the welcome speaker for the Southwestern Community College GED graduation celebration.
Some of these adult students have full time jobs, are raising children, taking care of elderly family members and recovering from a global pandemic.
Southwestern Community College has seen a rise in the number of students obtaining their GED. A total of 56 GED graduates have come through SWOCC this year.
“This decision to return to school is often the hardest step anyone can make,” Buell said. “It is amazing that you came through the door and it is even more amazing you are sitting here today.”
Students in the GED program learned how to write with proper grammar, learned complex scientific theories and they accomplished a lot in a short amount of time, Buell said.
They had to pass a series of four tests in math, science, language arts and social studies to earn their GED.
“The GED process consists of not one, not two or even three, but four different tests in four different subject areas,” said commencement speaker Adrienne C. Ochs, Ph.D. “That’s what they went through to sit here this afternoon. That’s a big deal.”
“Many are going on to community college or a four year college, some will get better jobs, and some will use what they learned to become better parents or caregivers,” she said.
GED Graduate Brandy Griffin said it took ‘three Cs’ to make it through the program.
“The choice to be stronger and braver than ever, the choice to take control of your life and make it what you want,” she said.
“It took courage to take the necessary steps for a brighter future and the courage to show up… And making a commitment to see it through and put in the work and hold myself accountable,” Griffin said.
With each day, Griffin said she grew in self -confidence and she now plans to pursue a career in nursing.
Her GED classmate Hailey Waterman said she was derailed from graduating from High School when the pandemic hit and she struggled to do the work online.
“In my mind once I left high school I was too far gone, past the point of redemption,” Waterman said during the graduation ceremony.
But she decided to prove the naysayers wrong.
“We are all here today against the odds showing how persistence can move us forward,” Waterman said.
“In a matter of three short months I went from seeing myself as a high school failure who wasn’t capable of graduating to suddenly being a college student.”
Waterman plans to continue here education become a registered nurse.
Another recent GED graduate, Carter Northup, said he decided to get his GED to better his career.
“I’m going to the welding program and I am going to become a welder,” he said.
Gannon Shuttleworth said he had been working toward his GED to further his education and his career. He manages a local bakery and plans to take business courses to become a better administrator.
Northup and Shuttleworth said they would recommend to anyone thinking about getting their GED to go for it.
“The hardest thing is starting off and getting yourself to do it,” Shuttleworth said.
Both GED certificate holders said they felt support from the staff.
“I didn’t feel like they were teaching me a bunch of stuff I was going to forget when I took the test. They were teaching me the things I need to know and how to get it done,” Shuttleworth said.
The state of Oregon has the second-highest high school drop-out rate in the country.
“With your graduation, you are beginning to turn the tide and increase the number of people who earn their GED in our state,” commencement speaker Ochs said.
“We are asking you to stay connected, embrace this feeling of accomplishment,” she said. “This graduation is not just for you, it’s for your family, your community and even for our state.” | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/southwestern-community-college-celebrates-students-who-completed-their-ged/article_4034678e-0b9f-11ee-aae4-f3df981d4aa9.html | 2023-06-21T18:31:49 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/southwestern-community-college-celebrates-students-who-completed-their-ged/article_4034678e-0b9f-11ee-aae4-f3df981d4aa9.html |
The Lewisville City Council approved the appointment of Thomas Harris III as the new city secretary on Monday night.
Harris will succeed Julie Worster, who retired earlier this month after serving 28 years in the city of Lewisville.
"I want to thank the Mayor and City Council for selecting me as their next City Secretary," Harris said. "I am humbled by the confidence placed in me joining the Lewisville team and being able to play a role in the Lewisville 2025 vision. I look forward to partnering with the Council, fellow team members, and citizens to achieve the City's vision and strategic objectives."
Harris has more than 15 years of experience in city government and has served as the city secretary for the past four years in Sugar Land.
"I am delighted to welcome Thomas Harris, III to Lewisville as our new City Secretary," Lewisville Mayor TJ Gilmore said. "Thomas has a proven track record of success in managing complex administrative tasks and is an excellent communicator and collaborator. I am confident he will be able to work effectively with our council, staff, and residents to ensure that our city runs smoothly and efficiently."
Harris begins his service on Wednesday. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/lewisville-appoints-new-city-secretary/3280920/ | 2023-06-21T18:32:01 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/lewisville-appoints-new-city-secretary/3280920/ |
AUGUSTA- Maine's loons are an iconic part of our state.
Governor Janet Mills has signed legislation that will help protect Maine's loons and other waterfowl by prohibiting the sale and use of certain painted lead fishing tackle.
Experts say that tackle can be fatal for those species.
The law goes into effect 90 days after the legislature adjourns.
Maine Audubon Loon Count Coordinator Hannah Young said they are really excited with the news.
She said data from the annual loon count shows Maine's loon population has significantly increased since the count began in 1983.
More than 1600 volunteers helped gather data last year.
They are hoping even more people will volunteer this year.
"We have kids going out with grandparents. We have biologists who have been involved each year, teachers, students, folks that live on lakes throughout Maine, folks that don't live on lakes. It's really a wonderful ,accessible little community science project that people can get involved in," said Young
The 40th annual loon count happens on July 15th.
To get involved email conserve@maineaudubon.org | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/maine-loon-count-and-new-protection-bill/article_c71ffb14-105e-11ee-9760-1792ab65b27c.html | 2023-06-21T18:34:40 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/maine-loon-count-and-new-protection-bill/article_c71ffb14-105e-11ee-9760-1792ab65b27c.html |
BLOOMINGTON — The City of Bloomington's Public Works Department hopes to secure design and construction contracts for multiple water infrastructure projects by the end of the year.
During a committee of the whole meeting on Monday, Bloomington Public Works Director Kevin Kothe delivered a presentation on the city's efforts to finalize the 20-year capital improvement plan for its water system. This included the next steps the city's water division hopes to complete in 2023.
Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason said there will be many more discussions regarding water infrastructure capital projects that will take place this year.
"It's going to be tough because this going to cost the community quite a bit and we'll get into this numbers in the very near future," Gleason said. "But it's an exciting conversation."
Kothe said one of the goals for this summer will be to have a design contract for inventory and program development regarding lead service line replacements.
According to the Lead Service Line and Replacement and Notification Act passed two years ago, municipalities must begin replacing all of their lead service lines starting in 2027 and have the initial phase of a replacement plan submitted by early 2024.
The percentage of lines that must be replaced each year and the length of time a municipality will have to replace all lines depends on the total number of service lines. However, certain replacement targets are eligible for extensions under extreme circumstances.
Kothe said the most recent inventory of Bloomington's lead service lines was updated in April.
"If we find lead service lines when we're digging and disturb them, we replace them," Kothe said. "We're providing the notices required to customers to let them know they have a lead service line (and) continue to do water quality testing."
Kothe also said he hopes to have a design contract to continue systemwide potable water distribution improvements this summer.
In April 2022, the City Council approved a contract with Donohue and Associates out of Champaign for preliminary design work for these improvements. The contract included the preliminary design of piping upgrades, upgraded facility requirements, financial strategies and property purchase evaluations.
In the fall or winter of this year, Kothe said he hopes to have a contract for the Meadowbrook Subdivision water main and associated street improvements.
For additional updates on water infrastructure projects, visit the public works page of the City of Bloomington's website. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/government-politics/bloomington-lays-out-water-capital-projects-for-remainder-of-2023/article_04600e04-0fb2-11ee-ac78-cf631ae1903c.html | 2023-06-21T18:35:28 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/government-politics/bloomington-lays-out-water-capital-projects-for-remainder-of-2023/article_04600e04-0fb2-11ee-ac78-cf631ae1903c.html |
Of course, there's only so much you can do to protect yourself from a drunk driver. For instance, it isn't practical to only drive on Tuesdays, but if you don't need to be out late on a holiday, there may be something to be said for not going out. Still, there are some strategies you can employ to stay safe on the road.
Have a designated driver.
If you're drinking with friends, make sure whoever is behind the wheel hasn't been drinking.
Have a return home plan.
If everybody you are with will be drinking and there's no designated driver, know ahead of time who you'll be calling for a ride home, whether that's a family member or an Uber driver.
Make sure you're strapped in.
Good advice for anybody in a car, any time, of course, whether you encounter a drunk driver or not. But Heather Geronemus, the national chairwoman of Mothers Against Drink Driving (MADD), counsels, "The best defense against drunk drivers is to always wear your seatbelt and make sure children are properly restrained."
Drive without distractions.
It doesn't matter if you're sober. If you're driving — especially at night — stay off the phone and keep your eyes on the road. Distracted driving rivals drunk driving when it comes to dangerous behaviors on the road. Unfortunately, there often isn't much you can do if a drunk driver careens toward your car, but being alert could make all the difference in surviving an encounter with a drunk driver. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/lane-reduction-planned-in-normal/article_939bc1a4-104c-11ee-a394-2fdab24c46b8.html | 2023-06-21T18:35:34 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/lane-reduction-planned-in-normal/article_939bc1a4-104c-11ee-a394-2fdab24c46b8.html |
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Dougherty County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 300 PM EDT.
* At 1201 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Albany, Putney, East Albany, Turner City, Marine Corps Logistics
Base, Walker, Southwest Ga Regional A/P, Lockett Crossing, South
Albany, Radium Springs, Williamsburg, Pecan City and Ducker.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
Weather Alert
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama, Florida and Georgia,
including the following areas, in southeast Alabama, Coffee, Dale,
Geneva, Henry and Houston. In Florida, Calhoun, Central Walton,
Coastal Bay, Coastal Dixie, Coastal Franklin, Coastal Gulf,
Coastal Jefferson, Coastal Taylor, Coastal Wakulla, Gadsden,
Holmes, Inland Bay, Inland Dixie, Inland Franklin, Inland Gulf,
Inland Jefferson, Inland Taylor, Inland Wakulla, Jackson,
Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, North Walton, South Walton and
Washington. In Georgia, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun,
Clay, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Irwin,
Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph,
Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner and Worth.
* WHEN...Through Friday evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
&&
ALBANY -- Community banking has the power to bring people together, foster economic growth, and create a thriving environment for businesses and individuals. AB&T officials understand the significance of community and recognize it as the bedrock of the bank's mission.
As the bank looks toward the future, it is proud to announce the creation of a new position: Community Banker. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/ab-t-launches-community-banker-role-to-foster-community-connections/article_32234b72-105b-11ee-849a-3b1d24daacfd.html | 2023-06-21T18:42:00 | 0 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/ab-t-launches-community-banker-role-to-foster-community-connections/article_32234b72-105b-11ee-849a-3b1d24daacfd.html |
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Dougherty County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 300 PM EDT.
* At 1201 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Albany, Putney, East Albany, Turner City, Marine Corps Logistics
Base, Walker, Southwest Ga Regional A/P, Lockett Crossing, South
Albany, Radium Springs, Williamsburg, Pecan City and Ducker.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
Weather Alert
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama, Florida and Georgia,
including the following areas, in southeast Alabama, Coffee, Dale,
Geneva, Henry and Houston. In Florida, Calhoun, Central Walton,
Coastal Bay, Coastal Dixie, Coastal Franklin, Coastal Gulf,
Coastal Jefferson, Coastal Taylor, Coastal Wakulla, Gadsden,
Holmes, Inland Bay, Inland Dixie, Inland Franklin, Inland Gulf,
Inland Jefferson, Inland Taylor, Inland Wakulla, Jackson,
Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, North Walton, South Walton and
Washington. In Georgia, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun,
Clay, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Irwin,
Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph,
Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner and Worth.
* WHEN...Through Friday evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
&&
ALBANY -- Frank Griffin, the president of Flint Community Bank of Albany, was named chairman-elect recently of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Community Bankers Association of Georgia. Nominations for the 2023-24 CBA Board of Directors were announced and approved at CBA’s annual convention held June 7-11 at the Charleston Place in Charleston, S.C. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/frank-griffin-chairman-elect-of-community-bankers-association-of-georgia/article_7fdc1a0a-105c-11ee-9267-3bf2ee210983.html | 2023-06-21T18:42:06 | 1 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/frank-griffin-chairman-elect-of-community-bankers-association-of-georgia/article_7fdc1a0a-105c-11ee-9267-3bf2ee210983.html |
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Dougherty County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 300 PM EDT.
* At 1201 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Albany, Putney, East Albany, Turner City, Marine Corps Logistics
Base, Walker, Southwest Ga Regional A/P, Lockett Crossing, South
Albany, Radium Springs, Williamsburg, Pecan City and Ducker.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
Weather Alert
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama, Florida and Georgia,
including the following areas, in southeast Alabama, Coffee, Dale,
Geneva, Henry and Houston. In Florida, Calhoun, Central Walton,
Coastal Bay, Coastal Dixie, Coastal Franklin, Coastal Gulf,
Coastal Jefferson, Coastal Taylor, Coastal Wakulla, Gadsden,
Holmes, Inland Bay, Inland Dixie, Inland Franklin, Inland Gulf,
Inland Jefferson, Inland Taylor, Inland Wakulla, Jackson,
Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, North Walton, South Walton and
Washington. In Georgia, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun,
Clay, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Irwin,
Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph,
Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner and Worth.
* WHEN...Through Friday evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
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The Department of Community Health and Department of Human Services say they will check about 2.7 million Georgians during redetermination. Some experts estimate 20% of Georgia Medicaid members could lose coverage.
ATLANTA -- The COVID-19 pandemic played a difficult role in everyone’s lives. Health care also had to change. This included doctor visits, health procedures, staffing and technology, and Medicaid processes.
During the pandemic, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. This legislation allowed people with Medicaid to have coverage during the federal public health emergency. This act paused redetermination, the eligibility steps for Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids. The government passed a bill in 2022 to re-start redetermination steps this year. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/georgians-must-protect-health-care-coverage-during-redetermination/article_53aa76aa-105e-11ee-969a-47ec89524485.html | 2023-06-21T18:42:13 | 0 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/georgians-must-protect-health-care-coverage-during-redetermination/article_53aa76aa-105e-11ee-969a-47ec89524485.html |
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Dougherty County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 300 PM EDT.
* At 1201 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Albany, Putney, East Albany, Turner City, Marine Corps Logistics
Base, Walker, Southwest Ga Regional A/P, Lockett Crossing, South
Albany, Radium Springs, Williamsburg, Pecan City and Ducker.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
Weather Alert
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama, Florida and Georgia,
including the following areas, in southeast Alabama, Coffee, Dale,
Geneva, Henry and Houston. In Florida, Calhoun, Central Walton,
Coastal Bay, Coastal Dixie, Coastal Franklin, Coastal Gulf,
Coastal Jefferson, Coastal Taylor, Coastal Wakulla, Gadsden,
Holmes, Inland Bay, Inland Dixie, Inland Franklin, Inland Gulf,
Inland Jefferson, Inland Taylor, Inland Wakulla, Jackson,
Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, North Walton, South Walton and
Washington. In Georgia, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun,
Clay, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Irwin,
Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph,
Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner and Worth.
* WHEN...Through Friday evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
&&
The Thomasville Police Department will officially launch a safety system this week that is designed to help reduce crime and gun violence in the city.
THOMASVILLE -- The Thomasville Police Department will officially launch a safety system this week that is designed to help reduce crime and gun violence in the city.
With the assistance of Flock Safety System, more than 90 gunshot protection devices have been installed, with cameras and license plate recognition device installations to begin this week. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/thomasville-police-add-to-crime-reduction-system/article_db9c94a8-1059-11ee-a70c-5f43575e0332.html | 2023-06-21T18:42:19 | 1 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/thomasville-police-add-to-crime-reduction-system/article_db9c94a8-1059-11ee-a70c-5f43575e0332.html |
SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. – A fire sparked after a lightning strike destroyed a home in The Villages last week, according to rescue crews.
Sumter County Fire Rescue said crews responded to the flames around 9:23 a.m. on June 15 after neighbors reported a house on Briarwood Circle was hit by lightning.
Firefighters quickly put out the flames, but said the house was destroyed.
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No injuries were reported.
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WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. – A 13-year-old boy was bitten by alligator in a Winter Springs creek on Tuesday, according to Seminole County fire officials and a 911 call from the boy.
“I just got bit by a gator,” the boy said on the 911 call.
The teen said he was bitten in the right hip while in the water at Howell Creek Trestle. Officials with the Seminole County Fire Department said their agency got the call — which came from the 1400 block of Mount Laurel Drive — but Oviedo Fire took the 13-year-old to a hospital.
“I’m OK though. I can walk and I can stand. I’m fine, it just stings a little, but I’m good,” the boy told the 911 operator.
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The wooden Howell Creek Trestle bridge is part of the Cross Seminole Trail and runs over Howell Creek. The creek connects directly to Lake Jesup.
The boy told the operator that he got out of the water and walked to the nearest house after the attack.
He described his wound as “not bleeding too bad, but my skin’s like open pretty good.”
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission released a statement on Wednesday that read in part:
“On June 20, 2023, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) received a report of a juvenile who was bitten by an alligator near Howell Creek in Seminole County. The FWC responded to the scene and the victim was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. A trapper was dispatched and the FWC is investigating the incident.”
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
The FWC also offers the following precautionary measures near alligators, including in or near the water, to reduce the chances of conflicts with alligators:
- Keep a safe distance if you see an alligator. If someone is concerned about an alligator, they should call FWC’s toll-free Nuisance Alligator Hotline at 866-FWC-GATOR (866-392-4286), and we will dispatch a contracted nuisance alligator trapper to resolve the situation.
- Keep pets on a leash and away from the water’s edge. Pets often resemble alligators’ natural prey.
- Swim only in designated swimming areas during daylight hours and without your pet. Alligators are most active between dusk and dawn.
- Never feed an alligator. It’s illegal and dangerous. When fed, alligators can lose their natural wariness and instead learn to associate people with the availability of food. This can lead to dangerous circumstances for yourself and other people who could encounter the alligator in the future.
Lake Jesup is said to be teeming with alligators, according to gator expert Brandon Fisher.
“Lake Jesup actually used to be a dumping site for alligators in the state,” Fisher said in a 2021 interview with News 6. “Whether it is a myth or not, I always heard growing up you could take a stone and skip it on Lake Jesup and hit like 10 alligators. There are a lot of them there, I know that.”
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EASTLAND COUNTY, Texas — A three-year-old boy was killed Monday in a single-vehicle crash near Cisco. A 5-year-old girl was injured in the crash.
The Texas Department of Public Safety said an SUV, driven by Nubia Maris Martinez-Castillo, 42, of Graham, was traveling north on US Hwy 183, eight miles north of Cisco. The SUV drifted off the roadway through the unimproved shoulder and hit a drainage culvert.
The impact caused the SUV to overturn.
Both children in the back seat of the SUV were in car seats, but the girl was not buckled and the boy was not properly restrained. As a result, DPS said, both children were ejected from the SUV.
Martinez-Castillo and an adult passenger were injured and listed in stable condition.
The five-year-old girl had incapacitating injuries and was also listed in stable condition.
The three-year-old boy was pronounced dead by Justice of the Peace John Glenn. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/3-year-old-boy-killed-in-rollover-crash-near-cisco/504-8bbb2bfe-07c8-4fab-b916-f47e939b8918 | 2023-06-21T18:46:26 | 0 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/3-year-old-boy-killed-in-rollover-crash-near-cisco/504-8bbb2bfe-07c8-4fab-b916-f47e939b8918 |
ODESSA, Texas — A 6-week-old girl was killed in a wreck involving a drunk driver last week.
Right now, the family of the little girl, named Eliana, is planning a funeral, but they are also searching for something very special, a stuffed bunny.
This stuffed bunny contains a recording of Eliana's heartbeat. The bunny hasn't left her mother or brothers side.
"We could all hear her heartbeat loud and clear through the machine in the room," said Robert Pasquale, Eliana's grandfather. "Well while they were doing that for us they recorded it, the actual audio of it, then it was installed on this bunny. You squeezed it, the heartbeat beat out loud."
Her mother and brother keep it with them, but the bunny was taken from the Walmart in West Odessa while Nallely was in the bathroom.
"When she walked out it was gone," said Pasquale.
They believe two children around the age of 6 or 7 may have taken the bunny and they're just asking for a safe return.
"Why turn a negative into more negative," said Pasquale. "Why not turn a negative into a positive? Use this as a teaching lesson for the kids to where we can sit down and be like, 'hey look, this meant so much to her and you hurt her, but you did her good by bringing it back. So I want to reward you for it.' So I want to give the kids each 100 bucks if they'll step forward." | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/family-of-baby-killed-in-drunk-driving-crash-searching-for-stuffed-bunny/513-2ab0e81c-ce0f-402f-991c-3f146f1dbb26 | 2023-06-21T18:46:32 | 0 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/family-of-baby-killed-in-drunk-driving-crash-searching-for-stuffed-bunny/513-2ab0e81c-ce0f-402f-991c-3f146f1dbb26 |
TOM GREEN COUNTY, Texas — Tom Green County has four new deputies to serve the community.
The four were sworn in to the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office by Senior District Judge Barbara Walther in a ceremony Wednesday morning at the Edd B. Keyes Building.
The new deputies are Todd Deere, Jake Richardson, Billy Cortez and Brandon Lange, all graduates of the Concho Valley Regional Law Enforcement Academy.
In addition to the swearing in ceremony, recent promotions within the department were recognized and are as follows:
- Corrections Officer Doug Clark was promoted to corrections corporal and will serve as the inmate programs coordinator.
- Deputy Weston Crabtree was promoted to mental health corporal.
- Deputy Rosie Soto was promoted to mental health sergeant.
For more information on becoming a deputy, go to tomgreencountytx.gov or call 325-655-8111 to speak to a recruiter. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/four-new-deputies-sworn-in-to-the-tom-green-county-sheriffs-office/504-a1046f3f-1269-486e-b53b-aa2d190a33eb | 2023-06-21T18:46:38 | 1 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/four-new-deputies-sworn-in-to-the-tom-green-county-sheriffs-office/504-a1046f3f-1269-486e-b53b-aa2d190a33eb |
SHIAWASSEE COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - Two teenagers died and two others were injured when a pickup truck crashed into a ditch and caught fire near Laingsburg on Monday night.
Michigan State Police say all four victims were riding in a 2003 Ford pickup truck when the 16-year-old male driver lost control on Colby Lake Road near Winegar Road around 10 p.m.
The driver and a 13-year-old boy who was riding in the back seat died from their injuries. A 16-year-old male and 15-year-old female riding as passengers in the truck were hospitalized with unspecified injuries Wednesday.
Investigators say all four teenagers in the truck live in the Laingsburg area. Michigan State Police will continue investigating what caused the driver to lose control of the pickup truck. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/2-teens-die-2-others-injured-in-shiawassee-county-crash/article_c3c2b146-1059-11ee-bba6-538f37fa4aa5.html | 2023-06-21T18:47:55 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/2-teens-die-2-others-injured-in-shiawassee-county-crash/article_c3c2b146-1059-11ee-bba6-538f37fa4aa5.html |
ARLINGTON, Texas — The city of Arlington is conducting target ground spraying this week after confirming four positive West Nile Virus (WNV) mosquito samples.
This comes nearly a month after the city announced one positive West Nile Virus mosquito sample in the area of Forest Edge Drive and Park Row Drive – which too resulted in ground spraying.
City officials said targeted ground spraying will take place between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. on Wednesday, June 21 and Thursday, June 22 – weather permitting – in the following four areas:
- Park Hill Drive at Mossy Oak Street
- Cooper Street at Lovers Lane
- Jake Langston Park at Woodside Drive
- Forestwood Drive at Arbor Oaks Drive
Officials said the goal of targeted ground sprayings is to reduce the known virus-infected adult mosquito population as soon as possible.
The city said, since the start of mosquito season, it has done routine trapping, deployed larvicide in strategic locations and surveyed low-lying areas for standing water throughout Arlington.
Officials said the city’s contractor for ground spraying will use an ultra-low volume application of a water-based permethrin product in specific areas, especially where deploying the larvicide and “other measures have not proven effective.”
The city said no specific risks to animals or the environment are expected while the contractor conducts the targeted ground spraying. But recommend those who are concerned about exposures to a pesticide, such as people with chemical sensitivity or breathing conditions, to stay indoors during the process.
The city said once the pesticide dissipates, it breaks down in the environment and “produces little residual effect.”
Arlington has also partnered with Tarrant County Public Health to educate the public on simple measures they should take while enjoying the outdoors to prevent mosquito bites:
- Dress in long sleeves and pants when you’re outside. For extra protection, you may want to spray thin clothing with repellent.
- DEET is an ingredient to look for in your insect repellent. Follow label instruction, and always wear repellent when outdoors.
- Drain standing water in your yard and neighborhood where mosquitoes can breed
For more information concerning the ground spraying, you can call the city’s action center at 817-459-6777. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/arlington-targeted-ground-spraying-for-second-time-after-west-nile-virus-confirmed-mosquito-samples/287-f3351003-5b02-4c12-b2b3-aeb7c0150a48 | 2023-06-21T18:51:42 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/arlington-targeted-ground-spraying-for-second-time-after-west-nile-virus-confirmed-mosquito-samples/287-f3351003-5b02-4c12-b2b3-aeb7c0150a48 |
BOYD, Texas — The entire city of Boyd has been issued a boil water notice, according to officials.
The notice was issued due to the water system pressure falling below 20 psi after a malfunction, a release said. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has required the City of Boyd public water system to notify all customers to boil their water prior to consumption (e.g., washing hands/face, brushing teeth, drinking, etc.).
Boyd is a town on the northwest side of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
To ensure the destruction of all harmful bacteria and other microbes, water for drinking, cooking, and ice-making should be boiled and cooled prior to use for drinking water or human consumption purposes. The water should be brought to a vigorous rolling boil and then boiled for two minutes.
In lieu of boiling, people may purchase bottled water or obtain water from some other suitable source for drinking water or human consumption purposes.
When it is no longer necessary to boil water, the public water system officials will notify customers that the water is safe for drinking water or human consumption purposes, and the boil water notice will be rescinded.
If anyone has questions concerning the boil water notice, you may contact Robert Lumpkin, Director of Public Works at 731 East Rock Island Ave., Boyd, Texas 76023 or call (940)433-5166.
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JOPPA, Texas — Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity will soon receive grant money to help with the non-profit's work in one of the local area's neighborhoods.
On Wednesday, during the Dallas County Commissioners Court meeting, the Dallas commissioners voted in favor of a $1.6 million grant for Dallas Habitat to continue its work in Joppa.
With Wednesday's vote to invest in the infrastructure needs of the Joppa neighborhood, Dallas Habitat said it will be able to create a new street and deliver 30 more affordable houses at 0% financing.
The project's goal is to create homes for families earning less than 80% of the area median income to purchase, helping them achieve homeownership and create generational wealth for their families, Dallas Habitat said.
The construction will involve the collective effort of volunteers, staff, and subcontractors. An essential part of this project is Dallas Habitat’s "sweat equity" program, where future homeowners are required to contribute more than 350 volunteer hours, Dallas Habitat said. These hours will be spent on building their homes and attending financial education classes, enabling families to qualify for Down Payment Assistance.
Through the Dallas Habitat’s affordability fund, the homes will be offered with 0% interest financing and up to $10,000 in Down Payment Assistance in exchange for the families' sweat equity.
“For more than 30 years, Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity has been committed to the Joppa community, partnering with families to build safe homes and create positive change throughout the neighborhood," CEO of Dallas Habitat Bill Eubanks III said. "Today is a truly special day as this investment will not only transform the lives of the families who will call these houses their homes but also contribute to the revitalization of the entire Joppa community.” | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-area-habitat-for-humanity-1-million-grant-for-work-in-joppa/287-0e679338-1d7f-4fd1-b0e0-a6110f8365d9 | 2023-06-21T18:51:49 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-area-habitat-for-humanity-1-million-grant-for-work-in-joppa/287-0e679338-1d7f-4fd1-b0e0-a6110f8365d9 |
FORT WORTH, Texas — The Fort Worth Police Department is asking for the public's help in finding an elderly man who went missing last week.
Officers said 73-year-old Frank Camargo Jr. was last seen on June 15 at the 1400 block of Clinton Ave. This is south of the Fort Worth Stockyards and northwest of Tarrant County College.
Camargo is reportedly 5 feet, 6 inches tall and 160 pounds with black and gray hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information about Camargo is asked to call Fort Worth Police at (817)392-4222. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fort-worth-police-ask-help-finding-73-year-old-missing-man-june-2023/287-7af63b49-79ab-45d3-a202-e6e1012264aa | 2023-06-21T18:51:55 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fort-worth-police-ask-help-finding-73-year-old-missing-man-june-2023/287-7af63b49-79ab-45d3-a202-e6e1012264aa |
KAUFMAN, Texas — Make a drive to Kaufman County and you’ll see proof it’s one of the fastest growing counties in the nation. While much of the growth is largely impacting the cities of Forney and Terrell, it’s trickling down to Kaufman, a population of about 8,000.
“For a long time, this was a sleepy bedroom community,” said Jeff Jordan, Mayor of Kaufman.
Located just over 30 miles east of Dallas, the downtown area is full of character, charm and now growth. Kaufman Mayor Jeff Jordan says he prepared for it.
“What we did see with North Dallas and the growth, we knew it would eventually come here,” said Jordan.
He’s focusing on quality-of-life issues for residents, improving the city’s parks and rec system and making adjustments for more transportation.
“Major retailers [are] coming in, we’ve seen a major increase in residential development whether that’s single family or multi family. Industries moving in,” said Jordan.
“When you hear that Kaufman County is the fastest growing county in the nation, do you believe it?” asked WFAA Reporter Susanne Brunner
“I do, yes. I see it every day,” says Stewart McGregor, Executive Director of the Kaufman Economic Development Corporation.
Stewart McGregor leads the charge in recruiting and retaining business in Kaufman. His goal is to preserve the historic nature of the downtown square while embracing future growth. He says they have a lot of new businesses making its way to Kaufman, but it’s too early to release those details.
“We have one developer that has quite a bit of land that he’s getting a lot of interest in from a lot of national retailers and restaurants,” says McGregor.
McGregor has secured a Hampton Inn that’s breaking ground late summer. With roughly 3,000 new housing units in the pipeline, job creation is at the top of his list too.
“We don’t want all those people getting on the road, driving into Dallas every day. We want to keep jobs local, help keep those dollars local in our community,” says McGregor.
City leaders leave folks looking to make Kaufman home, with this message—“We’re open for business.”
Kaufman City Leaders expect their population of around 8,000 will double within the next 10 years. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/kaufman-texas-city-county-countrys-fastest-growing/287-69f032dc-b387-428c-a208-4d474906404b | 2023-06-21T18:52:01 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/kaufman-texas-city-county-countrys-fastest-growing/287-69f032dc-b387-428c-a208-4d474906404b |
DALLAS — The United States Postal Service (USPS) is mourning the loss of one of its employees who passed away during their route in a North Texas neighborhood this week, the company confirms.
In a statement, USPS said the employee was working a route in the Lakewood area of Dallas, when he died of a possible heat-related illness. At this time, the letter carrier’s exact cause of death nor his name has been released to the public.
“Our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues at this time. Our carriers deliver the mail throughout the year during varying temperatures and climatic conditions. This includes during the summer months when the temperatures rise throughout the country,” USPS said.
USPS said the company has long implemented a national Heat Illness Prevention Program (HIPP) for their workers.
“In connection with the HIPP, the Postal Service provides mandatory heat-related and other safety training and instruction to all employees and assures they have the resources needed to do their jobs safely,” The USPS statement reads.
In Dallas alone, the heat index has been recorded above 110 degrees so far this week.
Meteorologists, including WFAA’s weather team, are advising those who work outdoors to stay hydrated and take an ample number of breaks. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/lakewood-usps-worker-dies-heat-related-illness-dallas/287-d3bf9ef9-ce0e-4896-8366-efe66a482c12 | 2023-06-21T18:52:07 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/lakewood-usps-worker-dies-heat-related-illness-dallas/287-d3bf9ef9-ce0e-4896-8366-efe66a482c12 |
What is a rip current? How to stay safe in the ocean when risks are high
You're swimming along, enjoying the cool water of a sunny day in the ocean off a Florida beach, when suddenly you get knocked off your feet and feel like you're in a rushing underwater stream. Or a river. You try swimming to shore but the current has you in its grip, pulling you farther out to sea.
You're strong, a good swimmer, confident in the water... and helpless in the grip of something far more powerful than you.
Rip currents are habitual hazards of Florida beaches. Tens of thousands are rescued from rip currents in the U.S, every year, 81.9% of all surf beach rescues, according to a 2018 report from the Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences on lifeguard data. The United States Lifesaving Association (USLA) has estimated that over 100 people drown every year in this country due to rip currents.
Over the Memorial Day weekend this year, there were 301 ocean rescues in Volusia County alone. If you or someone with you is going into the ocean, here's what you need to know.
What are rip currents?
Rip currents are powerful, concentrated channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, most often found at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and near structures such as jetties and piers.
Sometimes rip currents end right after where the waves are breaking, sometimes they keep pulling hundreds of yards offshore. A rip current's strength and speed can vary wildly within a matter of minutes.
Rip currents form when incoming waves create an underwater sandbar. The waves push more water between the sandbar and the shore until it collapses and the water rushes back to the sea through a narrow gap, where it starts to spread out.
Rip currents often form during or after stormy weather but can form on bright, sunny days just as easily since the weather isn't really what's causing them. Rip currents can be found at any beach with waves, at any time.
How fast do rip currents move?
Rip currents usually move around 1-2 feet per second, but can speed up to 8 feet per second. That's 5.45 miles per hour, which doesn't sound fast if you're driving but is faster than Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps. The average human being tends to swim up to about 2 mph.
A rip current is typically the strongest about a foot off the bottom of the ocean floor, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which can cause your feet to get knocked out from under you and increase the feeling of being dragged along. While you're in it, it can feel relentless.
Even strong, experienced swimmers caught in a rip current can easily tire themselves out trying to swim back to shore against a rip current.
What do I do if I get caught in a rip current?
By far the most important thing to do is to stay calm, and even try to relax. They can be scary, but rip currents will only pull you along, they won't pull you under the water. The biggest danger is tiring yourself out.
- Don't panic or thrash about. Don't fight the current.
- You may be able to get out of the current by swimming with it parallel to the shore (or just floating or treading water) until it fades or circulates back to shore, and then you can swim to the beach.
- You also can try swimming with the current toward breaking waves, where you may be able to swim for shore.
- If you can't reach the shore or you're being pulled farther out to sea, or you're getting tired, draw attention to yourself by waving or shouting for help.
What do I do if I see someone caught in a rip current?
The second biggest danger is from people trying to rescue someone else in a rip current and drowning themselves. It's a perfectly natural impulse that may cause more harm than good. If you see someone in that situation:
- Get a lifeguard.
- If there isn't a lifeguard nearby, call 9-1-1.
- Try to tell the victim to stay calm and swim along the shoreline.
- If it's possible and you can do so safely, throw the victim something that floats.
How can I spot rip currents?
Before you even go near the water, check the conditions. There are several ways.
- Check the forecast. The National Weather Service issues rip current statements or you can check current Florida rip current risks at weather.gov/beach/florida.
- At the beach, look for warning flags at beach approaches or lifeguard station. Red flags mean dangerous rip current activity is expected. Double red flags mean the water is closed to the public.
- Ask a lifeguard. Don't be shy, any lifeguard would be happy to let you know if it's dangerous to go in the water.
- Stand back where you can see the ocean's surface and check for visible gaps of darker, flat spots in lines of breaking waves; a channel of churning, choppy water; a difference in water color; or a line of foam, seaweed or debris moving back toward the sea. But rip currents can be subtle and hard to identify, according to NOAA.
How do I protect myself and my family from rip currents?
Being aware of conditions is important, but a rip current may still catch you unaware. Here's how to plan ahead.
- Always swim near a lifeguard, and ask one about water conditions. Teach your children to do the same.
- Assume that rip currents are out there, whether there's a warning or not.
- Make sure that you and your family know how to swim in the surf. Being good in the pool doesn't mean you can handle the ocean.
- Consider flotation devices for anyone who may have problems staying above water for extended periods of time.
What do the beach warning flags mean?
Watch for beach warning flags at lifeguard towers, stations and other locations for a heads-up on current conditions and potential dangers.
- Double red flags mean the water is closed to the public.
- A red flag is high hazard, meaning high surf and/or strong currents.
- A yellow flag is medium hazard, meaning moderate surf and/or currents.
- A green flag is low hazard, meaning calm conditions, exercise caution.
- A purple flag means that dangerous marine life spotted.
Are rip currents the same thing as rip tides or riptides?
No. Rip currents have also been called runouts, but they're not the same as rip tides or undertow although the terms often get confused.
Rip currents: Strong offshore currents that run along the shoreline or back out to sea.
Rip tides: A powerful current caused by the tide pulling water through an inlet and the mouths of estuaries, embayments, and harbors. Also known as tidal jets.
Undertow: When a wave breaks, a lot of water and sand is pulled rapidly under the surface back into the next breaking wave. Unprepared swimmers or small children can easily be tumbled around in an undertow but it only goes a short distance and only for a moment or so.
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'Safety concerns' prompt trespass notices at squatter camps on island near Dunlawton Bridge
The numerous wooden structures spread across an island north of the Dunlawton Bridge make for an unusual campsite, but police say they must be removed.
Last week, Port Orange and South Daytona police issued trespass notices in the area where they say a four-story treehouse and a trampoline pose safety issues.
Kevin Pedri, a South Daytona police lieutenant who participated in last week's operation, said local enforcement agencies contacted the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to obtain authorization to execute the trespass notices – the island is property of the state.
"TRESPASS NOTICE. You are ordered to vacate the island within 48 hours," the notices read.
“There was a huge safety concern for us about whoever would be on that island with those types of structures out there,” said Port Orange Police Det. Mike Wallace.
The operation involved officers from the two local cities as well as Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers. The island was deserted at the time, according to Pedri.
Pedri said that four sections of the structures are under South Daytona’s jurisdiction, and include “a trampoline, a concrete pool that’s being constructed … different trails and signs.”
The islands in the area are man-made, created from the dredging of the Intracoastal Waterway. This one, Pedri said, is known as Pelican Island.
“The majority of the wood that was used to (build the structures) was probably stolen from docks, or they are scavenging the wood around,” Pedri said.
'Meth Island' shows signs of drug use
He said it is common for residents to bring tents and spend the night at the island to “enjoy it as it is.” But these unusual structures are indications of other types of behavior.
“There is evidence of drugs that have been done over there, alcohol that’s been done,” Pedri said.
The island has been dubbed "Meth Island" on social media and Pedri said officers found "needles and paraphernalia."
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"We did not find any specific narcotics," he said.
He said officers even found fish and crab carcasses that have been used to “make crafts out of them, if you will.” Police do not know whether the animals were fished.
Storms could lead to widespread debris in Intracoastal
Pedri said that the major concern is with the onset of hurricane season when stronger storms could lead to safety issues not only for those who might be on the island but also for those around it.
“All that stuff is going to get thrown all over the Intracoastal and damage other boats, or who knows how far some of the wood can launch and possibly damage other property as well,” Pedri said.
The structures also pose a risk to the island’s mangrove population, which is especially important as a natural defense mechanism against storm surges.
Pedri said another concern is the trampoline and treehouse could be appealing to kids.
“All it does is (draw attention) for young kids to go over there,” He said. “(They go) to these islands and start having fun and then you start getting the alcohol in there, and they are jumping down on these trampolines – that’s when an accident is going to wind up happening.”
Some of the islands even have booby traps to keep people away, he added, which he said will be dealt with in the near future.
He mentioned that the concrete pool being constructed is approximately 15 by 20 feet in size and, as it appears, could possibly get larger.
“Obviously they ran out of supplies, so they are most likely going to try to look for … stealing stuff to try to complete it,” Pedri said. “It’s truly amazing to see what these people are doing out there.”
Some Facebook users commenting on the police video said the structure looks like something skateboarders would use.
The trespass notices gave whoever is inhabiting the island 48 hours to vacate the premises. Due to the weather, police have not been able to return to the island this week but are planning to do so as soon as it is safe.
The city’s public works department has already begun the process of taking the structures down to “clean the island and put it back to its natural” state, Pedri said. | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2023/06/21/meth-island-a-florida-squatter-camp-issued-trespass-notices-port-orange-south-daytona/70338832007/ | 2023-06-21T18:53:05 | 1 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2023/06/21/meth-island-a-florida-squatter-camp-issued-trespass-notices-port-orange-south-daytona/70338832007/ |
DES MOINES, Iowa — Editor's note: The above video originally aired in May 2023.
The Iowa State Fair is only 50 days away.
That's less than two months to cookies, cows and corn dogs.
Organizers say they're bringing in some exciting new rides for you and your family, including a double Ferris wheel, electric Mega Bounce, Super Shot Drop Tower, Spinning Eclipse and fast-paced Musik Express.
When it comes to admission, there is a $5 discount on advance admission. Organizers say it's the lowest admission price available, and must be bought before opening day.
Tickets for the State Fair, which runs from August 10-20, are available here.
Curious about the music lineup? Here's the full list of who's performing when:
- Thursday, Aug. 10: For King & Country with We the Kingdom
- Friday, Aug. 11: Tyler Hubbard with Parmalee
- Saturday, Aug. 12: New Kids On The Block
- Sunday, Aug. 13: Eric Church with Jackson Dean
- Monday, Aug. 14.: The Black Keys with The Velveteers
- Tuesday, Aug. 15: Jeff Dunham
- Wednesday, Aug. 16: Lindsey Stirling with Walk Off The Earth
- Thursday, Aug. 17: Maren Morris with Lindsay Ell
- Friday, Aug. 18: Ludacris with Sean Kingston
- Saturday, Aug. 19: The Chicks with Ben Harper
- Sunday, Aug. 20: Jason Aldean with Corey Kent
To buy Grandstand tickets, visit the Iowa State Fair website here. To buy tickets by phone, call 1-800-514-3849.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Birmingham VA is hosting a job fair Saturday, June 24.
The job fair is on Saturday, June 24 from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. at 7901 Crestwood Blvd. in Irondale. The open positions include police officers, pharmacy technicians and medical laboratory technologists. The job fair is free and open to the community. Qualifications will be determined upon arrival and interviews will be conducted upon determination of qualifications.
You must bring five of more copies of your resume, two forms of government-issued identification, copy of professional license or credentials (if applicable), unofficial transcripts (if applicable), DD form (if applicable), letter of disability (if applicable) and include month/year of start and end date for all relevant work experience. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-va-hosting-job-fair/ | 2023-06-21T18:56:54 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-va-hosting-job-fair/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Children’s of Alabama was ranked among the nation’s best children’s hospitals by U.S. News & World Report on Wednesday.
The Best Children’s Hospitals survey also put Children’s of Alabama as the No. 1 children’s hospital in Alabama for the second year in the row.
U.S. News & World Report ranked Children’s of Alabama in the top 50 nationally in eight services:
- Cancer
- Cardiology and Heart Surgery
- Diabetes and Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Surgery
- Nephrology
- Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Pulmonology
- Urology
“Being nationally ranked among the leaders in pediatric healthcare is a strong testament to the hard work, dedication and expertise of our entire staff and our physician partners at the UAB School of Medicine,” said Children’s of Alabama CEO and President Tom Shufflebarger in a release. “Our goal is to continue to provide exceptional care, service and comfort to the patients who are entrusted to us for medical care.”
Children’s of Alabama has participated in the U.S. News & World Report rankings program for 14 years. In all 14 years, Children’s of Alabama has been included in the rankings among the best children’s hospitals in the nation.
The UAB Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery and Children’s of Alabama worked together to submit the requested information for the rankings. Children’s of Alabama has provided specialized medical care for children since 1911 and offers inpatient and outpatient services throughout central Alabama.
The complete rankings for the U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 Best Children’s Hospitals are available here. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/childrens-of-alabama-ranked-among-nations-best-childrens-hospitals/ | 2023-06-21T18:57:00 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/childrens-of-alabama-ranked-among-nations-best-childrens-hospitals/ |
WINSTON COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — A Northport man died after crashing into an embankment Tuesday night in Winston County.
Paul T. Gonnering, 50, was driving on Alabama 13 near Lynn when his car left the roadway and crashed into an embankment at 11:49 p.m. Tuesday, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reports. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to ALEA, Gonnering was not using a seat belt when the crash occurred. The crash is under investigation. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/northport-man-killed-in-crash/ | 2023-06-21T18:57:06 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/northport-man-killed-in-crash/ |
The corn breathes on me from the west, and the skyline widens on and on, Until I see the waves of yellow-green break on the hills that face the snow and lilac peaks of Colorado mountains. The sun, half-sunk, burns through the dusty crimson sky.
-- Excerpt from "September" by Hamlin Garland
It's an early afternoon in June on the Sunday before the summer solstice, and as that high, hot summer sun nears it's zenith, solace to the human eye from the day's brightness is found in the low and quick movement of the wispy white clouds that fill half the sky. The day's hotness is further tempered by a cool breeze, and the wind sings as the leaves and branches of two massive black maple trees dance above.
It's under the shade of these trees that a congregation of enthusiastic citizens have met for the last dozen years to honor the legacy and the works of Hamlin Garland, whose formative years in Mitchell County at the turn of the 19th century would inspire him throughout his long and celebrated literary career as an author of short stories, novels, poems, essays and memoirs.
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Garland attended primary school in Osage at the Cedar Valley Seminary, and reading and writing brought a welcome respite from the tedium on the farm. "It gave farmers' boys like myself the opportunity of meeting those who were older, finer, more learned than they, and every day was to me like turning a fresh and delightful page in a story book, not merely because it brought new friends, new experiences, but because it symbolized freedom from the hay fork and the hoe," he later wrote.
Upon turning 21, Garland traveled East, settling first in Boston where he honed his skills as a writer and achieved his first success with the publication of his first short story collection in 1891, "Main Travelled Roads." The stories depict the realities of farm life at what he described as "the middle border," the area what we now call the Midwest.
Kurt Meyer of rural Otranto describes himself a lifelong Hamlin Garland enthusiast and one of the nation's most preeminent Garland scholars. Meyer serves as president of the Hamlin Garland Society and has given numerous talks on Garland at schools and colleges for more than 20 years, most recently to fifth-grade English students at Charles City High School.
"The kids of course had a very fine time ... learning about Garlands' use of similes, metaphors and onomatopoeia," said Meyer, "... but the best time was had by the guy who got to spend 55 minutes teaching them. If I had been charged $250 dollars for the privilege of introducing these students to Garland, I would have paid it."
Sunday's program was titled "Garland Poems: New (to us) and Old" due to the inclusion of five poems that had not before been featured at the poetry reading. This is just one more example of how the passion of local historians towards Garland's life and legacy can continue to unearth new details and stories that keep Hamlin Garland's influence alive and resonating 80 years after his death. In 2021, with the help of Meyer and others, the Hamlin Garland Collection at the Mitchell County Historical Society's museum housed at the Cedar River Complex in Osage recently acquired a forgotten portrait of Garland from 1937.
Penney Morse is president of the Mitchell County Historic Preservation Association, and arranges the yearly event to honor Garland.
"He captured, and really saw himself as capturing a way of life that was disappearing," said Morse, who leads the association's efforts to honor Garland. "The influence Mitchell County had on him stayed with him through his long career." In 2018, Hamlin Garland Week was declared in Mitchell County before the Iowa premiere of the first (and so far, only) stage adaptation of Garland's work: a musical version of "Main Travelled Roads" performed by the Cedar Summerstock Theatre in its second season.
Morse says that the Preservation Association plans this summer to visit West Salem, Wisconsin, which also claims Garland as a native son, with Garland's Sept. 15 birthday day celebrated there as 'Hamlin Garland Day'. A home in West Salem that Garland purchased in 1893 for his mother was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971, with the home becoming the Garland Museum and the street renamed in his honor.
Although no structures from Garland's time at the Mitchell County farm remain, the Swann family owns the land the Garlands once homesteaded, and Travis Swann welcomes the yearly poetry gathering on his front lawn.
Garland's poems are just a smattering of his work, but Meyer says it provides a unique perspective on Garland's state of mind and his place in literary history. "Garland has his poetic moments. He gets sentimental, he gets emotional, soft, nostalgic, wishing that time wasn't moving as fast as it was," said Meyer. "He was a watershed writer. He was making the transition from the romantics ..."
In his introduction to "Prairie Visions," a 2015 collection of Garland's 1899 series "Boy Life on the Prairie," Meyer writes, "Like the changing landscape, literary tastes also move through transitions. Accordingly, Garland must be introduced to and appreciated by new and expanded audiences or risk becoming an irrelevant footnote in American literature."
The collection was edited and notated by Keith Newlin, who is a professor of American literature at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and the author of the biography "Hamlin Garland, A Life," along with edited other collections of Garland works. The book features an introduction from Meyer and pairs Garland's writings with the black and white prairie photography of Jon Morris.
In 1894, Garland wrote, "I assert it is the most natural thing in the world for a man to love his native land and his native, intimate surroundings. ... All the associations of that child-hood and the love-life of youth ... the near-at-hand things are the dearest and sweetest after all."
Alexander Schmidt is an Education/General Assignment Reporter for the Globe Gazette. You can reach him at alexander.schmidt@globegazette.com or at 641-421-0527. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/hamlin-garland-poetry-reading-2023/article_50f96666-105c-11ee-8d2e-079d1e872235.html | 2023-06-21T19:00:15 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/hamlin-garland-poetry-reading-2023/article_50f96666-105c-11ee-8d2e-079d1e872235.html |
The Pleasant Prairie Police Department located a missing 12-year-old girl according to a social media post Wednesday afternoon
Quetzatly Hernandez has been located and is safe according to a Wednesday afternoon update to an earlier alert.
Hernandez had been reported missing after she was last seen at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, June 20, in the Village of Pleasant Prairie.
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WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. — The men accused of trespassing in the old Century III mall and posting it on social media turned themselves in on Wednesday morning.
West Mifflin police told Channel 11 the men turned themselves in today at 11 a.m.
West Mifflin Police say Christopher Cross, 27, Brody Lones, 23, and Drake Pierce, 22 went through the abandoned mall and filmed video. The video was shared online and police used it to identify them.
Kenlein Ogletree, 21, was also charged.
Police say Century III Mall property is private property that is extremely dangerous and that the men could have been injured.
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ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — A Mount Oliver woman who was charged with burglary in October 2022 was arrested on Wednesday.
According to the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office, Tammie Turner, 50, was charged with breaking into the basement of a building on Saint Joseph Street.
Turner allegedly stole property worth $300. She was released on an unsecured bond.
The sheriff’s office said Turner failed to appear in court in March and a bench warrant was issued for her arrest.
She was taken into custody without incident and is now in the Allegheny County Jail.
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TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) — Lee County will temporarily close a bridge in the Brewer community.
The bridge is on County Road 520, almost a mile west of Highway 6. It is over Town Creek.
The county will close it on July 5 at 6 a.m. and it’ll remain closed until the bridge has been replaced. | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/lee-county-bridge-to-be-replaced-in-july/article_7936f418-1061-11ee-aeee-2fdf309e80a6.html | 2023-06-21T19:04:30 | 0 | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/lee-county-bridge-to-be-replaced-in-july/article_7936f418-1061-11ee-aeee-2fdf309e80a6.html |
Update June 21, 2023
Mary Hogan has been found and is safe.
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JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) — The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation issued a Silver Alert Tuesday afternoon for a missing Copiah County woman.
Someone last saw Mary Linda-Ann Hogan, 56, on Saturday, June 17 around noon in the 5000 block of Perrett Road in Hazlehurst.
She was wearing a blue shirt, yellow skirt and a black bonnet. She is 4 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 143 pounds.
She may suffer from a medical condition that impairs her judgment.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Copiah County Sheriff’s Department at 601-987-1530.
Hazlehurst is approximately 32 miles southwest of Jackson. | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/missing-copiah-county-woman-found-safe/article_b4b92cc0-0fa5-11ee-aee4-6b9ee5b71c70.html | 2023-06-21T19:04:33 | 1 | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/missing-copiah-county-woman-found-safe/article_b4b92cc0-0fa5-11ee-aee4-6b9ee5b71c70.html |
City OKs hiring retired officers to help with manpower shortage in Police Department
The Wichita Falls City Council on Tuesday authorized the Police Department to hire retired officers part-time to help deal with a shortage of fulltime officers.
“It’s challenging to fill our ranks and I think it’s going to be this way for a while,” Chief Manuel Borrego told councilors.
Borrego said his department faces an ongoing challenge to hire officers and additionally, a great deal of retirements in the near future.
“We need to make sure we have enough patrol officers on the street,” he said. “The other thing we need is detectives to investigate calls. That’s where we’re falling short.”
Borrego said that was especially true in the misdemeanor unit where the department currently has a backlog of 800 cases. These are not major crimes, but the chief said the victims want them investigated.
“Reserve police officers can come in and work these misdemeanor cases,” he said.
The positions would be part-time, non-civil service jobs for certified officers.
“They’re in no way replacing police officer positions,” Borrego said.
He said 63 percent of the members of the Wichita Falls Police Officers Association voted in favor of hiring the part-timers.
Police officer shortage is not limited to Wichita Falls. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau both show a steady decline in law enforcement jobs over the past few years.
In other business, councilors:
- Authorized acceptance of a federal grant for $1 million for snow removal equipment at Wichita Falls Regional Airport and authorized spending $1,093,345 for a snow broom for the airport.
- Awarded a contract for $6,971,470 to Scales Concrete Construction Co. Inc. for Quail Creek Drainage improvements.
- Approve a request from the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth to purchase and close two alleys adjacent Sacred Heart Church on Ninth Street.
- Bought a 2023 John Deere backhoe for $155,000.
- Bought 144 computer workstations for $121,979.
- Approved a change order for the 2022 Sewer Budget Utility Improvement Project in the amount of $99,050. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/21/city-oks-hiring-retired-officers-to-help-with-manpower-shortage-in-police-department/70342427007/ | 2023-06-21T19:05:03 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/21/city-oks-hiring-retired-officers-to-help-with-manpower-shortage-in-police-department/70342427007/ |
Lake levels dip as summer takes grip on area
Wichita Falls lake levels dropped over the past week as summer takes grip on the region.
The combined level of lakes Arrowhead and Kickapoo fell by three-tenths of a percent, leaving the total at 66.8 percent.
That's slightly above the Drought Watch water restrictions the city implemented earlier, but they will remain in effect until the City Council votes to lift them.
That may not be soon.
While a slight chance of rain is in the forecast for Wednesday -- the official first day of summer -- most of the days ahead are expected to be hot and dry. The National Weather Service issued an Excessive Heat Warning for Tuesday and predicted daytime highs in the upper 90s or above 100 degrees through at least Monday.
Wichita Falls managed to stay above average rainfall through most of the spring, but is now slipping toward drought. The city has officials received 12.27 inches of rain in 2023. The average is 13.38 inches.
"The hot summer months are now upon us and rain chances are beginning to drop as the temperature rises ... conservation is very important and there are restrictions in place," the city said in a press release. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/21/lake-levels-drop-as-summer-arrives/70337056007/ | 2023-06-21T19:05:09 | 0 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/21/lake-levels-drop-as-summer-arrives/70337056007/ |
'Huge push for vouchers': Lee blasts efforts to guide funds toward private schools
Wichita Falls schools superintendent Donny Lee lashed out at state leaders, including Rep. James Frank, R-Wichita Falls, for their efforts to allocate taxpayer dollars to private schools at the expense of public schools.
“There’s a huge push for vouchers,” Lee said at a meeting of the Wichita Falls Independent Board of Trustees Monday.
The vouchers Lee referred to are what Gov. Greg Abbott calls “education savings accounts.” Those would allow parents to use tax dollars to pay for private schools for their children.
Lee pointed to news photographs showing Abbott, Frank and other supporters of a voucher system rallying on the steps of the state Capitol.
“We had $300 million for school safety that came out of the legislative session and $500 million for vouchers, so where’s the priorities?” Lee said.
He said one positive note was 24 rural Republican legislators voting against vouchers, blocking them from moving through the regular session of the Legislature. He said because of that, Abbott and House Speaker Dade Phelan blocked school allotment increases.
“They kept that money as hostage, so our teachers are not getting any pay raise as of right now. I thought that was a travesty.”
The trustees voted for step increases for teachers Monday, but any further increases for them or other district employees would depend on the state allotment.
“We had almost $18 billion for property tax relief and nothing got done. That’s $18 billion with a ‘B’ and still they’re fighting over that and can’t come to solutions,” he said.
Lee said Abbott wants to eliminate the school tax and the lieutenant governor wants to increase the homestead exemption to $100,000.
“They’re having a Twitter war right now. It’s just gotten pretty childish,” he said.
Lee said Phelan has formed a new committee that includes Frank and is chaired by Rep. Brad Buckley,” whom he called “a huge voucher proponent.”
“So, we need to really be vigilant on this committee,” he said.
Trustee Mark Lukert said a lot of people don’t understand what’s going on with the push for vouchers.
“I just think we need to let people know this is going to take money from us and we’re just barely getting by as it is,” he said.
“The main thing is it’s taking public tax dollars and using them for private schools,” Lee said.
With education funding unresolved in the regular session, lawmakers will take another stab at it in special session. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/21/lee-blast-efforts-to-guide-tax-money-toward-school-vouchers/70339882007/ | 2023-06-21T19:05:16 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/21/lee-blast-efforts-to-guide-tax-money-toward-school-vouchers/70339882007/ |
Use of ARPA money for Wichita County jailer salaries ends
Wichita County’s use of federal COVID relief money to increase the pay of jailers has come to an abrupt end.
County Auditor Cheryll Jones told commissioners Tuesday she learned premium pay through the American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) came to an end April 10 when President Joe Biden declared an official end to the COVID-19 pandemic.
That means the county is on the hook for all the higher pay between that date and now, which is about $165,000.
“We’re going to have to pay for that some way or another,” Jones said. She said she can move some money from “lost revenue” -- another bucket of ARPA funding -- to pay the bill that’s currently due and for a few more weeks, but commissioners will have to find a way to pay the higher salaries beyond that. It will cost about $560,000 to continue paying the salaries to the end of the year.
County Judge Jim Johnson said Jones is looking into how long the county can continue to draw money from the lost revenue fund for use on the salaries.
The bigger question is how to pay the rates beyond 2023.
“We’re already in the middle of budget discussions and as we move that forward it will be a decision made as part of the budget,” Johnson said. “This is something we need to do our homework on and make sure we get right.”
The county got a $25.6 million windfall from the federal government for COVID-19 recovery. Commissioners allocated $3.8 million toward the pay of jailers, who have been in chronic short supply. That translated into $7,800 each for 129 jailers. Even that infusion has not solved the jailer shortage. Johnson said the jail typically runs about 30 positions short.
Commissioners voted Tuesday to study their options further and take up the problem again in July. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/21/use-of-arpa-money-for-wichita-county-jailer-salaries-ends/70340235007/ | 2023-06-21T19:05:17 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/21/use-of-arpa-money-for-wichita-county-jailer-salaries-ends/70340235007/ |
BALTIMORE COUNTY — Baltimore County announced a new textile recycling partnership that offers free clothing recycling services to residents.
The Department of Public Works & Transportation, Bureau of Solid Waste Management has partnered with Helpsy, a corporation that extends the useful life of secondhand clothing.
Residents are now able to recycle clothing, shoes, backpacks, sheets, towels blankets, curtains, throw rugs and other items in Helpsy clothing collection containers located at any of the County's drop-off facilities.
Items must be clean, dry, odorless and bagged.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, textile waste is the fastest-growing waste stream in the United States, occupying nearly 5% of all landfill space.
For more information about the County's recycling programs and Helpsy's municipal partnership, contact the Bureau of Solid Waste Management at 410-887-2000 or click here. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/baltimore-county-announces-new-program-that-offers-clothing-recycling-services | 2023-06-21T19:05:57 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/baltimore-county-announces-new-program-that-offers-clothing-recycling-services |
Two more Lake County state lawmakers have announced their support for Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch's bid for the 2024 Republican nomination for Indiana governor.
State Sen. Dan Dernulc, R-Highland, and state Sen. Rick Niemeyer, R-Lowell, on Wednesday endorsed Crouch for governor over her intraparty rivals, U.S. Sen. Mike Braun and Fort Wayne businessman Eric Doden.
"As members of the Senate, we have worked closely with Suzanne Crouch regarding Lake County issues. In her role as president of the Senate, we have seen firsthand her hard work and dedication. Residents of Lake County can trust that Suzanne will be a governor who is committed to them, and, for that, we offer our endorsement," Dernulc and Niemeyer said in a joint statement.
The senators' endorsement follows Tuesday's announcement by state Rep. Julie Olthoff, R-Crown Point, that she's also backing Crouch in what's expected to be the first fiercely contested Republican gubernatorial primary in years.
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Crouch, a former state auditor and state representative from Evansville, has served two terms as lieutenant governor alongside Gov. Eric Holcomb, who is barred by the Indiana Constitution from seeking a third consecutive four-year term. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/government-politics/two-lake-county-state-senators-backing-crouch-for-governor/article_5b40af6e-104b-11ee-b598-336f325b013e.html | 2023-06-21T19:12:33 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/government-politics/two-lake-county-state-senators-backing-crouch-for-governor/article_5b40af6e-104b-11ee-b598-336f325b013e.html |
SAN ANTONIO — Tickets are now on sale for the 2024 San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo!
Sale of the tickets for rodeo and entertainment events began at 10 a.m. Wednesday. This is the rodeo's 75th year and the organization also unveiled its new anniversary logo Wednesday.
The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo helps educate Texas youth and raises millions of dollars in the form of scholarships, grants, endowments and Junior Livestock competitions.
“We are incredibly proud to celebrate this milestone with the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, our over 6,000 volunteers, and all our media partners and sponsors.," said Executive Director & CEO Cody Davenport.
The entertainment lineup for the 2024 rodeo has not been announced yet.
The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo will take place February 8-25 at the Freeman Coliseum.
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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — People waking up on the Space Coast Wednesday morning were treated to a special sight in the sky.
The U.S. National Weather Service – Melbourne posted photos taken by off-duty meteorologists showing the wave-like cloud formations known as Asperitas clouds.
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“Asperitas is characterized by localized waves in the cloud base, either smooth or dappled with smaller features, sometimes descending into sharp points, as if viewing a roughened sea surface from below,” the organization says.
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WINTER PARK, Fla. — Need to grab a quick and cheap bite to eat? There are good deals to be had in Winter Park on Wednesday and elsewhere later on in the week.
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Pizzeria Uno Winter Park
Pizzeria Uno in Winter Park is offering a cheese or pepperoni Chicago-style deep dish pizza for $5 on Wednesday only.
There is a limit of five pizzas per customer, and they can only be ordered as takeout.
The deal is being offered at the chain’s Winter Park location at 2262 Aloma Ave. See a map below:
Viet-Nomz Winter Park
Viet-Nomz Winter Park is celebrating its seventh anniversary this week with several specials.
On Wednesday, diners can snag half-off sides, including summer and spring rolls, fish bites and loaded waffle fries.
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On Thursday, they’ll offer buy-one-get-one free rice and noodle bowls.
They’ll off free swag on Friday. And on Saturday, diners can spin a wheel to win free food and prizes.
The deal is only being offered at its original location at 7581 University Boulevard, near Winter Park. See a map below:
Wawa
Not near Winter Park, or just craving a sub instead? Wawa is offering special pricing for its Hoagiefest sale through July 16 at each of its local stores.
It will cost you $5 for any “shorti hoagie” and $6 for any full-sized “classic hoagie.” The deal applies to all hot and cold varieties.
And if you happen to be visiting the brand new location at 7785 Palm Parkway in Orlando’s O-Town West development, you can enjoy free coffee there when it opens to the public Thursday.
The free coffee will be flowing at that location through Sunday. See a map below:
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SHADY VALLEY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Northeast Tennessee’s motorcycle riders love to cruise on the region’s windy roads, but a stretch of U.S. Hwy 421 in Johnson County is known across the world.
The Snake attracts people from all over the U.S. and the world for a 33-mile, 489-curve ride across three mountains in Johnson County.
“It’s the reputation,” said rider Ben Copenhaver. “It’s the snake. It’s four hundred and some curves. The scenery is beautiful and it’s enjoyed by everyone.”
Whether you’re on two, three or four wheels, The Snake keeps people coming back. Riders take pride in having completed it just once, but most of the locals are long-time veterans.
“Since 1995, I’ve been riding up here every summer,” said motorcyclist Colin Crichton, who has ridden The Snake hundreds, if not thousands of times.
Halfway between Holston Valley and Mountain City sits the quiet community of Shady Valley, but the valley is often filled with the echoes of choppers and Harleys.
It is there you will find the Shady Valley Country Store, which has become the rest stop for riders on The Snake.
Located at the intersection of Highway 421 and 91, the store’s parking lots are filled with bikes every weekend during the warmer months.
It was at the country store that The Snake was born, but owner Christopher Mahala said it once served a different kind of motor.
“It was here, I think, 1948,” Mahala said. “At first, it was a Ford Tractor Supply.”
Over the years, the store changed ownership several times. It became a country store vital for the day-to-day needs of people in Shady Valley.
Carroll Long owned the store in the early 2000s when a Food City was built in nearby Damascus, Virginia. Long said the business needed to evolve to survive.
“About half of our business went down the creek,” Long said. “We had to re-engineer. We had to do something.”
Long decided to re-brand the store as a biker destination knowing the roads around the store would present an enticing challenge for riders.
But Long needed a name to market the stretch of road.
“My dad always said that these roads around here were meaner than a striped snake,” Long said. “So I called it the striped snake.”
Over the last 20 years, that name has grown in fame among the motorcycle community.
Mahala bought the store in 2020 with The Snake now an international biker attraction.
“We had a guy from Dubai come last year,” Mahala said. “He stayed for a week and rode. But we’ve got South Africa, Australia, Quebec.”
While many come from afar for the challenge of The Snake, many of the local riders come to ease some stress.
“It’s like recharging your batteries,” Copenhaver said. “You’ve worked through the week and you get out when your rides over – ahhhhh. You’re ready to go for another week.”
Plenty come to hang out with the crowd at the country store as well.
“This whole area is just really fantastic,” said Ralph Christopher, who rode from Henderson, North Carolina. “Good people. Makes it nice when you run into good people on the side of the road and just talk and come up with a conversation.”
You can find more information on The Snake and plan your ride HERE. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/celebrating-70-years/the-snake-draws-motorcyclists-from-across-globe/ | 2023-06-21T19:28:53 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/celebrating-70-years/the-snake-draws-motorcyclists-from-across-globe/ |
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Dr. Joshua Davis, former principal of West Ridge High School, was appointed to a new position on Tuesday.
Davis will serve as Deputy Chief Academic Officer for the Washington County School system.
“We are excited to add Dr. Davis to our Washington County Schools team. His experience, knowledge, record of success, passion for student success, and strong vision for high-quality teaching and learning will be a tremendous asset in supporting our principals, teachers, and students in our high schools and middle school grades,” said Superintendent Jerry Boyd.
Davis holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from East Tennessee State University and began his career as a teacher in Sullivan County Schools in 2002.
In 2011, Davis returned to Sullivan County Schools where he has since served as an assistant principal and principal for several schools.
“I am eager and excited to join the leadership team and Washington County Schools. WCS has a rich history and tradition in providing a quality education for all students and I look forward to working with school leaders, teachers, and students in ensuring that all students in Washington County are prepared for college and career,” said Davis. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/west-ridge-principal-appointed-as-deputy-chief-academic-officer/ | 2023-06-21T19:28:59 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/west-ridge-principal-appointed-as-deputy-chief-academic-officer/ |
ATLANTIC CITY — Firefighters and other emergency responders were at Belfield Avenue on Wednesday afternoon, where there was a report of a structure fire.
Responders called an additional alarm about 2 p.m., at which point firefighters could be heard warning of flames on the third floor.
The fire was in the 1500 block of Belfield, a small street between New York and Kentucky avenues, with a line of row houses.
At approximately 2:45 p.m. dispatcher said the fire was under control.
Responders were concerned about the potential residents could be trapped by the fire. Multiple ambulances had been requested to respond to the scene.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/atlantic-city-fire-belfield-avenue/article_cba3cd14-105e-11ee-b609-0f5242b0b52c.html | 2023-06-21T19:30:59 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/atlantic-city-fire-belfield-avenue/article_cba3cd14-105e-11ee-b609-0f5242b0b52c.html |
PLEASANTVILLE — A boy was charged with criminal mischief for breaking a window at Mount Zion Baptist Church on June 2, police said Wednesday.
Police said the boy threw a rock at the window, and that the rock was found near the broken window at the rear of the church.
Church officials said Mount Zion was vandalized a second time Monday. Someone broke five windows and two glass doors, they said.
Mount Zion officials said they reported the incident to police Monday.
Anyone with information about Monday's incident can call police at 609-641-6100. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/juvenile-charged-with-breaking-window-at-pleasantville-church/article_64e467c0-104d-11ee-a8ca-47cfe9db19f6.html | 2023-06-21T19:31:05 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/juvenile-charged-with-breaking-window-at-pleasantville-church/article_64e467c0-104d-11ee-a8ca-47cfe9db19f6.html |
VINELAND — About a dozen officials Tuesday ceremonially shoveled dirt to mark the beginning of construction of the city's new firehouse.
Officials said Tuesday's groundbreaking signified the end of a difficult process of securing funding for the project and launching the construction phase amid setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The roughly $20 million project will serve as the city's firefighter headquarters and will include a fitness facility, a full kitchen, meeting rooms and housing for full-timers, as well as the Fire Department's administrative offices.
Eight drive-thru engine bays will be available for firetrucks, officials said.
The project is funded fully through the city, Fire Director Rich Franchetta said.
"This project has taken many years, many meetings, a lot of resources and it finally came to fruition," fire Chief Luigi Tramontana Jr. said before a crowd of about 50 people gathered at the site.
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The two-story, 38,000-square-foot building is expected to open in November 2024, Franchetta said.
Construction was valued at about $13.4 million, while another roughly $6 million was used for other needs, including an environmental cleanup.
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"We are worried, obviously with supply chain issues and cost increases, that it may go up in soft cost a little, but we are prepared for that," Franchetta said.
Talks of building a new Fire Department headquarters began about five years ago. The current building, which is about a block away from the construction zone, is about 60 years old.
The city has six firehouses, Franchetta said. The new firehouse is being built by New Road Construction Management.
Its construction fulfills the city's commitment to supporting first responders, Mayor Anthony Fanucci said.
"There's a lot that goes into this," Fanucci said. "There's a lot that goes on behind the scenes."
The site, at the northwest corner of Plumb Street and North West Boulevard, was previously occupied by Limpert Brothers, a food production company. The company, which shut down around 2019, was known for making marshmallow fluff, Franchetta said.
Also at the site was a brick building occupied by Welch's Food Inc., Franchetta said.
"It was actually where Welch's got their start," he said.
VINELAND — The city needs a new firehouse.
The project has faced multiple hurdles from the pandemic to design, Fanucci said.
In February, the city agreed to bond $5 million for increased construction costs, as well as the removal of soil contaminants underground from a 15,000-gallon heating oil tank.
Each day, 34 firefighters and administrators use the current fire headquarters, and 10 firefighters spend the night there.
The city's six fire companies work out of different locations in the city. One houses paid firefighters, while the other five are used by volunteers.
Fire Station No. 2, on East Sherman Avenue, is the newest, having been built in 2000.
The new firehouse is reflective of a growing city, state Sen. Michael Testa, R-Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic, said during the ceremony.
"Vineland is growing at a rapid pace. That takes leadership and collaboration," Testa said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/vineland-breaks-ground-on-new-firehouse/article_643a6016-104f-11ee-904c-1b4fd87ad38e.html | 2023-06-21T19:31:12 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/vineland-breaks-ground-on-new-firehouse/article_643a6016-104f-11ee-904c-1b4fd87ad38e.html |
FOLSOM, Calif. — The 5th Annual Historic Folsom Hometown Parade is taking place Saturday, June 24, and there’s a lot to look forward to!
The parade steps off at 9:30 a.m. in Folsom's Historic District on Sutter Street.
With over 70 entries including marching bands, creative floats, vintage cars and more, the Hometown Parade will be full of excitement and perfect for the entire family.
“The Historic District is known as the heart of Folsom, rich in history and bursting with charm and each year we have a colorful assortment of entries participate including color guards, organizations that preserve our history, amazing vintage cars, floats and entries from different Folsom neighborhoods, excitement with police and fire, and a lot of surprises," wrote Historic Folsom on their website.
There’s fun happening all day. Here’s what’s in store:
SCHEDULE
- 8 a.m.: Pancake Breakfast at Eagles Lodge and Farmers Market – Plaza
- 9:25 a.m.: Flyover indicating parade is starting
- 9:30-10:30 a.m.: Parade on Sutter from Scott to Reading
- Gaslight Co: Live Music and Bloody Mary Specials
- Folsom Hotel: Live Music
- Art galleries, restaurants, shopping and more
- Ruby's Books: Storytime following the parade
- Sutter St Theater: Live show after 1 p.m.
PARKING/TRANSPORTATION
Judy Collinsworth, Executive Director of Folsom Historic District, suggests riding the light rail to the Historic District to avoid searching for parking. She told ABC10 there are free rides from Glenn Street into the Historic District every half-hour.
Here are more options for parking/transportation from Historic Folsom:
- Carpool or take Uber or Lift, whenever possible.
- Park at the Glenn St Light Rail Station and ride the Gold Line one stop into Historic Folsom. Parking is free and plentiful at the Glenn St Light Rail Station
- Park in the main parking garage at 905 Leidesdorff St. There is a digital counter that allows you to see the number of spaces available before you enter. This does fill early.
- Park in the secondary, smaller parking garage at 604 Sutter Street. This does fill early.
- Park in lots at Wool and Sutter, Leidesdorff St, Traders Lane or on Riley St behind the Powerhouse Pub.
- There are two additional lots near the light rail station, near Reading and Folsom Blvd. Both lots are available for free parking.
- Do not park near Lake Natoma Inn unless you are staying at the hotel. Do not park in the residential area near the Historic District
- Public Parking Garage located at Reading and Leidesdorff. This does fill early.
Sac RT is offering free rides with a QR code. Click here for the code.
“We are so excited for the parade this Saturday! Not only will the weather be perfect, but we have some super fun, showstopper entries in the parade this year," said Judy Collinsworth, Executive Director of Folsom Historic District. “Lots of live music, rodeo performers and fun floats! We hope to see you at the parade and wear your red, white and blue!”
Watch more from ABC10: Thousands pack Capitol mall for Sacramento Pride | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/historic-folsom-hometown-parade-kicks-off/103-22cc7034-31ec-472e-9454-5891275f6019 | 2023-06-21T19:33:25 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/historic-folsom-hometown-parade-kicks-off/103-22cc7034-31ec-472e-9454-5891275f6019 |
SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — The California Highway Patrol says a medical emergency likely caused a deadly wreck Wednesday morning in Natomas.
According to CHP, witnesses called 911 to report a truck had gone off the road on westbound I-80 and the Truxel Road offramp around 8 a.m.
Upon arrival, officers found a white Chevy truck had gone about 50 feet off the road and into bushes.
The driver, an unidentified 64-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene.
CHP says the truck had no mechanical problems and the vehicle had minor damage. It’s believed the driver suffered a medical emergency leading to the crash. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/medical-emergency-likely-caused-deadly-crash-on-i-80/103-c0d7839b-6d6c-4d4f-ab81-9ec8e6ea043d | 2023-06-21T19:33:31 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/medical-emergency-likely-caused-deadly-crash-on-i-80/103-c0d7839b-6d6c-4d4f-ab81-9ec8e6ea043d |
ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Another Chick-fil-A and Dutch Bros are planned in Roseville as part of the Blue Oaks Retail Center.
The developer is currently working on getting civil plan approval for frontage improvements and site work, according to Helen Dyda, a spokesperson for the city of Roseville.
Roseville's Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit for two drive-through restaurants, a design review permit for the designs and colors of the two buildings, and a tentative subdivision map to divide the remaining parcel into six commercial buildings on March 23.
The six commercial buildings range from 950 square feet to 13,200 square feet. Chick-fil-A and Dutch Bros are the buildings proposed with a drive-thru. The other tenants are not known at this time.
The Blue Oaks Retail Center will be located at 1480 Blue Oaks Boulevard, near Walgreens on the corner of Blue Oaks Boulevard and Woodreek Oaks Boulevard and across the street from Nugget Markets.
Chick-fil-A has a location in Roseville at 912 Pleasant Grove Boulevard. Dutch Bros has a nearby location at 1225 Baseline Road in Roseville.
Learn more about the project HERE.
Watch more on ABC10: Placer County Board of Supervisors holds a special meeting on Project 8 Winery | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/rosevilles-chick-fil-a-dutch-bros-blue-oaks/103-db6ac146-b86b-4430-9503-908c0f6655b7 | 2023-06-21T19:33:37 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/rosevilles-chick-fil-a-dutch-bros-blue-oaks/103-db6ac146-b86b-4430-9503-908c0f6655b7 |
ROSEVILLE, Calif. — A dumpling place in Davis is expanding to Roseville and it could be happening sooner rather than later.
Jane Li, a manager at Davis' location of Yang Kee Dumpling, says they're aiming to open a second location at the end of this year. The restaurant concept would be similar to the location in Davis, though she says the final menu has not been decided yet.
They are planning to bring the same open-kitchen style restaurant where customers can watch their dumplings and dim sum being made right in front of them. Li says they are still in the beginning phases but the owner loves Roseville and is looking forward to bringing some different menu items too.
The Roseville location would be located in Eureka Ridge Plaza. The Davis location is at 2151 Cowell Boulevard.
Some of their popular items include crab and pork soup dumplings, pan-fried pork dumplings and wontons in chili oil.
Watch more on ABC10: Placer County Board of Supervisors holds a special meeting on Project 8 Winery | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/yang-kee-dumpling-roseville/103-92afd1e4-6d28-45d7-8f06-2494878bbd55 | 2023-06-21T19:33:43 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/yang-kee-dumpling-roseville/103-92afd1e4-6d28-45d7-8f06-2494878bbd55 |
Why Congress gave $4M to Cumberland County for training center geared toward military
A facility dedicated as a recruitment and training center for companies seeking to employ transitioning service members, military spouses and veterans is expected to move forward next month.
The Fayetteville Cumberland Economic Development Corp. and the Community Development Foundation announced last year that the local area was awarded with $4 million in federal funding for the project.
According to a news release, the purpose of the center is to help military families and veterans “secure meaningful employment.”
About 7,000 Fort Liberty service members transition to the private sector annually, while about 26,000 military spouses live on or near Fort Liberty, according to the release.
“Only 19 percent of those report adequate full-time employment,” the release stated.
Another 130,000 veterans live in the surrounding region, the release stated.
What is the project?
Plans are to construct a facility known as the HR Talent Portal that would promote hiring veterans, transitioning service members and military spouses, and encourage companies to have a North Carolina presence.
A location for the facility hasn't been announced.
“This will be a purpose-built facility designed to directly partner (with) private sector companies, connecting them with the unmatched talent of our transitioning soldiers, military spouses and veterans,” Robert Van Geons, president and CEO of the Fayetteville Cumberland Economic Development Corp., said in a statement Friday.
Van Geons said a public-private partnership would provide facilities and instructional space for companies to train active-duty military — creating “a seamless move” to private sector employment once they transition out — and that it would also be a resource for military family members and veterans.
Private sector companies would have multiple ways to use the facility, either as training space, shared classrooms, semi-permanent recruitment offices or short-term event space, he said.
The goal is to provide flexible and accessible options for companies to have an initial presence locally.
“Once they've experienced all our community has to offer, we believe that we will be able to convince many of them to establish permanent offices in Fayetteville and Cumberland County,” Van Geons said.
Van Geons said the space would not replicate services already provided by Fayetteville State University and its Fayetteville-Cumberland Regional Entrepreneur and Business Hub or Fayetteville Technical Community College and the North Carolina Military Business Center on its campus.
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Van Geons said drawing down federal funding is a rigorous process and that officials received updated guidance about three months ago.
“We are incredibly grateful for the initial funding support, which will go a long way to moving this needed project forward,” Van Geons said.
Officials plan to start moving the project forward after July 1, he said.
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What leaders have said
Glenn Adams, vice chairman of the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners, has said the future facility has “generated interest from dozens of technology companies, military contractors, and private sector employers.”
Officials said, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, was “instrumental in helping secure funding for the project,” with the support of former Sen. Richard Burr and North Carolina’s delegation in Congress.
“Our servicemembers at Fort Bragg develop a toolbox of critical leadership skills while serving our nation in uniform, and the community of Fayetteville has shown a commitment to ensuring they have a successful transition back to civilian life,” Tillis said when the program was announced in June 2022.
Fayetteville Mayor Mitch Colvin said at that time that he thinks the facility and its programs “will attract and encourage those transitioning from the military to make Fayetteville and Cumberland County their permanent home.”
Staff writer Rachael Riley can be reached at rriley@fayobserver.com or 910-46-3528. | https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/local/2023/06/21/how-cumberland-county-plans-to-spend-4m-in-federal-funds-to-help-military/70299872007/ | 2023-06-21T19:37:34 | 0 | https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/local/2023/06/21/how-cumberland-county-plans-to-spend-4m-in-federal-funds-to-help-military/70299872007/ |
GADSDEN, Ala. (WIAT) — Governor Kay Ivey announced Wednesday a $232 million facility for microreactors is planned for Gadsden.
The Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation site will create 250 jobs and is set to be the nation’s first commercial-scale microreactor production facility, according to a press release by the governor’s office.
Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation is a Seattle-based company that works with microreactor technologies and produces its Micro-Modular Reactor. According to USNC, its goal is “reliable zero-carbon energy anywhere” by developing both the MMR and TRISO particle fuel.
The Gadsden facility will employ technical and professional workers in a highly automated MMR assembly plant. The facility is expected to manufacture, assemble, test and inspect the non-radiological modules needed to construct its advanced microreactors. USNC mentioned radioactive material will not be used or stored at the facility.
The MMR includes features such as reduced power and low project development costs, security of supply, safety and environmental protection. The goal of the Gadsden plant is to have the capacity to produce 10 complete MMR units per year. The 578,000 square foot facility is set to be next to the Northeast Alabama Regional Airport.
“Alabama is home to an impressive array of highly innovative companies, so our state is an ideal place for Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.’s new advanced microreactor assembly plant,” Ivey said in release. “This unique facility will benefit the Gadsden community through a significant investment and the creation of good jobs, while also reinforcing Alabama’s reputation for cutting-edge manufacturing operations.”
Construction is set to begin in 2024, and the facility is expected to be operational in 2027. Gadsden Mayor Craig Ford said in a release the facility is a game changer for Gadsden and that USNC’s selection of Gadsden proves what he’s known all of his life about the unmatched grit and capability of the city’s workforce.
You can read more about more details on the facility in the governor’s press release. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/governor-ivey-announces-232m-microreactor-plant-for-gadsden/ | 2023-06-21T19:40:09 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/governor-ivey-announces-232m-microreactor-plant-for-gadsden/ |
CEDAR FALLS — Firefighters saved more than a dozen cats when a mobile home caught fire Wednesday morning.
The fire started in a shed beside the residence at 2200-110 Zircon Lane in the Five Seasons Mobile Home Park. Flames spread to the mobile home, and one person inside was able to escape without injuries, said Fire Chief John Zolondek.
Firefighters searched the mobile home for 16 cats that were living inside, handing several of them through a bedroom window to safety. Park workers helped corral the felines in boxes, carriers and a dog kennel loaned by a neighbor.
Medics with MercyOne Ambulance provided supplemental oxygen to treat many of the cats. All of the cats were accounted for, residents said. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/cats-saved-from-burning-mobile-home-in-cedar-falls/article_eeff17f2-1057-11ee-b1c1-c33114aa805c.html | 2023-06-21T19:44:28 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/cats-saved-from-burning-mobile-home-in-cedar-falls/article_eeff17f2-1057-11ee-b1c1-c33114aa805c.html |
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1 dead in Tempe shooting, suspect sought
Kye Graves
Arizona Republic
One person died following a shooting into a vehicle Tuesday night in Tempe.
According to police, at around 9:15 p.m., Tempe and Phoenix police officers responded to the area of Baseline Road and 48th St. for an "unknown trouble call for service."
Officers arrived and found a vehicle struck by gunfire multiple times.
Police said the occupants inside were shot, with one unidentified person dead from their injuries. It is unknown how many occupants inside were injured.
Additionally, the suspect or suspects remain outstanding, but police believe the shooting to be an isolated incident.
The roadway was closed briefly, but it has since reopened.
An investigation into the shooting remains ongoing, and no other information has been released. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe-breaking/2023/06/21/tempe-shooting-tuesday-police-investigation/70342760007/ | 2023-06-21T19:50:34 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe-breaking/2023/06/21/tempe-shooting-tuesday-police-investigation/70342760007/ |
Republicans in the Ohio House are scheduled to vote today on measures that would deny gender affirming care for transgender minors and block transgender girls from competing in girls sports, along with a Parent’s Bill of Rights measure that advocates warn could require schools to forcibly out LGBTQ students.
Each measure has drawn considerable opposition from individuals and groups around medical care, sports, and education, and all drew scorn from transgender advocates for directly targeting or indirectly affecting Ohio’s transgender youth.
This story will be updated to reflect the outcome of the vote. Below are the measures scheduled for a vote today.
Saving Adolescents from Experimentation Act
House Bill 68 includes a measure blocking gender affirming care to minors and another prohibiting transgender girls from competing in girls sports. The measures, combined earlier this week, would move to the Senate for further consideration if passed by the House.
Originally, HB68 was the vehicle for the “Saving Adolescents from Experimentation Act” — the second attempt by Rep. Gary Click, R-Vickery, to ban gender affirming care for minors. Under the bill, doctors would be prohibited from performing surgeries or prescribing hormones or puberty blockers to treat gender dysphoria regardless of parental consent, among other things.
Twenty-four proponents testified in support of the bill, including parents concerned about gender-affirming care, out-of-state detransitioners who came to regret the care they received, and a handful of organizations. Three-hundred-and-thirty-seven individuals or groups testified against, characterizing the bill as unnecessary and dangerous to trans youth.
One of those opponents was West Chester Twp. Trustee Ann Becker, an active Butler County Republican and mother of a college-aged transgender son. Becker told House lawmakers that HB68 was a government overreach that would deny transgender kids and their families medical autonomy.
“House Bill 68 says that transgender parents are not free or independent, House Bill 68 takes parents’ rights and turns them over to you, the state. This is something that should not be happening in Ohio,” Becker said.
Detransitioners and parents in favor of SAFE argued that children under 18 are unable to make informed decisions on gender affirming care and cannot conceptualize the long-term effects of hormone treatments, puberty blockers, or in extreme cases, gender-affirming surgery.
“The parental authority we have (in) having children is to guide them and keep them safe,” testified Ronli Brown, the mother of a trans-identifying kid who came out years ago at age 14. “At 15, 16, 17, these kids don’t have any idea what’s going to happen when they’re 26 — they can’t see that far into the future.”
The Ohio Children’s Hospitals Association told lawmakers that it does not provide gender-affirming surgeries and would support a blanket ban on gender-affirming surgeries for minors. Association representatives said that its practices for prescribing hormones or puberty blockers were safe, relatively uncommon and in no need of government interference.
SAFE’s House approval comes a day after a federal judge batted down the nation’s first ban on gender affirming care in Arkansas on the grounds that such legislation violates the U.S. Constitution. It is not yet clear how the Republican-dominated Ohio Senate will proceed with the legislation.
Save Women’s Sports Act
Rolled into House Bill 68 is the Save Women’s Sports Act, originally proposed by local Rep. Jena Powell, R-Arcanum, which would prohibit transgender girls from competing in girls sports at K-12 and collegiate levels.
Originally House Bill 6, the measure was seen to have broader support within the House GOP, though it drew similar levels of scorn from LGBTQ advocates. Powell argued that the legislation is necessary to conserve a fair playing field within women’s sports programs — an argument that has surfaced in dozens of legislatures across the country.
Bill opponents, including high-profile women athletes, argued that transgender bans like the Save Women’s Sports Act does little to improve the women’s sports landscape.
“Despite being called the ‘Save Women’s Sports Act,’ HB 6 does not consider any of the actual challenges to women and girls in sport,” testified Lori Lindsay, a former midfielder for the US Women’s National Team. “I ask you – what have you done to protect young women and girls from sexual assault and harassment in sport? What have you done to ensure all institutions in Ohio are compliant with Title IX? What have you done to promote equal pay for women athletes? How have you fought for increased opportunities and resources for young women and girls in sport, especially young women and girls of color? This bill, like so many others across the country, is seeking to solve a problem that simply doesn’t exist.”
Powell argued that the current case-by-case transgender athlete policy used by the Ohio High School Athletic Association is not enough. The group, tasked with running sports programs that reach every district in the state, said only 17 transgender girls have competed in girls sports since 2015-2016.
House Bill 8: Parents’ Bill of Rights
The House is also voting on House Bill 8, or, the Parents’ Bill of Rights. The bill provides that parents have a right to be involved in their child’s education and requires public schools to notify parents about any changes to their child’s mental, emotional or physical well-being, among other things.
Critics warn that the bill would require schools to forcibly “out” LGBTQ+ students that haven’t come out at home. Rep. Sara Carruthers, a Hamilton Republican behind the bill, said forced outing was never the bill’s intention. She is open to the language being modified by the Senate.
Carruthers told the Dayton Daily News that her focus was on getting parents more involved in their child’s education and noted that engaging parents in their child’s education would help dispel the notion that children are being “indoctrinated” in public schools. According to Carruthers, HB8′s mandatory reporting provision was intended to address children who might be a danger to themselves or others, not specifically the LGBTQ+ student population.
“It has nothing to do with LGBTQ+; It never did, it shouldn’t,” Carruthers said.
The bill is opposed by education and transgender ally groups who claim that the bill would be used against LGBTQ+ students, regardless of the bill’s original intention. One of those opponents was Butler County’s Talawanda School District. District leaders argued that HB8 was unnecessary and raised concerns about the reporting mandate.
“Requiring schools to report ‘changes to a student’ mental, emotional, or physical health or well-being’ sounds like the legislature would be requiring schools to ‘out’ LGBTQ+ students to their families,” the district wrote in its testimony. “Sharing this information without student consent is potentially traumatic for the student and can even be dangerous to their mental and physical health.”
TransOhio, a statewide advocate for transgender Ohioans, noted that HB8 differed from Ohio’s previous attempts to force outings. The group said that, while the bill lacks specific provisions on transgender students, the broader language would have a similar effect.
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Ohio House lawmakers on Wednesday voted not to concur with the Senate’s proposed state operating budget — triggering a conference committee that will open deliberations between the two chambers and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine.
Representatives voted 71-23 against concurring with the Senate budget.
Before the vote, local residents were among over 100 protesters who gathered outside the Statehouse calling for changes to the Senate proposal, which the group contends does not supply adequate funding to a wide array of public services that Ohioans depend on.
One speaker at the protest was Raya Anderson, a Montgomery County single mother who received guardianship over her son, Amir, when he was two months old. She explained that an immediate priority for her was to obtain child care to allow her to continue in her career.
Anderson, who works full time, was above the income threshold that would would qualify her for state subsidized child care, but her son was accepted into the Head Start program, which directs federal funds to local child care centers to improve the quality and capacity of child care.
“I thank God every day that for that because it was in Head Start with his quality teachers that honestly deserve a living wage that they first discovered my son’s deficiencies, they noticed some developmental delays,” Anderson said.
Protestors and organizers called for the state to revert back to the budgets proposed by either DeWine or the House. Child care was a central tenet of the governor’s proposal that was mostly approved by the House. It would have expanded edibility for state subsidized child care to an additional 15,000 Ohio children compared to the Senate. The House’s version would have committed $30 million to existing child care centers to expand their capacity, a figure the Senate halved.
Robyn Lightcap, executive director of Preschool Promise, which helps parents in some Montgomery County districts access preschool services, was at the Statehouse event and said simply restoring the governor’s proposals would be a boon to providers.
Those proposals include increasing the income threshold for working parents to access child care subsidies, providing scholarships to increase the child care workforce and providing more support for infant and toddler care.
“We don’t have enough infant and toddler child care capacity across the state,” she said.
Anderson expressed concern that inadequate funding for child care in the proposed Senate budget would keep resources, like those that helped her son out of reach for most Ohio families.
She explained that her child care providers walked her through what the delays could be and helped her with referrals and diagnoses, paving the way for successful early intervention before he went into grade school.
“They weren’t just watching my child, they were caring for my child. They were caring for me and supporting me as a parent so I could continue to work full time and be a productive citizen,” Anderson said.
When she first adopted Amir, Anderson found that private child care would have cost her 50% of her income.
“Every child deserves what my son got: high quality, affordable education, and I do mean education, with caring, supportive staff who not only supported him as a child but me as a parent,” Anderson said. “That is what we should be doing. That is what Ohio’s about.”
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First responders in New Jersey pulled at least 10 people from danger on Wednesday afternoon as a fire tore through at least six homes on Belfield Avenue in Atlantic City.
According to police, the fire -- which was reportedly under control by about 2:45 p.m. -- began about an hour earlier, with four people reportedly saved from homes along that block by about 1:30 p.m.
Officials said at least 10 people had been rescued from homes and three of these individuals were transported to a nearby hospital with reported injuries.
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H-E-B Grocery Company entered a sponsorship with Allen ISD for the next three years, after school board approval on Monday.
The sponsorship will grant H-E-B advertisements during Allen High School varsity football and soccer games at Allen ISD Stadium and announcements during varsity basketball games.
The sponsorship also allows for signage and sponsor areas inside and outside the stadium.
H-E-B is the sole grocery advertiser to enter a sponsorship with Allen ISD for the three-year duration, as the contract grants exclusivity. The contract is worth $25,000 per year, officially ending on April 30, 2026. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/h-e-b-to-sponsor-allen-isd-through-2026/3280940/ | 2023-06-21T20:09:33 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/h-e-b-to-sponsor-allen-isd-through-2026/3280940/ |
Recent wildfires that tore through hundreds of acres of woodland throughout Burlington County were likely started by lightning strikes, the New Jersey Forest Service recently found.
Earlier this month, a pair of wildfires -- one in Evesham Township, known as the Buzby Boggs Wildfire and another fire in the Brendan T. Byrne State Forest in Browns Mills, dubbed the Acorn Hill Wildfire -- burned hundreds of acres of forest in the New Jersey Pinelands, threatening several structures.
After some investigation, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said Tuesday that both fires were started by natural causes, not human error or intervention.
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Yet, the service noted that these types of wildfires are fairly rare, with only 1% of all wildfires in the Garden State to be caused by lightning strikes.
The fire service noted online that, after a lightning strike, fires can burn within trees "for several days before escaping into the surrounding vegetation."
"This occurrence is known as a 'holdover fire,' and is what led to the Acorn Hill Wildfire in Woodland Twp after a storm passed through the area on Friday, June 16," the service noted online. "Dry lightning ignited the Flatiron Wildfire shortly after a storm passed through Medford Twp on Friday, June 3."
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Officials said that they will continue to investigate other recent wildfires that have occurred throughout the state. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/burlington-county-wildfires-caused-by-lightning-officials-say/4441514/ | 2023-06-21T20:13:06 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/burlington-county-wildfires-caused-by-lightning-officials-say/4441514/ |
An FDNY firefighter has been indicted for allegedly stealing credit cards from a dead patient in Manhattan and charging money on them.
Police said 33-year-old Sylus McKenzie stole two credit cards while responding to a 911 call on Jan. 11, 2021, at the East 50th Street home of a patient, who was pronounced dead shortly after McKenzie arrived.
McKenzie then left the scene. As other first responders prepared to seal the Manhattan location, it was found that several credit cards belonging to the patient were missing, according to the investigation.
The next morning, McKenzie allegedly attempted to use the cards at a Sunoco gas station, a Food Bazaar supermarket, and a Target, where he tried to buy AirPods. In all, McKenzie bought or tried to buy more than $1,120 in goods with the stolen credit card om a two-hour span.
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"These alleged actions are reprehensible, even more so because he is a member of the city’s Bravest and violated the public trust," said Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark.
McKenzie, of the Bronx, was arraigned on multiple counts including grand larceny, identity theft, criminal impersonation and more. Attorney information for McKenzie was not immediately clear.
His next court appearance is scheduled for Sept. 7. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fdny-firefighter-indicted-for-allegedly-stealing-credit-card-off-dead-patient/4441402/ | 2023-06-21T20:13:12 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fdny-firefighter-indicted-for-allegedly-stealing-credit-card-off-dead-patient/4441402/ |
What to Know
- A man pleaded guilty to murder in connection to the brutal attack of a 92-year-old woman walking near her Queens home on a cold January night in 2020, the local district attorney said.
- Reeaz Khan, 24, pleaded guilty Tuesday to murder in the second degree and attempted rape in the first degree. He faces 22 years to life on the murder charge and eight years in prison on the attempted rape charge when he is sentenced July 6.
- On Jan. 6, 2020, Khan was seen on surveillance video approaching 92-year-old María Fuertes from behind as she walks on 127th Avenue around midnight, according to the charges. The video showcases both falling to the ground. They landed behind a parked car, where they remained out of view of cameras for 4 to 5 minutes, NBC 4 New York previously reported. After that, the suspect emerged alone According to the charges, around 5 minutes later, Khan is seen on the footage with his pants undone and running off.
A man pleaded guilty to murder in connection to the "heinous attack" of a 92-year-old woman walking near her Queens home on a cold January night in 2020, the local district attorney said.
Reeaz Khan, 24, pleaded guilty Tuesday to murder in the second degree and attempted rape in the first degree. He faces 22 years to life on the murder charge and eight years in prison on the attempted rape charge when he is sentenced July 6.
On Jan. 6, 2020, Khan was seen on surveillance video approaching 92-year-old María Fuertes from behind as she walks on 127th Avenue in the Richmond Hill neighborhood around midnight, according to the charges. The video showcases both falling to the ground.
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They landed behind a parked car, where they remained out of view of cameras for 4 to 5 minutes, NBC 4 New York previously reported. After that, the suspect emerged alone According to the charges, around 5 minutes later, Khan is seen on the footage with his pants undone and running off.
A couple of hours later, at around 2:14 a.m., Fuertes was found by a passerby who then proceeded to call 911, the district attorney's office said citing the charges.
Fuertes, who had her dress lifted to her chest, was barely conscious and incoherent when she was taken to a local hospital, where she later died, according to the charges.
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Doctors found that Fuertes had sustained spine and rib fractures, bruising to her neck and chest and other injuries. A subsequent autopsy determined that Fuertes died from blunt force trauma and hypothermia, according to the charges.
Fuertes' death rocked her close-knit community. Neighbors say she lived her whole life in the southwestern Queens neighborhood.
"If something like this can happen to an old lady like this, what else is gonna happen to any other female," neighbor Aneil Ram told NBC New York at the time of Fuertes' death.
Fuertes was known for her love of cats. Her doorstep was filled with cat food cans. Neighbors said she was known to go out late at night to buy cat food; some wondered if she had been doing that when she was killed.
"She lived for her cats. She lived for her family, and it’s a very sick thing, what happened to her," Ram said.
The entire community was just stunned. More than a few neighbors simply asked, "Why would someone harm her?" | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nyc-man-pleads-guilty-to-murder-in-heinous-attack-of-92-year-old-woman/4441513/ | 2023-06-21T20:13:18 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nyc-man-pleads-guilty-to-murder-in-heinous-attack-of-92-year-old-woman/4441513/ |
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama, Florida and Georgia,
including the following areas, in southeast Alabama, Coffee, Dale,
Geneva, Henry and Houston. In Florida, Calhoun, Central Walton,
Coastal Bay, Coastal Dixie, Coastal Franklin, Coastal Gulf,
Coastal Jefferson, Coastal Taylor, Coastal Wakulla, Gadsden,
Holmes, Inland Bay, Inland Dixie, Inland Franklin, Inland Gulf,
Inland Jefferson, Inland Taylor, Inland Wakulla, Jackson,
Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, North Walton, South Walton and
Washington. In Georgia, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun,
Clay, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Irwin,
Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph,
Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner and Worth.
* WHEN...Through Friday evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
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New residents in the Phoebe Putney Health System Family Medicine Residency program include, from left, Drs. Christiana Anyanwu, Tsvetelina Stoyanova, David Dukes, Florida Twentor, Jordan Bradwell, Stervil Desinor and Danielle Pham.
Dr. David Dukes, center, tries on his ceremonial white coat for the first time Wednesday during a ceremony at Phoebe HealthWorks. Dr. Clifford Dunn, left, the new director of the Phoebe Family Medicine Residency program, assisted Dukes and six other residents in putting on this new addition to their wardrobes.
"Gift wagons," filled with welcome gifts from businesses in the community, await seven new residents at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital who received their ceremonial white coats Wednesday.
Phoebe Putney Health System President/CEO Scott Steiner welcomes seven new residents into the Phoebe Family Medicine Residency Program Wednesday at Phoebe HealthWorks.
Dr. Frances Ferguson, a primary care physician at Albany Area Primary Health Care, delivers the keynote address during a ceremony Wednesday welcoming seven new residents to the Phoebe Putney Health System Family Medicine Residency Program.
White coats on and ready to go, seven residents -- from left, Drs. Christiana Anyanwu, Jordan Bradwell, Stervil Desinor, David Dukes, Danielle Pham, Tsvetelina Stoyanove, Florida Twentor -- were lauded during a ceremony at Phoebe HealthWorks Wednesday.
New residents in the Phoebe Putney Health System Family Medicine Residency program include, from left, Drs. Christiana Anyanwu, Tsvetelina Stoyanova, David Dukes, Florida Twentor, Jordan Bradwell, Stervil Desinor and Danielle Pham.
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Dr. David Dukes, center, tries on his ceremonial white coat for the first time Wednesday during a ceremony at Phoebe HealthWorks. Dr. Clifford Dunn, left, the new director of the Phoebe Family Medicine Residency program, assisted Dukes and six other residents in putting on this new addition to their wardrobes.
Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher
"Gift wagons," filled with welcome gifts from businesses in the community, await seven new residents at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital who received their ceremonial white coats Wednesday.
Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher
Phoebe Putney Health System President/CEO Scott Steiner welcomes seven new residents into the Phoebe Family Medicine Residency Program Wednesday at Phoebe HealthWorks.
Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher
Dr. Frances Ferguson, a primary care physician at Albany Area Primary Health Care, delivers the keynote address during a ceremony Wednesday welcoming seven new residents to the Phoebe Putney Health System Family Medicine Residency Program.
Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher
White coats on and ready to go, seven residents -- from left, Drs. Christiana Anyanwu, Jordan Bradwell, Stervil Desinor, David Dukes, Danielle Pham, Tsvetelina Stoyanove, Florida Twentor -- were lauded during a ceremony at Phoebe HealthWorks Wednesday.
ALBANY -- Seven new residents donned their traditional white coats during a ceremony at Phoebe Putney Health System's HealthWorks facility Wednesday, continuing a tradition of welcoming new doctors who will spend three years as part of the Phoebe Family Medicine Residency program.
The seven -- Drs. Florida Twentor, Tsvetelina Stoyanova, Danielle Pham, David Dukes, Jose Stervil Desinor, Jordan Bradwell and Christiana Anyanwu -- were introduced, praised, celebrated and showered with traditional "gift wagons" loaded with products donated by local businesses. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/phoebe-residents-don-white-coats-go-to-work/article_25337dba-1060-11ee-8b5d-4316ad744bdd.html | 2023-06-21T20:14:14 | 0 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/phoebe-residents-don-white-coats-go-to-work/article_25337dba-1060-11ee-8b5d-4316ad744bdd.html |
OCALA, Fla. – A 30-foot wide hole forced people living in an Ocala home to leave for their own safety on Wednesday, according to a news release.
Ocala Fire Rescue discovered the ground depression while responding to a flood assessment call in the area of SE 28th Place and SE Fifth Terrace, the release said.
People in a duplex less than five feet from the hole were safely evacuated, according to the city. Officials have not said how many people were forced to leave their home.
They also did not say what caused the depression to form.
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The city’s building department and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection are now investigating.
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FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – The state is giving Flagler County an additional $18 million for dune restoration. That’s on top of the $17 million the county was given in December as part of the governor’s state recovery plan after hurricanes Ian and Nicole.
County Engineer, Faith Alkhatib, said they will put that additional funding towards a major dredging project to bring sand in and hopefully reinforce much of the county’s dunes.
“We are getting closer to implementing our plan of doing a dredging operation for the 11.6 miles of Flagler County coastline,” she said.
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Alkhatib said they plan on using the now $35 million from the state on top of $6 million from FEMA to dredge sand from about 10 miles offshore. She said they would then place the sand from just north of Flagler Beach to the St. John’s county line.
“We’re going to be starting advertising for engineering services to start the design and permitting and it’ll usually take a year to 18 months to get that done,” she said.
The county has several other, smaller-scale dune restoration projects happening but recent storm surges in the last few months have already wiped away much of that sand.
“I think it’s a matter of desperation right now. Being on the end of two major storms, like Ian and Nicole, we had to do something,” said Beverly Beach resident and town clerk, Jim Ardell.
The dunes have severely eroded with each storm over the last decade. Ardell said many are hopeful about the dredging.
“There’s been a lot of residents especially on the ocean here who has asked about dredging because it’s been done before in the state of Florida,” he said.
The county said the dredging project should bring in enough sand to reinforce the dunes long term.
There will be a wait before that project gets started, leaving many of the beaches vulnerable in the meantime, but Ardell said they will take what they can get.
“I’m not sure what mother nature is going to do. We have no plans that can substantiate huge infrastructure, development or anything like that,” he said.
Alkhatib estimated that permitting and planning process to take 18 months, so the actual dredging likely won’t happen until 2025.
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A Little Egg Harbor Township man investigated for downloading child pornography was found to be growing marijuana in his home after it was raided by authorities Tuesday, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office said.
Michael Kozdron, 41, purportedly uploaded and downloaded more than 1,000 images of child pornography over peer-to-peer file-sharing software, the Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday in a news release.
The Prosecutor's Office, township police and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations searched Kozdron's home on a warrant.
Authorities found 14 marijuana plants, as well as the lights, seeds, paraphernalia, ventilation and irrigation systems used to grow the drug, the Prosecutor's Office said. They also found a laptop alleged to have been used for sharing explicit content.
Kozdron was charged with distribution of child pornography, possession of child pornography, maintaining or operating a drug production facility and possession of more than 10 but fewer than 50 marijuana plants with intent to distribute.
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A bear that fatally attacked a 66-year-old Tucson man at a campsite in central Arizona last week tested negative for rabies and had no apparent signs of disease, authorities said Wednesday.
The adult male black bear killed Steven Jackson on Friday at his property in the Groom Creek area near Prescott.
Prescott is a little more than 200 miles north of Tucson.
Anne Justice-Allen, the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s wildlife veterinarian, conducted a necropsy on the carcass. The bear’s brain stem was tested for rabies at the state Department of Health Services state laboratory. Arizona has recorded only one case of a bear having tested positive for rabies, in 1971.
The bear acted in what appeared to be an unprovoked predatory attack, Game and Fish officials said.
The cause of death was determined to be from multiple gunshot wounds from a neighbor who was trying to stop the attack. Authorities said it's illegal to shoot or hunt a bear in Arizona unless there is an immediate threat.
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14 tips to stay safe as bears become more active in Arizona
Keeping bears away from your home
1. Take outdoor bird feeders down at night.
2. Keep all trash in a secured location until your trash is collected. If that’s not possible, keep your food waste in a bag in the freezer until pick-up day.
3. Don't leave uneaten pet or livestock food out for extended periods of time.
Keeping bears away while camping
1. Don't burn food scraps or trash at your grill or campfire.
2. Keep food and other animal attractants secured and out of reach of bears. Do not keep food inside your tent.
3. Set up your campsite away from wet places where bears often search for food, such as creeks and rivers.
Tips when hiking
1. Make noise while you hike or hike in groups.
2. Don’t wear strongly-scented lotions, deodorant, body sprays or perfumes.
3. Always keep your pet on a leash when taking them on a hike.
What do to if you encounter a bear
1. Do not run, that could cause the bear to chase you.
2. If attacked, do not play dead. Fight back instead.
4. Attempt to deter the bear, then back away slowly facing forward if the bear keeps approaching.
5. Make yourself look as big as possible by raising your arms or pulling your shirt or jacket higher than your head.
6. Throw items such as rocks or sticks and yell at the bear. | https://tucson.com/news/local/tucson-man-killed-bear-attack/article_1f85681c-1059-11ee-941a-8bd37a9c8677.html | 2023-06-21T20:15:07 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/tucson-man-killed-bear-attack/article_1f85681c-1059-11ee-941a-8bd37a9c8677.html |
Progress was made overnight on the wildfire in Ventana Canyon as it enters its second day, Coronado National Forest Service officials said this morning.
First confirmed Tuesday about 3:30 a.m, the wildfire had grown to approximately 55 acres by late afternoon Tuesday. The size of the fire was about the same Wednesday morning, Coronado National Service officials said on Twitter.
The fire was about 25 percent contained, the agency said Wednesday.
No official cause has been released, although there were reports of lightning in the area at the time the fire started.
Crews were expected to be flown by helicopter to the top of Mount Lemmon today. Water drops from Rose Canyon Lake also were to continue today, officials said.
A look back at the Bighorn Fire in photos
Bighorn Fire - Arizona
The Bighorn Fire burning along Pusch Ridge of the Santa Catalina Mountains in Coronado National Forest north of Tucson on June 6, 2020, less than 12 hours after a lightning strike started the fire.
Nate Wiley
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
A DC-10 air tanker or VLAT (Very Large Air Tanker) dumps thousands of gallons of retardant on the Bighorn Fire burning along Pusch Ridge in Coronado National Forest east of Rams Canyon subdivision on June 6, 2020.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire - Arizona
A Chinook heavy lift helicopter passes smoke from the Bighorn Fire burning along Pusch Ridge in Coronado National Forest north of Tucson on June 6, 2020.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Smoke from the Bighorn Fire shrouds granite formations of Pusch Ridge in Coronado National Forest north of Tucson on June 6, 2020.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire - Arizona
People watch the aerial ballet of helicopters and air tankers on the Bighorn Fire from the safety of Oro Valley Marketplace on June 7, 2020.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire - Arizona
A DC-10 air tanker spreads a line of retardant high atop Pusch Ridge as fire managers tried in vain to keep the the Bighorn Fire confined to the West end of the Santa Catalina Mountains in Coronado National Forest north of Tucson on June 6, 2020.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire - Arizona
The Bighorn Fire burning above Catalina State Park in the Santa Catalina Mountains in Coronado National Forest north of Tucson on June 7, 2020.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire - Arizona
Dark smoke from the Bighorn Fire in the upper elevations of Pima Canyon obscures the rising sun above the Santa Catalina Mountains in Coronado National Forest north of Tucson on June 9, 2020.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
A helicopter dips into Rose Canyon Lake for water while fighting the Bighorn Fire still burning in the west end fo the Santa Catalina Mountains on June 9, 2020.
Josh Galemore / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire - Arizona
The Bighorn Fire consumes thick vegetation in crags above Pima Canyon within the Santa Catalina Mountains in Coronado National Forest north of Tucson on June 9, 2020.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
A Chinook helicopter drops a load of water on the Bighorn Fire as is moves into the top of Finger Rock Canyon and up Mount Kimball, on June 10, 2020.
Josh Galemore / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
The Bighorn Fire burns up into juniper, mesquite and heavier fuel as it approaches Mt. Kimball in the Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson, Ariz., June 10, 2020.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire - Arizona
Adam Hutton with the Smokey Bear Hotshots of Ruidoso, New Mexico tosses away brush being cut near the mouth of Finger Rock Canyon as a precaution against the growing Bighorn Fire being fought in the Santa Catalina Mountain Range, on June 10, 2020.
Josh Galemore / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
The Bighorn Fire breaks onto the southern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains and burns over a pair of homes in the foothills just west of the Finger Rock Trailhead, Tucson, Ariz., June 10, 2020.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire - Arizona
The Bighorn Fire churns through brush, creating a smoky mess in Pima Canyon and Finger Rock Canyon in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson on June 11, 2020.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
A DC-10 air tanker (VLAT) drops fire retardant behind homes in the Cobblestone Estate during the Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains on June 11, 2020.
Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Residents watch a Neptune Aviation air tanker drop fire retardant behind the Santa Catalina foothills north of Tucson, Ariz. on June 11, 2020.
Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire - Arizona
A hot shot fire crew hikes a ridge near Finger Rock Canyon in the Santa Catalina Mountains during the Bighorn Fire on June 11, 2020.
Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Keith Lencke of the Blue Ridge Hotshots watches the air attack on the Bighorn Fire in the Cobblestone Estates neighborhood in the Santa Catalina foothills on June 11, 2020.
Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Qin Chen talks with Tom Lemmons of the Pima County Sheriff's Office Auxiliary, about "Go" orders given to evacuate her home in the Cobblestone Estates neighborhood due to the Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains on June 11, 2020.
Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
A Chinook helicopter dumps water on a slope during the Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains on June 11, 2020. Pinkish-red fire retardant coats the rock faces of the mountain range.
Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire - Arizona
A DC-10 air tanker (VLAT) drops a line of retardant on a ridge above homes east of Pima Canyon in the Santa Catalina foothills during the Bighorn Fire on June 11, 2020.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
A DC-10 VLAT makes a final drop in the fading light over the homes in the area between Swan and Alvernon during the daylong struggle to keep the Bighorn Fire out of the neighborhoods of the Santa Catalina Mountain foothills, Tucson, Ariz., June 11, 2020.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
People watch from Oracle Road just north of the entrance to Catalina State Park as Chinook helicopters drop water on the Bighorn Fire which is burning for its seventh day in the western Santa Catalina mountain range, on June 12, 2020.
Josh Galemore / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Smoke billows from the Bighorn Fire burning in the Pusch Ridge Wilderness, on June 12, 2020.
Josh Galemore / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Two firefighting helicopters maneuver around one another while recharging at a dip site as the battle moves to the north to keep the Bighorn Fire from spreading, Oro Valley, Ariz., June 11, 2020.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
A DC-10 VLAT drops below the ridge line as the aerial battle moves to the northwest and crews work to keep the Bighorn Fire from spreading through Catalina State Park, Oro Valley, Ariz., June 11, 2020.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
A Chinook helicopter drops water on the line of flames advancing through grasslands at the northwestern foot of the Santa Catalinas as crews work to keep the Bighorn Fire from spreading through Catalina State Park, Oro Valley, Ariz., June 11, 2020.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
The Bighorn Fire's northwestern front looms over homes as it burns into the central Santa Catalina Mountains, Oro Valley, Ariz., June 13, 2020.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
A group of friends hangout on a high rock at Windy Point Vista while smoke from the Bighorn Fire flows over Mount Lemmon north of Tucson, Ariz. on June 14, 2020.
Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
A Pima County Sheriff Auxiliary Volunteer motions for a four-wheel drive Type 3 fire engine from Three Points FD to proceed to Mount Lemmon on the Catalina Highway on June 15, 2020..
Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Wildfires
A DC-10 air tanker drops fire retardant along Samaniego Ridge just west of Mt. Lemmon Sky Center during the Bighorn Fire burning west of Mt. Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson on June 16, 2020.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
A Sikorsky firefighting helicopter drops water along a ridge top as the flames from the Bighorn Fire work their way onto the northern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson, Ariz., June 16, 2020.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
The same wind whipping the flags outside the Fairfield Inn & Suites on Oracle Road is whipping up the flames and smoke of the Bighorn Fire, Oro Valley, Ariz., June 17, 2020.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Flames break through the smoke as a finger of the Bighorn Fire scorches its way through a canyon on the west side of the Santa Catalina Mountains above Oro Valley on June 17, 2020.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
People use a wildlife exit along Oracle Road to get a view of the Bighorn Fire churning through heavy fuels like Ponderosa pines below Summerhaven on June 17, 2020.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
The Bighorn Fire became of machine of heat and wind, consuming incinerating large stands of trees on June 17, 2020.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
A firefighting helicopter flies over a smoke filled canyon as it shuttles water to a line between the Bighorn Fire and Oracle, Tucson, Ariz., June 18, 2020.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
The Bighorn Fire burning in Ventana Canyon in the Santa Catalina Mountains as the fire became a daily spectacle, viewable from nearly anywhere in Tucson, on June 18, 2020.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Traffic on Sabino Canyon Road drives under the glow of he Bighorn Fire as it claims Ventana Canyon on the south slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains on June 19, 2020.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Flames on the outer eastern walls of Ventana Canyon as the Bighorn Fire continues burning the Santa Catalina Mountains on June 20, 2020.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Smoke would lay-in over the city on days with calm winds as the Bighorn Fire methodically progressed through he Santa Catalina range. Photo taken on June 21, 2020 from "A" Mountain.
Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Flames from the Bighorn Fire climb over a ridge near Esperero Canyon, silhouetting a stand of Saguaros as the blaze marches east on June 23, 2020.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Smoke from the Bighorn Fire clings to the foothills of the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina and Rincon mountains and the cottonwood-willow forest and mesquite bosque running along the San Pedro River Valley, Cascabel, Ariz., June 30, 2020.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Bighorn Fire scar area: Cañada del Oro basin looking south at Sanmaniego Ridge in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson on July 1, 2020. The summit of Mt Lemmon is at left.
Pima County Regional Flood Control District
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Bighorn Fire scar area: Looking from East Ski Run toward Oracle Ridge, left, and Sanmaniego Ridge, right, in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson on July 10, 2020.
Pima County Regional Flood Control District
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Summerhaven sits like an island surrounded Bighorn Fire scar and Aspen Fire scar from 2003 in these aerial photos from July 15, 2020. The Mt. Lemmon Fire Station and control road jut out from a U-shaped turn of Mt. Lemmon Highway at upper left.
Stan Kartchner ©2020
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Bighorn Fire scar area: Charred debris from the Bighorn Fire moves down the Cañada del Oro Wash after a monsoon storm on July 15, 2020.
Pima County Regional Flood Control District
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
A burned section of the Catalina Mountains seen near Aspen Vista Point, on Aug. 1, 2020.
Josh Galemore / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Deymo Fernandez, left, and Sara Hernandez, look at a burn scar from the Bighorn Fire on the North side of Mount Lemmon outside the Iron Door Restaurant in Mount Lemmon on August 2, 2020..
Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
The burn scar from the Bighorn Fire on a portion of the North side of Mount Lemmon, as seen from the Mount Lemmon Fire Station on August 2, 2020.
Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Gregg Sasek, dispersed recreation manager for the Coronado National Forest Santa Catalina Ranger District, demonstrates how ground along the Palisade Trail has been burnt out making it easy for hikers to sink a leg into the soil, on Aug. 12, 2020. Various dangers are still being accessed throughout the Coronado National Forest as a result of the Bighorn Fire.
Josh Galemore / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
A sign at the entrance to the Pima Canyon Trail warns hikers of dangers after the Bighorn Fire damages hiking areas on September 30, 2020.
Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Snow covers a burn scar from the Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains outside of Summerhaven, Ariz. on Nov. 9, 2020. The Mt. Lemmon General Store in Summerhaven got about 1-2 inches of snow early Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Damage from the Bighorn Fire can be seen along the Marshall Gulch Trail on Mt. Lemmon in Tucson, Ariz. on May 25, 2021.
Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Rosalind Perera walks along the Aspen Trail where damage from the Bighorn Fire can be seen on Mt. Lemmon in Tucson, Ariz. on May 25, 2021.
Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star
Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains, 2020
Damage from the Bighorn Fire can be seen along the Aspen Trail on Mt. Lemmon in Tucson, Ariz. on May 25, 2021.
Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star
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AUGUSTA -- Maine's House and Senate have given initial approval to a bill that will address the state's worsening housing crisis.
LD 1540 would create the Stable Home Fund.
It is a state program to provide low-income families with temporary rental assistance paid directly to their landlords.
Representative Rebecca Millet of Cape Elizabeth sponsored the bill.
She says " In order for Maine children and families to succeed and thrive in school, at work and as members of their communities, they first need a safe, secure place to call home. Right now, too many families are struggling to pay the rent or mortgage- if they can find a place to live at all. Those families are at greater risk for food insecurity, poor health outcomes, lower academic achievement and homelessness. We must get serious about investing in affordable housing to promote Mainers' health and economic security."
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WYALUSING, Pa. — When Bill Frye buys a new pair of sneakers, it's good news for kids across the state.
How?
Well, that fresh pair of kicks will help him walk more than 100 miles along the side of the road across Bradford County.
Doing so - definitely gets people's attention.
"As the week goes on, it gets more and more - I get honks, I get waves, I get 'good job,' stuff like that. I still get people asking me if I need a ride. That is something I always get every year."
But he hopes to turn that attention towards this - CHOP, or Childhood Hunger Outreach Partners.
The organization feeds kids across Pennsylvania.
During the pandemic, CHOP went from feeding 1,500 children a week to more than 20,000 and counting.
"They kind of blew up with that. So I think we partnered with them at the right time. We were able to help them with their need, it just kind of expanded. Obviously, their support is needed, just because of all the reaches that they're doing within the state."
Bill will start and end his walk each day at one of the PIVOT Physical Therapy locations - that's where he works as a trainer.
He started Monday in Tunkhannock; we met up with him in Wyalusing. Then it's on to Athens, Towanda, and Troy, finishing up in Canton Friday.
Bill has had 9 years' worth of practice; we asked if it ever gets any easier.
"As I'm getting older, I'd probably say no. But for the most part, I'm getting more experienced, so I know how to treat my body, how to fuel it, how to eat right. So that's making it a little bit easier."
He'll do all the leg work - all he asks you for is support.
You can find a link to donate to CHOP HERE. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/bradford-county/walking-101-miles-fight-childhood-hunger-childhood-hunger-outreach-partners-pivot-physical-therapy/523-a10e2351-b673-4c37-b1b5-d3f0b45270d5 | 2023-06-21T20:18:32 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/bradford-county/walking-101-miles-fight-childhood-hunger-childhood-hunger-outreach-partners-pivot-physical-therapy/523-a10e2351-b673-4c37-b1b5-d3f0b45270d5 |
BANGOR -- A former Bangor man has been sentenced to more than 7 years in jail for his role in a two county drug trafficking conspiracy.
32-year-old Wayne Smith will spend 85 months behind bars followed by 3 years of probation.
According to court records, between January of 2018 and December 2021 Smith conspired with others to traffic methamphetamine and fentanyl in Penobscot and Aroostook counties.
Smith is the fifth defendant to be sentenced.
Ten others are still awaiting sentencing. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/former-bangor-man-sentenced-for-role-in-two-county-drug-trafficking/article_daad45a6-106d-11ee-9a3d-efe87629eb44.html | 2023-06-21T20:18:35 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/former-bangor-man-sentenced-for-role-in-two-county-drug-trafficking/article_daad45a6-106d-11ee-9a3d-efe87629eb44.html |
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Wilkes-Barre Police arrested the man they say is responsible for a standoff in the city.
Officers spent over nine hours outside the home along Sambourne Street Tuesday after reports that Luis Soto-Madera fired a gun at family members before barricading himself and his family inside.
No one was injured and the rest of the family made it out safely.
Once police made their way inside, Soto-Madera was gone.
He was arraigned Wednesday on three felony charges including Aggravated Assault.
Soto-Madera is now locked up in Luzerne County unable to post $100,000 bail.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 28, 2023. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/man-arrested-after-standoff-in-wilkes-barre/523-d9da558e-f2ac-4661-8eb3-0fe80915a299 | 2023-06-21T20:18:38 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/man-arrested-after-standoff-in-wilkes-barre/523-d9da558e-f2ac-4661-8eb3-0fe80915a299 |
EVERETT, Wash. — Five people are aboard an OceanGate submersible that went missing in the Atlantic Ocean near the Titanic on Sunday, including the Everett-based company's CEO and paying customers.
The Coast Guard said there was one pilot and four “mission specialists” aboard. “Mission specialists” are people who pay to come along on OceanGate’s expeditions. They take turns operating sonar equipment and performing other tasks in the five-person submersible.
Authorities have yet to formally identify those on board, though some names have been confirmed.
It is believed that OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush was piloting the submersible on this most recent mission, according to KING 5 sources. Rush oversees the company's financial and engineering strategies, according to OceanGate's website.
Rush's other accomplishments include overseeing multiple IP ventures over the last 20 years, becoming the world's youngest jet transport-rated pilot at 19 years old and authoring numerous engineering articles on crewed submersible vehicles.
British businessman Hamish Harding, who lives in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, was one of the mission specialists, according to Action Aviation, a company for which Harding serves as chairman. The company’s managing director, Mark Butler, told the AP the crew set out Friday.
“There is still plenty of time to facilitate a rescue mission, there is equipment on board for survival in this event,” Butler said. “We’re all hoping and praying he comes back safe and sound.”
Harding is a billionaire adventurer who holds three Guinness World Records, including the longest duration at full ocean depth by a crewed vessel. In March 2021, he and ocean explorer Victor Vescovo dived to the lowest depth of the Mariana Trench. In June 2022, he went into space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket.
Also on board were Pakistani nationals Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, according to a family statement sent to the AP. The Dawoods belong to one of Pakistan's most prominent families. Their eponymous firm invests across the country in agriculture, industries and the health sector.
“We are very grateful for the concern being shown by our colleagues and friends and would like to request everyone to pray for their safety while granting the family privacy at this time,” the statement said. “The family is well looked after and are praying to Allah for the safe return of their family members.”
Shahzada Dawood also is on the board of trustees for the California-based SETI Institute that searches for extraterrestrial intelligence.
French explorer and Titanic expert Paul-Henry Nargeolet also was on board, according to David Gallo, a senior adviser for strategic initiatives and special projects at RMS Titanic. Gallo identified Nargeolet, a friend who has led multiple expeditions to the Titanic, on Tuesday during an interview with CNN. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/5-people-aboard-missing-oceangate-submersible-titanic/281-28efb45c-c7f0-4ade-a8f9-d882f84ba8e5 | 2023-06-21T20:18:59 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/5-people-aboard-missing-oceangate-submersible-titanic/281-28efb45c-c7f0-4ade-a8f9-d882f84ba8e5 |
Third block of 'The Zone' is cleared without incident; hundreds remain in homeless camp
The third block of Phoenix's largest homeless encampment, known as "The Zone," was cleared without incident on Wednesday morning.
The cleanup occurred on Madison Street between Eighth and Ninth avenues on the outskirts of the encampment, less than half a mile from Phoenix Police Department headquarters.
The area was home to fewer people than the two previously cleared blocks. In the two weeks leading up to the cleanup, city staff engaged with 14 people living there and took four to shelter, said Scott Hall, deputy director of Phoenix's Office of Homeless Solutions. The remaining 10 people on the block accepted shelter during the cleanup or left to camp elsewhere.
The endeavor was quick and streamlined. By 10:30 a.m., the block's inhabitants were gone, the street was clear of debris and city trucks moved in to sanitize the pavement.
Phoenix began clearing out The Zone block by block after a court order in a lawsuit, Brown v. City of Phoenix, required it to shut down the encampment. The plaintiffs in that lawsuit are nearby business and property owners who allege the encampment is a public nuisance that has subjected them to violence and damaged their properties.
The city must show it has made significant progress on clearing the encampment by July 10, when a trial in that lawsuit is scheduled. But Hall said the city does not plan to clear the entire area by then.
"We want people to have choices and be able to pick where they want to go. So we're going to continue to go at the pace we're going now," Hall said.
Between 500 and 600 people remain in The Zone, he said.
After the cleanup:After Phoenix's first 'Zone' homeless encampment cleanup, where did people go?
Juliette Rihl covers housing insecurity and homelessness for The Arizona Republic. She can be reached at jrihl@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @julietterihl.
Coverage of housing insecurity on azcentral.com and in The Arizona Republic is supported by a grant from the Arizona Community Foundation. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/06/21/third-block-of-the-zone-is-cleared-without-incident/70339748007/ | 2023-06-21T20:21:10 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/06/21/third-block-of-the-zone-is-cleared-without-incident/70339748007/ |
ECTOR COUNTY, Texas — The Ector County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday afternoon that a child died after drowning in an above ground pool on Tuesday.
According to ECSO, deputies responded to an ambulance call at approximately 7:21 p.m.
Upon arrival, they found that CPR was in progress on a 2-year-old boy who was found unresponsive in an above ground pool.
The child was taken to Medical Center Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
This is all the information we currently have on the situation. We will update this story as more details are released. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/ecso-2-year-old-child-drowns-in-above-ground-pool/513-9f87829a-64dc-45ed-ba68-e584e872a5c7 | 2023-06-21T20:23:14 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/ecso-2-year-old-child-drowns-in-above-ground-pool/513-9f87829a-64dc-45ed-ba68-e584e872a5c7 |
PECOS, Texas — The Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD Board of Trustees recently approved free meals for all students in the district for the 2023-2024 school year.
The district qualified for a Community Eligibility Provision, which allowed them to provide these free meals. There will no longer be lunch applications needed. Breakfast and lunch will both be included under the new free meals.
“The PBTISD Child Nutrition department has long been committed to serving delicious and nutritious meals for our students,” said Joy Peters, Child Nutrition Director. “Now, with CEP, we are able to direct our entire attention to this goal and commitment. All students will be offered breakfast and lunch at no charge, ensuring every child gets the nutrition needed for a productive school day.”
For more information about the free meals at PBTISD, people can click here. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/pbtisd-board-of-trustees-approve-free-meals-for-all-students-in-2023-2024-school-year/513-0cc3703f-837f-4cdd-9d46-193404d5c775 | 2023-06-21T20:23:20 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/pbtisd-board-of-trustees-approve-free-meals-for-all-students-in-2023-2024-school-year/513-0cc3703f-837f-4cdd-9d46-193404d5c775 |
Engineers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are working to design barriers that can withstand high-speed collisions from electric vehicles to ensure the safety of military bases.
Thanks to a $2.2 million in funding from the U.S. Army’s Engineer Research and Development Center, the premier research center at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Cody Stolle, assistant director of the Nebraska-housed Midwest Roadside Safety Facility and a research assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, along with his colleagues, will be working to protect entry points of military bases against the specific threats posed by hostile-driven EVs.
The total grant amount is $3.6 million, part of which will also go to research teams at Auburn University, and will spread over four years.
"EVs are a different kind of an animal compared to gasoline vehicles," Stolle said. "While they have many similarities to traditional vehicle counterparts, they’re not the same, and they will change the way that we design roadside hardware."
Compared to traditional, non-electric vehicles, the battery inside an EV outweighs the engine of a gas-powered vehicle, meaning that the EV itself will often carry hundreds or even thousands of extra pounds in total.
In addition, EVs carry their weight differently, with a lower center of gravity than gas-powered vehicles. That, along with other differences, including faster acceleration, is what the Nebraska team of engineers will be accounting for.
"It is beneficial for all of us to be prepared for a transition of any volume of our vehicle fleet toward electrification," Stolle said, "because it means that we’re going to have to design to accommodate a broader swath of possibilities."
Photos: UNL celebrates largest-ever graduating class
Husker researchers Cody Stolle (right), Josh Steelman (center) and Ronald Faller lean against a guardrail developed at the university-housed Midwest Roadside Safety Facility.
CRAIG CHANDLER, University Communication and Marketing | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/unl-engineers-receive-grant-to-protect-military-bases-from-hostile-driven-evs/article_4e0aebb2-104a-11ee-9cf0-db12a3cd5812.html | 2023-06-21T20:23:46 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/unl-engineers-receive-grant-to-protect-military-bases-from-hostile-driven-evs/article_4e0aebb2-104a-11ee-9cf0-db12a3cd5812.html |
PORTER COUNTY, Ind — An investigation is underway after the body of a 19-year-old man was pulled from Lake Michigan.
On Monday at 6:50 p.m. emergency personnel were dispatched to Porter Beach for two people struggling in Lake Michigan.
Investigation at the scene revealed that the 19-year-old was swimming with a 14-year-old family member when the current pulled them into deeper water where both began to struggle, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources said.
A witness rescued the 14-year-old. The 19-year-old was located unresponsive by other witnesses, according to DNR.
Lifesaving efforts were provided on the scene, and he was transported to Northwest Health-Porter Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
The man's identity is behind withheld pending notification from the victim's family. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/body-of-19-year-old-pulled-from-lake-michigan-indiana/531-6e98c90a-2834-4187-82b1-20685ed6da24 | 2023-06-21T20:27:26 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/body-of-19-year-old-pulled-from-lake-michigan-indiana/531-6e98c90a-2834-4187-82b1-20685ed6da24 |
BOONE COUNTY, Ind. — According to the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, Indiana is one of two midwestern states in the running for a $50 billion semiconductor plant.
The IEDC is applying for $122 million from the State Budget Committee to buy land in Boone County to solidify the deal. They would purchase about 1,000 acres of land near the LEAP district outside of Lebanon. So far, Eli Lilly is the only major employer to sign on to the LEAP district, with a production facility worth more than $3 billion.
IEDC Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff David Rosenberg provided the following statement:
“Thanks to the continued leadership of the legislature, the IEDC has the tools and resources to attract the high-wage economies of the future. The IEDC’s request at the State Budget Committee is to access funds passed by the legislature in the budget bill from the $500 million Deal Closing Fund and the $150 million Site Acquisition Strategies Fund. The potential projects associated with the IEDC’s request exceed $50 billion of committed capital investment in high-wage industries of the future.”
The IEDC request to the budget committee does not name the semiconductor manufacturer that is considering Indiana. Last year, the CHIPS Act, co-authored by Indiana Senator Todd Young, spurred $50 billion in nation-wide semiconductor investment by the federal government.
The proposal will be heard in Thursday's State Budget Committee hearing. The IEDC will also be asking for another $16 million to support a data center project also heading to Boone County. That project is worth an estimated $3.2 billion dollars.
Back in December, Lebanon annexed 5,000 acres of land to build the LEAP Innovation & Research District, over complaints by some residents that the project would change the character of the community. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/boone-county-vies-for-50-billion-semi-conductor-investment-idec/531-99d6b377-f324-4008-a957-d97ed07015ae | 2023-06-21T20:27:32 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/boone-county-vies-for-50-billion-semi-conductor-investment-idec/531-99d6b377-f324-4008-a957-d97ed07015ae |
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis man was arrested Tuesday night after allegedly waving a handgun at another driver during what police said was a road rage incident on I-70.
On June 20th, 2023 around 3:30 p.m. the Indiana State Police Dispatch Center received a 911 call reporting a road rage encounter in which one of the involved parties was said to have waved a handgun at another driver.
Troopers reportedly arrived with the victim shortly after the call and began an investigation.
During the investigation, troopers said they were able to view a recording of the incident that was captured on a privately owned vehicle video system which helped identify a suspect vehicle and a suspect.
They then allegedly went to a residence believed to be where the suspect lived and located him there.
The man was identified as 50-year-old Louis Halsey Jr. and after speaking with him, and examining evidence discovered by the troopers, Halsey Jr. was arrested on probable cause of Intimidation, a level 5 felony and false informing, a class A misdemeanor.
He was transported to the Marion County Jail and incarcerated, according to police. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/man-arrested-after-alleged-road-rage-incident-i-70-indianapolis/531-c390e511-53ff-4869-9b1f-83efeb66f2bb | 2023-06-21T20:27:38 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/man-arrested-after-alleged-road-rage-incident-i-70-indianapolis/531-c390e511-53ff-4869-9b1f-83efeb66f2bb |
Former Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tom Barrasso is in the Hockey Hall of Fame’s seven-member Class of 2023.
Sergei Gonchar, a former defenseman and assistant coach with the Penguins, had been expected to get serious consideration for inclusion but was not selected.
Welcome to the Hockey Hall of Fame, Tom Barrasso.#HHOF2023 | #HHOF pic.twitter.com/0DNRJPHp6V
— Hockey Hall of Fame (@HockeyHallFame) June 21, 2023
The other members of the class are longtime coach Ken Hitchcock and the late Quebec/Colorado GM Pierre Lacroix, who will enter the Hall as Builders. The other players chosen to be Honoured Members include two other goalies — Henrik Lundqvist and Mike Vernon — as well as Pierre Turgeon and Carolina Ouellette.
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