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Canal Fulton City Council discusses long-delayed Ryan Trewin memorial sign
- Supporters want to see the project completed.
- About $5,000 remains in the fund.
- City Council to discuss the matter again on July 4.
Canal Fulton City Council
Tuesday meeting
KEY ACTION: Heard a request to move forward with the long-delayed Ryan Trewin memorial sign.
DISCUSSION: Twelve years have passed since Council was approached about approving a sign at Cherry and Locust streets in memory of Ryan Trewin, a 10-year old who died of cancer in March 2011.
Community members contributed a total of $6,000 by buying bricks in memory of loved ones who have passed. The design was approved by both the Historical Preservation Commission and the city’s Planning Commission. A former City Council agreed to run electric and install it.
There was a delay caused by road reconstruction at Cherry and Locust streets in 2016. Mayor Joe Schultz’s plan to have students from what would have been Ryan’s graduating class help raise funds hit another roadblock when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and school was closed in 2020.
Spearheading the effort has been Leslie Wyman, who said she can longer raise more money for the project but would like to see the sign completed before Ryan’s former classmates graduate from college next May.
Councilman Mark Cozy motioned for the city to take over the effort but the motion died for the lack of a second. If the city won’t take over the project, Wyman said, she would return the money to donors. About $5,000 remains in the fund. She added that posters on social media have been asking about the project and where the money is.
The projected cost ballooned from a $10,000 design to a $49,000 project, including an electronic message panel rather than a changeable copy board as well as brick work and engraving. Former Councilman Sean Craney, who supported the sign project when he served on council, said the city has found money for other projects, such as the amphitheater, speakers, a dance pad, and trash barrels and benches downtown, and he can't understand why officials can't find the money for the sign or a means to maintain it.
After the group of sign supporters left the meeting and the regular session was nearing its end, several council members questioned the city’s role in the effort. Cozy asked if the city would be violating its own zoning code, which it can if the project benefits the community, but Councilwoman Sue Mayberry noted that residents could complain the city wasn’t following its own rules.
Councilman Doug Morgan raised another point by asking if donating or taking over the Trewin project would come back on council if there were a future request to help fund a private project. It wouldn’t be illegal, said Law Director Alex McCallion, but it could be a political issue.
OTHER ACTION:
- Honored Richard White for his many years of service to special needs children and adults in the Canal Fulton community by declaring June 20 Richard White Day in the city. White has been active with the Special Olympics of Ohio, Community Connections of Stark County, and the Canal Fulton Lions’ Club. He also co-founded All-Star Training Club and was named Weaver Sports Booster Volunteer of the Year.
- Approved a one-year agreement with Mike Hatfield to rent the parking lot at Market and Walnut streets for $1,332, the amount of the current property taxes. The city will also be responsible for maintaining the lot and installing any required signage.
- Bought trash cans and benches for downtown from Global Industrial for $30,226.
- Agreed to pay $11,250 in tuition and fees for two cadets to attend the University of Akron Police Academy.
- Heard that anyone interested in helping to clear brush for a disc course at Community Park on June 26 may contact City Manager Dan Bucher Jr. at City Hall. Plans are to open the course this year.
UP NEXT: Meets at 6 p.m. July 4 at the Safety Center. The meeting will begin with a work session to discuss the Ryan Trewin sign. Work sessions and meetings are recorded and may be viewed on the city’s Facebook page.
Joan Porter | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2023/06/22/canal-fulton-city-council-discusses-ryan-trewin-memorial-sign/70345796007/ | 2023-06-22T18:11:45 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2023/06/22/canal-fulton-city-council-discusses-ryan-trewin-memorial-sign/70345796007/ |
Alliance's SkyHigh Fitness trains the next generation of college and local athletes
- Darrell Dee Sullins, 28, a native of Beachwood, played football and ran track at the University of Mount Union in Alliance.
- In 2021, Sullins opened SkyHigh Fitness in the basement of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Alliance. He trains more than 200 athletes, most of them in college or high school.
- Sullins also co-runs "No Negations," a Christian-based platform that includes a podcast, life coaching services and motivational workshops with his father.
ALLIANCE − A former Mount Union football player is training the next generation of local athletes at SkyHigh Fitness.
Darrell Dee Sullins, 28, opened SkyHigh in 2021, operating out of the basement at Tabernacle Baptist Church at 715 S. Arch Ave. in Alliance.
His facility has between 200 and 250 clients, most college or high school athletes, and employs two other trainers.
"We work with athletes in the Stark County area," Sullins said. "We prepare them for the next level."
'He really personalizes it to your needs.'
Emma Egli, 20, of Homeworth, plays collegiate soccer at Marietta College. She and her siblings are regulars at SkyHigh.
She loves it.
Egli said Sullins tries to maintain a fun and positive atmosphere while athletes put in their work.
"He really personalizes it to your needs," she said. "I always feel well-conditioned when I go back to start a season. I feel really prepared."
Christopher Bloom, 18, of Knox Township, is training to become a firefighter and comes to SkyHigh about three times a week.
"You get a good sweat," he said.
Faith created an opportunity and a name
Sullins, a native of Beachwood, played football and ran track for the University of Mount Union while studying exercise science. His father, Darrell Sullins Sr., a member of the U.S.A. Karate Federation Hall of Fame, coaches karate and trains athletes.
Now living in Canton, Sullins said he started SkyHigh after his dream of playing professional football didn't happen. Interning at a gym in Louisville, Sullins said he met Rev. Aaron Hill, pastor at Tabernacle. He told him he wanted to open his own facility to train local athletes. Hill offered the church basement.
"I came down here, renovated some things, brought equipment and started training folks. That's kind of how I got into it," Sullins said.
The name − SkyHigh − also was inspired by his faith, which plays a major role in his life. In fact, he and his father also co-run "No Negations" a Christian-based platform that includes a podcast, life coaching services and motivational workshops.
Sullins said the name came to him at church. "It may have been God talking to me," he said.
How to become a client
Sullins said his clientele includes Mount Union athletes and local high school and middle school athletes. He also trains folks like Bloom who are getting shape for a job that could be rigorous. All training plans are personalized for the individual.
"I enjoy working with the athletes every day. They keep me on my toes," he said.
The other trainers are Alex Leeper and Skylar Matthews. Both work one-on-one or in small groups with athletes and adults.
Sullins said he offers a variety of packages, ranging from $25 to $40 per session, depending on the client's needs. Email him at skyhighfitnessllc@gmail.com to learn more. His facility trains Mondays through Saturdays by appointment, with sessions as early as 5 a.m.
SkyHigh also can be found on Facebook and Instagram.
"Taking an athlete and breaking down their strengths and weaknesses to create a training plan around those strengths and weaknesses is rewarding when (they) put all this work in," Sullins said, "and when it comes time for their season to see that work pay off."
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'An awesome population.' Canton police raise $5,200 for Special Olympics athletes
- The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics has raised more than $1 billion.
- The Canton Police Department raised $5,200 this year to support Ohio athletes.
- Personnel from the department carried the Flame of Hope torch into Tom Benson Hall of Fame stadium before passing it on to other Ohio departments.
CANTON ‒ Hannah Smith was all smiles as she ran onto the field at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium through a tunnel of football players. Her arm was high above her head holding the Flame of Hope torch.
She was among nearly a dozen Canton Police Department employees who escorted the torch from Waterworks Park to the stadium as part of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. Members of the USFL Pittsburgh Maulers formed a tunnel to welcome the torchbearers. The players handed out high-fives and cheers.
Four torches, including the one carried by Smith, a civilian crime analyst at the police department, were making their way through locations across the state before heading to Columbus for the opening ceremonies Friday for the state Special Olympics events at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on the Ohio State campus.
About 40 to 50 law enforcement officers will run the final leg into the stadium to light the cauldron ahead of the games that run through Sunday.
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Started in 1981 by a group of officers wanting to give back to the community, the Law Enforcement Torch Run has raised more than $1 billion for the Special Olympics.
Last year, the organization raised more than $40,000 in Ohio and this year the group has raised about $76,000 of its $80,000 goal.
The Canton Police Department raised $5,200, surpassing its $5,000 goal in its second year of participating.
Money raised will help the 20,000 Ohio Special Olympians, said Nate Sample, assistant state director for the Law Enforcement Torch Run.
"We have had such a great response in Stark and Tuscarawas counties," he added. "We work hand-in-hand with the Special Olympics."
Rebecca Turney, director of Concam, said participating in the event is a great way for the department to give back to the community.
Judi Solly, a patrolman stationed in the real-time crime center, was excited to once again work with an organization that supports "an awesome population."
"It's one of my favorite groups to be able to give back to," she said, adding she has participated in other events related to developmental disabilities. "It's really special. We have a lot of officers who have children with developmental disabilities."
Following the Canton leg, the torch was heading to Navarre as well as Strasburg, New Philadelphia and Dover in Tuscarawas County.
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'One of our most famous people.' Minerva working to install William Powell statue
- The Minerva Arts Council commissioned a statue honoring William Powell.
- Powell was the first Black man to build and own a golf course.
- Clearview Golf Club is located in Osnaburg Township.
MINERVA − William J. Powell wasn't trying to make history when he decided to design and built his own golf course.
He just wanted a place to play the game he loved.
But the Minerva Arts Council is working to make sure that the late golfer's contribution to the sport and American history is not forgotten.
The founding father of the Clearview Golf Club at 8410 Lincoln St. SE in Osnaburg Township, Powell was the first Black American to design and build a golf course in the U.S., in 1948, six years before the PGA was integrated.
The council has commissioned Canton artist Patrick Buckohr to craft a statue honoring Powell, which will be installed on the grounds of the Minerva Public Library later this year.
Why commission a statue of William Powell?
"The idea came up because he's really one of our most famous people who grew up here," said Roger A. Bartley, president of the Minerva Public Library Board. "He was such an amazing athlete."
Committee member Diane Evans said Powell deserves the community's recognition because he was an internationally known civil rights activist who left "an unbelievable legacy."
"His story is amazing," she said.
Evans said initial plans were interrupted by the COVD-19 pandemic. One of the sites previously considered was at Minerva's elementary/middle school joint campus.
"We all had ideas of where we thought would be the perfect place," she said. "We're at the library. I love that. It was my first pick."
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Who was William J. Powell?
Born in Greenville, Alabama, in 1922, Powell's family moved to Minerva when he was a child. He began playing golf at 9 while caddying at the Edgewater Golf Course in Minerva.
While a student at Minerva High School, he started and captained the school's first golf team, and also was a captain on its undefeated football team. He went on to play on the Wilberforce University golf team, and continued to play overseas while serving in the Army Air Forces during World War II.
Clearview was born out of Powell being unable to play at local golf courses because he was Black. After being denied a G.I. loan, he secured financing from his two brothers and two Black physicians from Canton. He and his wife, Marcella, transformed a former dairy farm into a nine, then 18-hole course.
In 2001, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Powell's son, Larry, is the course superintendent. His daughter, Renee is Clearview's head pro and the second Black woman to play on the LPGA circuit, after Althea Gibson. In 2011, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from St. Andrews University in Scotland, where the first 18-hole course was built. The university also named a dormitory in her honor.
Bartley and Evans said Renee Powell is aware of their project and has expressed her support, adding that they hope she'll be able to attend the dedication.
"After the board voted, I called her and told her," Bartley said. "She's excited about doing something around the statue when it's up, over the next summer."
Statue will be bigger than life
The statue will stand on a base bearing some basic facts about Powell's life, plus a QR code for more information.
"One of the events that they've (library) planned is to have a storytime with the children's book that was written about Bill," he said.
Committee member Bob Clark said Powell's statue will be bigger than life and will feature a lion's heart where Powell's heart should be to symbolize the high school's mascot and Powell's character. Powell's likeness also includes a military cap, a nod to his service.
In making the statue, Buckohr said he "borrowed" Tiger Woods' swing, and used photographs and videos of Powell golfing at St. Andrews given to him by Renee Powell.
"I tried to make everything accurate related to his being at St. Andrews," he said.
Buckohr said he sculpted the piece from expanded steel heated with a torch to bend it into shape, and he welded the parts into place.
"This was my first attempt at a portrait in this (medium)" he said.
Buckohr said he expects to have the statue done before the end of the month.
Clark said the committee has raised $15,000 for the project through donations and charity auctions, with the cost of the pedestal being covered by the American Axle Co.
Clark said he's glad the project has Renee Powell's blessing, noting that she spoke about his legacy at the Minerva Foundation dinner in 2019.
"She's talked about how much Minerva mentored her father," she said, "And she talked about all the accolades that she and her father and their family have gotten over the years, and it kind of hit home that when she mentioned St. Andrews University. She took her father there. It kind of struck us that his hometown doesn't even have a sign or a little plaque that says 'Home of Bill Powell,' and that's when we said we should do something to honor him, and it's just evolved into this statue."
Clark's wife, Jan, is a committee member and a Minerva High School graphic arts teacher.
"I think it's important because we want to touch on the history of our town, and I think for a lot of kids it's always been football, football, so I think it's great to highlight another sport," she said. "It's also great for diversity and inclusion and trying to teach through our history in positive manner."
Powell died on Dec. 31, 2009 in East Canton. He was 93.
Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct William Powell's name.
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More about William J. Powell
- Born Nov. 22, 1916, in Greenville, Alabama
- Was the first African American to design, construct and own a professional golf course (Clearview Golf Club in Osnaburg Township) in the U.S.
- Served in the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II in England
- Banned from all-white public courses, he was rejected for a loan to build his own. Then bought 78-acre dairy farm, which he opened in 1948 as the integrated Clearview Golf Club.
- Inducted into the National Black Golf Hall of Fame in 1996
- National Golf Foundation Jack Nicklaus Golf Family of the Year, and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission Cornerstone of Freedom Award, 1992
- PGA Person of the Year, 2010
- Inductee, PGA Hall of Fame, 2013
- Received the 2009 PGA Distinguished Service Award in conjunction with the 91st PGA Championship
- Died Dec. 31, 2009
- “The only color that matters is the color of the greens.” — Bill Powell | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2023/06/22/minerva-arts-installing-statue-to-william-powell-jr-clearview-golf-club-patrick-buckohr-golf/70211825007/ | 2023-06-22T18:11:50 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2023/06/22/minerva-arts-installing-statue-to-william-powell-jr-clearview-golf-club-patrick-buckohr-golf/70211825007/ |
Census Bureau finds 'persistent poverty' in Canton, Alliance and Massillon areas
- Canton has the most with four persistently poor census tracts in the central and southern portions.
- The U.S. Census Bureau report, "Persistent Poverty in Counties and Census Tracts," defined persistent poverty as an area with a poverty rate of 20% or more for three data periods.
- It's the first time the Census Bureau has used census tracts, rather than just counties, to define persistent poverty.
Stark County's three largest cities include areas labeled by the U.S. Census Bureau as persistently impoverished.
Canton has the most with four persistently poor census tracts in the central and southern portions. Another five straddle city borders with Canton Township and Plain Township, according to the new U.S. Census Bureau report, "Persistent Poverty in Counties and Census Tracts."
In Alliance, there are two eastern census tracts and one along the northern border with Lexington Township. Massillon has a single census tract with the designation that primarily includes the area west of 16th Street SE south of the railroad to state Route 21.
United Way CEO Angela Perisic said the findings aren't a surprise, but she's glad that poverty on a smaller geographic scale is getting more attention.
"It does make a difference when you look at it in pockets, census tracts versus at a county level because that clearly veils, I think, just how bad the situation is for some folks," she said.
Rodney Reasonover, CEO of the Stark County Community Action Agency, doesn't expect the report to prompt any changes locally but said a "deeper dive" into high-poverty areas better illustrates the problem.
"You pass people every single day of the week, you just don't know people's economic situation," he said.
U.S. Census Bureau digs deeper on persistent poverty
The Census Bureau defined persistent poverty as an area with a poverty rate of 20% or more for the 1990 and 2000 censuses and the 2005-2009 and 2015-2019 American Community Surveys. The report's authors — Craig Benson, Alemayehu Bishaw and Brian Glassman — cite a 2021 U.S. Government Accountability Office report that found government agencies might not distribute resources to counties with the greatest need because of varying definitions for persistent poverty.
"We found many census tracts in persistent poverty that were not in persistently poor counties," the census report concludes. "In fact, slightly less than three-quarters of all persistent poverty tracts were not within a persistently poor county. Census tracts also identify the specific areas within a county that are in persistent poverty, thereby creating a more accurate and specific picture of where resources may need to be targeted."
It's the first time the Census Bureau has used census tracts, rather than just counties, to define persistent poverty. The report referenced other studies that used fewer than four data points or primarily used five-year American Community Survey estimates when examining census tracts.
However, the Washington, D.C.-based Economic Innovation Group in 2020 released the Neighborhood Poverty Project, which tracked high-poverty census tracts in metro areas from 1980 to 2018. Its analysis identified two neighborhoods in Canton as persistently poor and several others that were in deepening poverty or newly poor.
Both studies identify the same census tracts in Alliance and Massillon and differ only slightly in the Canton area. They also list the disadvantages of living in a high-poverty area, such as healthy and affordable food options nearby.
The Neighborhood Poverty project went a step further and included demographics, something the Census Bureau authors state might be included in future work. It showed residents of high-poverty neighborhoods are four times more likely to be Hispanic and almost six times more likely to be Black than white.
Adrianne Price: 'Systemic disinvestment in these areas for generations.'
Adrianne Price, vice president of community impact at United Way, said the agency previously partnered with the Stark Community Foundation to conduct an assessment of local communities. They determined the percentage of children living in poverty to be higher than the general population with the highest levels of poverty for children under the age of 5.
A report that followed in 2020 declared childhood poverty at a "crisis level." Canton's childhood poverty rate of 56.9% in 2019 made it the second worst in the nation for similar-sized cities. About 47% of the approximately 20,000 Stark County children living in poverty resided outside Canton.
Price said there is "overlap" in areas with concentrated poverty, childhood poverty, and a greater population of Black, Indigenous and people of color. The United Way decided around 2020 to prioritize funding applications for programs that address those issues.
"This is sort of a systemic disinvestment in these areas for generations," Price said, using the example of highways that destroyed thriving neighborhoods.
The influx of government money to offset negative effects of COVID-19, such as advanced child tax credits, helped area families with basic needs and temporarily improved poverty, Price said. But a growing challenge has been the rising cost of rent for oftentimes "substandard housing."
Reasonover said childhood poverty and affordable housing also are priorities for the Stark County Community Action Agency, which receives government funding to administer anti-poverty programs. The Ohio Department of Development and federal Head Start program requires the agency to conduct its own assessment of areas in need.
Still, federal poverty guidelines that determine who qualifies for programs are "tough." Reasonover shared that the current federal poverty measure is $14,580 for a single person or $30,000 for a family of four.
The Stark County Community Action Agency has mostly dealt with housing programs since the pandemic, but Reasonover said implementing training programs for in-demand jobs is critical to addressing poverty.
"Moving forward, we're currently engaging in a contract with the Center for Community Solutions to give us a better perspective in terms of post-pandemic need," he said.
Cheryl Palyash: 'This is a start.'
Cheryl Palyash, an Alliance Towers resident, frequents the Alliance YWCA's Career & Fashion Boutique at The Commons, 405 S. Linden Ave. It's within one of the persistently poor census tracts.
The Commons opened earlier this year and is managed by the Greater Alliance Foundation in partnership with the University of Mount Union and area agencies. The boutique sells donated clothes, accessories and other personal items for 50 cents to $2.
As a 65-year-old with custody of her granddaughter, Palyash said she doesn't need a lot herself but thinks families with children need more food assistance. Services like those at The Commons help her and other residents of the affordable senior housing complex, who are "all on a budget."
"This is a start," Palyash said.
Chris Sams, a lifelong resident of Alliance who often visits the boutique with her friend, Carmen Gattis, recognized that food benefits have decreased while costs have increased. Sams, while not personally affected by the change, lives on a fixed income because she's unable to work. She said that finding transportation to grocery stores also is a challenge for people in the community.
"Times are hard," Sams said.
Gattis, also a lifelong Alliance resident who lives along East State Street, said she thinks jobs are needed most because there's "not a lot around." Little has changed in the 59 years she's lived in the city aside from the recent announcement that Meijer will locate at the former Carnation City Mall.
The boutique had 137 new visitors and 865 total visitors in 2021. That increased to 220 new visitors and 898 total last year. Manager Allison Reed said the YWCA's programs have served more people each year since the pandemic started and government assistance hasn't kept up.
"I don't think it's really meeting everyone's needs," she said.
The nonprofit also receives some funding from the United Way, which has decreased in recent years, and private donations, which have remained steady. Reed said the majority of YWCA clients come from Alliance but others come from as far as Canton, Youngstown and Cleveland.
Reach Kelly at 330-580-8323 or kelly.byer@cantonrep.comOn Twitter: @kbyerREP | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2023/06/22/u-s-census-bureau-report-examines-persistent-poverty/70228337007/ | 2023-06-22T18:12:04 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2023/06/22/u-s-census-bureau-report-examines-persistent-poverty/70228337007/ |
SOMERVILLE -- A very close call for people riding in an Amish buggy this week in the town of Somerville.
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department says one person received just minor injuries after the buggy was sideswiped by a passing car.
It happened just before 8 Monday morning on route 17 in Somerville.
Deputies say a Jeep compass being driven by a 24-year-old Friendship woman tried to pass the buggy, but ended up striking the left rear wheel, causing it to dislodge.
A passenger in the buggy suffered minor scrapes, but no one else was hurt including the horse. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/amish-buggy-sideswiped-by-car/article_3df4a9a0-1119-11ee-9196-272812f50f51.html | 2023-06-22T18:15:13 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/amish-buggy-sideswiped-by-car/article_3df4a9a0-1119-11ee-9196-272812f50f51.html |
AUGUSTA -- The Maine Senate and House passed a bill that will ensure Wabanaki nations benefit from future federal laws.
LD 20-04 would begin the process of placing the Wabanaki tribes in Maine on the same footing as more than 500 federally recognized tribes across the united states.
Currently, the tribes in Maine must ask to be specifically written into federal beneficial laws that all other tribes across the country can automatically access.
LD 20-04 would flip this by allowing the Wabanaki to access federal laws unless those federal laws expressly exclude them.
Right now Maine tribes miss out on federal funding and other opportunities because of the way the law is written.
The bill does not include the Clean Water Act, Indian Mineral Development Act, Water Quality Act, Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and others.
These changes were based on negotiations with Republicans.
Penobscot Nation Chief Kirk Francis says quote "Today signifies a landmark victory in the pursuit of Wabanaki self-determination, but also demonstrates the effect of an ever-growing momentum building across the state and across party lines." | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/lawmakers-pass-bill-to-federally-include-wabanaki-tribes/article_c13cc964-1119-11ee-92be-53779bd61fcd.html | 2023-06-22T18:15:19 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/lawmakers-pass-bill-to-federally-include-wabanaki-tribes/article_c13cc964-1119-11ee-92be-53779bd61fcd.html |
EXETER- The Penobscot County Sheriff's Office has made what they say was a dangerous drug trafficking arrest in Exeter.
They searched a residence on the Exeter road at approximately 7:00 Wednesday morning.
Officials say they found a substantial amount of suspected fentanyl, a firearm and drug proceeds.
67-year-old Carl Sprague was arrested.
He is charged with aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/police-make-dangerous-drug-trafficking-arrest/article_9e0445c4-1125-11ee-8539-dbda1619449e.html | 2023-06-22T18:15:26 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/police-make-dangerous-drug-trafficking-arrest/article_9e0445c4-1125-11ee-8539-dbda1619449e.html |
MAITLAND, Fla. — The Holocaust Memorial and Education Center in Maitland is hosting an opening reception Thursday for a new exhibit.
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The visiting exhibit features the stories of nine Jewish soccer players.
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It tracks their rise through the German soccer league before their journey came to a halt under the Nazi regime.
The reception will feature one of the exhibit’s curators discussing the history of the players.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — If you’ve been on the fence about donating blood — maybe you’ve told yourself you’re too squeamish, or just short on time — here’s a perk that should make it easy to roll up your sleeve.
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For one, every two seconds, there’s someone in need of a blood transfusion.
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OneBlood’s Big Red Bus will be parked outside several Bonefish Grill locations in Central Florida.
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- Winter Garden: 3279 Daniels Road, Winter Garden, FL 34787, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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Supreme Court rejects claims by the Navajo Nation in a key water case
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a claim by the Navajo Nation on Thursday that the United States held an obligation to determine the tribe's water needs and secure supplies to meet those needs. The 5-4 decision represents a setback for the tribe, which still lacks reliable water sources in many communities.
Writing for the majority, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said the U.S. treaty with the Navajo Nation "said nothing about the affirmative duty for the United States to secure water."
"Rather, Congress and the President may enact — and often have enacted — laws to assist the citizens of the western United States, including the Navajos, with their water needs," he wrote.
Kavanaugh was joined in the majority by Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Amy Coney Barrett. Dissenting were Justices Neil Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagen and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
The Navajo Nation is the largest Indigenous tribe on the Colorado River without defined water rights. Navajo leaders have negotiated with state and federal leaders for decades in an attempt to secure water, but have never reached an agreement.
At issue is whether the United States has a treaty-based duty to assess the Navajo Nation’s water needs and develop a plan to meet them. One of the questions is whether a lower federal court order requiring the U.S. to develop that plan would conflict with the court’s landmark decree in Arizona vs. California, a decision that has shaped the use of Colorado River water for decades.
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States with allocations on the river, including Arizona, Nevada and Colorado, along with some water districts in California, argued that if the court requires the federal government to set aside water for the Navajo Nation, other users on the river will be forced to give up shares of water.
The states are already faced with a river that no longer delivers the water it once did, shrunken by more than two decades of drought and the growing effects of climate change. Arizona is in its second year of reduced allocations and is in ongoing talks with other states and the federal government to potentially made do with less.
Of the 22 federally recognized tribes In Arizona, 14 have secured water settlements and much of the water used to satisfy the agreements were carved out of the state's allocation. About 46% of the water that flows through the Central Arizona Project is allocated to tribes, according to CAP officials.
'Indian water rights are based on sovereignty'
Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren and Speaker Crystalyne Curley expressed their disappointment in the decision.
“Today’s ruling is disappointing and I am encouraged that the ruling was 5-4," said Nygren. "It is reassuring that four justices understood our case and our arguments."
He said Navajo Nation lawyers will continue to analyze the opinion, and he remains undeterred in obtaining quantified water rights for the Navajo Nation in Arizona. He also said the Navajo Nation established a water rights negotiation team earlier this year and are working very hard to settle the tribe's water rights in Arizona.
"My job as the President of the Navajo Nation is to represent and protect the Navajo people, our land, and our future,” said Nygren. “The only way to do that is with secure, quantified water rights to the Lower Basin of the Colorado River. I am confident that we will be able to achieve a settlement promptly and ensure the health and safety of my people. And in addition, the health and productivity of the entire Colorado River Basin, which serves up to thirty tribes and tens of millions of people who have come to rely on the Colorado River.”
Before the decision, former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said with the recent rulings made by the court, especially one last week that upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act, the justices could go either way. He talked about the research needed for justices to rule on Indian rights and law, and had hoped the outcome on the water case would be similar to the one for ICWA.
“It’s difficult to negotiate terms into a settlement during a drought,” Nez said. “Because everyone is wanting water in the Southwest with the state and all.
“Indian water rights are based on sovereignty,” he said. “Our Treaty of 1868 and Winters doctrine, saying we Navajo tribe should have basic necessity to provide for a permanent homeland.”
The Navajo Nation has over 400,000 people, he said, and while not all live on the reservation, many can say they are planning on coming home someday.
“We are trying to create a permanent homeland for the Navajo people,” said Nez. “It's not just drinking water. I know a lot of these water rights discussions are quantification for drinking water, but as Native people, water is life, and it's not just drinking about agriculture, farming, and livestock and animals.”
He said at the onset of the pandemic, people realized that 30-40% of Navajos did not have running water and that the priority when it came to hauling water was for animals and farms, with whatever was left over for personal hygiene.
“Sometimes that wasn’t a lot, or sometimes it was none for personal hygiene, no wonder we got hit hard during COVID when the CDC and feds were telling us to wash our hands with soap and water,” said Nez. “Not many people in tribal communities had that blessing.”
The court's ruling and dissent
The court case, Arizona v. Navajo Nation, was not about whether the Navajo Nation, or any other tribal nation, was entitled to water. The Supreme Court ruled more than a century ago that tribes were assured enough water to meet their needs.
The question was whether the U.S. treaty with the Navajo Nation created a government obligation to determine what those needs were and devise a plan to find the water and potentially build pipelines or other infrastructure to distribute it.
In its Thursday ruling, the court said there was no such obligation.
The text of the treaty “says nothing to that effect,” Kavanaugh wrote. “And the historical record does not suggest that the United States agreed to undertake affirmative efforts to secure water for the Navajos — any more than the United States agreed to farm land, mine minerals, harvest timber, build roads, or construct bridges on the reservation.”
The court acknowledged the Navajo Nation’s claims to the Colorado River, which flows along the boundary of the Navajo Reservation. Kavanaugh referred to the drought on the river, and said that, “even though the Navajo Reservation encompasses numerous water sources and the Tribe has the right to use needed water from those sources, the Navajos face the same water scarcity problem that many in the western United States face.”
Kavanaugh also seemed to agree with the claims of some of the states on the river, which opposed the Navajo case.
“Allocating water in the arid regions of the American West is often a zero-sum situation,” he wrote. “And the zero-sum reality of water in the West underscores that courts must stay in their proper constitutional lane and interpret the law.”
In a lengthy dissent, Gorsuch said the court’s majority erred in its reading of the case and the law.
Navajo leaders “have a simple ask,” he wrote. “They want the United States to identify the water rights it holds for them. And if the United States has misappropriated the Navajo’s water rights, the Tribe asks it to formulate a plan to stop doing so prospectively.”
He said the government wields “considerable control” over the Colorado River, the water source closest to the Navajo Nation, but has failed to resolve what rights the tribe holds on the river. The original Colorado River Compact, he noted, did not allocate water among the tribes in the seven states on the river, and the federal government has repeatedly refused to resolve any of the tribe’s demands for water.
The government holds water in trust for the Navajo Nation and controls a water source to which the tribe contends it holds rights, Gorsuch wrote.
“Accordingly, the government owes the Tribe a duty to manage the water it holds for the Tribe in a legally responsible manner,” he wrote. The tribe’s lawsuit asks the the United States “to fulfill part of that duty by assessing what water rights it holds for them. The government owes the Tribe at least that much.”
He also suggested the Navajo Nation should pursue other legal remedies.
"After today, it is hard to see how this Court (or any court) could ever again fairly deny a request from the Navajo to intervene in litigation over the Colorado River or other water sources to which they might have a claim."
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Attorney Shay Dvoretzky, arguing the court case earlier this year on behalf of the Navajo Nation, told the justices that the tribe’s current water request is not unreasonable. The “relief that we are seeking here is an assessment of the nation’s needs and a plan to meet them,” he said.
“We’ve been waiting half a century for the political branches to solve this problem for the nation," Dvoretzky argued. "It hasn’t happened.”
Indigenous communities were not included when the Colorado River was divided among the seven states a century ago, tribal officials argue. The states made agreements among themselves that left tribes with little or no water without settlments.
Arguing on behalf of the Biden administration, attorney Frederick Liu told justices that if the court were to side with the Navajo Nation, the federal government could face lawsuits from many other tribes.
A century-old Supreme Court ruling held that Indigenous communities had the right to enough water to meet the needs of their reservations, but those needs have never been quantified for the Navajo Nation.
Navajo officials argue that the federal government broke a promise to ensure that the tribe has enough water to meet the needs of its sprawling home in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Tens of thousands of people across the Navajo Nation lack access to running water and must haul supplies from wells that tribal officials say are being overused.
Residents of the Navajo Nation are 67 times more likely than other Americans to live without running water, according to the DigDeep Navajo Water Project, a nonprofit has tried to fill the gap in research and solutions.
Nez, the former Navajo president, told the U.S. House of Representatives in 2020 that he attributed the high local toll of COVID-19 during the early days of the pandemic to the lack of water in the homes of Navajo people.
“Clean water is a sacred and scarce commodity,” he said.
Navajo officials say without a secured water source that a settlement would provide, conditions will never improve because groundwater is insufficient for long-term needs.
The federal government says it has helped the tribe secure water from the Colorado River’s tributaries and provided money for infrastructure including pipelines, pumping plants and water treatment facilities. But it says no law or treaty requires the government to assess and address the tribe’s general water needs.
The Gila River Indian Community secured one of the largest tribal water settlements in 2004 and has used the water to irrigate farms, which had been left dry other water users diverted the flows of the Gila River.
Republic reporter Joan Meiners and the Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2023/06/22/us-supreme-court-rejects-water-claims-by-the-navajo-nation/70328269007/ | 2023-06-22T18:24:51 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2023/06/22/us-supreme-court-rejects-water-claims-by-the-navajo-nation/70328269007/ |
Check out our roundup of the latest special events, music, theater, nightlife and kids events.
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Special events
Bloomington-Normal
South American Habitat Opens; 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., June 23, Miller Park Zoo, 1020 S. Morris Ave., Bloomington.
Make Music Normal; 5-10 p.m., June 23; Noon-10 p.m., June 24, uptown Normal.
Brews at the Zoo; 3-8 p.m., June 24, Millar Park Zoo, 1020 S. Morris Ave., Bloomington; 21+; $45.
Twin City Trivia; 6:30-8:30 p.m., June 25, Nightshop, 517 N. Main St., Bloomington.
Industry Night; 6 p.m.-1 a.m., June 26, Nightshop, 517 N. Main St., Bloomington.
B-Movie Bingo; 7-10:30 p.m., June 28, Nightshop, 517 N. Main St., Bloomington.
Central Illinois
2023 UPA Welcome to the Jungle Powerlifting Championship; 9 a.m.-3 p.m., June 24, the exhibit halls at Peoria Civic Center, 201 SW. Jefferson Ave., Peoria; $10.
Indie Author Book Expo; 10 a.m.-3 p.m., June 24, Meeting Rooms at Peoria Civic Center, 201 SW. Jefferson Ave., Peoria; free admission.
Music
Bloomington-Normal
Matt Woods and The Natural Disasters, Chad Price, Tobin Kirk; 7-10:30 p.m., June 22, Nightshop, 517 N. Main St., Bloomington; $10.
Retro Thursday w/ Magic Man; 8 p.m., June 22, Jazz Upfront, 107 W. Front St., Bloomington.
The Jasons, Saidan; 10 p.m.-1 a.m., June 23, Nightshop, 517 N. Main St., Bloomington; $10.
Nita Strauss with Lions at the Gate, Heartsick; 8 p.m., June 24, The Castle Theatre, 209 E. Washington St., Bloomington; 18+; $23.
The Reginald Lewis Organ Trio; 8 p.m., June 24, Jazz Upfront, 107 W. Front St., Bloomington.
Tiger Sex, Tina Sparkle, The Rolling Sixes; 10 p.m.-1 a.m., June 24, Nightshop, 517 N. Main St., Bloomington; $10.
Sunday at Six Recital Series, Linden Duo; 6 p.m., June 25, Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington-Normal, 1613 E. Emerson St., Bloomington.
Stupid Karaoke; 8 p.m.-12 a.m., June 27, Nightshop, 517 N. Main St., Bloomington.
Open Stage w/ Maestro; 8 p.m., June 28, Jazz Upfront, 107 W. Front St., Bloomington.
Karaoke w/ Joel Johnson; 8 p.m., June 29, Jazz Upfront, 107 W. Front St., Bloomington.
Sunny Disposition, Authentic Pines, Sad Rat; 7-10:30 p.m., June 30, Nightshop, 517 N. Main St., Bloomington; $10.
Central Illinois
Krannert Uncorked with High Cotton Bluegrass Band; 5 p.m., June 22, Stage 5 at Krannert Center, 500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana; free.
The Doobie Brothers; 8 p.m., June 24, Peoria Civic Center Arena, 201 SW. Jefferson Ave., Peoria; $34.50+.
Krannert Uncorked with Merry Travelers; 5 p.m., June 29, Stage 5 at Krannert Center, 500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana; free.
Wheaton Municipal Band; 7:30 p.m., June 30, Foellinger Great Hall at Krannert Center, 500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana; free.
Theater
Bloomington-Normal
2023 10-Minute Play Festival: The Waiting Room; 7:30 p.m., June 22-24 and 2 p.m., June 24, Heartland Theatre Company, 1110 Douglas St., Normal; $7-$17.
The Wicker Man (1973); 7 p.m., June 22 and 25, Normal Theater, 209 W. North St., Normal.
MIOpera Presents: Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance; 7:30-9:30 p.m., June 23-25, Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, 600 N. East St., Bloomington; $29-$49.
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; 7 p.m., June 28, Normal Theater, 209 W. North St., Normal.
For Kids
Bloomington-Normal
ECK: Out of this World Aventures (Pickup); 9 a.m., June 22, Children's Discovery Museum, 101 E. Beaufort St., Normal; ages 2-5.
Master Gardener/Master Naturalist Program - Mammals; 10 a.m.-12 p.m., June 22, Children's Discovery Museum, 101 E. Beaufort St., Normal.
PLG: Out of this World Adventures; 4-5 p.m. and 6-7 p.m., June 22; 9-10 a.m. and 11 a.m.-12 p.m., June 23, Children's Discovery Museum, 101 E. Beaufort St., Normal; ages 2-4.
Early Explorer's: Out of this World Adventures; 9-10:30 a.m., June 24, Children's Discovery Museum, 101 E. Beaufort St., Normal; ages 4-5.
PLG: Out of this World Aventures (Members Only); 9-11 a.m. and 11 a.m.-12 p.m., June 26, Children's Discovery Museum, 101 E. Beaufort St., Normal; ages 2-4.
Monday Movie Matinee: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; 1 p.m., June 26, Normal Theater, 209 W. North St., Normal; $5.
Master Gardener/Master Naturalist Program - Seed Balls; 10 a.m.-12 p.m., June 29, Children's Discovery Museum, 101 E. Beaufort St., Normal. | https://pantagraph.com/life-entertainment/local/looking-for-something-to-do-this-weekend-in-central-illinois-heres-the-list/article_5d77eb1c-0c77-11ee-9196-4b29fc71dcf3.html | 2023-06-22T18:27:59 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/life-entertainment/local/looking-for-something-to-do-this-weekend-in-central-illinois-heres-the-list/article_5d77eb1c-0c77-11ee-9196-4b29fc71dcf3.html |
CHARLESTON — Charleston has become the latest city to approve July 17 as Kristian “KP” Philpotts Day in honor of a Central Illinois student who was killed on Jan. 12, 2022, while working in Urbana.
The Charleston City Council passed the decision unanimously during its Tuesday meeting, joining Bloomington, Normal, Champaign and Urbana in honoring Philpotts, 29, on July 17, his birthday, in remembrance of his “kindness and hard work" while attending college in those towns.
In Bloomington and Normal, the mayors will meet at Miller Park Zoo that day to make the official proclamation. More details will be announced at a later date.
Philpotts graduated in 2016 with a bachelor's degree from Illinois State University and obtained a master's degree from Eastern Illinois University in 2018. He was studying to become a veterinarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign when he died. He only had two more years before he was set to earn his doctorate in veterinary science.
Philpotts was killed while working as a Lyft driver in Urbana when three 17-year-old boys attempted to rob him and then shot him in the back.
While at EIU, he brought back the university's chapter of Iota Phi Theta Inc. Fraternity in 2021 after a 27-year hiatus.
Philpotts had been a member of the fraternity at ISU while studying for his bachelor's degree in pre-veterinary medicine.
A bench in Redbird Plaza, west of Fell Hall, honors Kristian "KP" Philpotts, an Illinois State University alumnus who was killed in January 2022 in Champaign-Urbana. An endowed scholarship has also been started in his memory. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/kristian-kp-philpotts-day-to-be-honored-in-5-central-illinois-cities/article_1aea9168-111e-11ee-9613-47691ee77b12.html | 2023-06-22T18:28:03 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/kristian-kp-philpotts-day-to-be-honored-in-5-central-illinois-cities/article_1aea9168-111e-11ee-9613-47691ee77b12.html |
The man who pleaded guilty to raping a woman in Love Park in 2020 was sentenced on Wednesday.
A judge sentenced Quindell Campbell to 13-40 years in prison for the 2020 rape of a woman in Philadelphia’s Love Park in Center City, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
DA Larry Krasner said that Campbell will likely serve the max punishment.
Campbell pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 41-year-old woman on her way to work back in 2020.
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“I am grateful and relieved that the survivor of this terrifying crime, committed just before the pandemic slowed many criminal legal processes to a crawl, is today receiving justice,” DA Krasner said.
The assault occurred back on Jan. 25, 2020, around 5:20 a.m. on the west side of Love Park near John F. Kennedy Boulevard.
The 41-year-old victim was headed to work and taking a shortcut through the park when Campbell approached her from behind. Investigators said he had been walking around the area since around 11 p.m. the night before, apparently looking for a victim.
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Campbell punched the woman several times, knocked her to the ground and then raped her.
Resources for victims of sexual assault are available through the National Sexual Violence Resources Center and the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 800-656-4673.
Several people heard the woman's screams from the park and called 911. The first officers to arrive at the park spotted Campbell who ran down 15th Street to a set of escalators leading to the underground SEPTA concourse. He tried to hide from police on a ledge.
As police struggled with Campbell to take him into custody, he dropped about 25 feet to the concourse below and escaped. Surveillance video shows the man stumbling and falling while running away.
Campbell was later arrested in his North Philadelphia home on February 5, 2020.
Police said Campbell returned home after the attack and carried on with his regular routine. He had also altered his look. In surveillance footage, the suspect appears to have long dreadlocks, but Campbell's mug shot showed him with short hair.
DA Krasner added, “Women and girls deserve freedom – to walk to work, to go to school, and to pursue their passions – without fear of harassment, abuse, or violence. We have much work to do, as institutions and as society, to erase and dismantle the social and material costs imposed on survivors of rape and sexual assault.”
Love Park, also known as John F. Kennedy Plaza, sits diagonal to Philadelphia City Hall and is home to Robert Indiana's most famous LOVE statue. The park is brightly lit and not under heavy tree cover. It was rededicated in 2019 after a complete overhaul that removed alcoves and other groves that reduced sightlines.
Survivors of sexual violence are urged to contact the WOAR Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence 24-hour hotline at 215-985-3333 for support, services, and assistance in reporting incidents to law enforcement. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/man-convicted-of-raping-a-woman-at-love-park-sentenced-to-serve-13-to-40-years-in-prison/3590625/ | 2023-06-22T18:29:56 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/man-convicted-of-raping-a-woman-at-love-park-sentenced-to-serve-13-to-40-years-in-prison/3590625/ |
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Johnson City leadership will discuss a federal civil lawsuit filed Wednesday against the city, its former police chief and several other officers.
On Thursday, City Manager Cathy Ball is scheduled brief the media at 3 p.m. A media advisory from the city states that Ball will be addressing a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
That lawsuit alleges the Johnson City Police Department (JCPD) knew Sean Williams, a former Johnson City business owner, had repeatedly “drugged and raped women in Johnson City” for years and “let him get away with it.” The lawsuit includes nine “Jane Does” (one of whom is deceased and is represented by family members) who claim Williams sexually assaulted them.
The suit claims the JCPD displayed a pattern of failure to investigate reports of Williams’s alleged sexual assaults in violation of the Constitution’s equal protection and due process clauses. It also claims the city violated Title IX and failed to adequately train and supervise the JCPD.
The lawsuit seeks a jury trial, attorney fees and compensatory damages in an undisclosed amount.
News Channel 11 will stream the Thursday afternoon briefing and provide continued coverage of the lawsuit. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sean-williams-case/johnson-city-to-address-sean-williams-centric-lawsuit/ | 2023-06-22T18:30:14 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sean-williams-case/johnson-city-to-address-sean-williams-centric-lawsuit/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Ronald Steele, a former point guard for the Alabama men’s basketball team who went on to lead John Carroll Catholic High School’s boys’ basketball team, will now lead his high school alma mater as principal.
On Thursday, John Carroll announced that Steele had been named principal of the school. Steele, who played for the Tide under former coach Mark Gottfried from 2004 to 2009, had been athletic director and head basketball coach at John Carroll since 2017. Steele graduated from John Carroll in 2004.
After leaving Alabama, Steele went on to play for the Israeli club Bnei Hasharon, as well as Tofas (Turkey), Sutor Montegranaro, Hapoel Jerusalem and PMS Torino.
“In these rapidly changing times, I am confident that our Leadership Team, led by Mr. Steele, will steward John Carroll’s proud legacies and ensure that our school remains boldly Catholic, academically excellent and rooted in truth,” John Carroll President Fr. Jon Chalmers said in a statement.
Steele holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama and a master of education in administration and supervision from Marymount University.
As principal, Steele will continue to oversee the John Carroll basketball program.
“I’m both humbled and excited for the opportunity to serve as John Carroll’s Principal,” Steele said in a statement. “I intend to continue fulfilling John Carroll’s mission of infusing God in all areas of the student experience to educate the whole person. I am eager to partner with our students, families, staff, and stakeholders in celebrating the legacy of John Carroll while leading its future. I want to thank our President, Father Jon Chalmers, Margaret Dubose, Superintendent of Schools and Chair of the Catholic Schools Office, and the entire search committee for entrusting me with this exciting opportunity.” | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/former-alabama-basketball-player-ronald-steele-named-principal-at-john-carroll-catholic-high-school/ | 2023-06-22T18:35:57 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/former-alabama-basketball-player-ronald-steele-named-principal-at-john-carroll-catholic-high-school/ |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Associate Judge Robin Wynne has died at the age of 70, according to a report by Arkansas Business.
Wynne, who has served on the Arkansas Supreme Court since 2014, is a Fordyce native and was recently re-elected in 2022 to serve on the state's highest court.
Although elections to the court are nonpartisan, Wynne focused his campaign on impartiality while his opponent Circuit Judge Chris Carnahan spoke about his conservative values.
Wynne ended up winning that race in a runoff with 58% of the vote.
He has served on the Arkansas Court of Appeals, was a state representative, a Dallas County district judge, and worked at Wynne & Wynne Law Firm.
It is not known what was his cause of death at this time.
Wynne received his Bachelor's degree from Harvard College before getting his juris doctor degree at the University of Arkansas School of Law. He also attended the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University.
“Bryan and I are saddened to learn that Justice Robin Wynne has passed away. His service to our state was immeasurable, from his days as a hard-charging Dallas County prosecutor to his decade at the highest reaches of the Arkansas legal system in the Supreme Court," said Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. "Not long ago, Justice Wynne welcomed me into his office to discuss the state we both loved so much. I will treasure the note he sent me afterward, with its deft use of scripture reflecting the years Justice Wynne spent in divinity school earlier in his life. Justice Wynne could have been anything – a pastor, a politician, a businessman – and chose instead to devote his life to Arkansans and the law. For that, we are all eternally grateful. Our deepest condolences are with his family and all those who knew him.”
Under Arkansas law, the vacancy will be filled by the governor of Arkansas.
We will update this article with more information as it becomes available. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/arkansas-supreme-court-justice-robin-wynne-dead-at-70/91-6a0392dd-f150-40aa-97c1-19a87299f539 | 2023-06-22T18:37:06 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/arkansas-supreme-court-justice-robin-wynne-dead-at-70/91-6a0392dd-f150-40aa-97c1-19a87299f539 |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Cowley College has moved its Wichita campus from downtown to Maple and Ridge Road.
The campus had been on South Market since 2015. It is now at 7330 West Maple, just north of the Lowe’s store.
The new location has 1,800 square feet. The contract at the new site goes through April 2028.
Cowley College says students at the Wichita campus get face-to-face instruction with online and distance learning.
The Wichita site also has enrollment advisors and student support personnel.
For more information about the Wichita Campus, call 316-683-6013. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/cowley-college-wichita-moves-to-new-location/ | 2023-06-22T18:41:18 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/cowley-college-wichita-moves-to-new-location/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office says an inmate who was found unresponsive in the Sedgwick County Jail has died. Around 1 a.m. on Thursday, a deputy located the inmate, a 34-year-old man, in a pod.
The sheriff’s office says detention staff performed CPR until emergency crews arrived. The inmate was taken to the hospital and was pronounced dead around 1:50 a.m. The inmate will be transported to the Sedgwick County Coroner’s Office to determine the exact cause of death. The sheriff’s office says preliminary reports indicate the inmate died from self-inflicted asphyxiation.
The inmate’s death was the second in-custody death of 2023. The sheriff’s office says the inmate had been in the custody of the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office since June 15. The inmate’s name hasn’t been released. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/inmate-death-reported-at-sedgwick-county-jail-4/ | 2023-06-22T18:41:18 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/inmate-death-reported-at-sedgwick-county-jail-4/ |
Applications being accepted for Oak Ridge city boards
Individuals interested in serving on a city of Oak Ridge Board are encouraged to apply before the end of June.
Youth in the city are encouraged to apply to serve on the Youth Advisory Board. There are also opportunities for students to apply to be the high school representative for the Environmental Quality Advisory Board and Traffic Safety Advisory Board, according to a city news release.
A completed 2023 Boards and Commissions application must be submitted to the City Clerk's Office in the Municipal Building by 5 p.m. on Friday, June 30.
The Oak Ridge City Council will appoint members to these boards at the Monday, July 10 meeting.
The following boards have vacancies:
- Oak Ridge Beer Permit Board (1)
- Environmental Quality Advisory Board (1)
- Environmental Quality Advisory Board (high school representative)
- Recreation and Parks Advisory Board (1)
- Traffic Safety Advisory Board (2)
- Traffic Safety Advisory Board (high school representative)
- Youth Advisory Board (16)
All applicants must be residents of the city of Oak Ridge unless otherwise specified in City Code.
For more information about each vacancy and how to apply, visit https://www.oakridgetn.gov/elections or contact the City Clerk's Office at (865) 425-3411. | https://www.oakridger.com/story/news/local/2023/06/21/applications-being-accepted-for-oak-ridge-city-boards/70339263007/ | 2023-06-22T18:42:26 | 1 | https://www.oakridger.com/story/news/local/2023/06/21/applications-being-accepted-for-oak-ridge-city-boards/70339263007/ |
City of Oak Ridge releases annual Water Quality Report
The 25th annual water quality report is now available for viewing on the city of Oak Ridge website. The direct link to the report is https://www.oakridgetn.gov/25th-annual-water-quality-report.
Also known as the Consumer Confidence Report, it was mandated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1998 as an amendment to the Safe Drinking Water Act.
The report, which contains information on the quality of the drinking water delivered by the city to the water customers, as well as characterizing the risks from exposure to contaminants, again shows that Oak Ridgers have excellent drinking water. The city’s report indicates that Oak Ridge water was in compliance in all respects with state and federal drinking water requirements, according to a city news release.
The state rule requires every municipality with a population of more than 10,000 people to produce such a report by July 1 of each year and make it available to each customer served by the city’s water system. Paper copies of the water quality report are available by calling (865) 425-1600. For more information, visit the city’s website at oakridgetn.gov, the EPA Office of Water at epa.gov/environmental-topics/water-topics, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at cdc.gov, or the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation at tn.gov/environment. | https://www.oakridger.com/story/news/local/2023/06/21/city-of-oak-ridge-releases-annual-water-quality-report/70341365007/ | 2023-06-22T18:42:32 | 0 | https://www.oakridger.com/story/news/local/2023/06/21/city-of-oak-ridge-releases-annual-water-quality-report/70341365007/ |
Free Y-12 Federal Credit program promotes financial literacy
Y-12 Federal Credit Union (Y-12 FCU) recently launched a program called Y-Fi @ Work, supporting organizations that seek to engage their employees on the importance of financial independence. The program is free, and there are no membership requirements, according to a Y-12 FCU news release.
Y-Fi @ Work is backed by a financial literacy platform, educational resources customized to employee needs, and instructor-led training offered onsite or virtually, according to a news release. The program also provides self-directed online modules with budgeting, saving, and understanding credit. Online financial counseling is provided 24/7.
Y-Fi @ Work is managed by the Credit Union’s financial outreach manager, John Nolan.
"Statistics show that most Americans lack the critical skills to live financially healthy lives,” Nolan said in the news release. “This program is much bigger than banking or who you choose to bank with. The nation is experiencing a financial literacy crisis. We believe an essential part of our Credit Union’s framework is to provide solutions that help people discover financial freedom.”
According to online data retrieved from economists, reports from CNBC, and through Global News Wire:
- More than 2/3 of Americans are financially unhealthy.
- 42% of Americans say finances negatively impact their mental health.
- Two in three Americans could not cover a $400 emergency expense
- 70% of employees feel financial wellness programs help reduce stress and increase loyalty to their employer.
When Y-Fi @ Work launched, The Quality Family of Companies was the first to partner with the program, offering it to their 1,800 employees as part of its comprehensive benefits package.
“It has really helped our staff to get answers to those complicated financial questions and gain understanding of their personal finances,” said Kristie England, human resources director.
For more information on how to offer Y-Fi @ Work to your organization or to learn more about the program and its resources, contact John Nolan at Y-12 FCU at jnolan@y12fcu.org. | https://www.oakridger.com/story/news/local/2023/06/22/free-y-12-federal-credit-program-promotes-financial-literacy/70315149007/ | 2023-06-22T18:42:38 | 0 | https://www.oakridger.com/story/news/local/2023/06/22/free-y-12-federal-credit-program-promotes-financial-literacy/70315149007/ |
Gov. Mike DeWine is seeking $26 million as part of Ohio’s operating budget for narcotics intelligence that will support local law enforcement departments.
The governor spoke about the funding during the Ohio Narcotics Intelligence Center’s Law Enforcement Drug Summit on Thursday. He said the $26 million would go toward adding more staff to the ONIC as well as purchasing new equipment and software.
“Our ONIC intelligence analysts and forensic computer specialists will be able to continue to supply help and support using state of art digital forensics and analytical tools,” DeWine said. “ONIC is helping local law enforcement trace local drug dealers back to the ringleaders and suppliers and to build cases that result in convictions.”
ONIC is able to extract information out of electronics and then organize data into usable forms, the governor said.
Collaborations with the center identify new drugs in the state faster and allow lawmakers to act quicker to make it illegal to traffic those drugs, DeWine added. It also helps warn law enforcement agencies and the public about those drugs.
DeWine created the ONIC in 2019 to help local officers use cell phones and electronics to investigate drug trafficking. The ONIC has assisted in more than 3,200 investigations and examined evidence on more than 7,500 cell phones, the governor said.
One of the investigations involved multiple Ohio agencies and multiple states. The case spanned from northern Ohio down to Mexico and included Youngstown, Toledo, Springfield and Columbus.
Investigators seized 76 kilos of fentanyl, 115,000 counterfeit Oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, nine kilos each of methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana, as well as multiple firearms, DeWine said. Eleven people were indicted and the case was connected a criminal organization in West Virginia, California, Georgia and North Carolina.
While the Ohio General Assembly is still working on the state’s budget, DeWine said Thursday the $26 million for the ONIC remains part of the current proposed budget.
“We think that money will be able to stay in this budget,” he said.
In addition to ONIC, DeWine said the state wants to continue to provide support to local law enforcement agencies. The state is making other agencies available to help in jurisdictions seeing an increase in crime.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol can be used as a backup to work with local authorities and the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction parole officers can check on parolees in the community, the governor said. State liquor agents are also used to support local law enforcement agencies.
“When we see violent crime continuing to expand in our cities we have the ability to come in and be of some help,” DeWine said. “We can’t make the problem totally go away, but we want to help local law enforcement in every way that we can.”
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FREESTONE COUNTY, Texas — The Freestone County Sheriff's Office (FCSO) announced that the Senior Services building is now open to residents as a cooling center on Thursday, June 22.
The building is located at 201 N. Bateman in Fairfield and any residents who are without power are welcome to stay through the night.
Anyone who visits is encouraged to bring some snacks and drinks depending on how long they plan on staying. The building will only provide electricity and air conditioning.
Temperatures in Central Texas have become increasingly dangerous, so anyone in need of a cool place to stay should take advantage of this.
To view more information, visit here.
Also on KCENTV.com: | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/freestone-county-senior-services-building-opens-as-cooling-center/500-e083f927-95c8-4e9d-b9af-4ab30d3c640c | 2023-06-22T18:45:40 | 1 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/freestone-county-senior-services-building-opens-as-cooling-center/500-e083f927-95c8-4e9d-b9af-4ab30d3c640c |
KILLEEN, Texas — The Mexia Police Department is asking the community for help in the search for 17-year-old Sofia Villatoro.
According to police, Villatoro left her last known location at around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21.
Police say she has not been seen or heard from since and it is unknown which direction she traveled in.
There is currently no other information available
View Mexia PD's Facebook post here.
6 News will update with latest
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GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — A federal civil lawsuit filed Wednesday claims Johnson City police knew a downtown business owner drugged and raped multiple women and that they “let him get away with it.”
The lawsuit with nine “Jane Doe” plaintiffs seeks damages against Johnson City, former Johnson City Police Department (JCPD) chief Karl Turner, two other named officers and six yet unnamed officers.
It lays out timelines and details in each of the nine alleged victims’ cases, including the case of one woman who died after crashing her car while allegedly still incapacitated by drugs and distraught over something that had occurred at Williams’s downtown apartment.
‘For years, Sean Williams drugged and raped women in Johnson City, Tennessee, and for years, officers of the Johnson City Police Department (“JCPD”) let him get away with it.’
Opening of federal lawsuit filed against Johnson City June 21, 2023
The suit claims a JCPD pattern of failure to investigate Williams’s alleged crimes against women starting at least as early as 2018 up to mid-2021. On May 5, 2021, Williams went on the lam following an attempt by JCPD officers to arrest him on a federal warrant for being a felon in possession of ammunition.
The lawsuit claims violations of the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution as well as violations of the alleged victims’ rights to due process. It also claims the city violated Title IX, and that the JCPD’s handling of numerous allegations was done “with deliberate indifference to the constitutional rights of plaintiffs with a purpose to harm that was unrelated to any legitimate law enforcement objective.”
“JCPD’s actions evidence a sex-based bias against female crime victims,” the suit reads. “These actions, known and authorized by Johnson City, Tennessee, were knowing, reckless, negligent, and deprived Plaintiffs of their constitutional rights to equal protection and due process, as well as their rights under Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, and the common law.”
The six-count suit also includes a claim that JCPD violated Tennessee’s Governmental Tort Liability Act through negligence in its response to women’s allegations, and claims that the JCPD was negligent in failing to both train and supervise its officers. The result, the suit claims, was that when made aware of complaints JCPD officers and employees “failed to investigate those complaints, and failed to protect female citizens of Johnson City from further criminal activity from Williams.”
The lawsuit seeks a jury trial, attorney’s fees, and unspecified compensatory damages.
Connection to earlier lawsuit
The suit says most alleged victims learned their experiences were not unique after Kateri Dahl, a former federal prosecutor who had worked with the JCPD through an agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s office, filed her own federal suit related to Williams in June 2022.
That suit also mentioned Williams’s alleged sex crimes and the JCPD’s alleged failure to pursue them adequately.
Eight of those women ended up contacting Vanessa Baehr-Jones, the primary plaintiffs’ attorney in this case. The ninth is deceased and represented by family members.
Based on interviews with the plaintiffs, attorneys allege that Williams, with the aid of a male friend and at least one woman, recruited women and brought them to a downtown garage he owned and his downtown apartment, “where he would drug and sexually assault them.”
While accounts differ in some ways — some women reported to the police, others didn’t, some had rape tests done — there are common themes.
They include a pattern of Williams’s “conspirators” bringing women up to parties at his apartment; women being handed drinks from separate bottles or given cocaine on different trays than those used by Williams and male guests; and women losing consciousness and/or control of their bodies to some degree.
There are also several allegations of Williams holding women at his apartment against their will or telling them they were too incapacitated to leave, either before or after he had allegedly assaulted them.
The accounts include numerous references to JCPD officers not following through on requests for investigations after reports of assaults by Williams.
Jane Doe 2 allegedly was administered a rape kit at an urgent care in November 2019 and provided a statement to two JCPD officers at that time.
“Jane Doe 2 did not hear anything more from JCPD for a year and a half,” the suit alleges.
Detective Toma Sparks then allegedly called Jane Doe 2 in May 2021 and told her she had benzodiazepine in her system the night of the alleged assault. The rape kit also showed another person’s DNA present in the sample collected, the suit says.
“After relaying this information, Detective Sparks discouraged Jane Doe 2 from pursuing charges against Williams,” the suit says. “He told Jane Doe 2 that even if he was able to get a warrant to collect and test Williams’ DNA, Williams would have to willingly submit to the testing, and he would never do that.
“In fact, this statement was false as a warrant would require Williams to submit to testing. Detective Sparks described Williams as ‘untouchable.'”
The suit says Jane Doe 2 still told Sparks she wanted to proceed with pressing charges and that she never received a response.
News Channel 11 emailed City of Johnson City representatives Wednesday afternoon following the lawsuit filing. Spokeswoman Keisha Shoun said the city needed to review the suit and would provide what comment it could after that. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sean-williams-case/johnson-city-sued-over-handling-of-alleged-rapes/ | 2023-06-22T18:48:55 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sean-williams-case/johnson-city-sued-over-handling-of-alleged-rapes/ |
Researchers say the body mass index of school-aged children is declining thanks to a government initiative. The study shows the implementation of the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 let to a significant decrease in BMI scores in children aged 5-18.
WATERLOO — Additional meal sites have been added to the summer program. Meals are available for children ages 1-18 and are to be eaten on site.
First Baptist Church, 434 Baltimore St.: Through July 7 (no meals July 3-4); Breakfast 8:30-9 a.m., lunch 11:30 a.m.-noon.
Kingsley Elementary, 201 Sunset Road: Monday to Aug. 11 (no meals July 3-4); Breakfast 8-9 a.m., lunch noon-12:30 p.m.
Cunningham, 1224 Mobile St., and Kittrell Elementary, 1520 Easton Ave.: July 24 to Aug. 10, Monday-Thursday; Breakfast 8-8:30 a.m., lunch noon-12:30 p.m.
Photos: Sumner-Fredericksburg baseball vs. Dike-New Hartford, June 16
A student picks up a free individually bagged lunch in the cafeteria during the first day of school at Stamford High School on September 8, 2020 in Stamford, Connecticut. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/additional-summer-meal-program-sites/article_d62dc6be-0f77-11ee-a6aa-cbab91f3c6d0.html | 2023-06-22T18:53:48 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/additional-summer-meal-program-sites/article_d62dc6be-0f77-11ee-a6aa-cbab91f3c6d0.html |
OMAHA, Neb. — After declining below growth neutral for March, the overall Rural Mainstreet Index for June expanded above the threshold for a third straight month.
The index is now at its highest level since May 2022, according to the June monthly survey of bank chief executive officers in rural areas of a 10-state region dependent on agriculture, energy or both.
The region’s overall reading in June climbed to 56.9, up from last month’s 55.8. The index ranges between zero and 100, with a reading of 50.0 representing growth neutral.
The index covers the economies of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.
“After negative growth during the first quarter of this year, the Rural Mainstreet economy experienced positive, but slow, economic growth for all of the second quarter. Only 3.4% of bankers reported a downturn in economic conditions for the month,” Ernie Goss said in a news release. He is the Jack A. MacAllister Chair in Regional Economics at Creighton University’s Heider College of Business.
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Iowa’s June RMI expanded to 51.7 from 50.8 in May. Iowa’s farmland-price index advanced to 55.6 from May’s 50.6. Iowa’s new-hiring index for June moved higher to 52.4 from 48.8 in May.
The state exported $2.1 billion of agriculture and livestock in 2022. This represented 4.3% growth from the previous year. Mexico was the chief destination, capturing 70.9% of the state’s farm exports.
The region’s farmland price index rose to 59.3 in June from 56.3 in May. This was the 33rd straight month that the index has advanced above 50.0.
The farm equipment-sales index fell to a weak 48.3 from 50.2 in May. Farm equipment sales declined for only the third time in the past 31 months. “Higher borrowing costs have begun to negatively impact purchases of farm equipment,” said Goss.
More than half of bankers reported that higher interest rates were impairing farm equipment purchases.
On the other hand, Mike Van Erdewyk, CEO of Breda Savings Bank in Breda said in the release, “Higher interest rates are not having a significant impact on farm operations yet as many farmers have paid down operating lines with grain sales.”
The June loan volume index expanded to a strong 79.2 from May’s 75.0. After two consecutive low monthly readings, the checking-deposit index increased to a weak 37.5 in June from 22.0 in May, while the index for certificates of deposit and other savings instruments soared to 76.8 for June from May’s 70.0.
Bank CEOs ranked Federal Reserve rate hikes as the greatest challenge in the 12 months ahead with rising bank regulations ranked as a distant second.
“Bankers continue to have a very positive outlook for the payment of farm loans with an estimated loan default rate rising less than 1% over the next 12 months,” said Goss.
“Higher short-term interest rates produced by Federal Reserve rate hikes over the past year have posed a significant threat to community banks by expanding the costs of customer deposits while the rates on bank loans have risen little over the same time period,” said Goss.
The region exported $13.3 billion of agriculture and livestock in 2022. This represented 26.5% growth from the previous year. Mexico was the chief destination, accounting for 55.2% of the region’s farm and ranching exports.
The new hiring index for June climbed to 58.9 from May’s 58.0. Over the past 12 months, the Rural Mainstreet Economy has expanded jobs by 2.2% compared to a lower 1.5% for urban areas of the same 10 states.
Higher interest rates, deposit outflows and a rising regulator environment continued to constrain the business confidence index to a weak 43.1, but up from 38.5 in May. “Over the past 12 months, the regional confidence index has fallen to levels indicating a negative outlook,” said Goss.
June home-sales sank to 48.2 from May’s 55.8. “Higher mortgage rates and a shortage of houses for sale constrained sales across the region,” said Goss.
The retail-sales index for June expanded to 56.9 from May’s 56.0. “Bankers are getting more optimistic regarding the economic outlook for retail sales for the third quarter after an OK quarter two,” said Goss.
The survey represents an early snapshot of the economy of rural agriculturally and energy-dependent portions of the nation. The Rural Mainstreet Index is a unique index focusing on approximately 200 rural communities in the 10 states with an average population of 1,300.
The index provides the most current real-time analysis of the rural economy. Goss and Bill McQuillan, former Chairman of the Independent Community Banks of America, created the monthly economic survey and launched it in January 2006. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/state-and-regional/rural-mainstreet-index-ernie-goss-creighton/article_496f9944-0ba0-11ee-b581-37796681841a.html | 2023-06-22T18:53:54 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/state-and-regional/rural-mainstreet-index-ernie-goss-creighton/article_496f9944-0ba0-11ee-b581-37796681841a.html |
Motorcyclist dies after collision with Warwick Public Schools pickup truck
The 22-year-old motorcyclist was riding on West Shore Road Thursday morning when he collided with a pickup truck.
A 22-year-old motorcycle operator died after a collision Thursday morning with a Warwick Public Schools pickup truck, the Warwick police said.
The crash happened at about 7:21 a.m. on West Shore Road, the police said.
The motorcycle was traveling west on West Shore Road when it collided with the Ford F-250 pickup truck, which had been traveling east and was turning left onto Winifred Avenue, the police said. The motorcyclist, who was not wearing a helmet, was thrown from the bike after it struck the passenger-side front grill area of the truck, the police said.
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The motorcyclist was taken by ambulance to Rhode Island Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. His name has not been released pending family notification.
The operator of the pickup truck, who was not injured, stayed a the scene and has cooperated with investigators, the police said. At this point in their investigation, the police don't believe impairment or speed were factors in the crash.
The police encourage anyone with information to contact the traffic unit at 401-468-4200. Anonymous tips can be submitted via the WARWICKPD app or text WARWICKPD to 847411 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/06/22/motorcyclist-killed-after-colliding-with-warwick-schools-pickup-truck/70346940007/ | 2023-06-22T18:57:37 | 1 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/06/22/motorcyclist-killed-after-colliding-with-warwick-schools-pickup-truck/70346940007/ |
The United States Department of Agriculture awarded College of Southern Idaho $3 million to educate the next generation of agriculture professionals in the Magic Valley.
The five year NextGen grant allows CSI to appoint staff in a dozen rural high schools across the region and encourage students to major in agriculture, food and natural resource programs. New scholarship opportunities for agriculture students will also be made possible by the grant, the release said.
One objective of the NextGen grant is to diversify the professional agriculture workforce. A critical component of CSI's grant application was their Hispanic Serving Institution classification as more than 25% of the college's student population is of Hispanic descent, the release said.
"CSI is the only HSI in Idaho but this is nationwide thing so it was a surprise that we got it since a ton of schools applied for it," Courtney Salmon, CSI's public information manager, told the Times-News.
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CSI was one of 33 colleges awarded a NextGen grant. The college plans to serve more than 400 students beginning this fall.
"Agriculture is such a huge part of our Magic Valley economy, but many of those in professional roles in our area are nearing retirement age," Dr. Barry Pete, CSI dean of career and technical education, said in the release. "This grant will help CSI play a key role in training the next generation of ag professionals in Idaho." | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/csi-awarded-3m-for-ag-education/article_270a76a6-1115-11ee-a452-0753d890916d.html | 2023-06-22T18:57:38 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/csi-awarded-3m-for-ag-education/article_270a76a6-1115-11ee-a452-0753d890916d.html |
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — The Community FoodBank of New Jersey says it is in urgent need of volunteers for its Community Assistance Pantry after reopening to allow the public inside for the first time in three years.
The pantry has seen a nearly 500% increase in families it serves each month, from about 350 in 2021 to more than 2,000 today, the food bank said in a news release. Inflation and the lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to this increase.
“By reopening the Community Assistance Pantry to allow neighbors back inside, we afford them the dignity that comes with being able to shop as they would in a grocery store,” said CJ Cicchino, a volunteer resource manager at the food bank.
The food bank is seeking volunteers to work as pantry assistants for at least one shift per week. There are two shifts from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and shifts on Saturday are from 8 to 11:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
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Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer can register at cfbnj.org/volunteer. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/egg-harbor-township-food-bank-seeking-volunteers/article_07eacbce-1069-11ee-82ee-1be65bb931a2.html | 2023-06-22T19:03:20 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/egg-harbor-township-food-bank-seeking-volunteers/article_07eacbce-1069-11ee-82ee-1be65bb931a2.html |
Mike Trout, 31, a 2009 Millville High School graduate, is a center fielder with the Los Angeles Angels and was the 2014, 2016 and 2019 American League MVP.
Tuesday: Went 0 for 4 in a 2-0 loss to the visiting Dodgers. He batted third and played center field.
Wednesday: Batting third and playing center field, he went 0 for 3, including two strikeouts, and walked once in a 2-0 loss to the Dodgers in the series finale
Thursday: The Angels are off.
Up next: The Angels will begin a three-game series in Colorado against the Rockies. Kyle Freeland (4-8, 4.48 ERA) is scheduled to start the 8:40 p.m. Friday opener. Trout is 0 for 4 against Freeland in his career.
Stats: Trout is hitting .250 (67 for 268) with 15 home runs, 39 RBIs and 46 runs scored in 71 games. He has walked 40 times and struck out 87 times. His on-base percentage was .358, his OPS .824. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/daily-mike-trout-report-angels-held-to-just-two-hits-in-series-finale-loss-to/article_a5404066-106e-11ee-9a8c-7bc04007929c.html | 2023-06-22T19:03:26 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/daily-mike-trout-report-angels-held-to-just-two-hits-in-series-finale-loss-to/article_a5404066-106e-11ee-9a8c-7bc04007929c.html |
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – A Kissimmee woman recently won a $5 million top prize from Florida Lottery’s Gold Rush Limited scratch-off game, according to a news release.
Mensny Oreste, 41, claimed her winnings as a one-time, lump sum payment of $3.96 million from the Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee, the release shows.
She bought the $20 ticket from a Circle K in Sanford, located at 2500 S French Ave., which will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling it.
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According to Florida Lottery, the overall odds of winning something with Gold Rush Limited are 1-in-2.65.
The game is said to feature 32 top prizes of $5 million, 100 prizes of $1 million and more than 33,000 prizes that range in value from $1,000 to $100,000.
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The Black Fire, mapped at 563 acres eight miles south of Boise near Blacks Creek Road, was one of three wildfires that broke out Wednesday in southwest Idaho.
Three wildfires that occurred in southwest Idaho on Wednesday night have been contained, according to a news release from the Boise District Bureau of Land Management.
Still, the fires, which were human caused, demonstrate the potential for active wildfire activity in the region this summer, BLM’s news release stated.
According to Nick Nausler, a predictive services meteorologist with the National Interagency Fire Agency, increased moisture this spring has contributed to growth of southern Idaho’s rangeland fuels, such as grasses and shrubs. Once those grasses dry out in July and August, they could create prime conditions for more fire activity, Nausler said at a State Land Board meeting earlier this week.
The three grass and brush fires that took place Wednesday were the Black Fire, mapped at 563 acres eight miles south of Boise near Blacks Creek Road; the Freeze Fire, which was estimated at 25-plus acres south of Emmett; and the Ham Fire, which spanned 125 acres, 35 miles southeast of Mountain Home. All were contained by midnight, BLM said in its release.
In terms of human-caused fires, the Idaho Department of Lands has a number of recommendations to help with preventative efforts:
Be mindful of debris burning: Many fires are started illegally by people violating burn restrictions during high fire danger months, the department says on its website. People are also responsible for their fire until it is out. If a fire gets away, the person who started it can be held responsible and liable for any property damages and fire suppression costs.
Campfire prep: The Department of Lands says when starting a campfire, select a level, open location away from heavy fuels such as logs, brush or decaying leaves and needles. Clear an area at least 10 feet in diameter and scrape away grass, leaves or needles down to the mineral soil. Scoop a depression in the center of the cleared area and put a ring of rocks around it. Cut wood in short lengths, pile within cleared area and light the fire.
Vehicle awareness: The department reminds motorists that dragging chains, driving on exposed wheel rims, and driving with worn brakes can throw off sparks. Driving onto dry grass or brush can also start fires.
Equipment use: The department points out that various yard equipment such as lawn mowers, weed-eaters, chainsaws, grinders, welders, tractors, and trimmers can all spark a fire.
Weather and drought conditions: Avoid activities that involve fire or sparks when it’s hot, dry and windy, the department says.
Hazardous fuels: Be mindful and remove enough vegetation (fuel) so that when a wildfire burns, it is less severe and can be more easily managed, the department states. When fire encounters areas of brush or small trees, it can burn these “ladder fuels” and may quickly move from a ground fire into the treetops. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/three-wildfires-break-out-in-southwest-idaho-on-wednesday/article_cab2091a-111d-11ee-a6a9-8fd505435509.html | 2023-06-22T19:06:00 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/three-wildfires-break-out-in-southwest-idaho-on-wednesday/article_cab2091a-111d-11ee-a6a9-8fd505435509.html |
Fate of Sarasota's proposed tallest building now in hands of development services director
The fate of what's proposed to be the tallest building in Sarasota now in the hands of the city's planning director, after a development review panel partially signed off on the plan Wednesday.
"Partial signoff" happens when a majority of the city's departments have no more comments, meaning there will be no more public meetings for the proposed 342-foot, 18-story condo tower at 1260 N. Palm Ave. that has spurred nearby residents to organize protests and hire lawyers to challenge the project during the administrative process to develop the property.
Sarasota's Development Review Committee includes 16 city officials from various City Hall departments. The panel reviews projects to make sure the development matches the city's land-use regulations.
The project will be either denied or approved by Development Services Director Lucia Panica. If an "aggrieved party" brings an appeal after Panica's decision, the project would head to the Planning Board, and possibly then to the City Commission.
The project has applied for administrative adjustments for the retail reduction, which could be approved by City Manager Marlon Brown.
Review panel considers technical issues for Sarasota building
The DRC's meetings are often highly technical discussions held between city officials and development professionals discussing the city's codes that include building design documents created by architects and engineers.
The meetings aren't often attended by a large public audience.
However, for the past several meetings when Obsidian Residences was discussed by the DRC during its public meetings, opponents of the project wearing bright red shirts have attended to provide a visual representation of their desire for the project to be denied.
There is no public comment period during DRC meetings, opponents have disapprovingly pointed out.
Ron Shapiro, a leader behind the opposition, said about 50 protesters attended this week, while he expressed disappointment regarding the partial signoff.
Sarasota Chief Planner and chair of the DRC Alison Christie explained the process to the audience after announcing the partial signoff.
She said the move does not mean that the project has been approved or denied, but just that the majority of the review committee did not have any more questions.
The public works, utilities, engineering, planning department, building official and fire department had no more comments for the applicant to address on Wednesday, but both the city's arborist and the development services department had unresolved comments or new comments at the meeting.
One comment Christie made during the meeting noted an additional area of concern regarding a solar study recently submitted by the applicant showing a minimal impact on Bay Plaza — the condo tower with the most residents upset about the project. The study showed the proposed building shadow would likely block the city's solar panels during part of the day.
The applicant "will work with the departments individually to get comments addressed and ultimately, the decision will be with the director of development services," Christie said at the meeting.
Shapiro said he was disappointed that, while city staff would often bring up comments addressing their point of view to the applicant in written materials before meetings, the discussion about the comments would happen outside of the DRC meetings behind closed doors, leaving them unsure if the project was meeting city regulations.
Space between floors remains issue for Obsidian
He said one issue he considers unresolved deals with interstitial space. Critics argue the condo tower stretches the space between floors to push the project's 14-condo units above the other buildings by improperly using the space between floors, which had been "unregulated" before the developer of Obsidian Residences submitted the development application.
"It's disappointing that we don't get to hear how these issues are resolved," Shapiro said. "... The meeting was shorter and sweeter than I would have liked."
The issue of interstitial space resulted in dueling letters between Robert Lincoln, a lawyer representing the developer of Obsidian Residences, and Morgan Bentley, a lawyer for Bay Plaza residents.
Lincoln argued the city previously did not regulate the space before the development application and indicated if the city did try to regulate the project based on the updated regulations, it could result in litigation.
Bentley argued the clear intent of the city's regulations would allow for the city to regulate the space, given that if the space was truly "unregulated" it would render moot the city's 18-story height limit.
Either way Panica decides is likely to result in an appeal, but that's another area Shapiro believes is stacked against city residents, as he pointed to a "high bar" to achieve "aggrieved party" status, noting that the appeal of the EPOCH's administrative approval several years ago failed at that step.
A city spokesperson said there's no timeline for when that decision could be made.
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Sarasota man caught a waterspout on video off Siesta Key
Len Besterman watched the waterspout develop from Nora Patterson Bay Island Park
Len Besterman, a social media content creator with Sarasota Experience, was driving north on Siesta Key, with plans to go to St. Armands Key Wednesday when he saw black clouds coming in, and figured his next stop would be rained out.
He checked an online weather radar app and thought, “I bet you we get some spin somewhere.”
Besterman decided to stop at Nora Patterson Bay Island Park and that’s when he looked south over Roberts Bay near Edwards Islands Park and saw the waterspout start to form.
He started filming; it took between three and four minutes for the waterspout to fully form. He got to the top of the steps at the park's restroom facility "and when I got to the top there you could actually see the water coming up and I started filming again,” Besterman said.
Ross Giarratana, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Ruskin, said conditions lately have been favorable for waterspouts.
“The meteorological conditions they like to develop in are more of your southwest winds and we’ve kind of been on this onshore southwest flow for a while,” Giarratana said. “That generally leads to more waterspout sightings, waterspout development.”
Besterman said he always keeps an eye out for potential waterspouts when he’s near the water.
“The waterspout is the shot on social media,” Besterman said. “I’m not a weather guy or a weather chaser but I’m totally interested." | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2023/06/22/waterspout-in-sarasota-waters-captured-on-video-off-siesta-key/70346609007/ | 2023-06-22T19:14:24 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2023/06/22/waterspout-in-sarasota-waters-captured-on-video-off-siesta-key/70346609007/ |
GREENSBORO — Blue Duck’s electric scooters and bikes are no longer available after the vendor quit unexpectedly, the city said in a news release on Wednesday.
The Texas company was the only contractor under the Shared Micromobility Program and it “ceased operations without notifying the city,” the release said.
The Greensboro Department of Transportation will seek proposals from other companies in July, according to the release, and could have a new vendor in place by fall.
A phone call seeking additional details from the city was not returned Wednesday.
Blue Duck did not respond to an email sent Wednesday seeking comment and a representative answering the company’s customer service phone did not know why it ceased operating here.
However, Texas Public Radio reported that the company folded in 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic severely hurt business, according to the report.
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The city of Durham had a similar experience with the company last year. Blue Duck stopped operating there — also without notice — in May 2022, a city spokeswoman said.
Blue Duck also operated in Winston-Salem, but the city let its contract with the company lapse in 2021. Matthew Burczyk, a transportation project planner for the city, said at the time that another provider, Spin, employed better technology. An alarm alerted riders when the scooter was being parked in an unacceptable spot, Burczyk said.
According to the city of Greensboro’s website, Blue Duck charged $1.25 to start its bikes and scooters and another 30 cents per minute.
The City Council approved an exclusive two-year contract with Blue Duck in March 2021. Under the contract, Blue Duck would pay the city an initial permit fee of $1,750 and a $1,000 annual permit renewal fee each year thereafter. The company also would pay a fee of 15 cents per trip. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/government-politics/blue-duck-greensboro-ceases-operating-electric-bikes-scooters/article_a2794d68-104c-11ee-90d4-673087676387.html | 2023-06-22T19:15:30 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/government-politics/blue-duck-greensboro-ceases-operating-electric-bikes-scooters/article_a2794d68-104c-11ee-90d4-673087676387.html |
GREENSBORO — Police have released few new details in the hours following an officer's fatal shooting of a person who displayed a gun during an incident just after midnight.
Police are not releasing the name of the deceased until that person's family is notified, according to a department spokeswoman. The involved officer, who has not been named, has been placed on administrative duty per departmental policy.
Officers responded to the 1000 block of Tuscaloosa Street at approximately 12:12 a.m. in reference to a suspicious vehicle. When an officer saw someone walking in the street and approached in a police vehicle, the person displayed a firearm, Greensboro police said in a news release.
"The officer fired their weapon from inside their police vehicle, striking the subject," police said in the news release. "The officer began rendering aid until additional officers and EMS personnel arrived."
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The person with the gun did not fire at the officer, police said. The person was taken by ambulance to a local hospital and was declared dead upon arrival, police said in the news release.
The Greensboro Police Department plans to petition the Superior Court of Guilford County to release all video recordings of the incident, department spokeswoman Josie Cambareri said in an email.
As is standard protocol, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation will conduct a criminal investigation into the incident.
In addition, the Greensboro Police Department’s Professional Standards Division will conduct an internal investigation to determine whether departmental policies were followed.
— This is a developing story. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/update-greensboro-police-plans-to-petition-court-to-release-video-recordings-of-fatal-shooting/article_e75d294e-10ed-11ee-aa68-1fd9bf4b56d5.html | 2023-06-22T19:15:34 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/update-greensboro-police-plans-to-petition-court-to-release-video-recordings-of-fatal-shooting/article_e75d294e-10ed-11ee-aa68-1fd9bf4b56d5.html |
Neighborhood Health is $2.5 million closer to funding a $20 million clinic in Fort Wayne’s Oxford area.
The Allen County Fort Wayne Capital Improvement Board pledged the money today to help the organization renovate the former L.C. Ward Education Center at 3501 Warsaw St. into a clinic and community center. Neighborhood Health has done light renovations on the 38,000-square-foot former school building but plans to start major work in the fall, said CEO Angie Zaegel.
Many of Neighborhood Health’s clients at its 1717 S. Calhoun St. clinic come from the 46806 zip code. The new Warsaw Street clinic will be closer to them and also able to serve those who don’t have transportation to get to medical care, she said. Both the Calhoun site and the organization’s clinic at 3350 E. Paulding Road are also running out of room.
Along with offering medical services, the clinic will also have dental, vision, chiropractic and behavioral health services, said Sarah Neace, director of mission advancement for the organization. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/capital-improvement-board-pledges-2-5-million-toward-oxford-neighborhood-clinic/article_008d298e-1114-11ee-a3c6-0bc92a5bf494.html | 2023-06-22T19:17:17 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/capital-improvement-board-pledges-2-5-million-toward-oxford-neighborhood-clinic/article_008d298e-1114-11ee-a3c6-0bc92a5bf494.html |
Fort Wayne police said today a man wanted in connection with an April shooting has been arrested.
Gage Adaway, 22, has been arrested on outstanding warrants for aggravated battery, battery resulting in bodily injury and battery with a deadly weapon stemming from a shooting April 4. On April 5, police sent a news release regarding a shooting in the 4000 block of Willshire Boulevard the previous day.
A man called police and said his friend had been shot and that they were driving to the hospital, according to the April 5 release. The victim was suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the neck when they arrived at the hospital.
At that time, police said they had identified a person of interest in the shooting.
The Fort Wayne Police Department's Homicide Unit led the investigation and was assisted by the department's Vice/Narcotics division. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-police-arrest-man-wanted-in-connection-with-april-shooting/article_45915fd2-1128-11ee-9856-93e3f00aaaa8.html | 2023-06-22T19:17:21 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-police-arrest-man-wanted-in-connection-with-april-shooting/article_45915fd2-1128-11ee-9856-93e3f00aaaa8.html |
Joe Dahm, co-founder of Mike’s Carwash, died Saturday at age 96, the company said today in a news release.
His death was attributed to natural causes.
Joe and Ed Dahm founded Mike's Minit Man Carwash in 1948 in Fort Wayne. Ed Dahm died in 2016 at age 86 after a car crash north of Churubusco.
Joe and Ed Dahm stepped down in 1993 and turned the company over to Joe’s sons Bill and Mike Dahm. In late 2014, they worked with a consultant to peacefully divide the company in two – Mike’s Carwash and Crew Carwash – so they could more easily pass it down to their children.
Mike’s Carwash’s headquarters is now in Cincinnati, from which Joe Dahm’s sons Mike and Joe Dahm, the CEO and president respectively, manage 38 stores in three states.
Joseph Jude Dahm was born on Dec. 1, 1926, to Catherine Michel and Bert Dahm of Fort Wayne. He is survived by nine children, 30 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/joe-dahm-co-founder-of-mikes-carwash-dies-at-age-96/article_d8b02068-1129-11ee-8ff4-23991cb088d8.html | 2023-06-22T19:17:41 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/joe-dahm-co-founder-of-mikes-carwash-dies-at-age-96/article_d8b02068-1129-11ee-8ff4-23991cb088d8.html |
Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation said today it has temporarily closed Northside Pool because of a power outage.
The pool will reopen as soon as possible, and evening swim classes will be dependent on when the power is restored, the city department said in a statement. It said people should check the Fort Wayne Parks Facebook page for current conditions after 5 p.m. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/power-outage-closes-northside-pool/article_cb7c238a-112c-11ee-ab0c-13fd2950bb6d.html | 2023-06-22T19:17:41 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/power-outage-closes-northside-pool/article_cb7c238a-112c-11ee-ab0c-13fd2950bb6d.html |
Virginia Public Media, which operates the local National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service stations, is planning to build a new headquarters in downtown Richmond.
VPM will erect a five-story, 54,000-square-foot building at 13 E. Broad St. in Monroe Ward complete with audio, television and digital content production tools. The space is currently a parking lot but was home to a department store that burned down in 1987.
The new structure "will enable us to realize our vision of more connected, informed and empathetic Virginians for generations to come," said Jayme Swain, CEO of VPM. It's scheduled to open in the spring of 2026.
Located between North First and Foushee streets, near Tarrant's Downtown and jeweler Waller & Co., the headquarters will have facades on both East Broad and East Grace streets. The facility will include space for live performances and events with room for spectators.
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In addition to the main building, VPM is planning a one-story 1,500-square-foot building on the Grace Street side of the block and might build a parking structure in between.
VPM is under contract to purchase the plot, which was assessed at $1.7 million and has been owned by an LLC tied to Fred Shaia for more than 30 years. The network does not know the cost of construction yet, a spokesperson said, but a portion of the cost will be paid for by VPM's foundation, the Virginia Foundation for Public Media and fundraising.
The network, which has a staff of 99 local employees, is currently headquartered in Chesterfield County. VPM has selected local architectural firm SMBW.
As far back as 1886, the location was home to the Cohen Company Department Store, which sold clothing, shoes and textiles until 1936, VPM said. Then it became Charles Store Inc., which renovated the building and operated there until 1985.
While the building was vacant, it caught on fire in 1987 and was destroyed.
VPM also has offices in Charlottesville and Harrisonburg. | https://richmond.com/news/local/business/real-estate/virginia-public-media-to-build-downtown-headquarters/article_ef272986-1106-11ee-8065-b37961d8d778.html | 2023-06-22T19:18:22 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/business/real-estate/virginia-public-media-to-build-downtown-headquarters/article_ef272986-1106-11ee-8065-b37961d8d778.html |
Richmond police are investigating a shooting that killed an adult male near Hillside Court on Thursday morning.
Officers responding to a call in the 2000 block of Mansion Avenue at around 7:40 a.m. Thursday found an adult male in an alley. The victim, who has not been identified, had suffered an apparent gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Anyone with additional information is asked to call Detective Neifeld at (804) 646-3246 or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at (804) 780-1000. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-courts/richmond-police-mansion-avenue-death-investigation/article_b6777010-1123-11ee-81e8-87b269edcd0f.html | 2023-06-22T19:18:28 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-courts/richmond-police-mansion-avenue-death-investigation/article_b6777010-1123-11ee-81e8-87b269edcd0f.html |
MIDLAND, Texas — The Midland YMCA will be expanding its operations in 2024 with a Northwest Midland Project that will look to meet the community needs in that area.
The organization recently purchased 24-acres of land located at 5512 Golden Gate in April.
“The opportunity this land brings to the Midland community today, tomorrow, and years to come is immeasurable,” said Christine Bearden, Midland YMCA CEO. “This initial project is relatively small but is a great start to how the Y can best serve the community in the future.”
The plan for the Midland YMCA is to renovate an existing structure that is located at the Southeast corner of Avalon and Mockingbird that will offer a select number of programs. Some of those programs include recreational sports, active older adult activities and other programs that are lacking in the community.
People can visit the Midland YMCA Facebook page for more information about the project and their process with purchasing the land. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/midland-ymca-to-expand-operations-to-meet-needs-in-northwest-area-of-midland/513-605473e7-946a-4ac1-b5df-75791f827783 | 2023-06-22T19:19:37 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/midland-ymca-to-expand-operations-to-meet-needs-in-northwest-area-of-midland/513-605473e7-946a-4ac1-b5df-75791f827783 |
GLEN BURNIE, Md. — The largest cocaine bust in Anne Arundel County Police history leads to drug kingpin charges for one Glen Burnie man.
Authorities began investigating after witnessing several hand to hand drug transactions taking place.
Detectives wanted to know who was supplying these particular dealers, and where the drugs were coming from.
So they identified and executed search warrants at the homes of seven people involved, including 42-year-old Maurice Dorsey and Darryl Henson, 45, both of Anne Arundel County.
Turns out a 42-year-old man named Clayton Mooring was providing both cocaine to sell.
Through wiretaps and other measures, investigators learned Mooring had the drugs shipped to Maryland from Houston, Texas on car carriers.
On April 7 police intercepted an incoming vehicle from Texas headed towards Mooring's business in Glen Burnie.
Packages containing approximately 17 kilograms of cocaine were discovered sewn into the seat cushions.
An additional 1.8 kilograms of cocaine was then found at Mooring's business. The overall value of the cocaine was estimated at $2 million.
Aside from Mooring, Dorsey and Henson, six other people face charges in connection with the investigation.
On top of the cocaine recovered from Mooring, police seized 21 firearms, one a ghost gun, and two of which were stolen, as well as 400 grams of heroin, 360 grams of fentanyl, and 67 pounds of cannabis. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/glen-burnie-man-faces-kingpin-charges-after-record-setting-cocaine-bust | 2023-06-22T19:24:56 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/glen-burnie-man-faces-kingpin-charges-after-record-setting-cocaine-bust |
SALISBURY, Md. — TSA has installed two new security technologies that enhance screening capabilities of travelers at the Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport security checkpoint.
A new credential authentication technology (CAT) unit and a 3-D computed tomography scanner are now in use at the checkpoint.
Passenger's will simply insert their ID into the unit, which confirms the validity of a traveler's identification and their flight information.
“The credential authentication technology enhances detection capabilities for identifying fraudulent documents such as driver’s licenses and passports at the checkpoint and increases efficiency by automatically verifying passenger identification,” said Christopher Murgia, TSA’s Federal Security Director for Maryland.
CAT units authenticate more than 2,500 different types of IDs including passports, military common access cards and retired military ID cards.
After passing through the the travel document checking podium, travelers will approach the computed tomography scanner, which uses 3-D imaging that provides critical explosives detection capabilities for screening carry-on items. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/salisbury-regional-airport-installs-technology-to-enhance-checkpoint-screening | 2023-06-22T19:25:02 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/salisbury-regional-airport-installs-technology-to-enhance-checkpoint-screening |
Child porn charges against French Gulch Hotel owner dismissed; evidence planting alleged
Amid allegations of evidence planting, a charge of possessing child pornography has been dismissed against one of the owners of the French Gulch Hotel.
The Shasta County District Attorney's office cited "evidentiary issues" in deciding to seek to dismiss the case against Eric Paul Jue.
But Jue's attorney, Robert Hammonds of Redding, said neither he nor his client were presented with the evidence. And the DA's office refused to identify the "confidential informant" who obtained the evidence against Jue, Hammonds said.
"The information obtained by law enforcement came from a, quote, confidential informant. And I believe all of the pornographic material that was found on a computer was put there by this confidential informant because (the informant's) statement was, 'Mr. Jue was the only one with access to the computer. And when I had access to it, I saw all this pornography on it.' Well, those two things don't make sense together," Hammonds said.
Because of those issues with the evidence, Hammonds said the DA's office likely would not have prevailed at trial.
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The DA's office said that as part of a settlement on a separate charge of having an illegal assault weapon, one of the terms of Jue's probation is that officers can search his electronic devices for child pornography.
"Mr. Jue was fine with that. They can search anytime they want," Hammonds said.
The DA's office dismissed the charges against Jue, 55, in February. He agreed to plead guilty to having an illegal assault weapon and in March he was sentenced to two years of probation.
The case began when a confidential informant told law enforcement Jue was accessing child pornography on his laptop, according to a report with the North State Major Investigative Team of California's Department of Justice. Investigators said Jue accessed images of children as young as 1 year old on his computer.
Jue was alleged to have over 600 such images, including some photos of naked prepubescent children involved in sex acts, according to law enforcement documents filed with the court.
Hammonds said the DA's office did not show that it had any of the pornographic material that was allegedly on Jue's computer. All evidence in a criminal case is supposed to be shared with a defendant, Hammonds said.
"The Constitution requires it, but this is Shasta County," he said.
Authorities arrested Jue in March 2020 following an eight-month investigation that began in July 2019.
On Aug. 13, 2019 law enforcement also arrested Jue on suspicion of having an unregistered assault weapon, according to the report.
Hammonds said he filed a motion to suppress evidence obtained during a search of the hotel, which turned up the assault weapon. That motion was denied so he filed an appeal on that issue with the California Third District Court of Appeal.
"The search warrant specifically said the officers were to search no occupied rooms. And they searched every room in the hotel. That sounds illegal to me," Hammonds said.
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Firefighters raced to save a construction worker who got trapped between two buildings on the Lower East Side following a scary fall, officials said.
The worker, who has not yet been identified, fell about 30 feet Thursday morning and landed on his back. He then got stuck and couldn't free himself from the very tight space between the buildings on Broome Street.
Firefighters had to use blades and jackhammers to breach a wall to get to the man out.
"Took about a half hour to breach the wall, made a cut about six feet wide by two feet high. We eventually pulled the worker out through the hole," said FDNY Chief John Leverock.
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The construction worker was injured but awake and talking during the rescue. He complained about pain to his head.
He was being treated at a local hospital. His condition was not immediately clear. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/construction-worker-gets-wedged-between-lower-east-side-buildings-after-30-foot-fall/4444865/ | 2023-06-22T19:44:38 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/construction-worker-gets-wedged-between-lower-east-side-buildings-after-30-foot-fall/4444865/ |
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- A Brooklyn man was sentenced to decades behind bars for murdering his ex-girlfriend's mother and stepfather, shooting and stabbing both years ago, the local district attorney said.
- Jerry Maisonett, 35, was sentenced Thursday to 22 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree murder on Aug. 8, 2022, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said Wednesday.
- Citing an investigation, Gonzalez said that on Dec. 28, 2015, at about 3:30 p.m., Maisonett and another person, shot and stabbed Rosie Sanchez, 38 and Anderson Nunez, 40, in their apartment in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Maisonett's former girlfriend, Destiny Garcia, also lived in the apartment. She was also arrested and convicted in connection to the crime.
A Brooklyn man was sentenced to decades behind bars for murdering his ex-girlfriend's mother and stepfather, shooting and stabbing both years ago, the local district attorney said.
Jerry Maisonett, 35, was sentenced Thursday to 22 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree murder on Aug. 8, 2022, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said Wednesday.
Citing an investigation, Gonzalez said that on Dec. 28, 2015, at about 3:30 p.m., Maisonett and another person, shot and stabbed Rosie Sanchez, 38 and Anderson Nunez, 40, in their apartment on Batchelder Street, in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Maisonett's former girlfriend, Destiny García, also lived in the apartment.
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Sanchez was shot in the head and stabbed in the heart. Meanwhile, Nunez was shot twice and stabbed more than 30 times.
Maisonett was arrested nearly two months later on Feb. 16, 2016, following an investigation.
“Today’s lengthy sentence holds this defendant accountable for his role in this brutal and horrific double murder that robbed two innocent victims of their lives," Gonzalez said. "The depravity of these crimes cannot be overstated, and while no sentence can bring the victims back to their family and friends, I hope this sentence offers them some sense of solace.”
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Meanwhile, García, 22, was arrested on Jan. 4, 2016, after she spoke about the killings to a cousin, who then informed police.
Garcia was subsequently convicted of two counts of first-degree manslaughter and one count of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. She will be sentenced on Aug. 3, 2023. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-man-gets-22-years-for-killing-ex-girlfriends-mother-stepfather/4444551/ | 2023-06-22T19:44:44 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-man-gets-22-years-for-killing-ex-girlfriends-mother-stepfather/4444551/ |
Casper’s jail budget for this and next year have significantly increased due to a rise in crime trends coupled with the cost of inflation, which has raised the price of holding an inmate to roughly $141 a day, according to city and county officials.
On Tuesday, the city of Casper added close to $500,000 to the 2024 fiscal year budget -- which ends in June -- to cover unexpected inmate care costs, a city council agenda shows.
The Casper Police Department originally budgeted for about $1.4 million for jail costs, but ultimately needed about $1.9 million, Chief Keith McPheeters told the Star-Tribune. There’s no room to budget for unexpected events such as record snowfall or riots in the street, which requires extra law enforcement, he said.
And recently Casper is “facing serious crime trends,” so officers are ramping up patrols, traffic stops and other preventative policing measures to combat that, McPheeters said. This means more tickets and more arrests, and that requires additional money.
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That said, police officers can't be told “to slow down their work,” McPheeters said.
Roughly 15% of Casper’s $198 million budget for 2024 is heading towards public safety with about $1.7 million set aside for inmate costs, a city council agenda shows.
The city of Casper is billed by the Natrona County Detention Center, as the Casper Police Department doesn’t have its own jail “nor do I want to,” said McPheeters.
Generally speaking, the city pays for a person’s jail costs if a Municipal Court judge sentences an offender to jail time, said City Manager Carter Napier. The Municipal Court, located on the 5th floor of the Hall of Justice, has jurisdiction over city ordinance violations filed by the City Attorney’s Office, Casper Police Department, Metro Animal Control and Code Enforcement.
For example, diving off bridges or urinating in public are violations of city ordinances, Casper’s code of ordinances shows.
If a judge determines jail time is appropriate, the cost of holding that individual has gone up -- “the costs to run the Detention Center i.e. utilities, fuel for transports, etc. have increased,” Natrona County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Kiera Grogan said.
“There is an agreement in place to determine how this is calculated,” Grogan said. “There is an independent audit each year to determine that.”
In March 2022, it cost about $137 a day per person for jail costs, McPheeters said. It increased to about $141 this year. The increase isn’t particularly significant, but it typically costs a bit more each year.
McPheeters acknowledged the price may seem high -- it would likely be cheaper to put someone up in “a room at the Ramkota Hotel and get room service” while they served their sentence, he said.
But the jail costs are already meticulously calculated, so as long as officers continue to need to make more arrests and give more tickets, there’s nothing that can be done by city or county agencies to lower costs, McPheeters said. | https://trib.com/news/local/crime-courts/natrona-county-jail-budget-increase/article_b2a6459e-1126-11ee-b6b9-8f817deaba1d.html | 2023-06-22T19:45:57 | 0 | https://trib.com/news/local/crime-courts/natrona-county-jail-budget-increase/article_b2a6459e-1126-11ee-b6b9-8f817deaba1d.html |
Commission funds legal counsel, prepares to litigate impact of ‘GRU Takeover’ bill
Gainesville commissioners now have some legal help in their fight against a looming Gainesville Regional Utilities takeover bill.
The commission voted unanimously Thursday to authorize the spending of $250,000 from the GRU utility system reserves fund for the outside counsel of Ackerman, LLP, led by Cindy Laquidara. The decision comes as commissioners brace for Gov. Ron DeSantis to sign House Bill 1645, which will appoint a new five-member governance board to oversee all decisions related to the municipal utility.
“I do think it's a shame that we have to expend these funds,” said Commissioner Bryan Eastman. “I feel like we kind of have a responsibility to our constituents to use these funds and to ensure that their will and their voices are heard in regards to this legislation.”
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Commissioners fear the bill will be devastating for local government and services. The legislation has already cost GRU ratepayers an additional $2.9 million over the next three years via a bond swap approved last week. The city hopes the outside counsel can provide legal advice in connection with analyzing and potentially litigating the impact of the bill on the city.
At a March 23 meeting, before the bill had even been filed in the house, the commission directed the City Attorney’s Office to seek outside legal counsel. Thursday’s decision was merely to determine where the funding for counsel would come from.
Tony Cunningham, GRU’s general manager, said that because GRU doesn’t have the funds available, it will have to come from reserves.
The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Chuck Clemons, R-Newberry, can be signed by the governor any day now with a June 29 deadline.
If DeSantis doesn't act on the bill by signing or vetoing it, it can still go into effect. The bill has a written effective date of July 1.
“This has not become law at this point. The governor has the opportunity to watch and listen to the people of Gainesville and Alachua County and veto this bill,” Mayor Harvey Ward said. “That is still an option. And if that happens, we don't spend this money.” | https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/local/2023/06/22/gainesville-commission-retains-outside-counsel-to-fight-gru-bill/70347678007/ | 2023-06-22T19:46:08 | 1 | https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/local/2023/06/22/gainesville-commission-retains-outside-counsel-to-fight-gru-bill/70347678007/ |
Tens of thousands could pack downtown Pickens for July 1 Donald Trump rally. What to know.
Police Chief Randal Beach: A July 1 crowd of 30,000 is 'very possible'
- The small city of Pickens in Upstate South Carolina is preparing to balloon in size on July 1 for a rally by former President Donald Trump.
- City Administrator Charlene Carter says city has no financial responsibility for Trump's rally
- Police Chief Randal Beach: A July 1 crowd of 30,000 is 'very possible'
- Full complement of law enforcement agencies plan to maintain peace and order during the rally
- Trump remains popular in spite of recent spate of legal issues
The city of Pickens is home to a close-knit community of 3,100 in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
But come Saturday, July 1, the city population is expected to balloon in size as thousands drive into the small downtown to see former President Donald Trump.
Trump, who enjoys immense popularity in Upstate SC, has remained a front-runner in the Republican primary field despite facing federal criminal charges related to classified documents and mismanagement of campaign funds. The 45th president will want to woo the first-in-the-South primary voters who are looking at an expansive primary field.
Gates open at 9 a.m. for Trump's campaign event on Main Street and Trump is scheduled to speak at 1 p.m., with guest speakers beginning at 11:30 a.m. The Independence Day Spectacular wraps up at 9 p.m. with fireworks at dusk at Bruce Field.
When did the planning for Trump's rally begin?
City Administrator Charlene Carter told the Greenville News that the planning for Trump's arrival began June 5 after the former president's campaign explored the city's downtown.
"We've been working hard on (the city) just to do landscaping and maintenance through the spring and so it was kind of ironic that this is the site (Trump) wanted," Carter said on June 15. She said leaders like U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and state House Majority Leader Davey Hiott, R-Pickens were instrumental in clearing the way for a potential rally.
Hiott is not surprised that Trump chose Pickens as his next stop.
"If you look back in 2020, of all 46 counties, Pickens County was the highest percentage of voters for (Trump) in the whole state of South Carolina. Almost 76% of people in Pickens County voted for Donald Trump, "Hiott said. "So (Trump) looked at that, and said why not? Why not repay (Pickens County residents) for their support and go visit their small city."
Hiott met with Trump's campaign and city officials Tuesday. They spent the afternoon scoping out Main Street and figuring out the logistics of how to house visitors and where to set up the stage and parking spots.
Almost 20,000 visitors have already registered for the rally, the House Majority Leader said.
"It's quite a challenge now that (Trump) said 'Yes,' I can tell you that," he continued.
Hosting a Trump rally a tall order for small cities
Trump's popularity as a former president could begin to justify the scale of the event. But ethical questions of whether the city was sponsoring a political candidate's event swirled after the event was announced.
"My understanding is that the city will have no financial responsibility as it relates to this," Carter said.
The Trump campaign is expected to bring in a construction crew for staging the event and will dismantle any construction after Trump's speech. Carter said U.S. Secret Service agents will do all the planning for safety.
The campaign will also bring in food vendors and portable bathrooms.
"None of that is going to be the city's responsibility," Carter reiterated.
The city, however, will foot the bill for its own Independence Day event that will coincide with the Trump rally.
"The city's real responsibility is just to be an open corridor of communication. For example, we have to put in permits with the SC Department of Transportation as far as closing Main Street."
The city will also provide the Trump campaign with information related to parking and possibilities where the site could be extended outside the city limits.
"The (Trump campaign) said they go a lot of different places and so they have this down to a science," Carter said.
Crowd of 30,000 'very possible' for Trump rally
Pickens Police Chief Randal Beach said he wouldn't be surprised if the Trump rally crowd swells to 30,000. It should easily surpass the crowds of 5,000 to 6,000 at the city's annual Azalea Festival held each spring, he said.
"I think it is very possible," he said of a crowd 10 times the size of the city's population.
Beach said attendees should plan to allow extra time to find a parking space. Streets around the event will be closed to traffic, with live music at the city's amphitheater and nearly 100 vendors throughout the day.
Nearby, Pickens High School will likely be designated for parking overflow, he said.
A media zone will be set up near the city police station on Johnson Street, roughly 250 yards from the Main Street events, he said.
"We are not overly concerned with parking," Beach said. "It's going to take some patience with driving and traffic. We want people to be safe and not have to walk too far."
Besides Graham and Hiott, other high-profile Republicans lining up to attend and deliver remarks include S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster, Lt. Gov. Pam Evette, and U.S. Rep. William Timmons of Greenville.
Beach said Trump will likely be flying into Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport Saturday morning, then traveling with Secret Service by vehicle to Pickens where he will speak at 1 p.m. Trump is scheduled to leave Pickens by 3 p.m.
A spokeswoman for GSP Airport said details on Trump's arrival have not yet been finalized.
Law enforcement will be 'significant' in Pickens
Beach said there will be a significant law enforcement presence to maintain peace and order during the Trump rally.
Agencies joining the Pickens Police Department will be Pickens County Sheriff's Office, State Law Enforcement Division, the S.C. Highway Patrol and the Secret Service.
In general, there will be no restrictions on what visitors can bring, he said. But the Secret Service may require backpacks to be checked, "similar to the TSA checkpoint at an airport," Beach said.
Officers will be on the lookout for hostilities between pro- and anti-Trump attendees.
"Because it's a political event, there are people that have diametrically opposed opinions," Beach said. "We recognize that on either end of the spectrum, it can be emotional, people passionate about their views. I don't care what your political views are, anytime you see people exercising First Amendment rights, peacefully, that should be a joy."
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Trump remains top choice among Republicans
Upstate GOP leaders said, in spite of all of Trump's legal troubles, he remains highly popular.
"We are excited and delighted that President Trump chose Pickens for his July 4th holiday, and he is extremely popular among our members," said Bob Fetterly, chairman of the Pickens County Republican Party.
Curt Smith, chairman of the Spartanburg County Republican Party, said many local Trump supporters plan to attend the Pickens rally.
He added that presidential candidate Tim Scott of South Carolina has become nearly as popular as Trump among party members.
"Tim Scott is going to do quite well in South Carolina," Smith said. "He's got a message and he's positive. We have an open primary, and there will be a large number of minorities who are going to want to vote for Tim Scott."
South Carolina is also the home state for former Gov. and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley.
Trump juggling campaign, legal issues
A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll showed 43% of self-identified Republicans preferred Trump as their preferred candidate and 22% said they favored Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Trump's return to South Carolina will come weeks after he appeared in court in Miami, Tuesday, June 13. Trump pled not guilty to 37 charges related to the alleged mishandling of classified documents, which included military information related to nuclear programs.
Last month, a Manhattan jury found Trump liable for damages in a sexual assault case involving former journalist E. Jean Carroll.
In March, a Manhattan jury indicted Trump on charges of mismanaging campaign funds. Prosecutors argued Trump falsified business records to cover up hush money payments to an ex-mistress named Stormy Daniels. The use of campaign funds to buy silence was seen as an illegal campaign contribution.
Meanwhile, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll showed a potential rematch of the 2020 contest had 34% backing President Joe Biden and 32% backing Trump. Nearly a quarter said they would support an unspecified independent contender.
In a choice between Biden and DeSantis, Biden leads DeSantis by 33%-26%.
Devyani Chhetri covers SC politics for the Greenville News. Reach her via email at dchhetri@gannett.com.
Bob Montgomery covers politics and growth and development for the Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Reach him via email at bmontgomery@shj.com. | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/22/gop-friendly-pickens-preparing-for-july-1-donald-trump-rally-upstate-sc-republicans/70338253007/ | 2023-06-22T19:47:41 | 1 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/22/gop-friendly-pickens-preparing-for-july-1-donald-trump-rally-upstate-sc-republicans/70338253007/ |
Three Greenville restaurants make Yelp's list of Top Places to Eat in the Carolinas
Earlier this week, Yelp announced its first Top 100 Places to Eat in the Carolinas collection.
Three Greenville restaurants made the list.
Pita House placed at No. 13, while Sassafras Southern Bistro placed at No. 66 and Califas ranked No. 94. Spartanburg's Lemongrass Kitchen ranked No. 47.
According to a press release, Yelp "identified businesses in the restaurants category, then ranked those spots using a number of factors, including the total volume and ratings of reviews between January 1, 2021, and March 31, 2023. This list looked at businesses in North Carolina and South Carolina. When available, all businesses on this list have a passing health score as of March 31, 2023."
Nina Tran covers trending topics for the Greenville News. Reach her via email at ntran@gannett.com | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/greenville/2023/06/22/three-greenville-restaurants-placed-in-yelp-carolina-collection-food-eating-dining-top-100-sc/70347228007/ | 2023-06-22T19:47:47 | 0 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/greenville/2023/06/22/three-greenville-restaurants-placed-in-yelp-carolina-collection-food-eating-dining-top-100-sc/70347228007/ |
DICKSON CITY, Pa. — Dalton VanHoren at Laser Lube in Dickson City knows how to fix your car, but if you're broken down on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere, he can't help you.
He gave us some tips to remember before you head out on that road trip.
First things first - make sure you have basic emergency tools.
"Normally located in the trunk of your car. You got your jack, you got your tire iron and the tool that's used to operate your jack."
If you find yourself with a flat, this is step one.
"Take your tire iron, and loosen your lugs. You would want to loosen these before you lift the car," VanHoren said.
Twist off the lug nuts, and lift off the tire. Place the spare tire on, and replace the lug nuts. Make sure they're on tight.
If you're driving on a spare tire, you don't want to drive it very far or very fast.
"Most of them are only rated for like 50-60 mph. As far as mileage, I would want to get to a garage to get your tire repaired as soon as possible because who wants to drive on something like that?"
Dead batteries are another common problem.
With a jump starter pack, you eliminate the need for a second car.
You're going to hook your positive clamp first.
"Black is negative, red is positive. Once you hooked it up, turn your box on, and then you'll be good to go. Get inside the car, turn the key, and the car should start."
The owner of Laser Lube says there's no such thing as a summer vacation at the auto repair stores; this is one of the busiest seasons of the year. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/summer-road-trip-cart-tips-travel-safety/523-fef41378-b22b-4791-8e23-1ec11b0602dc | 2023-06-22T19:48:05 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/summer-road-trip-cart-tips-travel-safety/523-fef41378-b22b-4791-8e23-1ec11b0602dc |
The Village of Pleasant Prairie will host the annual Pleasant Prairie Triathlon Sunday from 6 a.m. to noon.
The race, which first began in 2002, will be confined to Prairie Springs Park, 9900 Terwall Terrace, except for the bike course.
The following roads will be closed to through traffic:
Highway H (88th Avenue) between 95th Street and Highway 165 (104th Street)
Highway 31 (Green Bay Road), both north and southbound lanes between Highway 165 and the State Line
Highway 165 between 118th Avenue and Highway 31
Springbrook Road to116th Street between Highway 31 and 32nd Avenue
Car traffic for businesses along the bike route will be able to travel on the closed roadways, provided extreme caution is exercised and the shortest route to and from the destination is used. For safety, all are asked to please leash all outside pets adjacent to the bike route.
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Truck traffic should not use Highway 165 west of Highway 31 and will not be allowed to cross it during the closure. Truck traffic from businesses located south of Highway 165 should travel south to Russel Road to access I-94. Truck traffic from businesses located north of Highway 165 should travel north on 80th Avenue, east on 95th Street, north on Highway 31, then west on Highway 50 to access I-94. Roads will be marked with appropriate detours, and intersections will be monitored for safe bicycle and vehicle flow.
For questions regarding these road closures, please call the Pleasant Prairie Police Department at 262-694-7353.
To learn more about the Pleasant Prairie Triathlon, visit PleasantPrairieTri.com. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/pleasant-prairie-triathlon-to-be-held-sunday-at-prairie-springs-park-and-on-bike-course/article_5e436d1c-0f9e-11ee-88a7-a773e357eb72.html | 2023-06-22T19:50:14 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/pleasant-prairie-triathlon-to-be-held-sunday-at-prairie-springs-park-and-on-bike-course/article_5e436d1c-0f9e-11ee-88a7-a773e357eb72.html |
A 17-year-old male from Creston allegedly escaped while being transported to the Central Iowa Detention Center in Eldora early Wednesday morning by faking an illness, assaulting a driver, and stealing the transport vehicle.
According to a release from the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called to the 13000 block of Partridge Avenue in Mason City around 1:40 a.m. Upon arrival they learned the boy, who was being transported from the Cerro Gordo County Jail, complained of a medical problem, prompting the driver to pull over. At that point the boy allegedly assaulted and overpowered the driver, left the officer on the side of the rode and drove off in the transport.
The officer was treated for injuries at MercyOne North Iowa.
A bulletin was broadcast statewide and the boy was spotted driving the vehicle in Polk County. He led Des Moines Police on a chase resulting in the boy crashing the stolen vehicle. He was then taken to the Polk County Jail.
Cerro Gordo County deputies have filed several charges against the boy. He was charged by the Iowa State Patrol with operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent during the evening hours of June 20.
The Iowa State Patrol and Mason City Fire EMS assisted at the scene. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/assault-juvenile-illness-custody/article_c5effb68-1077-11ee-bfab-c7d4dbc76ca7.html | 2023-06-22T19:50:28 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/assault-juvenile-illness-custody/article_c5effb68-1077-11ee-bfab-c7d4dbc76ca7.html |
A Northwood man was arrested June 12 and faces more than 45 years in prison after being charged with four sex abuse crimes.
According to court records, 66-year-old Douglas Neal Warburton has been charged with the following crimes:
- Second-degree sexual abuse -- Class B felony.
- Lascivious acts with a child -- Class C felony.
- Third-degree sexual abuse -- Class C felony.
- Indecent contact with a child -- Aggravated misdemeanor.
The affidavits state that Warburton abused the victim starting when she was 5 years old. The alleged victim is now 9 and told investigators that the abuse was still happening until recently and took place in a camper or in Warburton's bedroom. The abuse allegedly started in May 2019.
Worth County Deputy Dennis Paulson was informed of the alleged abuse on May 23 by a Mitchell County deputy. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/sex-abuse-northwood-iowa/article_e7a74fac-1119-11ee-a65e-8b8943a0deba.html | 2023-06-22T19:50:30 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/sex-abuse-northwood-iowa/article_e7a74fac-1119-11ee-a65e-8b8943a0deba.html |
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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The event was held at the site of Garland's boyhood home 1.5 miles northeast of Osage in Burr Oak Township.
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."
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ALEXANDRIA, S.D. — Voters with the Hanson School District selected Quinton Patzlaff Tuesday, June 20 for an open seat on the Hanson Board of Education.
Residents of the district, which is comprised of parts of Hanson and Miner counties, selected Patzlaff over Jim Williams III by a vote 194-146, or 57% to 43%. With 340 voters turning out to the polls out of 1,317 total voters in the district, the election had a 26% turnout, according to Jodi Hruby, business manager for the Hanson School District.
Patzlaff will take the seat currently held by Travis Cheeseman, who chose not to seek re-election. Patzlaff will be sworn in for his three-year term at the regular July meeting of the Hanson Board of Education, which is currently scheduled for July 10.
The current board of education is made up of members Gary Jarding, Duane Letcher, Cheeseman, Todd Waldera and Don Huber. | https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/local/voters-select-patzlaff-for-hanson-board-of-education | 2023-06-22T19:51:03 | 1 | https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/local/voters-select-patzlaff-for-hanson-board-of-education |
SANFORD, Fla. — Sanford police are working to help owners of certain Hyundai and Kia vehicles to prevent them from being stolen.
Thanks to a viral TikTok trend, thefts of Hyundai and Kia vehicles without push-button ignitions and immobilizing anti-theft devices have skyrocketed.
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To help prevent more thefts, Sanford police are partnering with Hyundai and AAA Insurers to provide free steering wheel locks to owners of vehicles with a high risk of theft.
If you’d like one request one of the free steering wheel locks, you can either ask at the front desk of the Public Safety Building, located at 815 Historic Goldsboro Blvd, or email CRU@Sanfordfl.gov
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PORTLAND, Ore. — The plywood fence protecting the Multnomah County Courthouse will be removed by early July. Workers installed the temporary barrier in 2020 amid nightly racial justice protests in downtown Portland.
The newly minted courthouse, which opened in October 2020, suffered roughly $550,000 in damage from 2020 through 2022, according to a county spokesperson. Vandalism included broken windows, spray painted walls and other property damage.
Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson directed crews to remove the fence. It will be taken down by the weekend of July 8, a county spokesperson confirmed. Workers hope to preserve a “Justice is Blind” mural painted on the fence.
Portland resident Eric Stayer sees the removal of the plywood fence as an important symbol of progress. Downtown Portland is still scarred after violent protests in the summer of 2020 resulting in broken windows, fires and property damage.
“It is necessary to come down,” said Stayer.
Other Portland residents agreed and hope there’s no future damage.
“I’m a little worried,” said Peggy Willer. “I think it will help, obviously taking the boards down makes it a more inviting place for people to feel comfortable coming back, but I do have some concerns.”
The Multnomah County Justice Center, which was repeatedly targeted by protests, will remain partially boarded up. A patchwork of plywood covers the westside of the building in downtown Portland. Multnomah County spokesperson Jessica Morkert-Shibley said officials are still in the planning stages — evaluating alternatives to help increase protection and security at the Justice Center.
In February, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler directed crews to remove plywood boards covering the windows and glass doors of the Portland Police Bureau’s Central Precinct — which sits on the opposite side of the Justice Center.
There are no current plans to remove the heavy metal fencing and plywood protecting the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse, according to a spokesperson for the General Services Administration. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/multnomah-county-courthouse-fence-removal/283-2576662a-84c8-4d30-827f-d5353be03c2d | 2023-06-22T19:58:48 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/multnomah-county-courthouse-fence-removal/283-2576662a-84c8-4d30-827f-d5353be03c2d |
EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. — A man was arrested in El Dorado County after he allegedly inflicted deadly injuries on a baby.
The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office says detectives were initially called to investigate physical abuse against an infant.
The infant was hospitalized and later died. Kevin Van Streefkerk, 37, of Cameron Park was arrested on suspicion of murder.
He is being held without bond at the El Dorado County jail.
Watch more from ABC10: Mother and son arrested after man shot to death at Fair Oaks home, deputies say | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/arrest-made-el-dorado-county-infant-death/103-e74f55dc-cc93-46ab-a2a7-4b525e72f62b | 2023-06-22T20:00:10 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/arrest-made-el-dorado-county-infant-death/103-e74f55dc-cc93-46ab-a2a7-4b525e72f62b |
COLLIN COUNTY, Texas — Two people have been killed in a crash between a van and an SUV in Collin County, officials have confirmed to WFAA.
The Collin County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) said the crash happened June 22 at County Road 539 and County Road 543. The van was turning onto CR 539 from CR 543 and disregarded a stop sign, leading to the collision with the SUV, CCSO said.
Officials said a passenger of the van was declared dead at the scene. The SUV slid off into a ditch after the impact and struck two construction workers, CCSO told WFAA. One of the construction workers died and the other sustained minor injuries, according to CCSO.
The van slid into a power pole after the crash, and Oncor has been contacted. The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating the crash, CCSO said.
The identities of the victims is being withheld until next of kin is notified.
No further information was immediately available.
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BLOOMINGTON — A Cook County man has been charged with being an armed habitual criminal.
Michael A. Williams, 44, of Harvey is charged with armed habitual criminal, a Class X felony, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, a Class 2 felony, unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a felon, a Class 2 felony, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, a Class 2 felony .
He was arrested on June 20 following a traffic stop on Interstate 55.
Prosecutors said Williams failed to move over for a stopped vehicle on the side of the road, and when officers conducted the traffic stop, they noticed an open alcoholic beverage in the center console.
Time is running out as the sub's passengers deplete their oxygen supply. Rescuers face myriad challenges in finding the craft over an area bigger than Lake Ontario and deeper than the Rocky Mountains are tall.
When police asked Williams if there were any other illegal items in the car, he said there was a firearm, prosecutors said.
They reported finding a 9 mm cartridge in the front of the vehicle, a loaded 9 mm rifle in the rear of the vehicle and 9 grams of cannabis.
Prosecutors said Williams' criminal history includes a 2008 mob action in Peoria County and 2000 robbery in Cook County.
Williams's bond was set at $25,000 with 10% to apply, meaning he would have to post $2,500 plus court fees to be released from the McLean County Detention Facility .
An arraignment was scheduled for July 7.
Updated mug shots from The Pantagraph
Bryant Lewis
Bryant Lewis, 28, of Bloomington, is charged with home invasion causing injury, a Class X felony. His next appearance is Dec. 30.
Connor Wood
Derek Roesch
Derek Roesch of Saybrook was charged Thursday, Nov. 10 in McLean County Law and Justice Center with several counts, including:
-Two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, Class 2 felonies
-One count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon while on parole, Class 2 felony
-Two counts of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a felon, class 2 felonies
-One count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a felon while on parole, class 2 felony
-Unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver (greater than 2000 grams but less than 5000 grams), a class 1 felony
-Unlawful possession of cannabis (greater than 2000 grams but less than 5000 grams), a class 2 felony
-Unlawful possession of a controlled substance, psylocibin less than 15 grams, a class 4 felony
-Unlawful possession of methamphetamine, less than five grams, a class 3 felony.
-Unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, a class A misdemeanor
Justin M. Mata
Justin M. Mata, 28, no address given, is charged with possession of less than five grams of meth with intent to deliver, a Class 2 felony, and possession of less than five grams of meth, a Class 3 felony. He was released on a $50,000 personal recognizance bond and his next appearance is Dec. 30.
Connor Wood
Marcus D. Wesley
Marcus D. Wesley, 36, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon in a vehicle (Class 4 felony), unlawful possession of cannabis (Class 3 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Phillip Tinch
Phillip Tinch of Normal was charged Thursday, Nov. 10 at the McLean County Law and Justice Center with several felonies including:
- Five counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, more than one but less than 15 grams of a substance containing cocaine, a Class 1 felony.
-One count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, less than one gram of a substance containing cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
Trisha L. Hanke
Trisha L. Hanke, 36, is charged with theft of over $10,000 (Class 2 felony). Court documents indicate she knowingly took $14,000 belonging to a Love's Travel Stop, in LeRoy, where she was employed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William B. Givens
William B. Givens, 49, no address given, is charged with unlawful possession of five to 15 grams of meth with intent to deliver, a Class 1 felony, possession of less than five grams of meth with intent to deliver, a Class 2 felony, possession of five to 15 grams of meth, a Class 2 felony, and possession of less than five grams of meth, a Class 3 felony. His next appearance is Dec. 30.
Connor Wood
David L. Oliver
David L. Oliver, 51, of Bloomington, is charged with predatory criminal sexual assault.
Kenneth E. Funk
Kenneth E. Funk, 27, is charged with residential burglary (Class 1 felony) involving an apartment in Lexington on Dec. 31, 2022.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordan R. King
Charges have been filed against Jordan R. King, 34, for violation of the Illinois Violent Offender Against Youth Act.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Holly M. Isaacson
Isaacson
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenneth L. Minton
Kenneth L. Minton, 51, is charged with aggravated home repair fraud (Class 2 felony) and theft (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tony L. Jackson
Tony L. Jackson, 50, is charged for violation of the Illinois Violent Offender Against Youth Act (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Britley L. Hilger
Britley L. Hilger, 32, is charged with aggravated battery (Class 2 felony) after she supposedly punched a McLean County Detention Facility officer in the chest.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jasmine L. Smith
Jasmine L. Smith, 31, is charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol (Class 2 felony) and five counts of endangering the life or health of a child (Class A misdemeanors).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jackie S. Claypool
Jackie S. Claypool, 46, appeared for a Friday bond court hearing for two new cases which charged her for one count of burglary (Class 2 felony), four counts of forgery (Class 3) and one count of deceptive practices (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Noah R. Demuth
Noah R. Demuth, 22, of Evanston, is charged with aggravated battery of a peace officer, a Class 2 felony, aggravated battery in a public way, a Class 3 felony, mob action, a Class 4 felony, and obstructing a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor. His next court date is Feb. 17.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon L. Parsano
Brandon L. Parsano, 39, is charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, a Class 2 felony. His next appearance is Feb. 17 for an arraignment.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alexander N. Williams
Alexander N. Williams, 24, was charged Feb. 2 with the following:
3 counts of unlawful delivery of cannabis between 30 and 500 grams - Class 3 felonies. 2 counts of armed violence - Class X felonies. 1 count of unlawful possession of cannabis between 2,000 and 5,000 grams with the intent to sell - a Class 1 felony. 1 count of unlawful possession of cannabis between 500 and 2,000 grams with the intent to sell - a Class 2 felony. 3 counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon - Class 3 felonies. 1 count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a felon - a Class 3 felony 3 counts of violating the Illinois FOID act - Class 3 felonies.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carlos Sanchez-Solozarzano
Carlos H. Sanchez-Solozarzano, 22, was charged with 1 count of criminal sexual assault, a Class 1 felony.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaylin S. Bones
Jaylin S. Bones was charged with four counts of first-degree murder stemming from a homicide in Bloomington last year. A McLean County grand jury also returned a bill of indictment charging him with attempted first degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordan R. King
Jordan R. King, 34, was charged with violating the Illinois Violent Offender Against Youth Act (Class 2 felony) a second time in under a month.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dominique M. Banks
Dominique M. Banks, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery involving strangulation (Class 2 felony). The incident happened in October 2022 and involved one victim.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Austin T. Daugherty
Austin T. Daugherty, 29, was charged with burglary (Class 2 felony) after he entered an Avis Car Rental, 3201 Cira Drive, in Bloomington, without permission and with the intent to commit theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Sandra M. Lewis
Sandra M. Lewis, 77, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance containing MDMB-4E-PINACA, a synthetic cannabinoid, with the intent to deliver (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Samantha E. Morris
Samantha E. Morris, 40, is charged with aggravated battery of a peace officer (Class 2 felony) after supposedly spitting on a Colfax police officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nolan C. Love
Nolan C. Love, 46, appeared in court Friday for a bond review hearing after being charged with aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation (Class 2 felony) on Feb. 26.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nikkita L. Sandefur
Nikkita L. Sandefur, 36, is charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felony) containing cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Katlin M.B. Wilson
Katlin M.B. Wilson, 32, is charged with aggravated identity theft (Class 2 felony) after being accused of fraudulently obtaining money exceeding $300 but not exceeding $10,000 from a 60 year old man.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Eli C. Garozzo
Eli C. Garozzo, 20, is charged with two counts of home invasion, a Class X felony, two counts of attempted armed robbery, a Class 1 felony, and two counts of residential burglary, a Class 1 felony. His bond was set at $200,000 as a 10% bond, meaning he must pay $20,000 plus fees to be released. His next appearance is an arraignment on April 13.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tysean T. Townsend
Tysean T. Townsend, 35, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle (Class 2 felony), three counts of child abduction, aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer and obstructing justice (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Curtis J. Byrd
Curtis J. Byrd, 31, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felony), two counts of fraud and two counts of financial institution fraud (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Noral K. Nelson
Noral K. Nelson, 31, was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony) after he was arrested in connection to a shooting along the 1500 block of S. Main Street.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Charles J. Tankson
Charles J. Tankson, 23, was charged with burglary (Class 2 felony), theft and two counts of unlawful use of a debit card (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Davis, Micah S
Davis was charged with 3 counts of arson, Class 2 felonies, and 3 counts of criminal damage to property, Class 4 felonies.
His next court date is May 5 at 9 a.m.
PROVIDED BY THE MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Livingston, Joshua D.
Livingston was charged with 2 counts of possessing stolen vehicles, Class 2 felonies, possession of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 3 felony, and criminal damage to government property, a Class 4 felony.
His next court date is May 5 at 9 a.m.
PROVIDED BY THE MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kevin L. Ewen
Kevin L. Ewen, 42, appeared in a Thursday bond court hearing and was charged with aggravated battery (Class 2 felony), obstructing a peace officer (Class 4 felony) and two counts of resisting a peace officer (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Emmanuel K. Mpay
Emmanuel K. Mpay, 23, appeared in a Thursday bond court hearing following a grand jury indictment for two counts of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ahmad S. Manns
Ahmad S. Manns, 19, appeared in a Friday bond court hearing and was charged with cannabis trafficking (Class X felony), unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dylan R Mann
Dylan R Mann, 31, appeared Friday in bond court following four grand jury indictments for two separate cases relating to aggravated assault and battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tony L. Jackson
Tony L. Jackson, 50, was charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle (Class 2 felony), domestic battery, violation of an order of protection and driving while license revoked or suspended (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William R. Linden
William R. Linden, 79, was released Tuesday on felony burglary charges for trying to pass a forged check at Busey Bank.
Zadek U. Moen
Zadek U. Moen, 20, is facing six felony drug charges after being arrested by the Illinois State Police on Thursday.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Zachary T. Willis
Zachary T. Willis, 27, is charged with aggravated domestic battery by strangulation (Class 2 felony) and domestic battery subsequent offense (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cecily M. Sexton
Cecily M. Sexton, 39, was charged with two counts of burglary, a Class 2 felony; one count of forgery, a Class 3 felony; financial institution fraud, a Class 3 felony, and possession of a controlled substance, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tonisha A. Jackson
Tonisha A. Jackson, 27, was charged with aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James A. McConnaughay
James A. McConnaughay, 53, appeared in a Friday bond court hearing before Judge Amy McFarland. McConnaughay is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of methamphetamine (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jessica M. Longberry
Jessica M. Longberry, 38, appeared in a Friday bond court hearing before Judge Amy McFarland. Longberry is charged with burglary (Class 2 felony) and forgery (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Barry D. Guyton
Barry D. Guyton, 26, was charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon (Class 2 felonies) two counts of unlawful possession of 15-100 of cocaine with the intent to deliver with one being a Class X felony and the other being a Class 1 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Keon E. Spiller
Keon E. Spiller, 22, appeared in a Friday bond court hearing before Judge Amy McFarland and was charged with attempted escape after his jury trial reached a verdict.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Melina Aguilar
Melina Aguilar, 32, was charged with harassment of witnesses (Class 2 felonies) after asking a witness to lie on the record.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carlos D. Cregan
Carlos D. Cregan, 35, was charged with harassment of witnesses (Class 2 felonies) after asking a witness to lie on the record.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andrea M. Sheets
Andrea M. Sheets appeared was charged Friday with possession of a stolen motor vehicle (Class 2 felony), aggravated fleeing a police officer (Class 4 felony) and obstructing a peace officer (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Wayne M. Damron
Wayne M. Damron, 52, is charged with one count of violation of the Illinois Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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BLOOMINGTON — The sentencing hearing for Michael Bakana, who was convicted of murder last month in a 2021 shooting , was delayed on Thursday.
A hearing for post-trial motions and possible sentencing had been scheduled for Thursday after Bakana’s May 12 conviction by a McLean County jury. He was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of 22-year-old Mariah Petracca , attempted murder in the shooting of another woman and aggravated battery with a firearm.
However, attorneys on the case asked that the hearing be pushed back, citing personal reasons.
At Thursday’s hearing, Clyde Guilamo, attorney for 44-year-old Bakana, asked Judge Casey Costigan to vacate the defendant’s bond forfeiture, as the bond had been used in part to pay his attorney fees. Before the trial, Costigan had agreed to change Bakana’s bond to allow for $50,000 to go toward one installment of attorney fees.
Bakana, of Normal, had been out on bond when he failed to appear for his trial last month, having paid $200,000 plus fees to be released. That bond was forfeited after he failed to appear. Costigan issued a no-bond warrant for his arrest, and Bakana was apprehended by federal law enforcement in Kentucky after the jury had returned a guilty verdict.
Guilamo said the SAFE-T Act had removed language in state statute that allowed a defendant’s bond to be forfeited. He noted that while the law that would eliminate cash bail in Illinois was still under consideration by the state Supreme Court , the element of the law at question was cash bail, not bond forfeiture.
Clyde Guilamo, defense attorney for Michael Bakana, speaks May 10 as Bakana's jury trial continues at the McLean County courthouse. Guilamo argued that Bakana was defending himself when he shot two women, killing one, outside a Bloomington bar in January 2021.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
Guilamo also noted Bakana was apprehended within 30 days of the hearing date that he did not appear for, arguing the bond forfeiture should therefore be vacated.
Assistant State’s Attorney Jeff Horve said the state law that is in effect in McLean County allows for bond forfeiture, and if a defendant does not abide by the conditions of bond, the bond should be forfeited, noting Bakana did not surrender but was apprehended.
“Statute requires that the defendant surrender to the court … and clearly that didn’t happen,” Horve said, adding that the court can order that money that was used for bond be put toward restitution after sentencing.
Assistant State's Attorney Jeff Horve shows Stephen Petracca a photo of his daughter, Mariah C. Petracca, on May 10 at the McLean County courthouse during jury trial against Michael Bakana. Bakana is charged with murder, attempted murder and aggravated battery/discharge of a firearm in the death of 22-year-old Mariah C. Petracca in January 2021.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
Horve said the purpose of the bond in this case was to ensure Bakana appeared, and he failed to appear for trial.
Costigan said he would take their arguments under advisement and issue a ruling at the time of sentencing.
Guilamo said he has filed a motion for a new trial that will be addressed at the next hearing, July 24.
If denied, the case will proceed directly to sentencing, Costigan said.
Clyde Guilamo, defense attorney for Michael Bakana, speaks Monday afternoon about his client's failure to appear for his scheduled murder trial at the McLean County courthouse.
The 2024 presidential field, in the order they've announced
Donald Trump, Republican
Donald Trump, Republican
Former President Donald Trump, aiming to become only the second commander-in-chief ever elected to two nonconsecutive terms, announced in November that he is seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.
“In order to make America great and glorious again, I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States,” Trump told a crowd gathered at Mar-a-Lago, his waterfront estate in Florida, where his campaign will be headquartered. - CNN
Evan Vucci, Associated Press
Nikki Haley, Republican
Nikki Haley, Republican
Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, announced her candidacy for president on Feb. 14, becoming the first major challenger to former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination.
The announcement, delivered in a video, marked an about-face for the ex-Trump Cabinet official, who said two years ago that she wouldn't challenge her former boss for the White House in 2024. But she changed her mind in recent months, citing, among other things, the country's economic troubles and the need for "generational change," a nod to the 76-year-old Trump's age.
"You should know this about me. I don't put up with bullies. And when you kick back, it hurts them more if you're wearing heels," Haley said. "I'm Nikki Haley and I'm running for president."
Charlie Neibergall, Associated Press
Vivek Ramaswamy, Republican
Vivek Ramaswamy, Republican
Vivek Ramaswamy, a biotech entrepreneur and author, launches his 2024 campaign Feb. 21.
“We’re in the middle of a national identity crisis,” his video announcement began. “Faith, patriotism and hard work have disappeared, only to be replaced by new secular religions like Covidism, climatism and gender ideology.”
He has voiced support for changing the overall U.S. voting age to 25, unless younger Americans fulfill at least six months of service in the military or as a first responder — or pass the same citizenship test administered to those seeking to become naturalized citizens.
Charlie Neibergall, Associated Press
Marianne Williamson, Democrat
Marianne Williamson, Democrat
Self-help author Marianne Williamson, whose 2020 White House campaign featured more quirky calls for spiritual healing than actual voter support, launched another longshot bid for the presidency March 4, becoming the first Democrat to formally challenge President Joe Biden for the 2024 nomination.
“We are upset about this country, we’re worried about this country,” Williamson told a crowd of more than 600 at a kickoff in the nation’s capital. “It is our job to create a vision of justice and love that is so powerful that it will override the forces of hatred and injustice and fear.”
Jose Luis Magana, Associated Press
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Democrat
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Democrat
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a member of one of the country’s most famous political families who has in recent years been linked to some far-right figures, kicked off his campaign in Boston on April 19 and likened his campaign to the American revolution.
“My mission over the next 18 months of this campaign and throughout my presidency will be to end the corrupt merger of state and corporate power that is threatening now to impose a new kind of corporate feudalism in our country,” Kennedy said.
Kennedy is a nephew of President John F. Kennedy and the son of his slain brother Robert F. Kennedy.
Josh Reynolds, Associated Press
Larry Elder, Republican
Larry Elder, Republican
Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder, who sought to replace the California governor in a failed 2021 recall effort, announced April 20 he is running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.
Elder, 70, made the announcement on Fox News' “Tucker Carlson Tonight” and followed up with a tweet.
“America is in decline, but this decline is not inevitable. We can enter a new American Golden Age, but we must choose a leader who can bring us there. That’s why I’m running for President,” he wrote.
Charlie Neibergall, Associated Press
President Joe Biden, Democrat
President Joe Biden, Democrat
President Joe Biden on April 25 formally announced that he is running for reelection in 2024, asking voters to give him more time to “finish this job” and extend the run of America’s oldest president for another four years.
Biden, who would be 86 at the end of a second term, is betting his first-term legislative achievements and more than 50 years of experience in Washington will count for more than concerns over his age. He faces a smooth path to winning his party’s nomination, with no serious Democratic challengers. But he’s still set for a hard-fought struggle to retain the presidency in a bitterly divided nation.
Evan Vucci, Associated Press
Asa Hutchinson, Republican
Asa Hutchinson, Republican
Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson formally launched his Republican presidential campaign April 26, pledging to “bring out the best of America” and aiming to draw contrasts with other GOP hopefuls on top issues, including how best to reform federal law enforcement agencies.
Hutchinson kicked off his 2024 bid in his hometown of Bentonville, on the same steps where he launched an unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaign 30 years ago.
“I ran as a conservative Republican when being a Republican was like having a career-ending handicap,” Hutchinson said, adding, “And now, I bring that same vigor to fight another battle, and that battle is for the future of our country and the soul of our party.”
Sue Ogrocki, Associated Press
Tim Scott, Republican
Tim Scott, Republican
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott launched his presidential campaign May 22, offering an optimistic message he hopes can contrast the two figures who have used political combativeness to dominate the early GOP primary field: former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Scott, the Senate's only Black Republican, made the announcement in his hometown of North Charleston at Southern University, his alma mater and a private school affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.
“Our party and our nation are standing at a time for choosing. Victimhood or victory?," he told cheering supporters, adding, "Grievance or greatness?"
Meg Kinnard, Associated Press
Ron DeSantis, Republican
Ron DeSantis, Republican
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis launched his 2024 presidential campaign May 24 with firm words but a disastrous Twitter announcement.
While he tried to project confidence, DeSantis' unusual decision to announce his campaign in an online conversation with Twitter CEO Elon Musk ultimately backfired. The audio stream crashed repeatedly, making it virtually impossible for most users to hear the new presidential candidate in real time.
“American decline is not inevitable — it is a choice. And we should choose a new direction — a path that will lead to American revitalization,” DeSantis said on the glitchy stream, racing through his conservative accomplishments. “I am running for president of the United States to lead our great American comeback."
Paige Dingler, The News & Advance
Mike Pence, Republican
Mike Pence, Republican
Former Vice President Mike Pence opened his bid for the Republican nomination for president June 7 with a firm denunciation of former President Donald Trump, accusing his two-time running mate of abandoning conservative principles and being guilty of dereliction of duty on Jan. 6, 2021.
Pence is the first vice president in modern history to challenge the president under whom he served. While he spent much of his speech, delivered at a community college in a suburb of Des Moines, criticizing Democratic President Joe Biden and the direction he has taken the country, he also addressed Jan. 6 head-on, saying Trump had disqualified himself when he declared falsely that Pence had the power to keep him in office.
Charlie Neibergall, Associated Press
Chris Christie, Republican
Chris Christie, Republican
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wasted no time going after Donald Trump while launching his presidential campaign June 6, calling the former president and current Republican primary front-runner a “lonely, self-consumed, self-serving mirror hog" and arguing that he's the only one who can stop him.
Kicking off his campaign with a town hall at Saint Anselm College, Christie suggested that other top Republicans have been afraid to challenge Trump or even mention his name much while campaigning — but made it clear he had no such qualms.
Charles Krupa, Associated Press
Doug Burgum, Republican
Doug Burgum, Republican
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a former software entrepreneur who enacted a slate of laws this year advancing conservative policies on culture war issues, highlighted his small-town roots and business experience as he announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on June 7.
The governor of the nation's fourth-least populous state kicked off his campaign in Fargo, near the tiny farm town of Arthur where he grew up.
“Small-town values have guided me my entire life,” Burgum told the crowd. “And frankly, big cities could use more ideas and more values from small towns right now.”
Mike McCleary/The Bismarck Tribune
Francis Suarez, Republican
Francis Suarez, Republican
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced his bid for the Republican presidential nomination June 15, jumping into the crowded race just days after GOP front-runner Donald Trump appeared in court on federal charges in Suarez's city.
The 45-year-old mayor is the only Hispanic candidate in the race. He has gained national attention in recent years for his efforts to lure companies to Miami, with an eye toward turning the city into a crypto hub and the next Silicon Valley.
Suarez, who is married with two young children, is a corporate and real estate attorney who previously served as a city of Miami commissioner. He has also positioned himself as someone who can help the party further connect with Hispanics. In recent months, he has made visits to early GOP voting states as he weighed a possible 2024 campaign.
AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File
Will Hurd, Republican
Will Hurd, Republican
Former Texas congressman Will Hurd, a onetime CIA officer and fierce critic of Donald Trump, announced June 22 that he's running for president, hoping to build momentum as a more moderate alternative to the Republican primary field's early front-runner.
Hurd, who made the announcement on CBS, served three terms in the House through January 2021, becoming the chamber’s only Black Republican during his final two years in office.
Hurd said in a video launching his White House bid that the “soul of our country is under attack," reminiscent of Democrat Joe Biden's slogan about the 2020 race being a "battle for the soul of the nation."
Charlie Neibergall, Associated Press
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LOUISVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) — An arrest has been made following a fatal shooting Wednesday afternoon in Louisville.
Nekendrick Nicholson, 20, is a suspect in the shooting death of Tyrekes Smith, 23, according to Louisville Police.
The shooting happened at approximately 2:30 near the 200 block of South Jones Avenue.
Officers found the victim in a nearby yard south of Foster Street, according to Louisville Police. He died at the local hospital.
Officers found Nicholson at an apartment at the intersection of John C. Stennis Drive and South Columbus Avenue.
Louisville Police Investigator Mike Perkins said it appears an argument broke out between the two men followed by gunfire. | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/arrest-made-following-fatal-shooting-in-louisville/article_ad631e32-1116-11ee-b558-1f5c3e38a86b.html | 2023-06-22T20:19:37 | 0 | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/arrest-made-following-fatal-shooting-in-louisville/article_ad631e32-1116-11ee-b558-1f5c3e38a86b.html |
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) — The Mississippi State University Police Department will have new leadership come July 1.
Kenneth Rogers has been named the Chief of Police and Brian Locke has been named the Assistant Chief of Police, the university announced Thursday.
Former Police Chief Vance Rice left in January and now works for Oklahoma State University. | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/new-msu-police-chief-and-assistant-chief-start-july-1/article_cb267f8c-112e-11ee-8685-f7cd3c64a669.html | 2023-06-22T20:19:43 | 0 | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/new-msu-police-chief-and-assistant-chief-start-july-1/article_cb267f8c-112e-11ee-8685-f7cd3c64a669.html |
Hoosiers: It's OK to drive like an inconsiderate jerk now in work zones. Really.
Both lanes on 146th Street near Allisonville Road in Hamilton County will re-open Friday at a roundabout construction project, which should ease driver anxiety about the recent shift in Indiana to a confusing traffic-easing strategy: the "zipper merge."
Regarded with suspicion by many local motorists, the zipper merge on its face seems to encourage the same last-minute lane-jumping traditionally loathed, ridiculed and commonly cursed by drivers.
But transportation officials insist the zipper isn’t a rejection of our famed Hoosier Hospitality, just a more orderly and safer way to put it into practice.
“They can reduce queue length, congestion and speed differential which all help to reduce crash risks,” Indiana Department of Transportation spokesman Scott Manning said.
The zipper merge is used most commonly when two lanes of traffic are reduced to one. In a polite society like Indiana, drivers will customarily join the through traffic lane as soon as signs notify them that a lane reduction is ahead.
Those cheaters who don’t are to be shunned, sometimes blocked and generally denied easy access to join the gentry lane if they speed ahead and wait until the last second to merge.
Transportation experts say that practice can actually increase traffic delays and cause more rear-end fender benders and crashes at the point of merge. It also increases the length of the queue, sometimes to other intersections.
The proper etiquette for the zipper is to queue up in both lanes until the merge point and then for every other car to proceed to the construction zone. INDOT a couple years ago began using zippers on some state road project where they are most effective and has produced a video showing how it should be done.
“For those specific sites where we’ve implemented zipper merge, it is encouraged by signage approaching the work zone … that generally state “Zipper Merge, Use Both Lanes to Merge Point,” Manning said.
The zipper became a hot topic of social media discussion about the Allisonville Road/146th Street construction, with some posters advocating it and others resisting, said Hamilton County Highway Director Brad Davis.
The conversation convinced the county’s public relations department to release instructions on how to zipper merge on its Facebook page, though the county was not actively encouraging it for this project and had no signs instructing drivers to do so.
“It’s more common now on state road project and it’s possible we may try it on occasion in the future on county projects,” Davis said.
So stay open-minded; that line-cutter some see as inconsiderate may actually be looking out for everyone's safety.
Cal the reporter at (317) 444-6418. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/transportation/2023/06/22/its-ok-to-drive-like-an-inconsiderate-jerk-now-in-work-zones-really/70347626007/ | 2023-06-22T20:24:16 | 1 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/transportation/2023/06/22/its-ok-to-drive-like-an-inconsiderate-jerk-now-in-work-zones-really/70347626007/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Birmingham Public Library is hosting a conversation Thursday evening with the author of a new book about the 1921 Tulsa race massacre.
Victor Luckerson, who wrote Built from the Fire, will discuss his book with Alabama Poet Laureate Ashley Jones in the BPL’s central location at 6 p.m. According to the BPL, Built from the Fire is an in-depth look at how an affluent area known as “Black Wall Street” in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was looted and burned to the ground by armed white men.
Built from the Fire focuses on Ed Goodwin’s family and the community it helped build in Tulsa. Luckerson, who is based in Tulsa, has a commitment to bringing disregarded Black history to light.
The program is fee to the public, but registration is encouraged. Books will be an available for purchase, and Luckerson is holding a book signing following the discussion. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-public-library-hosting-conversation-with-tulsa-race-massacre-book-author/ | 2023-06-22T20:24:22 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-public-library-hosting-conversation-with-tulsa-race-massacre-book-author/ |
The College of Southern Idaho has been awarded a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to educate the next generation of agriculture professionals in the Magic Valley.
The five-year NextGen grant will allow CSI to appoint staff in a dozen rural high schools across the region and encourage students to major in agriculture, food and natural resource programs. New scholarship opportunities for agriculture students will also be made possible by the grant, according to a news release.
One objective of the NextGen grant is to diversify the professional agriculture workforce. A critical component of CSI's grant application was its status as an Hispanic Serving Institution, with more than 25% of the college's student population of Hispanic descent, the release said.
OUR VIEW: The College of Southern Idaho became the state's first Hispanic Serving Institution in 2021, and we applaud the ongoing efforts to serve all in the Magic Valley.
"CSI is the only HSI in Idaho but this is nationwide thing so it was a surprise that we got it since a ton of schools applied for it," Courtney Salmon, CSI's public information manager, told the Times-News.
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CSI was one of 33 colleges awarded a NextGen grant. The college plans to serve more than 400 students beginning in the fall, and President Dean Fisher said in the release that the grant will provide additional resources to help "more Magic Valley students achieve their goal of a career in the ag industry while staying close to home."
"Agriculture is such a huge part of our Magic Valley economy, but many of those in professional roles in our area are nearing retirement age," Dr. Barry Pete, CSI's dean of career and technical education, said in the release. "This grant will help CSI play a key role in training the next generation of ag professionals in Idaho." | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/csi-awarded-3m-usda-grant-to-support-agriculture-education/article_270a76a6-1115-11ee-a452-0753d890916d.html | 2023-06-22T20:32:19 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/csi-awarded-3m-usda-grant-to-support-agriculture-education/article_270a76a6-1115-11ee-a452-0753d890916d.html |
ATLANTIC CITY — The Atlantic City Housing Authority is expected to rescind emergency declarations and contracts at its Thursday meeting, and discuss ways to get needed services to tenants outside the emergency route.
The meeting will be held at 4:30 p.m. at the authority's office building at 901 Arctic Ave. It will be the second in-person board meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020.
Work on testing gas lines, remediating mold and fighting pest infestations had to stop earlier this month at Stanley Holmes Village and the eight other complexes owned by the Housing Authority.
Contractors were working under emergency contracts, and the authority must now move to awarding regular contracts, Executive Director Matt Doherty said then.
The authority is funded and overseen by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, which wants contracts to be awarded on a nonemergent basis. That process takes longer but assures competitive bidding.
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Doherty has been on the job about a month, and some of the emergency contracts were negotiated by his predecessor, interim part-time Executive Director John Clarke, who is also executive director of the New Brunswick Housing Authority and runs the Princeton Housing Authority on an interim basis.
Clarke, who continues as a consultant with the Atlantic City Housing Authority, had put out regular contracts for some work, like bedbug extermination, while those for elevator maintenance and repair predate him. That work will continue, Doherty said.
But work on the gas lines at Stanley Holmes, and on eradicating rodent and roach infestations and mold intrusions, was only put out under emergency contracts, so it must stop until regular contracts can be obtained.
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It is unclear why regular contracts were not negotiated for all services at some point in Clarke's tenure, which started in August.
South Jersey Legal Services is suing the authority over conditions at Stanley Holmes Village and has serious concerns about how the work stoppage will affect residents.
Doherty had three major goals for the summer: increase communication with residents, test and replace all problem gas lines, and replace the ancient boilers and underground pipes for heat and hot water with an on-demand tankless system powered by gas.
He had hoped HUD would allow the new heating system to be installed on an emergency basis.
"We ran it up the flagpole for HUD," Doherty said. "HUD said no."
There are also old gas lines that need to be tested and replaced if more leaks are found.
Twelve of 31 buildings at Stanley Holmes were found to have leaks, and those gas lines have been replaced, Doherty said then.
Requests for proposal will be going out soon for regular contracts to handle that work, he said.
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Only one emergency contract is being allowed to continue, he said. That is for eradicating black mold in scattered sites buildings, which are single-family and townhome developments around town.
The city declared an emergency at Stanley Holmes Village in October, when the heating and hot water systems failed, and the authority was unable to continue providing trash pickup and other services.
The heating system has since been stabilized, and the city had provided trash pickup for some time. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/atlantic-city-housing-authority-to-discuss-replacing-emergency-contracts/article_64b9f9b6-1126-11ee-bf95-6bd01453dbda.html | 2023-06-22T20:33:38 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/atlantic-city-housing-authority-to-discuss-replacing-emergency-contracts/article_64b9f9b6-1126-11ee-bf95-6bd01453dbda.html |
GILLIS LAKE — Authorities continue to search for an 18-year-old man who has not been seen since his canoe capsized in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on Wednesday evening.
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office dispatch received word of the missing canoeist at 6:44 p.m. He was fishing on Gillis Lake and was not wearing a personal flotation device when his canoe overturned. Another occupant of the canoe was able to swim to shore, but did not see their companion resurface.
At the time of the incident, winds out of the south-southwest were reported at about 6 mph, gusting to as high as 13 mph.
Sheriff’s deputies, Cook County Search and Rescue, Gunflint Fire Department and U.S. Forest Service staff responded, staging their recovery efforts from the Tuscarora Lodge, about 4 miles to the east of Gillis Lake on Round Lake. A Forest Service Beaver floatplane assisted in the search for the missing canoeist, who was not yet publicly identified as of 2:30 p.m. Thursday.
In a statement, Cook County Sheriff Pat Eliason indicated the missing man is now presumed dead and the mission has switched to a likely recovery rather than a rescue.
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“Our hearts are with the survivors and the deceased’s family,” he said. “I also commend all of our emergency services who responded to this incident with swift actions and professionalism.”
This story was updated at 3:03 p.m. June 22 to include details about wind speed at the time of the incident. It was originally posted at 2:35 p.m. June 22. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/18-year-old-man-missing-after-canoe-capsizes-in-boundary-waters | 2023-06-22T20:33:38 | 0 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/18-year-old-man-missing-after-canoe-capsizes-in-boundary-waters |
WILDWOOD — A Lower Township man was charged with aggravated assault last Friday.
Police investigated an incident involving Kanye Crawley, 19, of the township's Villas section, at 8:27 a.m. Crawley was found in Lower Township and brought to the city police headquarters. He was then taken to the Cape May County jail.
Police did not provide details regarding the nature of his alleged offense.
State court officials did not immediately respond to a request for a criminal complaint and affidavit of probable cause in the case.
Lower Township police assisted the investigation. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/wildwood-newjersey-assault-arrest/article_dc1656b6-112c-11ee-b348-933db5c4d7e5.html | 2023-06-22T20:33:44 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/wildwood-newjersey-assault-arrest/article_dc1656b6-112c-11ee-b348-933db5c4d7e5.html |
ATLANTIC CITY — The city has collected more than $8.6 million in the first year of a new room tax designated to fund public safety initiatives, but has not yet said how it is being used.
That has frustrated Greater Atlantic City Chamber President Michael Chait.
"Given the pressing need for clean and safe initiatives in Atlantic City, we are particularly interested in learning how the allocated funds will address these critical concerns," Chait wrote in a June 9 letter to city Business Administrator Anthony Swan. "We would like to know the comprehensive plan in place to utilize these resources effectively."
Chait said Thursday he has gotten no response from Swan, or from any state or other city officials.
City spokesperson Andrew Kramer said Thursday the city cannot share usage plans without state approval.
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"So to clarify, we have our list of how we’d like the money to be used," Kramer wrote. "We are still in the process of modifying that list as we continue getting estimates. This has not yet been sent to the State, once it is, we can revisit sharing the specifics."
The money is not included in the budget, Kramer said, because it goes into a trust fund.
No one from the state Department of Community Affairs, which oversees the city's operations under a 2016 takeover law, could be immediately reached for comment Thursday.
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In the June 9 letter, also copied to city and state officials, Chait asked for information on how decisions are being made on spending the funds, and how they have been spent so far.
"(City officials) have said consistently they need more resources," Chait said Thursday. "What are we doing with these resources?"
The chamber did not support the creation of the hotel surcharge, but now that is has been collected for a year it's important to be transparent about where the money has gone, Chait said.
"We have been asking for almost eight weeks now, but for whatever reason we haven't been able to get a response," he said.
Chait first asked how the funds were being used about eight weeks ago at the bi-weekly Clean and Safe Atlantic City meetings organized by City Council Vice President Kaleem Shabazz in City Hall.
Shabazz told him the information would be provided at the next meeting, and that he did not have to submit an Open Public Records Act request to get it.
But there was no one at the next meeting who could answer.
Shabazz could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday.
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The state Legislature passed A6257/S4311 in January 2022. It directed that, starting March 1, 2022, a $2 per night fee be charged on all Atlantic City hotel rooms, and the proceeds were to be used to fund public safety efforts through the city police and fire departments.
According to the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, in the first quarter of this year almost $1.8 million was collected under the surcharge.
An additional $6.8 million was collected in 2022, according to the DGE, for a total hotel room surcharge of $8.64 million collected as of March 31, 2023.
Chait also asked if there are established criteria, guidelines or hearings that guide the distribution of these funds.
"It is crucial that the decision-making process is transparent and reflective of the needs and aspirations of the Atlantic City community," Chait wrote.
Chait is expected to bring up the questions at Friday's Clean and Safe meeting at 8:30 a.m. in City Council Chambers. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/how-is-atlantic-city-using-8-6m-in-new-public-safety-room-surcharge/article_dd5dbbba-1111-11ee-8359-4bc519321f53.html | 2023-06-22T20:33:50 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/how-is-atlantic-city-using-8-6m-in-new-public-safety-room-surcharge/article_dd5dbbba-1111-11ee-8359-4bc519321f53.html |
WILDWOOD — Players and their families embraced the unexpected at the National Marbles Tournament as preliminary games were canceled Wednesday and the rest of the tournament moved indoors to the Wildwoods Convention Center on Thursday.
Generations of families from across the country traveled to the city this week for the 100th edition of the tournament. Forty-five children ages 7 to 15 played a total of 1,100 games, according to tournament President Dan LaGamba.
The tournament typically takes place over the course of four days, three of them consisting of preliminary matches. Wednesday's cancellation due to weather pushed an entire day of preliminary games to Thursday, when semifinals and finals also take place. Boys and girls champions were expected to be crowned Thursday night.
Players competed in six makeshift rings in the Convention Center on Thursday, which each consisted of four pipes taped onto the floor in a square shape and sand scattered in the middle of the ring.
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LaGamba said the rainy-day setup was possible because staff at the Convention Center "sprung into action" when he talked to them about moving the tournament inside.
"We had a vision, and they set it all up for us," LaGamba said.
The tournament held the finals inside due to weather once before in 2016, LaGamba said, adding doing so "changes the atmosphere."
"It's a little unconventional, so it can be a bit harder," LaGamba said.
The top eight boys and top eight girls moved onto the semifinals Thursday following the preliminary games. The players were split into two groups, and each group played three games each. The top player from each group moved onto the finals.
On Tuesday morning, spectators leaned over the Boardwalk railing and families set up camp on the Wildwood Avenue beach to watch the children shoot marbles across 10 rings set up in the sand.
Parents decked out in team shirts cheered them on from the sidelines while others awaited their turn to play, bouncing out of their chairs as they were assigned ring numbers for their next games.
The players, referred to as "mibsters," came from as far as Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Maryland to compete in the longest-running children's tournament in the country, according to its website.
The tournament has awarded thousands of dollars in scholarships to winners since its founding in 1922, officials have said.
LaGamba recognized the significance of the 100th anniversary of the tournament.
"People have been here forever, and they have continued the tradition," LaGamba said.
Coaches and parents watching their children compete reflected on the lasting legacy of the game and its ability to bring people of all ages together.
"It's kind of a lost art that we try to keep alive," said Shannon Georgevich, coach of the St. Mary's County, Maryland, marbles team.
Georgevich, originally from Pittsburgh, won the National Marbles Tournament in 1988. She started a local program in St. Mary's County to "bring the joy of marbles" to kids in her area and now coaches 25 children, including her 12-year-old son Matthew Stockwell, who was vying for the national championship.
Marie Thomas, a coach and grandparent from Philadelphia, said the game "connects the generations." Thomas said all four of her children got "hooked on marbles" after joining a local club in Philadelphia. Two of her daughters now coach their own marbles teams, and one of them was the national champion in 1997, said Thomas. Her 13-year-old grandson Isaiah Garcia is competing with the Philadelphia team.
Garcia said Thursday it "feels different" to play the tournament indoors, and that playing without any wind to push the marbles can change the outcome.
"Some people think it's harder to shoot inside, but I shot hard already, so it's easier," Garcia said.
Children also cheered on the competitors from the sidelines, including the 2022 national girls champion, 16-year-old Jessica Johnson.
Johnson said she moved to Wildwood from Florida in 2017 and learned the game of marbles through an after-school program. She ended up practicing five days a week for three years, she said.
"It was unbelievable. I still haven't processed it," Johnson said about winning the championship last year.
Johnson's coach, Betty Harsaw, said their goal is to "keep it going." Harsaw, who coaches both the Cape May County and Wildwood teams, played in the tournament in 1968 and has been coaching for 11 years.
"The kids are getting such a good experience out of this," Harsaw said. "They just really like to play marbles, and it's kind of an art. There's technique that has to develop," she said.
Harsaw rotated between rings to watch each of her eight players compete, including 12-year-old Rasheem Jones.
"My favorite part is meeting new people and playing against people from across the states," Jones said.
Board member Matt Corley, who has been involved in the tournament since he started as a coach in 1985, helps organize and host the event each year.
"My favorite part is the kids. That's why I still do it," Corley said.
The tournament has been held in Wildwood since 1960, according to Ben Rose, public relations director for the Greater Wildwoods Tourism Improvement and Development Authority. Rose said the tournament brings more than 100 people into the beach town each year to stay in its hotels, eat in its restaurants and visit its attractions during the week.
"There is an added benefit in that the tournament is also an image event and a real slice of Americana that fits so well with the Wildwoods' nostalgic theme and image," Rose said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/national-marbles-tournament/article_10ed9e18-0f92-11ee-9021-eb0448a5e6a1.html | 2023-06-22T20:33:56 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/national-marbles-tournament/article_10ed9e18-0f92-11ee-9021-eb0448a5e6a1.html |
The Greater Wildwood Lions Club baseball team captured the Southern Cape May County Little League championship Monday with an 11-1 win over Greater Wildwood Raging Waters at Higbee Field in Wildwood Crest.
Joey Martin went 2 for 2 with a double and three RBIs for the winners, and Drew Robinson finished with two hits and two RBIs. Declan Bannon hit a two-run double. Ryan Davenport doubled and drove in two runs.
Pitchers Owen Bannon, Carter Givner and Matthew Maher combined for a one-hitter. Maher added two hits, and Sean Cunniff had a hit and an RBI. The Lions finished the season undefeated.
Lewis Sewell hut an RBI single for Raging Waters.
The Southern Cape May County Little League also consists of teams from Lower Township and Middle Township.
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Greater Wildwood 5, Brigantine-Ventnor 1: Will Auty and Sean Cunniff each hit RBI singles to highlight a four-run fifth inning that broke a 1-1 tie Tuesday. Auty went 2 for 3, and Owen Bannon added an RBI single. Louis Sewell and James Vizzard each singled and scored, and Adrian Augsberger added a double for the winners. Drew Robinson was the winning pitcher, striking out 10 and allowing just three hits and one unearned run in five innings pitched. He also doubled. Carter Givner, who scored twice, struck out the side in the bottom of the sixth to close the game.
For Brigantine-Ventnor, Luca Karavangelos finished with two hits, and A.J. Normane scored the lone run.
Ocean City/Upper Twp. 2, Northfield 1: Andrew Pashley, Corey Clemens and Henry Bogle combined for 10 strikeouts and two hits allowed Tuesday. Noah Gillespie struck out eight for Northfiel. Ocean City/Upper Township is 1-0 in pool play.
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Hammonton 9, Mainland 6: Colin Peeke pitched a complete game Tuesday to earn the win. He struck out five in the game. He also doubled and added two RBI. Brayden Bendig went 3 for 4 with two triples and four RBIs. Colton Robinson went 2 for 3 wi a double. Mason Bendig went 2 for 2 with two RBIs. Frankie Restuccio doubled and drew a walk.
The game was played at the Somers Point Little League field.
Softball
District 16 senior league
Middle Twp. 16, Dennis/Upper/Lower 0: Gabby Cruz pitched a four inning, perfect game with 10 strikeouts Monday. Lilly Vogel ,KJ Schaeffer and Tori’ Atwood all had multiple hits for the winners.Atwood added four RBIs.
For Dennis/Upper/Lower, Megan Turner pitched a complete game. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/greater-wildwood-lions-club-wins-southern-cape-may-county-little-league-title/article_9e606546-1127-11ee-b2e8-1bd3a3b44133.html | 2023-06-22T20:34:03 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/greater-wildwood-lions-club-wins-southern-cape-may-county-little-league-title/article_9e606546-1127-11ee-b2e8-1bd3a3b44133.html |
BALTIMORE — A fiery explosion in March at the Baltimore City owned Back River Waste Water Treatment Plant has been deemed accidental.
The Baltimore City Fire Department recently released an investigative report into the incident.
It determined the explosion began inside a dryer used to convert sewage sludge into pellets for agricultural use.
Dust inside the dryer was found to be the original source of ignition which led to the combustion of thermal oil.
RELATED: Fiery Explosion reported at Back River Waste Water Treatment Plant in Dundalk
The part of the facility where the explosion occurred is run by Synagro Technologies, a private third-party biosolids treatment company.
According to investigators employees tried extinguishing the fire before 911 was called.
It was previously reported that seven people were inside the building at the time. None were injured.
Investigators estimate the total damage to be around $20 million.
Following the incident Maryland's Department of Environment issued a progress report suggesting drying operations had been slowing prior to the explosion.
"Normally the Synagro Facility was processing 55-58 dry tons/day. However, during the month before the explosion it was down to about 40 - 45 dry tons/day." the report stated.
After the fire all operations were suspended for a prolonged period.
The fire was just the latest setback at the waste water plant.
Last summer the state took over operations after the plant repeatedly discharged sewage raising environmental concerns.
Although improvements have been made, the state remains on site.
The State says it wants the plant to comply with certian permit limits for three consecutive months. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/investigation-reveals-cause-of-fiery-explosion-at-back-river-waste-water-plant | 2023-06-22T20:34:17 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/investigation-reveals-cause-of-fiery-explosion-at-back-river-waste-water-plant |
BALTIMORE — By the time public housing tenants behind on their rent return to court this summer, it may be too late to help them, and Donna Sellers risks losing the unit she and her nine-year-old daughter share at Latrobe Homes and falling behind by thousands of dollars.
“Five thousand,” said Sellers.
“And how many months is that?” we asked.
“I don’t know. I haven’t actually added it up,” she replied.
The United Way of Central Maryland is providing $3 million worth of rental assistance that expires at the close of business on Friday, and the Housing Authority of Baltimore City has used billboards, yard signs and social media to spread the word that time is running out.
“It’s extremely important that residents go to their respective management offices and apply,” said HABC Executive Vice President & COO Monica Watkins, “It’s a very short application and basically it’s for up to 15 months worth of assistance from the United Way to assist with their rental arrearages.”
To qualify, tenants must be at least three months behind in their payments.
Ironically, the Housing Authority has already helped more than a thousand tenants apply for $3 million, but that was over the last 18 months.
Tragically, housing officials say it appears much of the money that was awarded earlier was spent elsewhere, and delinquency notices went out last week that could lead to evictions for many of the two thousand tenants now behind on their bill.
9,000 more are on the waiting list biding their time to move into one of their units.
“I have a nine-year-old that I have to worry about,” said Sellers.
“So this could be a God send if it works out right?” we asked.
“Yes, and I’m hoping that it does, because I need it. I really could use it,” she replied. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/time-running-out-on-rental-assistance-tenants-facing-deadline | 2023-06-22T20:34:19 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/time-running-out-on-rental-assistance-tenants-facing-deadline |
TEXAS, USA — You've heard people say, "There's nothing to do in town." Here is a list of events happening in San Angelo, Abilene and beyond to do with your friends and family.
BIG COUNTRY
FRIDAY
9 a.m. - Toddler Story Time, Chick-fil-A, 500 E. Commerce St. - BROWNWOOD
3:30 p.m. - Tween Summer Camp Series, Abilene Public Library Main Branch, 202 Cedar St.
4 p.m. - Family Fun: Vacation Fun, Abilene Public Library South Branch, 4310 Buffalo Gap Road
5 p.m. - Anime Sekai, Abilene Convention Center, 1100 N. 6th St.
7 p.m. - Comedy Night, 1 Mic Stand, 706 N. 6th St.
7:30 p.m. - 30th annual Paramount Summer Musical: "Sweeney Todd", Paramount Abilene, 352 Cypress St.
8 p.m. - The Cadillac Thieves, Pioneer Tap House, 112 E. Baker St. - BROWNWOOD
8 p.m. - The Remedy, Wild Duck Marina, 320 Hightop St. - LAKE BROWNWOOD
8:45 p.m. - Outdoor Movie Series: "Angels in the Outfield", Aldersgate Abilene, 1801 Sayles Blvd.
SATURDAY
9 a.m. - Trail Ride, Abilene State Park, 150 Park Road 32 - TUSCOLA
9 a.m. - West Texas Dig Fest Grass Volleyball Tournament, The Fieldhouse Abilene, 1609 Cottonwood St.
10 a.m. - Anime Sekai, Abilene Convention Center, 1100 N. 6th St.
10 a.m. - South STEAM: Flying Bats, Abilene Public Library South Branch, 4310 Buffalo Gap Road
10 a.m. - Moose Mountain Mornings with Christy, Moose Mountain Coffee Bar & Roastery, 3365 S. 14th St.
Noon - Historic Pine Street Shootout of 1884 reenactment, Frontier Texas!, 625 N. 1st St.
1 p.m. - Adult Dungeons and Dragons Club, Abilene Public Library, Mockingbird Branch, 1326 N. Mockingbird Lane
3 p.m. - Aloha Elementary Dance Party, Prep Academy Abilene, 141 Oak St.
5 p.m. - 2023 Block Party, Grain Theory, 202 Pine St.
6 p.m. - Jacob Armitage, The Hideout Golf Club and Resort, 185 Hideout Lane - BROWNWOOD
6 p.m. - Slade Coulter, Waylon's and Ray's Place, 411 S. Broadway St. - BROWNWOOD
6 p.m. - Bart Crow, Mulligan's Sports Bar, Grill and Golf, 1166 Ben Richey Drive
7 p.m. - The Strange Whiskey Band, 1 Mic Stand, 706 N. 6th St.
7 p.m. - Advanced Stage Combat Workshop with David Ainsworth, Abilene Community Theatre, 809 Barrow St.
7:30 p.m. - 30th annual Paramount Summer Musical: "Sweeney Todd", Paramount Abilene, 352 Cypress St.
9 p.m. - South of Mayhem, Doc's Bar and Grill, 2042 FM 1750
SUNDAY
10 a.m. - Anime Sekai, Abilene Convention Center, 1100 N. 6th St.
1:30 p.m. - Pokemon Meet-up, Abilene Public Library Main Branch, 202 Cedar St.
2 p.m. - 30th annual Paramount Summer Musical: "Sweeney Todd", Paramount Abilene, 352 Cypress St.
CONCHO VALLEY
FRIDAY
4 p.m. - Dogs Days of Summer benefiting Cassie's Place, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Addresses, 3005 Green Meadow Drive
7 p.m. - John Conlee with opener Rowdy Richter, Cooper's BBQ Live, 20809 US Hwy 277S - CHRISTOVAL
7 p.m. - Bart Crow, Blaine's Pub, 10 W. Harris Ave.
8 p.m. - Be Theatre's CaBEret Drag Show Musical Theatre Edition, Be Theatre, 82 Gillis St.
9 p.m. - Dayne Pack with Torin Franklin, The Martial Pint, 19 E. Concho Ave.
9 p.m. - KhantraVersey, SPam's Bar and Lounge, 2321 Sherwood Way
SATURDAY
9 a.m. - Painting Fun, The Grind Coffee and Café, 220 N. Chadbourne St.
9 a.m. - Get Crafty, Stephens Central Library, 33 W. Beauregard Ave.
10:30 a.m. - In Vino Summer Brunch Club, 2007 Knickerbocker Road
Noon - Wags and Whiskers Pet Event, Grogan's Farm and Ranch, 3744 Summer Crest Drive
2 p.m. - Be Theatre's CaBEret One Upon a Time Drag Show, Be Theatre, 82 Gillis St.
2 p.m. - Saturday Story-time and Crafts, Stephens Central Library, 33 W. Beauregard Ave.
2 p.m. - The Sun and All Its Wonders, San Angelo State Park, 362 FM 2288
2 p.m. - Tom Green County Libraries Teen Republic Draw Together, Stephens Central Library, 33 W. Beauregard Ave.
3 p.m. - Aloha Elementary Dance Party, Prep Academy, 2430 Sherwood Way
4 p.m. - Rogue Energy Music Fest 2023: Stoney Larue featuring Roasted Crows, 12 Mile, Zach Edwards Band, Cooper's BBQ Live, 20809 US Hwy 277S - CHRISTOVAL
5 p.m. - Matthew Zarder, Low Water Bridge Trail And Park - MENARD
7 p.m. - Monthly Car Show, Hooters, 4384 Sherwood Way
7 p.m. - Zak Mirz, Palace Theatre, 105 W. Commerce St. - BRADY
8 p.m. - Be Theatre's CaBEret Queen's Choice Drag Show, Be Theatre, 82 Gillis St.
8 p.m. - Dale Mayfield, Willow Creek Café, 106 Fort McKavitt St. - MASON
8 p.m. - 100 Smokes, Spring Creek Marina, Lake Nasworthy
8:30 p.m. - Animo at Hotter Than Hell BBQ Cook-Off, Ballinger City Park, 700 Railroad Ave. - BALLINGER
8:30 p.m. - Pat Waters Band, The House of FiFi DuBois, 123 S. Chadbourne St.
SUNDAY
9 a.m. - Women's Hike, San Angelo State Park, 362 FM 2288
4 p.m. - Backyard BBQ Beer Pairing, Zero One Taproom, 59 N. Koenigheim St.
7 p.m. - Adult Literacy Council live event with entertainment by One Breath, Santa Rita Park, 1111 S. Madison St.
Want your event listed? Email them to srojas@foxsanangelo.com by noon Wednesdays. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/west-texas-weekend-events-june-23-25/504-3384e6e4-2ea5-4627-9b1d-6ecee6a2fcbc | 2023-06-22T20:34:23 | 0 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/west-texas-weekend-events-june-23-25/504-3384e6e4-2ea5-4627-9b1d-6ecee6a2fcbc |
July 27, 1955 – June 14, 2023
In loving memory of Velleen O’Brien Kozakiewicz, youngest daughter of Harry Farmer and Lottie O’Brien was born on July 27, 1955 in Palmer, Alaska and passed away on June 14, 2023. Her family moved to Ashland, were she went to school and grew up. She was loved by all she came into contact with, because of her love for life.
Velleen worked at Takta in Moses Lake, Washington. In Show Low, Arizona she worked at the Elks, VFW and Allied Cash Advance as a manager. In Show Low she met her soulmate, Michael Kozkiewicz and married in June of 2003.
Velleen is survived by her husband, Michael; sons, Roger Voiles, Josh Voiles, Joe Jacobsen Jr., Chris Platter and Jeremie Kozakiewicz; daughters, Holly Kozakiewicz and Alissa Loomis; also 8 grandchildren.
Velleen’s services will be held on July 25, 2023 at St. Monica Catholic Church at 1:00 pm, where she was a parishioner for 13 years.
May God hold her in the palm of his hand. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/velleen-o-brien-kozakiewicz/article_9d93c89e-1134-11ee-bbbd-23a163bc026e.html | 2023-06-22T20:36:01 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/velleen-o-brien-kozakiewicz/article_9d93c89e-1134-11ee-bbbd-23a163bc026e.html |
FRANKFORT, N.Y. -- New York State Department of Transportation announced that State Route 5S in the Town of Frankfort will be closed in both directions from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 28.
The closure will take place between the exit ramp to Main Street (Acme Road) and the entrance ramp from Main Street (Acme Road). Pavement rehabilitation is the reason the road will be closed for a day.
"Motorists will be directed to take the exit ramp and follow the signed detour to the entrance ramp to continue on 5S in both eastbound and westbound directions," DOT states.
Drivers should slow down and drive responsibly in work zones. Speeding fines are doubled in the designated areas, and two or more work-zone violations could result in a license suspension. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/state-route-5s-in-frankfort-to-close-for-day-end-of-june/article_ad6b57f6-111f-11ee-a7a8-13236b6f6dcd.html | 2023-06-22T20:38:15 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/state-route-5s-in-frankfort-to-close-for-day-end-of-june/article_ad6b57f6-111f-11ee-a7a8-13236b6f6dcd.html |
OMAHA – Midway through Wednesday’s Steelhouse Omaha concert, Elvis Costello called Steve Nieve down to the grand piano for an old song that, he said, would be played “the way we hear it today.”
That song was 1979’s “Accidents Will Happen,” transformed into a piano ballad with Costello crooning at an old-style microphone while Nieve played stately piano before the rest of the Imposters came in and were joined by the audience in an Elvis-conducted call and response.
So went the rest of the two-hour show where Costello went full-on Bob Dylan, taking the band and fans through rearranged versions of songs, departing from the recordings to put new, sometimes revelatory spins on songs as old as 1977’s “Watching the Detectives,” the night’s encore song, and as recent as three songs from last year’s excellent “The Boy Called If.”
The latter included “Mr. Crescent,” that found Costello seated, wearing a bright green hat, and playing solo guitar, then segueing into a bluesy lounge take on “Allison” that had the crowd singing along with the chorus, kind of in time with the revamped tempo.
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Costello was in, as they say, fine voice, delivering songs like “Watch Your Step” and “We Are All Cowards Now” with bite and passion. And it should go without saying that the Imposters demonstrated once again that they’re a fine band perfectly attuned with its leader.
The other most notable overall aspect of the show was Costello’s guitar work. Perhaps because his guitar was augmented by that of “special guest” Charlie Sexton. Together with the new arrangements, Costello’s guitar was prominent and impressive, and it was captivating to hear him go fretboard to fretboard with the Austin guitar slinger, who, somehow fittingly, spent time as a Dylan band member.
“We’re going to do a Merle Haggard song,” Costello said before launching the Imposters into what he now calls “Welcome to the Working Man,” a fast-strummed country mashup of his “Welcome to the Working Week” and Haggard’s “Workingman Blues." Somehow, it really works live, capturing the essence of both and tying Costello directly to the country-music tradition Haggard embodied.
Not everything Costello tried worked – like incorporating electronic sounds into a couple songs. For the most part, the “new” versions opened up the songs for new interpretations from the listener as well as the musicians, making the show a bit challenging and continually interesting.
As always an engaging, entertaining showman, Costello told a few funny stories introducing songs and credited Omaha, more specifically his 2021 outdoor Memorial Park concert with bringing Sexton into the band.
“We were unable to have Steve Nieve with us that time,” he said. “Last time he was an international criminal and we couldn’t get him in the country. As a consequence we invited our special guest, Charlie Sexton, to play with us. And he’s still with us.”
Impressively, the set ended with a cascade of songs, performed with only the shortest, if any break between, starting with a taut, rapidly narrated “(I Don’t Want to Go to) Chelsea,” into the powerful ache of “Magnificent Hurt.”
“Then came the 1978 classic “Pump It Up,” the song that was closest to the familiar version and a perfect take on “What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love and Understanding” that had the appreciative audience at Steelhouse’s first seated show on its feet and the unreleased “Blood & Hot Sauce,” framed as a country “campaign song” by Costello, in full showman mode.
A few patrons, many of them clutching T-shirts and other merch, trickled out of the room during the show, likely disappointed or baffled as to why they hadn’t heard the songs played as they had expected.
But, at least for me, the show was bracingly refreshing - and often illuminating - from an artist I’ve seen at least a dozen times.
“It was somewhat surprising that Nick Lowe, who wrote “What’s So Funny…” didn’t join Costello and company for the song. After all, he and Los Straitjackets had, in his words, “warmed up” the crowd for “the boss.”
Suffice it to say the 45-minutes set by the gentleman rocker and the Mexican wrestling masked band made up of some of Lowe’s best – “Cruel to Be Kind,” “Tokyo Bay,” “I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock ‘n’ Roll)” and Straitjacket instrumentals like “The Magnificent Seven” demonstrated that, still and always, as his first English album was titled, Lowe remains the “Jesus of Cool.” | https://journalstar.com/life-entertainment/local/elvis-costello-the-imposters-bring-rearranged-songs-in-bracingly-refreshing-omaha-show/article_05eb5944-112a-11ee-8c3d-2b1f348c4b7e.html | 2023-06-22T20:38:23 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/life-entertainment/local/elvis-costello-the-imposters-bring-rearranged-songs-in-bracingly-refreshing-omaha-show/article_05eb5944-112a-11ee-8c3d-2b1f348c4b7e.html |
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — The basement of the Osterhout Free Library on Franklin Street in Wilkes-Barre is filled with stacks of newspapers.
"We get various periodicals, newspapers donated for our archives and we take a lot of book donations too so it's a common occurrence," said Michelle Riley, Director of Development and Community Relations.
So when a donation came in earlier this week, staff didn't think anything of it.
Until they sifted through the pages, finding four old photographs.
"These are treasured moments, these are photographs from a different time. There are some children playing, it looks to be a close family," said Laura Harding, young adult librarian.
There are even handwritten notes on the backs of the photos.
Staff at the Osterhout Library tell Newswatch 16 they want to help get these photos back home.
"I would want them back in my family possession if they happened to be donated by mistake, so we are really hoping to find the donor," said Riley.
Staff didn't get the woman's name or any contact information when she dropped them off, just a little small talk about the papers.
"She came in and mentioned that her aunt had them in her attic and that she had been holding onto them regarding different periods of time that she thought we would like to hold onto," said Harding.
If you have any information on the photographs, you can call the Osterhout Free Library at 570-823-0156. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/family-photos-found-in-library-donation/523-6e330660-c70a-4590-9a4e-27ba09031b89 | 2023-06-22T20:44:50 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/family-photos-found-in-library-donation/523-6e330660-c70a-4590-9a4e-27ba09031b89 |
LONG POND, Pa. — This truck with a jet engine dryer is used to dry the track at Pocono Raceway near Long Pond.
But instead of helping race cars cross the finish line, the truck headed down Philadelphia with a police escort so crews can cross the finish line here and reopen Interstate 95.
This stretch of highway collapsed early on Sunday, June 11, after a tanker truck hauling gasoline crashed near I-95 and caught fire.
"I don't think this was on our bingo card, but we're ready, whatever the ask is we're ready," said Ricky Durst, Senior Director of marketing for the Raceway.
He says they got a call on Wednesday from Governor Shapiro's office to assist them with the temporary fix to reopen the section of the highway.
Governor Shapiro tweeted Thursday morning, "To rebuild I-95 on time, we need 12 hours of dry weather to complete the paving and striping process. With rain in the forecast, we reached out to Pocono Raceway for help..." Shapiro added that they're bringing their jet dryer, "to help dry this section of I-95 and keep us on schedule."
If it rains, the raceways jet dryer will dry the asphalt so new lines can be painted.
"If it turned on right now I think you and I would probably end up over in that tree line over there. It's about 3,000 pounds of thrust," Durst said. "It's a jet engine, buckled into a Chevy 3500 heavy-duty silver road. It's going to get the job done."
Not only is this request to bring this piece of equipment down to Philly to help reopen the roadway really unique but so is this piece of equipment, with less than 10 of them on the east coast.
"I think we're honored to be able to be a part of this project. It's just smart business. We're about to host one of the largest sporting events of the summer here in Pennsylvania," Durst said. "We're going to have fans coming from all 50 states, all 67 counties here in Pennsylvania so we need these roadways open."
Raceway officials say they're prepared to stay at the site as long as they are needed.
Governor Shapiro says the damaged section of I-95 will reopen with the temporary fix Saturday or Sunday. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/monroe-county/pocono-raceway-crews-help-reopen-i-95/523-0b98cb71-61cf-4433-94c7-73ed1ce7823a | 2023-06-22T20:44:51 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/monroe-county/pocono-raceway-crews-help-reopen-i-95/523-0b98cb71-61cf-4433-94c7-73ed1ce7823a |
Failed GOP gubernatorial candidate Kelley strikes deal to plead guilty in Jan. 6 case
Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley is scheduled to plead guilty to a federal crime stemming from the Jan. 6 siege at the U.S. Capitol, his lawyer told The Detroit News on Thursday.
Kelley has an agreement to plead guilty July 27 to a misdemeanor charge of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds. The government’s estimated guidelines call for a sentence of 0-6 months in prison.
The plea deal would resolve a criminal case against one of the more high-profile defendants in a broader prosecution of the 968 people nationwide charged with Jan. 6 crimes. That includes at least 23 people from Michigan.
“There has never been any allegation that he ever entered the Capitol and there was never any allegation that he engaged in violence or threat of violence that day,” his lawyer Gary Springstead of SBBL Law told The News. “He went there with the intention of protesting the election.”
The deal marks a stark reversal for Kelley, who called his arrest a "political witch hunt."
“Resolving the case with a minor misdemeanor like this is probably the most efficient, cost-effective way to resolve the case,” Springstead said. “And put this behind him to he can focus on his family and his successful career as a commercial real estate agent.”
Kelley, who supported former President Donald Trump, is charged with four misdemeanors. As part of the plea deal, prosecutors will drop three charges: disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; knowingly engaging in any act of physical violence against a person or property in any restricted building or grounds; and destruction of government property.
“He thought he had a First Amendment right to go there and protest the election, but as it turns out, he didn’t realize that the people that were there protesting on the Capitol steps hadn’t pulled a permit and weren’t permitted to be there,” Springstead said.
“I don’t think it’s right and I don’t think it’s fair, but it’s one of those things that if push comes to shove, the government is going to present evidence about that restricted area,” the lawyer added.
The misdemeanor criminal case accuses the 41-year-old real estate broker from Allendale of climbing onto portions of the Capitol, encouraging, yelling, gesturing to participants and also removing a covering from a temporary structure outside the Capitol.
Kelley repeatedly declined under oath to identify himself in videos from the riot, according to a transcript of his interview with investigators for a U.S. House committee.
Kelley has said he was lawfully protesting the results of the 2020 presidential election. His arrest last summer suddenly improved his name recognition in a crowded field of Republican candidates for governor, but Kelley finished fourth in the GOP primary with 15% of the vote.
rsnell@detroitnews.com
Twitter: @robertsnellnews | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/06/22/ryan-kelley-plea-deal-january-sixth-siege-misdemeanor-gop/70347238007/ | 2023-06-22T20:50:00 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/06/22/ryan-kelley-plea-deal-january-sixth-siege-misdemeanor-gop/70347238007/ |
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — A juvenile is in custody after shots were fired near the Fayette County courthouse in Uniontown on Thursday, according to police.
According to Fayette County 911, multiple calls were made just after 3 p.m. reporting shots fired in the area of Lincoln Street, which is just behind the courthouse.
This is a developing story, and we’re working to learn more. Check back for updates on Channel 11 News starting at 4 p.m.
Someone from the sheriff’s office called 911 to report a bullet went through a window and hit a chair.
No people were injured in the incident.
The juvenile is currently at the Uniontown police department. Police said they aren’t sure if he is responsible for the shooting.
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SEATTLE — Seattleites will once again have the chance to catch a National Basketball Association (NBA) preseason game in person next season.
The Los Angeles Clippers and Utah Jazz will face off on October 10 at Climate Pledge Arena, the arena said in a tweet on Thursday.
It will be the second annual Rain City Showcase. In October 2022, Climate Pledge Arena hosted a preseason game between the Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers.
Clippers owner Steve Ballmer was the CEO of Redmond-based Microsoft for 15 years. He tried to purchase the Seattle Supersonics before the franchise was relocated to Oklahoma City in 2008, and he also led an effort to attempt to purchase the Sacramento Kings and move them to Seattle in 2013 before he purchased the Clippers in 2014.
When will Seattle get an NBA team?
Every time the Emerald City is mentioned in the same breath as the NBA, people ask when the league will bring a team back to the Pacific Northwest.
Part of the Climate Pledge Arena project included building a locker room with NBA specifications, likely in an attempt to pre-emptively welcome a new team.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is asked about expansion just about every time he steps in front of a microphone, and all indications are that Seattle will be among the front-runners to be awarded an expansion franchise when the time comes. However, the NBA plans to negotiate a new television contract in the spring of 2024, and the current crop of 30 owners has little incentive to add another team to the league and diminish the cut each team will receive from it.
Both the National Football League and National Hockey League have 32 franchises, and it would make sense that the NBA would increase to that number as well in the coming years. Seattle is the most common team associated with NBA expansion, with Las Vegas just behind it as a rapidly-expanding sports hub. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-nba-preseason-climate-pledge-arena/281-5f8a4d44-587b-4f66-887d-05c1cefd4ab2 | 2023-06-22T20:55:48 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-nba-preseason-climate-pledge-arena/281-5f8a4d44-587b-4f66-887d-05c1cefd4ab2 |
In dramatic rescue, 5-year-old dropped from window, saved from fire in West Peoria
Emergency responders from the Peoria County Sheriff's Department and local fire departments saved a family of four, including a child who jumped from a window, from a burning building Tuesday night.
A harrowing video posted by the Peoria County Sheriff's Department captured the rescue.
At 10:25 p.m. Tuesday, authorities responded to a fire at Edgewood Apartments in the 2700 block of Radan Court in West Peoria.
Flames were seen pouring out of the roof of the building. Deputies found a family of four trapped on the third floor but could not reach them because flames had overtaken the hallway, according to the Sheriff's Department.
Citizens then helped deputies use a blanket to catch a 5-year-old child who was dropped from a third-story window in the burning building.
West Peoria and other local fire departments then rescued the other three family members.
"This is such a great example of our first responders working with citizens in our community to save lives," Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins said. "As you can see and hear in the body-worn camera footage, this was a very intense situation. I am proud of everyone involved and thoughts and prayers for the families affected by this fire."
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
More:'Friend of Peoria': Researcher aboard missing Titanic submarine spent time in Peoria | https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/local/2023/06/22/peoria-sheriffs-deputies-save-child-from-west-peoria-apartment-fire/70346567007/ | 2023-06-22T20:59:45 | 1 | https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/local/2023/06/22/peoria-sheriffs-deputies-save-child-from-west-peoria-apartment-fire/70346567007/ |
CEDAR FALLS — Beginning Monday, a full road closure will be in place at the Ashworth Drive/Hudson Road intersection. It will be in effect for approximately six weeks, depending on the weather.
The intersection is being realigned and reconstructed as a signalized intersection. The deep excavation that will be near the intersection is a new bore pit for a sanitary sewer extension coming underneath Hudson Road to serve future homes to the west.
Questions can be directed toward Luke Andreasen at (319) 268-5165 or luke.andreasen@cedarfalls.com.
What you missed this week in notable Waterloo and Cedar Falls crimes and court cases
This week's local crime and court updates from The Courier.
The defense noted there were no signs of a prior struggle, no evidence of an argument and nothing indicating he acted with malice or premeditation
Fayette County sheriff’s deputies arrested a 38-year-old man on two counts of second-degree sexual abuse and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor.
He came to the attention of Waterloo police when he allegedly became involved in an argument with a woman, brandished a pistol and fired two rounds into the air.
An investigation by Lee Enterprises and Type Investigations looked at how agencies have responded to calls for more accountability — including the use of cameras — after George Floyd's murder.
NIBIN alerted detectives to the fact that small markings on the test-fired casings matched two spent casings found next the bodies in the West Second Street home
A Mitchell County man Nathan Gilmore of St. Ansgar, who is a accused of first-degree murder, is asking the court to suppress evidence he attorney says was acquired illegally.
Dr. Jonathan Thompson with the Iowa Medical Examiner’s Office took the stand as testimony resumed in the trial of Matthew Dee Buford III.
The owners of 4th Street Nutrition and four other tenants of The Davenport apartment building that partially collapsed have filed the fourth lawsuit in the matter.
Police investigating the shooting spotted the suspect vehicle. Following a brief chase, police detained three people. Officers also seized a firearm.
The Iowa Attorney General’s Office argued he has a mental defect that makes him likely to commit future sex crimes unless he receives treatment
His comments came during an unannounced visit – before the bodies were found – and he asked to hug his children, who were sleeping
During the dispute, he pulled out a kitchen knife and asked his friend where he wanted to get stabbed. When the friend didn’t response, he stabbed him in the thigh and foot
Prosecutors said they know why Tamica Allison and her friend, Andrea Anderson, were shot to death in 2020.
A dispute over the purchase followed, and she allegedly entered the tent at the Deerwood Park campground, removed the dog and fled | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/cedar-falls-ashworth-drive-hudson-road-intersection-closed/article_e912da80-0c70-11ee-a972-5bd2f7a5c3b5.html | 2023-06-22T21:00:09 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/cedar-falls-ashworth-drive-hudson-road-intersection-closed/article_e912da80-0c70-11ee-a972-5bd2f7a5c3b5.html |
WATERLOO — Hawkeye Community College has joined the national network of businesses designated as a Best Place for Working Parents business.
The confidential online business self-assessment highlights only the top 10 research-backed policies proven to benefit working parents and businesses’ bottom line.
The assessment provides a real-time dashboard of how a business fares against other businesses of similar size and industry across each of the top 10 family friendly practices in their region. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/hcc-best-place-for-working-parents/article_a652a120-0fa0-11ee-9880-cb99931fae14.html | 2023-06-22T21:00:15 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/hcc-best-place-for-working-parents/article_a652a120-0fa0-11ee-9880-cb99931fae14.html |
US Supreme Court rules Lac du Flambeau Tribe in Wisconsin not immune from bankruptcy law
In a case with implications for all of Indian Country, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 last week that the Lac du Flambeau Tribe in Wisconsin must abide by U.S. bankruptcy laws for individuals, which overrides tribal sovereign immunity.
The case involves a member of the tribe, Brian Coughlin, who borrowed $1,100 from one the tribe’s businesses, Lendgreen, a payday loan company in 2019.
Before fully repaying the high-interest, short-term loan, Coughlin filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, which triggered an automatic stay, meaning collection efforts would cease throughout the bankruptcy process.
Lendgreen allegedly continued attempting to collect from Coughlin after he filed for bankruptcy and Coughlin filed a motion in bankruptcy court against the company to enforce the automatic stay and recover damages.
Coughlin alleged that “Lendgreen was so aggressive in its efforts to contact him and collect the money that he suffered substantial emotional distress, and at one point, even attempted to take his own life,” according to court documents.
The bankruptcy court sided with the tribe and dismissed the suit on grounds of tribal sovereign immunity, but the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed the lower court’s ruling, arguing that the bankruptcy code “unequivocally strips tribes of their immunity.”
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld that ruling, arguing that all tribal governments, not only Lac du Flambeau, and all governments in the U.S. are not immune from the bankruptcy code.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote the opinion for the majority.
More:Native American tribes offer short-term loans. Consumers say they are being gouged.
“We conclude that the Bankruptcy Code unequivocally abrogates the sovereign immunity of any and every government that possesses the power to assert such immunity,” Jackson wrote, in part. “Federally recognized tribes undeniably fit that description; therefore, the Code’s abrogation provision plainly applies to them as well.”
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the dissenting opinion.
“Until today, there was not one example in all of history where (this) Court ha(s) found that Congress intended to abrogate tribal sovereign immunity without expressly mentioning Indian tribes somewhere in the statute,” Gorsuch wrote, in part.
Frank Vaisvilas is a former Report for America corps member who covers Native American issues in Wisconsin based at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Contact him at fvaisvilas@gannett.com or 815-260-2262. Follow him on Twitter at @vaisvilas_frank. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2023/06/22/lac-du-flambeau-tribe-loses-supreme-court-case-about-bankruptcy-law/70346842007/ | 2023-06-22T21:00:48 | 1 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2023/06/22/lac-du-flambeau-tribe-loses-supreme-court-case-about-bankruptcy-law/70346842007/ |
Idaho’s Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Raymond Patricco agreed to move forward a lawsuit involving two transgender people who claim Idaho’s Medicaid program refused to pay for their gender-affirming medical care.
The plaintiffs in the case, identified as MH and TB, are transgender women who both submitted prior authorization requests to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare seeking genital reconstruction surgeries to treat their gender dysphoria, as recommended by their physicians. The department denied covering both requests under Medicaid, saying neither plaintiff’s procedures were medically necessary.
The plaintiffs sued the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare over those denials, saying they violate the Equal Protection Clause, the Due Process Clause, and multiple requirements of the Medicaid Act.
Gov. Brad Little has previously said he does not support using Idaho Medicaid to pay for gender dysphoria treatments like surgeries, puberty blockers, or hormones.
In the order published Tuesday, Patricco allowed the lawsuit to move forward, citing the plaintiffs’ Equal Protection Claim. The court did grant the state’s request to block suing Dr. Magni Hamso, who denied MH’s request, in her individual capacity. Plaintiffs may still sue Hamso in her official capacity as medical director of the Idaho Division of Medicaid.
“Plaintiffs recognize that, on its face, Defendants’ policy appears gender-neutral and directed at a medical condition and treatment therefor: coverage is excluded for genital reconstruction surgery to treat gender dysphoria. Yet, exclusively transgender persons – and not cisgender persons – suffer from gender dysphoria,” Patricco wrote.
A cisgender person is a person who identifies with the gender assigned at birth.
The merits of the claim are not yet decided, and the court requested plans for litigation moving forward. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-lawsuit-over-medicaid-paying-for-transgender-care-moves-forward/article_7d3d0970-1125-11ee-85e6-6b1326833271.html | 2023-06-22T21:03:36 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-lawsuit-over-medicaid-paying-for-transgender-care-moves-forward/article_7d3d0970-1125-11ee-85e6-6b1326833271.html |
Over the next 15 years, Idaho will receive $76 million from chain pharmacies CVS and Walgreens and drug manufacturers Teva and Allergan under a $17.3 billion multistate settlement.
Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced another opioid settlement agreement this week that will help the state combat the opioid crisis. Over the next 15 years, Idaho will receive $76 million from chain pharmacies CVS and Walgreens and drug manufacturers Teva and Allergan.
Under the $17.3 billion multistate agreement, Allergan is required to stop selling opioids for the next 10 years and Teva is required to stop opioid marketing and ensure systems are in place to prevent drug misuse. CVS and Walgreens have agreed to monitor, report, and share data about suspicious activity related to opioid prescriptions.
This settlement is one of many over the last few years between states and the pharmaceutical industry for its role in the opioid crisis.
“The unrestrained access of these drugs has had a devastating impact on our communities. This settlement holds the entire industry accountable and demonstrates our commitment to changing the business practices of opioid drug companies and their distributors,” Labrador said in a news release.
The Tuesday news release also noted that an additional final agreement with Walmart pharmacies is expected in the coming weeks.
Figures from the attorney general’s office prior to the new agreement show that the state had received over $12 million, cities and counties have received over $8 million, and public health districts have received over $5 million in opioid settlement funds so far.
The Idaho Behavioral Health Council is currently taking public input on how the state should use its share of opioid abatement funds. The council will give lawmakers its recommendations in the next legislative session. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-to-receive-another-76-million-in-opioid-settlement/article_2a06d71e-1138-11ee-8905-8f228925fdcc.html | 2023-06-22T21:03:37 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-to-receive-another-76-million-in-opioid-settlement/article_2a06d71e-1138-11ee-8905-8f228925fdcc.html |
ARKANSAS, USA — Since a high-end EF3 tornado ripped through parts of Central Arkansas on March 31, agents with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have been in the area to offer assistance to those in need.
It has now been almost three months since the tornado and the three remaining Disaster Recovery Centers in the state are set to permanently close at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 28.
Anyone still needing help can meet with FEMA specialists at any of the three locations listed below Monday - Friday during the hours of 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m., and Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Pulaski County
1) West Central Community Center
8616 Colonel Glenn Rd.
Little Rock, AR 72204
2) North Little Rock Community Center
2700 Willow St.
North Little Rock, AR 72114
Cross County
3) The Bridge Church
209 Merriman Ave
Wynne, AR 72396
Arkansas homeowners and renters in Lonoke, Cross, and Pulaski counties whose homes were damaged in the storms and tornados on March 31 have until the July 3 deadline to apply for FEMA disaster assistance.
You can learn more by clicking here. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/fema-close-disaster-recovery-arkansas/91-f729b7a7-fa85-4a6b-ba60-bbd25058291e | 2023-06-22T21:04:55 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/fema-close-disaster-recovery-arkansas/91-f729b7a7-fa85-4a6b-ba60-bbd25058291e |
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. — It's become a heated topic in Anne Arundel County, a new flag policy that was proposed by one of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education members would only allow certain flags to be flown on public school property.
"There were a lot of complaints about this issue, one of the first conversations I had with some board members was over the disruptions of certain things that were going on in schools relating to flags,” said AACPS board member Corine Frank at the May 24 board meeting.
Frank is the board member who proposed the new flag policy which was discussed with the full board at the May 24 meeting. If approved, the policy would limit what type of flags can be on display at the Anne Arundel County BOE property and any public school in the county.
Only allowing the American, Maryland state, Anne Arundel County and Annapolis flags.
One parent, Kerry Gillespie is in agreement with the policy as it stands now. She said other flags outside government or education divides students.
"I support the policy because I feel like the American flag which is already within the classroom unites and embodies everybody, no matter who they are no matter what they're beliefs are,” said Gillespie.
But the Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County is not on board, stating other flags being displayed will bring unity.
"We are opposing this because we know that our flags make a difference in our classrooms. Our students come from different countries, they live different lives, and this allows our classrooms to become inclusive environments,” said Nicole Disney-Bates, TAAAC President.
The proposed policy also states the display of flags shall be limited to a bona fide educational purpose which will be up to the school principal or their designee. And that the superintendent is authorized to develop regulations to carry out the policy.
The second reading will happen Monday where the board could make changes to the policy.
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Meet Our Mid-Valley: Oregon State Hospital greenhouse director Michael Taylor
This is part of a weekly series introducing readers to individuals who are passionate about our Mid-Valley community.
Salem resident Michael Taylor said he sees Oregon State Hospital patients’ shoulders relax and drop as they come to work at the greenhouse, one of several vocational opportunities.
Working in the garden is therapeutic, said Taylor, a training and development specialist. Learning how to care for the different plants allows time for reflection on their own self-care.
“Living things require almost all the same things: the right environment and the right nurturing,” he said.
The greenhouse and gardens on the grounds of the hospital provide a safe and supportive place, Taylor said. Patients who work in the greenhouse earn money and learn skills that are transferrable to careers in the nursery and greenhouse industry.
Tables inside the greenhouse are filled with a variety of plants, and the garden in the back contains plots of fruits and vegetables, many of which are harvested for use in the hospital café. Many of the plants are sold at 13th Street Nursery and there are two yearly plant sales for state hospital employees.
Being in a natural environment, surrounded by plants, fresh air, and sometimes sunlight also can be healing, Taylor said .
“Nature is the perfect teacher,” he said.
And having a job that becomes a part of patients' routine contributes to their sense of stability, which is something many of them have not had in a long time.
“When someone's on the outside and then they have to come here, that rhythm is disrupted,” said Doug Anderson, OSH's director of vocational, education, spiritual care, peer recovery and nature. “And so the opportunity to get well and then have work is very familiar.”
There are currently seven patients who each work 10 hours a week in the greenhouse and garden.
Passion for the work
Taylor has a background in environmental education in alternative environments and he used to run a greenhouse company.
“I saw this job come up, and I was like, 'Oh boy, that’s perfect,'” said Taylor.
In the about five years Taylor has been working at the state hospital he has made an impact, his coworkers said.
“Michael clearly has a passion for the work that he does. He’s very invested in it. He wants to see patients be successful,” said Anderson.
Taylor said he loves teaching through hands-on experiences. He helps patients learn skills including seeding, transplanting, fertilizing, propagation, but he tries to give them as much freedom as possible to make their own decisions and mistakes.
Patient impact
Patients also learn important life skills: How to work as a team, follow directions, and practice in applying and interviewing for a job.
Being in a work environment plays an important role in patients' treatment journey, said Krystal Landry, assistant director of vocational services. She said hospital staff look at things like their frustration tolerance, how they’re reacting to difficult situations, and whether they are showing up to work appropriately dressed.
“Are they able to accept change or failure or success. How are they reacting to that,” said Landry.
It is also important that their work feels meaningful and impactful for them, said Taylor.
They love the work, except for certain tasks like washing pots, he said.
“No one likes to do dishes.”
Sydney Wyatt covers healthcare inequities in the Mid-Willamette Valley for the Statesman Journal. Send comments, questions, and tips to her atSWyatt@gannett.com, (503) 399-6613, or on Twitter@sydney_elise44
The Statesman Journal’s coverage of healthcare inequities is funded in part by theM.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, which seeks to strengthen the cultural, social, educational, and spiritual base of the Pacific Northwest through capacity-building investments in the nonprofit sector. | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/mid-valley/2023/06/22/oregon-state-hospital-greenhouse-director-michael-taylor-helps-patients-grow-heal/70300159007/ | 2023-06-22T21:11:04 | 1 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/mid-valley/2023/06/22/oregon-state-hospital-greenhouse-director-michael-taylor-helps-patients-grow-heal/70300159007/ |
PRESCOTT, Ariz. — It was in the thick forest of Groom Creek in Yavapai County where amidst towering pine trees, neighbors said Steven Jackson was building a home.
“He was looking forward to enjoying the rest of his days in his favorite place in the whole world,” David Montano said.
Now, Groom Creek and the community living there – part or full-time – hold memories of Jackson.
“It’s just such a loss here for all of us,” Montano said.
Montano was one of Jackson’s neighbors in the community. He recalls meeting Jackson a few years back and exchanging numbers. That was the first of many encounters where Montano said he came to know Jackson well. Montano said Jackson, who was 66, retired just last year.
“Insanely intelligent, he knew everything about everything,” Montano said.
While Jackson came up from Tucson to work on his home alone, Montano said it was common that people would spend hours on Jackson’s property talking with him.
“He was just the happiest guy. I mean it was like he had no problems in the world. He just only cared about making people happy and living a great life for himself,” Montano said. “And he had that full dream unfolding right in front of us.”
On Friday, that dream ended when the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said while Jackson was at the campsite on his property, he was attacked by an adult male black bear.
Montano woke up to neighbors pounding on his door.
‘He said, ‘A bear’s got Steven; grab your gun,’” Montano said.
While investigators say neighbors tried to help Jackson, even honking a vehicle's horn, the bear didn’t stop.
“The family has suffered a lot from this, and we were able to meet them and offer some closure in that there were so many people that showed up to help,” Montano said.
Ultimately, it was Montano who stopped the bear.
“I saw further down the hill the bear was there, and I got his attention, and I shot the bear,” Montano said. “The bear rolled off Steven, and I said, ‘I’m gonna shoot again,’ and I shot again.”
Montano said his government job gave him training for situations like this.
“Guns in the right hands with proper training and knowing how to use it – guns can absolutely save lives,” Montano said.
While it was too late for Jackson, Arizona Game and Fish Department, officials said that Montano shooting the bear prevented investigators from trying to find the bear.
“If that bear had not been put down, who knows who else it could have attacked,” Montano said. “And that gives me peace.”
Information released Wednesday by Game and Fish following a necropsy of the bear found nothing abnormal that the bear was healthy and tested negative for rabies.
Still, the community is grieving Jackson’s life.
“We may never know all the details in this, but what I do know is that this mountain is one less person now,” Montano said.
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A semi truck crashed on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and went over the side and into the water on Thursday, officials said.
Meanwhile, maintenance crews were working to repair a damaged guardrail and curb, bridge officials said.
The circumstances of the crash were being investigated. It was at least the sixth time in recent years that a large truck has crashed over the side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, news outlets reported. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2023/06/22/tractor-trailer-virginia-crash-beach-bridge/59d2b018-113c-11ee-8d22-5f65b2e2f6ad_story.html | 2023-06-22T21:16:00 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2023/06/22/tractor-trailer-virginia-crash-beach-bridge/59d2b018-113c-11ee-8d22-5f65b2e2f6ad_story.html |
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