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WASHINGTON, D.C. – A former Orlando area college student was sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Grady Owens, who was attending Full Sail University at the time, was sentenced in a federal courtroom in Washington on Friday.
Owens was arrested in April of 2021 after federal investigators claimed he hit a police officer in the head with his skateboard during the attack at the Capitol.
In November of 2022, he agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors, where he pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer and disorderly conduct at the Capitol.
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Earlier this month, Owens wrote a letter to the judge ahead of his sentencing after his attorney asked the Court for leniency.
“That day will forever be one of the worst days of my life. The day that I didn’t conduct myself with positivity and love,” he wrote. “After seeing the videos that I took, and hearing the things that I said, I became deeply ashamed. I have lost many nights of sleep thinking of how stupid I was to say what I said, and I have thought about those words, and their impact every day since. I have many friends and family members in law enforcement, and knowing that I have let them down and disrespected them brings me great shame.”
On Friday, Judge Beryl A. Howell sentenced Owens to be incarcerated for 37 months followed by 24 months of supervised release. He also ordered Owens to pay $2,000 in restitution.
Owens is still free, however, after the judge allowed him to self-surrender at a later date.
Owens is one of 36 Central Florida residents arrested and charged in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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A Port Charlotte man died after crashing into a SUV on state road 776 early Saturday morning.
The crash happened on El Jobean Road & Cornelius Boulevard at around 7a.m.
According to Florida Highway Patrol, An SUV was traveling south on Cornelius Boulevard, approaching the intersection of El Jobean Road when it went into the path of a motorcycle traveling west bound.
The FHP report says that the motorcyclist then hit the SUV.
The motorcyclist was pronounced dead on scene. The driver and passengers of he SUV were unhurt.
At this time the crash remains under investigation. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2023/06/24/port-charolette-crash-leaves-one-dead/ | 2023-06-26T00:48:07 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2023/06/24/port-charolette-crash-leaves-one-dead/ |
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PALMERTON, Pa. — A man is dead after a motorcycle crash in Carbon County.
It happened just after 10 p.m. Saturday night, along the 1200 block of Mauch Chunk Road in Palmerton.
Officials say a motorcycle driver side-siped a car and then hit a telephone pole.
The coroner says the 30-year-old driver from Kunkletown died in the crash.
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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Pride Month is coming to an end, but there are still plenty of celebrations around.
The PrideFest celebration on Public Square included more than 75 vendors, drag performances, and performances from community members. WNEP is a sponsor of PrideFest.
Organizers say events like these bring everyone together.
"It just shows that you could have major corporations and small-town local businesses coming together for one reason, and that's for pride and to support us," said David Pearson, Rainbow Alliance.
Local businesses also had PrideFest specials to celebrate in Wilkes-Barre.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/pridefest-held-in-wilkes-barre-luzerne-county-rainbow-alliance-david-pearson-public-square/523-3e884ef0-7263-4400-83ef-83ad7df91da8 | 2023-06-26T00:55:28 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/pridefest-held-in-wilkes-barre-luzerne-county-rainbow-alliance-david-pearson-public-square/523-3e884ef0-7263-4400-83ef-83ad7df91da8 |
WAYNE COUNTY, Pa. — It was a big weekend in the world of ham radio in Wayne County.
Ham radio, or amateur radio, is a popular hobby people use to talk across town or around the world or to send out emergency communications without the internet.
You can set up a ham radio station anywhere, and that's what people at the Valley View Farm and Campground in Waymart did.
The Windmill Amateur Radio Group hosted its annual field day event, which is a nationwide emergency communications exercise for ham radio operators.
Organizers say it was a great way to show others how ham radio works.
"They're going to actually see the operation of amateur radio again, known also as ham radio. And it goes to show with simple antenna systems and everything else as far as how we contact people throughout the different parts of the world," said Joe Cieciorka, Windmill Amateur Radio Group President.
Lots of folks came out to learn about ham radio at the field day in Wayne County.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/wayne-county/ham-radio-field-day-in-wayne-county-windmill-amateur-radio-group-field-day-valley-view-campground-waymart-joe-cieciorka/523-36aa516d-9870-470f-b082-9de5ce581719 | 2023-06-26T00:55:34 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/wayne-county/ham-radio-field-day-in-wayne-county-windmill-amateur-radio-group-field-day-valley-view-campground-waymart-joe-cieciorka/523-36aa516d-9870-470f-b082-9de5ce581719 |
WYOMING COUNTY, Pa. — An annual softball tournament took place in Wyoming County Sunday, but it was about more than winning.
This is the 9th year the Sober Sluggers have held the picnic and tournament at NAPA Field in Tunkhannock Township.
The tournament includes teams from drug and alcohol treatment organizations in six different counties.
Organizers say it helps those in recovery connect with each other and have fun.
"I think it's great. In this field, you know, a lot of times, our patients and people in recovery get kind of a bad reputation. So this allows us to get together with all of our families and do something really positive and show our patients and show everybody in recovery that recovery can be fun too," said Dr. Arianne Scheller, CEO of Endless Mountain Extended Care.
The event has grown from just a tournament into a family affair and fundraiser in Wyoming County.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/wyoming-county/softball-tournament-in-wyoming-county-tunkhannock-township-sober-sluggers-picnic-game-dr-arianne-scheller/523-24740ba5-d2c0-4b2b-ba75-f7d2c55e57e6 | 2023-06-26T00:55:40 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/wyoming-county/softball-tournament-in-wyoming-county-tunkhannock-township-sober-sluggers-picnic-game-dr-arianne-scheller/523-24740ba5-d2c0-4b2b-ba75-f7d2c55e57e6 |
A fire near 12th and Adams streets destroyed two garages and a 2012 Mercedes on Sunday.
Dmitry Martirosov
A fire in northwest Lincoln destroyed two garages and a 2012 Mercedes on Sunday.
At about 4:50 p.m., Lincoln Fire and Rescue responded to a fire at 1209 Adams St. When they arrived, a detached garage behind the house was on fire.
The garage and a 2012 Mercedes sedan inside were destroyed, Battalion Chief Andrew Evans said.
The fire, which was extinguished in about five minutes, also spread to an adjacent garage, which was destroyed as well. A neighboring house also sustained damage.
No injuries were reported, Evans said.
The cause and the estimated damage is unknown. The fire is under investigation.
Top Journal Star photos for June 2023
A'rielle Harvell (bottom), 5, slides down an inflatable water slide next to her sisters, Yahkira Harvell (top), 4, and Samirah Graham, 13, on Monday in central Lincoln. The temperature in Lincoln reached 96 on Monday and was in the 90s again on Tuesday. The National Weather Service is forecasting highs in the 90s and mostly sunny conditions for at least the next week.
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David Campbell, a recent graduate from Union college's international rescue and relief program, climbs and repels from a tree alongside Mike Mikler (not pictured) on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at Holmes Lake Park in Lincoln.
The duo, who had earlier created a giant swing, said they were climbing the trees for fun and practice. The program for International rescue and relief is a bachelor of science degree designed for students who want to serve and help others in disaster and humanitarian relief.
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Southeast Community College Professor Michael Mellon teaches anatomy of the human brain to his class Tuesday in Lincoln. A change to community college funding in Nebraska will result in higher property taxes to support SCC next year, but officials say a tax credit will offset those increases.
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Crane removal equipment sits on Q St. between North 9th and 10th St. temporarily closing the section of Q until June 23rd, Monday, June 19, 2023, in Lincoln.
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Malone Ribbon Dancers, including Maisey Ratliff, 8, dance during Lincoln's Juneteenth celebration Saturday at Trago Park.
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Scott Copeland (Left) and Donnette Thayer (right) play Irish folk music with friends during the Hub Farmers Market at Union Plaza park on Wednesday. The markets are Wednesdays, from 5-7 p.m., through Sept. 20.
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Open Harvest employees shovel gravel at the Open Harvest ground breaking in the Telegraph District, Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Lincoln.
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Dynasty Volleyball players Abigail Mullen (bottom left), Reese Messer (left), Claire Cisneros (top right), and Skyler Pierce (right) share snacks and stories with one another as they rest on the catwalk overlooking the volleyball courts ahead of their next match during the Midwest PreNationals tournament on Friday, June 9, 2023, at the Sports Pavilion Lawrence in Lawrence.
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Fisherman Salem Alsareni, catches a 24 inch carp, weighing in at six and a half pounds at Holmes Lake, Monday, June 12, 2023, in Lincoln.
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Angela Gebhardt walks next to Star City Chorus during the Star City Pride Parade Saturday at the Nebraska state Capitol.
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Foster Care Closet employee Brooke Horton lifts boxes of diapers onto the bus before departing for Norfolk on Friday.
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln chancellor candidate Rodney Bennett answers questions from students and staff who are part of the College of Law on Thursday at the Office of the President.
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Terrance McIntyre gets his hair cut by Treveon Phinney at 402 Fades Barber Shop on Thursday at Gateway Mall.
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Eliana Athena Vargas Smith, 2, plays in the fountain at Union Plaza park on Wednesday, when temperatures reached 88 degrees in Lincoln.
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Children extend their arms outward as they reach for bubbles to pop during a family fun night ice cream party on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at the Charles H. Gere Branch Library in Lincoln.
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Harper Trumble (top right) dances with her cousin Keegan VanDeWater (right) while Alexis Arai y Su Grupo perform as part of the Jazz in June concert series on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at in the Sheldon Sculpture Garden at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Lincoln. The first performers for Jazz in June drew a sizable crowd on Tuesday. The free concert series, held each Tuesday in June, will feature two sets of music from 7-7:45 p.m. and 8-8:45 p.m. Beyond the performances, the series will include education outreach coordinated by community centers and artists. A market offered food and drinks to hungry patrons. And a bike Valet will provided free, secure parking for bicycles from 5 p.m. until the end of the performance in the market.
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The Rev. T. Michael Williams signs the petition to repeal LB753 during Support our Schools Nebraska petition drive kickoff at the state Capitol on Tuesday.
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Mia Masch, 5, has her hair adjusted by her father Ian while his pet parrot Mango rests atop his shoulder during an animal blessing ceremony at First-Plymouth Church.
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Shriner clowns cover their hearts for the invocation before the Nebraska Shrine Bowl on Saturday at Cope Stadium in Kearney.
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A rainbow is seen near Ralston High School stadium during the Nebraska High School Soccer Senior Showcase on Friday.
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Grace Jacobson of Lincoln holds a rainbow umbrella over a coffin prop in front of the Governor's Mansion on Thursday, the final day of the legislative session.
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Nikita (black) jumps into the dog pool as Pearl chases after her at Off Leash Dog Bar on Wednesday.
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Lincoln East’s Carter Mick (10) poses for portrait , Monday, May 29, 2023, in Lincoln.
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Rebecca Rager greets her grandfather Alfred Zieg (from left) during a celebration before his birthday on Wednesday, in the Gramercy dining room on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at The Residence at Gramercy in Lincoln. 'It has been a life for sure," Alfred Zieg said during the celebration. "And on Wednesday I get to start all over again, right?"
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Muggs, a 6 year-old chocolate lab fetches his toy from the water following his dive on Saturday at Paws 4 Fun in Lincoln.
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Fire fighters clear out hot debris pulled off of 411 Mulder Dr home after alert two back yard fire, Friday, May 26, 2023, in Lincoln.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A 40-year-old man was killed in a high-speed motorcycle crash in Salem near the intersection of Glen Creek and Doaks Ferry Road shortly after midnight on Sunday.
The Salem Police Department stated that the motorcycle rider, identified as Timothy Edward Smith, likely attempted to turn along a curving stretch of road and lost control. The motorcycle crashed through a nearby fence and Smith is believed to have slid across the pavement before coming to rest near the curbside.
“Arriving officers located an unresponsive male rider with severe injuries who was pronounced deceased at the scene by paramedics,” the Salem Police Department said.
SPD said that speed appeared to be a factor in the crash. The intersection and adjacent street were closed for approximately 3.5 hours while officers investigated the scene of the crash. | https://www.koin.com/local/marion-county/fatal-salem-motorcycle-crash-was-speed-related-police-say/ | 2023-06-26T01:04:46 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/marion-county/fatal-salem-motorcycle-crash-was-speed-related-police-say/ |
According to the Fishers Fire Department, the family noticed flames coming from the boat's engine shortly after launching it around 5:30 p.m.
FISHERS, Ind. — A family of four boating on Geist Reservoir had to jump from their boat after it caught fire Thursday evening.
According to the Fishers Fire Department, the family noticed flames coming from the boat's engine shortly after launching it around 5:30 p.m.
A nearby boat saw the incident and was able to rescue the four people, who had minor injuries.
The Fishers public safety boat arrived and extinguished the fire.
A private company towed the boat back to shore, where fuel reignited, causing another large fire.
Fishers Fire Department investigators are working with DNR to determine the cause of the initial fire.
At approximately 5:30 Thursday evening, a family took their boat onto Geist Reservoir and shortly after, had to jump from the boat due to flames coming from the engine. A nearby boat saw what was happening and were able to rescue the four victims who had minor injuries. The Fishers Public Safety boat arrived with firefighters and extinguished the flames.
A private company then towed the boat back to shore where fuel then reignited from a heat source.
Fire department investigators are working with DNR
Posted by Fishers Fire Department on Thursday, June 22, 2023 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/family-jumps-from-boat-geist-reservoir-after-it-catches-fire-fishers/531-8adcd264-a2ec-40d0-b1ac-644ef113d689 | 2023-06-26T01:04:57 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/family-jumps-from-boat-geist-reservoir-after-it-catches-fire-fishers/531-8adcd264-a2ec-40d0-b1ac-644ef113d689 |
CLEVELAND — Calling all movie fans!
The cast of “A Christmas Story” is set to reunite in Cleveland.
“Behind the Camera: A Christmas Story Official 40th Anniversary” will take place Nov. 10-12 at Cleveland Public Auditorium.
The once-in-a-lifetime experience will feature Peter Billingsley, who played Ralphie, returning to Cleveland for the cast reunion. Billingsley’s appearance will mark his first-ever signing and first public reunion with the cast.
The event “explores the magic behind the making of the movie and celebrates the laughs and joys that it brings us,” according to event organizers.
Tickets for the event can be purchased HERE.
Schedule of events:
Friday, Nov. 10
- Cast Expo: 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm in Public Auditorium
- Behind the Camera Panel: 7:00 pm in the Music Hall
Saturday, Nov. 11
- The Cleveland Christmas Run: 8:30 am
- Cast Expo: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday, Nov. 12
Cast Expo: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
The Greater Cleveland Film Commission made the announcement during a press conference on Wednesday afternoon.
“We are super super excited about this event because this is four years in the making. There is perhaps no movie that captures our hearts better than A Christmas Story. It resonates with our own fond memories of childhood and has become a ritual every holiday season,” said Greater Cleveland Film Commission President Bill Garvey.
The full press conference can be watched below:
The following cast members are expected to be in attendance during the reunion weekend:
Peter Billingsley
Zack Ward
Scott Schwartz
R.D. Robb
Yano Anaya
Ian Petrella
Tedde Moore
Patty Lafontain
- Drew Hocevar
Among those at the announcement included Scott Schwartz (Flick) and Zack Ward (Scut Farkus) from A Christmas Story.
Both actors expressed their love for Cleveland and seeing how much it has grown since the movie's filming.
“For us, Cleveland has become like this other home. We have enjoyed watching it grow up and become a beautiful place. It is a fantastic place,” said Ward. “I guess we are getting older and we have some pride in this city we got to play in when we were kids."
The three-day reunion is expected to draw tens of thousands of people to Cleveland coming from across all 50 states.
“This is a big deal. Peter is coming home to celebrate. It is an honor and a privilege. It is really cool,” said Schwartz.
The house from "A Christmas Story," which has become a bucket list destination for movie fans, remains up for sale on West 11th Street in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood. The iconic property was listed last November. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/greater-cleveland-film-commission-major-announcement/95-474d0e94-5e13-40f9-8c2f-80bb736ee8e5 | 2023-06-26T01:05:03 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/greater-cleveland-film-commission-major-announcement/95-474d0e94-5e13-40f9-8c2f-80bb736ee8e5 |
GREENWOOD, Ind. — The city of Greenwood is hosting its annual Freedom Festival at Craig Park Saturday.
The celebration starts at 4 p.m. with a parade starting on Madison Avenue.
It will host over 30 food vendors, five beer and wine vendors and multiple community booths.
There will be a Kids Zone that will offer inflatables, face painting and other fun family-centered activities.
Here is a list in order of the events for Saturday.
- 4 p.m. - Parade
- 5:30–7 p.m. - Live music with The Doo
- 7:30–9 p.m. - Live music with The Bishops
- 9:15–10 p.m. - Honor Our Heroes
- 10–10:15 p.m. - Star Spangled Banner/Retire the Flag
- 10:15 p.m. - Fireworks
For a detailed map of this year’s festivities or more information, visit the Greenwood website. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/greenwood-freedom-festival-returns-indiana-city-community/531-9c0a6588-04a5-4d21-8d7f-ab25cfe6e64a | 2023-06-26T01:05:10 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/greenwood-freedom-festival-returns-indiana-city-community/531-9c0a6588-04a5-4d21-8d7f-ab25cfe6e64a |
INDIANAPOLIS — Summer just got started but the Marion County Public Health Department is getting a head start on back-to-school.
They hosted a community resource day Saturday with free school supplies, immunizations and sports physicals.
For more than 25 years, the health department has made sure kids have backpacks and supplies for the new school year. It's meant to ease the financial burden for families.
Families today also took home free food boxes and could enroll their children in health insurance. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/health-departments-community-resource-day-helps-indy-families-prepare-for-back-to-school-supplies-immunizations-free/531-da794cd7-5d1d-4457-8e5c-66ad15d5840a | 2023-06-26T01:05:16 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/health-departments-community-resource-day-helps-indy-families-prepare-for-back-to-school-supplies-immunizations-free/531-da794cd7-5d1d-4457-8e5c-66ad15d5840a |
INDIANAPOLIS — When it comes to a township trustee’s office, people usually think of place to get help with rent or utilities when times are tough.
That’s still the case, but Trustee Annette Johnson has added another resource, a supply room solely for moms and babies who live in Pike Township.
“Come on in, bring the baby,” Johnson said to a woman getting out of a car, holding a baby carrier.
Standing at the door of the Pike Township Trustee’s Office, Johnson waved the woman inside.
The two-month-old riding in that baby carrier is too young to someday remember this moment or meeting Johnson. His mom Judith Castillo won’t soon forget it, though.
“Do you have a baby carrier? Do you want one?” Johnson asked the new mom as she led her into a room filled with just about anything a baby could need.
“What about wipes?” Johnson asked, holding up a package, before putting them in a bag for Castillo.
Castillo came to the office after Johnson invited her to pick up supplies she might need for the baby.
When Castillo arrived, accompanied by her mom, she wasn’t sure what to expect. What she walked into was a room that took Johnson, her staff, and township firefighters six months to create.
“The firefighters put these shelves together for me because I don’t know about putting shelves together,” Johnson said, laughing, pointing to several shelves lined with baby shampoo, baby powder and more.
“I really want to credit my caseworkers because they would say, ‘Trustee, this mother’s having a baby and she’s already having it hard and what can we do to help,’” Johnson recalled.
“I was like, ‘Let’s brainstorm and see what we can do here,’” Johnson said she told her staff.
That brainstorming session led to the room that opened last month, helping new moms and babies living in Pike Township. The need for it is there.
“I’m not working right now, and my husband is the only one that’s providing for us,” said Castillo, choking up slightly. “This is a pretty big help for us.”
“If I can just make sure for the first six months that the mom has everything she needs for that baby, then that’s really my goal right there,” said Johnson.
So far, people have donated some of the items for the room. Johnson bought other items out of the trustee’s budget.
“This is one of the key things is car seats,” said Johnson, holding up a baby car seat. “As you can see, I only have one car seat. I had two. I had enough in the budget to buy two. Hopefully, I’ll be able to get some more, but car seats are very very expensive and that can wipe your budget out pretty quickly.”
She’s hoping area businesses will want to eventually get on board to help.
“We want the baby to be healthy. We want the mother to not be worried about how she’s going to provide for that baby,” said Johnson.
Looking around the room, Johnson, who’s in her fifth year as trustee, can’t help but think about her own mom who became a widow at age 36 with six kids to raise.
“I just feel like she’s right here, too, and I’m sure this is something she’d be so excited about because that was one of her biggest things. It was all about giving back to the community,” said Johnson.
And Castillo is thankful to be a part of that community for more reasons than just the items she left with on Friday.
“It gives me hope that there’s still good people in the world,” said Castillo as she left.
It’s the kind of world she wants her son to grow up in.
“Let me know if you need anything, you have my number,” Johnson told Castillo as she walked out the door. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/inspiring-indiana/it-gives-me-hope-pike-township-trustee-offers-new-resources-for-moms-and-babies-annette-johnson-children/531-ac881235-f116-4f2e-b66b-39a69010e96d | 2023-06-26T01:05:22 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/inspiring-indiana/it-gives-me-hope-pike-township-trustee-offers-new-resources-for-moms-and-babies-annette-johnson-children/531-ac881235-f116-4f2e-b66b-39a69010e96d |
INDIANAPOLIS — As Indianapolis sees a rise in gun violence, efforts are growing to get to help to at-risk teens before it's too late.
That was the aim of an event Friday inside the halls of a northeast side church.
"Project Pat is one of the groundbreaking artists of drill music, he's one of the founders" said Kareem Hines.
He came to share his story with a group of young people with a focus on mental health and promoting a positive mindset - something organizer Hines said is an important conversation.
"We are starting to see more mental health issues become more prevalent in our younger kids," he said.
Nonprofits groups NEW B.O.Y and the Inner Beauty Program sponsored the event. They mentor a diverse group of young people in the community and believe some of the issues we are seeing in our community -- including a rise in gun violence -- are coming from below the surface level.
"Trauma is real," Hines said. "Trauma has no age range. I think our young people are not only dealing with their issues, but their great-grandma's issues."
"I think it's like people are treating their trauma and want to release it out on others because they don't know how to take care of it themselves. They release it out on other people,' said Meckenzie Hughes, a member of Inner Beauty.
Marion Superior Court Judge Geoffrey Gaither was also in the crowd. He presides over the family division. He says some of the kids in the room he's seen in his courtroom and that programs that focus on mentorship are crucial to prevention.
"They're kids. I don't want to see them as a file. I'd rather see them as human beings with real needs and real interests so i can apply real services to their benefit," said Gaither.
That's why Hines believes it's important to step outside the box to reach youth struggling in the community.
"Connection before correction," Hines said. "Our young people need to feel connected to somebody they believe understands them, who they feel they're not going to be judged."
Both NEW B.O.Y and the Inner Beauty Program have activities and events throughout the year for youth. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indianapolis-groups-hope-mentoring-youth-can-help-stem-rise-in-gun-violence-inner-beauty-program/531-3113836c-ca91-4bca-b6e6-0c555679e912 | 2023-06-26T01:05:28 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indianapolis-groups-hope-mentoring-youth-can-help-stem-rise-in-gun-violence-inner-beauty-program/531-3113836c-ca91-4bca-b6e6-0c555679e912 |
MUNCIE, Ind. — An investigation is underway into an officer-involved shooting in Muncie Friday.
An Indiana State Police spokesperson said the Delaware County Sheriff requested investigative assistance into the incident involving his deputies.
According to an ISP spokesperson, deputies were looking for 19-year-old Tarron H. Conwell, Alexandria, early Friday evening. Officers wanted to question him in connection with a previous case. Conwell was also said to be sought on warrants from Madison County
The search took officers to the 3000 block of Mock Avenue, Muncie. According to the spokesperson, officers "witnessed Conwell leave a residence and proceeded to apprehend the suspect. When Conwell saw officers, he reportedly fled on foot from police and at some point during the chase pulled out a 9mm handgun and fired at officers. Deputy Carter Smithson of the Delaware County Sheriff's Office returned fire with his department issued sidearm."
The ISP report said Sgt. Tim Mitchell "utilized his department issued police vehicle to stop the deadly and aggressive actions of Conwell and to protect the other officer on foot. The police vehicle was also struck by gunfire from the suspect."
Neither officer was injured, police said.
After getting medical treatment at the scene, an ambulance took Conwell to a Muncie hospital. He was later transferred to a hospital in Indianapolis where he was listed in stable condition.
Investigators were still gathering evidence at the scene late Friday. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/isp-investigates-deputy-involved-shooting-in-muncie-mock-avenue-delaware/531-25bd2cce-c777-4abe-8687-ca0f756dd690 | 2023-06-26T01:05:34 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/isp-investigates-deputy-involved-shooting-in-muncie-mock-avenue-delaware/531-25bd2cce-c777-4abe-8687-ca0f756dd690 |
INDIANAPOLIS — Storms moved through central Indiana Sunday, as Hoosiers were urged to Stay Weather Aware with tornado watches and warnings in effect for areas.
A tornado watch is issued when the ingredients are perfect for a tornado. You've got wind shear, or fast changes in wind speed or direction over a short period of time or distance. There's also moisture in the atmosphere.
But a warning means the tornado is here. That's the time to get to a safe shelter as fast as possible.
Updates
8:35 p.m. - The National Weather Service Indianapolis office says two survey teams will be sent to Johnson County to look at damage, and another team will respond to an area of damage in Martin/Monroe counties.
8:30 p.m. - DroneCam 13 captured video of some of the damage to homes in Johnson County:
8:20 p.m. - During a news conference Sunday evening, Bargersville Fire Department Chief Eric Funkhouser said no serious injuries had been reported in the area, and 75 homes received moderate to severe damage. Crews have been conducting search and rescue operations since around 4:15 p.m. and have completed a primary search of all impacted buildings.
Officials estimated a roughly three-mile long path of damage from the tornado, from the area of Travis and Mullinix roads to south of Center Grove High School and across State Road 135 to the Stones Crossing area.
Crews have been working to clear roadways and conduct secondary searches of impacted buildings.
Officials are asking people to avoid the area of possible as crews clean up. Powerlines remain down throughout the area. A curfew will be in place from 9 p.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday, police said.
The Red Cross has set up at Greenwood Middle School for anyone impacted in need of shelter. Anyone coming to the school should enter through door 6.
Johnson County REMC had around 3,700 customers in the area without power Sunday evening, down from well over 10,000.
Indiana DNR crews were requested to the area to help remove large trees from roads.
6:57 p.m. - Cody Likens caught video of a tornado passing Emmanuel Church – Greenwood campus.
6:46 p.m. - A Tornado Watch for Fayette and Wayne counties is in effect until 11 p.m.
6:26 p.m. - For those who were left without a place to stay as a result of the storms, the American Red Cross will have a shelter at Greenwood Middle School. It should be open at 7 p.m. and is at 1584 Averitt Road.
6:24 p.m. - Here are the road closures in Johnson County from the storms:
- Travis Road is closed between Mullinix Road to Morgantown Road
- Morgantown Road from Mullinix Road to Whiteland Road
- Stones Crossing Road from State Road 135 to Saddle Club Road
- Saddle Club Road from Stones Crossing Road to Smokey Row Road
6:14 p.m. - Authorities in Johnson County are asking people to stay home and out of the area. There are downed power lines that are still live as crews work to shut off the power. There is also widespread debris. Emergency crews are working to check on people, clear areas and get resources and temporary shelter to those who have lost their homes.
6:10 p.m. - The area down by Crane Naval Base also got hit by the severe storms.
6:01 p.m. - Bargersville Community Fire Department Chief Eric Funkhouser captured video of one of the tornadoes.
5:55 p.m. - Unfortunately, we're starting to see more of the damage from the storms and the homes hit.
5:51 p.m. - Johnson County Sheriff Duane Burgess sent the following information on the tornado damage to 13News:
Parts of northern Johnson County has been hit by a tornado and the damage area covers a very large area. Several neighborhoods and homes have been damaged or destroyed. We are asking that if you do not live in the area please stay out of the area because you are hindering the work of Emergency workers.
Law Enforcement has already closed several roads in the area.
More information will be released as we collect damage reports form from Emergency workers.
5:45 p.m. - A Tornado Warning is in effect for Jackson and Jennings counties until 6:15 p.m.
5:42 p.m. - Here is another video of the Stones Crossing tornado courtesy of Erik Hopper.
5:35 p.m. - A tornado hit the Flats of Stones Crossing in Johnson County. The good news is that most of buildings are still under construction and there were no injuries. This video is courtesy of Eric Ford.
5:27 p.m. - Duke Energy reports 8,396 customers are without power. AES reports 382 power outages in the Indianapolis area.
5:21 p.m. - A Tornado Warning continues for Seymour, Brownstown and Crothersville until 5:45 p.m.
5:14 p.m. - The Tornado Warning for Brown, Lawrence and Monroe counties has been canceled. It continues for Jackson County until 5:30 p.m.
5:10 p.m. - Police tell 13News that there are multiple structures collapsed in the Center Grove area from the storms.
5:02 p.m. - Video from Bargersville, Indiana shows a tornado. This is courtesy of Brent Sweeney.
4:54 p.m. - Duke Energy reports 6,036 customers are without power. AES reports 325 power outages in the Indianapolis area.
4:45 p.m. - A Tornado Warning is now in effect for Brown, Jackson, Lawrence and Monroe counties until 5:30 p.m.
4:33 p.m. - A Tornado Warning is in effect for Johnson, Marion, Rush and Shelby counties until 5 p.m.
4:22 p.m. - A confirmed tornado is reported near New Whiteland. Law enforcement tells 13News there are collapsed structures.
4:19 p.m. - A Tornado Warning is in effect for Johnson and Shelby counties until 4:45 p.m.
4:15 p.m. - A Tornado Warning continues for Hamilton, Madison and Tipton counties until 4:30 p.m.
4:12 p.m. - A Tornado Warning is in effect for Brown, Monroe, Morgan and Owen counties until 5 p.m.
4:03 p.m. - Hamilton County is seeing ping pong-sized hail or larger in areas.
3:54 p.m. - A Tornado Warning is in effect for Hamilton, Madison and Tipton counties until 4:30 p.m.
3:49 p.m. - A Tornado Warning is in effect for Clay, Monroe, Morgan and Owen counties until 4:15 p.m.
3:45 p.m. - A severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for Morgan, Johnson, Hendricks and Marion County until 4:15 p.m.
3:38 p.m. - Tornado Warning
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a Tornado Warning for... Southeastern Clinton County in central Indiana... Northeastern Boone County in central Indiana... Northwestern Hamilton County in central Indiana... Southwestern Tipton County in central Indiana... Until 400 PM EDT. At 329 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 7 miles north of Lebanon, or 8 miles south of Frankfort, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely. This dangerous storm will be near... Kirklin around 335 PM EDT. Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include Sheridan and Westfield. This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 143 and 148.
3:30 p.m. - The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a Tornado Warning for Southeastern Clinton County in central Indiana, Northeastern Boone County in central Indiana, Northwestern Hamilton County in central Indiana, Southwestern Tipton County in central Indiana Until 400 PM EDT. At 329 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 7 miles north of Lebanon, or 8 miles south of Frankfort, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely. This dangerous storm will be near... Kirklin around 335 PM EDT. Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include Sheridan and Westfield. This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 143 and 148.
3:33 p.m. - Helpful information from the Department of Public Works
3:30 p.m. - Storm moving into Kirklin.
3:24 p.m. - A Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Boone & Clinton counties is in effect until 3:45 p.m. this afternoon.
3:22 p.m. - Events are being affected by today's storms.
3:14 p.m. - A Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Boone, Clinton & Montgomery counties is in effect until 3:45 p.m. this afternoon.
3:11 p.m. - A Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Hendricks & Putnam counties is in effect until 3:45 p.m. this afternoon.
3:09 p.m. - A Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Owen & Putnam counties is in effect until 3:30 p.m. this afternoon.
3:00 p.m. - From meteorologist Angela Buchman:
The 13 Weather Team continues to track a developing line of severe storms. At 3 p.m., the line was from near Logansport south to Frankfort, Colfax and Greencastle. The individual storms are moving northeast. The line will eventually move east across the state from now through about 8 p.m. There are numerous severe thunderstorm warnings in effect along the line. Please remember a tornado may develop will little warning and a tornado watch is in effect until 8 p.m. Storms may also contain 2” hail and damaging winds. Have several ways to get warnings and tune into 13News and wthr.com for team coverage.
2:49 p.m. - More counties added to ongoing Severe Thunderstorm Warnings.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Boone, Clinton, Montgomery & Tippecanoe counties is in effect until 3:15 p.m. this afternoon.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Montgomery & Putnam counties is in effect until 3:15 p.m. this afternoon.
The 13 Weather Team continues to track a developing line of severe storms. At 3 p.m. the line was from near Logansport south to Frankfort, Colfax and Greencaslte. The individual storms are moving northeast. The line will eventually move east across the state from now through about 8pm. There are numerous severe thunderstorm warnings in effect along the line. Please remember a tornado may develop will little warning and a tornado watch is in effect until 8pm. Storms may also contain 2” hail and damaging winds. Have several ways to get warnings and tune into 13 news and wither.com for team coverage.
2:49 p.m. - Sean offers a heads-up about the potential for hail with these storms.
2:44 p.m. - Strong storm near Westfield.
2:38 p.m. - Severe thunderstorm currently moving between Crawfordsville and Lafayette.
2:34 p.m. - Heavy rain falling near Lafayette.
2:24 p.m. - A Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery & Tippecanoe counties is in effect until 2:45 PM this afternoon
Much of central Indiana is now under a Tornado Watch until 8 p.m. We're monitoring west-central Indiana for storm initiation along an approaching front/wind-shift that will trigger storm development in the coming hours. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/live-storm-blog-severe-thunderstorm-warning-issued/531-61c2a9cf-2b6d-479a-9664-ca73232b708a | 2023-06-26T01:05:40 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/live-storm-blog-severe-thunderstorm-warning-issued/531-61c2a9cf-2b6d-479a-9664-ca73232b708a |
INDIANAPOLIS — A crash involving a motorcycle Saturday afternoon resulted in serious injuries to one person, officers said.
The accident was reported just before 4 p.m. Saturday in the 1000 block of East St. Clair Street, which is just east of Interstate 65 near downtown.
Police told 13News the driver of a motorcycle lost control of the bike and crashed, striking a curb. A passerby discovered the accident and contacted police.
The driver was taken to a hospital in serious condition with a head injury.
No other vehicles were involved. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/motorcyclist-seriously-injured-in-crash-near-downtown-indianapolis-saint-clair-impd/531-a09e2efe-c0cc-4870-a774-aaddcddf83fa | 2023-06-26T01:05:47 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/motorcyclist-seriously-injured-in-crash-near-downtown-indianapolis-saint-clair-impd/531-a09e2efe-c0cc-4870-a774-aaddcddf83fa |
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Corpus Christi woman is alive and recovering after she became crushed between two cars.
The incident happened on the city's southside just a few days ago.
It was a serious incident that left her in need of help, and now, she has her life in part to her 3-year-old neighbor Maverick Flores.
Like a typical 3-year-old, Maverick might not always listen to his parents, but when it was time to help someone in need, he wasted no time.
Maverick is known to keep his grandfather Johnny Stobbs on his toes. Stobbs said that when he was outside playing with Maverick, they heard an alarming sound.
"We hadn't been outside maybe 2-3 minutes, we hear this crumpling sound, I know what a car wreck sounds like," he said.
That horrific sound was caught on a home security camera. Stobbs said he rushed to the scene with Maverick right behind him. It happened just a few houses down.
"The lady who lives in the house, her name is Sylvia, she's pinned between the two vehicles you could tell she's in a lot of distress," he said.
As Stobbs worked to free Sylvia, he gave Maverick the important task of running back home and finding his father Johnathan Flores.
Maverick, doing what he does best, quickly got his father just in record time.
"You see him come running across, yelling in the driveway yelling when he gets in the house," Flores said.
Flores said that his son's quick reflex's made all the difference in rescuing Sylvia.
"It's a proud dad moment."
"Maverick ran down to the house got his dad, dad came down, we were able to get Mrs. Sylvia dislodged, by that time she's unconscious," Stobbs said.
Police and fire officials arrived and quickly took over, but thankfully Sylvia had already been in good hands.
Turns out, heroes run in the family. Maverick's grandfather was a longtime Corpus Christi firefighter.
"I don't know if it's what I said to him or how I said it but he knew it was important," he said.
Because of the quick thinking displayed by Maverick, Sylvia is able to still be with her family.
"It's almost like God wanted us to be outside," he said. "I didn't want to go outside, Maverick insisted we go. Had we not, I think it would have been a very different outcome for Sylvia. I'm glad we were outside I'm glad you were my partner you know it."
3NEWS was told that Sylvia is out of the hospital and is recovering. Friday was the first day she was able to speak, telling Stobbs she is grateful for the assistance of all the heroes that day including him and his grandson.
Maverick and his grandfather will also be awarded for their actions by the city.
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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.
Saturday: Went 3 for 3, including a home run, in a 25-1 thrashing of the Rockies at Coors Field. Batting third and playing center field, he walked once, drove in one run and scored three before being removed for a pinch-hitter in the top of the fifth inning. He homered leading off the top of the third inning, a 451-foot shot to center on a 1-0 pitch, and Brandon Drury and Matt Thaiss followed by each homering on the first pitches they saw. Chase Anderson gave up all three of the homers.
Sunday: Batting third and playing center field, he went 0 for 3 in a 4-3 loss in the series finale.
Monday: Dylan Cease (3-3, 4.22 ERA) is scheduled to start the 9:38 p.m. series opener for the visiting White Sox. Trout is hitting .167 (1 for 6) against him. Cease has struck him out three times.
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MIAMI — Johan Oviedo had another quality start but, it wasn’t enough to keep the Pittsburgh Pirates from losing yet again Sunday as they were blanked 2-0 by the Marlins at loanDepot Park in Miami.
Oviedo allowed one run in seven innings, yielding six hits while striking out six and not issuing a walk for his fourth quality start in five June outings. Yet the Pirates (35-42) lost for the 12th time in their last 13 games.
Jonathan Davis accounted for the only run off Oviedo when he hit a leadoff home run in the third inning to give the Marlins (45-34) a 1-0 lead. Miami took three of four in the series.
Andrew McCutchen had two hits for the Pirates.
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL)- Beginning on July 1, there will be no difference between Boating Under the Influence and Driving Under the Influence in Tennessee. This new law will authorize courts to use the same sentencing for BUI cases as DUI cases. It will also allow law enforcement to obtain search warrants to perform blood or breath tests should an arrested person refuse.
“Boating Under the Influence is now Driving Under the Influence. They are streamlined in the court system in the way that they are prosecuted and handled,” said Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) spokesperson Matt Cameron.
Although BUI penalties will change, the law will not affect the way authorities handle these situations.
“Our officers are always on Boating Under the Influence enforcement watch when they are doing boating safety enforcement and on the waterways,” said Cameron. “Every time they go to work, they’re looking for any boating safety violations, but they’re also looking for impaired operators”
Cameron believes that with the July 4 holiday right around the corner, the law will go into effect at just the right time.
“We’re just grateful the Governor is signing it into law and it goes into effect right before the 4th of July holiday because we do see a lot of alcohol use on the waterways during the 4th of July holiday,” said Cameron.
Cameron said there will be a press conference on Thursday, June 29 in Knoxville to officially announce the new law. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/new-boating-law-makes-bui-dui-penalties-the-same/ | 2023-06-26T01:13:08 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/new-boating-law-makes-bui-dui-penalties-the-same/ |
ARLINGTON, Texas — An 89-year-old man who was riding an electric bicycle has died after a crash on Sunday morning, Arlington police said.
Police said they responded around 11:25 a.m. to the 6700 block of New York Avenue, near Lynn Creek Trail, regarding a crash involving a pickup truck and an electric bicycle.
According to police, officers found the 89-year-old victim lying on the road. He was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His identity has not yet been released.
Police said it appeared that the victim was trying to cross the street when he collided with a pickup truck that was going south on the road.
The pickup driver stopped and called 911, police said. No charges were filed.
Further details were not released as the investigation continues. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/89-year-old-dies-electric-bicycle-crash-arlington-texas/287-daf67b78-df1a-4a9b-b524-1e0348c652e2 | 2023-06-26T01:16:46 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/89-year-old-dies-electric-bicycle-crash-arlington-texas/287-daf67b78-df1a-4a9b-b524-1e0348c652e2 |
SAN ANTONIO — The family of a woman shot and killed Friday is taking action against the officers accused of shooting her.
On Sunday, an attorney for the family of 46-year Melissa Perez announced plans to file lawsuit against San Antonio police. The civil suit will name the three officers involved: Sergeant Alfred Flores, Officer Eleazar Alejandro and Officer Nathaniel Villalobos. The now-suspended officers are accused of murdering Perez in her apartment on the city's southwest side.
Hours after the deadly shooting, Chief William McManus said the use of deadly force was "not reasonable" -- as it appeared Perez was having a mental health episode.
Officers received a call just after midnight Friday about a woman destroying a fire alarm at an apartment off Old Pearsall Road. Police tried to put her in a patrol car but she ran into her apartment.
Body camera footage, which was released by SAPD late Friday, eventually shows a police officer enter her patio and attempt to gain entry through a window. In the video, you can hear Perez speak to the officer, and he tells her 'You're going to get shot'.
Police said about twenty minutes later Perez swung a hammer, which hit a window and led one of the officers to shoot. When Perez swung a second time, all three officers fired their guns and killed her.
After reviewing footage, McManus suspended the officers without pay, and said the shooting was inconsistent with the department's policy and training.
Attorney Dan Packard with Packard Law Firm also reviewed the body camera video and found it troubling.
"We are not talking about a rogue officer who just lost his mind or got mad. We're talking about three officers who thought it was okay to gun this woman down in her own home," said Packard.
Packard confirmed Perez suffered from mental illness, and said officers should've called in help from a mental health team to de-escalate the situation. A lawsuit against SAPD is forthcoming, and the reason he said they are filing is because the 'strong evidence' available.
"We believe that there are systemic problems in the department that allowed this to happen. And unless the city is held accountable for its contribution to this horrible incident, then no change will take place," he said.
Packard said the woman's children are experiencing inexpressible grief, and they hope a lawsuit will create change in the department. The woman's oldest daughter Alexis Tovar gave a brief statement on camera, and said her mom's death was a tragedy.
"We are heartbroken by the actions of these three police officers," said Tovar. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/lawsuit-sapd-san-antonio-police-woman-family-shot/273-c726dbc8-4f68-4760-acae-3e4db0842181 | 2023-06-26T01:16:52 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/lawsuit-sapd-san-antonio-police-woman-family-shot/273-c726dbc8-4f68-4760-acae-3e4db0842181 |
Shigeko Uppuluri’s life ‘resonated’ with those sharing memories
She was known for promoting peace - and for her giggles
If you were walking in Oak Ridge's A.K. Bissell Park on June 15, you could hear every few minutes the deep, full, reverberating, booming tone of the International Friendship Bell.
The slowly fading tone, usually audible for about 20 seconds, seemed to have a resonant healing effect on the dozens of people standing around the bell in a “comfort circle.”
The bell was struck by each person who shared a memory of Shigeko Uppuluri, the best-known Japanese resident of Oak Ridge, who died June 8 at the age of 92.
“Resonate” was the word some people used to connect Uppuluri to their memories of her and to the four-ton bronze bell, cast in Japan. Shigeko and her late husband Ram, a native of India, had initiated its creation in time for the city’s 50th anniversary celebration in 1992.
The bell’s sonorous vibrations flowed through the participants there and, in celebrating her life, they shared their emotions about Shigeko and recognized that her presence had a significant emotional effect on each of them and the community and world beyond.
“Every time I’m at the bell I marvel how long it resonates after it is struck,” said Ralph Hutchinson, a Presbyterian minister and long-time leader with the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance. “I pray that Shigeko’s life will resonate in our lives long, long after we’ve been struck by her presence.
“She was unstoppable and irrepressible in her drive to make the world a better and more peaceful place. Several years ago, I was privileged to give her a Peacemaker Award recognizing that peacemaking was a central part of her life.”
In 2016, the Consul-General of Japan presented her with The Foreign Minister’s Commendation Award, recognizing her contributions to the friendship and understanding between Oak Ridge and Japan.
A strong advocate for Japanese-American friendship, she was a founder, active member and past president of the Oak Ridge Sister City Support Organization. She assisted Oak Ridge middle school students and teachers with language and cultural information as they prepared to travel to Naka, Oak Ridge’s sister city, for an exchange program each summer.
The people who spoke remembered her for her unassuming nature, her peaceful spirit, her patience, her excitement about trying something new, and her expression of love, friendliness and joy, often conveyed through a smile or giggle. One person said that “she was gleeful about spending time with children.”
The Rev, Lisa Schwartz, minister of Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church (ORUUC), of which Uppuluri was a member, opened the ceremony by saying, “We are in a circle so that we can remember and honor the life of Shigeko Uppuluri and honor the friendships that she built. Those who knew her were privileged to know her and have contact with her wide-open heart and her curiosity-driven mind.”
The ORUUC minister announced that the church will hold a formal memorial service for Uppuluri on Aug. 5.
'True angel in our community'
Jim Dodson, a member of the Oak Ridge City Council and an art teacher at Jefferson Middle School, said, “For me Shigeko was a true angel in our community. Not just for what’s she done in bringing the International Friendship Bell here, but more importantly what she did in working with all the students in our schools on the Sister City exchange program. I know her as a friend and kind and gentle spirit. She always had a smile. Our community is so much richer for having her be a part of it.”
Her son, Ram Uppuluri Jr., said what gave his mother “the most expression in life was what she found here in the Oak Ridge community. This is where she found the most joy. It wasn’t just in the community; it was in everybody in the community.”
Beth Adler said the Adler family lived next door to the Uppuluri family and that both families shared food at Thanksgiving. She said the Adlers were exposed to the “brilliant ideas the Uppuluris had for making the world a better place. They enriched our lives so much.”
'She was the best giggler'
She added, “I hope you all had a chance to giggle with Shigeko. She was the best giggler!”
Abbie Moore, an ORUUC member, said that a few years ago when she and her husband walked their dogs in Bissell Park, they sometimes spotted Shigeko at the original site of the bell “tending the irises and other flowers in the garden there. She took the time to keep it maintained.”
Moore also recalled that several ORUUC members formed a group devoted to learning how to play the ukulele.
"Shigeko asked to join the group. She played and sang with us with so much joy. She was curious and open to learning something new, and it was so much fun to have her in our group.”
Fred Martinson, a former faculty member at the University of Tennessee, said that Uppuluri helped him after he started an Asian studies program at UT.
"Shigeko was responsible for getting the first grant that got the Japanese language in the classroom,” he said. “She taught Japanese at UT.”
He added that she was a student in his “Loving Kindness” class that he has taught for several years for the Oak Ridge Institute for Continued Learning.
One of Shigeko's colleagues at Oak Ridge National Laboratory recalled that Uppuluri “translated many scientific articles written in Japanese into English for inclusion in an ORNL database – an outstanding contribution.”
John Smith, a teacher at Jefferson Middle School, noted that for 30 years through the Sister City Support Organization, students have traveled abroad in the spirit of friendship between the two sister cities – Oak Ridge and Naka, Japan.
“There are now 30 years of Shigeko spread across the world sharing the spirit of friendship in her memory," he said.
He recalled that last year he and Shigeko took a group of students to a science center.
"At 91 years old, Shigeko was strapped on an apparatus so she could experience zero gravity as if she was walking on the moon,” he said. “Suddenly, she was 10 feet in the air, and we could all hear her lovely chuckle. It was her spirit of excitement that was shared with everyone and that we can all carry in our hearts.”
Scott Jamison, president-elect of the Rotary Club of Oak Ridge, said that he knew Uppuluri through the club.
“I liked her focus on peace, goodness and kindness that will resonate with people who know her,” he said. “One thing that struck me was her excitement when her son Ram was coming to town. I’d shake her hand and she would say with joy, ‘Ramie’s coming.’ That always touched me how much she loved and cared about you, Ram.” | https://www.oakridger.com/story/news/local/2023/06/25/shigeko-uppuluris-life-resonated-with-those-sharing-memories/70341405007/ | 2023-06-26T01:19:33 | 1 | https://www.oakridger.com/story/news/local/2023/06/25/shigeko-uppuluris-life-resonated-with-those-sharing-memories/70341405007/ |
GIG HARBOR, Wash. — Multiple brush fires were reported near highways, a church and homes in Gig Harbor Sunday.
The fires started around 1:45 p.m. and closed lanes on eastbound State Route 16 near Wollochet Drive.
The fire started right near the roadway and then began moving closer to surrounding businesses and homes.
The nearby buildings did not sustain any damage, but playground equipment at the church did get burned, according to Perry Oldenburg of Gig Harbor Fire.
The fire has been contained but is not completely extinguished. Crews are expected to be working until late Sunday night.
Nine fire engines, four water tenders, three medics and an ambulance responded to the scene. Four fire districts responded to the call; West Pierce, Key Peninsula, Tacoma and South Kitsap.
One firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation, according to Oldenburg.
The cause of the fire is still unknown.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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SEATTLE — Washington’s largest parade was in full effect on Sunday. Hundreds of thousands of marched to celebrate Seattle's Pride Parade.
A sea of vibrant colors and smiling faces flooded the streets of downtown Seattle.
Organizers estimate nearly 300,000 people were out and about, proud to be part of the 49th Annual Seattle Pride Parade.
"Being proud to be able to be 100% authentically human,” said Colleen Lindsay who attended the parade on Sunday. “Not just gay, not queer but being able to show yourself 100% human which is something we didn't always have the right to do."
Staff with Pride said this year's event had 267 community groups march in the parade. Which is the most the event has ever had in its history. Despite the record turnout, the Seattle Police Department, which has marched in this parade since 1994, was once again not allowed to have officers partake in the parade in uniform for a second year in a row.
“It's probably appropriate for them not to be marching in this parade particularly since this started, Pride started as a riot where police raided the Stonewall Inn and attacked people simply for loving other people of the same sex," said Lindsay.
SPD officers were providing security along the parade route during the event.
Paradegoers believe events like this are another step in the right direction when it comes to making people more accepting of each other.
"It means that we're getting a little bit closer to having a lot more tolerant people in the world and I kind of love that," said Lindsay. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/lgbtq/seattle-pride-parade-sunday/281-a62e38bd-fb83-416a-95ba-25b8c56ba2ba | 2023-06-26T01:22:49 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/lgbtq/seattle-pride-parade-sunday/281-a62e38bd-fb83-416a-95ba-25b8c56ba2ba |
AUSTIN, Texas — At least one person is in custody after someone was robbed at gunpoint near the Nordstrom at Domain Northside in North Austin on Sunday afternoon.
The Austin Police Department said it happened around 4:30 p.m. at 3111 Palm Way. Witnesses reported seeing a white sedan flee the scene.
Police are investigating the incident as an aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.
They could not confirm if there were more suspects involved.
No other information is available at this time. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/nordstrom-robbery-domain-northside/269-838d5a29-3e95-4cd6-9fd1-5b384f4e5e19 | 2023-06-26T01:25:09 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/nordstrom-robbery-domain-northside/269-838d5a29-3e95-4cd6-9fd1-5b384f4e5e19 |
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An early-morning traffic stop Sunday led to Fort Wayne police discovering a gunshot victim.
The officer pulled over the vehicle about 4:45 a.m. after seeing it leave Greentree Court on Fort Wayne’s southeast side, the Fort Wayne Police Department said in a news release.
Inside the vehicle was a man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.
Police dispatch then received multiple phone calls reporting shots fired and the possibility of other victims in the area.
An adult woman and an adult man were both found with apparent gunshot wounds, and all three victims were taken to a hospital.
Emergency room staff pronounced the woman dead, and the two men were determined to have life- threatening injuries, the release said.
The shooting remains under investigation.
4 injured in house fire; pet perishes
One family dog died in a fire at 6811 Winford Shoals early Sunday morning.
The Fort Wayne Fire Department was dispatched on a report of a possible gas explosion in a trailer shortly before midnight Saturday. The first engine on the scene found a single-wide trailer home engulfed in flames, the department said Sunday in a news release.
The second engine confirmed all four occupants had evacuated the structure, but they had various minor to moderate injuries. They were all taken to a hospital, the release said.
It took the fire department about 20 minutes to extinguish the flames.
The fire remains under investigation. Officials said investigators are focusing on a recently installed gas dryer. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/1-dead-2-injured-in-greentree-court-morning-shooting/article_03c55e7c-1395-11ee-aad0-7b3b721c971a.html | 2023-06-26T01:41:27 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/1-dead-2-injured-in-greentree-court-morning-shooting/article_03c55e7c-1395-11ee-aad0-7b3b721c971a.html |
Surrounded by Vincent Van Gogh’s art and accompanying soothing music, Nicole Nightingale began to tear up.
“It really did help you step inside and let go of the world around us outside,” the Fort Wayne woman said. “You can just be in the moment, and I think that is very powerful.”
Nightingale attended Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience at Memorial Coliseum on Sunday with her daughter, Eleanor Nightingale.
The exhibit allows participants to be fully immersed in more than 300 of Van Gogh’s pieces, including some of his most famous, “The Starry Night,” “Sunflowers” and “Café Terrace at Night.”
Paquin Entertainment Group, which has offices in Canada and Nashville, Tennessee, produces the immersive exhibit and has sold 3 million tickets worldwide since its inception in October 2020. Fanny Curtat, an art historian for Paquin, said the idea for the exhibit came during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We wanted to do something safe and adaptable,” Curtat said. “We wanted to bring in meaningful experiences for people in a dark time.”
The company began touring cities around North America in spring 2021. Curtat said the company focused on Van Gogh because he is known for the darkness in his life, but his work is about overcoming the darkness.
“Van Gogh really knew how to find ordinary things extraordinary,” she said. “There is some kind of healing power that is special with his work.”
Although there are 300 paintings featured in the exhibit, Curtat said the company had 860 Van Gogh pieces to choose from. The curators picked ones that showed the greatest evolution of his work, she said.
The visitors are typically most fascinated with “The Starry Night,” Curtat said, because that is Van Gogh’s most famous painting.
The exhibit takes about one hour to walk through, including a hall introducing the exhibit by showcasing quotes with background information on the Dutch painter. After that, visitors make their way into the main room, where they are entirely immersed in his work.
“Everything moves,” Curtat said. “You’re really going into his world. The music is really important in this part because it has artists from different time periods. ... You have to be in this room to fully feel the movement.”
Priscilla Rivera, producer representative for Paquin, said visitors can spend as much time in the exhibit as they want.
After they walk through, there is a gift shop and an option to use a virtual reality headset to see more of Van Gogh’s work. The virtual reality component costs an additional $15.
The full exhibit takes about one week to set up, Rivera said, and about 2,000 visitors walk through every day.
The immersive room is consistently visitors’ favorite portion, where the paintings are on a 37-minute loop, Rivera said.
Nicole and Eleanor Nightingale both had never been to an event like Beyond Van Gogh, and they had heard about it from one of Nicole’s friends. Eleanor said she likes Van Gogh’s work, so it was interesting to see it all around her.
“It was really cool,” Eleanor said. “I’ve always loved his art, but I’ve never seen this much of it.”
Eleanor couldn’t remember the names of her favorite pieces, but she said she liked the ones that featured flowers and people.
“They’re not super perfect, and I like that,” she said.
Nicole said the pair has seen Van Gogh’s work at the Saint Louis Art Museum, but she liked how the immersive exhibit allows visitors to see his work and individual brush strokes close up. Nicole said it was a detail she had never noticed before.
“In his actual pieces, you can only see so much,” she said. “But with this, they can blow it up, and you can see all the different colors and every stroke.”
Sean Callahan had also never been to an immersive exhibit like Beyond Van Gogh, and he thought it was great.
Callahan went to the exhibit with his aunt, uncle, son and his son’s girlfriend.
Prior to the exhibit, Callahan said he didn’t know much about the artist’s work.
“It makes me want to explore more into Van Gogh,” he said. “It was really neat.”
Callahan said his favorite piece was “The Starry Night,” and he liked the music. He wasn’t expecting the music, but he thought it made the experience better.
“I didn’t know anything about what I was getting into,” Callahan said. “This was a completely new experience to me, and I was blown away.”
Alyssa Doctor attended with her sisters, Jenna and Sierra, and her mom, Jenny. The family heard about the exhibit about one year ago, and they wanted to visit the one in Indianapolis.
“I think we’re always looking for immersive exhibits that we can go to,” Alyssa said.
The family agreed and said they all like going to exhibits like Beyond Van Gogh. Alyssa’s favorite paintings were the ones with flowers, and Sierra liked the ones that showed water because she liked the details. Jenna and Jenny both liked Van Gogh’s self portraits most.
The music helped enhance the experience, the family said.
“It was so peaceful,” Alyssa said. “From the second I walked in, I liked how you could tell the music changes and goes with each of the paintings.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/memorial-coliseum-is-immersed-in-van-goghs-work-with-new-exhibit/article_77efc430-1382-11ee-9792-bb21015d7e57.html | 2023-06-26T01:41:33 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/memorial-coliseum-is-immersed-in-van-goghs-work-with-new-exhibit/article_77efc430-1382-11ee-9792-bb21015d7e57.html |
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ARLINGTON, Texas — An 89-year-old man who was riding an electric bicycle has died after a crash on Sunday morning, Arlington police said.
Police said they responded around 11:25 a.m. to the 6700 block of New York Avenue, near Lynn Creek Trail, regarding a crash involving a pickup truck and an electric bicycle.
According to police, officers found the 89-year-old victim lying on the road. He was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His identity has not yet been released.
Police said it appeared that the victim was trying to cross the street when he collided with a pickup truck that was going south on the road.
The pickup driver stopped and called 911, police said. No charges were filed.
Further details were not released as the investigation continues. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/89-year-old-dies-electric-bicycle-crash-arlington-texas/287-daf67b78-df1a-4a9b-b524-1e0348c652e2 | 2023-06-26T02:01:44 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/89-year-old-dies-electric-bicycle-crash-arlington-texas/287-daf67b78-df1a-4a9b-b524-1e0348c652e2 |
BELLA VISTA, Ark. — The Bella Vista Radio Club just wrapped up its annual field day on Sunday, June 25 completing a 24-hour demonstration of ham radio's portable emergency communications capabilities.
At Metfield Recreational Complex, you'd find old friends keying up a conversation at one of Bella Vista's highest altitudes. It's where friendly faces like Robert Hill welcome all to join.
"There's a lot of different people that are involved in amateur radio from all walks of life. I mean, we've got, we've got doctors, we've got lawyers, we've got broadcasters, professors," Hill said.
Hill is among 200 members of the Bella Vista Radio Club spanning from Fort Smith to Joplin, sharing a fascination with antennas and pioneer 5-watt radios.
Hill didn't always use the radio for just a friendly chat, he also used it when he served in the Army from 1982 to 2003.
"It's all about command and control and being able to talk to different units," Hill said.
In fact, the club didn't just meet for a barbecue reunion. They'd operate amateur radios for 24 hours non-stop to show their not-so-amateur emergency capabilities.
Amateur radio clubs inspired University of Arkansas student Kabiraj Khatiwada to pursue a license as he looks to solve issues in his home of Nepal.
"We have lots of landslides. We have lots of other forms of disasters. So that could easily break these types of towers with telephone systems," said Khatiwada.
The ham radio system is a simple system to connect with anyone, as their range is out of this world.
"I actually have a QSO, a contact with one of the astronauts on the ISS (International Space System)," said Hill.
Whether it's a chat about the weather or a call for help, the ham radio community invites all into their transmission.
The cost to receive a license ends up being around $40 dollars and members of the radio club say equipment can be found for free. Sometimes, if you're around enthusiasts like those in Bella Vista, they may even cover some of your licensing costs so you can join.
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CARROLL COUNTY, Ark. — An investigation is underway after three bodies were found inside a burned home in Carroll County on Sunday, June 25, according to officials.
Carroll County emergency services received a call about a house fire on County Road 3016 to which crews responded, officials say.
When crews put out the fire, officials say they found 3 bodies inside the home. The bodies were sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for identification according to officials.
Crews included Eureka Springs Fire Department, Holiday Island Fire Department, and the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO).
No further information was released, and CCSO says more information will be released when it is available.
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PORTLAND, Maine — An investigation is under after police found a body in the water on the Presumpscot River Sunday.
According to the Portland Police Department's Twitter page, officers found the body near the Riverside Golf Course.
Police said they called a dive team to recover the body.
No additional information was released as of Sunday evening. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/a-body-was-found-in-the-presumpscot-river-sunday-afternoon/97-e869e3d8-9b81-42cb-b26f-862cc89e5e77 | 2023-06-26T02:06:29 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/a-body-was-found-in-the-presumpscot-river-sunday-afternoon/97-e869e3d8-9b81-42cb-b26f-862cc89e5e77 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A total of five people have been detained in connection to the killing of a 17-year-old boy at Vintage Park in Sacramento County.
A spokesperson for the sheriff's office said the five were detained over four different locations across the county, however no arrests have been made at this time.
One of the five detained is described as a minor, the sheriff's office said.
The shooting happened on Vintage Park Drive and Helmsdale Drive around 6 p.m. Saturday. Officials believe there was an exchange in gunfire but they're still investigating for more. A gun was recovered at the scene near the victim, but it is currently unclear whose it is.
The sheriff's office said the shooting was gang related.
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BALTIMORE — People are walking the runway in Baltimore for a Gun Violence Awareness Month fashion show.
The non-profit, Donna Bruce Unlimited, was the organizer of the event that provides a way of healing through art.
The models consist of 25 men, women, and kids who have been through traumatic experiences in their lives, whether it be gun violence, abuse, or the loss of a close loved one.
"A lot of times in Baltimore City, a lot of our people go unnoticed or under the radar, and this platform helps shine light on their beautiful gifts, their beautiful talents, and their beautiful healing process," said director India Smith.
Others in the area were also highlighted, as the models get to wear clothing that's handmade by local designers, giving them a chance to look and feel beautiful while showing others the trauma they've experienced is not going to keep them down.
"You know, we don't want to throw a blanket over them or try to dim their light in any way; we want them to shine bright," said Smith.
There was also a panel discussion with the public, where people shared their personal stories on how gun violence has affected their lives, providing possible solutions to end gun violence in Baltimore.
The non-profit has events throughout the year to help people impacted by trauma. Their annual fashion show will be in November for those who are bereaved. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/victims-of-violence-strut-down-the-runway-in-honor-of-gun-violence-awareness-month | 2023-06-26T02:20:53 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/victims-of-violence-strut-down-the-runway-in-honor-of-gun-violence-awareness-month |
NAACP dinner tackles U.S. voting rights, 'our destiny within it'
Detroit — Voting rights, closing the racial wealth gap and justice were key issues Sunday at the Detroit Branch NAACP’s 68th Annual Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner.
The dinner, one of the premier NAACP events, drew thousands of people, was the finale of the branch’s "June Jubilee — A Celebration of Freedom," a four-day event marking 60 years since Martin Luther King Jr. marched in Detroit on June 23, 1963. King delivered the first version of his famed "I Have a Dream" speech at the then-Cobo Hall.
“We must fight for our democracy,” said Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, the keynote speaker. “Millions of Americans are disenfranchised tonight because of the prison industrial complex. We must remind all elected officials that this is the people's house. One house, one family … I fight for democracy because I believe that democracy is the political enactment of a spiritual idea.
"This notion that each of us has in us a spark of the divine. That we were created in the image of God. And if we were created in the image of God, we ought to have a voice. We ought to have a vote in the direction of the country and our destiny within it.”
Warnock called for the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act, both met with applause from the audience.
"We got to make sure that our voice can be heard," he said. "Don't let anybody turn you around. It's great Detroit that you've been coming together like this year after year, decade after decade because we need to be reminded of the journey."
The weekend-long Fight for Freedom Fund events kicked off June 22 when the NAACP Detroit Branch on Thursday sponsored a Freedom Walk Summit at the Wayne County Community College District on the city's west side and on Friday hosted the unveiling of a 7-foot statue of King at Hart Plaza. On Saturday, hundreds of people gathered in downtown Detroit to walk down Woodward for the 60th Commemorative Freedom Walk.
“This has truly been the historical moment,” said Yvonne White, president of the NAACP Michigan State Conference, during a news conference before the dinner, now in its 68th year. “I don't know about you, but freedom is not free.”
Helen Monroe, 86, of Detroit is a lifetime member of the NAACP. Joining her at the dinner Sunday was her niece, Terri Burke, 59, also from Detroit. Monroe also walked in the march on Saturday.
“It's almost like we've gone three steps forward and taken one and a half steps back,” she said. “There's a lot of things that are happening in our country now that we fought for that are being taken away. Roe v. Wade, education … are being taken away and pushed back. The fight for freedom really means we have to really continue to fight for freedom. They’re taking books out of the library. They want to dismantle history. If we don’t know history, we don’t know where we’re going.”
Burke said she’s proud of the 60th anniversary of King’s speech in Detroit.
“I do think that it’s necessary for our community to get together as Black people and support the causes that affect us,” Burke said.
The NAACP handed out several awards at the dinner, including the James Weldon Johnson Lifetime Achievement Award honoring former U.S. Ambassador Andrew J. Young.
Young, 91, was an early leader in the civil rights movement, a close confidant to King and one of his last living lieutenants. He was executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations during President Jimmy Carter’s administration and the 55th mayor of Atlanta.
Young recalled giving one of his first speeches in Detroit in 1963 while King was in jail in Birmingham, after being arrested on Good Friday for violating the anti-protest injunction.
King sent Young to speak instead.
“You started me on my way,” Young told the audience.
Others honored included state Sen. Stephanie Chang, D-Detroit, who received the Mary Church Terrell Freedom and Justice Award; and Justice Kyra Harris-Bolden, who received the Ida B. Wells Freedom and Justice Award. Erin Keith, managing policy counsel for the Detroit Justice Center and Ken Nixon, president of the Organization of Exonerees, received Great Expectations Awards.
Wendell Anthony, the president of the Detroit Branch NAACP, urged the audience to continue to fight for justice. Elections have consequences, he said.
“Our freedom is on the line,” he said. “Our democracy is on the line. Our civil and human rights are on the line. Our jobs, justice and peace are still on the line.”
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From hearing some Idaho officials discuss the fentanyl crisis in the state, those with poor geography skills may think the Gem State borders Mexico.
Although the border is more than 900 miles away, when it comes to fentanyl distribution in Idaho, Mexico does play a huge role — but not always in the way it’s depicted.
Earlier this month, Idaho Gov. Brad Little traveled to the Texas southern border to attend a security briefing in which he and other governors received intelligence about illegal immigration in relation to the potent deadly drug.
Little also announced in May he would send two teams of Idaho State Police to Texas to train with the Texas Department of Public Safety on cross-border smuggling, human trafficking, and drug interdiction, and that they will return to train other law enforcement agencies in Idaho.
He and other top politicians in the state have repeatedly said that the growing fentanyl problem in the state is being fueled by Mexican drug cartel activity.
Essentially all of the fentanyl trafficked in the U.S. is made in Mexico, said Matt Gomm, Drug Enforcement Agency special agent in charge. He said U.S. law enforcement intelligence has found that most of the precursor chemicals come from factories in China and are shipped to Mexico to be made into fentanyl and then distributed.
“When it gets to Mexico, they have super labs all throughout the country, and they make a lot of fentanyl,” Gomm said. “I mean, millions and millions of pills.”
The U.S. regulations are tight enough that the precursor chemicals in the bulk amounts used by the cartels can’t usually get shipped straight to the states, so they go south. Some of the chemicals also originate in India.
However, for the most part, it’s not coming into the U.S. as part of illegal crossings, Gomm said.
“Many are coming through ports of entry in vehicles with hidden compartments,” he said. “The cartels recruit people to drive them across the border through the ports, not walking through the desert.”
NPR reported in March that the drug is smuggled through official ports in around 70 million cars and trucks every year. However, many Americans incorrectly assume the drugs are being smuggled by migrants, an NPR/Ipsos poll found last year.
Experts say that some cartels may be using the chaos of increased border crossings as a distraction, but the migrants themselves are typically turning themselves over to seek asylum and aren’t carrying illegal drugs.
U.S. Attorney for Idaho Josh Hurwit said he’s not aware of any fentanyl seized in the state that originated from anywhere but the U.S.’s southern neighbor. However, it doesn’t necessarily follow a direct line to the Gem State from the border, he said.
There are differing levels of removal from the cartels themselves, he said.
The drugs typically follow the interstates, he said. In North Idaho, the supply may be coming in from Washington, it might get to Twin Falls via Nevada, and sometimes traffickers are caught passing through Idaho on their way to Montana, where they can often get a higher price, Hurwit said.
“The more remote you get, North Dakota for example, you can get even higher prices than Montana or Idaho,” he said. “... sometimes it’s someone driving 12 hours from California, or near the border, or sometimes it’s a dealer in Spokane or somewhere in Reno, and then it gets here after a couple stops.”
When drugs are seized, and traffickers are arrested, investigators work to find the origins and determine the extent of the operation, Gomm said.
“We try to get the biggest players in these cartels involved in these conspiracies,” he said. “So when we do get an arrest on the street, we do try and follow it back to who supplied, where it came from, all the way up the chain to the person that manufactured it.”
He said it’s common that one seizure will result in the eventual arrest of several dozen people.
A major example of this was the 2022 arrest of Nampa resident Wathana Insixiengmay for possession with intent to distribute 15 pounds of fentanyl. In March, she was sentenced to prison after it was determined she was a main distributor for a large drug trafficking organization. This was likely the largest individual seizure of fentanyl in Idaho’s history, according to a DEA press release.
There’s no doubt the issue is intensifying.
Gomm said that, not long ago, a drug seizure of fentanyl might total a pound or two of the drug. Now, it can be in excess of 10 pounds, he said. Hurwit and Gomm both said that it’s more common for pure fentanyl powder to be seized, rather than pills.
“I think we’re at a different point in the opioid epidemic,” Hurwit said. ”Whereas before you had prescription pills, then you had people sort of being confused, and not purposely taking fentanyl when they were using those pills. Now there’s no longer much confusion in the drug marketplace. People are seeking fentanyl. People are selling fentanyl on purpose.”
Hurwit said for the first time in the state’s history, fentanyl convictions surpassed meth convictions, although many of these convictions involved both drugs.
In 2021, synthetic opioids were involved in 44% of all overdose deaths in Idaho, which is double the rate from the year prior, according to fentanyltakesall.org. Idaho launched the information campaign Fentanyl Takes All to spread education about the dangers of the drug. Little’s office said this month that it will soon announce the effectiveness of the campaign.
Last year, Little created “Operation Esto Perpetua” with the aim of reducing the flow of fentanyl and meth in Idaho. The operation has included the formation of a Citizens Action Group and Law Enforcement Panel to create a report on the issue and make recommendations on actions the state can take.
Around 2 milligrams of fentanyl can be lethal, and its danger often lies in its ability to be laced into other substances without the user knowing. In February, an Idaho Falls arrest seized 2,000 fentanyl pills disguised as oxycodone, the Post Register reported.
Gomm said it’s hard to determine if demand is increasing, but there’s certainly enough customers that trafficking is increasingly profitable. Hurwit said the fentanyl trade value in Idaho is in the millions of dollars.
“The economics of it are not in our favor,” Hurtwit said.
Gomm recommends vigilance when it comes to avoiding accidental overdoses.
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In 2016, Margo Price put out "Midwest Farmer's Daughter," an album of hardcore honky-tonk songs, putting a singer-songwriter spin on traditional country.
The next year, her "All American Made" moved away from the straight country, adding a shade of R&B to the mix. 2020's "That's How Rumors Get Started" shifted Price into classic rock territory.
Earlier this year, "Strays" spun '60s/'70s psychedelia into a genre-defying, roots-music amalgam, continuing the process of constant reinvention that Price acknowledges that she got from music's master changeling.
"That's been one of the biggest tools in my toolbox that I've definitely got from (Bob) Dylan. And it's scary as hell," Price said. "You know, you make a record, there's finally a breakthrough — my first album was incredibly kind of '60s/'70s traditional country, pedal steel, walking songs and fiddle and all that stuff. I think a lot of people just really expected (me) to stay in that lane and just do that forever.
"But in a way, as Dylan saw folk music as a vehicle — it could take him where he needed to go — I kind of felt that way with country music. I had been a student of folk, blues, rock 'n' roll and all those things in the melting pot. I think Dylan is kind of the ultimate figure. If somebody can do any genre, it's him."
Price, who'll play Omaha's The Waiting Room on Thursday, made those comments during an on-stage interview earlier this month at the Switchyard during The World of Bob Dylan conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that explored Dylan's influence on her and her relationship with his music.
That influence was pivotal after Price moved to Nashville, Tennessee, from rural Illinois where she spent hours under a famous Dylan 1966 poster listening to Dylan's music, going beyond the greatest hits she'd previously absorbed.
"I just dove in headfirst and started listening to all the albums because my parents were trying to convince me that I needed to go to Belmont (University), look at this music degree and all this stuff," Price said. "And I think just listening to the entire Bob Dylan catalog was a better use of my time than educational pursuits."
Along the way, Price found that Dylan had a strong influence on country music just as he did in folk and rock.
"The way that he influenced the country music scene when he came in, and even Kris Kristofferson said that everybody kind of looked at songwriting differently after that," Price said. "I often think about this Neil Young quote, that he's like, 'I just see what Bob Dylan's doing and then I just do it a little less better than him.'
"I always kind of feel nobody can do what Bob Dylan can do. But of course, you try to take pieces and vignettes in his sketches, things that he's done. It just makes me feel less afraid to use any vocabulary and track any tempo or just even doing songs differently."
To that end, Price said, she now alters the live versions of songs from "Midwest Farmer's Daughter," changing tempo, keys and even some lyrics, to keep — like Dylan — the songs fresh and alive and avoid becoming a human jukebox.
Price, who just turned 40, wasn't born when Dylan released his now-classic '60s songs. Nor was it likely she heard many of them on the radio growing up. But when she discovered Dylan as a teenager, she found her favorite song and more.
"I've been asked many times to write about my favorite song ever or choose my favorite song and I always say 'Like a Rolling Stone,'" she said. "I think that's like the tablet that came down, the scrolls. I've just learned so many things from his catalog. We've covered so many songs, things, deep cuts that nobody would ever do from like 'Basement Tapes' or like 'Hazel.'
"So much of that is just in my subconscious now. It's just in the fiber of my being and, really, learning. Now, obviously, I think it's important to write your own songs and have your own voice and do your own thing. But when I was young and coming up with this every single song that I covered, it was kind of like trying on a new outfit. See how that fit, you know? Then from there, you could construct your own."
At the end of the interview, Price did one of her own on acoustic guitar, "Lydia," a powerful abortion-rights song about a troubled pregnant woman and her right to choose an abortion, inspired by scenes she experienced on tour from methadone clinics to women's health clinics, and clearly under the influence of Dylan.
Photos: Bob Dylan through the years
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Pride celebrations continued Sunday as Wichita Pride hosted a Rally & Pride Parade.
The parade started at the Historic Sedgwick County Courthouse and made its way to Century II, where the Pride Festival began.
Those in the LGBTQ+ community, as well as allies, brought out their best rainbow and pride-themed floats to show their support.
“It’s nice to see that there are people out there that support us. It’s nice to see that we can be who we are and that people are there for us,” said Parade Attendee Jay Titus.
The Pride Festival featured over 30 vendors from local companies, as well as live performances, for the community to enjoy.
“Essentially, it’s a statement in a way that just gathering as queer people, as trans people, as people from all different communities… We’re showing that we’re here and that we belong here, and we have a place,” said Wichita Pride Board Secretary Evelyn English.
English says she is hopeful that events to celebrate pride will show the strength of the community despite the ongoing battle for LGBTQ+ rights.
“I think that especially nowadays with the way that legislation has been going, it’s important to get together and show the community that we’re here and we’re together,” said English.
Pride celebrations continued into the night, as Wichita Pride Inc. and Tallgrass Films collaborated to host Pridegrass Movie Night, where they showed “Moonlight.”
There will be two more Pridegrass Movie Nights. “The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant” will be shown at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 29, at the Tallgrass Film Center, 120 E. 1st Street N. Suite 113. “Peter von Kant” will be shown at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 30, also at the Tallgrass Film Center. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/parade-shows-unity-support-and-celebration-of-wichita-lgbtq-community/ | 2023-06-26T02:36:53 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/parade-shows-unity-support-and-celebration-of-wichita-lgbtq-community/ |
A man told police Sunday night that a stranger on a bicycle shot him in the face with a pellet gun on the core Monroe Park campus of Virginia Commonwealth University. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of his wounds.
At 7:15 P.M., VCU and Richmond Police responded to 1111 W. Broad Street for a report of an aggravated assault. Police said the incident occurred at 900 W. Grace Street.
Virginia Commonwealth University has proposed a tuition hike of between 3% and 5%, and its board will decide on Friday.
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A VCU ALERT issued at 7:22 said: "Shooting CORE MP Campus - 1111 W Broad Street. Go/Stay indoors. Avoid area. Police on scene."
Shortly after 9 p.m. authorities said police were no longer on the scene and advised the VCU community it could "resume normal activity."
Police said the suspect had dreadlocks and was wearing a tank top and sneakers. Police said he was last seen riding a bicycle with a bucket on the handlebars, heading westbound on Grace Street.
Richmond Police are leading the investigation and authorities say police have increased patrols in the area.
From the Archives: Arthur Ashe
In February 1976, Arthur Ashe Jr. (right) visited with his brother, Johnnie, and father, Arthur Sr., at Westwood Racquet Club in Richmond. Ashe was back in his hometown for the United Virginia Bank Tennis Classic at the Coliseum. He went on to beat Brian Gottfried for the singles title and the $17,000 top prize. Ashe and partner Tom Okker placed second in doubles and split $2,000.
Don Rypka
In February 1967, tennis star Arthur Ashe Jr. was on hand at Maggie Walker High School in Richmond as his alma mater received a statue of him, with Richmond Mayor Morrill M. Crowe (center) and school Principal Arnold Henderson joining the presentation. Reynolds Metals Co. commissioned the statue, which was cast in aluminum by Joe Brown, Princeton University's well-known sculptor of athletes.
Sterling Clarke
In January 1971, Richmond native and tennis star Arthur Ashe conducted a clinic at the Valentine Museum in Richmond. The event was sponsored by the museum’s Junior Center and drew 675 youngsters and adults. Ashe, who had just returned from a trip to Africa, answered questions and demonstrated principles of the game.
Mike O'Neil
07-14-1965 (clip): "Last time he was in town the young Richmonder had a few words about Arthur Ashe, the performer most knowledgeable observers say needs only a more intense approach to the game to be this nation's best..."
Bill Burwinkle
01-26-1969 Arthur Ashe
P.A. Gormus, Jr.
03-25-1977 (cutline): Arthur Ashe and The Heel 'I Had Two Choices'
Times-Dispatch
02-05-1966 (cutline): Arthur Ashe Day Mayor Crowe presents tennis star Arthur Ashe with a plaque proclaiming Arthur Ashe Day. The presentation yeseterday was made on the steps of City Hall before a crow estimated at 200.
Carl Lynn
02-02-1972 Arthur Ashe chats with amateur Bill Daniels
Bill Lane
02-01-1969 (cutline): Arthur R. Ashe talks with Brig. Gen. John Needham (left), head of the Virginia and Southern West Virginia Salvation Army Division, and William Groth, city director of public safety, at the Fidelity Bankers Life Fourth Annual Invitational Tennis Tournament.
Don Pennell
03-25-1977 (cutline): Arthur Ashe Jr. 'Morality Over Money'
Amir M. Pishdad
02-06-1976 (cutline): Honorary Degree Arthur Ashe Jr. (left) receives the honorary Doctor of HUmane Letters degree from Dr. John L.S. Holloman Jr., president of the Board of Trustees of Virginia Union University, at the university's Founders' Day convocation today. Ashe, who is in Richmond for the United Virginia Bank Tennis Classic, is a graduate of UCLA. The native of Richmond is not the top-ranked tennis player in the world.
P.A. Gormus Jr.
02-04-1979 Arthus Ashe
Times-Dispatch
05-22-1974 Arthur Ashe
Bill Lane
02-03-1979: 'Pro at Senate' Arthur Ashe exchanged his tennis racked for a mike yesterday during a brief visit to the Virginia Senate. The Richmond-born professional player received applause from Lt. Gov. Charles S. Robb and the members of the upper chamber.
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Chesterfield County police are investigating a drowning Sunday.
Police were called at 6:07 p.m. to help rescue personnel in the Swift Creek Reservoir in the 5700 block of Promontory Pointe Road.
“Responding officers learned an adult male had gone into the water and went under without coming back to the surface,” police said in a statement.
Chesterfield fire and emergency medical workers were on the scene Sunday night conducting what police said was a recovery operation.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at (804) 748-1251.
Photos of the Downtown Expressway construction in the early to mid-1970s
Downtown Expressway Construction, 1970s
Richmond Times-Dispatch archive
Downtown Expressway Construction, 1970s
Richmond Times-Dispatch archive
Downtown Expressway Construction
Richmond Times-Dispatch archive
Downtown Expressway Construction, proposed course (different path was chosen)
Richmond Times-Dispatch archive
Downtown Expressway Construction
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Downtown Expressway Construction
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Downtown Expressway Construction, Powhite Bridge over the James River
Richmond Times-Dispatch archive
Downtown Expressway Construction
Richmond Times-Dispatch archive
Downtown Expressway Construction, Kanawha Plaza, 1981
Richmond Times-Dispatch archive
Downtown Expressway Construction, Riverside Parkway (would have cut along south bank of the James River past Pony Pasture and Williams Island, never happened)
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Phoenix reaches first 110 degree day of the year
The scorching Arizona summer heat hit a milestone on Sunday afternoon when Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport reported its first 110 degree temperature reading of the year.
"We hit our first 110 degree day and that happened at 3:12 p.m.," said Phoenix National Weather Service Meteorologist Sean Benedict. "We have been all the way up to 111 degrees today, so far."
Last year, Phoenix hit 110 degrees for the first time on June 8th and the National Weather Service has deemed June 11 as the average first date of reaching 110 or higher.
After seeing its latest 85-degree day since 1973 in April, the metro area quickly warmed up and resulted in Phoenix's first 100 degree day on April 30 which was slightly before average.
However, 110 degrees came a bit later than expected. Benedict said this is because most of the first half of the year has been fairly cool compared to normal. But the rest of our summer temperatures are expected to be far from the cool beginning of the year.
"The forecast for the summer is leaning towards above normal temperatures and for the precipitation side, we're actually leaning more towards below normal," Benedict said. "That's largely in part due to our slower onset of heat that we've been seeing so far."
The rest of the week, triple-digit temperatures are expected to remain with Monday continuing the 110 degree heat, but with a decline to an average of 107 degrees during the rest of the week.
Benedict said a trough this week is going to bring some very windy conditions and even some potential fire weather conditions.
"We're going to stay around that 110 mark and then potentially as we head towards fourth of July weekend, we could be looking at 115 so it's going to be warming up even more," Benedict said.
Hot weather tips
The Arizona Department of Health Services provided tips to prevent heat-related illness:
- Drink water: It is recommended to drink at least 2 liters of water per day if people are staying inside all day. Those who spend time outdoors should drink 1 to 2 liters per hour they are outside.
- Dress for the heat: wear light-weight and light-colored clothing. Sunscreen should always be applied to exposed skin and it is recommended to wear a hat or use an umbrella when outdoors.
- Eat small meals and eat more often: They recommend avoiding foods high in protein that increase metabolic heat
- Monitor those at risk: Check on friends, family or others for signs of heat exhaustion or heat stroke.
- Slow down and avoid strenuous activity: It is recommended to only do strenuous activity during the coolest hours of the day, between 4 and 7 a.m.
- Stay indoors
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EL PASO, Texas — A Kentucky woman has been charged with murder after an Uber ride in El Paso, Texas, turned deadly.
El Paso police said in a news release that Phoebe Copas, 48, was a passenger on an Uber ride when she shot driver Daniel Piedra Garcia, 52. The incident happened around 2:20 p.m. on June 16 on U.S. 54 near Loop 375.
According to police, Piedra was driving Copas from the Westside area in El Paso to Mission Valley. During the drive, Copas believed she was being kidnapped and taken to Mexico, police said.
The El Paso Times reports Copas told officers that she saw traffic signs that read "Juarez, Mexico," leading her to believe that her driver was trying to kidnap her.
Copas then took out a gun from her purse and allegedly shot Piedra in the back of the head. The 52-year-old was transported to a hospital in critical condition.
"The investigation does not support that a kidnapping took place or that Piedra was veering from Copas' destination," police said in their news release.
Copas was initially charged with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, but the charge was upgraded to murder after Piedra died at the hospital days later.
Piedra was taken off life support on June 21, Piedra's family told the El Paso Times.
Copas was booked into the El Paso County jail, with her bond set at $1.5 million.
An online fundraising campaign was set up by Piedra's wife to help with medical bills and funeral expenses.
On the GoFundMe page, Ana Piedra described her husband as the "sole provider for our family." She said he injured his knee at his last job and was unable to work for a while after having surgery last April.
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DUQUESNE, Pa. — A man was taken to a hospital after a shooting in Duquesne.
Allegheny County Dispatchers say police and medics were called to the 2700 block of Duquesne Place Drive at around 9:04 p.m. on Sunday.
When police arrived they found a man who had been shot in the face.
The man was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Anyone with information is asked to call Allegheny County Police at 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Anyone who leaves a tip can remain anonymous.
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PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh Police officer was injured while he was chasing a man who had a gun.
Officers were called to the intersection of Stanwix Street and Liberty Avenue after someone reported a man being threatened by another man with a gun at around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday.
When officers arrived, they found someone matching the description they had received. As they approached, the man started running away.
While chasing after the suspect, an officer was injured on some stairs. He received injuries to his legs and face. Medics had to be called to the scene.
Pittsburgh police say they lost sight of the suspect but are still investigating.
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SAN ANTONIO — It has been nearly a year since the deadliest human smuggling incident in the U.S. happened in San Antonio.
Sunday, people gathered on Quintana Road to honor the 53 migrants who died in the back of a tractor-trailer last June.
“We will never forget their names,” Organizer Angelita Olvera said.
Angelita Olvera has been volunteering her time to maintain this make-shift memorial for the past 12 months.
“I always feel emotional," Olvera said. "I come almost every other day."
On June 27, the 53 migrants were discovered in the back of a sweltering seem-truck with no access to food or air conditioning. Most of the victims were dead by the time authorities found them.
“I know it’s hot, but it was hotter in that 18-wheeler than it is here,” Olvera said. “It’s just a little sacrifice that we have to also do.”
Author Sandragrace Martinez has been documenting the stories of the victims.
“They were 53 humans, they’re not illegals, they’re not asylum seekers, they’re not migrants, they’re human,” Martinez said.
Martinez said it is important to remember, these migrants were searching for a better life.
“The common denominator that I have found from this event, the event in Brownsville, the event in El Paso, is that for these migrants, hope is a habit and that is something I can enable and we are enabling by remembering,” Martinez said.
Two men have been indicted in connection with the 53 deaths. Both have been in federal custody without bond since their arrests. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/migrants-tractor-trailer/273-641a8b9f-d512-4c20-9330-2f9e5e73f842 | 2023-06-26T02:59:50 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/migrants-tractor-trailer/273-641a8b9f-d512-4c20-9330-2f9e5e73f842 |
BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. – One person is recovering after a fall at Roaring Run Falls in Botetourt County Sunday, according to Botetourt County Fire & EMS.
Crews said they were called in just after noon about a person who had fallen near the top of the trail.
After hiking to the hurt individual, crews were able to load him into a stokes basket and ready him for transport.
We’re told with the help of over 10 responders, the hiker was safely removed from the trail using rope-lowering assistance and a wheel made to attach to the stokes basket for this kind of terrain.
According to the department, an ambulance from Iron Gate transported him to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/25/botetourt-county-crews-rescue-fallen-hiker-at-roaring-run-falls/ | 2023-06-26T03:02:43 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/25/botetourt-county-crews-rescue-fallen-hiker-at-roaring-run-falls/ |
ROCKY MOUNT, Va. – According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, they received a call on Sunday close to 6 p.m. about a possible robbery in progress at Raven’s County Store on South Main Street in Rocky Mount.
They say the suspect took an undisclosed amount of money then fled on foot.
Officials say law enforcement quickly caught the suspect and arrested them.
They say the suspect is a juvenile, and no additional details will be provided because of the suspect’s age.
They say it appears to be an isolated incident with no danger to the public. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/26/child-in-custody-after-robbing-store-in-rocky-mount-according-to-officials/ | 2023-06-26T03:02:49 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/26/child-in-custody-after-robbing-store-in-rocky-mount-according-to-officials/ |
(NEXSTAR) – The average steakhouse usually specializes in all the foods your cardiologist warns you about: large portions of red meat, gooey mac and cheese, towers of fried onion rings, and various vegetables that have been generously creamed (corn or spinach, mostly) before reaching your table.
For the sake of your next angiogram, you probably shouldn’t eat these foods on a regular basis. But if you’re dead-set on disregarding your doctor’s advice, you should at least break your diet at a steakhouse that gets rave reviews.
To help you find the best of the best, Nexstar has asked the analysts at Yelp to determine the top-ranked restaurants within the site’s “steakhouse” category. Using their extensive database of user-generated restaurant ratings, Yelp’s team ultimately identified the best-reviewed chophouses in each state based on the collective tastes of the Yelp community.
Ready to dig in? Take a look below at Yelp’s top-rated steakhouses in every state — many of which have a lovely fish option packed with omega-3s, if you’re so inclined:
- Alabama – Jesse’s Restaurant in Magnolia Springs
- Alaska – AJ’s Old Town Steakhouse in Homer
- Arizona – Cholla Prime Steakhouse & Lounge in Scottsdale
- Arkansas – Lost Creek Grill in Hot Springs
- California – Little Brazil Steakhouse in Elk Grove
- Colorado – CO Ranch House in Glenwood Springs
- Connecticut – Max Downtown in Hartford
- Delaware – 1776 Steakhouse in Rehoboth Beach
- Washington, D.C. – St. Anselm
- Florida – La Cosecha Argentinian Steakhouse in Medley
- Georgia – Passador Brazilian Steakhouse in Alpharetta
- Hawaii – Tanaka of Tokyo East in Honolulu
- Idaho – Chandlers Prime Steaks & Fine Seafood in Boise
- Illinois – Penumbra in Chicago
- Indiana – Tony’s of Indianapolis in Indianapolis
- Iowa – RC Brazilian Steakhouse in Davenport
- Kansas – Hickok’s Steakhouse in Hays
- Kentucky – Shades Cafe & Steak House in Middlesboro
- Louisiana – 2Johns in Bossier City
- Maine – The Lost Fire – Kennebunkport
- Maryland – Theo’s Steak, Sides & Spirits in St. Michaels
- Massachusetts – Pruller Restaurant in Marlborough
- Michigan – Bowdie’s Chophouse in Lansing
- Minnesota – Grill Hall Churrascaria Brazilian Steakhouse in Maple Grove
- Mississippi – The Rustler in Meridian
- Missouri – Hamilton’s Urban Steakhouse and Bourbon Bar in St. Louis
- Montana – The Continental Divide in Ennis
- Nebraska – North 40 Chophouse in North Platte
- Nevada – Primal Steakhouse in Las Vegas
- New Hampshire – Hanover Street Chophouse in Manchester
- New Jersey – James On Main in Hackettstown
- New Mexico – Antiquity Restaurant in Albuquerque
- New York – 4 Charles Prime Rib in New York City
- North Carolina – Steak 48 in Charlotte
- North Dakota – Pirogue Grille in Bismarck
- Ohio – The Precinct in Cincinnati
- Oklahoma – The Hamilton Supperette and Lounge in Oklahoma City
- Oregon – Bos Taurus in Bend
- Pennsylvania – Barclay Prime in Philadelphia
- Rhode Island – Mill’s Tavern in Providence
- South Carolina – Fire and Smoke Gastropub in Myrtle Beach
- South Dakota – Powder House Restaurant in Keystone
- Tennessee – Porch and Parlor in Memphis
- Texas – SP Brazilian Steakhouse in Lakeway
- Utah – Balcony One in Virgin
- Vermont – Ye Olde Tavern in Manchester
- Virginia – Aracosia McLean in McLean
- Washington – Frasers Gourmet Hideaway in Oak Harbor
- West Virginia – Laury’s Restaurant in Charleston
- Wisconsin – Eddie Martini’s in Wauwatosa
- Wyoming – Miners & Stockmen’s Steakhouse & Spirits in Hartville
It should be noted that Yelp’s analysts based their findings not just on the quality of the ratings and reviews of each steakhouse, but also the “total volume” of reviews — meaning newer steakhouses may be underrepresented.
Even still, the top-ranked steakhouse in the entire country — identified by a Yelp representative as Penumbra in Chicago, Illinois — has made quite the impact with diners since opening less than a decade ago in 2016: In addition to its latest honor, Yelp once ranked Penumbra as the most “romantic” restaurant in the country back in 2019.
“I’m very happy [the customers] enjoy it,” Penumbra owner Rita Vargas told Nexstar.
More information on each of Yelp’s top-rated steakhouses, including a handy map and photos of their dishes, can be found in Yelp’s online collection. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/the-top-rated-steakhouse-in-every-state-according-to-yelp/ | 2023-06-26T03:02:56 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/the-top-rated-steakhouse-in-every-state-according-to-yelp/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — Buildings were evacuated around the Sixth Street District in Downtown Austin on Sunday evening after a witness reported a suspected grenade between Brazos Street and San Jacinto Boulevard.
The Austin Police Department said an officer was flagged down around 6:47 p.m. and the bomb squad was called to investigate.
Multiple streets were blocked as officers investigated.
After 9 p.m., police said the item was not a threat and gave the all-clear. One person has been detained, according to APD.
Roads have now reopened. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/buildings-evacuated-in-downtown-austin-as-police-investigate-incident/269-9f05fe15-85d6-42cb-ae56-27c0bfb939fb | 2023-06-26T03:06:54 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/buildings-evacuated-in-downtown-austin-as-police-investigate-incident/269-9f05fe15-85d6-42cb-ae56-27c0bfb939fb |
Summertime heat is in full swing, with a heat advisory extended through at least 8 p.m. Monday.
The heat has resulted in a busy weekend for first responders. MedStar reported at least 15 patients needing treatment for heat-related illnesses on Saturday. Ten patients were taken to area hospitals for further care on Saturday, and one was in critical condition.
MedStar reports treating at least nine people Sunday, as of 9 p.m.
Brian White, an assistant operations manager for MedStar, said he expected the total tally of heat-related calls Sunday to be higher than they were on Saturday. On Sunday, temperatures reached triple digits.
“I think the average age we have seen so far is about my age, actually. Which is about 47 years old. That encompasses folks, I’m guessing…mainly people that are just outside. People that work outside for a living. Our homeless population,” White said. “Last year, compared to the previous year…we had seen two times as many heat-related illnesses. I’d be willing to wager that number is going to go up this year just because it seems like the heat has set in so early this year.”
Including the nine patients Sunday, MedStar has treated at least 150 patients for heat-related illnesses since May.
On Sunday, families flocked to Klyde Warren Park in Dallas to play in the water. The park also had several spots with shade.
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Kendra Santee of Frisco brought her son in the early evening.
“You deal with it. I’ve been here since what, I was in elementary school? It’s never been this bad,” Santee said. “We’ve been by the pool mostly, staying inside because it’s been super hot.”
Ben Smith showed up around 5 p.m. for a tango event at the park before it was canceled. It is unclear whether heat was the reason.
“I don’t know. I mean, I know it’s hot, but tango is a hot dance, right?” Smith said.
MedStar officials said it is crucial to listen to your body if you plan to spend time outside in the heat. Drink plenty of water before and during your time outside.
“If you start getting dizzy, you start getting lightheaded, you start getting nauseous, headache, that your body saying…hey, you need to take a break,” White said.
A weather watch issued by ERCOT remains in effect through Friday amid higher temperatures and electricity demand, though ERCOT said power grid conditions are expected to be normal. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/medstar-at-least-150-people-treated-for-heat-related-illnesses-since-may/3284143/ | 2023-06-26T03:26:59 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/medstar-at-least-150-people-treated-for-heat-related-illnesses-since-may/3284143/ |
EVERETT, Wash. — Three people were taken to the hospital after overdosing on drugs Saturday night.
The incident happened just after 8 p.m. at a senior living apartment building in Everett.
Fire crews arrived on the scene to find three patients in one of the apartments and immediately started providing life-saving care, including administering NARCAN.
According to the Everett Fire Department, overdoses stop people from breathing, so first responders use oxygen, artificial ventilation and other respiratory support to try and prevent death.
One patient has been released from the hospital, but two remain in critical condition.
Due to the number of patients, the incident was upgraded to a "multiple casualty incident" which brought in assistance from South County Fire, Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue and Snohomish County Fire District #22. Everett Police Department officers also assisted on the scene.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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BALTIMORE — A cool competition took place at the Inner Harbor. City Sand returned after a 10-year break.
It's an annual sand sculpture competition that began in 1989 at Harborplace.
Each team had its own shovels, tools, and buckets. Water and sand were all the contestants could use to create their masterpieces.
"This sand sculpting competition is an opportunity for design firms throughout Baltimore to participate in re-imagining Harborplace, which is the theme this time," said judge Lauren Hill. "So they're sort of competing against each other about their different ideas for the future of Harborplace."
The winning team received the coveted "Golden Shovel Award."
The public also got to vote for their favorite with a "People's Choice" winner. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/city-sand-returns-after-a-10-year-hiatus | 2023-06-26T03:56:30 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/city-sand-returns-after-a-10-year-hiatus |
BALTIMORE — A fashion show and panel discussion has people that are looking to get guns out of the neighborhoods in Baltimore coming up with solutions.
Shootings in Baltimore has become an occurrence we see too much of within the city --often ending in the loss of life. But one nonprofit is looking to find solutions to end the gun violence while also helping those who had to live through the trauma of it.
Donne Bruce Unlimited provides a way of healing through art and Sunday those dealing with trauma got to become models. Strutting hand made clothes by local designers down the runway.
The fashion show started with a panel discussion where participants shared personal stories of how their life changed due to gun violence.
"When I was 15 years old, actually I was a freshman in high school, the day before my freshman finals my mom was gunned down and killed in south Baltimore,” said Unique who was a model in the fashion show.
Then it was time to work with the audience in discussing solutions to end gun violence and ways to make neighborhoods safer.
"Reconsider, reevaluate, seek understanding, find clarity, vision on yourself, life and the world around you,” said Zachary McCallister who lead the panel discussion.
He says it takes a village to address the issue. "I think that all input in regard to gun violence is important. I don't think there's one particular person has solutions to this issue to this topic. I think all relevant information is important to try to combat this situation."
Lights turned to the runway as 25 models that consist of men, women and children-- all of which have their own traumatic story-- became the stars of the show.
“It's encouraging to get them out of their comfort zone so to speak or isolation and really expose them and say this is the new renovated me,” said India Smith who is the Director of Beauty Professionals at Donna Bruce Unlimited.
Smith said the fashion show gives the models confidence in showing the trauma they went through will not keep them down. Stating it's one of many workshops held throughout the year that helps people heal outside the medical field.
If you or someone you know is dealing with trauma and wants to approach healing in the form of art. Head to the Donna Bruce Unlimited website
https://www.donnabruceunlimited.com/ | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/nonprofit-holds-fashion-show-and-panel-discussion-to-find-ways-to-make-baltimore-neighborhoods-safer-from-gun-violence | 2023-06-26T03:56:36 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/nonprofit-holds-fashion-show-and-panel-discussion-to-find-ways-to-make-baltimore-neighborhoods-safer-from-gun-violence |
BALTIMORE — Baltimore Police are investigating a stabbing that happened in Northern Baltimore Saturday afternoon.
Just before 5 p.m., officers responded to the 3400 block of Ellerslie Avenue for a reported cutting.
Officers were then dispatch to the 600 block of E. 37th Street, where they found an man suffering from multiple stab wounds.
The victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment.
It was later discovered that the crime scene was located a block away from the original dispatch.
Anyone with information on the stabbing urged to contact Northern District detectives, at 410-396-2455. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/police-are-investigating-a-stabbing-in-north-baltimore | 2023-06-26T03:56:42 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/police-are-investigating-a-stabbing-in-north-baltimore |
ATLANTA — The man who was killed after he was struck by a fallen tree near Buckhead Village during an outbreak of severe thunderstorms Sunday afternoon was identified as a well-known, top producing realtor in Atlanta. He was 55 years old.
George Heery Jr. was a respected and prominent real estate agent who worked for Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty. Fulton County Medical Examiner confirmed with 11Alive Heery was killed in the tragic incident Sunday.
Heery had over 20 years of experience in real estate development, financial analysis, investment sales, market analysis and corporate re-engineering, according to his biography on Sotheby's real estate page.
The Heery family is one of the most famous in the history of Atlanta. George Heery, Sr., his father who died two years ago at the age of 93, helped design historical landmarks Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium and the Georgia Dome. He also helped design facilities on the campus of Emory University and the Atlanta History Center.
His father and family were also very progressive politically, as Heery, Sr. supported Andrew Young in 1970 when he won for Congress. Heery, Jr.'s father was also on the board of Spelman College.
He was joined in the business by his brother, Neal, in which his bio described that George and Neal were partners and were looked upon as the "leading producers and experts" in the field of redevelopment of fine Intown residential locations in high-end areas such as Buckhead, Sandy Springs and more.
"Heery Brothers continue to be perennial top producers," his bio said.
The brothers had been partners at Sotheby's for nearly 16 years, when they joined in October 2007.
As brothers in business, the two accomplished the No. 1 Team Small company wide in 2010, 2011 and 2013, while earning the No. 1 Team Small in Buckhead award in 2012 and 2013, according to Heery's LinkedIn page. The two averaged over $34 million per year in sales from 2014 to 2018, his bio states.
On his LinkedIn page, Heery described his favorite activities as swimming, biking and running. He received his undergraduate degree from the Catholic University of America in 1991 and then earned his masters in business administration from Georgia State University in 1996, with an emphasis on real estate, his LinkedIn page said. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/beloved-prominent-atlanta-realtor-man-killed-fallen-tree-buckhead/85-109f9e80-606f-4318-8ddb-5c6168eb0850 | 2023-06-26T04:05:31 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/beloved-prominent-atlanta-realtor-man-killed-fallen-tree-buckhead/85-109f9e80-606f-4318-8ddb-5c6168eb0850 |
ARLINGTON, Texas — On Sunday, people came together to honor the life of 12-year-old Treyshawn Eunes. He was shot and killed in Fort Worth on Juneteenth.
According to Eunes' mother, he was with his father at a barbecue when the shooting happened.
Eunes just graduated from J.B. Little Elementary School in Arlington, and was preparing to go to seventh grade. Eunes was a runner and a football player. He loved to play games and ride his scooter in the neighborhood, especially to the local snow cone shop next to his mom's apartment.
Lakesha Bay, Eunes' mother, said Daesy's Tropical Sno was their special place. They went almost every day after school. She said they sometimes ate snow cones two to three times a day.
"I will always come here. He loved this place. He loved snow cones," said Bay. She treasures the memories they had here.
After Eunes' sudden death on Juneteenth, his teachers from Little Elementary reached out to the owners of Daesy's Tropical Sno. Together, they started a fundraiser for the boy's family.
"Sunday is usually my busiest day of the week. That's why we decided to do the benefit today. Every penny that comes to the shop is going to the family," owner Shaun Mallory said
The money will be used for Eunes' funeral.
Over the last few years, Mallory got to know Eunes.
"He was just the sweetest young man every time he was in here," Mallory said. He remembers Eunes' smile. He said he would always order different flavors each day.
"I don't think I'd be able to do this without each and every one of you," Bay said to Eunes' teacher. She was comforted to see the endless line at Daesy's on Sunday.
At least a thousand snow cones were sold to honor her son.
The Fort Worth Police Department told WFAA there is an active investigation on this shooting. Few details were provided.
Bay called it an accidental shooting. During the barbecue on Juneteenth, she was told her son was inside playing games, and a toddler was there too.
"Wherever the kid was digging at in that room, he got into something and found a gun and shot Trey on accident from across the room," she said.
Bay said Eunes' father rushed him to Cook Children's Medical Center. By the time she arrived at the hospital, she said in tears, "It was too late. I came, but Treyshawn had already passed away."
She urges families to lock up their guns, especially if they have children. She said her son could still be alive today. Bay wants justice for her child.
Eunes' services will be held this week at Great Mount Tabor Christian Center. On Thursday, his viewing will be from 7 p.m to 8 p.m. And on Friday, his homegoing service will be held at noon. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fundraiser-honors-12-year-old-shot-killed-fort-worth-texas/287-4b572dbc-1dd2-49bc-af90-9772cdbbb4fc | 2023-06-26T04:07:50 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fundraiser-honors-12-year-old-shot-killed-fort-worth-texas/287-4b572dbc-1dd2-49bc-af90-9772cdbbb4fc |
OREGON CITY, Ore. — People gathered at the Good Burger Shack on 7th Street in Oregon City for what was billed as round one of Oregon City Pride.
People spent the day here enjoying entertainment, playing games and making new friends.
The event raised funds for LGBTQ+ youth in Clackamas County.
Those involved say it was time for Oregon City to have an event like this.
"Obviously, I’m super excited and so is everyone else here. It's long overdue. We're here, we're queer, and not going anywhere booboo," said Event Coordinator Ecstasy Inferno.
Renee Wilson attended the event. She grew up in Oregon City and was glad to see this kind of event held here.
“It brings tears to my eyes. We need more diversity. I’m proud of Oregon City for having this. Hope there’s more to come,” said Wilson.
There had been talk that protesters would show up at the event and organizers received hate mail.
Oregon City had police monitoring the area. Protestors showed up in Oregon City but stayed about a mile away near the Children's Theater.
Organizers are working on round two of Oregon City Pride.
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KEIZER, Oregon — Keizer Police are still looking for answers into an unsolved murder.
43-year-old Christine Speten was found dead in her apartment on Valentine’s Day in 2011.
"She’s not here anymore, she gone,” Speten’s daughter Tanisha Speten said. “She's gone forever."
No one has been arrested after Tanisha Speten said her mother was beaten to death.
Tanisha Speten was just nine years old when her mother was killed.
"Me and my mom were really close," Tanisha said.
She said when her father first told Tanisha that her mother was dead, she thought it was a joke. Then, the then nine-year-old went into shock.
"Imagine if it was your family member," Tanisha said.
Birthdays, vacations and big events went by, without her mother.
"You know I had to go through a lot of milestones and big events without another woman in my life to bounce back on," Tanisha said.
Tanisha said her parents were together for 15 years. They originally met when they were neighbors on the 1100 block of Orchard Street, where her mother later died.
Tanisha said the two met when her mother asked her future husband for a stamp.
After Tanisha was born, she said her mother was heavily involved in her life and activities until her death.
"She wanted to be a troop leader for when I was doing girl scouts, she wanted to take me to Disneyland, she wanted to do a lot of things for me."
Now, Tanisha and police are asking community members for help finding more information into Speten’s death.
"There's a lot of things that need to be answered and I hope they can be," Tanisha said.
Crime Stoppers are offering a reward to help solve the case. Anyone with information is also urged to contact the Keizer Police Department. Tips are also being accepted anonymously at Crime Stoppers of Oregon. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/salem-unsolved-murder-christine-speten/283-f61027c3-c5cc-44b8-b9bb-fa24e349e8a5 | 2023-06-26T04:08:02 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/salem-unsolved-murder-christine-speten/283-f61027c3-c5cc-44b8-b9bb-fa24e349e8a5 |
MORRISTOWN, Ariz. — A brush fire is burning east of Morristown, according to the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management.
The department said the 100-acre fire is 4 miles east of Morristown, and active on the north and south sides.
State Route 74 is closed in both directions from mileposts 5-24, according to the department.
State Route 74 is also being impacted by a crash that happened earlier in the day on Sunday. The crash closed a section of the roadway.
This is a developing story; additional details will be added as they become available.
Wildfire Go-Kit:
Residents in wildfire-prone areas are urged to have an emergency supplies kit to bring with them of they are evacuated from their homes, especially as Arizona residents are beginning to see early widespread fire activity throughout the state.
An emergency supply kit should be put together long before a wildfire or another disaster occurs. Make sure to keep it easily accessible so you can take it with you when you have to evacuate.
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recommends that residents near a disaster store emergency supplies in a plastic tub, small suitcase, trash can, backpack, or other containers.
Residents should make sure they have the necessities, such as three gallons of water per person and a three-day supply of ready-to-eat food, the NFPA said. A first-aid kit, prescription medications, contact lenses, and non-prescription drugs should also be taken into account.
Copies of any important family documents, including insurance policies, identification, bank account records, and emergency contact numbers should also be taken and put into a waterproof, portable container in your kit, the NFPA said.
The association lists other items that would help in a disaster, including:
- Sleeping bag or warm blanket for each person
- Battery-powered or hand-cranked radio and a NOAA weather radio to receive up-to-date information
- Dust mask or cotton T-shirt to filter the air
- Matches in a waterproof container
- Complete change of clothing including long pants, long sleeve shirts, and sturdy shoes stored in a waterproof container
- Signal flare
The entire NFPA checklist of supplies can be found here. | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/wildfire/brush-fire-burning-east-of-morristown/75-56f8787d-f567-4f75-bc83-c4c7721677f7 | 2023-06-26T04:16:32 | 0 | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/wildfire/brush-fire-burning-east-of-morristown/75-56f8787d-f567-4f75-bc83-c4c7721677f7 |
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Police are warning Cranberry Township residents of a scam going on around their area.
A scam caller is contacting people and telling them they are from the Cranberry Township Police Department. They then ask the person they are calling for bond money.
The scammer will threaten the person they call with jail time if they do not pay.
Police say anyone who receives a threatening call like this should not respond.
All scam calls should be reported to the Cranberry Township Police Department at 724-776-5180.
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Events
Monday, June 26
'BARGAINTOWN BOY' POWERPOINT SHOW: 7 to 8:30 p.m.; hosted by EHT Historical Society; John Hiers will give a PowerPoint presentation on his book "Bargaintown Boy"; 5045 English Creek Ave., Egg Harbor Township. 609-335-3313.
BEACHCOMBING THE CREST: 6 to 7 p.m. Mondays through August 28; wander the shore in search of tideline treasures; Cape May County Library/Wildwood Crest Branch, 6300 Atlantic Ave., Wildwood Crest. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
ESL CAREER READINESS LAB: 9:30 a.m. to noon Mondays through July 31; learn how to use the Engen Language Upskilling platform, which provides ESL classes and tutorials with a focus on job interview skills, and the food and beverage industry and hospitality industry; Public Library, 1 N. Tennessee Ave., Atlantic City. 609-345-2269 or acfpl.org.
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EVENING OF TEA AND COLORING FOR ADULTS: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.; relaxing evening of tea and coloring; Public Library, 1058 E. Landis Ave., Vineland. 856-794-4244 or vinelandlibrary.org.
LINE DANCING - WITH SUSAN PENNYPACKER: noon to 12:45 p.m. Mondays; no meetings Sept. 4, Oct. 9; Wildwood Crest Branch, 6300 Atlantic Ave., Wildwood Crest. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
MEDITATIVE DRUM CIRCLE: 5 to 6 p.m. Mondays; bring your own instrument or borrow one; no meetings Aug. 28, Sept. 4, Oct. 9, Nov. 6, Dec. 25; Cape May Court House Branch, 30 Mechanic St., Middle Township. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
RECOMMENDED READS WITH CAROL FITZGERALD: 6 to 7:30 p.m.; Carol Fitzgerald from The Book Report Network is back to share must-read 2023 releases; Public Library, 235 32nd St., Avalon. 609-967-7155 or avalonfreelibrary.org.
Wednesday, June 28
AVALON DUNE AND BEACH WALK: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 30; Beach Entrance, 48th Street, Avalon. 609-967-7155 or avalonfreelibrary.org.
'BOND BETWEEN HUMANS AND ANIMALS': 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through June 28; for ages 18 and older; join Cherie Scheurich, from Absecon Veterinary Hospital, for a 4-week course where you will learn all about the human-animal bond; Mays Landing Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 40 Farragut Ave., Hamilton. 609-625-2776 or atlanticlibrary.org.
BORED? GAMES!: 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 31; for ages 10 to adult; games are family-friendly classic board games meant for at least two players; Ventnor City Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 6500 Atlantic Ave., Ventnor; registration required. 609-823-4614 or atlanticlibrary.org.
WEDNESDAY FAMILY GAME NIGHT: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 30; for all ages; board games provided; Pleasantville Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 33 Martin Luther King Junior Ave., Pleasantville; registration required. 609-641-1778 or atlanticlibrary.org.
Thursday, June 29
CYBER THURSDAYS: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 31; Pleasantville Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 33 Martin Luther King Junior Ave., Pleasantville. 609-641-1778 or atlanticlibrary.org.
SENIOR CRAFT AND ACTIVITIES: 10 a.m. to noon Thursdays through June 29; Pleasantville Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 33 Martin Luther King Junior Ave., Pleasantville. 609-641-1778 or atlanticlibrary.org.
For kids
Monday, June 26
PRESCHOOL STORYTIME - ABSECON: 10 to 11 a.m. Mondays; Absecon branch/Atlantic County Library System, 305 New Jersey Ave., Absecon. 609-646-2228 or atlanticlibrary.org.
PRESCHOOL STORYTIME - EGG HARBOR CITY: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays through Aug. 28; Egg Harbor City Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 134 Philadelphia Ave., Egg Harbor City. 609-804-1063 or atlanticlibrary.org.
Tuesday, June 27
MINDFUL STORYTIME WITH MISS BETH: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays through August; storytime for kids; for ages 2 to 5; Brigantine Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 201 15th St. S., Brigantine; registration required. 609-266-0110 or atlanticlibrary.org.
FURRY BUDDIES: 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays, June 27, July 11, 25, Aug. 8, 22; for ages 6 to 14; read a story to therapy dogs; Galloway Township Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 306 E. Jimmie Leeds Road, Galloway Township; registration required. 609-652-2352 or atlanticlibrary.org.
Wednesday, June 28
FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT: 6 to 7 p.m. June 28, July 25, Aug. 29, movies to be determined; for ages 4 and older; refreshments provided; Hammonton Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 451 S. Egg Harbor Road, Hammonton; registration required. 609-561-2264 or atlanticlibrary.org.
PLAYDATE AT THE LIBRARY: 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 9; for ages 6-36 months; enjoy stories, rhymes and songs designed to develop early literacy skills; Mays Landing Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 40 Farragut Ave., Hamilton; registration required. 609-625-2776 or atlanticlibrary.org.
Groups
Monday, June 26
AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS: 11 a.m. Mondays; for those troubled by someone else's drinking; Egg Harbor City Senior Center, 351 Cincinnati Ave., Egg Harbor City. AL-ANON.org.
LONGPORT NEEDLERS: 10 a.m. to noon Mondays; bring your needle/crochet craft project and join us for a time of crafting and socializing; Longport Public Library, 2305 Atlantic Ave., Longport. 609-487-7403 or LongportPublicLibrary.org.
MYSTERY AT THE LIBRARY BOOK CLUB: 6:30 to 8 p.m. fourth Mondays through December; virtual mystery and thriller book club for ages 18 and older; each month a new murder mystery book is picked and a book discussion will be held; presented by the Cape May County Library 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
Tuesday, June 27
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH CONVERSATION VIRTUAL CLASS: 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays; intermediate-level Spanish Conversation class via Zoom; Atlantic City Free Public Library, 1 N. Tennessee Ave., Atlantic City. 609-345-2269 or ACFPL.org.
YARNBENDERS CROCHET AND KNITTING CLUB: 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Aug. 29; Egg Harbor Township/Atlantic County Library System, 1 Swift Drive, Egg Harbor Township. 609-927-8664 or atlanticlibrary.org.
Wednesday, June 28
LIFE IN WAVES - ONLINE WORKING WOMEN'S GROUP: 7 to 8 p.m. second and fourth Wednesdays; support and discussion group for women in the workplace; hosted by Mental Health Association in Atlantic County. 609-652-3800 or MHAAC.info.
RATHER BE READING BOOK CLUB: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. last Wednesdays through Aug. 30; call for each month's book title; Somers Point Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 801 Shore Road, Somers Point. 609-927-7113 or atlanticlibrary.org.
Health, fitness
Monday, June 26
CHAIR YOGA - WITH LYNNE CATARRO: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Mondays; no class 9/4, 10/9, 12/25; Cape May County Library/Wildwood Crest Branch, 6300 Atlantic Ave., Wildwood Crest. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
'GOT STRESS?' ONLINE GROUP: 4 to 5:30 p.m. Mondays; online group meets to discuss daily wellness, coping strategies and tools to relieve stress and reduce anxiety; offered by The Mental Health Association in Atlantic County; free. 609-652-3800 or MHAAC.info.
YOGA WITH SUZANNE KUBIK: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays through Sept. 14; no class July 6, Sept. 4; Cape May County Library/Stone Harbor Branch, 9516 Second Ave., Stone Harbor. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
Tuesday, June 27
DEALING WITH DEPRESSION SUPPORT GROUP: 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays; hosted by the Mental Health Association in Atlantic County; online support group for those living with depression. 609-652-3800 or MHAAC.info.
MINDFULNESS & MOVEMENT: 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesdays through December; Cape May County Library/Wildwood Crest Branch, 6300 Atlantic Ave., Wildwood Crest. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
ZUMBA WITH KELLIE WOOD: 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays; Cape May Court House Branch, 30 Mechanic St., Middle Township. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
Wednesday, June 28
BUTTS & GUTS - MICHELLE BARBARO: 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 30; Cape May County Library/Wildwood Crest Branch, 6300 Atlantic Ave., Wildwood Crest. 609-463-6350.
EXPLORING SPIRITUALITY ONLINE WELLNESS GROUP: noon to 1 p.m. Wednesdays; hosted by the Mental Health Association in Atlantic County; wellness group exploring themes of faith, hope, sense of purpose, and fulfilment. 609-652-3800 or MHAAC.info.
MEDITATION MEET-UP WITH TED COSTA: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. and 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays through December; Woodbine Community Center, 812 Longfellow St., Woodbine. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
MIND AND BODY VIRTUAL WORKSHOP: 11 a.m. to noon Wednesdays; workshop is provided to individuals who live with a disability; participants discuss topics such as adapting, goal setting, refocusing and more; offered by the Mental Health Association in Atlantic County. 609-652-3800, ext. 308 or MHAAC.info.
STRETCH & BURN - WITH KELLIE WOOD: 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays; hosted by Cape May County Library; virtual event; no registration required. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
TAI CHI & QIGONG: 10 and 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays; with Cheryl Crews and Denise Jones; Lower Cape Branch, 2600 Bayshore Road, Lower Township. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
ZUMBA - WITH JANET SPADA: 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays at Wildwood Crest Library, and Thursdays at Lower Township Library; no meetings July 12, 26, Nov. 22, 23. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
ZUMBA - WITH KELLIE: 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays; Sea Isle City Branch, 4800 Central Ave., Sea Isle City. 609-463-6350 or Events.CMCLibrary.org. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/community-calendar/article_b4878478-113e-11ee-ba11-4fbb05470cff.html | 2023-06-26T04:33:56 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/community-calendar/article_b4878478-113e-11ee-ba11-4fbb05470cff.html |
Cape Regional Medical Center recently held a dedication ceremony for the newly named and expanded Larry L. Luing Emergency Department at Cape Regional Medical Center in Cape May Court House.
The Luing family attended the June 10 ceremony at the Emergency Department.
The Larry L. Luing Family Foundation donated $3 million toward the $19.9 million Emergency Department and Radiology Services expansion project. The expansion includes the addition of nine emergency department patient bays; dedicated ultrasound, X-ray, and CT scan; a new state-of-the-art interventional radiology suite; and more.
Kevin, Timothy, and Brian Luing and their extended family were joined by Cape Regional staff and board members, as well as Stone Harbor Mayor Judith M. Davie-Dunhour.
“Through the Larry L. Luing Family Foundation, we look to honor our father and recognize his love for Cape May County with this gift to establish the Larry L. Luing Emergency Department at Cape Regional Medical Center,” stated Kevin Luing, Tim Luing and Brian Luing in a release. “As we’ve seen through the decades, the Emergency Department serves not only the residents of the county but also the hundreds of thousands of visitors to the county during the summer." | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/emergency-department-at-cape-regional-medical-center-named-in-memory-of-larry-l-luing/article_58107b94-112c-11ee-a013-6302c5ea595d.html | 2023-06-26T04:34:02 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/emergency-department-at-cape-regional-medical-center-named-in-memory-of-larry-l-luing/article_58107b94-112c-11ee-a013-6302c5ea595d.html |
Two essential ingredients for a successful Le Diner en Blanc were in place Saturday night in Atlantic City: many hundreds of people packing appetites and dressed in their natty, summery whites.
And, make no mistake, organizers required white attire — “no ivory, no off-white and no beige,” the event website says.
Also known as the “Dinner in White,” the concept launched in Paris in 1988 and has since been held in more than 140 cities in at least 40 countries. More than 2,500 people participated in the inaugural A.C. event, also held on the Boardwalk, in 2022, and organizers hoped to match or exceed that total this year.
The goal, the website says, is “simply a friendly gathering whose sole purpose is to create a magical evening, where guests are in good company, and in an environment, which is both unusual and extraordinary.”
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The cost to register two people online was $48, plus a $14 fee, and the online FAQ states the event would be held “rain or shine.”
Guests had the option to order food at an additional cost or bring their own. Champagne and wine were allowed, but no beer or spirits. Diners also were required to bring along their own folding tables and chairs.
Guests met at different spots around the city and were escorted to the dining location — the Boardwalk from Oriental to Atlantic avenues — which remained unknown to them until shortly before the event began.
The 2018 event in Paris set a record with 17,000 diners. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/le-diner-en-blanc-held-for-2nd-time-on-atlantic-city-boardwalk/article_0e783954-138e-11ee-a5ec-ab45de7ebf99.html | 2023-06-26T04:34:08 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/le-diner-en-blanc-held-for-2nd-time-on-atlantic-city-boardwalk/article_0e783954-138e-11ee-a5ec-ab45de7ebf99.html |
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said David Lee Grisham, 41, was arrested on Friday after leading deputies on a foot chase when he ditched a stolen vehicle.
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According to a news release, sheriff’s deputies recognized a grey Ford Ranger pick-up truck that the Coco Police had reported stolen. After spotting the stolen truck on Pineda Street in Cocoa driven by Grisham deputies attempted to apprehend him.
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The Sheriff’s Office said the suspect pulled into a driveway and immediately ran on foot.
The Sheriff’s Office’s K-9 Team and a helicopter tracked down Grisham, who was hiding under a trailer in the backyard of a home on Bay Avenue, according to investigators.
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The Sheriff’s Office said Grisham was arrested and is being held without bail at Brevard County jail.
The charges include grand theft auto, robbery with a firearm, resisting arrest, and possession of cocaine, the Sheriff’s office said.
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas — Fentanyl-related deaths are spiking across the country with overdose cases overwhelming several law enforcement agencies. Because of this, authorities are working to get ahead of the problem.
The Williamson County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) announced it's creating a task force aimed at educating people of the dangers of the drug, while prosecuting those who sell it.
A sergeant with the sheriff's office could not reveal their identity, but explained what this task force will do.
The agencies involved will be the sheriff's office, the Drug Enforcement Association (DEA), the Department of Homeland Security and other regional law enforcement officers.
It will consist of 10 detectives and one counter-drug analyst.
Detectives within the task force will be deputized as federal agents and will be able to use resources at local and federal levels if needed, according to the sheriff's office.
The sergeant said with few people within the Narcotics Division, and a rise in fentanyl cases, it has taken away from other cases.
"It's not going away. We need to get in front of it. We need to get more people," they said.
Williamson County reported 39 fentanyl overdose deaths in 2022. As of 2023, there are 22 reported overdose deaths with 17 pending toxicology reports.
The sheriff's office said although fentanyl is everywhere, parents are still unaware of the dangers the drug can do. That's where the education portion of the task force comes in.
Local nonprofit organizations such as Texas Against Fentanyl (TXAF) and A Change for Cam will help.
Stefanie Turner started TXAF after her 19-year-old son, Tucker Roe, died of fentanyl poisoning in 2021. She has been advocating in his honor and most recently helped get legislation passed, which if signed into law would add curriculum for students about the dangers of fentanyl.
WCSO officials said they wanted the nonprofits involved to be able to share that knowledge, which Turner echoed every parent should have.
"They're making sure that we're we're hitting all of the weak spots of where fentanyl sneaks in and how can we support the collective," said Turner. "I also was a victim of not knowing what fentanyl is, seeing these signs, not knowing how to identify it, and also not knowing the severity of it. I wasn't able to treat the problem for two months before I realized what fentanyl was."
The sheriff's office is currently waiting for grant money in order to have a location where members of the task force can meet in the same space.
While advocates and local leaders push education across the board, they only hope each step is key in slowing the spread.
"I think we can be really powerful and drive change," said Turner. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/williamson-county/williamson-county-sheriffs-office-fentanyl-task-force/269-388552de-aeb3-4777-a9e0-1ec3d76fe3f9 | 2023-06-26T04:48:39 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/williamson-county/williamson-county-sheriffs-office-fentanyl-task-force/269-388552de-aeb3-4777-a9e0-1ec3d76fe3f9 |
Camps
SUMMER ROBOTICS CAMPS: Phil’s Hobby Shop is hosting camps for children ages 8 to 13. Prior robotics experience is not required. Camp dates are July 10-14, July 17-21 and July 24-28. Two sessions are available: 8 a.m. to noon or 1 to 5 p.m. Price is $200 per session. The camp is being held at Trinity Lutheran Church at 450 W. Washington Blvd., Fort Wayne. Register online at Phil’s Hobby Shop website or follow the links for Facebook or Instagram.
Classes
CARD-MAKING WORKSHOP: Experienced card makers are invited to a three-hour workshop from 1 to 3 p.m. July 3 at Salamonie Lake’s Interpretive/Nature Center. Participants will make three cards inspired by Indiana state symbols: cardinal, peony and firefly. All supplies provided. Participants may bring their favorite adhesive. Workshop cost is $20 per person, payable day of workshop. Advance registration is required by calling 260-468-2127. Registration deadline is Wednesday. Space is limited. Upper Wabash Interpretive Services is at 3691 S. New Holland Road in Andrews.
RIVER RANGERS: An hour of outdoor learning of STEM is offered for ages 5 to 12 from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays until July 26 on the Auer Lawn, Promenade Park, 202 W. Superior St. June topics included weather, experiments with slime, Lego building and boat making. Each program is free, but space is limited to 30 children, so pre-registration is required. A list of options is online at www.FortWayneParks.org. To register, email the child’s name(s) and the class title to Hannah.webb@cityoffortwayne.org. Registration deadlines are the Monday before each date.
Events
COFFEE & CONVERSATIONS: YMCA Northeast Indiana invites women to come together for “The Power of Positive Gossip,” a discussion event from 8 to 9:15 a.m. Wednesday at Brotherhood Mutual, 6400 Brotherhood Way. This is part of a free quarterly series. The next one, “Be a Forrest Gump: Refusing to Let Your Fears Stop You,” is scheduled Sept. 27. Register and find more information online at ywcanein.org/coffee-conversations
STORYTIME AT THE PARK: 10 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays until Aug. 2 at the Park Foundation Pavilion Patio Promenade Park, 202 W. Superior St. Join the Allen County Public Library and Riverfront Fort Wayne for fresh air, sunshine and children’s literature. Most dates will be held under the awning of the Park Foundation Pavilion. No pre-registration is required.
GOLF OUTING: The Project Respect Golf Outing is Aug. 19 at Eagle Rock Golf Club in Defiance, Ohio. Registration starts at 8 a.m.; shotgun start at 9 a.m. Event includes 18 holes of golf, cart, lunch, door prizes, 50/50 raffle and more. Cost is $80 per golfer and $320 per team. To register, visit: https://cpcnwo.org/events/13th-annual-project-respect-golf-outing/ or pick up a registration form at a local CPC Women’s Health Resource.
Faith
THEOLOGY ON TAP: The University of Saint Francis invites young people of all faiths in their 20s and 30s to this summer series, presented through the Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. Planned by a local team of young adults, the series continues July 11 and July 18 at the Cougar Den at the university, 2701 Spring St. Tuesday’s topic is “Discovering God’s Image.” The series offers weekly talks, food, drink and fellowship. A 6:30 p.m. closing Mass will be held July 25 in the St. Francis Chapel on the university’s main campus. Information is available online at https://diocesefwsb.org/tot-fw/. For information on USF, contact Jacinta Krecek at jkrecek@sf.edu or 260-399-7700, ext. 8123.
Organizations
NORTHEAST INDIANA BASE COMMUNITY COUNCIL: Luncheon on July 12 at Ceruti’s Diamond Room with guest speaker Matthew Purkey, a Marine who was deployed multiple times as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, along with an update from local military. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m.; the program begins at 11:30. Tickets are $25 for current service members and students; $35 for council members and $40 for nonmembers. For tickets and additional information, email northeastindianabcc@gmail.com.
TOASTMASTERS CLUB: Communication & Leadership Training is hosted by the Bob Leiman Toastmasters Club, a nonprofit educational organization, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays each month, currently meeting at Ivy Tech Coliseum Campus, 3800 N. Anthony Blvd., Room CC 1364. Next meetings are today and July 10. Call 260-437-0117 or email knhood@aol.com with questions. Guests welcome at no cost.
Travel
HOLMES COUNTY, OHIO: The Fort Wayne chapter of the American Sewing Guild is headed to this community with a three-day, two-night bus trip. Travelers will be able to shop at many fabric stores, enjoy authentic Amish meals and take in the idyllic countryside and Amish way of life that makes this a popular tourist destination for quilters. Lodging is in Berlin, which is known as the hub of Amish Country because of its walkable shops and restaurants. The public is invited. The bus leaves at 8 a.m. Sept. 12 from Van Wert, Ohio, and returns there about 5:30 p.m. Sept. 14. The trip cost of $350 includes the motor coach transportation, hotel room (double occupancy), and two dinners – one at an Amish home. For information, call Lisa Merkle at 419-230-0250. Registration forms are on the chapter website at www.asgfortwayne.org. Deadline to register is Aug. 1.
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A Northwest Allen County Schools teacher who puts students’ needs above her own has been nominated for Teacher Honor Roll. Her profile follows.
Anna Garmatz
School: Carroll Middle School
Subject teaching: Applied skills (life skills)
Education: Bachelor of Science in secondary art English from Taylor University in Upland; a master’s degree from Roosevelt University in Chicago; and an English language learner endorsement from Roosevelt University.
Years teaching: 22 years
City born: Arlington Heights, Illinois, which is a northwest suburb of Chicago.
Current hometown: Columbia City
Family: Spouse, Nathan Garmatz, an elementary school teacher; two dogs, Athena and Wynona; father, David Truelsen, a retired teacher and administrator; mother, Patricia Truelsen, a retired preschool teacher; an older sister, Sarah Hill, a practicing physical therapist; two nephews, David and Jake Hill, and one niece, Olivia Hill.
Book you’d recommend: Try the books “Stiff” or “Gulp,” both by nonfiction narrative writer Mary Roach. Her writing style is both informative and accessible. You will feel like you are simply engaged in an interesting conversation with a good friend. For poetry, check out “Good Poems,” or one of the other anthologies of poems Garrison Keillor has published. These anthologies are anything but pretentious. And may I either introduce you to a slew of talented poets, including Annie Dillard, Mary Oliver and Billy Collins or reacquaint you with familiar favorites like Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson?
Favorite teachers: Mr. Bertenshaw, Mrs. Castro, Mrs. Zhulke, and Mrs. G. All of these individuals were colleagues, mentors and friends. They served as role models, offered a shoulder for me to cry on, and shared more than a few laughs with me. I am truly grateful for the positive role they played in my life.
Favorite teaching memory: Oh, my goodness. There are way too many to pick just one!
Hobbies: Gardening, playing piano, ceramics (wheel thrown pottery) and traveling.
Interesting fact about yourself: I have taught English in both China and Lithuania.
What advice would you give to your students as they plan for their future? I like the following quote by C.S. Lewis: “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
Recommended in November by: Jacey and Brad Heyneman
Reason for recommendation: “Mrs. Garmatz has been working with a skeleton staff in addition to higher-than-normal student enrollment in the (special education) department. This also comes on top of learning a new city, a new school district, a new building, a new staff and, of course, all new students. One student in particular (our son), has probably been the biggest challenge in her 20+ year career. Mrs. Garmatz has been working tirelessly to get to know what motivates and what triggers Caden. She has spent countless hours talking to his behavioral therapist trying to come up with strategies that will help him succeed. Mrs. Garmatz thinks outside the box and is continually amazing us with her creative ideas to engage and teach our son.
“Although Caden has been temporarily moved to a modified school day, many teachers or districts would have pushed to move him to homebound services because of his extreme behaviors. Anna has fought for him to stay in school because she knows that is what he needs the most. She puts Caden’s needs above her own.
“I’m sure she falls into bed absolutely exhausted most nights and may even cry herself to sleep on occasion, but she makes it apparent that she loves these kids and will do whatever it takes to help them flourish and succeed.
“All teachers are special and incredible, but a special needs teacher is a superhero! Mainstream teachers aren’t typically pinched, hit, kicked, scratched or screamed at, but Mrs. Garmatz – and her aides – usually are on a daily basis. It takes a gifted, compassionate, caring, selfless person to work with kids of special needs, and Northwest Allen County Schools was blessed to receive just that person when they hired Mrs. Anna Garmatz.”
Bluffton-Harrison
Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan School District was recognized by Riley Hospital for Children as a Red Wagon corporation. The honor is given when a district achieves a fundraising amount during the academic year equivalent to $1 per student per building. Because Bluffton-Harrison Middle School and Bluffton High School both exceeded $4,000, the schools are Red Wagon sponsors. They will have custom license plates featured on wagons to be used by Riley patients. The district raised more than $20,000 across the three schools this academic year as of last month.
Jacob Amstutz, Bluffton-Harrison’s 2023 Educator of the Year, was named the Indianapolis Indians and the Indiana Association of School Principals’ Elementary Teacher of the Year during a pre-game ceremony at the May 20 Indianapolis Indians game.
Concordia
Concordia Lutheran High School honored these alumni during the 2023 commencement ceremony: the Rev. Lewis King, Philip Amt, Thomas Starks and Gyneth Schaefer Conrad.
Recognition
These schools were among those honored in Project Lead the Way’s Distinguished Program Recognition for 2022-23: Adams Central Elementary School, Claypool Elementary School, Edgewood Middle School, Lakeview Middle School, Summit Middle School and Homestead High School.
Jess Melvin, a Fort Wayne native and spring Ball State University graduate, will spend the upcoming academic year abroad as a recipient of the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Award. She was selected for English teaching assistantships to help students in South Korea develop English language skills.
Victoria Bao Ying Zambrano of Canterbury High School was among 40 students the Indiana Association of School Principals honored as 2023 Indiana Academic All-Stars. The 50 regional honorees included Aubrey Barb of Carroll High School, Noah Haefner of Northrop High School, Tommy Trung Le of Bishop Dwenger High School, Vicky Li of Churubusco Junior-Senior High School and Abby Love of Manchester Junior-Senior High School.
The 2023 Indiana Academic All-State Cheer Team included Audrey Long of Homestead High School.
Saint Francis
Trina Herber, University of Saint Francis coordinator of academic affairs, received the 2023 Franciscan Spirit Award.
Phi Alpha International Social Work Honor Society inducted six Saint Francis students into its Sigma Eta chapter: Katelyn Bender, Adilynn Girardot, Monica Sweigert, Maddy DeRoo, Jenny Garcia and Anna Scantlin.
The Social Work Club held its second annual collaborative Task Party Event with the Jesters performing arts program this spring. Nine Jesters and 13 social work students participated in an event allowing people with varied abilities work together to create, explore and have fun.
Scholarship
The National Merit Scholarship Corp. announced recipients of college-sponsored Merit scholarships included Austin Shepherd of Lakewood Park Christian School; Elijah Bilos, Daniel Schwab and Thomas Hill of Homestead High School; Joseph Hill of Bishop Dwenger High School; Tyrus Kindler, Paul Swift and Anna Wenz of Carroll High School; Adel Quta of Canterbury High School; and Andrew Molargik of Garrett High School.
Trine
Michael Simmons and Ernesto Vieyra of Angola participated on a Trine University team that competed in NASA’s annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge. The group placed ninth in the competition’s college division. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/teacher-honor-roll-nacs-special-education-teacher-impresses-parents/article_80c7d4ea-04a4-11ee-94e7-63baab361cc7.html | 2023-06-26T06:16:49 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/teacher-honor-roll-nacs-special-education-teacher-impresses-parents/article_80c7d4ea-04a4-11ee-94e7-63baab361cc7.html |
The Bismarck Cancer Center is hosting its 14th annual Ice Cream Social and Celebration Picnic on Tuesday.
The event is from 5-7 p.m. at the Community Shelter in Bismarck's Sertoma Park.
All local cancer survivors and their guests are invited to attend the free celebration of cupcakes and Cold Stone Creamery ice cream. The band Cotton Wood will be providing entertainment, and Vivian the pink fire truck will be on display.
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SIERRA VISTA, Ariz — Authorities are investigating two separate dog attacks in Sierra Vista that left an 84-year-old woman dead and a 53-year-old man critically injured.
Sierra Vista police said officers responded to reports of a dog attack in an alley Friday morning.
They reported finding a dog attacking Sam Sanches Jr. in the backyard of a house.
Officers killed the dog and provided first aid to Sanchez, who was taken to a Tucson hospital where police said he remained in critical condition Sunday from his injuries.
Police later also found 84-year-old Helene Jackson attacked by a dog in another alley Friday.
Jackson was taken to a Tucson medical center where she was pronounced dead from her injuries.
Police said the attacking dog was killed and Jackson’s dog was found dead in the alley.
The three dead dogs in the two attacks were taken to the Sierra Vista Police Department’s Animal Control Office for further investigation.
Sierra Vista is about 75 miles (120 kilometers) southeast of Tucson.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A fatal incident in which a pickup truck crashed into a canal while an SUV was left teetering on the edge of the waterway is under investigation in Scottsdale, according to authorities.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety said the incident happened Sunday evening at around 6:45 p.m. near Loop 101 and Mountain View Road.
DPS confirmed one person died in the incident.
According to DPS, the crash happened when a pickup truck rear-ended an SUV. The pickup truck, which had one occupant, rolled over into the canal east of the roadway after hitting the SUV.
The driver of the pickup truck died at the scene. The man's name has not been released.
After the SUV was hit by the truck it became entangled in the guardrail. The two occupants inside suffered non-life-threatening injuries. An adult female passenger was taken to the hospital for treatment.
DPS said investigators have not ruled out impairment on the part of the driver of the truck.
This is a developing story; additional details will be added as they become available.
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PHOENIX — The stats will make you cringe.
Over the past 25 years, more than 940 children have died of heatstroke across the United States because they were left in or became trapped in a hot car, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
“Last year there were 33 child-related car heat deaths,” said Phoenix Fire Department Capt. Todd Keller.
He shared the alarming number of hot car deaths that have been recorded in recent years across the country.
“In 2018 and 2019, there were over 53 deaths,” he said.
That’s the most in at least 25 years, according to NoHeatStroke.org.
In many cases, the children who lost their lives were under the age of two.
“Our goal is obviously zero,” said Keller. “It’s a really sad, sad thing and it’s 100% preventable.”
Keller stresses the importance for everyone to understand kids are more vulnerable to heatstroke than adults. The body temperature of a child rises three to five times faster than an adult, and when a child is left in a vehicle, that child's temperature can rise quickly.
“Always check the back seat before you leave your car,” he said.
Heatstroke begins when the core body temperature reaches about 104 degrees, and a child can die when their body temperature reaches 107 degrees.
Keller showed how some of the newer model vehicles have an indicator reminding you to check the rear seat before leaving the vehicle. Another safety tip - keep something else in the backseat as a reminder. He recommends putting a purse or cell phone in the back.
When it comes to hiking, he said anybody is vulnerable on 105 to 110 degree days, so if you do go hiking, be sure to hit the trails in the early morning hours, during the coolest time of the day.
“We have triathletes, we have Endura, that’s extreme athletes, that need to be taken off the mountain,” said Keller. “Piestewa Peak, Camelback Mountain, those are rated double black diamond trails, so they are not easy.”
When the National Weather Service issues an excessive heat warning, those are the trails that will be shut down for a good portion of the day.
No matter what you’re doing during the triple-digit days, stay hydrated before, during and after your hike.
"Heat exhaustion, your body is sweating, it’s turning red, your pulse is increasing,” said Keller. “Heat stroke is that your body will actually stop sweating, your heart rate is going to increase very rapidly and you’re going to go unconscious.”
By staying vigilant and following these simple safety tips, you can be sure you and your family will stay safe through the hottest days of the year.
“Wear a hat, light-colored clothing, sunscreen,” he said. “When you’re halfway done with that water bottle, you’re halfway done with your hike.”
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PHOENIX — Summertime is usually when kids hit the pool or go to camp but two Valley sisters, create a unique way to rake in some cash instead. With their unique qualities, the Jones sisters, Trinity and Tatum each bring a special element to their brand-new business.
"His name is Credos," Tatum said.
The 10-year-olds brought a couple of their snakes down to the 12News studios to explain how their business "Morph Explosion" got started with the help of their dad, Eric.
"I actually love reptiles and I begged my parents for snakes for so long and my parents finally got me a snake and then my dad had the idea to breed them," Tatum added.
While Tatum loves these lengthy creatures that can get up to 5-6 feet long, Trinity says it's the financial draw for her, when it comes to the slithering system.
"I really like money," she put it simply.
Plus, their parents and brother Cole, have really helped build up their YouTube channel and it's good news for those in the market to get a low-maintenance "forever snake."
"I wanted snake babies and now one of our snakes is pregnant," Trinity explained.
"I was hoping we could get a few clutches of eggs, because I really love snake babies," Tatum said.
Meanwhile, reptile expert, Juline Hermes, part owner of "Arizona Tortoise Compound" is applauding the girls initiative.
"I'm very excited for these two because they're the next generation and we need them," she explained.
Hermes oversees the west Valley compound caring for numerous reptiles and said the industry can use two more passionate people like the twins to show an interest.
"I think it's amazing what these girls and their parents are doing, and I can't wait to see how this goes," she added.
There haven't been any snake sales yet, but the girls are certainly ready to strike, even describing the type of pet you'd be getting.
"Ball Pythons are very chill, they will sit in your lap through a whole movie sometimes," Tatum explained.
"Her personality is more exploring because she's super calm and whenever she gets scared, she does not strike or anything," Trinity said.
Prices range on their snakes but they're in good hands until they head to their new homes.
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ORANGE COUNTY , Fla. — When the Orange County Task Force meets Monday, and millions of dollars in tourist development tax funding will be on the table for grabs.
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Dozens of businesses in Orange County are anticipating this meeting as they wait to see who will get the funding. The Task Force is in charge of reviewing the 55 applications and narrowing funding to just fourteen.
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Those 55 groups that applied for the funding pitched why they should get a slice from the tourism development tax reserves. The money comes from a six percent tax issued by the local hotel stays.
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The University of Central Florida leaders asked for $176 million to make the University one of the largest in the nation. At the same time, the Orange County Regional History Center is eyeing $53 million to expand for history buffs.
In the past, it’s been used to repair and improve everything from parks and properties to attract tourists to locations like the convention center to AMWAY.
Mayor Jerry Demings believes whatever decision is made, it’s going to continue to keep Central Florida one of the top tourist destinations in the country,
“I believe the future is bright for Orange County and Central Florida because we have amenities here that we don’t have anywhere else in the world, said Demings.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It was a lifestyle that once was outlawed, but now the efforts to spread the lowriding movement through a holiday celebration, brought hundreds of people to Sacramento.
104 cars came to the Capitol City from 16 different California counties to celebrate the Inaugural California Lowrider Holiday Celebration.
As the cars descended onto Capitol Mall, it reflected something deeper -- culture, tradition and family.
“It's beautiful and it's epic that of all the roads that we celebrate this holiday on, it's right here at Capitol Mall in front of our Capitol building and in a beautiful (Tower Bridge),” said Carlos Molina, organizer of the event told ABC10.
The epic celebration brought people from San Diego, Los Angeles and the Bay Area for the state’s first ever lowrider holiday celebration.
“I get in my car, I drive and all my problems go away,” said Jose Monteon, of San Jose.
For Monteon and others, it goes beyond the colorful cars. They don’t call it a hobby; it's a lifestyle.
“Some people like hot rods, some people like race cars, and we like to ride low and slow, and we like to express ourselves on each car through our art, through our vision,” said Miguel Alatorre, of San Diego.
For some, it is hard to believe they are driving up and down Capitol Mall.
“We are not looked at as being illegal or being troublemakers,” said Sal Herrera, who is with the Sacramento Impalas. “We went from being harassed to, now, we're being accepted.”
It comes after decades of local policies banning cruising on roads. But last year, cities across California, including Sacramento, changed the laws and removed the “No Cruising” signs.
Molina said they felt their community was targeted.
“It's similar to separation of drinking fountains, or who could get access to what,” said Molina. “And when it comes to these roads, you have low riders with $80,000 vehicles and upwards of $300,000. They are taxpayers, and they deserve to ride these roads like anyone else.”
Through this event, Molina hopes to create a shift, so mainstream society better understands the Chicano neighborhood.
“Who would have thought that Capitol Mall would have become a dance floor for lowriding, but it did today and it will continue to be,” said Molina.
Molina said they are expected to unveil a limited-edition postage stamp honoring the lowrider celebration soon.
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CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. — A critically injured Citrus County deputy is celebrating his birthday while still recovering after being hit by a driver as he was directing traffic following a graduation ceremony back in late May.
In a Facebook post, the sheriff's office asked the public to join them in wishing Andy Lahera a happy birthday as he recovers.
"Deputy Andy Lahera remains in critical, but stable condition at this time, but is surrounded by friends, family, and an amazing care team," the sheriff's office wrote.
The sheriff's office says the public can send cards via mail or drop it off at their office at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave, Inverness, FL 34450. They ask to bring only bring cards – no flowers or monetary donations.
The Florida Deputy Sheriff's Association launched a GoFundMe page for the Lahera family and kicked it off with a $1,000 donation. More than $28,000 has already been raised with a total goal of $30,000.
Anyone interested in donating to the Lahera family can click here.
The accident happened just after 9 p.m. on May 23 at the intersection of South Lecanto Highway and Saunders Way in Lecanto near the high school. Lahera was directing traffic at the time when a driver hit him.
He immediately received life-saving measures before being rushed to the hospital via a helicopter. The sheriff's office said he suffered multiple broken bones, fractures, abrasions and internal injuries as a result of the crash.
Lahera has been working with the Citrus County Sheriff's Office for 14 years and has been a school resource deputy since 2018 with his current assignment at Lecanto Middle School.
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TAMPA, Fla. — Have you seen Leila Wilson?
Hillsborough deputies say they are searching for the missing 19-year-old last seen in Tampa.
Wilson was wearing a pink shirt and dark-colored shorts when she was last seen leaving the 19000 block of Tamiami Avenue in a black 2014 Volkswagen sedan, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said in a tweet Sunday afternoon.
The 19-year-old made comments about wanting to hurt herself the last time she spoke with someone, authorities say. She may reportedly be near the 3900 block of Highland Avenue in Tampa.
Wilson is described by deputies as 5-foot-8 and has shoulder-length black deadlocks.
Anyone with information regarding the teen's whereabouts is asked to contact the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office at 813-247-8200. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/missing-teen-tampa/67-f883e755-493b-43f3-a11e-2998e7a65030 | 2023-06-26T09:31:11 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/missing-teen-tampa/67-f883e755-493b-43f3-a11e-2998e7a65030 |
LONGBOAT KEY, Fla. — Officials say they are investigating an incident involving a boat explosion Saturday afternoon in Sarasota County.
At about 4:45 p.m., authorities received a report of a boat explosion near Longboat Key, west of New Pass bridge, a spokesperson for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission told 10 Tampa Bay.
Multiple agencies, including the FWC, U.S. Coast Guard, Sarasota County Sheriff's Office and Fire Rescue, responded and arrived at the scene.
FWC says six passengers aboard the 24-foot-long Yellowfin boat were accounted for and taken to a nearby hospital. Authorities have not yet revealed the condition of each person that was on the boat.
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GREENSBORO — Forty-six years ago, Greensboro’s Glenwood neighborhood was the site of the Guilford Native American Association’s first ever pow-wow.
As Jennifer Revels Baxter recalls, there wasn’t really any money to put it on, and it was a far cry from the massive annual pow-wows the organization holds these days up in Jaycee Park.
“But we wanted to celebrate being together, celebrate that traditional part of who we are,” she said.
That same spirit was behind an event held in Glenwood on Friday night, when Greensboro artist Tamra Hunt, a member of the Lumbee tribe, unveiled a new crosswalk mural she created at the intersection of Neal and Hunt streets in Glenwood.
Hunt created the mural with support from Creative Greensboro’s Neighborhood Arts Program. Depicting elements of a sun symbol, an eagle feather and a braid, it celebrates themes from the stories shared with her by Native Americans who lived in the Glenwood neighborhood.
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Some American Indians continue to live in the Glenwood neighborhood, but the concentration in that particular neighborhood was greater some decades ago, according to Daphine Strickland, a local elder and community advocate who is both Lumbee and Tuscarora.
She said a noticeable number of Native Americans from other areas, many of them Lumbee, started coming to Greensboro in the late 1960s, in search of jobs and opportunities. Some of the first families, she said, settled on Asheboro Street, with the population center later shifting down to the Glenwood neighborhood.
Word of mouth and family connections played a role in where people settled, but so did economics and racism.
Native Americans and other people of color struggled to find someone willing to sell them a house in many neighborhoods. With the white flight that was going on from the Glenwood neighborhood at the time, finding a place to live there was easier, Strickland said.
The Guilford Native American Association came into being when American Indians living in the area became concerned about the high school dropout rates among youth coming from rural tribal communities to the city.
The organization worked to make things better for children, teens and families. One of those projects was convincing the city to give them some dilapidated houses in the city, to fix up. They hired Native American workers and turned over the homes to local Native residents, some of whom are still living in those homes today.
Strickland said that these days, with a little more money and freedom of choice, many of the Native Americans who once lived in Glenwood have picked homes on Greensboro’s edges or farther out in Guilford County, due to having rural sensibilities and desire for more land and space.
But former Glenwood resident Tonya Sotelo echoed others at Friday’s gathering in invoking the sense of community she felt in the neighborhood.
“Going to everybody’s house, it was like family,” said Sotelo, who is Lumbee. “It seems like I raised a bunch of Native American kids before I even had kids.”
Those close ties, she said, have resulted in her daughter picking on her when they try to complete a circuit of the vendors at the annual Guilford Native pow-wow.
“She’s like, ‘Oh my gosh, it takes us two hours to get around because you know everybody,’” Sotelo said. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crosswalk-mural-lumbee-guilford-native-american-association-tamra-hunt-glenwood-neighborhood/article_aa05e80e-1225-11ee-89b1-9ba28f1d88fc.html | 2023-06-26T09:40:23 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crosswalk-mural-lumbee-guilford-native-american-association-tamra-hunt-glenwood-neighborhood/article_aa05e80e-1225-11ee-89b1-9ba28f1d88fc.html |
GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools is unlikely to be able to offer the teacher salary supplement increase it had hoped for in the coming year, Superintendent Whitney Oakley said Thursday. Instead, she hopes to be able to offer a bonus.
Guilford County commissioners provided more than $15 million in additional funding for Guilford County Schools’ 2023-24 operating budget, which was a step up from the county manager’s recommended $0 increase. While the commissioners don’t have legal authority to dictate how the district spends the money, they indicated their intent was to help with pay for classified staff. Those include unlicensed school workers such as mechanics, teacher assistants and janitors.
Oakley has said the money can cover about 40% of the cost to get classified staff to market-rate pay.
The school board had also sought from the commissioners nearly $21 million to cover anticipated increased costs, and $10 million to increase local teacher salary supplements in the competition with other counties for teachers. The district is anticipating the state will offer raises, but those would go out to public school employees statewide, so there wouldn’t be a competitive advantage for Guilford County in relation to other districts.
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With the state budget yet to be finalized, the Guilford County school board passed an interim budget resolution to keep the wheels on the district turning for the time being. Oakley said it’s possible that state lawmakers could finalize their budget soon, and if so, she could potentially bring a revised budget back to the school board at its meeting in mid-July.
Oakley said that in lieu of a local supplement increase for teachers, she is anticipating being able to offer a one-time bonus paid for from the district’s federal COVID-19 relief dollars. That money is non-renewable, so the district has tried to stay away from using it for salary increases.
She said she’s hopeful bonus amounts would be close to the $1,000 per teacher that was sought for the supplement increase.
As for the other increased costs, without the state budget completed that’s still unclear. Oakley said, depending on what the legislature does, the district may need to make budget cuts to offset the increased costs not covered by the commissioners. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/whitney-oakley-bonus-raises-supplement-teachers-budget-county-commissioners/article_5578cf2c-1167-11ee-93ed-c32f48eee045.html | 2023-06-26T09:40:29 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/whitney-oakley-bonus-raises-supplement-teachers-budget-county-commissioners/article_5578cf2c-1167-11ee-93ed-c32f48eee045.html |
CEDAR FALLS — James and Ari Nemec are huge space fans and hope to travel there someday.
The brother and sister were among the people to attend events this past weekend featuring Raja Chari, the Cedar Falls native and NASA astronaut who recently spent nearly six months aboard the International Space Station.
Chari made his first public appearance in Cedar Falls for the first time since returning to Earth on May 5, 2022. He was named the celebrity grand marshal for this year’s Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and received the first-ever key to the city.
“We would get to float around,” said James, 4, of Cedar Falls, about the spark for his passion in space. He later said with a grin that he’d “float away” from his 9-year sister Ari, if given the opportunity.
Her big interest is in spacewalks, which Chari partook in twice outside the space station. Her mother Heather chimed in that her daughter’s love of space also comes from being a fan of "Doctor Who," a science fiction program featuring travel through time and space.
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“She wants to be an astronaut,” said Heather. “But I’m rebelling. It's the one job she can’t have because then I can’t visit her.”
Chari can relate to that sentiment. It's a point he made while speaking to a crowd of a few hundred Friday at Overman Park about his experiences. His family made sacrifices to allow him to become an astronaut.
He was on stage with his family to receive the key to the city plaque and a challenge coin from Mayor Rob Green for his outstanding achievements, a reflection of the highest values of Cedar Falls.
Additionally, he and his wife Holly, a Cedar Falls High School graduate, were recognized by the Cedar Falls Rotary Club as Paul Harris Fellows for the way their lives exemplify the humanitarian and educational objectives of the club.
Chari, who graduated from Columbus Catholic High School in Waterloo and attended St. Patrick School, made several other appearances, including at the Cedar Falls Community Center for a kids seminar Thursday night.
There is where Chari got the chance to memorably reconnect with three old high school teachers. It's also where the Nemecs got the first-hand taste of his experience, got photos with their hero and autographs from him.
In fact, James was one of the many kids to ask Chari a question.
“Did you see any aliens?” he recalled asking, to which Heather noted Chari’s response was along the lines of, “They may exist. Humans have only explored a small piece of the universe.”
His sister recalled learning about frozen water on the Moon, a key to potentially having a future Moon base for humans there. That’s a goal of NASA’s Artemis program, which Chari is participating in.
The big goal is returning humans there in the next few years for the first time since 1972. Chari is among those who could be assigned to a lunar mission.
Ari also learned about the “right amount of stress” on plants in space to allow them to grow. Chari called those interactions with youth “one of his favorite parts of the job.”
“I’m going to be too old to go to Mars. The reality is the kids who are in junior high and middle school right now are the ones who are not only going to ... go to Mars and live on Mars, but they are going to be the ones that solve the problems," said Chari. "For me, it’s super exciting and I thrive on their energy.”
“And the kids are not afraid to ask the questions everyone wants to ask. It took, like, 15 minutes before the first potty question. The adults all want to know things but they don’t want to ask. You can count on the kindergarteners to ask those questions like the aliens question. Everyone’s wondering. You might as well just ask.”
He complemented communities like Cedar Falls who place a value on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education. That was another point of emphasis during his presentations. He wouldn’t be where he is today without his education and his teachers.
“It was heartwarming for him to emphasize his education and the impact it had on his journey,” said Linda Harris, a former teacher from Cedar Falls. “It was vital and he showed that you’re never too young to begin learning.”
She came with her husband Dave, another former teacher. His interest in Chari came from a passion for aviation after taking several flying lessons.
“We love to keep tabs on what’s happening in space and all that he’s accomplished,” said Dave Harris. “I taught math for 35 years in Cedar Falls and one of my friends (David Kofoed) was his calculus teacher.”
If aspiring to be an astronaut, Chari told the crowd not to look at the biographies of astronauts because each one has a different story. He encouraged them to forge their own path and do what they enjoy doing.
It was an inspiring message, one many made sure to be present to receive.
"Learning about him, makes me want to watch 'Apollo 13,'" said Reese Cawelti, 13, the Harris' grandson.
Sisters Chris DeBower and Marj Weseman were among the crowd at Overman Park. While not usually out at the Sturgis Falls Celebration that early on Friday, they made an exception for Chari. They usually wait for the Friday night talent show.
“It’s another way of life I knew nothing about,” said Weseman.
Both recognized his roots and had admiration for the hard work he put in to get to where he is today, accomplishing so many amazing feats.
“You think about the family and how much they had to give up,” said DeBower.
Chari was in Cedar Falls through Sunday before heading down to the Des Moines area to talk with Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst along with Rep. Ashley Hinson about agriculture and agriculture science. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/cedar-falls-welcomes-raja-chari-back/article_5dce6ebc-1085-11ee-8cd3-c3cb24a31b93.html | 2023-06-26T10:22:05 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/cedar-falls-welcomes-raja-chari-back/article_5dce6ebc-1085-11ee-8cd3-c3cb24a31b93.html |
PITTSBURGH — Two people were shot in the city’s Knoxville neighborhood early this morning.
Just after 4 a.m., officers responded to the area of Bausman St. and Ibis Way for a seven-round ShotSpotter notification.
They found two male victims. One had a gunshot wound to the arm and was listed in stable condition. The second had a gunshot wound to the buttocks and was listed as critical.
Officers rendered aid to both victims until medics transported them to a local hospital.
Their ages are not known at this time, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety.
The investigation is ongoing.
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County Council approves 2 new developments in West Volusia despite pushback
Two development proposals located just outside of the DeLand city limits are moving forward despite public concerns following recent Volusia County Council votes.
The developments required two rezonings and a Comprehensive Plan change.
One of the developments would include up to 74 single-family homes on close to 32 acres at 1920 N. Woodland Blvd. Council members approved rezoning two adjacent parcels, one a partial rezoning. Overall, they will go from including Transitional Agriculture and Urban Multifamily zoning to Urban Single-Family Residential and Urban Multifamily zoning.
The Planning and Land Development Regulation Commission and county staff recommended approval. The site is near Walmart and is connected to U.S. 17.
The project is expected to generate about 765 daily vehicle trips, while development under current zoning could generate about 219 daily trips.
Rachel Sieg, who owns property west of the site, said drivers speed in the area. She believes the development will disturb wildlife such as deer and turkeys.
"It's going to be devastating for our little quiet neighborhood," she said.
County Council Chair Jeff Brower and Councilman Don Dempsey raised concerns about flooding. Brower said he wanted to see a revised proposal with fewer homes.
"We have an obligation to consider everybody that lives around there," he said.
Cobb Cole Attorney Michael Woods told the planning board the site would have "single-family homes with minimum impacts to the wetlands" and will have "landscape buffers, tree preservation, stormwater, wetland protection, and controlled access points," according to county documents.
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Council members voted 4-3 to approve the rezoning, with Brower, Dempsey and Councilman Troy Kent opposing.
1770 W. Plymouth Ave.
Another proposal had more stacked against it but still managed to make it past the County Council.
The development is planned for about 29 acres at 1770 W. Plymouth Ave. The council approved two items to allow for up to 82 single-family homes to be developed on the site: a Comprehensive Plan amendment changing the Rural Future Land Use Designation to the Urban Low-Intensity Designation, and a rezoning from the Rural Agriculture/Transitional Agriculture zoning classifications to Planned Unit Development.
Council members voted 5-2 to approve the Comprehensive Plan amendment and rezoning, with Brower and Kent opposing both items.
The vote came even though Volusia County's staff recommended denial of the project ― they found it would encourage urban sprawl and go against Comprehensive Plan policies such as keeping urban development out of rural areas, according to county documents. The Planning and Land Development Regulation Commission also recommended denial.
"The proposed project is located in a rural area that is primarily developed with agricultural uses, public uses and single-family residential uses on large lots. ... It will not provide a mix of uses to be consistent with intensities found in the urban form. In addition, the area is not serviced by public transportation," according to staff's review of the property.
But some council members disagreed that the project would create urban sprawl, with some saying it's already there. There is a "small-lot urban subdivision" just south of the land, according to county documents. But overall the land is "in a sparsely developed area and is adjacent to a landfill, a former landfill, and agricultural land."
Councilman David Santiago said it seems like an area the county would want to develop, with the new DeLand SunRail station under construction ― about 2 miles away.
"I think the way that area is, is not going to support (the station). ... So we've got to be reasonable to allow for some growth to happen in that area so people could utilize it," he said.
The county is encouraging medium and higher-density uses closer to the station as part of what's called the SunRail DeLand Area Activity Center. | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2023/06/26/volusia-council-oks-up-to-156-houses-in-2-new-westside-developments/70346663007/ | 2023-06-26T10:43:04 | 1 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2023/06/26/volusia-council-oks-up-to-156-houses-in-2-new-westside-developments/70346663007/ |
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Maryville Apostolic church culture encouraged relationships between teen girls and men
MARYVILLE, Tenn. – When Susan was in the youth group at First Apostolic Church in Maryville, there was a tradition of teens and young adults mixing for dinner on Sunday nights after the latest hourslong service.
This is how Susan, who was 15 at the time, got grouped with a 22-year-old man at an Applebee’s in Alcoa. The two hit it off in a not-so-secret relationship. Ten months later while on an out-of-town trip, the two had what she described as consensual sex.
Two weeks, later they broke up.
Multiple women who were previously members of the church told Knox News it was not uncommon for teenage girls to date men – even those who were well into their 20s – as part of a culture fostered by the church.
In some cases, girls had sex with adult men, and say church leaders, when told about the encounters, did not file a report with police as required by Tennessee's mandatory reporting law in cases involving anyone under age 16.
Susan is not the woman’s real name. Knox News is protecting her identity because she said she is a victim of sexual abuse. Knox News previously reported about a woman who said she was raped by her 18-year-old boyfriend when she was 12. Tennessee law does not allow a person under 16 to consent to sex.
Knox News began investigating the church after a former worship leader and former middle school teacher at the church’s Apostolic Christian Academy was arrested in January and charged with sexual assault by an authority figure. Joseph "Cade" Abbott, 26, is accused of abusing a 14-year-old girl he taught at the church academy's School of Music.
He has since been charged in Sevier County with two more counts of sexual assault by an authority figure connected to the same girl. He has not entered a plea.
Renee Franchi, an attorney from Andreozzi and Foote, a law firm that specializes in sexual abuse cases, is representing the girl’s family in a lawsuit against the church and Abbott, alleging the church should have known about the abuse.
“Although our clients cannot comment on the case at this time, the lawsuit involves the childhood sexual abuse recently suffered by our client within this church, school, and at the hands of Mr. Abbott,” Franchi said in an emailed statement to Knox News.
Teen girls dating older men
Susan said the relationship with her much-older boyfriend got serious quickly. He would spend the night – with her parents’ approval – multiple times a week. In the mornings she would go to her freshman classes at Apostolic Christian Academy, a school within the church complex. He would go to work.
They talked about marriage. He said he would homeschool her.
“And I was 100% for it,” she said. “I thought I was in love, of course.”
Their relationship was not a secret. They held hands in and out of church. They went on group dates.
“We were together a lot. … We were together-together,” she said. “We didn’t have sex (at first), but we fooled around. He was my first everything.”
Her parents didn’t know the two were doing anything more than kissing but were generally fine with the relationship because “he was of the faith,” she said.
After dating for nine or 10 months, she said, they had consensual sex while on a brief out-of-town trip. He broke up with her soon after.
Susan’s mother confirmed the relationship to Knox News, and said that because the man was in the Apostolic church, they had no concerns.
“I do not feel that way (any more),” she said. “Most of the guys down there, they date girls that were in high school, and the men were 22, 23, 24 and 25 years old. Because you don’t date anyone outside the church. It has to be another Apostolic Church member.”
Senior pastor Kenneth Carpenter, through an attorney, said the church does not encourage teenage girls to date men in their 20s. "The church is not a dating service nor matchmaking entity," attorney Edward Trent wrote in an email to Knox News.
Pastor encouraged teen to date a church elder
Two years later, when Susan was 17 and working at the school’s day care, an unmarried elder at the church began flirting with her. His children attended the day care. He was in his mid-to late-30s at the time.
It began after she wore a red Pepé Le Pew character shirt to work. The man started printing pictures of skunks and placing them on her Ford Taurus. It freaked her out, she said.
But, to her surprise, the Rev. Kenneth Carpenter and his wife, Penny, encouraged the relationship, she said.
“He obviously liked me and would ask me out,” she said. “Brother and Sister Carpenter pulled me into their office … and told me what a great man of God he was and how he was interested in me and that he would be a great provider and he needed someone to help with those four kids.”
This culminated with the man – and his four children – bringing Susan a bouquet of flowers and dinner one night at her parents’ house while she was recovering from foot surgery.
Susan’s mother confirmed the man tried to date her daughter, who was roughly 20 years his junior. She said she and her husband were home when the man and his four kids brought Susan dinner after her surgery.
“When he came over and brought the flowers we did not realize that they were intended for the purpose of her going out with him,” she said. “Oh my gosh, he’s got kids about (Susan’s) age.”
The two never went out. Had she been attracted to him, Susan said, she likely would have gone through with it.
Carpenter, through his attorney, did not deny the woman's story.
"Recognizing someone as a 'good man' does not mean the church or any of its leaders would encourage someone to date the person," attorney Edward Trent wrote to Knox News. "Those are personal decisions. The church would never encourage a minor to date anyone, especially someone in their 20s or 30s."
Pastor's family reflects church culture
Both of senior pastor Kenneth Carpenter’s daughters dated and later married men he hired on staff. Knox News confirmed this with publicly available data, interviews with former members of the church, social media posts and the church’s staff page.
Chad Erickson was named the church’s youth pastor in 1999 when he was 23. Within a few years, despite an age gap of a decade, he began dating Carpenter’s oldest daughter, Fallon, when she was 16, multiple former members told Knox News. The two were married in 2004 after she graduated high school. Chad was 28. Fallon was 18.
The Carpenters' youngest child, their son Nolan, began dating his wife, Flannery, whenshe was a teenager. The two first connected on Instagram in 2017 when he was 20 and she was 16. They were married in 2020.
Kenneth Carpenter himself modeled this. According to a 2013 ALJC press release, Carpenter began pastoring the church in 1984. A month later he married Penny. He was 23 and she was 17.
The Carpenters, through their attorney, declined to answer questions about the relationships, when they began and whether Kenneth and his wife, Penny, supported them when they began dating.
Tyler Whetstone is an investigative reporter focused on accountability journalism. Email tyler.whetstone@knoxnews.com. Twitter @tyler_whetstone. Support strong local journalism by subscribing at knoxnews.com/subscribe. | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/26/maryville-apostolic-church-culture-encouraged-relationships-between-teen-girls-and-men/69994153007/ | 2023-06-26T10:58:02 | 1 | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/26/maryville-apostolic-church-culture-encouraged-relationships-between-teen-girls-and-men/69994153007/ |
McGhee Tyson Airport was ranked among the worst for summer travel. Here’s why
As many prepare to jet off to various destinations for summer vacations, travelers should be mindful of the potential for delayed or canceled flights, especially if they fly out of McGhee Tyson Airport.
Knoxville’s regional airport is ranked as one of the worst airports in the country for summer travel, according to a recent Forbes Advisor report. The report scored the top 100 airports in the country based on data in key categories, including on-time arrival performance and airfare price.
Orlando Sanford International Airport in Florida topped the list of worst airports. In fact, Florida has three of the five worst airports on the list, while McGhee Tyson cracked the top 10.
Forbes Advisor used data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics TranStats database from 2018 to 2022. The 100 busiest airports in the country were analyzed by 10 metrics to determine airport efficiency.
Where did McGhee Tyson rank among worst airports?
McGhee Tyson Airport is the ninth-worst airport in the country for summer travel, according to Forbes Advisor. Its total score was 82.22 with 100 being the worst.
Data that contributed to the bad ranking included 75% of on-time flights, 8% late-arriving flights and 2% of canceled flights. The airport also holds nearly a 5.5% share of national aviation system delays caused by nonextreme weather conditions, airport operations, heavy traffic volume and air traffic control.
Nearby airports that also ranked among the worst included Asheville Regional Airport (No. 3) in Asheville, North Carolina; Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (No. 6) in Ohio; and Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (No. 11) in Alabama.
Which airport is the best?
Lihue Airport in Hawaii takes the top spot as the best airport for summer travel.
Hawaii actually has four of the top five best airports for summer travel according to Forbes Advisor. Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport, Kahului Airport and Daniel K. Inouye International Airport all cracked the top five as well.
Devarrick Turner is a trending news reporter. Email devarrick.turner@knoxnews.com. Twitter @dturner1208.
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When Shyndigz, the popular cake bakery and Richmond institution for 12 years, closed its restaurant at 1903 W. Cary St. earlier this year, fans across the city expressed sadness and disappointment. For years, Richmonders had lined up and waited up to an hour to snag a coveted table for a late night slice of seven layer cake and a glass of wine at Shyndigz.
But owners Bryon and Nicole Jessee had an exciting announcement as well.
They are currently building a 19-room boutique hotel tentatively named Dear John across the street at 1912 W. Cary St., as well as a new, larger and improved Shyndigz Market and café in the same space.
The new Shyndigz Market is expected to open this fall, with the hotel expected to take two years. The Jessees are still in the special use permitting process for the hotel.
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“It is my end-all passion project. I’m so excited about it,” Nicole said. She is known for her warm, bubbly, exuberant personality and uses that creativity to make memorable moments for visitors at Shyndigz. “I really want to give people an experience,” she said.
Originally from Charleston, S.C., the husband and wife team opened Shyndigz as a cake bakery in the Libbie-Patterson area in 2010, before moving to 1903 W. Cary St. and opening the desserts-only Shyndigz restaurant, which became a popular spot for birthday celebrations, prom nights and late-night date nights.
A few years later, they opened The Fancy Biscuit at 1831 W. Cary Street and the adjoining Shyndigz Market which sells cake by the slice, cookies and treats, plus prepared food from The Fancy Biscuit such as deviled eggs, pimento cheese, crab cake quiche, charcuterie boards and party supplies.
The restaurant was so busy and “packed out all the time,” they opened the Shyndigz Market to be able to serve more customers. “It was a blessing, we were really surprised. Some people just want to take their cake and go,” Nicole said.
The restaurant was always busy, with lines out the door, both before the pandemic and after. But due to staffing issues and shortages, the married couple decided it was time to close the restaurant earlier this year and focus on the boutique hotel and new Shyndigz Market. The Fancy Biscuit, a popular spot for breakfast and brunch that was featured on the Food Network, will also stay open.
“We always wanted to open a hotel. We don’t have kids and we love to travel,” Nicole said. “We’ve been inspired through our own travels. We love the vibe, the feel of a great hotel.” They mentioned favorite boutique hotels like The Hive in North Carolina and The George in Montclair, N.J. by makeup guru Bobbi Brown.
The new hotel venture means a bit of restructuring of the existing business and spaces. The former restaurant space will turn into the Central Bakery and production facility at 1903 W. Cary St. And The Fancy Biscuit will expand its kitchen into the existing Shyndigz Market space after the new Market opens across the street.
Prosecco and coffee bar, courtyard, kitchenettes planned for hotel
“My goal has always been to evoke happiness and give people an experience,” Nicole said. “I think of it as real Southern hospitality.”
The four-story Dear John hotel will have 19 rooms, a courtyard, the attached Shyndigz Market, an event space, nine parking spots, as well as four on-street spots, and a rooftop lounge. The hotel rooms will run 400 to 1,000 square feet, some of the rooms will have balconies and kitchenettes.
“Our hope is that each of the rooms will have a mini-fridge stocked with items from the Market, like charcuterie, beer and wine,” Nicole said.
The new Shyndigz Market will be more than three and a half times the size of the existing Market at 3,600 square feet. An entire wall will house refrigerated cases where visitors can grab and go food items. Staff will be busy behind the counter, slicing cake and dipping chocolates. A vintage camper van will be converted into a prosecco and coffee bar in the new space.
Visitors will find seating in the market and in the courtyard.
“I love a good coffee shop. The buzz of a restaurant. People can come and celebrate and have cake, have a business meeting, or find a nice place to work,” Nicole said. “The new Market will become a hybrid of what the restaurant was.”
The new hotel will be adorned with plants, blossoms and unique decorative items. Nicole has a knack for using her artistic touches to transform a space into a dreamy delight. For example, at the current market, Nicole turned an old bicycle into a “bicycle bar” and moved a hot pink fireplace into the tent-seating area outside The Fancy Biscuit.
She envisions “a plant shop, living plants over the rehabbed vintage camper and local flowers.”
“We see this as an opportunity to make things more efficient, for the customers and for the staff,” Bryon said. There will be a space for pre-ordered cakes where customers can pick-up without waiting in line.
“We love hospitality. It’s second nature to us,” Nicole said.
In the meantime, the current Shyndigz Market at 1831 W. Cary Street is busy daily and will remain open until the new Market is unveiled, with customers lining up, often to the door, for a slice of salted chocolate caramel cake, peanut butter mousse pie, chocolate chip cookies, prepared dishes and party supplies.
“I’m always more comfortable in the role of making people happy. It’s natural to want to extend that to Richmond with the hotel,” Nicole said. | https://richmond.com/life-entertainment/local/food-drink/shyndigz-owners-to-open-boutique-hotel-new-market-on-cary-street/article_60311696-0f9f-11ee-b2f5-7b968f2e77a7.html | 2023-06-26T11:00:14 | 0 | https://richmond.com/life-entertainment/local/food-drink/shyndigz-owners-to-open-boutique-hotel-new-market-on-cary-street/article_60311696-0f9f-11ee-b2f5-7b968f2e77a7.html |
Mobius Materials stems from an “underground $15 billion problem,” the company’s founder Margaret Upshur said.
The company is a marketplace for buying and selling preowned electronic components. Companies often have to overbuy to produce their products, and when they’re done, they can be left with millions of dollars in extra raw materials, according to Upshur.
The problem then becomes environmental with the materials ending up in landfills.
“It’s this gigantic issue with a lot of rare earth materials getting thrown away, and then it’s also, obviously, a huge loss for the customers,” Upshur said.
Her customers are companies that build electronic products, ranging from consumer electronics, such as phones or a GPS tracker in a dog collar, to industrial uses, like monitoring systems for wind turbines, for example.
Mobius Materials has five employees. The company aims to help build a circular supply chain. They buy parts in bulk from electronics manufacturers. The advantage is the time aspect; when these manufacturers send their parts to customers, it might take eight to 12 weeks, while Mobius Materials takes about one week. . This system also allows for a reduced environmental footprint, Mobius’ website states.
At the end of May, the company raised $735,000 in capital investments, Upshur said. The funding round came from local angel investors shemet through local startup accelerator Lighthouse Labs and Startup Virginia, a nonprofit that offers a space for startups, according to Lighthouse Labs managing director Art Espey.
Mobius Materials was part of the fall 2022 accelerator class, and won Fan Favorite at the lab’s Demo Day.
“Margaret is taking advantage of the opportunities available through Richmond’s ecosystem, and the company has been a fantastic addition to the local startup community,” Espey stated.
At the beginning of this month, Mobius Materials launched a feature that allows companies to get automated quotes on a part they can’t find.
Upshur, a Richmond native, graduated from Duke University with an engineering degree. She was working in San Francisco at tech company Particle in charge of hardware profit and loss, watching the profitability of the product line. With a new release underway, an old product would no longer be produced. She then noticed $500,000 worth of parts that were then unusable.
She decided to sell them for around 70 cents on the dollar, but ended up having less than one cent on the dollar in offers. Upshur realized there is a big amount of counterfeit in the market, so there was no trust.
She had the idea for the company in 2020 and launched it in 2022. Because of the pandemic, she decided to move back to Richmond to be back on the East Coast and be close to family.
Upshur thought it wasn’t going to be possible to build a business outside of the electronics community in California, but she found a great business climate in Richmond, she said. There are many reasons to stay in Virginia, such as military semiconductor buyers and the support of U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner and the CHIPS Act, a legislation to increase production of semiconductor chips, she added.
Upshur works out of Startup Virginia, at the 1717 Innovation Center, a startup coworking space in Shockoe Bottom at 1717 E. Cary St.
“There are so many other cool female founders in this building,” Upshur said.
Upshur is “definitely aware” of being a woman in a male-dominated field, she said. It can be a differentiator.
“It does feel like there are better resources for female founders, better mentors for female founders than there ever have been in the past,” Upshur said, adding that there still needs to be a continued effort in building the base for female founders because there’s still a gap in the numbers and funding.
Forbes reported in 2019 that venture capitalists have invested 98% of their capital in male-led startups. It also stated that private tech companies led by women achieve 35% higher return on investment, and when venture-backed, 12% higher than those led by men.
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Mobius Materials acquires electronic components and extra raw materials companies no longer have a need for and sells them to other companies at a discount.
Tape containing tiny silver electronic parts, about 3 millimeters tall, is shown. With Mobius Materials buying and selling preowned components, it keeps them out of landfills.
Mobius’ customers are companies that build electronic products, from phones to wind turbine monitoring systems. Tape containing tiny silver-square electronic parts is among its offerings.
ABOVE: A reel of preowned electronic parts is one of the products on offer from Morbius, which this month launched a feature that allows companies to get automated quotes on a part they can’t find.
Mobius Materials founder Margaret Upshur holds a test tube full of small electronic parts. Her company helps to combat “this gigantic issue with a lot of rare earth materials getting thrown away,” she says. | https://richmond.com/news/local/business/mobius-materials/article_d69aaafc-0f92-11ee-8ccb-7bb7202c4697.html | 2023-06-26T11:00:20 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/business/mobius-materials/article_d69aaafc-0f92-11ee-8ccb-7bb7202c4697.html |
317 Project: Hidden in Eastwood strip mall, a secret passage to Bruce Lee's teachings
The 317 Project tells stories of life in all of Indianapolis’ vibrant neighborhoods – 317 words at a time. Have a tip for a story in one of Indianapolis’ neighborhoods? Let us know at 317project@indystar.com.
The room is square and unassuming, tucked into an Eastwood strip mall off Binford Boulevard with little visible signage.
Punching bags and equipment pile up on one half, as students stand in front of an opposite mirrored wall. A squadron of ceiling fans tries, in vain, to battle mid-June humidity.
UFR Martial Arts instructor Ulises F. Rodriguez — barefoot, a black gi over his slight frame, with cloudy white hair — gestures for a younger, much larger student to attack him. A series of parries, and the pupil is gently flattened on the red, well-worn training mat. A mimed punch finishes the exercise.
"By the time he hits the floor, it's game over," Rodriguez told his pupils.
Rodriguez, known in martial arts circles as Guro U. Fuentes R., does not like to share his age. But he has taught martial arts around the country for nearly 40 years — beginning with a stint as a taekwondo instructor in the mid-'80s while studying engineering at the University of Evansville.
He returned to Indianapolis in 2017 and opened his school in 2019. Rodriguez works as a consultant in the engineering world by day and teaches night classes on silat (Southeast Asian) and kali (Filipino) martial arts, as well as jeet kune do — the style created and popularized by action star Bruce Lee.
It was Lee's turn in "The Green Hornet" TV show that inspired Rodriguez, born and raised in Venezuela, to pursue martial arts.
Rodriguez's classes impart physical instruction with a dash of philosophy.
"Martial arts is meant to be spiritual, but it's also fighting," he told his silat class. "How do we rationalize the two opposite poles? By practicing any physical activity we do with our hearts."
Martial arts study, he stressed, is a lifetime commitment.
"It can be up to the person, but for me, it's a vehicle to enlightenment in my opinion." | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2023/06/26/hidden-eastwood-dojo-trains-bruce-lee-style/70313192007/ | 2023-06-26T11:13:07 | 0 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2023/06/26/hidden-eastwood-dojo-trains-bruce-lee-style/70313192007/ |
Carmel Clay Parks wants the city to be a playground destination. Here's 5 to visit.
Michael Klitzing, director of Carmel Clay Parks, wants to make Carmel a playground destination.
It takes careful planning, like talking to Carmel school children, and financial support, like the reimagining parks program, which allowed Carmel Clay Parks to rebuild sites through help from Clay Township.
Each playground in Carmel’s parks has its own personality, Klitzing said, from Meadowlark Park where children can climb up into tree-like structures to the futuristic space-style playground at Westermeier Commons at the city’s Central Park.
“What we've tried to do is make sure that each playground is an experience, and a unique experience,” Klitzing said. “What we envision is families within Carmel or people visiting Carmel wanting to visit and play on each of the playgrounds because each offers something different.”
Here are five Carmel playgrounds you should visit.
Westermeier Commons at Central Park
Address: 1235 Central Park Drive East
What makes it unique: The 25,000-square-foot play area, located on the west side of Carmel’s 159-acre Central Park, has a system of ramps and caves and a nature-themed splash pad.
Meadowlark Park
Address: 450 Meadow Lane:
What makes it unique: The playground has geometric-looking trees and shrubs that children can climb and play on. The park is designed for children ages 2 through 12. The playground was part of the reimagining parks program supported by Clay Township.
Inlow Park
Address: 6310 E. Main Street
What makes it unique: Inlow Park’s playground features a splash pad with a water slide, climbing structures and play areas throughout the woods. It was also part of the reimagining parks program that received financial support from Clay Township.
River Heritage Park
Address: 11813 River Road
What makes it unique: River Heritage Park’s playground winds through the woods on the way to the White River. The play sections are wheelchair accessible and include a swing, a zipline, climbing structures and a merry-go-round. It was also part of Carmel Clay Parks reimagining parks project with Clay Township.
West Park
Address: 2700 W. 116th Street
One unique thing: The West Park playground incorporates nature into the play structures. Climb mountain walls and play in water-filled canyons and waterfalls. The playground was part of the rebuilding parks program with Clay Township.
Contact the reporter at 317-779-4468. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/carmel/2023/06/26/playgrounds-carmel-water-slide-zip-line-west-park-inlow-park-river-heritage-meadowlark-westermeier/70325055007/ | 2023-06-26T11:13:13 | 1 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/carmel/2023/06/26/playgrounds-carmel-water-slide-zip-line-west-park-inlow-park-river-heritage-meadowlark-westermeier/70325055007/ |
Lilly's R&D investment helps its stock rise toward record highs, reach drug breakthroughs
Eli Lilly and Co. has continued on its climb as a pharmaceutical powerhouse, developing several successful drugs while also weathering lawsuits, and is trading at historic highs reaching to over $460 a share in the stock market.
“From most metrics, Lilly is trading at (a) historically high valuation level,” Damien Conover, the director of health care equity research for Morningstar Research Services, wrote in an email to IndyStar.
Known for its insulin production and innovative nature, Indianapolis-based Lilly brought in around $28.5 billion in revenue, closing the year with a nearly $6.25 billion net income.
Michael Hicks, a professor of economics at Ball State University, said a company like Lilly is expected to rise financially as they are producing medicines that prolong the life of patients and reduce incidences of disease here in the United States.
He said more people are spending money and investing in goods that extend longevity. Especially now, with the COVID-19 pandemic and other health issues people in the country are facing, people have become reliant on the pharmaceutical industry.
“I think it is the golden age of pharmaceuticals,” Hicks said.
Lilly's commitment to research and development
Conover said a lot of the success Lilly is experiencing stems from their commitment to research and development.
In 2012-2014 when it lost certain patent protections, Lilly really began more heavily investing in R&D, which has led to many of the drug breakthroughs it’s experiencing today, he said. This trend has continued as last year the company spent 25% of its revenues on R&D.
Some recent drugs Lilly has received new approvals for include:
- Mounjaor: a treatment for adults with type 2 diabetes
- Jardiance: treats adults with heart issues, treatment for type 2 diabetes
- Retevmo: an RET inhibitor for adults with advanced or metastatic tumors
- Olumiant: first systemic treatment for adults with severe hair loss, treatment for moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis, treatment for COVID-19 for some hospitalized adults
Conover said Lilly has been making breakthroughs in areas that haven’t seen too much change in a while, which includes treatment for weight loss.
“Lilly has been on the forefront of that,” Conover said.
And even more treatments are on the way. The company said in May that its drug donanemab slows cognitive and fucntional decline for those with early stages of the Alzheimer's by 35%.
Carrie Martin Munk, director of corporate communications for Lilly, said one of the measurements for the effectiveness of the treatment includes analyzing daily living activities such as managing finances, driving, shopping, conversing about current events and watching movies.
“We believe giving patients the opportunity to continue doing these kinds of tasks longer is meaningful,” Munk said.
“It’s massive innovation,” Conover said. “Lilly has been able to sort of begin to crack the code.”
What controversies has Lilly had to navigate?
Despite its successes, Lilly has also faced lawsuits and other allegations in the wake of their financial rise.
The company is currently facing a class-action lawsuit, with payors alleging Lilly engaged in fraud and violated anticorruption legislation by covering up the risk of bladder cancer for a diabetes drug called Actos.
Lilly is asking to appeal.
"It is important to note that the Court’s ruling is preliminary and is not a determination of liability on merits of the case. Lilly feels confident that Plaintiff’s claims lack merit and we will continue to vigorously defend this matter," Lilly’s statement from early June said.
In another lawsuit surrounding a whistleblower complaint alleging misreported prices and false claims about the Medicaid rebate program, a federal judge ordered Lilly to pay $183.7 million in damages to state and local governments.
In a statement to IndyStar from May, Lilly spokesperson Tarsis Lopez said the company is committed to "upholding high standards of corporate conduct in our business dealings."
'We're hurting good people': Eli Lilly contractor accused of underpaying IT employees
Hicks said companies like Lilly face lawsuits frequently due to being a larger corporation, but the continuous new drugs and treatments they are producing can overshadow many legal developments.
“Bigger companies are going to be more insulated,” Hicks said.
Lilly also had historically faced pressure from health care activists to drop its insulin prices, which many claimed to be unaffordable.
This year, Lilly officially announced it would be dropping the price of insulin by 70% and expanding the cap on monthly out-of-pocket costs. This move made the price more affordable for millions of Americans who rely on the life-saving injection.
What’s in store for Lilly’s future?
Lilly’s financial success is bringing new jobs and facilities to its home state, bringing more development to Indiana communities outside of Indianapolis.
At the end of 2022, Lilly announced it was expanding into Boone County, with a now $3.7 million investment in two manufacturing sites which is expected to bring in nearly 700 jobs.
“Lilly remains committed to investing and innovating in Indiana and these new sites will not only contribute to the growth of our pipeline of innovative medicines but also create more high-tech jobs for Hoosiers,” Munk said.
On Wednesday, Lilly also announced it would be acquiring DICE Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company focused on treating auto-immune diseases, hoping to create new innovation in that arena.
"(The year) 2023 is an inflection point for Lilly —a chance to expand our impact on patients and growth potential as an R&D-driven biopharma company," David A. Ricks, Lilly's chair and CEO said in a news release in February. "Over the course of this critical year, we hope to launch as many as four new medicines for challenging diseases, while advancing our next generation of molecules currently in Phase 3."
Contact IndyStar reporter Nic Napier at 317-879-6885 or nnapier@gannett.com | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/indianapolis/2023/06/26/lilly-stock-historic-highs-successful-drugs-diabetes-heart-failure/70347629007/ | 2023-06-26T11:13:19 | 0 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/indianapolis/2023/06/26/lilly-stock-historic-highs-successful-drugs-diabetes-heart-failure/70347629007/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – A man was shot Sunday night in a parking lot in Orlando, police said.
The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. near Yucatan Drive and Roberto Clemente Drive near Semoran Boulevard.
Orlando police said the man suffered minor injuries.
Details about the shooting, including information about the suspected shooter and the exact location, have not been released.
Check back for updates. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/26/man-shot-in-orlando-parking-lot-near-yucatan-drive-and-roberto-clemente-drive/ | 2023-06-26T11:25:44 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/26/man-shot-in-orlando-parking-lot-near-yucatan-drive-and-roberto-clemente-drive/ |
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A lot of things make up an identity, such as where you were raised, how you were raised, and who your parents are.
A lot of people know the answer to that last piece of the puzzle, but others don't.
For nearly three decades, twins, Angelique and Antoinette Armstrong have wondered about their biological father. They turned to a DNA search and found a match.
At a young age, Angelique and Antoinette would watch other kids play with their dads in awe of their bond.
"It kind of made me feel a way, like what it would be like to have a dad versus just my mom and my other siblings," said Angelique Armstrong.
She and her twin sister Antoinette grew up in the Triad never knowing their father leading Angelique to take on a parent role.
"I thought I had to be stronger or more protector because a father is supposed to protect us, especially the young girls."
It wasn't until the two were in the 7th grade that they took the concern to their mother.
"The conversation was cut short because it wasn't much that she could really say or wanted to say when it came to us or really trying to figure out who our dad was," said Armstrong.
Their mother was only able to give them a first name, Micah. Desperate to find answers, they took matters into their own hands.
"So back then Yahoo search, Google search typing in all of the names of his name, and looking for almost every possibility," said Antoinette Armstrong.
They narrowed their search to New York, where they were born, but still no answers.
"It was kind of difficult, but definitely something that made us happy because it was a start," said Antoinette Armstrong.
Years later, Antoinette decided to try out Ancestry DNA, a site meant to help find genetic relatives.
"I actually matched with a first cousin, which was mainly my goal was to match with someone from that side of the family so I was super excited," said Armstrong.
She wrote to her newly-found cousin Nia but didn't get a response for five months. She eventually found someone on Facebook who knew her and connected the two.
"Three days later Nia texted me and started a conversation from there. She started to send me pictures of the males in her family and I was like we are definitely related we all have the same nose," said Antoinette Armstrong.
Antoinette told her cousin she believed her biological father's name was Micah and that was all it took.
"She said, that's my uncle's name," said Armstrong.
After an exchange of pictures and messages through Facebook, Micah Facetimed Antoinette. She was amazed by what she saw.
"As soon as he called me, I said wow, you have my entire face," said Antoinette Armstrong.
Micah then traveled from New York to Greensboro to do a DNA test with the twins.
"It was 99.99 percent he's the daddy," said Armstrong.
The three have been inseparable since, talking frequently, sharing stories, and learning more about one another. Angelique is into entertainment and turns out her father is too!
"I've done music videos, a few music videos, dances with a couple of artists, and performances," said Angelique Armstrong.
"The first time I heard about it I was very shocked. I'm very proud of them because this is not my time, it's their time. It's been like 30 years since they've been waiting for this," said Micah.
The twins know they're not alone in trying to find a loved one.
"Don't give up on who it is you're trying to look for because no matter what, it's about you and your happiness," said Antoinette Armstrong.
The twin's father is coming down to the Triad for a baby shower. Then, the twins will go up to New York to visit him and friends. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/greensboro-twins-find-father-through-ancestry-dna/83-57202176-c458-4694-8776-96ec7d6f6903 | 2023-06-26T11:30:55 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/greensboro-twins-find-father-through-ancestry-dna/83-57202176-c458-4694-8776-96ec7d6f6903 |
INDIANAPOLIS — Severe storms brought tornadoes and hail to parts of central Indiana Sunday, leaving behind significant damage.
The hardest-hit area in central Indiana was in northern Johnson County, where a tornado caused extensive damage to dozens of buildings in a line estimated by officials as roughly three miles long.
Fortunately, no serious injuries have been reported in that storm as of Monday morning.
Track updates on storm damage and recovery efforts in our live blog below.
Updates
Monday, June 26:
6:15 a.m. - Center Grove Schools announced that due to power outages and storm damage, no activities will be held at Central Grove High School, Center Grove Middle School Central or Center Grove Elementary on Monday.
5 a.m. - Two National Weather Service teams will respond to Johnson County Monday morning to survey damage there. One team will respond to Daviess, Martin and southwest Monroe counties. The teams will assess damage and work to determine the track and category of tornadoes that touched down.
Sunday, June 25:
9:20 p.m. - 13News crews and viewers have shared images of major damage to homes in multiple Johnson County neighborhoods:
8:35 p.m. - The National Weather Service Indianapolis office says two survey teams will be sent to Johnson County to look at damage, and another team will respond to an area of damage in Martin/Monroe counties.
8:30 p.m. - DroneCam 13 captured video of some of the damage to homes in Johnson County:
8:20 p.m. - During a news conference Sunday evening, Bargersville Fire Department Chief Eric Funkhouser said no serious injuries had been reported in the area, and 75 homes received moderate to severe damage. Crews have been conducting search and rescue operations since around 4:15 p.m. and have completed a primary search of all impacted buildings.
Officials estimated a roughly three-mile long path of damage from the tornado, from the area of Travis and Mullinix roads to south of Center Grove High School and across State Road 135 to the Stones Crossing area.
Crews have been working to clear roadways and conduct secondary searches of impacted buildings.
Officials are asking people to avoid the area of possible as crews clean up. Powerlines remain down throughout the area. A curfew will be in place from 9 p.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday, police said.
The Red Cross has set up at Greenwood Middle School for anyone impacted in need of shelter. Anyone coming to the school should enter through door 6.
Johnson County REMC had around 3,700 customers in the area without power Sunday evening, down from well over 10,000.
Indiana DNR crews were requested to the area to help remove large trees from roads.
6:57 p.m. - Cody Likens caught video of a tornado passing Emmanuel Church – Greenwood campus.
6:46 p.m. - A Tornado Watch for Fayette and Wayne counties is in effect until 11 p.m.
6:26 p.m. - For those who were left without a place to stay as a result of the storms, the American Red Cross will have a shelter at Greenwood Middle School. It should be open at 7 p.m. and is at 1584 Averitt Road.
6:24 p.m. - Here are the road closures in Johnson County from the storms:
- Travis Road is closed between Mullinix Road to Morgantown Road
- Morgantown Road from Mullinix Road to Whiteland Road
- Stones Crossing Road from State Road 135 to Saddle Club Road
- Saddle Club Road from Stones Crossing Road to Smokey Row Road
6:14 p.m. - Authorities in Johnson County are asking people to stay home and out of the area. There are downed power lines that are still live as crews work to shut off the power. There is also widespread debris. Emergency crews are working to check on people, clear areas and get resources and temporary shelter to those who have lost their homes.
6:10 p.m. - The area down by Crane Naval Base also got hit by the severe storms.
6:01 p.m. - Bargersville Community Fire Department Chief Eric Funkhouser captured video of one of the tornadoes.
5:55 p.m. - Unfortunately, we're starting to see more of the damage from the storms and the homes hit.
5:51 p.m. - Johnson County Sheriff Duane Burgess sent the following information on the tornado damage to 13News:
Parts of northern Johnson County has been hit by a tornado and the damage area covers a very large area. Several neighborhoods and homes have been damaged or destroyed. We are asking that if you do not live in the area please stay out of the area because you are hindering the work of Emergency workers.
Law Enforcement has already closed several roads in the area.
More information will be released as we collect damage reports form from Emergency workers.
5:45 p.m. - A Tornado Warning is in effect for Jackson and Jennings counties until 6:15 p.m.
5:42 p.m. - Here is another video of the Stones Crossing tornado courtesy of Erik Hopper.
5:35 p.m. - A tornado hit the Flats of Stones Crossing in Johnson County. The good news is that most of buildings are still under construction and there were no injuries. This video is courtesy of Eric Ford.
5:27 p.m. - Duke Energy reports 8,396 customers are without power. AES reports 382 power outages in the Indianapolis area.
5:21 p.m. - A Tornado Warning continues for Seymour, Brownstown and Crothersville until 5:45 p.m.
5:14 p.m. - The Tornado Warning for Brown, Lawrence and Monroe counties has been canceled. It continues for Jackson County until 5:30 p.m.
5:10 p.m. - Police tell 13News that there are multiple structures collapsed in the Center Grove area from the storms.
5:02 p.m. - Video from Bargersville, Indiana shows a tornado. This is courtesy of Brent Sweeney.
4:54 p.m. - Duke Energy reports 6,036 customers are without power. AES reports 325 power outages in the Indianapolis area.
4:45 p.m. - A Tornado Warning is now in effect for Brown, Jackson, Lawrence and Monroe counties until 5:30 p.m.
4:33 p.m. - A Tornado Warning is in effect for Johnson, Marion, Rush and Shelby counties until 5 p.m.
4:22 p.m. - A confirmed tornado is reported near New Whiteland. Law enforcement tells 13News there are collapsed structures.
4:19 p.m. - A Tornado Warning is in effect for Johnson and Shelby counties until 4:45 p.m.
4:15 p.m. - A Tornado Warning continues for Hamilton, Madison and Tipton counties until 4:30 p.m.
4:12 p.m. - A Tornado Warning is in effect for Brown, Monroe, Morgan and Owen counties until 5 p.m.
4:03 p.m. - Hamilton County is seeing ping pong-sized hail or larger in areas.
3:54 p.m. - A Tornado Warning is in effect for Hamilton, Madison and Tipton counties until 4:30 p.m.
3:49 p.m. - A Tornado Warning is in effect for Clay, Monroe, Morgan and Owen counties until 4:15 p.m.
3:45 p.m. - A severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for Morgan, Johnson, Hendricks and Marion County until 4:15 p.m.
3:38 p.m. - Tornado Warning
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a Tornado Warning for... Southeastern Clinton County in central Indiana... Northeastern Boone County in central Indiana... Northwestern Hamilton County in central Indiana... Southwestern Tipton County in central Indiana... Until 400 PM EDT. At 329 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 7 miles north of Lebanon, or 8 miles south of Frankfort, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely. This dangerous storm will be near... Kirklin around 335 PM EDT. Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include Sheridan and Westfield. This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 143 and 148.
3:30 p.m. - The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a Tornado Warning for Southeastern Clinton County in central Indiana, Northeastern Boone County in central Indiana, Northwestern Hamilton County in central Indiana, Southwestern Tipton County in central Indiana Until 400 PM EDT. At 329 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 7 miles north of Lebanon, or 8 miles south of Frankfort, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely. This dangerous storm will be near... Kirklin around 335 PM EDT. Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include Sheridan and Westfield. This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 143 and 148.
3:33 p.m. - Helpful information from the Department of Public Works
3:30 p.m. - Storm moving into Kirklin.
3:24 p.m. - A Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Boone & Clinton counties is in effect until 3:45 p.m. this afternoon.
3:22 p.m. - Events are being affected by today's storms.
3:14 p.m. - A Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Boone, Clinton & Montgomery counties is in effect until 3:45 p.m. this afternoon.
3:11 p.m. - A Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Hendricks & Putnam counties is in effect until 3:45 p.m. this afternoon.
3:09 p.m. - A Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Owen & Putnam counties is in effect until 3:30 p.m. this afternoon.
3:00 p.m. - From meteorologist Angela Buchman:
The 13 Weather Team continues to track a developing line of severe storms. At 3 p.m., the line was from near Logansport south to Frankfort, Colfax and Greencastle. The individual storms are moving northeast. The line will eventually move east across the state from now through about 8 p.m. There are numerous severe thunderstorm warnings in effect along the line. Please remember a tornado may develop will little warning and a tornado watch is in effect until 8 p.m. Storms may also contain 2” hail and damaging winds. Have several ways to get warnings and tune into 13News and wthr.com for team coverage.
2:49 p.m. - More counties added to ongoing Severe Thunderstorm Warnings.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Boone, Clinton, Montgomery & Tippecanoe counties is in effect until 3:15 p.m. this afternoon.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Montgomery & Putnam counties is in effect until 3:15 p.m. this afternoon.
The 13 Weather Team continues to track a developing line of severe storms. At 3 p.m. the line was from near Logansport south to Frankfort, Colfax and Greencaslte. The individual storms are moving northeast. The line will eventually move east across the state from now through about 8pm. There are numerous severe thunderstorm warnings in effect along the line. Please remember a tornado may develop will little warning and a tornado watch is in effect until 8pm. Storms may also contain 2” hail and damaging winds. Have several ways to get warnings and tune into 13 news and wither.com for team coverage.
2:49 p.m. - Sean offers a heads-up about the potential for hail with these storms.
2:44 p.m. - Strong storm near Westfield.
2:38 p.m. - Severe thunderstorm currently moving between Crawfordsville and Lafayette.
2:34 p.m. - Heavy rain falling near Lafayette.
2:24 p.m. - A Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery & Tippecanoe counties is in effect until 2:45 PM this afternoon
Much of central Indiana is now under a Tornado Watch until 8 p.m. We're monitoring west-central Indiana for storm initiation along an approaching front/wind-shift that will trigger storm development in the coming hours. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/live-storm-blog-severe-thunderstorm-warning-issued/531-61c2a9cf-2b6d-479a-9664-ca73232b708a | 2023-06-26T11:31:01 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/live-storm-blog-severe-thunderstorm-warning-issued/531-61c2a9cf-2b6d-479a-9664-ca73232b708a |
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