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DALLAS (AP) — Scorching temperatures brought on by a “heat dome” have taxed the Texas power grid and threaten to bring record highs to the state before they are expected to expand to other parts of the U.S. during the coming week, putting even more people at risk.
“Going forward, that heat is going to expand … north to Kansas City and the entire state of Oklahoma, into the Mississippi Valley … to the far western Florida Panhandle and parts of western Alabama,” while remaining over Texas, said Bob Oravec, lead forecaster with the National Weather Service.
Record high temperatures around 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) are forecast in parts of western Texas on Monday, and relief is not expected before the Fourth of July holiday, Oravec said.
Cori Iadonisi, of Dallas, summed up the weather simply: “It’s just too hot here.”
Iadonisi, 40, said she often urges local friends to visit her native Washington state to beat the heat in the summer.
“You can’t go outside,” Iadonisi said of the hot months in Texas. “You can’t go for a walk.”
WHAT IS A HEAT DOME?
A heat dome occurs when stationary high pressure with warm air combines with warmer than usual air in the Gulf of Mexico and heat from the sun that is nearly directly overhead, Texas State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon said.
“By the time we get into the middle of summer, it’s hard to get the hot air aloft,” said Nielsen-Gammon, a professor at Texas A&M’s College of Atmospheric Sciences. “If it’s going to happen, this is the time of year it will.”
Nielsen-Gammon said July and August don’t have as much sunlight because the sun is retreating from the summer solstice, which was Wednesday.
“One thing that is a little unusual about this heat wave is we had a fairly wet April and May, and usually that extra moisture serves as an air conditioner,” Nielsen-Gammon said. ”But the air aloft is so hot that it wasn’t able to prevent the heat wave from occurring and, in fact, added a bit to the humidity.”
High heat continues this week after it prompted Texas’ power grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, to ask residents last week to voluntarily cut back on power usage because of anticipated record demand on the system.
The National Integrated Heat Health Information System reports more than 46 million people from west Texas and southeastern New Mexico to the western Florida Panhandle are currently under heat alerts. The NIHHIS is a joint project of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The heat comes after Sunday storms that killed three people and left more than 100,000 customers without electricity in both Arkansas and Tennessee and tens of thousands powerless in Georgia, Mississippi and Louisiana, according to poweroutage.us.
Earlier this month, the most populous county in Oregon filed a $1.5 billion lawsuit against more than a dozen large fossil fuel companies to recover costs related to extreme weather events linked to climate change, including a deadly 2021 heat dome.
Multnomah County, home to Portland and known for typically mild weather, alleges the combined carbon pollution the companies emitted was a substantial factor in causing and exacerbating record-breaking temperatures in the Pacific Northwest that killed 69 people in that county.
An attorney for Chevron Corp., Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., said in a statement that the lawsuit makes “novel, baseless claims.”
WHAT ARE THE HEALTH THREATS?
Extreme heat can be particularly dangerous to vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly, and outdoor workers need extra support.
Symptoms of heat illness can include heavy sweating, nausea, dizziness and fainting. Some strategies to stay cool include drinking chilled fluids, applying a cloth soaked with cold water onto your skin, and spending time in air-conditioned environments.
Cecilia Sorensen, a physician and associate professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University Medical Center, said heat-related conditions are becoming a growing public health concern because of the warming climate.
“There’s huge issues going on in Texas right now around energy insecurity and the compounding climate crises we’re seeing,” Sorensen said. “This is also one of those examples where, if you are wealthy enough to be able to afford an air conditioner, you’re going to be safer, which is a huge climate health equity issue.”
In Texas, the average daily high temperatures have increased by 2.4 degrees — 0.8 degrees per decade — since 1993, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration amid concerns over human-caused climate change resulting in rising temperatures. | https://cw33.com/news/local/heat-dome-tackles-texas-but-what-is-it/ | 2023-06-27T15:26:59 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/heat-dome-tackles-texas-but-what-is-it/ |
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A recent study found Mexican food was the most popular cuisine in Texas.
The study was compiled by PriceListo, which describes itself as a price monitoring website. According to researchers, the rankings were compiled using Google search data to determine which cuisines were the most popular in Texas.
Ranking at No. 1: Mexican
859,817 average monthly searches
“Mexican cuisine is famous outside of Mexico and is known for its use of spices, corn, and avocados, providing many ways to enjoy the ingredients grown there. Tacos and burritos are popular Mexican dishes; however, a vast list of traditional dishes is just as tasty,” the study said.
Ranking at No. 2: Chinese
575,398 average monthly searches
“Chinese food is prevalent all over America due to its affordability and comfort while offering new flavor combinations. It is a budget-friendly meal that can cater to different dietary requirements,” the study said.
Ranking at No. 3: Indian
350,370 average monthly searches
“India is the world’s spice capital, which is why the cuisine uses a plethora of spices in dishes, leading to the misconception that all Indian food is spicy. While an array of spices is used, they are often used to create unique flavor combinations and profiles,” the study said.
Ranking at No. 4: Italian
238,631 average monthly searches
“Italian food is known for its fresh flavors that highlight the taste of ingredients used in cooking. Elements of Italian cuisine, such as olive oil and tomatoes, are essential in the kitchen … Italian food’s comforting and universal appeal may be why it is popular in America,” the study said.
Ranking at No. 5: Thai
194,293 average monthly searches
“Thai cuisine has a familiarity with Chinese cuisine, which may also explain its popularity; however, it uses more herbs and spices. One popular ingredient in Thai cuisine is Nam Pla (Fish Sauce), a seasoning made from fermenting fish and is used throughout Thai cuisine, from curries to dipping sauces,” the study said.
Researchers said the data examined the search volume for cuisine-related searches in Texas over the past 12 months. Different combinations of search terms such as “[cuisine] food”, “[cuisine] food near me” or “[cuisine] recipes]” were used to gather data.
A spokesperson from Pricelisto commented on the findings.
“These insights show that there is a lot of conformity with what take-outs are being ordered and what restaurants people are visiting, especially as they are similar in most states. As the cost of living continues to rise, and visiting restaurants or having food delivered becomes more expensive, this data shows the cuisines that people will still be happy to spend money on,” the spokesperson said. | https://cw33.com/news/local/study-ranks-most-popular-cuisines-in-texas/ | 2023-06-27T15:27:05 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/study-ranks-most-popular-cuisines-in-texas/ |
Attorneys in Mallory Beach wrongful death suit accused of improper actions, judge to decide
Even as a Lowcountry community strives to create something positive from the death of boating accident victim Mallory Beach, the legal battle spawned from this tragic 2019 accident heads to a possible contentious Aug. 14 showdown in Hampton County ― unless a circuit court judge rules this week to disqualify two of the attorneys at the heart of the case.
The family of Beach, a 19-year-old college student from Hampton County who died in the high-profile February 2019 boating accident, filed a pair of lawsuits over the death, including a wrongful death suit naming convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh, whose late son was allegedly driving the boat, and Gregory M. Parker, Inc./Parker's Corporation, who allegedly sold alcohol to the minors involved in the Beaufort County crash.
After four years of often heated and bitter pretrial legal skirmishes, attorneys for the multi-million-dollar corporation Parker's have filed a bold motion seeking to disqualify both of the attorneys representing the Beach family and estate, alleging improper actions.
Circuit Judge Daniel D. Hall, who will preside over the wrongful death case, is set to hear arguments at 4 p.m. on Wednesday on the motion to disqualify Allendale County attorney Mark Tinsley and Beaufort County attorney Tabor Vaux, who represent the Beach Estate and Renee Beach, the mother of the drowning victim.
Mark Tinsley responds, claiming motion full of 'lies'
Tinsley, a well-known personal injury attorney who made an even larger name for himself during the recent, internationally publicized murder trial of Alex Murdaugh, called the motion almost flattering but full of "lies."
"This motion to disqualify is a part of a calculated play by Greg Parker and his lawyers to derail the upcoming trial based on half truths and outright misrepresentations," Tinsley told The Hampton County Guardian. "When a person thinks his money entitles him and he is used to acting with impunity, then accountability may seem like injustice. Since the law and the facts are not on their side, Parker and his attorneys have decided to attack the Beach family and its counsel. I guess I should be flattered that they are so afraid of me that they will just outright lie to the court, but I'm not. The Beach family views these continued meritless attacks to be a part of Parker's ongoing attempt to terrorize them. We look forward to demonstrating to the court all of the many lies in the motion."
Tinsley added that this is an attempt to derail a trial four years in the making. The 2019 case is scheduled to go to trial beginning Aug. 14 in front of a Hampton County jury.
However, if Judge Hall approves this motion, and the Beach family has to find new legal representation, the case could be postposed for months, possibly longer.
Parker's attorneys say Tinsley waging improper 'multi-front war'
Attorneys for Parker/Parker's stated that they did not wish to comment at this stage of the lawsuit, but referred The Guardian to several sections of the motion, which was filed June 13 in Hampton County Court of Common Pleas, where the wrongful death suit will be litigated.
The motion alleges that both Tinsley and Vaux should be disqualified based on their "improper receipt and review" of Parker’s privileged documents and information. They further contend that Tinsley should be disqualified from the case for his alleged improper disclosure of privileged information and materials; and his improper communications with a represented person in a related lawsuit.
Parker's attorneys claim that Tinsley has turned this civil action into a "multi-front war against Parker’s." The Beach family had filed a second lawsuit against Parker's after the wrongful death suit was filed in March 2019. This suit alleged that Parker's was orchestrating a social media campaign to harass the Beaches and weaken their resolve to fight in court.
In this second suit, Tinsley and Vaux have sought behind-the-scenes information that they say would prove the existence of a harassment campaign, but Parker's maintains this information holds client-attorney and other legal privilege.
"His campaign includes a parallel lawsuit about the alleged disclosure of materials related to this lawsuit," the motion states. "There, Tinsley issued subpoenas plainly intended to obtain confidential and privileged information about Parker’s strategy in this lawsuit, using an action in one theater of the conflict to benefit another."
Tinsley then rapidly reviewed the information gathered from the subpoenas before a circuit judge could order it privileged, the motion adds.
The motion further alleges that Tinsley has contacted witnesses in this case directly, despite the fact that they have legal representation, and convinced them to fire their counsel and disclose information, to gather "whatever ammunition they can fire at Parker’s."
The motion further states that on May 24, Judge Bentley Price, who presides over the second lawsuit, issued an order "confirming that Tinsley and Vaux had, in fact, obtained and examined Parker’s privileged information," and based on that confirmation, Parker's believes the court should disqualify them and order them to return or destroy any of Parker's privileged documents in their possession, and bar them from using this information in the wrongful death suit.
It is unclear if Judge Price will rule immediately after this Wednesday afternoon hearing, or take some time to consider the matter and issue a decision later.
Lowcountry community rallies to support Beach charity
The fatal boat crash and subsequent lawsuits preceded a series of civil and criminal cases involving Alex Murdaugh, ultimately exposing a shocking crime spree that would make international headlines, but the death also lead to the creation of a charity in Mallory Beach's memory.
The Mal's Palz charity was formed by friends and family members to raise money for improvements to, or the construction of, a new animal shelter in Hampton County. Beach was known for her love of animals, and she adopted or fostered many shelter pets.
Over the past week, during the Hampton County Watermelon Festival, Mal's Palz held T-shirt drive and other fundraisers, and announced early this week that the fruits of their efforts have been successful.
"We just want to take a moment to thank everyone for their donations!" the Mal's Palz Facebook page stated Monday. "We are getting so close to building a new shelter! To date, with your help, we have raised $68,254.06! This wouldn’t be possible without the love and support from all of you! Not only in our local community, but all over the world. We are so grateful for the goodness that has come out of such a terrible tragedy. We know Mallory would be so proud of what we have accomplished, and what we have set out to do." | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/27/attorneys-in-beach-wrongful-death-suit-accused-of-improper-actions-murdaugh-updates/70359297007/ | 2023-06-27T15:30:50 | 1 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/27/attorneys-in-beach-wrongful-death-suit-accused-of-improper-actions-murdaugh-updates/70359297007/ |
Table 301, Sobocinski receives national restaurant leadership award for community service
Carl Sobocinski, president and owner of Table 301 in Greenville, was honored for his leadership in the restaurant, food service and hospitality industry.
Sobocinski was recognized at the National Restaurant Association Public Affairs Conference in Washington D.C. earlier this month. The 2023 Community Service Leadership Award was presented by American Express.
The award was given due to "his charitable efforts, critical and timely support to people in need and local job training initiatives," according to the website of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation.
Sobocinski's imprint on Greenville's food and dining scene also has not gone unnoticed. With more than 10,000 community service hours and $3 million donated to local charities, plus fresh meals for low-income families through Mill Village Ministries, and more, according to the website of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation.
"Carl shows what it means to be fully invested in the community where he and his restaurants operate," said Kirk Madsen, client management director at American Express. "More than making Greenville a great place to live, work, and dine. He believes passionately in sharing his blessings and extending opportunity to everyone he comes across."
Table 301 was founded in 1997 in Greenville beginning with Soby's New South Cuisine and expanding the portfolio to a total of six restaurants, including CAMP Modern Eatery, Nose Dive and their newest establishment, Jones Oyster Co.
– A.J. Jackson covers the food & dining scene, along with arts, entertainment and more for The Greenville News and Anderson Independent Mail. Contact him by email at ajackson@gannett.com, and follow him on Twitter @ajhappened. | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/27/sobocinski-honored-as-2023-community-service-leadership-award-winner/70356646007/ | 2023-06-27T15:30:52 | 0 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/27/sobocinski-honored-as-2023-community-service-leadership-award-winner/70356646007/ |
Looking for July 4th fireworks? Here's a list of Upstate SC displays, community gatherings
The Fourth of July in the Upstate is fast approaching, and that means we can watch fireworks displays at community gatherings around our area.
Whatever direction you turn your head over the next week, you are likely to catch a burst of sparkle and flame in your field of vision at night.
Our region is full of places to celebrate July 4 with friends and family. From Fountain Inn to Spartanburg to Seneca, and all points in between, there is no shortage of Independence Day events.
Here's our roundup of Fourth of July celebrations in the Upstate:
Greenville County
∎Fireworks Spectacular, Fountain Inn, Saturday, July 1, 6 p.m.-dark Located on Fountain Inn's downtown Main Street, this spectacle will feature food trucks, fireworks and Cravin' Melon. Kids will be able to play for free in a kid's area that will have laser tag, a foam party and inflatable games.
∎Kids' Bike Parade, Travelers Rest, Saturday, July 1, 8:30-12 p.m.Parade participants are encouraged to decorate their bikes in red, white and blue for their ride around the Travelers Rest Farmers Market festival lawn. Cash prizes will be awarded to the Most Patriotic and Creative bikes and all participants will receive a free Common Pops popsicle sponsored by the Mayor's Office of Travelers Rest. Registration is not needed for the free event.
∎Family, Fun, & Fireworks Celebration at Hartness, Greenville, Saturday, July 1, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Music, food trucks and kids activities await at Hartness' celebration of America's Birthday. Bring a blanket and chair to the Hartness Grand Lawn and make sure to register beforehand for the event.
∎Simpsonville Simply Freedom Fest, Sunday, July 2, 6-10 p.m. Country Music icon Josh Turner will make an appearance at the Freedom Fest with Dugger Band and DJ Sha. Gates open at 5:30 p.m., and both lawn seats and chair seats in front of the CCNB Amphitheatre Stage at Heritage Park is limited and on a first-come-first-serve basis. Admission is free.
∎Independence Day with the Greenville Drive, Greenville, Monday, July 3, 5-7 p.m. Fluor Field presents an all-American day of food, fun and fireworks as it celebrates Military Appreciation Day in conjunction with Independence Day celebrations. Within the stadium, the Greenville Symphony Orchestra will perform as a Special Forces jump team lands in the Fluor Field outfield. There will also be a Marines presentation of colors and vintage WWII warbirds flyover. Tickets can be found here.
∎Clemson MBA Fireworks on the 4th at Unity Park, Greenville, Tuesday, July 4 6-10 p.m. Enjoy a picnic dinner as you celebrate the Fourth on July underneath the fireworks, which start at 9:45 p.m. Food options will be limited at Unity Park. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own food and drink, but alcohol is not allowed.
Spartanburg County
∎Watermelon Festival, Duncan, Saturday, July 1, 4-9 p.m. This event held at the Duncan Event Center features a watermelon eating contest and seed spitting contest to win a trophy, along with live music and a $5 kid zone. Its large fireworks show will be held in conjunction with Shipwreck Cove's Star-Spangled Splash, which opens at 6:30 p.m.
∎Star-Spangled Splash, Spartanburg, Saturday, July 1, 7-10 p.m. Tickets are $15 per person to celebrate the Fourth of July at Shipwreck Cove. Children under two get free admission. Visitors will enjoy swimming and waterpark amenities, as well as a fireworks display.
∎Red, White and Boom, Spartanburg, Tuesday, July 4, 5:30-10 p.m. This event is Spartanburg's favorite away to celebrate Independence Day. The event will be held at Barnett Park and will feature great food and a fireworks show presented by Zambelli Fireworks. Please note that this year parking will not be available in the First Baptist Church parking lot. Parking garages will be open.
∎Fireworks at First, North Spartanburg, Sunday, July 4, 7:30-10 p.m. Attendees of First Baptist North Spartanburg will enjoy fireworks, inflatables and food vendors. Bring a lawn chair to relax and fellowship at the free event.
Anderson County
∎America's 5K, Anderson, Saturday, July 1 A 5K and one mile fun run in celebration of Independence Day. The one mile will start at 8 a.m., and the 5K will commence at 8:30 a.m. at the Anderson County Courthouse. To sign up, visit here.
∎Homeland Park Fire Department Fireworks Show, Saturday, July 1 Children can enjoy free bounce houses at this family event. There will be music and a fireworks display along with BBQ plates and fun foods like funnel cakes, fried Oreos, shaved ice, vinegar fries and boiled peanuts.
∎Lights on the Lake at Lake Greenwood, Greenwood, Saturday, July 1 5:30-10:30 p.m. Gates open for this free event at 5 p.m. Nominal parking fee per vehicle by Camp Fellowship is $10. Live music by the Jake Bartley Band starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Camp Fellowship shoreline. Visitors are encouraged to come by boat or land, for both options offer great views of the entertainment.
∎4th of July Celebration at Big Water Marina, Starr, Saturday, July 1, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. This Independence Day celebration on Lake Hartwell will kick off with food trucks from local favorites, live music by the Bennett Brothers, and other festivities. The event will wrap up with a fireworks show on the lake.
∎Easley Fourth of July Festival, Easley, Saturday, July 2-July 4 You can view the fireworks for this three-day festival a mile from downtown Easley. The highlight of this year's show will be the free air dog shows, along with free concerts.
Pickens
∎Hillbilly Day, Mountain Rest, Tuesday, July 4 Although this event does not include fireworks, it is known in the area for its bluegrass music, hickory-smoked BBQ, horse-drawn wagon, greased pig chase and snow cones, as well as arts and crafts. The event, located at the Mountain Rest Community Center, is free with donations accepted, and visitors should bring their own chairs.
∎4th of July Celebration at the Market at the Mill, Pickens, Tuesday, July 4 5-10 p.m. This year's event will feature country artist Kayla McKinney, food vendors, indoor and outdoor markets, and kids activities.
∎Independence Spectacular, Pickens, Saturday, July 1, 3-9 p.m. Live music, kids games and rides will take place at the Pickens Amphitheatre. At 9 p.m., the event will conclude with fireworks.
Oconee
∎Walhalla Independence Fest, Downtown Walhalla, Saturday, July 2-Tuesday, July 4 This three-day fest will feature a carnival, a water sprinkler, live DJ, bike and golf parade and Merchants Market. Event times and dates vary, so please visit here for more information.
∎4th of July Celebration, Seneca, Tuesday, July 4 2 p.m. Free, family fun festivities await at this Independence Day celebration at Gignilliat Field. There will be free waterslides, food and drinks, along with live music from Departure, a Journey tribute band. At 8 p.m., the US Coast Guard Choir will perform the National Anthem. Award-winning fireworks will light the sky at dusk.
Nina Tran covers trending topics for the Greenville News. Reach her via email at ntran@gannett.com | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/greenville/2023/06/27/fourth-of-july-in-the-upstate-where-to-watch-fireworks-events-to-attend-celebrations-sc/70350882007/ | 2023-06-27T15:30:57 | 1 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/greenville/2023/06/27/fourth-of-july-in-the-upstate-where-to-watch-fireworks-events-to-attend-celebrations-sc/70350882007/ |
Why are there planes flying low in Wisconsin today?
It's not a bird or Superman but 10 Wisconsin Air National Guard 10 KC-135 Stratotankers.
The "Brew City Tankers" are conducting low-pass flyovers across Wisconsin Tuesday to commemorate 100 years of aerial refueling service, according to a state Department of Military Affairs news release.
Here's what you need to know about the event.
Why is there a flyover at American Family Field today?
The events celebrates 100 years of air refueling service provided by the U.S. Air Force.
In Wisconsin, the state Air National Guard has been providing air refueling to receiver aircraft across the globe for nearly 60 years.
Where will the flyovers happen?
The low-pass flyovers are scheduled to take place Tuesday morning, June 27 across Wisconsin and into Minnesota. Here's where and when you can see them:
- General Mitchell International Airport: 9:15 a.m.
- American Family Field: 9:35 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
- Lambeau Field: 10:50 a.m. to 11 a.m.
- Door County: 11 a.m. to 11:25 a.m.
- The Minnesota State Capital: 12:35 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.
- Volk Field: 1 p.m. to 1:10 p.m.
- Wisconsin Dells: 1:10 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
- Wisconsin's State Capital: 1:30 p.m.to 1:40 p.m.
- Camp Randall: 1:30 p.m. to 1:40 p.m.
Will I be able to see the planes through hazy skies throughout Wisconsin?
It's hard to say. A haze continues to obscure the sky Tuesday as an air quality advisory remains in effect. The National Weather Service said Tuesday and Wednesday are going to be the most severe days for smoke from Canadian wildfires that continue to burn. That smoke is what's causing the haziness.
You can stay updated on the air quality alert here. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/27/wisconsin-air-national-guard-flyovers-celebrate-100-years-of-service/70359846007/ | 2023-06-27T15:35:12 | 1 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/27/wisconsin-air-national-guard-flyovers-celebrate-100-years-of-service/70359846007/ |
Air Quality Map: Track current smoke conditions in Milwaukee
Alex Groth
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Smoke from wildfires in Canada has spread to Wisconsin triggering air-quality alerts across the state. The quality air in Milwaukee has the 4th worst in the world on Tuesday.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued an air quality alert through Thursday across the state. The alert comes as the DNR is reporting 191 AQI level in the "purple" category in Milwaukee. Sensitive groups should avoid prolonged or heavy outdoor exposure.
To monitor the air quality in your area, you can type in your ZIP code into the AirNow.gov website. Track the air quality with the following maps of Wisconsin with a focus on Milwaukee. The map is updated every hour.
Christopher Kuhagen and Beck Andrew Salgado contributed to this report. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/27/wisconsin-wildfire-map-track-latest-wildfires-smoke-conditions/70360122007/ | 2023-06-27T15:35:18 | 0 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/27/wisconsin-wildfire-map-track-latest-wildfires-smoke-conditions/70360122007/ |
Menominee River site gets protection of National Historic Register designation
The National Park Service last week finally listed an area around the Menominee River, the border between Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the National Register of Historic Places after years of efforts by the Menominee Nation.
The historic site along the river in Marinette County, Wisconsin, and Menominee County, Michigan, is considered the place of origin for the Menominee people.
It's known as the Sixty Islands area, or Anaem Omot (Dog’s Belly) in Menominee, about 16 miles east of Stephenson, Mich., where archeologists have uncovered settlement remains dating to about 10,000 years ago.
Anaem Omot also is an ancient Menominee burial ground — and the destination of many Menominee people's pilgrimages today.
The historic site designation means an extra layer of protection from resource extraction and development.
“Our ancestors can now rest better in their places of burial,” said Menominee Chairwoman Gena Kakkak in a statement. “Our original spiritual and ceremonial grounds are recognized and our children can continue to learn and find their heritage in our places of origin.”
The site contains documented burial mounds, ancient raised agricultural fields, hammered metal artifacts, unmarked graves, ancient medicine lodges and dance rings associated with the Menominee Dream Dance, according to archaeologist David Overstreet, who works for the tribe.
Developers of major projects at the site would need to consult with the Menominee Nation, which is what tribal officials have been seeking for decades.
The tribe and its environmental activist allies have opposed proposed mining at the site. The Menominee Nation, in federal court, has challenged efforts by Canada-based Aquila Resources to start its Back 40 Mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The mine would extract gold, silver, zinc and copper.
Tribal officials argued the mine would harm the environment, affecting the water in the region, which is historically significant to the Menominee Nation.
The project is in limbo after a Michigan judge last year denied a wetland permit, but opponents worry another company could try again in the future.
Aquila Resources was acquired in 2021 by Gold Resource Corporation.
Efforts by the tribe and environmentalists have helped thwart the project the last 20 years.
The tribe has been assisted in its efforts by Earthjustice, a nonprofit organization of environmental lawyers.
Stefanie Tsosie, an attorney with Earthjustice, said the historic designation is the same kind found in many cities usually represented by plaques on historic buildings.
“It doesn’t outright prevent development,” she said. “It’s just an extra layer of regulation or extra layer of consideration that needs to happen.”
Tsosie said the Menominee Tribe was seeking historic status at the site whether or not it was under threat of a proposed mining project.
“It was a long time in coming, but now our sacred sites, mounds and historic sites on the Menominee River at Sixty Islands are recognized,” said David Grignon, tribal historic preservation director for the Menominee Nation.
Some elected officials in the area had expressed opposition to the historic site designation, arguing it would be a hindrance to economic development.
The Menominee Reservation is about 60 miles south of the site, but much of what is now Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and northeast Wisconsin is ancestral Menominee land.
“We will continue to preserve and protect our cultural sites in the area, so that our future generations of Menominee can learn and connect with our places of origin,” Kakkak said.
Frank Vaisvilas is a former Report for America corps member who covers Native American issues in Wisconsin based at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Contact him at fvaisvilas@gannett.com or 815-260-2262. Follow him on Twitter at @vaisvilas_frank. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2023/06/27/menominee-river-site-gets-national-historic-register-designation/70357362007/ | 2023-06-27T15:35:24 | 1 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2023/06/27/menominee-river-site-gets-national-historic-register-designation/70357362007/ |
Milwaukee's air quality is second worst in world, 'very unhealthy' for everyone
Milwaukee has entered uncharted territory with its air quality Tuesday.
Early Tuesday morning, the city at one point moved into the "very unhealthy" category for everyone with an Air Quality Index of 248 (purple zone) as smoke from Canadian wildfires is blanketing the state, making the skies hazy.
Milwaukee's air quality reached the "very unhealthy" level for the first time in a spring and summer that is being defined by deteriorating air quality. Other parts of Wisconsin remain in the "unhealthy" category as defined by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
AQI is broken into six colored categories on a 0-500 scale and when it gets above 100 air quality becomes unhealthy for certain groups.
An AQI level between 201-300 is in the "very unhealthy" category. That means the risk of health effects increases for everyone.
Worst air quality rankings in U.S.
Milwaukee's air quality is the second worst in the country and the world as defined by IQAir.com.
- Wilmette, Illinois - 250
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 248
- Brookfield, Wisconsin - 239
- Hudsonville, Michigan - 217
- Inverness, Illinois - 211
- South Bend, Indiana - 203
- Harbor Springs, Michigan - 194
- Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin - 194
How to stay safe:Air quality is bad in Wisconsin, here are ways to protect yourself and loved ones
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Wisconsin cities could see payout from 3M's 'forever chemical' settlement
MADISON - Wisconsin communities could receive a cut of the massive nearly $10.3 billion 3M legal settlement over "forever chemical" contamination, with the City of Wausau confirming it is in line to receive money to help install a costly treatment system to protect drinking water.
The company will pay the sum over the next 13 years to public water systems in order to fund treatment technologies and testing costs. The agreement resolves current and future lawsuits over PFAS in drinking water, according to a June 22 release from the company to its investors.
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Wausau filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of PFAS earlier this year after the city was approached by a number of law firms looking to litigate over the city's contamination, which was found in all of its drinking wells.
Wausau Mayor Katie Rosenberg said Monday the city has already spent millions on an interim filtration system and is planning to spend up to $17.5 million more on a permanent granulated activated carbon filtration system.
"Anything we can do to help defray some of that cost will be huge for the ratepayers," Rosenberg said.
The settlement still has to be approved by the federal court in South Carolina where all similar cases were consolidated, Rosenberg said, but if it is the city will likely have to complete more testing, which will be used to determine how much compensation is owed to the city.
Dane County, the city of La Crosse and the Town of Peshtigo have also filed lawsuits against PFAS manufacturers.
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage Department last month also filed a suit against a host of PFAS manufacturers, including 3M, said Joe Ganzer, a senior staff attorney for the department. The case has not yet been joined in with the others in the 3M suit, but will likely be in the future.
At this point, it's not clear what the district would stand to receive or whether it will be a part of the settlement, Ganzer said.
"We expect the settlement class to grow, the parameters are going to get broader," he said. "And then we can see where MMSD is placed at the table."
In addition, the State of Wisconsin took action against one manufacturer — Tyco Fire Products, a subsidiary of Johnson Controls. Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit against the company last year, alleging that the company knowingly released PFAS into the environment for years, putting residents in Marinette and Peshtigo at risk.
PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a family of man-made chemicals used for their water- and stain-resistant qualities in products like clothing and carpet, nonstick cookware, packaging and firefighting foam. The family includes 5,000 compounds, which are persistent, remaining both in the environment and human body over time.
The chemicals have been linked to types of kidney and testicular cancers, lower birth weights, harm to immune and reproductive systems, altered hormone regulation and altered thyroid hormones. The chemicals enter the human body largely through drinking water.
PFAS have been found across the state in cities like La Crosse, Marinette, Peshtigo, Milwaukee, Madison, Rib Mountain, the Town of Stella, Rhinelander and Eau Claire. As testing increases, more communities are finding the compounds within their water supplies and considering what actions to take to protect residents.
But any sort of funding that communities could receive from the settlement isn't likely to be disbursed quickly. Ganzer said it's more like the beginning of the end — there is still quite a bit of work to be done.
"There's still a lot to go, so I wouldn't expect anything of substance to happen regarding settlements for maybe 12 months," Ganzer said. "But the conversation has now started."
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A fugitive wanted for homicide in Wisconsin has been arrested in New Castle.
Tracy Steel Scott was found in a home in the 1100 block of Booker Drive on Tuesday morning, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.
Scott was charged with criminal homicide and possession of a firearm by the Racine Police Department for a June 6 shooting that left a 38-year-old man dead.
Scott was arrested by U.S. Marshals and transported to the New Castle Police Department. He is awaiting extradition back to Wisconsin.
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Washington Center Road between Highview Drive and North Oak Boulevard will be closed Thursday, according to the Fort Wayne Traffic Engineering Department.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A second man has died after being injured in a shooting near an Orange County banquet hall over the weekend, according to Orange County deputies.
Deputies said Jonathan Frazier, 36, died on Monday, two days after he was shot outside the Unity Banquet Hall on Silver Star Road.
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According to a news release, four people were shot, all men in their 20s and 30s. Deputies previously announced that Willie Alphonso Bell Jr., 28, also died of his injuries.
Deputies said there were more than 50, possibly close to 100, people at the event when the shooting started outside the venue just after midnight on Saturday. With very few exceptions, deputies said no one would speak with investigators about what happened.
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Deputies said the two other men who were shot and had non-life-threatening injuries also refused to cooperate with investigators before leaving the hospital.
There is a $5,000 reward for information related to the shooting. You can make an anonymous tip by calling Crimeline at 800-423-8477.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — People in Orange County may see a large gathering of first responders on Wednesday.
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Orange County deputies, fire rescue and medical teams are planning to take part in full-scale “critical incident” training at the Central Florida Fairgrounds.
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The training is set to happen from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Officials said people in the area may hear simulated gunfire or explosions.
Law enforcement wants residents to know that this will be a controlled training exercise and there will be no threat to the public.
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CLEARWATER BEACH, Fla. — An unexpected culprit toppled beach chairs along the sand at normally calm Clearwater Beach, Florida, last Wednesday. West Coast surfers might snicker at the cause, but the National Weather Service confirms the rare 4-foot wave was caused by a kind of tsunami, just not the kind you usually hear about.
It was a meteotsunami, a type caused by storms with strong gusting winds, rather than the dramatic tsunamis triggered by earthquakes.
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WHAT IS A METEOTSUNAMI?
According to Paul Close, senior forecaster at the National Weather Service in the Tampa Bay area, when a line of storms tracks over the ocean, there can be 30- to 50-mph winds near the leading edge. The winds push the water, increasing the wave height near the coast before it eventually crashes onto shore.
Meteotsunamis only last about an hour because once the leading edge of the storm passes onto land, the action subsides.
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The meteotsunami was about 2.5 feet higher than the forecast wave height and around 4 feet higher than average sea level.
Six-foot and higher meteotsunamis have been recorded around the world.
The weather service does not issue specific advisories for meteotsunamis. If the agency forecasts that a storm will have substantial impact, it issues a coastal flood watch or warning.
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WHEN DO METEOTSUNAMIS FORM?
Close said that stronger storms and squall lines — groups of storms that track in a line with intense winds and heavy rain — are more common during the winter around Florida.
“They don’t happen that often this time of year, but the current atmospheric pattern has been kind of unusual with all the heat out in Texas and the cool and damp weather in the Northeast,” Close said.
This time of year, winds from the east are more common, he said. But the winds have been from the west almost all of June.
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DALLAS — Scorching temperatures brought on by a “heat dome” have taxed the Texas power grid and threaten to bring record highs to the state before they are expected to expand to other parts of the U.S. during the coming week, putting even more people at risk.
“Going forward, that heat is going to expand ... north to Kansas City and the entire state of Oklahoma, into the Mississippi Valley ... to the far western Florida Panhandle and parts of western Alabama,” while remaining over Texas, said Bob Oravec, lead forecaster with the National Weather Service.
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Record high temperatures around 110 degrees Fahrenheit were forecast in parts of western Texas on Monday, and relief is not expected before the Fourth of July holiday, Oravec said.
Cori Iadonisi, of Dallas, summed up the weather simply: “It’s just too hot here.”
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Iadonisi, 40, said she often urges local friends to visit her native Washington state to beat the heat in the summer.
“You can’t go outside,” Iadonisi said of the hot months in Texas. “You can’t go for a walk.”
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WHAT IS A HEAT DOME?
A heat dome occurs when stationary high pressure with warm air combines with warmer than usual air in the Gulf of Mexico and heat from the sun that is nearly directly overhead, Texas State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon said.
“By the time we get into the middle of summer, it’s hard to get the hot air aloft,” said Nielsen-Gammon, a professor at Texas A&M’s College of Atmospheric Sciences. “If it’s going to happen, this is the time of year it will.”
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Nielsen-Gammon said July and August don’t have as much sunlight because the sun is retreating from the summer solstice, which was Wednesday.
“One thing that is a little unusual about this heat wave is we had a fairly wet April and May, and usually that extra moisture serves as an air conditioner,” Nielsen-Gammon said. “But the air aloft is so hot that it wasn’t able to prevent the heat wave from occurring and, in fact, added a bit to the humidity.”
High heat continues this week after it prompted Texas’ power grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, to ask residents last week to voluntarily cut back on power usage because of anticipated record demand on the system.
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The National Integrated Heat Health Information System reports more than 46 million people from west Texas and southeastern New Mexico to the western Florida Panhandle are currently under heat alerts. The NIHHIS is a joint project of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The heat comes after Sunday storms that killed three people and left more than 100,000 customers without electricity in both Arkansas and Tennessee and tens of thousands powerless in Georgia, Mississippi and Louisiana, according to poweroutage.us.
Read: How to cool down when the temperatures climb
Earlier this month, the most populous county in Oregon filed a $1.5 billion lawsuit against more than a dozen large fossil fuel companies to recover costs related to extreme weather events linked to climate change, including a deadly 2021 heat dome.
Multnomah County, home to Portland and known for typically mild weather, alleges the combined carbon pollution the companies emitted was a substantial factor in causing and exacerbating record-breaking temperatures in the Pacific Northwest that killed 69 people in that county.
An attorney for Chevron Corp., Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., said in a statement that the lawsuit makes “novel, baseless claims.”
WHAT ARE THE HEALTH THREATS?
Extreme heat can be particularly dangerous to vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly, and outdoor workers need extra support.
Symptoms of heat illness can include heavy sweating, nausea, dizziness and fainting. Some strategies to stay cool include drinking chilled fluids, applying a cloth soaked with cold water onto your skin, and spending time in air-conditioned environments.
Cecilia Sorensen, a physician and associate professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University Medical Center, said heat-related conditions are becoming a growing public health concern because of the warming climate.
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“There’s huge issues going on in Texas right now around energy insecurity and the compounding climate crises we’re seeing,” Sorensen said. “This is also one of those examples where, if you are wealthy enough to be able to afford an air conditioner, you’re going to be safer, which is a huge climate health equity issue.”
In Texas, the average daily high temperatures have increased by 2.4 degrees — 0.8 degrees per decade — since 1993, according data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration amid concerns over human caused climate change resulting in rising temperatures.
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The Justice Department’s watchdog said Tuesday that a "combination of negligence and misconduct" enabled financier Jeffrey Epstein to take his own life at a federal jail in New York City while he was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Inspector General Michael Horowitz cited the federal Bureau of Prisons' failure to assign Epstein a cellmate after his previous one left and problems with surveillance cameras as factors in Epstein’s death.
Horowitz also said that Epstein was left in his cell with too many bed linens, which are a security issue and were used in his suicide.
The inspector general issued a report detailing findings of his investigation into Epstein's August 2019 death, the last of several official inquiries into the matter. He reiterated the findings of other investigations that there was no indication of foul play, rebutting conspiracy theories surrounding the high-profile death.
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Horowitz echoed previous findings that some members of the jail staff involved in guarding Epstein were overworked. He identified 13 employees with poor performance and recommended charges against six workers. Only the two workers tasked with guarding Epstein were charged, avoiding jail time in a plea deal after admitting to falsifying logs.
The report comes more than four years after Epstein took his own life at the Metropolitan Correctional Center while awaiting trial on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges.
It also comes weeks after The Associated Press obtained thousands of pages of records detailing Epstein’s detention and death and its chaotic aftermath.
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The workers assigned to guard Epstein were sleeping and shopping online instead of checking on him every 30 minutes as required, prosecutors said.
Nova Noel and Michael Thomas admitted lying on prison records to make it seem as though they had made the checks but avoided prison time under a deal with prosecutors. They left the Bureau of Prisons in April 2022, agency spokesperson Benjamin O’Cone said.
It’s the second time in six months that Horowitz has blamed a high-profile inmate’s death on the Bureau of Prisons’ failings. In December, the inspector general found that management failures, flawed policies and widespread incompetence were factors in notorious gangster James “Whitey” Bulger's 2018 beating death at a troubled West Virginia prison.
The AP obtained more than 4,000 pages of documents related to Epstein’s death from the federal Bureau of Prisons under the Freedom of Information Act. The documents, including a reconstruction of events leading to Epstein’s suicide, internal reports, emails, memos and other records, underscored how short staffing and corner-cutting contributed to Epstein’s death.
Epstein spent 36 days at the now-shuttered Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. Two weeks before his death, he was placed on suicide watch for 31 hours after what jail officials said was a suicide attempt that left his neck bruised and scraped.
The workers tasked with guarding Epstein the night he died were working overtime. One of them, not normally assigned to guard prisoners, was working a fifth straight day of overtime. The other was working mandatory overtime, which meant a second eight-hour shift in one day.
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As a recent internet sensation might say, Philadelphia has taken a few "L's" -- i.e. losses -- recently with the Phillies losing the World Series, the Union losing the MLS Cup, and the less said about the most recent Super Bowl, the better.
But, there's two reasons to keep your head held high in Philadelphia this week as, USA Today has named Philadelphia as the top city you must visit to see incredible street art in the entire country.
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Citing the impact of Mural Arts Philadelphia, which has produced more than 4,000 murals citywide since its inception in 1984, the publications notes that a "highlight is the Love Letter project, a series of 50 rooftop murals visible from the Market-Frankford elevated line."
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Spurred on by train derailments, some states with busy criss-crossing freight railroads are pursuing their own safety remedies rather than wait for federal action amid industry opposition and questions about whether they even have authority to make the changes.
The activity comes after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed on Feb. 3 along the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, prompting new legislation and reviving long-stalled efforts as backers voice skepticism that the federal government is capable of helping.
Legislatures in at least a dozen states have advanced measures in recent weeks, including some in states such as Minnesota that have witnessed disruptive derailments.
Some of the new requirements include provisions long resisted by the railroad industry. It contends it's capable of making improvements and that its growing efficiency — including significantly longer trains and a much smaller workforce — doesn't compromise safety.
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In large part, states want limits on the length of trains that routinely stretch more than 2 miles long and on how much time trains can block road crossings — which can disrupt traffic and block emergency response vehicles.
They are also pursuing rules to maintain the current standard of two-person crews, bolster the trackside detectors used to identify equipment problems and require more notice to local emergency responders about hazardous freight.
The railroads argue that the industry's overall safety record has been improving even as trains have grown longer and crew sizes shrank over the decades. So Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw said in an interview that he doesn't think it makes sense to regulate those areas.
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“We’re going to follow the science and we’re going to follow the data,” Shaw said. “We’re looking for investments in safety that are going to drive favorable outcomes.”
And the state efforts to regulate rail are fraught with legal uncertainty over whether only the federal government can enforce such requirements. And Congress and federal regulators are considering similar measures.
Ohio moved quickly, with the Republican-controlled government enacting a new law within two months of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine.
The evacuation from the fiery crash extended into Pennsylvania, where the state House of Representatives approved a wide-ranging safety bill in early June.
The sponsor, Rep. Rob Matzie, a Democrat whose western Pennsylvania district is home to a major rail freight handling hub, said he is satisfied with the state's legal standing.
He said he is sick of hearing that the East Palestine derailment is an isolated incident, that the rail companies are making improvements or that the federal government will order safety improvements.
“It’s now time for this state to act,” Matzie told colleagues during floor arguments. “We can’t wait for federal regulations, which always seem to be in the works, but never quite get done. Or for federal laws that will never ever see the light of day."
States maintain that Congress long ago gave them the authority to regulate aspects of rail safety that federal regulations don't cover and that courts require federal law to be clear about when that responsibility rests exclusively with a federal agency.
Railroads, however, argue that federal law broadly gives federal agencies exclusive jurisdiction to regulate rail transportation and that state laws ostensibly aimed at rail safety often do not actually improve safety.
Prior experiences haven't exactly inspired confidence that the federal government will act quickly.
For instance, a 2008 law requiring the deployment of positive train control systems — equipment designed to prevent train-to-train collisions, over-speed derailments and other accidents — wasn't fully implemented until almost 2021.
Then in 2018, then-President Donald Trump's administration dropped a proposed rule that would have required trains hauling highly flammable liquids like crude oil to be fitted with advanced braking systems.
Two rail union officials — Jason Doering and Matt Parker — who have both lobbied for legislation in Nevada for years said it’s important for states to act because they’re not optimistic that Congress will pass meaningful reforms over the strong lobbying of the railroads in a polarized political climate. Plus, they said “the federal government’s approach to rail safety has historically been more reactionary than proactive.”
The Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine spurred legislation in Congress that advanced out of committee in the Democratic-controlled Senate, but its future in that chamber — not to mention the Republican-controlled House — is uncertain amid industry opposition.
Sen. Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat who is a lead sponsor, said earlier this month that they are still trying to line up support and predicted “pressure by the rail lobby and, frankly, from some Republican leaders to weaken or kill the bill.”
Even though government data shows that derailments have declined in recent years, there were still 1,049 of them last year — roughly three a day. More than three quarters of them happen at slow speeds in railyards and don't cause significant damage.
The industry contends that it remains the safest way to transport hazardous materials over land. Norfolk Southern and all the major railroads have announced steps to improve safety— such as by installing more trackside detectors that railroads use to spot problems and prevent derailments — though regulators and lawmakers have urged them to do more.
Investigators are still working to determine exactly what caused the East Palestine derailment. In a preliminary report, they said the likely cause was an overheating bearing on one of the railcars — but wasn't flagged by a trackside detector early enough to prevent an accident.
Joseph L. Schofer, a retired professor of civil and environmental engineering from Northwestern University, said some rules being proposed at the state and federal level — for instance, minimum crew size — have nothing to do with the East Palestine derailment because that train actually had three people in its crew.
He also said state-to-state rules will result in chaos.
“What one state does to regulate the industry will have impacts on all states,” Schofer said. “Logically we ought to be able to establish a comprehensive, integrated rule set, based on a firm understanding of the rail industry as an integrated whole.”
Some bills were percolating before the East Palestine derailment.
In March, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed legislation creating an Office of Rail Safety, with backers citing disputes with railroads over widening roads at hundreds of rail crossings, but also derailments there.
“This is the most substantive state safety bill for my industry in over 50 years,” a union representative, Danny Brewer, told lawmakers at a February hearing.
The new law empowers state employees to take over the safety inspections otherwise performed by federal inspectors, and also to scrutinize rail crossings and seek federal penalties for trains blocking highway crossings without justification.
New York is advancing wide-ranging legislation that includes standards for more safety equipment after Gov. Kathy Hochul called for rail safety measures, citing the East Palestine derailment.
In Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill that requires railroads to promptly provide information to public safety agencies about hazardous materials being transported.
The Kansas Senate approved a bill to limit trains to 8,500 feet, but it is sitting in a House committee at least until the session resumes in January. Gov. Laura Kelly supports it, her office said.
Some measures have hit roadblocks.
In Nevada, Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoed legislation passed by the Democratic-controlled Legislature on party-line votes that would have capped train length at 7,500 feet. Lombardo said in his veto message that the bill was a “policy overreach” and possibly unconstitutional.
In Pennsylvania, the House-approved bill faces doubters in a Republican-controlled Senate where top Republicans suggest that it goes beyond state enforcement powers.
“There’s some concern that what the House passed lacks enforceability,” Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman, a Republican, said in an interview. "And I don’t think we’re ever well-served to pass bills that can’t have proper enforcement.”
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2 men killed in crash by 12th Street overpass after driving into tractor on I-495
Two men from Wilmington were killed in a crash Monday afternoon on I-495 in Fox Point, Delaware State Police said.
Their identities have not yet been released.
Police said a 45-year-old driver and his 52-year-old passenger were speeding south in the the center lane of I-495 in a 2002 Ford Ranger approaching the 12th Street overpass. At the same time, a 35-year-old man from Spring City, Pennsylvania was driving south in a Kenworth Tractor in the right lane of I-495.
The Ford Ranger drove into the right lane at 4:41 p.m., according to police, and sideswiped the Kenworth Tractor. The Ford began to spin clockwise towards the shoulder of I-495 South, hitting the sloped concrete embankment under the 12th Street overpass and flipping into the grass. Police said the car continued to roll for another 150 feet before coming to a stop.
Neither of the two men in the Ford Ranger were wearing seatbelts, according to police, and were pronounced dead on the scene. The driver of the Kenworth Tractor was not injured.
The area was closed for about four hours, and state police are still investigating the crash. Anyone with information is asked to contact Sgt. J. Jefferson at 302-365-8484 or call Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-847-3333.
Send story tips or ideas to Hannah Edelman at hedelman@delawareonline.com. For more reporting, follow them on Twitter at @h_edelman.
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Why catching a bus on Lancaster Drive in Salem will soon be a quicker proposition
Cherriots has signed a contract with Lyt, and early next year busses will be given priority when they are running late.
Getting on a bus when traffic is at a standstill on Lancaster Drive in Salem will soon no longer guarantee that you’re going to be late to your destination.
Cherriots has signed a contract with California-based Lyt, a company that uses a computer program to alert traffic signals of the impending presence of buses to prioritize public transit and keep buses on schedule.
That means, when the system is up and running, riding the bus on the always-congested stretch of road in east Salem will give you a better shot at getting you where you’re going on time than it ever has before.
How will it work?
In April, Cherriots entered a $388,000 contract using mostly federal grant funds with Lyt to provide traffic signal priority to buses along Lancaster.
It works like this: If a bus that follows a route on Lancaster Drive is running five to 10 minutes behind schedule, the traffic lights nearby will remain green when a bus is coming so they can attempt to keep them on schedule.
It works via a location-tracking system that allows the location of the buses to be recognized by the traffic management software.
“If it’s on time, it just will be subject to the normal light sequence, different than like emergency personnel, where if a fire truck is coming, it just shuts everything down,” Cherriots general manager Allan Pollock said.
The city already gives priority to first responder vehicles like fire trucks, ambulances and police vehicles. That is done through a different type of triggering system that relies on strobe lights when the vehicles are in visual distance of the lights.
This system is based on real-time data and is controlled by computers.
“Now you’ve got a systematic way of giving green lights focused around public transit,” Lyt founder and CEO Tim Menard said.
Which areas will benefit?
The system will start with 11 signals on Lancaster and will expand to 22. LYT officials said the system can be expanded to other lights around the city.
The city operates all signals on Lancaster, even those that are outside of the city limits.
The system is scheduled to go online early next year.
“People on the bus are getting the benefit,” Menard said. “And it’s important because it’s all about the rider experience.”
Who else uses this technology?
Lyt launched a transit project with TriMet in 2022.
The line it is operating, the FX project, uses extra-long 60-foot buses on SE Division Street from Portland to Gresham.
“We’re talking about 10,000 riders a day,” Bobby Lee, director of marketing for Lyt, said. “We’re talking about one of the busiest routes through Portland and Gresham. This has maximum impact for Portland and the suburbs. That’s what’s really exciting is you can impact the community.”
The company also operates a few transit lines in San Jose, a signal prioritization for Freemont’s fire department and the same for fire trucks in Rancho Cordova.
Bill Poehler covers Marion and Polk County for the Statesman Journal. Contact him at bpoehler@StatesmanJournal.com | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2023/06/27/salem-oregon-public-transportation-cherriots-lyt-computer-program-traffic-signals/70331845007/ | 2023-06-27T16:00:29 | 1 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2023/06/27/salem-oregon-public-transportation-cherriots-lyt-computer-program-traffic-signals/70331845007/ |
As with every year before the Fourth of July, Lincoln residents are reminded of one of the city’s abiding messages when it comes to fireworks disposal: “If it’s in our streets, it’s in our streams.”
That message came from Erin Kubicek, an environmental health educator with the city’s watershed management department, who on Monday, along with Lincoln Fire and Rescue Inspector Jason Relford, urged Lincolnites to follow the proper steps when getting rid of their fireworks at the end of their celebrations to better protect themselves and the environment from fireworks-related accidents.
Fireworks sales don't officially start in Lincoln until July 3, and can only be legally used that day and July 4. That can mean a lot of fireworks are used in a short time period, which can lead to a lot of leftover debris.
Kubicek took the time Monday to outline the following steps for proper firework disposal:
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* Have a bucket of water, preferably metal, ready.
* Wait for fireworks to cool.
* Sweep up fireworks and soak them in the bucket of water.
* Once they are thoroughly soaked, fireworks can be thrown away with regular trash.
“Fireworks contain heavy metals and other chemicals … which are harmful to wildlife,” Kubicek said.
If fireworks are left on the street, rain will wash away these chemicals, which will ultimately make their way into storm drains and then to the nearest streams and waterways.
“Clean them up as soon as you reasonably can,” she said.
To avoid contamination, Kubicek said that all cardboard packaging must also go into the trash and should not be recycled.
“Supervision is key,” Relford said, adding that last year, the majority of calls received by Lincoln Fire and Rescue on the Fourth of July were a result of improperly discarded fireworks — most of which were inside trash cans.
The outcome, Relford said, is LFR resources getting tied up, leaving them unavailable for medical-related emergencies.
“It puts a significant strain on the EMS system as well as the fire system and strains the resources pretty heavily,” he said.
On July 3, the city will hold its annual Uncle Sam Jam Fourth of July celebration at Oak Lake Park, starting with music and food vendors at 4 p.m. and a fireworks display at 10 p.m.
On July 5, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., a fireworks cleanup event at Oak Lake will take place in addition to Amnesty Day, where unused fireworks — legal or not — can be disposed of from 9-11:30 a.m.
Separately, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission said in a news release Monday that Fort Kearny will be the only state recreational area allowing fireworks use on the Fourth of July.
Pawnee, Branched Oak and Wagon Train state recreation areas, all in Lancaster County, will not permit fireworks due to “exceptional drought conditions,” the release said.
Since April, drought has continued to plague Lancaster County with both the county and Lincoln issuing restrictions on water use.
Relford said that it’s extremely important residents remain mindful of their surroundings and the type of fireworks they use.
“The likelihood that if you shoot a Roman candle in the air, it’s not going to go 200, 300, 400 feet in the sky — it’s going to go 25, 50, maybe 75 (feet),” Relford said. “When it comes back down, there’s a possibility that it may still be hot, it may still be somewhat ignitable. And if you’re shooting it around a bunch of dry trees, or if it touches dry grass, there’s always that possibility that it may ignite something.”
Lincoln residents are reminded that the only time fireworks can legally be used is between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. on July 3 and 8 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. on July 4. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/ahead-of-fourth-of-july-city-officials-urge-lincolnites-to-properly-dispose-of-fireworks/article_949ef368-143f-11ee-9e32-9f25e58afb60.html | 2023-06-27T16:02:48 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/ahead-of-fourth-of-july-city-officials-urge-lincolnites-to-properly-dispose-of-fireworks/article_949ef368-143f-11ee-9e32-9f25e58afb60.html |
The Lincoln City Council on Monday heard from both sides of a contentious issue: how the city should regulate collaborative living homes for people in recovery.
Proponents argued the proposed ordinance, which would fall under the city’s zoning rules, is too restrictive, creating barriers to providing the sort of affordable housing and peer support people in recovery need to succeed.
Opponents argued the proposed ordinance doesn’t provide sufficient oversight to ensure the safety of residents and prevent negative effects on neighborhoods, and that it caters to absentee landlords looking to make money.
Earlier this month the Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission recommended approval of the proposed ordinance that would govern how many unrelated people could live in such homes, parking requirements and how close they could be located to each other.
The ordinance would cap the number of residents living in a home at 10; requires collaborative living homes be between 500 feet and 1,000 feet apart from each other, and that they include one parking space for every two residents.
Councilman James Michael Bowers said he was concerned the way the proposal was written put an unfair burden on older, lower-income neighborhoods.
Zoning districts with lower densities, which typically have larger lot sizes, would allow fewer people; more people could live in a home located in a more dense zoning district — typically older neighborhoods in the city’s core.
“I don’t think it’s fair newer neighborhoods don’t have to show the same civic responsibility,” he said.
The Near South Neighborhood Association proposed several changes, and the Witherbee, Irvingdale and Country Club neighborhood organizations said they supported them.
The neighborhood associations want the city to create a clear system to evaluate requests by owners of collaborative living facilities who want accommodations allowing them to go beyond the restrictions in the proposed ordinance.
They also had concerns about spacing — which applies only to other collaborative living homes and not other group-living homes — and want some sort of enforcement and oversight process that goes beyond the city responding to complaints.
“We had genuinely hoped to support the city’s proposal but we’re not ready to support it as it is crafted now,” said Carmen Mauer, vice president of the Near South Neighborhood Association.
While some people testified that not having any oversight of collaborative living homes would be problematic for both people living there who don't get the support they need, and for neighbors, others said the residents were good neighbors and supported each other.
City officials spent several months crafting the proposed change following controversial City Council and Planning Commission hearings where owners of such homes sought reasonable accommodations from existing ordinances through the federal Fair Housing Act.
The Fair Housing Act says cities cannot discriminate against people with disabilities, and courts have said that includes those in recovery.
The city has approved several reasonable accommodations for such homes and denied one. The homes have either fallen under a national umbrella organization called Oxford House, or are owned by MAK Development of Omaha, which operates as Michael House.
City ordinances prohibit three unrelated people from living together in one residence, and the city has already carved out exceptions and set up requirements for domestic violence shelters, group homes and transitional living homes for people recently released from prison.
Collaborative living homes, also known as so-called sober living homes, are different in that they offer no treatment or therapy, have no licensing requirements or required supervision. Instead, the residents support each other and govern what happens in the home.
City officials have said many of the concerns raised don’t fall under the purview of zoning ordinances, which govern land use. Complaints would go to the city’s building and safety department and if a home were violating the ordinance it would be referred to the city attorney.
If the City Council approves the changes, property owners that apply for the conditional use and meet the requirements would not be required to go through a public hearing.
However, those property owners could apply for a reasonable accommodation to waive those requirements — something several people predicted would happen frequently.
“It’s a good start,” said Mark Brohman, who lives near the proposed collaborative living home that was denied a reasonable accommodation by the City Council. “I’m glad to have it on the books.”
The council is scheduled to vote on the ordinance at its July 10 meeting. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/government-politics/lincoln-city-council-considers-how-best-to-regulate-sober-living-homes/article_32b70016-1492-11ee-870b-c3e74331d554.html | 2023-06-27T16:02:51 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/government-politics/lincoln-city-council-considers-how-best-to-regulate-sober-living-homes/article_32b70016-1492-11ee-870b-c3e74331d554.html |
For the third time in the two years since he climbed into a burning truck to save its trapped driver, a Lincoln man is set to be honored for his heroism that day.
Joe Cockerill, 41, is one of 16 civilians from across the U.S. and Canada set to receive a Carnegie Medal this quarter, considered North America’s highest honor for civilian heroism, according to the Carnegie Hero Fund, which released its latest list of recipients Monday.
The Lincoln man had been on his way to work that morning when he noticed a big rig careen onto the westbound shoulder and into a ditch along U.S. Highway 6 near Waverly, he told The Waverly News last year.
Cockerill and another man — who turned out to be Matt Verkamp, a childhood friend of Cockerill's who happened to witness the same crash — worked to free the unconscious driver from the flaming truck.
Moments after Cockerill freed the man's leg and he and Verkamp pulled him away from the cab, the first of the rig's tires exploded. Flames would soon rise as high as 20 feet.
Five months later, Cockerill and Verkamp received the Citizen Certificate of Merit from the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office in February 2022 and received the Waverly Heroes Award from Mayor Bill Gerdes in front of the Waverly City Council later that month, The Waverly News reported.
“But we didn’t do it for any awards,” Cockerill told the paper then. “If roles were reversed, I’d hope people would stop and do the same thing for me."
Cockerill will receive a financial grant along with his Carnegie Medal, which is given throughout the U.S. and Canada to those who "enter extreme danger while saving or attempting to save the lives of others," according to the organization's Hero Fund.
The medal has been awarded to 10,371 individuals since the inception of the Pittsburgh-based Fund in 1904.
Matt Verkamp (left) and Joe Cockerill received the Waverly Heroes Award in February 2022 for saving a man from a burning truck on the morning of Sept. 23, 2021. Cockerill is one of 16 recipients this quarter of the Carnegie Medal, given throughout the U.S. and Canada to those who enter extreme danger while saving or attempting to save the lives of others. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/lincoln-man-to-receive-national-award-for-rescuing-man-from-burning-truck/article_aa172c52-1448-11ee-9b5b-93c1bb29254b.html | 2023-06-27T16:02:52 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/lincoln-man-to-receive-national-award-for-rescuing-man-from-burning-truck/article_aa172c52-1448-11ee-9b5b-93c1bb29254b.html |
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — Starting next month, patrons of the Cumberland County Library System will have 24/7 access to a librarian through a new online program.
"Chat With a Librarian" is a free online reference service available statewide through POWER Library. It will launch on July 5 in the Cumberland County Library System, library officials said.
Users can expect fast, reliable answers from librarians across Pennsylvania via chat, email or text messaging.
“We are thrilled to be offering Pennsylvania’s Chat with a Librarian service with a local service desk,” said Carolyn Blatchley, Library System Executive Director. “Residents can get help with general research, homework questions, genealogy, reading recommendations, and more! It’s an extension of our libraries. We’ll be there anytime and anywhere people need answers.”
Cumberland County Library System’s website is the comprehensive place to access local information, online databases and library account services. POWER Library is an online portal to library services offered by the commonwealth.
Both are great places to find trustworthy answers to questions about healthcare, consumer purchases, personal finances and much more. Enjoy 24/7 access to newspapers, magazines, journals, historical documents and photos, online databases and eBooks. Research a subject. Learn about your family history. Locate a title. Explore career options. It’s all here at the library.
To access Chat with a Librarian, please visit cumberlandcountylibraries.org, text us at 717.400.9840, or visit powerlibrary.org/chat. Text and email response hours are limited to Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
For updates on the latest offerings and available resources for all Pennsylvanians, follow POWER Library social sites: Facebook - @PowerLibrary, Twitter - @PowerLibrary, Instagram - @PowerLibraryPA. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/cumberland-county/cumberland-county-chat-with-a-librarian-launch-july-5/521-b0f451ad-7440-4bfc-bbf3-718f0f0ee039 | 2023-06-27T16:05:37 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/cumberland-county/cumberland-county-chat-with-a-librarian-launch-july-5/521-b0f451ad-7440-4bfc-bbf3-718f0f0ee039 |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Two former employees at a Harrisburg UPS facility have been charged with conspiring to steal interstate shipments of cellular phones, U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam announced Wednesday.
Parmod Kumar, 40, and Reecha Saini, 36, both of Harrisburg, were charged following an investigation by the United States Department of Homeland Security and the Swatara Township Police Department, Karam said in a press release.
The phones were stolen over a period of three years and are worth an estimated $142,000, Karam said.
The investigation determined that from 2018 to 2021, Kumar and Saini enlisted at least one employee at a UPS facility in Harrisburg to steal packages that they believed contained smartphones, Karam claims.
Kumar and Saini then paid the employee for the phones and arranged for their sale at a convenience store in Harrisburg.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Carlo D. Marchioli is prosecuting the case.
The maximum penalty under federal law for this offense is five years of imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine, Karam said.
A sentence following a finding of guilt is imposed by the Judge after consideration of the applicable federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
Indictments and criminal information are only allegations. All persons charged are presumed to be innocent unless and until found guilty in court. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/parmod-kumar-reecha-saini-arrest-theft-conspiracy/521-8755d063-cf09-4bde-9095-8acc0e259058 | 2023-06-27T16:05:43 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/parmod-kumar-reecha-saini-arrest-theft-conspiracy/521-8755d063-cf09-4bde-9095-8acc0e259058 |
LANCASTER, Pa. — The new Lancaster Public Library has been open for a few weeks, but on Tuesday they held a grand opening celebration and ribbon-cutting at Ewell Plaza.
So far, the new library saw more than 14,000 patrons walk through its doors. Library staff also said they issued more than 800 new library cards.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony was followed by activities for the whole family to enjoy. These included yard games, face painting, balloon-making and self-guided library tours.
There was also local food trucks and refreshments available along Queen Street in front of Ewell Plaza.
The library closed at 3 p.m. and re-opened at 4:30 p.m. to the public. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-public-library-new-location-grand-opening/521-1da76e3c-4f36-4a0e-8b55-affd7eb5e49c | 2023-06-27T16:05:49 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-public-library-new-location-grand-opening/521-1da76e3c-4f36-4a0e-8b55-affd7eb5e49c |
'A slap in the face': Officers who let driver walk away after fatal crash disciplined
Two Indianapolis officers were found in violation of the city police department's protocols by not performing a breath test on a man accused of T-boning a car last year, killing one of the passengers and injuring the driver and two others.
Officers Gunnar Andrew Gossett and Dwayne Mills were determined by the city's Citizens' Police Complaint Office to have "failed to detect an intoxicated driver," referring to Connor Gaskill, who's been charged in the deadly crash. Gaskill, of Pendleton, faces eight felonies in the aftermath of the crash involving a rideshare that was carrying its driver along with 22-year-old Rashid Conteh, his brother and another passenger on Sept. 29, 2022.
Rashid Conteh died shortly after in a hospital.
Rashid Conteh’s family for months has asserted Gaskill was not issued a breath test that night as required by state law and submitted a complaint to the office. Many witnesses told a grand jury the then-25-year-old had been drinking that night. He is accused of later traveling 55 mph, or 25 mph faster than the limit, at the intersection of East 24th and Delaware streets before slamming into the vehicle carrying Rashid Conteh.
Marion County prosecutors wrote in court records their investigation revealed Gaskill “walked away from the collision area” after giving police his information, a statement and was briefly checked by paramedics.
The board in their decision confirmed the family’s account and noted the police department’s internal investigation into what happened also concluded a test was not given.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department records show Gossett was suspended for two days in April and Mills, one day.
The citizens’ board upheld the police department's determination that the officers did not violate state law by failing to administer the breath test, saying the investigation showed "no relevant case law, penalty provision, or evidence" to support the family's claims.
Rashid Conteh’s brother, Nelson Conteh, in a speech to the board, called the punishment inadequate and “a slap in the face."
“The sheer agony we have been through is compounded every day due to these officers' actions,” he said. “My faith in this city and its police has been broken.”
Members of Rashid Conteh's family said they believe the officers need to be terminated even if there’s no explicit penalty in state law for failing to administer a breath test. They further contend the omission of a breath test likely led to the courts allowing Gaskill limited driving privileges in his pending court case, and had he been given a test at the onset, his charges would have been more severe.
Gaskill, who is out on bail, was given his restricted driving privileges by a judge in February. His attorney in court documents said the loss of his license led to undue hardship and rendered him unable to drive to and from work. The judge granted the request over objections by Marion County prosecutors. Deputy prosecutors at the time pointed to a 2014 fatal motorcycle crash, in which Gaskill is alleged to have struck the back of another car, causing it to hit the motorcycle head-on, killing the rider. Online court records show he did not face charges in that crash.
‘He was a superhuman’
Rashid Conteh’s family, when remembering the 22-year-old, often speak of his caring and charismatic nature. His mother previously told IndyStar he exuded joy since his adoption from Freetown, Sierra Leone, as a toddler.
After graduating in 2018 from Carmel High School, Rashid Conteh enrolled at Ivy Tech Community College to pursue a career in health care. He worked at an assisted living facility while pursuing his associate degree in health care specialist.
The employees at IU North Hospital, his newest job where he worked in food services, livestreamed his funeral.
Gaskill is next scheduled to appear in court July 17.
Contact the reporter at 317-503-7514 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/indianapolis/2023/06/27/indianapolis-officers-disciplined-gunnar-gossett-dwayne-mills-connor-gaskill-crash-rashid-conteh/70356529007/ | 2023-06-27T16:13:28 | 0 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/indianapolis/2023/06/27/indianapolis-officers-disciplined-gunnar-gossett-dwayne-mills-connor-gaskill-crash-rashid-conteh/70356529007/ |
Knoxville council to consider competing proposals for alternative crisis response teams
Everyone thinks developing alternative response teams to address mental health crisis calls is a good idea. That much was clear at a recent Knoxville city council meeting.
But concerns over paying $50,000 for a pilot program derailed approval of council member Amelia Parker's plan.
Now, there are three competing resolutions on the agenda for June 27:
- Parker's original resolution
- A new version from Parker that asks the city to co-host with Knox County Commission a joint workshop and to hold a public hearing on the concept next January
- A new resolution from Vice Mayor Andrew Roberto that has the support of a majority of council members
The concept behind alternative response teams is for trained mental health and addiction experts to arrive when someone is in crisis and could have a better interaction when police aren't involved. Here's where things stand going into the meeting.
What does Roberto's resolution propose?
Roberto said he decided to present an alternative because he wanted to make sure the program got started in Knoxville. He talked to representatives from a group that has been working with Parker on the concept, Healing EastTN Alternative Response Team, but those conversations weren't fruitful.
"The resolution I’m bringing is the result of a collaborative effort with area providers, the administration and ... discussions with several county commissioners," he said in an email. "I communicated with HEART on the language I would support and what I believed was needed for the resolution to pass. Unfortunately, my suggestions weren’t accepted and would have resulted in another resolution that wouldn’t pass council. These proposals are too important for any further delay."
Roberto's resolution advocates for local long-term psychiatric hospitalization units that would serve low-income and uninsured people, as well as providing matching funds to help develop a plan for alternative response services.
It notes existing partnerships with Knox County and the state through the Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center to connect clients with 23-hour crisis intervention and stabilization instead of jail. It also points to the EmPATH (Emergency Psychiatry Assessment Treatment and Healing) unit that will provide emergency room diversion starting next year.
"The (Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center), the co-response teams, as well as many other programs involving mental health are the result of a collaboration between the city, the county and the state," Roberto said. "This resolution seeks to expand the existing collaborative approach and is the necessary path to seeing this type of care become available in our community."
Roberto's resolution would bring parties together to explore an alternative response team and requires cooperation and support, a sustainable funding model that does not detract from other city services, and a service plan that addresses all the protocols for dispatch, response, treatment, risk mitigation, personnel management and training.
Roberto wants the City Council to host a workshop with the Knox County Commission to discuss gaps in services, including the need for long-term psychiatric hospital care, as well as strategies to strengthen community-based responses to mental and behavioral health crises. Mayor Indya Kincannon has pledged to provide $50,000 in matching funds from the city to develop a plan for an alternative response program, he said.
How does Parker's new resolution differ from the one proposed by Roberto?
Parker said Monday she had been working in recent weeks to address the concerns expressed by her fellow council members, and had removed the request for $50,000 to pay for a task force. Instead, she said, she called for a public hearing.
"That would give us an opportunity for community members, nonprofits and other service providers to engage in a conversation about the benefit of an alternative response program," she said.
Parker added that she agreed with a lot of the language in Roberto's resolution and adopted some for her revised proposal. One issue she noted is Roberto's exclusion of HEART or other groups that have expressed a commitment to alternative response teams.
And while Parker agrees that Knoxville needs more long-term psychiatric care, she believes that is a separate topic.
"I want to focus on alternative response right now," she said. "I don't want the conversation about alternative response to be stalled and get muddied up into the larger conversation about mental health."
Liz Kellar is a public safety reporter. Email lkellar@knoxnews.com.
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Changing your name? Legal Aid will offer a free clinic to help navigate the process
Legal Aid of East Tennessee will offer a virtual clinic in July to assist adults seeking to change their names.
The virtual name change clinic will be at 10 a.m. July 15, and will remain open until all clients are seen. Participants can receive step-by-step assistance in completing their name change petitions, as well as advice on filing pro-se (without an attorney). The clinic is free for individuals who qualify for Legal Aid services.
To participate, interested individuals must pre-register by July 7 by calling 423-402-4765. Limited slots are available, so early registration is strongly encouraged.
Held in collaboration with the Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division and Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, this clinic will allow participants to engage with legal professionals from their homes or offices via a virtual format, ensuring convenience and safety for all attendees, according to the release.
Serving 26 counties, Legal Aid of East Tennessee provides civil legal representation for those who need it most, including elderly residents, victims of domestic violence and low-income families. For more information about Legal Aid of East Tennessee, call the Knoxville office at 865-637-0484, email tglance@laet.org, or visit www.laet.org. | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/27/legal-aid-to-offer-free-virtual-clinic-to-help-with-name-changes/70358318007/ | 2023-06-27T16:16:02 | 1 | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/27/legal-aid-to-offer-free-virtual-clinic-to-help-with-name-changes/70358318007/ |
Pedestrian dies after being struck by two vehicles in Macomb Township
Macomb Township ― A Roseville man died Sunday after being struck by two cars while walking across a Macomb Township road, the county sheriff's office said.
Macomb County Sheriff's deputies were called at about 5 a.m. Sunday to a location on Gratiot near Abington Circle North in the township for a report of a crash involving a pedestrian and two vehicles, they said.
According to a preliminary investigation, a 44-year-old man was struck by a Chevy Silverado pickup truck that was traveling south on Gratiot. The pickup's driver immediately called 911 and reported a pedestrian was laying in the roadway.
As he spoke with dispatchers, he told officials a Ford Taurus struck the pedestrian.
First responders arrived and pronounced the pedestrian deceased at the scene.
Police said both drivers remained at the scene and are cooperating with investigators. Officials said it doesn't appear that either driver was affected by drugs or alcohol.
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2 dead, 2 teens injured after shooting in Ypsilanti Township
Ypsilanti Township — Three brothers were involved in a shooting Monday in Washtenaw County that left two men dead and two teens injured, according to the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office.
The shooting occured around 6:30 p.m. in the 800 block of George Place, which is about four miles west of Willow Run Airport, according to Deputy Derrick Jackson, director of community engagement for the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office. Police responded to reports of shots fired.
The victims range in age from 14, 16, 19 and 20. The youngest three are brothers, police said. The 20-year-old and 19-year-old have died.
"(Investigators) are still working on trying to figure out exactly who did it, why it was done and what some of the motivations may have been for such a tragic loss of life," Jackson told The Detroit News Tuesday morning.
Before authorities arrived, the four victims, according to Jackson, were transported in two separate personal vehicles to hospitals when one crashed near South Prospect Street and East Michigan Avenue. All four arrived to nearby hospitals without sustaining injuries from the collision, Jackson said.
The two eldest died at the hospital from gunshot wound injuries, police said during a preliminary investigation. The medical examiner is expected to confirm the cause of death. The younger two victims had serious injuries but were expected to recover, Jackson said.
No suspects have been taken into custody and suspect details were not immediately available, Jackson said.
The investigation is ongoing.
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Michigan's ex-chief environmental regulator lands UM climate job
The former head of Michigan's environmental department was named the University of Michigan's first director of sustainable climate action engagement, the university announced Tuesday.
Liesl Eichler Clark will connect UM's sustainability researchers with external partners to accelerate climate action in Michigan and beyond, according to the university.
Those partnerships will make give higher education more impact and allow the UM to help tackle the climate crisis, said Jonathan Overpeck, a climate scientist and the Samuel A. Graham dean at the university's School for Environment and Sustainability.
"It's time for universities to build out beyond their own carbon neutrality goals, which are critically important, and look at the broader landscape of how we can make a lasting difference in the state of Michigan," Overpeck said in a staement. "Clark will play an instrumental role in developing the new initiative from the ground up, putting environmental justice and equity at the core."
Clark served as the director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy for four years under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. She left in December before the start of Whitmer's second term. Whitmer did not publicly explain the reasons behind Clark's departure.
Aaron Keatley now serves as EGLE's acting director.
During her tenure, Clark helped EGLE navigate record-high Great Lakes water levels, establishing the state's first PFAS drinking water standards, supporting Flint and Benton Harbor as the cities grappled with lead in their drinking water and helped create the state's climate action plan and environmental justice advisory council.
In Benton Harbor, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in September 2021 received a scathing emergency petition from environmental groups and others criticizing the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy and the city of Benton Harbor for failing to provide residents with safe drinking water after three straight years of lead standard exceedances. Under Clark, EGLE officials agreed then to distribute bottled water and better educate residents about how to use water filters.
"I'm always ready and willing to take on the most complex and consequential policy issues," Clark said. "I have focused on both energy and clean water with a priority on supporting solutions that lift, involve, and benefit all people. The University of Michigan is poised to accelerate its leadership in sustainable climate action, and I'm thrilled to lend my skills to the task."
UM has a series of climate goals for the coming years, including:
- Reducing emissions from purchased power to net zero carbon emissions by 2025.
- Eliminating direct, on-campus greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.
- Discontinuing investments in companies with large greenhouse gas emissions and stopping new investments in funds that focus on oil or coal.
- Developing a net-zero endowment by 2050.
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Livonia man accused of assaulting 13-year-old boy, ethnic intimidation
A Livonia man accused of beating up a 13-year-old boy and calling him racial slurs at a recreation center earlier this month is expected to be in court Thursday.
Moeez Irfan, 29, was charged in 16th District Court in Livonia with aggravated assault, ethnic intimidation, resisting a police officer, and being a habitual offender-third offense, officials said Monday.
A judge set his bond at $50,000 and scheduled his next court appearance, a probable cause conference, for Thursday. If convicted, he faces up to a year in prison for the assault charge, up to two years in prison for ethnic intimidation, and at least two years for resisting a police officer.
Officials said the incident happened on June 8, 2023 at the Kirksey Recreation Center, 15100 Hubbard at Five Mile Road.
Police were called to the center for a report that a man had assaulted a juvenile.
According to a preliminary investigation, Irfan allegedly physically bumped into a 13-year-old boy in a stairway, hurled racial slurs at him and then struck him in the head multiple times.
Officers tried to take Irfan into custody, but he resisted, they said. After police subdued him, he was taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation and was admitted.
Meanwhile, the teen was taken to a hospital for wounds he suffered in the attack.
On June 16, 2023, Irfan was released from the hospital, arrested and arraigned.
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LYNCHBURG, Va. – A Lynchburg man could spend the rest of his life in prison in connection with child pornography charges that were brought against him in 2016.
On Monday, a Lynchburg jury found 46-year-old Shawn Kearns guilty of one count of possession of child pornography and 92 counts of possession of child pornography.
Nearly seven years ago, on July 7, 2016, the Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children task force was alerted about a local computer that was involved in the possession and the possible distribution of child pornography through the use of peer-to-peer software.
After investigating further, authorities were able to trace it back to a townhome on Old Forest Road, the home of Shawn Kearns and his wife.
On Aug. 17, 2016, Lynchburg Police executed a search warrant on his home and retrieved all electronic devices from the residence so that they could be analyzed by the digital forensics unit. Authorities say a laptop that was found in the basement of the home had 22 video files and hundreds of image files containing child sexual abuse material.
On the computer’s hard drive, investigators also found a reoccurring pattern of the user searching for, downloading and watching child sexual abuse material for at least two years prior to the execution of the search warrant.
More specifically, officers discovered that the computer was being used on Aug. 17 to download and view child pornography, the same day the search warrant was executed. Digital records showed that at about 4:40 a.m., less than two hours before they arrived, an attempt had been made to wipe the hard drive.
On Monday, Kearns was found guilty by a Lynchburg jury and is currently facing up to 935 years in prison.
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SALEM, Va. – America’s largest free gate fair opens on Wednesday, June 28. You and your family can enjoy all the rides, food and games starting at 4 p.m.
This is the 35th year for the fair, and they are celebrating with more than 40 rides, 30 food vendors and shows.
Some of the rides include the apple worm, circus train, giant wheel, magic maze and the zipper. New this year is a different Ferris Wheel called the grand wheel.
Heidi Deggeller, Chief Administrative Officer for Deggler’s Rides, says “It is a mix between a large giant wheel, which we have, and a small kiddy wheel. It is medium and good for families for children of all ages to get that Ferris Wheel adventure without being too afraid of the big giant wheel.”
Each show at the fair is completely free. You can see Roberto the Magnificent, Aussie Kingdom Animal Adventure and Hilby the German Juggling Boy.
The fair usually brings in around 250,000 to 350,00 people each year.
Carey Harveycutter, Director of Tourism for Salem, says “We draw from Central and Southwest Virginia. This year we actually got a grant from Virginia Tourism to broaden our reach into the Richmond market and further Southwest Virginia. It is a free event. That is the big draw, but the best thing is, it is summertime fun.”
With the fair, comes plenty of promotional nights and ways to save money on rides. For opening night, you can save money on ride wristbands if you purchase them before 6 p.m.
Thursday, June 29, is WSLS night at the fair. If you bring two new pairs of socks, you can save money on rides and a number of team members will be there. Ride wristbands allow you to enjoy more than 40 different rides at the fair.
One of the most popular things at the fair is the food. There are bacon burgers, corn dogs, crab rolls, empanadas, pizza, friend Oreos, funnel cake and so much more.
A big concern for many attending the fair is safety and security. New this year is the clear bag policy. This means you can not bring a purse or bag of any kind unless it is see-through. This follows along with the same rules at the Salem Civic Center and the Berglund Center. Also, all kids under 17 must be accompanied by an adult age 25 or older.
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The Indiana Court of Appeals has no problem with a 6-year maximum sentence being issued to a Gary man who intentionally lit his girlfriend on fire during an argument, causing permanent disfigurement.
Patrick A. Gamble, 34, pleaded guilty last year to domestic battery, a level 5 felony, and was ordered by Lake Superior Judge Gina Jones to serve the longest possible prison term permitted by his plea agreement, according to court records.
Records show Gamble and his girlfriend were arguing Oct. 30, 2021, in the home they shared with her 4-year-old son when Gamble poured lighter fluid on the woman's body and used a lighter to set her on fire.
The woman rolled on the floor to try to extinguish the flames. But she still suffered third-degree burns and permanent scarring on the right side of her body, according to court records.
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Records show Gamble also instructed the woman not to tell anyone about the incident or she and her son would find out "what it's like to actually be set on fire."
In his appeal, Gamble argued that a six-year sentence, the maximum permitted by Indiana law for a level 5 felony, was inappropriate in light of the nature of the offense and his character.
Appeals Judge Paul Mathias, writing for a unanimous three-judge panel, was unpersuaded.
Mathias said the nature of this offense is among the worst imaginable under the crime of domestic violence as it involved deliberately lighting a domestic partner on fire while her 4-year-old child was in the house.
Likewise, as to Gamble's character, Mathias noted: "Gamble has not led a law-abiding life."
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Mathias said Gamble's three prior felony convictions, including burglary and retail theft, and several misdemeanor convictions, along with four past probation violations, weigh against any reduction in his prison term.
"We hold that Gamble's 6-year sentence is not inappropriate in light of the nature of the offense and the character of the offender," Mathias said.
Gamble still can ask the Indiana Supreme Court to consider reviewing his sentence. Otherwise, his earliest possible release date, assuming good behavior, is Oct. 12, 2026, according to the Indiana Department of Correction.
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AirTags
The unlawful use of a remote tracking device, such as an Apple AirTag, is in most cases a felony, punishable by up to 2½ years behind bars for a repeat offense or if the person being tracked has a protective order against the tracker, or 6 years in prison if the equipment is used for stalking. Prosecutors may also seek a penalty enhancement of up to 6 additional years in prison if the person employing a remote tracking device commits another felony causing serious bodily injury while using the equipment. (Senate Enrolled Act 161 )
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Alcohol permits
The city of Valparaiso is awarded five extra alcohol-sales permits for downtown restaurants. The new permits may be deployed at properties up to 1,500 feet outside the historic district centered on the Porter County Courthouse, instead of the former 700-foot maximum distance. (House Enrolled Act 1200 )
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Animal facilities
All newly constructed or remodeled facilities for dogs and cats, including animal shelters, veterinary offices, pet shops and boarding centers, must have an operating fire alarm system that automatically contacts the local fire or police department, or staff present in the building any time a dog or cat is on site. The mandate follows a 2021 inferno at an Indianapolis pet shop that killed more than 100 animals. (Senate Enrolled Act 277 )
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Annexation
A yet to be constructed residential subdivision located south of Aberdeen, in Porter County, may also employ the voluntary annexation process created last year for the Aberdeen neighborhood to choose to be annexed by Valparaiso, despite being located well outside current city limits. (House Enrolled Act 1418 )
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Book bans
Every public school board and charter school governing body is required to establish a procedure for the parent of any student, or any person residing in the school district, to request the removal of library materials deemed "obscene" or "harmful to minors." School districts must also post a list of the complete holdings of its school libraries on each school’s website and provide a printed copy of the library catalogue to any individual upon request. (House Enrolled Act 1447 )
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Bullying
All Indiana school corporations must update their discipline rules to include provisions prioritizing the safety of bullying victims, as well as to ensure bullying incidents are reported to the parents of the victim and the alleged perpetrator no more than five business days following the incident. School corporations may also set guidelines for determining whether a bullying incident warrants the forced transfer of the victim or the alleged perpetrator to a different school in the district. (House Enrolled Act 1483 )
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Charter schools
The proceeds of each new voter-approved school funding referendum in Lake County must be shared with local charter schools in proportion to the number of children living in the school district who attend charter schools. Beginning July 1, 2024, all incremental property tax revenue growth at Lake County school districts must be shared on a proportional basis with local charter schools. (Senate Enrolled Act 391 , House Enrolled Act 1001 )
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Child molesting
A person over age 21 who has sex with a child less than 14 years old may be sentenced to a maximum term of 50 years in prison, instead of 40. Athletic coaches and workplace supervisors in Indiana no longer are permitted to engage in sexual conduct with certain individuals between ages 16 and 18, similar to other adults in a position of authority over children. (Senate Enrolled Act 301 , House Enrolled Act 1228 )
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Children’s hospitals
Northwest Indiana families covered by Medicaid will continue to have access to children's hospitals in neighboring states after Hoosier lawmakers agreed to maintain Indiana's increased payment rates for services at out-of-state children's hospitals first authorized in 2021. (House Enrolled Act 1313 )
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Domestic violence
Individuals arrested for any of 13 domestic violence-related offenses must be jailed without bail for at least 24 hours after arrest — triple the state's former eight-hour cooling-off period. The crime of invasion of privacy also is a Level 6 felony, instead of a Class A misdemeanor, if the person has a prior, unrelated conviction for stalking. (Senate Enrolled Act 158 )
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Drinking water
Every child care center, child care home and preschool in Indiana is obligated to test its drinking water for lead at least once before Jan. 1, 2026. If the test shows a lead level higher 15 parts per billion, the person responsible for the facility or preschool must either entirely eliminate the lead in the drinking water or install a state-approved lead filtering system. (House Enrolled Act 1138 )
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Electric/hybrid vehicles
The state's special annual fee imposed on owners of electric and hybrid vehicles to make up for their reduced fuel-tax payments increases approximately 44% on Jan. 1, 2024, to account for inflation since the fees first were enacted in 2017. The new rates are $214 for electric vehicles and $72 for hybrid vehicles. (House Enrolled Act 1050 )
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Encroachment
Twenty-five feet is set as the minimum bystander distance if a police officer orders a person to stop approaching when the officer is lawfully engaged in the execution of his or her official duties. Police and firefighters may clear an area 25 feet away from any emergency incident, such as a car crash or fire, or a greater distance if the area is marked using flags, barricades or emergency tape. (House Enrolled Act 1186)
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FAFSA
Every high school senior attending an Indiana public, charter or voucher-accepting private school is required to fill out and submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) before April 15 to determine their eligibility for grants and loans for postsecondary education. There are no penalties for students or families who fail to fulfill the FAFSA mandate. (Senate Enrolled Act 167 )
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Financial literacy
Successful completion of a one-semester financial literacy class is a new graduation requirement at every public, charter and private high school in Indiana, beginning with the class of 2028. The course must cover basic money management principles, debt management, retirement and investment accounts, taxes, loan applications, interest rate computation, credit scores, personal insurance policies and simple contracts, among other topics. (Senate Enrolled Act 35 )
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Firefighting equipment
All firefighting gear purchased in Indiana beginning July 1, 2024, must include a permanently affixed label indicating whether it contains PFAS, potentially cancer-causing substances, also known as "forever chemicals," used in firefighting equipment because they're heat- and moisture-resistant. The Indiana Department of Homeland Security is directed to establish a biomonitoring pilot program to sample the blood of up to 1,000 current and retired firefighters for PFAS. (House Enrolled Act 1341 , 1219 )
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Food and beverage tax
The Merrillville Town Council may impose a food and beverage tax of up to 1% on all dine-in and take-home food and drinks sold at Merrillville eateries, bars and similar outlets. If adopted, the town plans to use the money to construct an 18,000-square foot expansion of the indoor recreational amenities at the Dean and Barbara White Community Center to attract more sports tournaments and out-of-town visitors to Merrillville. (House Enrolled Act 1454 )
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Gender-affirming care
Indiana hospitals and medical providers cannot administer any treatment, including hormone therapy, puberty-blocking drugs or surgeries, intended to transition the gender of a person under age 18, even if the child has their parent's consent and financial support. Hoosier children currently receiving gender transition hormone therapy must end their treatment by Dec. 31 and de-transition. A federal judge concluded June 16 that most of this law likely is unconstitutional and temporarily halted its enforcement. (Senate Enrolled Act 480 )
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Gary schools
A five-member, appointed school board is reestablished for the Gary Community School Corp. to eventually replace the Indiana Distressed Unit Appeals Board as the governing body for the formerly cash-strapped school district. Gary’s mayor and the Gary Common Council appoint one member each, and the three others are chosen by the Indiana secretary of education, including at least one Gary resident, one resident of Gary or Lake County, and a final member from anywhere. (Senate Enrolled Act 327 )
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Gasoline tax
Indiana's gasoline tax increases by one penny to 34 cents per gallon, and by an additional penny each July 1 through 2027 to account for inflation. The rate was just 18 cents per gallon as recently as June 30, 2017, prior to enactment of the Republican road funding plan. (House Enrolled Act 1001)
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Human trafficking
First-time applicants for a commercial driver’s license must watch an instructional video on how to recognize, prevent and report human trafficking as a condition of receiving a CDL. (House Enrolled Act 1196 )
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Illiana Expressway
All references in state law to the never-constructed Illiana Expressway, a public-private toll road that would have connected Interstate 65 in south Lake County to Interstate 55 near Joliet, Illinois, in an effort to relieve through-truck congestion on the Borman Expressway, are deleted in the hope of ending Illiana uncertainty that has depressed property values and slowed development in south Lake County. (Senate Enrolled Act 44 )
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Inmate gender
The Indiana Department of Correction cannot use any state or federal dollars to provide "sexual reassignment surgery" to state prison inmates, even if the surgery is deemed medically necessary. (House Enrolled Act 1569 )
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Insurance fund
The state insurance commissioner may begin the process of permanently closing the funds operated by the largely inactive Indiana Political Subdivision Risk Management Commission and returning the $5 million remaining in the commission's accounts to entities including the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District and the city of Portage. (Senate Enrolled Act 353 )
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Juror pay
The pay for prospective jurors is doubled to $30 a day while seated jurors must be paid $80 a day for the first five days of a trial, and $90 for each trial day thereafter. Prospective and seated jurors also continue to be entitled to a daily mileage reimbursement for travel to and from the court. It's Indiana's first juror pay increase in a quarter-century. (House Enrolled Act 1466 )
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Juveniles
Law enforcement officers no longer can intentionally lie to children under age 18 during an interrogation in an effort to secure a confession or for any other purpose. In addition, a police officer who takes a child into custody at a school, or during a school-sponsored event, must attempt to immediately notify the student's parent, guardian or emergency contact. (Senate Enrolled Act 415 )
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Lake County convention center
The Lake County Board of Commissioners must begin soliciting proposals to construct and operate a convention center and adjacent hotel. The Lake County Council may increase the innkeepers' tax rate on hotel stays up to 10% from 5% to partially fund the convention center. The city of Gary can obtain up to $3 million a year for blighted building demolition from the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority, so long as the city puts up a matching amount. (Senate Enrolled Act 434 )
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Lake County recorder
The Lake County Council is authorized to make a one-time transfer from the county's overstuffed elected officials training fund to the recorder's records perpetuation fund to help complete projects underway for the past two years aimed at improving accuracy in the county's record-keeping systems. (Senate Enrolled Act 65 )
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Landlords
Utility companies may ask a judge to appoint a receiver when a multifamily residential property owner with more than four units hasn't paid a utility bill for the property for an extended period of time. If appointed, the receiver would have broad powers to operate the rental property in place of the landlord, including the authority to collect rents, pay debts and even sell the property. (Senate Enrolled Act 114 )
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Little Calumet River
The Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission is subject only to directives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers when engaged in the removal of sediment and flood-causing debris, or when making improvements to the riverbank. It's not obligated to follow Indiana Department of Environmental Management mandates that go above and beyond federal requirements. (Senate Enrolled Act 412 )
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Lost farmland
The Indiana Department of Agriculture is directed to conduct an inventory of all farmland lost in the state between 2010 and 2022, and to identify the primary cause of the farmland reduction. The agency must submit a report to the General Assembly by July 1, 2024, detailing its findings and any recommendations, including potential legislation. (House Enrolled Act 1557 )
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Machine guns
The definition of machine gun is revised to include a firearm with an attached "switch," or any similar device, that enables fully automatic shooting with a single pull of the trigger. A person with a switch attached to their gun is subject to a variety of state penalty enhancements for the possession or use of a machine gun. (House Enrolled Act 1365 )
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Mail-in ballots
To receive an absentee ballot, Indiana citizens age 18 and up submitting a paper application for a mail-in ballot must now provide their driver's license number, state identification card number, or voter identification number, along with the last four digits of their Social Security number, or a photocopy of the voter's driver's license or state ID card. (House Enrolled Act 1334 )
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Mental health
An additional $50 million is provided to expand community mental health services across the state, a toll-free help line to provide confidential emotional support and referrals is created, Indiana is authorized to participate in the national 9-8-8 suicide and crisis lifeline, and the Indiana Behavioral Health Commission is reestablished. (Senate Enrolled Act 1 )
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Military bases
Citizens of China, Iran, North Korea and Russia, and companies based in or controlled by individuals from those counties, are prohibited from leasing, purchasing or otherwise acquiring real property located adjacent to any military installation in Indiana. (Senate Enrolled Act 477 )
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Military pay
Military wages earned by a member of an active or reserve component of the United States armed forces or National Guard are 100% exempt from Indiana income tax. The tax exemption is expected to reduce state and local income tax receipts by $30 million to $50 million a year. (House Enrolled Act 1034 )
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Pension investments
The $45 billion Indiana Public Retirement System is prohibited from contracting with investment managers who consider environmental, social or governance (ESG) factors — such as reducing air pollution or ensuring diverse corporate board membership — when making investment decisions, unless the INPRS board determines ESG investments are in the financial best interest of its members. INPRS also is required to divest all of its holdings that are closely associated with the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party. (House Enrolled Act 1008 , Senate Enrolled Act 268 )
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More state resources are available to local public health departments to prioritize preventative health care and enact other organizational and mission-driven reforms following the COVID-19 pandemic. Altogether, $225 million is appropriated over two years to begin the work. (Senate Enrolled Act 4 )
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School board elections
The start of the 30-day school board filing period is shifted in 2024 to mid-May from late-July to give Hoosier voters more time to learn about the nonpartisan candidates running for local school boards and what they stand for. (Senate Enrolled Act 177 )
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Service animals
Only a dog or miniature horse qualifies as a service animal for individuals with disabilities in Indiana. Facilities open to the public must take reasonable steps to accommodate a disabled Hoosier assisted by a dog or miniature horse. (House Enrolled Act 1354 )
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Sex education
Teachers and other school personnel are explicitly prohibited from providing instruction on "human sexuality" to students in prekindergarten through third grade. Indiana schools typically don't provide any kind of sex education until at least fifth grade, except for state-mandated programs focused on preventing child abuse and child sexual abuse, which must continue under the law. (House Enrolled Act 1608 )
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SNAP assistance
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration is directed to simplify the process for senior citizens and disabled Hoosiers to apply for federal food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP. Qualified applicants automatically remain eligible for SNAP benefits for up to three years, so long as they annually certify their income remains at or below the level required to receive SNAP assistance. (Senate Enrolled Act 334 )
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Speed cameras
The Indiana Department of Transportation is authorized to use camera enforcement to ticket motorists exceeding the speed limit by at least 11 mph in highway work zones. Speeding motorists would get off with a warning for a first violation, a $75 fine for the second and a $150 fine for each subsequent violation. (House Enrolled Act 1015 )
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State comptroller
The office of auditor of state is redesignated as the "state comptroller" for all public and legal purposes to better reflect its duties overseeing state accounting tasks and financial reporting, and to try to eliminate the mistaken belief that it audits the books of local governments or the tax returns of individual Hoosiers. (House Enrolled Act 1001 )
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Storage units
Storage companies are authorized to seize the storage unit of a delinquent renter just five days after a missed payment, instead of 30 days. An auction of the stored contents may be held if the rent remains unpaid after 60 days, instead of 90. (House Enrolled Act 1621 )
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Tax sales
Individuals barred from bidding on tax sale properties, due to unpaid property taxes of their own or for any other reason, are prohibited from being assigned a tax sale certificate by another successful bidder. Lake County also may begin using other means to dispose of land parcels with unpaid property taxes that otherwise continually churn through tax sales. (Senate Enrolled Acts 156 and 157 )
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Taxpayer receipt
The Indiana Department of Revenue must make available to each Hoosier who paid income taxes in the prior year a detailed receipt showing how the money paid by the taxpayer is being spent by the state. The receipt must be provided in an electronic format on a state website. (House Enrolled Act 1499 )
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Teachers unions
School superintendents no longer have a statutory obligation to regularly meet with the union representative of school employees, outside of collective bargaining periods, to discuss various issues relating to school operations, such as curriculum, teaching materials, hiring and retention, performance evaluations, student discipline, class size, school safety and working hours. (Senate Enrolled Act 486 )
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Throwing stars
The easily concealable, star-shaped, knife-like weapons with blades set at different angles are treated the same as other types of knives recognized by Indiana — ending a nearly four-decade state throwing star ban. Throwing stars still cannot be brought to a school, on a school bus or another student transport vehicle. (Senate Enrolled Act 77 )
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Transit Development District
The Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority (RDA) is authorized to establish a Transit Development District (TDD) centered on Valparaiso's bus station at 260 Brown St., and to sell bonds to speed construction of nearby transit-oriented residential and retail development, subject to local planning and zoning ordinances. The borrowed funds will be paid back using the captured growth of state income and local property tax revenues in the TDD. (House Enrolled Act 1046 )
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21st Century Scholars
Eligible students automatically are enrolled in the state's 21st Century Scholars program that guarantees a low- or no-cost college education to individuals who comply with program guidelines. The Indiana Commission for Higher Education must inform eligible students and their families of their enrollment in the program, along with the academic requirements the student must meet to obtain and maintain a college tuition scholarship. (House Enrolled Act 1449 )
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Valparaiso lawsuit
Valparaiso's legal efforts to require video streaming services pay a franchise fee of 5% of local gross revenue for using equipment located in the public right-of-way to transmit programming, similar to cable television companies, are squelched by a retroactive law specifically exempting streaming services from the fee. (House Enrolled Act 1454 )
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Xylazine
Coroners in all 92 Indiana counties must test apparent opioid overdose victims for xylazine. Also known as "Tranq," xylazine is a sedative and pain reliever primarily used in veterinary medicine that's increasingly being cut into supplies of fentanyl, cocaine and heroin, putting users of those substances at higher risk of suffering fatal drug poisoning. (House Enrolled Act 1286 )
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VALPARAISO — A 40-year-old Valparaiso man faces a felony count of sexual battery after allegedly twice grabbing a woman he knows at their apartment complex in the 1100 block of Evans Avenue, police say.
The accused is identified in court records as Guadalupe Chima.
The alleged victim reportedly told police she was sitting on a picnic table outside the apartment complex around 7:30 p.m. June 5 when Chima walked up to her and during the conversation touched her in a sexual manner.
"(The woman) stated that in no way did she tell Chima or signal to him that it was okay for him to touch her," police said.
Chima then offered the woman a beer, which she agreed to in order to have him walk away so she could leave, charges say.
When the woman walked back into a common area on the way to her apartment, she said she encountered Chima, who more aggressively touched her in a sexual manner, according to police.
She reportedly told police she went back to her apartment and remained there the rest of the evening.
"(The woman) advised that Chima appeared to be inebriated during the incident."
The woman said Chima had assaulted her in this manner at least four or five times in the past, police said. She said she had not been drinking alcohol on the evening in question.
CPR was administered at the scene and the motorcyclist was transported for further medical care, but later died, police said.
While talking to Chima at the Valparaiso Police Department June 14, police said he told them he invited the woman back to his apartment on the evening in question, but she declined. He said the woman appeared intoxicated.
Chima reportedly denied touching the woman.
"I came in to make a statement because I have a clean conscious and I know if I would have done something that I could have gone to jail," he reportedly told police.
Chima claimed to have no idea why police wanted to talk to him and said, "What (the woman) is doing is wrong and I'd like to countersuit her if possible," police said.
Chima eventually admitted to touching the woman as accused, at least in part, police said. He said he had been trying unsuccessfully for two weeks to have a sexual relationship with the woman in question.
"Chima stated that he initially lied to me because his nerves got the best of him," police said.
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BUNNELL, Fla. – A 2-month-old puppy is missing after being stolen from a Flagler County home, according to sheriff’s officials.
Jean Pillitteri, 58, was arrested on Saturday on several charges, including burglary and grand theft.
According to the sheriff’s office, Pillitteri went into the victim’s front porch area on Nutwood Avenue and took the 2-month-old blue nose pit bull. Pillitteri also released other dogs from the property, deputies said.
She went back to the house later on and confronted the victim, who hit Pillitteri in the face in self-defense, according to the sheriff’s office.
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Deputies later located Pillitteri by a nearby pond, but she refused to respond to questioning.
A witness told deputies they saw the victim attempting to round up the victim’s dogs while saying to the dogs she was playing a “game.”
Deputies searched the area near the victim’s home and used a drone to look for the missing puppy, but they did not find the pit bull.
Pillittieri is being held on $13,500 bond.
If anyone knows the whereabouts of the stolen dog, please call 386-313-4911 or CrimeStoppers of NE Florida at 1-888-277-TIPS.
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*do we need pictures of the actual dog? added a stock photo just in case, but actual dog is grey & white* | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/27/2-month-old-puppy-missing-after-being-stolen-from-flagler-county-home/ | 2023-06-27T16:22:43 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/27/2-month-old-puppy-missing-after-being-stolen-from-flagler-county-home/ |
FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – Flagler County deputies responded to a call about a drunk driver hurdling down U.S. 1 in Bunnell, in the wrong direction.
The incident occurred Monday afternoon just near the 7700 block of U.S. 1, just south of Marco Polo Boulevard, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
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According to a sheriff’s office report, a detective came in contact with a vehicle swerving suspiciously and nearly striking vehicles on the southbound lanes.
For fear of citizens’ safety, the detective swerved and collided with the suspect’s vehicle, according to the report. The impact caused them both to land near a paved U-turn location.
Deputies say the suspect, identified by his license as Timothy Toporek, appeared to have glassy eyes, slurred speech and a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from his breath. When Toporek was asked for his driver’s license, he handed his debit card to the deputy. When he was asked who the current president of the United States was, he stated “Obama.”
The report said Toporek was asked if he remembered driving the wrong way on U.S. 1, if he was under the influence of alcohol, and if he would be willing to perform field sobriety tests, all of which to which he responded no.
After Toporek was placed under arrest, deputies found one bottle of SKYY Vodka mostly empty and open. Another bottle of Platinum Vodka was also located in a paper bag near the driver’s seat.
Toporek faces charges of DUI with property damage, fleeing and eluding Law Enforcement and reckless driving.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Orange County Sheriff John Mina is speaking about an operation to dismantle a drug trafficking organization on Tuesday.
The news conference is expected at 2 p.m. at the sheriff’s office headquarters.
The sheriff’s office said Mina will be joined by narcotics unit representatives. A news release shows Mina will also discuss an “emerging threat to public safety and public health.”
When the news conference happens, News 6 will stream the event live in the player above.
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BRIDGETON — A 61-year-old city woman was killed when her car crashed into a building in the city on Monday afternoon.
Officers were called to the intersection of N. Laurel Street and American Avenue at 1:44 p.m. after a 2018 Jeep Renegade, driven by Maria A. Sorantino, rammed into the building, police said Tuesday in a news release.
Sorantino died of her injuries at the scene, police said.
Police did not say if other passengers were in the vehicle, nor identify what they believed may have caused the accident.
Sorantino was traveling westbound on American Avenue when she struck the building, at 540 N. Laurel St. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/bridgeton-cumberland-fatal-car-crash/article_a5a474ea-14f2-11ee-a0aa-5f99abe9306f.html | 2023-06-27T16:23:25 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/bridgeton-cumberland-fatal-car-crash/article_a5a474ea-14f2-11ee-a0aa-5f99abe9306f.html |
OCEAN CITY – Despite new limits on access after 8 p.m., residents and visitors will be able to watch the fireworks from the beach on July 4.
Mayor Jay Gillian said in both his recent report to City Council and in a weekly message to residents and visitors that the access has been extended until 10 p.m. that day only, to allow families to view the fireworks, which begin at 9 p.m.
The fireworks go from a barge just offshore near the Music Pier. Most years, people pack the beach and Boardwalk for the event, and throughout the community.
This year, after a Memorial Day weekend that most observers described as out of control, with huge crowds of rowdy teenagers on the beach and Boardwalk, Ocean City enacted a series of new rules this year.
They included an earlier curfew for teens, limits on backpacks on the Boardwalk at night and a new cutoff for beach access, with beaches closing at 8 p.m. each evening.
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Gillian said there have been a lot of questions about what that will mean for the fireworks this year.
“We will extend the curfew to 10 p.m. for that day only, so families can watch the fireworks from the beach. We’re all looking forward to a safe and fun holiday weekend,” Gillian wrote.
He had a similar message at the Thursday City Council meeting.
“We want everybody to have fun,” Gillian said. “I think people are getting the point that Ocean City is not going to tolerate bad behavior anymore.”
City officials have pointed to changes in state law that limit what police can do if a juvenile is suspected of having alcohol or marijuana, even if the officer has seen the contraband. The officer cannot legally search someone underage for alcohol or marijuana.
Gillian supported a state bill that could change things, including removing a risk for police officers of criminal charges related to civil rights violations for searching or detaining those under 18.
The mayor cited Assemblyman Antwan McClellan, A former Ocean City councilman and a Republican representative, in praising the bill. He said it has been moved forward by an Assembly committee and could come for a vote this week.
“It would give police the authority to search juveniles with alcohol in plain sight, and it would remove the threat of criminal charges for deprivation of civil rights against officers who try to enforce the law,” Gillian said.
McClellan said on Tuesday that the bill was in committee in both the Senate and the Assembly, and, if approved, could come for a full vote on Friday.
Gillian described the proposal as common sense and bi-partisan, and said state representatives should work with shore towns to move the measure forward. In his Friday message, Gillian cited Sen. Michael Testa, Assemblyman Erik Simonsen, Assembly Majority Leader Lou Greenwald and state Sen. Jim Beach.
“I also want to thank Ocean City Police Chief Jay Prettyman, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland, and the New Jersey State PBA for their help in drafting the legislation,” Gillian said.
The city has multiple events planned for the weekend, including July 4 bike parades in the Gardens section of the north end and in the south end of town, and there is a kite flying competition started at 7 p.m. near the Music Pier that day. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/ocean-city-beaches-will-be-open-for-fireworks-night/article_72291ba8-14fb-11ee-ae17-3bd13a44e156.html | 2023-06-27T16:23:29 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/ocean-city-beaches-will-be-open-for-fireworks-night/article_72291ba8-14fb-11ee-ae17-3bd13a44e156.html |
LEONARDTOWN, Md. — A firefighter assigned to Patuxent River Naval Air Station died in the line of duty Tuesday.
The firefighter was killed after becoming trapped inside the basement of a burning home on Deerwood Park Road in Leonardtown.
Initial reports suggest the firefighter fell through a floor that began to collapse inside the home.
The fallen firefighter's name was not publicly released.
It is with profound sadness and a heavy heart that NAS Patuxent River announces the tragic loss of one of our brave fire fighters this morning who died in the line of duty while responding to a mutual aid call of a fire in Leonardtown, Md. pic.twitter.com/wIuFmcNGTw
— NAS Patuxent River (@NASPaxRiverPAO) June 27, 2023
Investigators with the ATF and State Fire Marshal's Office are working to determine the cause.
This is a developing story that will be updated. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/firefighter-dies-after-becoming-trapped-inside-burning-leonardtown-home | 2023-06-27T16:26:20 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/firefighter-dies-after-becoming-trapped-inside-burning-leonardtown-home |
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — An Annapolis man is in custody after he assaulted a woman and threatened her children early Saturday morning.
Around 4:00 a.m., Annapolis responded to Obery Court for reports of an assault.
The female victim reported that Raynard Boston, 35, entered her home without permission and assaulted her, striking her with a handgun and strangling her.
Police say he also threatened to kill her and the children in the home and sexually assaulted her.
After some time she was able to escape the home with her children and come to the police station.
Boston fled the area after stealing things from the home.
Police were able to locate and arrest Boston on June 25.
He has been charged with home invasion, first-degree assault, first-degree rape and 15 related charges. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/man-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-kids-and-striking-woman-with-handgun | 2023-06-27T16:26:26 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/man-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-kids-and-striking-woman-with-handgun |
Non-U.S. citizens would be able to teach in Pennsylvania classrooms in a measure passed by the state House of Representatives on Monday.
The bill passed 110-93. It now goes on to the state Senate, which is considering its own version of the measure.
The legislation would allow teachers with a valid immigrant visa, work visa or employment authorization documentation to be eligible for certification to teach in Pennsylvania schools.
Currently, the state prohibits non-U.S. citizens from teaching unless they are applying to teach a foreign language or have a green card and have documented their intent to become a citizen. Additionally, young immigrants, who are living in the country undocumented and are protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and can legally work, are not eligible for teacher certification in the state.
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Sponsors for the bill say it will help offset the decline in teachers — with fewer new teachers certifying and higher teacher attrition in the state. It also would help chip away at the gap between the percentage of students of color and teachers of color, sponsors said.
“Let’s as a collective tackle this growing problem and let’s continue to eliminate some of these barriers that don’t apply to most careers in the Commonwealth, let alone in the United States,” said the bill's primary sponsor, Rep. Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz, a Democrat from Berks County. “We have so many people that are qualified.” | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/non-us-citizens-would-be-eligible-to-teach-in-pennsylvania-under-a-bill-passed-by-the-state-house/3593301/ | 2023-06-27T16:38:47 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/non-us-citizens-would-be-eligible-to-teach-in-pennsylvania-under-a-bill-passed-by-the-state-house/3593301/ |
A Pennsylvania state court on Tuesday rejected the latest Republican effort to throw out the presidential battleground state's broad mail-in voting law that has become a GOP target following former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about election fraud.
It is the latest of several refusals by a state court to invalidate Pennsylvania's 2019 mail-in voting law, enacted barely months before the COVID-19 pandemic began and Trump began attacking mail-in voting.
In the lawsuit filed last year, 14 current and former Republican state lawmakers contended that the court must invalidate the law because two earlier court decisions triggered a provision written into it that says it is “void” if any of its requirements are struck down in court.
Those decisions, they argued, refused to enforce a requirement that a voter handwrite a date on the outer envelope of their mail-in ballot if the ballot is to be counted.
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But the Commonwealth Court, in a 24-page opinion, unanimously found that the court decisions did not invalidate “the dating provision” of the law. It dismissed the lawsuit, in favor of Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration and the national and state Democratic parties.
Greg Teufel, the lawyer for the 14 Republican lawmakers, said he expects to appeal to the state Supreme Court, which has twice upheld the mail-in voting law against previous Republican-backed challenges.
In an interview, Teufel said he disagreed with the court's rationale, saying that the court is ignoring the plain language of the law.
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“They’re sidestepping a critical issue, just pretending they don’t see it,” Teufel said.
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Bays Mountain Park & Planetarium and Bellafina Chocolates, a non-profit chocolate shop located in downtown Kingsport, have teamed up to raise money for a local playground project.
After the loss of their son Parker, David and Brenda Fox wanted to contribute in a way to memorialize their son, who loved visiting Bays Mountain.
“We’re thrilled to see these healthy snacks become available to people who love Bays Mountain Park,” said the Foxes. “And we’re honored that Bellafina Chocolates approached us about a trail mix to help raise funds for the Fox Den Playground at the park.”
The “Fox Den Trail Mix” contains almonds, cashews, pistachios, pepitas, dried cranberries, Bellafina dark chocolate ginger bits and cocoa nibs.
“When we learned about Brenda and David Fox’s effort to build a nature-themed playground at Bays in memory of their son, making trail mix to further their initiative was a no-brainer,” said Executive Director of Bellafina Chocolates Jes Williams.
The trail mix can be purchased at the Bays Mountain Park gift shop and the Bellafina Chocolates store at 123 Cherokee Street in Kingsport. A bag will cost $11 with 100% of the profits going towards building the Fox Den Playground. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bays-mountain-offers-new-trail-mix-supporting-memorial-playground-project/ | 2023-06-27T16:39:02 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bays-mountain-offers-new-trail-mix-supporting-memorial-playground-project/ |
Canton reaches tentative agreement with water treatment contractor
- The Water Reclamation Facility upgrade dates back to 2010, when the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency ordered Canton to reduce phosphorus in the facility's discharge by 2018.
- Ovivo, a global water treatment company, supplied the membrane filtration system.
- The city asked the court to require Ovivo to improve the membrane bioreactor system's performance or pay compensatory damages.
- City Council on Monday authorized the mayor or public service director to enter a settlement agreement, the terms of which were not disclosed.
CANTON − The city has reached a tentative agreement to settle a lawsuit against Ovivo, a contractor that worked on the multi-phase sewage treatment plant upgrade.
City Council on Monday authorized the mayor or public service director to enter the agreement, the terms of which were not disclosed. Public Service Director John Highman requested a vote the same day the ordinance was introduced to City Council because of its "time-sensitive nature," according to his council memo.
The Water Reclamation Facility upgrade dates to 2010, when the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency ordered Canton to reduce phosphorus in the facility's discharge by 2018. The project was expected to cost $80.1 million with Canton, North Canton and Stark County funding it based on their use of the treatment plant at 3530 Central Ave. SE.
According to the city's complaint filed July 14, 2021, in Stark County Common Pleas Court, "The total cost for planning, engineering and constructing the project exceeded $85 million when completed, making it the most expensive capital improvement project ever undertaken by Canton."
Ovivo, a global water treatment company, supplied the membrane filtration system. The city alleged that the equipment has not operated properly and that Ovivo stopped offering assistance in October 2020.
In 2018 and 2019, the city stated that it had to bypass the treatment system 32 times because it couldn't handle the waste and released more than 220 million gallons of untreated sewage into Nimishillen Creek. That led to additional EPA orders.
Previous issues:Water Reclamation Facility work continues amid delays, lawsuits
Canton paid about $26.8 million of the $28.8 contract price before stopping payments just before filing the lawsuit. The city asked the court to require Ovivo to improve the membrane bioreactor system's performance or pay compensatory damages.
Ovivo's answer to the complaint denied many of the city's allegations and accused Canton of a breach of contract for withholding payment and acting in bad faith.
Council members held a private executive session before voting in favor of the measure. Councilman Kevin D. Hall, D-6, abstained and later said he worked on the project through his employer Abbott Electric.
Highman declined to provide details about the settlement until it is finalized and said he hoped the court proceedings would be finished in the coming weeks.
"This is the last pending dispute," he said.
Canton previously sued Hydro-Dyne Engineering Inc., the screen manufacturer involved with the treatment plant upgrades, and reached a settlement agreement in 2018.
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Here's where to find farmers markets in the Stark County region this summer
- Farmers markets are returning to the Stark County region for the summer.
- Here's where you can buy fresh produce and other locally-made items.
Farmers markets are back in the Stark County region for the summer season.
Those looking for fresh produce, baked goods and other goods handcrafted by local vendors can check out a number of farmers markets in the area. Many feature live music, crafts and other activities for shoppers to enjoy as they support local farmers and business owners.
Here's where you can find farmers markets in the Canton area this year:
Canton Farmers Market
The city's farmers market takes place every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. until Oct. 7 on 4th Street NW near Centennial Plaza. It offers a plethora of locally grown and made items, including fresh fruit and vegetables, preserved goods, meats, eggs, live plants and fresh-cut flowers. Eateries including Carpe Diem Coffee Shop, Gridiron Pizza & Sports Bar, 2 Scoopz Ice Cream and artisan cheese shop Fromage du Monde also set up shop during the market.
"(The market) brings everybody together to support small businesses," Canton Farmers Market manager Jena Grosschmidt said.
New this year will be a children's market held July 15. Grosschmidt said the event will feature youth vendors selling handcrafted items.
The market accepts SNAP/EBT, Produce Perks, WIC, TANF and Senior Nutrition vouchers. Shoppers can visit the Know Your Roots Welcome Center for tokens.
The market will have a delayed start on Aug. 5 from noon to 3 p.m. during The Canton Repository Grand Parade.
For more information, visit https://www.knowyourrootsohio.com/canton.
North Canton Farmers Market
The farmers market takes place every Wednesday (except for the last two weeks of the year) from 3 to 6 p.m. at the North Canton Civic Center, 845 W. Maple St.
Shoppers can purchase fresh produce, baked goods, sweet treats and more. The market accepts SNAP/EBT, Produce Perks, WIC, TANF and Senior Nutrition vouchers on behalf of eligible products and vendors. Visit the Know Your Roots Welcome Center to swipe your EBT card for SNAP tokens, with up to a $25 Produce Perks match that can be spent with eligible vendors.
For more information, visit https://www.ncantonfarmersmarket.com/.
Louisville Downtown Market Days
This market is held in conjunction with Louisville's Second Friday events downtown.
It will occur this year on the second Friday of June, July, August and September from 5 to 8 p.m. in the St. Louis Church parking lot at 300 N. Chapel St. Attendees can expect a wide variety of goods, including meats, fresh produce, jewelry, and crafts.
For more details, go to: https://www.facebook.com/LouisvilleDowntown/.
Alliance Farmers Market
The Carnation City's farmers market runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday (except Aug. 12) through Oct. 7 on the northeast lot at State Street and Union Avenue. Shoppers can enjoy live music and vendors selling fresh flowers, produce and more.
For more information, go to: https://www.facebook.com/alliancefarmersmarket/.
Jackson Township Farmers Market
This market happens every Thursday from July 6 through September 28 from 3 to 7 p.m. in the parking lot beside the Jackson Amphitheater at 7454 Community Parkway NW. Those interested in participating as a vendor should call Chylece Head at 330-832-7416 or email chead@jacksontwp.com.
For more information, visit https://jacksontwp.com/farmers-market/.
Farmers Market at RiverTree Massillon
The market will take place in the parking lot of RiverTree Massillon church, 1600 Main Ave. W, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays from June through October. It features local farmers, artisans and businesses, according to the church's website.
For more information, go to: https://rivertreemassillon.com/events.
720 Market/Sidestreet MKTS
These events take place in different locations and feature many local bakers and growers. A 720 Market will occur in North Canton city square and St. Paul’s parking lot from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 23.
Meanwhile, Sidestreet MKTS are scheduled for July 8, Sept. 9 and Oct. 14 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Oakwood Square Plaza at 2610 Easton St NE.
For more information, visit: https://www.eventsby720.com/.
Carrollton Farmers Market
In Carroll County, shoppers can stop by the Carrollton Farmers Market located at 1305 Canton Road NW from 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays through October.
For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/carrollfarmmarket/.
Tuscarawas Valley Farmers Market
The market happens every Wednesday from 3 to 7 p.m. June 7 to Oct. 11 at the Tuscarawas County Fairgrounds, 259 S. Tuscarawas Ave., Dover. Shoppers can find fresh produce, sweet treats and other locally made items, and enjoy food trucks and live music.
For more information, visit https://www.tvffm.org/.
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'Bird's eye view:' Stark Regional Planning hopes to get grant funds for drones
- The Stark County Regional Planning Commission is applying for grant funds to purchase two drones.
- The drones could be used to monitor construction projects, conduct traffic analysis and map out infrastructure for future projects.
CANTON – A Stark County agency wants to purchase two drones that would give officials a bird's eye view on construction projects.
The Stark County Regional Planning Commission is applying for a grant through the Federal Highway Administration with the hope of obtaining drones that could be used to monitor construction, conduct traffic analysis and map out infrastructure for future projects.
"Obviously we do urban planning and zoning and land use, so being able to provide real-time aerial videography from the bird's eye view would be helpful," Regional Planning Commission Executive Director Bob Nau said.
He estimated the total cost — including both drones, hardware, software, insurance and other related costs — would be about $32,500. The grant would pay for 80% of the cost. The other 20% would be local funds from the Regional Planning Commission.
Nau said they hope to find out before the end of year whether they will receive the grant money.
Arthur O'Shea of Massachusetts-based dronegenuity said that mapping and construction services continue to grow with the drone services industry. The company provides services across the U.S., including in Ohio.
"(Construction companies) hire us often for either monthly visits or sometimes it's weekly visits and sometimes it's even daily visits for projects to capture the progress," O'Shea said. "What is different between the visits? What is the stage that this project is at?"
O'Shea said some companies use drones to make sure safety protocols are being followed at construction sites or to create marketing materials for their projects. He also said that drones can also be used to create a map of a property before construction begins, which can be useful for landscape design and planning purposes.
"We can fly a drone in what they call lawn mower pattern, back and forth, on a property, capture 100, 200, 300 individual photos that then get stitched into a single image," he said. "That image provides a great deal of detail that people can zoom in on."
The Regional Planning Commission previously used a drone to conduct a land use study of the Hall of Fame Village several years ago through a grant it received from the Federal Highway Administration.
"It was kind of a yearlong process," Nau said. "There was a big committee, and the consultant hired a drone operator to fly some aerial footage as part of that project because we were looking at some different transportation options."
Nau said the Regional Planning Commission would need to have a certified drone pilot if the agency receives the grant.
"There would be some training involved with our local staff," he said.
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DELL CITY, Texas — Guadalupe Mountains National Park has decided to close all wilderness campgrounds due to extreme fire danger.
The high temperatures and wildfire activity in far West Texas and Southwest area of New Mexico are main reasons for these temporary emergency closures.
According to the National Park Service, park rangers have seen an increase in illegal fire activity by visitors at the campgrounds in the Guadalupe Mountains. All the trails in the park will still remain open for day hiking. The closures will not be lifted until fire conditions improve in this area.
People can visit the park's website for more information about the dangerous fire and conditions within the park. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/all-wilderness-campgrounds-in-guadalupe-mountains-national-park-closed-due-to-fire-danger/513-17ef4923-1251-433f-8002-71a33feeaece | 2023-06-27T16:40:33 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/all-wilderness-campgrounds-in-guadalupe-mountains-national-park-closed-due-to-fire-danger/513-17ef4923-1251-433f-8002-71a33feeaece |
MIDLAND, Texas — After concluding their executive session around 11:00 p.m. on June 26, the Midland ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved District 3 Trustee Tommy Bishop as the next Midland ISD Board President.
Bishop has been on the Midland ISD Board of Trustees since 2006. Bishop was born and raised in Crane, and also attended Sul Ross State University. There, he played football and baseball for the university.
Before Midland ISD, Bishop also served on the Board of Trustees for Crane ISD for 12 years with two of those years holding the role of Board President.
Along with Bishop, the Midland ISD Board of Trustees also unanimously approved District 4 Trustee Katie Joyner and District 2 Trustee Robert Marquez as the next Board Vice President and Secretary, respectively.
This re-organization of board positions comes after former Board President Bryan Murry resigned from his position earlier this month due to state nepotism laws. Murry was the District 7 Trustee, which left a spot open for District 7.
Earlier in the board meeting, the board appointed Stephanie Mead to serve as the District 7 Trustee until the November 2023 Special Election.
The next monthly board meeting for Midland ISD will be on July 25 at 5:30 p.m. at the Bowie Fine Arts Academy Auditorium. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/midland-isd-board-of-trustees-unanimously-approves-tommy-bishop-as-next-board-president/513-69bb9ede-5aea-4647-bcbd-f8071759aff8 | 2023-06-27T16:40:34 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/midland-isd-board-of-trustees-unanimously-approves-tommy-bishop-as-next-board-president/513-69bb9ede-5aea-4647-bcbd-f8071759aff8 |
DULUTH — You don’t have to go camping this week in the Northland to get that familiar smell of woodsmoke. Forest fires in Ontario and Quebec are again sending smoke south over Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued yet another air-quality alert warning residents that the air over much of eastern Minnesota, including Northeastern Minnesota, where the air was considered unhealthy for everyone at mid-morning.
The alert, which runs through Wednesday, suggests people avoid strenuous activities outdoors to prevent the smoke from getting into their lungs. People with breathing, heart or lung ailments are especially likely to experience issues.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources also has issued an air-quality alert for much of the state due to the wildfire smoke.
Very thick smoke was hanging over Duluth on Tuesday morning with the smell of smoke even permeating into homes.
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SAN ANTONIO — After 53 migrants were found dead in an 18-wheeler on a scorching summer day this time last year, a memorial was erected to honor their lives. Despite being a place for people to pay their respects, the site has been vandalized and even set on fire.
KENS 5 reporter Allysa Tellez introduces us to a man who looks after the memorial, visiting at least once day.
“Every day. Every day.”
Along Quintana Road, in front of the bustling trains and tall weeds, stands a makeshift memorial where 53 people, with hope for a life in the United States, died in the suffocating heat of a trailer.
Memorial for 53 migrants on Quintana Road
“We regret it. It’s terrible because of the way… of the way they died," said Roberto Cristian Rodriguez.
For some, the site comes with a sort of heaviness… the pain.
But by now, Rodriguez knows it well.
“I’m already used to this era. I’m already used to this environment," said Rodriguez.
The way the wind blows through the pride of each country’s flag, the flowers adorn each cross or how a bible sits propped open with a rock, offering those who believe solace and protection.
“I’m from Honduras and in Honduras, we don’t understand a lot about the Virgin Mary," said Rodriguez. "That is, there are Catholics, but I’m not Catholic. But I respect it."
But every day, sometimes even twice, Rodriguez looks after the site with care.
“I’m in charge of doing what needs to be done here," said Rodriguez.
He does so for several reasons. Twenty years ago, he made the same dangerous journey to the United States and nearly died. But he also knows the family of some of the victims: Gustavo Santillan, Alejandro Caballero, and Margie Paz.
“She always calls and tells me that she knows I don’t have family here, but look, you do me a favor since I can’t go," said Rodriguez. "Clean it, take flowers. And that’s what I tell the contributors. That at least we make sure we realize that there are people in our countries that can’t come and we are here. We can give a little time to help that family.”
Paving the way for other visitors, Rodriquez says people are always coming by to pay their respects.
“From different places," said Rodriguez. "Yesterday, yesterday a family from laredo visited us.”
But there are times when these visits go unwanted. San Antonio Police and fire have responded to the memorial at least seven times in the last year. The memorial has been vandalized, and even set on fire by a woman in her forties back in November of last year.
She told investigators she was doing “God’s work.”
It forced Rodriguez and other volunteers to make the repairs.
"Don’t treat them like bad people but people with serious problems and people with problems will make mistakes," said Rodriguez. “Have a moment of awareness.”
With faith and determination, Rodriguez still has plans for the memorial. He wants to build a mural that will include the faces, names and the places each victim came from.
“So we need volunteers to help us," said Rodriguez. "More than anything, we need more material and manual labor.”
For Rodriguez, the tragedy is a reminder of the ongoing danger of human trafficking.
“They’re not cattle," said Rodriguez. "They’re not birds. They’re humans just like them.”
And a reminder that life is filled with heartbreak.
"We must overcome them anyway," said Rodriguez. "That’s life and that’s normal.”
But this is a place to remember.
“We need to make sure we remember it’s a tragedy we regret and will regret," said Rodriguez. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/meet-the-man-who-visits-the-site-where-53-migrants-lost-their-lives-quintanna-road-deadliest-tragedy-san-antonio-texas/273-4a4a60d9-3c47-4ae7-bbe9-90c3b53c3146 | 2023-06-27T16:42:47 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/meet-the-man-who-visits-the-site-where-53-migrants-lost-their-lives-quintanna-road-deadliest-tragedy-san-antonio-texas/273-4a4a60d9-3c47-4ae7-bbe9-90c3b53c3146 |
TEXAS, USA — Texans rejoice! You spoke out and asked what happened to some of your favorite items at Whataburger, and they actually listened.
Starting Tuesday, June 27, fan favorites like the Jalapeño Cheddar Biscuit, the Southern Bacon Double and even the Banana Pudding Shake are back on the menu, but only for a limited time.
One of the franchise's most popular breakfast items has made a triumphant return. The Whataburger Jalapeño Cheddar Biscuit is back to give your breakfast the perfect spicy kick.
Also making it's way back to the menu is the Whataburger Southern Bacon Double, which combines the crunch of fresh slaw with their classic Bacon & Cheese Whataburger. Whataburger says it perfectly capturing the essence of a Southern backyard BBQ.
And to satisfy your sweet tooth, the Whataburger Banana Pudding Shake is back offering a unique spin on comfort food classics like banana sundaes and banana pudding.
Lastly, a take on a classic returns, the all-new Whataburger BLT, which is served on Texas Toast and packed with crispy bacon, crisp lettuce, fresh tomato and bold flavor.
These items will only be available for a limited time, so get them while you can!
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10 years after son died in Yarnell Hill Fire, family looks 'to give back some of the love'
Ten years after losing his son alongside 18 of his fellow Granite Mountain Hotshots during 2013's Yarnell Hill Fire, Joe Woyjeck and his family have largely shifted their focus to turning tragedy into something worthwhile.
“We try to make a positive out of a negative, and we count our blessings every day,” Joe said, himself a retired firefighter who spent decades with the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
In addition to joining the National Fallen Firefighter Foundation's peer support teams, and sharing their personal story of loss and grief to help others, they have created a non-profit in their son's memory.
Kevin Woyjeck was only 21 when he died on June 30, 2013, coming from a family where joining the fire service is practically in the DNA.
“He’s the ninth firefighter in our family, and he was following in my footsteps," Joe said. "But that’s a dangerous job, and we sometimes forget how dangerous the job really is.”
Despite his relative youth, he had already accumulated a wealth of firefighting experience, including completing the structure fire academy and spending a season on a wildland hand crew in South Dakota. His experience was bolstered by his time in the Los Angeles County Fire Department's Explorer program, which introduces youths to different aspects of the fire service.
After his death, his mother founded the Kevin Woyjeck Explorers for Life Association, an organization geared toward helping underserved youth benefit from local Explorer and first responder education programs.
“Kevin loved being a fire Explorer,” Joe said.
“When the crew was lost, my wife’s idea was to give back some of the love that the community and the fire service gave our family,” he said.
Over the past decade, the organization has donated about $500,000 to help young people become first responders across the country.
Through his position as the current president of the nonprofit, Joe has spoken at various Explorer graduations where he's been approached by parents worried about sending their kids off into a career that puts them in harm's way.
He obviously understands their concerns, he said, especially after losing his own son. But he thinks back to when he was first starting out, and nothing his parents, or anyone, said would have changed his mind.
"They have to do what they have to do,” he said. "Obviously we need more first responders, and it’s a proud and noble and dangerous profession."
For some people, like he and his son, this career feels like destiny.
“That’s my calling, and that was his calling, and what he wanted to do,” he said.
Aside from firefighting practically running in their blood, Kevin and his two siblings were steeped in the culture of the fire service from a young age, tagging along to the Los Angeles County Fire Museum as their dad worked to restore old fire engines.
Kevin's ultimate goal was to become a firefighter in Los Angeles County, where his father worked and where he spent so much time as a kid.
“The goal was for him to follow in my footsteps, which is awesome, but to make his own name. He wasn’t going to ride my coattail into the fire service,” he said.
Kevin planned to go to paramedic school next but first, he told his family he wanted to get one more year of experience as a hotshot before settling down in California.
A decade later:What's planned to honor fallen Granite Mountain Hotshots 10 years after Yarnell Hill Fire
Joe accompanied his son to Prescott for his agility test in the spring of 2013, the only dad in the bleachers, he said. And while he noticed Kevin was clearly younger than the majority of the guys testing with him, he points to a moment that he said exemplified his son’s true mentality, which he thinks helped him stand out.
“I’ll never forget, he left the pull-ups. He was exhausted because he just gave it his all, but he came back onto the track and started running with the guys who were struggling,” he said. “That was the personality he had."
Kevin joined the Granite Mountain Hotshots at the beginning of April 2013. At the same time, the department where he saw his career in the long run had begun testing for new positions. Joe, thinking about his son's future, proposed that he come and take the test just to get the ball rolling even though he might not actually be hired for another year.
“I can’t leave this team to go take a test for another department,” Kevin responded.
He had made a commitment to the 20-man crew and he couldn't leave them shorthanded during what was already a busy fire season that spring.
“I was looking at a giant picture, and he was looking at his team picture right then and there, that’s just how he was wired," Joe said. "Just a good kid.”
Kevin and 18 of his crewmates died less than three months after he made the decision to stay with his team.
The crew became trapped in a canyon during a flashover, their situation further complicated by problems with radio communications that caused challenges in determining the crew's exact location.
Joe and other hotshot families have long pushed for advancements in technology used in the field.
“I’m feeling that had they known where that crew was that day, that that crew may still be here,” Joe said. “Technology has come to the point where they’re able to track, in real time, firefighters in the structure world and the wildland world.”
And the same way his son had prioritized his team that spring, Joe emphasized that while he was speaking about his son, this story is and will always be about honoring and remembering the entire crew.
"We know that 19 families have 19 different stories, and we love all of the families and we want them all to heal and to find happiness," he said.
There are multiple memorials planned for the 10th anniversary on June 30 both in Prescott and beyond.
The Woyjecks have organized a memorial at the Los Angeles County Fire Museum, where Kevin spent so much time growing up and which helped foster his love for firefighting. Doors for the event will open at 3 p.m. on June 30, with services starting at 4 p.m. There will be an observance of 19 seconds of silence at 4:42 p.m. before the event switches gears to become a celebration of life at 5 p.m.
Reach the reporter at LLatch@gannett.com.
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UA-led spacecraft with sample from ancient asteroid to return to Earth this fall
A capsule containing a specimen from an ancient asteroid is set to land on Earth on Sept. 24 from the first U.S. spacecraft to embark on such a mission. The sample could contain important data about how life evolved on Earth and help scientists better understand asteroids and how to deflect them.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration mission, led by the University of Arizona, launched OSIRIS-REx, an unmanned spacecraft, in 2016 to collect a sample from Bennu, an ancient asteroid billions of years old.
What is OSIRIS-REx?
OSIRIS-REx, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer, landed on Bennu on Dec. 3, 2018, to collect a sample of the asteroid's surface, consisting of loose soil and rocky material.
What do scientists hope to learn from the mission?
Scientists would like to learn more about the origins of Earth and how to protect Earth from potential future collisions.
OSIRIS-REx:5 things to know about the mission headed by UA professor
What will happen before and during the landing?
The sample capsule will parachute down to Earth, landing in the Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training Range, 80 miles southwest of Salt Lake City.
To prepare for the landing, a drop test of the sample capsule will be conducted from about 5,000 feet to review recovery efforts.
On Sept. 24, the capsule will land and be taken by helicopter to a pop-up cleanroom.
How can the public view the landing?
On Sept. 24, the capsule with the sample will parachute down to Earth. The landing will be broadcast at 7 a.m. Arizona time (8 a.m. MDT), air on NASA TV and stream on the NASA app and the agency’s website.
What will the process to open the capsule entail?
On Sept. 25, the capsule will be flown to the Johnson Space Center in Houston where the canister will be opened over several days.
On the first day, the lid will be taken off. Then on the following day, the base plate will be removed. On the last day, the curation team will open the canister, revealing the contents of the sample.
How will the public be able to view the capsule’s contents?
On Oct. 11, NASA will reveal the sample to media at NASA's OSIRIS-REx Curation Laboratory at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The university is leading the science team while Lockheed Martin Space, who built the spacecraft, will be responsible for the capsule recovery.
What is Bennu?
Bennu is a carbon-rich near-earth asteroid that could contain information about the origins of life. It measures one-third of a mile wide at its equator and has an orbital distance from the Sun of about 105 million miles.
Scientists calculated that Bennu formed within the first 10 million years of Earth's solar system’s history.
Could Bennu collide with Earth?
As one of the most potentially hazardous asteroids, it could collide with Earth late in the 22nd century, driving scientists to learn more about the asteroid to potentially mitigate a future collision.
According to NASA, the risk is small, with just a 1-in-2,700 chance that the asteroid could impact the Earth in the next century.
Reach the reporter at sarah.lapidus@gannett.com. The Republic’s coverage of southern Arizona is funded, in part, with a grant from Report for America. To support regional Arizona news coverage like this, make a tax deductible donation at supportjournalism.azcentral.com. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-science/2023/06/27/osiris-rex-capsule-ancient-asteroid-sample-return/70357435007/ | 2023-06-27T16:48:41 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-science/2023/06/27/osiris-rex-capsule-ancient-asteroid-sample-return/70357435007/ |
Proceed with caution: These are the Phoenix's area's most dangerous intersections
The number of road crash fatalities in Arizona reached a 15-year high in 2021 when 1,180 people died in accidents across the state, according to data from the Arizona Department of Transportation.
Many of these fatalities happened at intersections.
The Maricopa Association of Governments tracks reports of crashes at intersections and gives a glimpse of where drivers might need to exercise extra caution. According to the association's records, 60% of traffic injuries and 40% of fatalities in road crashes in central Arizona occur at intersections.
Between 2017 and 2021, more than 400 crashes occurred at 99th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road in the Phoenix suburb of Tolleson, making it the riskiest intersection in the Maricopa Association of Government’s data.
How intersections are ranked
It is not merely the number of crashes that puts the Tolleson intersection at the top of the list of Phoenix's riskiest intersections, said the association's transportation safety program manager, Margaret Herrera.
In fact, there are cases where intersections with fewer crashes are ranked riskier than those with more crashes.
A crash risk score assigned to each intersection takes into account the frequency, severity and type of crash. The 99th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road intersection has a score of 0.953 out of 1.
Hot spot of risky intersections
There is a concentration of dangerous intersections along 35th Avenue in Phoenix. That avenue alone has 13 of the 100 riskiest intersections across the area the Maricopa Association of Governments tracks in central Arizona, including Maricopa, Florence and Apache Junction in Pinal County.
In the East Valley, the Tempe intersection of Rural Road and University Drive ranks as the 16th most dangerous intersection in the region, accounting for 198 crashes over the past five years.
51st Avenue and Camelback Road in Glendale is the top intersection for risk in the West Valley. It has recorded over 200 road crashes since 2017.
Scottsdale has just one intersection among the 100 riskiest in the Maricopa Association of Government's data. More than 150 crashes happened at the intersection over the period of 2017 to 2021.
Road crash fatalities over the years
Between 2017 and 2021, road crashes in Arizona resulted in 5,223 fatalities, data from the state Transportation Department shows.
Arizona has one of the highest rates of pedestrian deaths in the U.S., at 2.99 per 100,000 people in 2020.
Phoenix is working to reduce pedestrian fatalities. The city has installed at least 85 High Intensity Activated Crosswalk signals — commonly called HAWK beacon signals — since 2009, according to Greg Bach, a spokesperson for the city's transportation department.
Reach the reporters at olakunle.falayi@gannett.com. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-traffic/2023/06/27/maricopa-county-most-dangerous-intersections/70232733007/ | 2023-06-27T16:48:47 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-traffic/2023/06/27/maricopa-county-most-dangerous-intersections/70232733007/ |
Fire restrictions to start for Flagstaff, Coconino National Forest, part of Kaibab National Forest
FLAGSTAFF — As the wildfire season gets underway, the U.S. Forest Service will institute Stage 1 fire and smoking restrictions across the entire Coconino National Forest and the Williams Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest starting at 8 a.m. Thursday.
At the same time, Stage 1 restrictions will also go into effect for both Flagstaff and Coconino County.
This means that fires, campfires, charcoal, coal and wood stoves are prohibited, except within a developed recreation site. Smoking is also prohibited, except within an enclosed vehicle, building or a developed recreation site. As always, fireworks are prohibited on all national forest and state lands.
The U.S. Forest Service implements fire restrictions to help prevent human-caused fires and to limit the exposure of visitors during periods of potentially dangerous fire conditions.
Reach the reporter at LLatch@gannett.com.
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Divers find body of Lake Pleasant swimmer
Fernando Cervantes Jr.
Arizona Republic
Monday afternoon Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office divers recovered the body of a man who drowned while swimming in Lake Pleasant, according to a statement from the agency.
At 11:30 a.m., deputies responded to the Sunset Ridge area of the lake following the report of a possible drowning. A witness informed deputies that a man swimming did not resurface, officials said.
The search lasted for approximately five hours, and the man's body was recovered around 4:30 p.m., said Sgt. Monica Bretado, an MCSO spokesperson.
The man who drowned has not been publicly identified.
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Arizona needs to conserve Colorado River water. Here's a rundown on cities' voluntary cuts
Arizona cities and other entities could serve nearly 2 million households for a year with the amount of water they plan to voluntarily leave behind in the Colorado River the next three years, but they say they're foregoing the supply to help preserve the reservoirs' health.
The Colorado River supplies seven states, Mexico, 5.5 million acres of farmland and 40 million people with drinking water each year.
It's a significant and vital source of drinking water for most Valley cities, making up 40% of Phoenix and Mesa's annual supplies. But a two-decade drought and climate change have shrunk the river. Lake Mead, one of the reservoirs that contains river water to supply lower basin states, such as California, Arizona and Nevada, has been depleted to dangerously low levels.
If the lake's water levels get too low — a scenario called deadpool — the water won't flow downstream or produce hydropower.
For residents, less water means the price for it goes up. Phoenix and Peoria will increase water rates for the upcoming year. Tempe increased water rates in March.
And while last summer Phoenix-area cities focused on encouraging residents' to cut back on water usage, more drastic river conditions now could mean new water restrictions and rules on the horizon.
Phoenix passed new water standards in June for future developments, including neighborhood homeowners associations, that will restrict grass in non-functional spaces and eventually could restrict pool sizes.
Voluntary reductions in use of Colorado River water
The Colorado River's contraction spurred Arizona, Nevada and California to devise a plan to reduce their water use over the next three years by 3 million acre-feet, or enough water for about 2 million households annually.
Participation in the plan is voluntary and incentivized with compensation from the federal Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds. The exchange ranges between $330 and $400 per acre-feet of water.
The plan still has to get federal government approval, which is expected to come this fall, said DeEtte Person, a spokesperson from Central Arizona Project, the entity that delivers Colorado River water throughout greater Phoenix.
The total amount Arizona has agreed to leave behind in the Colorado River remains unclear. The tri-state agreement outlines 3 million total acre-feet, but there's no breakdown for precisely how much each state has to commit, nor what each city within the state has to commit. Those details will be fleshed out after the federal government greenlights the proposal, Person said.
Some Arizona cities and entities decided to leave behind water for compensation as part of a single-year Intentionally Created Surplus agreement with Arizona Department of Water Resources. Those agreements exchanged an acre-foot of water for $330 for 2023.
Seventeen entities in Arizona, including cities, towns, utilities and private companies, have agreed to voluntarily reduce their Colorado River water usage so far, leaving an aggregate 854,000 acre feet of water behind — enough water for approximately 1.7 million households for a year.
Nearly half of that comes from the Gila River Indian Community and Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, which are leaving behind a combined 417,000-acre-feet for nearly $167 million.
Almost one-third comes from greater Phoenix water users and providers. Twelve entities will leave behind 250,875 acre feet of water in exchange for nearly $98 million.
Phoenix represents the lion's share of that cut, at 150,000 acre feet for $60 million over the next three years.
The rest comes from Tucson area entities, including the city. Tucson will leave behind 110,000 acre feet of water between now and 2025 for $44 million.
On top of the voluntary reductions, Arizona has also enacted its own Drought Contingency Plan, which reduces the state's Colorado River supply by 592,000 acre feet, or 21%. That plan requires additional reductions by cities, but they mostly affect agriculture, not residents. Cities are not receiving compensation for DCP-enacted cuts.
The cuts and compensation will affect cities in different ways depending on how much water each leaves behind. The compensation represents more money per acre foot than what each city would typically pay to acquire the water.
For 2023, Central Arizona Project is charging between $217 and $270 per acre foot of water. The rates are set to increase, however, to between $323 and $387 per acre foot in 2028 — between a 44% and 49% jump.
The above-market compensation represents a benefit to municipalities, which raises questions about how the money will be spent. Some cities plan to purchase more water from other sources. Others plan to put the funds toward technology that will help recycle wastewater for drinking purposes, effectively creating a new water source. Other cities have less detailed plans.
The Arizona Republic sought information from the cities, towns and entities below. Varying levels of information were shared, and some entities could not be reached or did not respond.
Information was gathered through department spokespeople, publicly available information on city websites, or through the Central Arizona Project or the state water department. (AF = acre feet.)
The cities, entities that committed to voluntary cuts through 2025
Phoenix
- Water reduction: 150,000 AF (30% cut, according to the city)
- 50,000 AF/year between 2023-2025
- Compensation: $60 million
- Plan for the compensation: Will put the money toward finding new water sources, such as advanced purification technology to make wastewater drinkable, effectively providing a new water supply, said Cynthia Campbell, Phoenix water adviser.
Tucson
- Water reduction: 110,000 AF, according to the city
- 50,000 AF for 2023 (35% cut)
- 30,000 AF for 2024 (21% cut)
- 30,000 AF for 2025 (21% cut)
- Compensation: $44 million
- Plan for the compensation: Invest in technology to treat PFAS chemicals found in the groundwater in the city's northwest service area, then restore impacted groundwater production wells to service, said Timothy Thomure, assistant city manager.
Peoria
- Water reduction: 21,600 AF (21% cut, according to the city)
- 7,200 AF/year between 2023-2025
- Compensation: $8.64 million
- Plan for the compensation: Likely purchase long-term storage credits, said Water Services Director Cape Powers.
Asarco LLC, a mining company
- Water reduction: 56,000 AF
- 14,000 AF for 2023 (67% cut, based on numbers on CAP's website)
- 21,000 AF for 2024 (100% cut)
- 21,000 AF for 2025 (100% cut)
- Compensation: $22.4 million
- Plan for the compensation: The company did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Glendale
- Water reduction: 21,000 AF (31% cut, according to the city)
- 7,000 AF/year between 2023-2025
- Compensation: $8.4 million
- Plan for the compensation: Put back into the city's water systems, including to rehabilitate groundwater wells, said a representative from the city's Water Services Department.
Scottsdale
- Water reduction: 20,479 AF, according to the city
- 9,479 AF for 2023 (12% cut)
- 6,000 AF for 2024 (7% cut)
- 5,000 AF for 2025 (6% cut)
- Compensation: $8 million
- Plan for the compensation: Will go toward water infrastructure in Scottsdale, city spokesperson Kelly Corsette said.
Metropolitan Domestic Water Improvement District in Tucson
- Water reduction: 15,000 AF (37% cut, based on numbers from CAP's website)
- 5,000 AF between 2023-2025
- Compensation: $6 million
- Plan for the compensation: A representative did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Gilbert
- Water reduction: 3,600 AF (4% cut, according to the city)
- 1,200 AF/year between 2023-2025
- Compensation: $1.44 million
- Plan for the compensation: Will go toward alternative renewable water supplies, a city spokesperson said.
The cities, entities that committed to voluntary cuts for 2023
Apache Junction Domestic Water Improvement District
- Water reduction: 999 AF (16% cut, based on numbers from CAP's website)
- Compensation: $330,000
- Plan for the compensation: Did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District
- Water reduction: 10,639 AF (22% cut, according to the district)
- Compensation: $3.5 million
- Plan for the compensation: "Will be used to acquire additional supplies, most likely long-term storage credits," said Laura Grignano, CAGRD manager.
EPCOR, a private water utility regulated by the Arizona Corporation Commission
- Water reduction: 12,772 AF (35% cut, according to Epcor)
- Compensation: $4.2 million
- Plan for the compensation: Will go "toward enhanced conservation programs and offsetting the impact that increased groundwater replenishment district fees can have on customers," said a company spokesperson.
Mesa
- Water reduction: 1,300 AF (2.5% cut, according to the city)
- Compensation: $429,000
- Plan for the compensation: Will go into the general fund for a variety of purposes, said Kathy Macdonald, Mesa's water resources planning advisor.
Salt River Project
- Water reduction: 1,620 AF (100% cut, according to SRP)
- Compensation: $534,600
- Plan for the compensation: Acquire existing long-term storage credits to offset groundwater use at SRP power plants, according to an SRP spokesperson.
Surprise
- Water reduction: 3,249 AF (32% cut, according to the city)
- Compensation: $1.07 million
- Plan for the compensation: To purchase new water supplies, potentially including long-term storage credits or other possibilities, said Amanda Lacey, Surprise's water resource analyst.
Queen Creek
- Water reduction: 3,617 AF (100% cut, according to the town)
- Compensation: $1.2 million
- Plan for the compensation: Has not yet provided information.
Rosemont Copper
- Water reduction: 843 AF
- Compensation: $278,000
- Plan for the compensation: Has not yet provided information.
Freeport Minerals Corporation
- Water reduction: 4,258 AF
- Compensation: $1.4 million
- Plan for the compensation: Could not be reached.
Cities not participating in the voluntary reduction
A handful of cities told The Republic they wouldn't relinquish Colorado River supplies, for a variety of reasons. Some cities, such as Buckeye, get so little river water already that the reduction and compensation is negligible. Others said they simply need it.
- Avondale: Undetermined, according to a city spokesperson.
- Buckeye: Already seeing most of its supply cut from the state-enacted Drought Contingency Plan. Will keep its very small remaining water allocation, a city spokesperson said.
- Tempe: No explanation given.
- Chandler: Needs the Colorado River water because the plant that treats its Salt River water is undergoing upgrades, so its capacity is reduced, according to a city official.
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He was awaiting trial on another charge, then took part in a Phoenix robbery that left 2 dead
A Phoenix man who took part in a robbery that left two men dead was sentenced to 25 years in prison for second-degree murder.
Maricopa County Superior Court judge Daniel Martin handed Joshua Charles Bivens, 34, the punishment Friday after less than an hour of judicial proceedings and victim impact statements.
In 2021, Michael Kisselburg and Yacov "Jacob" Yehuda died after Bivens and two other men committed a planned armed robbery in Phoenix, according to court records. At the time, Bivens was out of custody, on the promise he would show up to court hearings, as he was awaiting trial on a 2020 charge of aggravated assault.
Bivens initially was charged with two counts first-degree murder, armed robbery, and attempt to commit armed robbery. He pleaded guilty to one second-degree murder charge last month.
Bivens, who did not fire a gun, is the only one of the three men involved to be sentenced for this crime. One died in prison, and the other has not been found.
Martin also sentenced Bivens to 7 1/2 years in the 2020 assault, to which he also pleaded guilty last month. That sentence will be served concurrently with his murder sentence.
What happened at the apartment complex?
About 2:25 a.m. July 25, 2021, Phoenix police responded to a shooting call at an apartment complex near 19th Avenue and Thunderbird Road. Officers found Kisselburg and Yehuda suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the parking lot. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
Chastain McHann, Kisselburg's girlfriend, was there and told officers that the three were hanging out at the apartment. McHann told police that while together, someone knocked on the door. She said they checked the security camera and saw a male at the door that they didn't recognize, so they did not answer.
Kisselburg, with McHann's gun, and Yehuda went outside some time later and interacted with Bryan Neal Odea, court documents show. When the two returned to the apartment, Kisselburg told McHann that Odea had backed into his Mercedes, so they had to exchange insurance information. Kisselburg and Yehuda then went back to talk to Odea, leaving the gun in the apartment.
McHann moved to the patio, and while up there, she told police that she saw a male with a red bandana and another "homeless looking male" with a green shirt. She told police she saw the first male pull a gun out and shoot at Kisselburg and Yehuda, according to court documents. After that, she said she went inside to hide, where she heard up to six more shots.
Court documents state that on July 27, police were told by a confidential source that Bivens was involved in a double murder and was staying at a motel near 19th Avenue and Greenway Road. Police had the area under surveillance when they saw Bivens on a balcony and noticed he had a limp.
Police also looked at surveillance video from the hotel and saw that a black Nissan had come to the hotel shortly after the shooting. Court documents state that a witness from the shooting saw the men involved get into a black Nissan. Police found that Odea has a black Nissan Altima registered to him.
Police arrested Bivens the same day, and he agreed to speak with detectives.
Bivens said he, Odea, and a man named Johnny Lopez planned to rob Kisselburg, according to court documents. Bivens said he was promised a share of the stolen money. He told police that Kisselburg was a suspected drug dealer, according to court documents. The plan, he said, was for Odea to damage Kisselburg's car so they could get Kisselburg to come outside. Bivens said he was given a gun and was supposed to act as security.
On the night of the incident, Odea kicked the tailgate of Kisselburg's car before going up to the apartment, according to court documents. Bivens said he saw Odea speak to Kisselburg and Yehuda. Then Odea left in his Nissan, claiming he was going to get money, and returned a few minutes later.
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On his return, Odea, Bivens, and Lopez pointed their guns at Kisselburg and Yehuda, and Odea demanded their property, court documents show.
Kisselburg then started to physically fight Bivens, but Odea shot Kisselburg and Yehuda, according to court documents. The documents also show that Odea shot Bivens in the abdomen.
Odea then started to take property from Yehuda's pockets while he was lying on the ground, but Yehuda took out a gun and shot Odea in the buttocks, according to court documents. In response, Odea shot Kisselburg and Yehuda again and took money from Yehuda's pockets, according to court documents.
Bivens told police that Odea told him to pick up the gun Yehuda brought out. After picking it up, Bivens said he dropped it, which caused it to fire. He and Odea then got into the black Nissan and left for the hotel, court documents show.
In his interview with police, Bivens identified Odea as the other man with him in a screenshot from security video from the apartment complex.
The court documents, which include little detail about Lopez's involvement, do not say whether Lopez also got into the car.
At Friday's sentencing, prosecutors stated that Bivens was not the one who pulled the trigger on Kisselburg and Yehuda.
Where are the other suspects now?
On July 30, 2021, police arrested Odea. In his interview with police, he admitted to being at the apartment complex after he was shown surveillance photos, court documents show. However, he denied being involved with the robbery. He told police he did not know how, and by who, he got shot in the buttocks, court documents show.
Blood samples collected at the scene of the incident alerted police of a Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) hit, tracing the samples to Odea, according to court documents. CODIS is a national database of known criminal offenders.
Police also found two guns in Odea's apartment, and he admitted to being a prohibited possessor. He was indicted on the same charges as Bivens. Odea pleaded not guilty.
In May 2022, Odea's case was dismissed with prejudice because he took his own life while in custody, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. At the time, he was going through pre-trial hearings.
Fathers lost, families broken
In Maricopa County's Central Court Building, eight people attended Bivens' sentencing.
Four people showed up on behalf of Kisselburg, including his mother and father. The remaining four were present to support Bivens, including his father, stepmother and brother.
Gail Kennedy, Kisselburg's mother, was the first one to make a statement.
"The intent was just to commit robbery with three other people. But it ended in the deaths of two wonderful young men. One of them, my son." Kennedy said that their family has lost a joyful member of their family — she said nothing has and never will be the same again.
She also said that McHann, Kisselburg's fiancée, "will never know how wonderful their life might have flourished." On top of that, she said, McHann has suffered immensely since she witnessed Kisselburg get shot.
"How can anyone ever overcome the trauma of witnesses someone shooting her husband-to-be, love of her life, and best friend?" Kennedy said.
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Kennedy said she has lost sleep, has fought serious illnesses and can barely "stumble" through her days since her son died. What has caused her to lose the most sleep, she said, was that her son's death could have been prevented if Bivens were not on release in the aggravated assault case.
"The judge at the time allowed him to roam free while waiting for his trial. The result was the death of my son," she said.
Philip Kisselburg, Kisselburg's father, read a letter to the court on behalf of Kisselburg's daughter, Alyssa. He choked up at times, and at one point when he needed to take a long pause, Kennedy joined him at the podium to take over reading. She brought with her tissues and a comforting hand.
In the letter, Kisselburg's daughter, who is a young adult, wrote that other girls her age have their fathers available in their lives to give advice, take them to ballgames, treat them to dinner, meet their new date help them with their schoolwork, and more. Since Bivens took that away just over two years ago, she no longer has that and won't be able to have future memories to look forward to, such as him walking her down the aisle at her marriage or him being a grandfather.
No one made a statement in court for Yehuda, but his daughter Bree-Anne submitted a statement to the court for Bivens' presentence report.
"As a child, I feared monsters. I believed those monsters only existed in my nightmares," she wrote, "On July 25, 2021, those nightmares became my reality when my father was senselessly shot and killed."
She wrote that she never got to say goodbye to her dad. He asked to see her the day before he died, but she said she couldn't. Since then, Yehuda wrote she wonders if he'd still be alive if she went to see him. Like Kisselburg's daughter, she also wrote about the loss of future experiences with her dad.
Yehuda also wrote that the loss has altered her dream job as a registered nurse in the ICU, something she has worked hard for. She wrote that having to work with families experiencing loss daily would remind her of her enormous loss.
Yehuda said her last goodbye with her dad was a one-way conversation with his lifeless body.
"I held his cold, stiff hands, and when I squeezed, they didn't squeeze back the way they usually did," she wrote.
Bivens' family did not speak. However, they made their support known through letters submitted to the court before Friday.
His father, Henry Bivens, wrote a little about who his son is — kind, loving, happy and caring. He agreed that Bivens made an "extremely bad choice" but said that he knew in his heart that his son is very remorseful and regrets his actions. He wrote that Bivens has been on his best behavior while incarcerated and asked the court for forgiveness.
Bivens' sibling and stepmother also submitted letters asking for leniency and wrote that Bivens is respectful, productive and a "hard worker, loving father, brother, and son."
Bivens apologized to the victim's families in court and said he wish he listened to his own family. He admitted that spending time around the wrong people had caused two families a loss. Bivens said his family, including his daughter, are experiencing a loss, too. He said he prays for the victims' families, his own family, and for God to forgive him.
Martin said he could tell Bivens had genuine remorse and acknowledged that Bivens has a great support system. But even though he cooperated and took responsibility, Martin said that the aggravating factors had more weight.
"Your actions have brought you before the court today," Martin said, "I think you are aware of the harm, not only that you have caused to the victims and their families, but to your own family, who will miss you greatly."
After the sentencing, Philip Kisselburg still wanted more from the court.
"He got the 25 years, but that's not enough," he said, "He killed two people."
According to Philip Kisselburg, Lopez has not yet been found by law enforcement.
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Approximately 700 Dominion Energy customers in the Richmond region remain without power Tuesday afternoon, after overnight storms caused numerous outages.
According to Dominion Energy's outage map, around 350 of the outages are in Fairfield near the district's public library branch, with another 240 customers out of power in South Richmond.
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WATERLOO — Smoke from Canadian forest fires is again being felt in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls area.
On Tuesday morning, Waterloo had an air quality index reading of 174, according to the website AirNow.gov. The index runs from zero to 500 with the higher the number, the worse the air quality.
The air quality is currently designated “unhealthy,” according to the site. The site warns people to reduce outdoor activity and consider going indoors if they have symptoms.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has also issued an air quality advisory for the state through Wednesday.
“Elevated levels of fine particulates may be a concern over the next several days as the smoke moves through the state,” according to the DNR alert. “The DNR recommends that people reduce long or intense activities, and take more breaks during outdoor activities until air quality conditions improve. The recommendation is especially pertinent to individuals with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teenagers, and outdoor workers. People in these categories should consider rescheduling or moving outdoor activities indoors.”
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Imagine stepping into a painting by Vincent van Gogh.
The colors swirl around you and the images of landscapes and self-portraits by the 19th century Post-Impressionist artist suck you into a 360-degree virtual world.
That’s what you will experience when “Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience” comes to Oro Valley Marketplace, 12155 N. Oracle Road, in late July.
“It allows the interactive portion to be deconstructed so that you can see how the art is put together. You are immersed in it,” said Paul Melcher, director of Oro Valley Community and Economic Development, who experienced a similar show in Paris years ago. “It’s one of those times where you walk out and it’s that amazing transcendental experience you want from art.”
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Dates for the exhibit have not been released pending town permits for emergency exits and public safety measures, Melcher said, but tickets (starting at $24.90 for adults, $14.90 for children) go on sale at 9 a.m. Thursday, June 29, through vangoghexpo.com/tucson.
The exhibit will be open Thursdays through Mondays.
The immersive exhibit will be housed in the expansive retail space that was home to Cost Plus World Market and will feature cutting-edge digital projections and groundbreaking virtual reality that organizers say brings to life 300 van Gogh paintings.
More than 5 million people have seen “Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience” since its creator, Exhibition Hub, launched it in 2017. The exhibit is presented in partnership with Fever, a global “live-entertainment discovery platform.”
Melcher said landing the exhibit in Oro Valley reinforces the northwest-side town’s arts and culture reputation. The town, which emphasizes public community arts for new developments, is home to the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance, which has a long history of presenting arts and cultural events throughout the region and the greater Tucson area.
“(Having the exhibit) reinforces our status as a premier arts and culture community,” Melcher said.
“This experience is perfectly at home in the Tucson area’s lively arts and entertainment scene, which honors cultural diversity and truly appreciates artistic achievement,” Exhibition Hub CEO Mario Iacampo said in a written release.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Non-U.S. citizens would be able to teach in Pennsylvania classrooms in a measure passed by the state House of Representatives on Monday.
The bill passed 110-93. It now goes on to the state Senate, which is considering its own version of the measure.
The legislation would allow teachers with a valid immigrant visa, work visa or employment authorization documentation to be eligible for certification to teach in Pennsylvania schools.
Currently, the state prohibits non-U.S. citizens from teaching unless they are applying to teach a foreign language or have a green card and have documented their intent to become a citizen. Additionally, young immigrants, who are living in the country undocumented and are protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and can legally work, are not eligible for teacher certification in the state.
Sponsors for the bill say it will help offset the decline in teachers — with fewer new teachers certifying and higher teacher attrition in the state. It also would help chip away at the gap between the percentage of students of color and teachers of color, sponsors said.
“Let’s as a collective tackle this growing problem and let’s continue to eliminate some of these barriers that don’t apply to most careers in the Commonwealth, let alone in the United States,” said the bill’s primary sponsor, Rep. Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz, a Democrat from Berks County. “We have so many people that are qualified.”
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state court on Tuesday rejected the latest Republican effort to throw out the presidential battleground state’s broad mail-in voting law that has become a GOP target following former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about election fraud.
It is the latest of several refusals by a state court to invalidate Pennsylvania’s 2019 mail-in voting law, enacted barely months before the COVID-19 pandemic began and Trump began attacking mail-in voting.
In the lawsuit filed last year, 14 current and former Republican state lawmakers contended that the court must invalidate the law because two earlier court decisions triggered a provision written into it that says it is “void” if any of its requirements are struck down in court.
Those decisions, they argued, refused to enforce a requirement that a voter handwrite a date on the outer envelope of their mail-in ballot if the ballot is to be counted.
But the Commonwealth Court, in a 24-page opinion, unanimously found that the court decisions did not invalidate “the dating provision” of the law. It dismissed the lawsuit, in favor of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration and the national and state Democratic parties.
Greg Teufel, the lawyer for the 14 Republican lawmakers, said he expects to appeal to the state Supreme Court, which has twice upheld the mail-in voting law against previous Republican-backed challenges.
In an interview, Teufel said he disagreed with the court’s rationale, saying that the court is ignoring the plain language of the law.
“They’re sidestepping a critical issue, just pretending they don’t see it,” Teufel said.
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Since then, opponents formed a community action group, Frick Park Friends, and drafted a petition, hoping to block those efforts. Neighbors said they have their reasons for opposing the plan.
“This 162-unit building, with only 182 parking spots and no access to transportation, is going to create a safety and traffic hazard,” said Vicki Yann. “It’s on a windy road at a hairpin turn and part of the concerns that we have is a — the area zone — P for ‘Park.” What that area should be is a buffer zone between high-density residential areas and the park.”
Yann is talking about Frick Park, which butts up against the Forward Avenue site, as well as Nine Mile Run Stream. Craft is asking the zoning board for special permission to build there due to the building’s size and location.
“The developer is asking for four variances. The most concerning ones, obviously, are the building height, which is 87 feet, when only 40 feet of height is allowed in a ‘P’ zone.” Yann said.
In May, a spokesperson for Craft said the sale of the Irish Centre’s property is contingent on that zoning board approval.
Channel 11 reached out to Craft for a statement on Tuesday, but a representative said the company has no comment at this time.
In the meantime, Frick Park Friends collected more than 1,500 signatures and is encouraging neighbors in Swisshelm Park to reach out to the zoning board. The hearing is set for Aug. 3.
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Dallas Police are investigating the death of a 39-year-old man after he was taken into custody as a person of interest in an ongoing murder investigation.
Police conducted a traffic stop involving the man, Xzavier Franklin, on the morning of June 21. Franklin was then taken to Dallas Police Headquarters to be interviewed regarding the investigation.
According to body camera footage released by Dallas Police, Franklin was vomiting following the interview. Dallas Police said he told officers that he was feeling ill and needed to go to the hospital.
Dallas Fire-Rescue transported Franklin to a local hospital where he died a few hours later. The cause of death is currently unknown.
This is the second death in custody involving a Dallas police officer this year. In January, 43-year-old Manuel Najera went into cardiac arrest and died in a hospital shortly after he was taken into custody.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — If you’re looking to add a new pet to your family, you’ll have an opportunity to do so at a discounted cost next month.
BISSELL Pet Foundation is teaming up with MetLife Pet Insurance to host its “Empty the Shelters” event from July 6 to 31.
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In total, 335 shelters in 44 states will have spayed/neutered and vaccinated pets available for adoption for $50 or less. Twenty-one shelters in Florida are participating, including four in Central Florida:
- Flagler Humane Society
- Halifax Humane Society Inc.
- Orange County Animal Services
- YOUR Humane Society SPCA
Read: Hot dog: 5 ways to keep pets safe in hot weather; what to do during heatstroke
Organizers said not every shelter is participating for the full event. Potential adopters are encouraged to visit the “Empty the Shelters” website here to find the nearest participating shelter and confirm their adoption day details. www.bissellpetfoundation.org/empty-the-shelters/
Organizers said the “Empty the Shelters” is the nation’s largest funded adoption event, and has helped nearly 158,000 pets find homes with an average of 1,200 pets adopted per day during quarterly national events.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Tens of thousands of Florida parents recently got some great news after their child was awarded a state-funded scholarship.
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It’s all part of the governor’s new voucher program.
If you’re a parent who applied for a state-funded private school scholarship, there’s a good chance you got an email saying your scholarship was awarded.
Watch: DeSantis’ Florida school voucher program sees more parents applying for scholarships
“We’ve approved 150,000 applications,” said Doug Tuthill with Step Up For Students.
Tuthill said his organization is handling the majority of the new applications for Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new Florida’s Family Empowerment Scholarship voucher program.
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“It’s going to be a world record for Florida and for the whole country actually,” Tuthill said. “We will service about three times more students at step up for students than the other 49 states combine.”
The scholarship money will be put in a special state-managed account.
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It’s up to parents to provide the private school their child is attending with the information and the amount.
To do that login to your education management assistant account or ema for short, tap the three lines and choose the “my student” option in the top left corner.
More information on Florida’s Family Empowerment Scholarship voucher program can be found here.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The body of a man was discovered in a wooded area near a busy stretch of roadway in west Orange County Tuesday morning.
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Sheriff’s deputies responded to West Colonial Drive between Hiawassee Road and Powers Drive around 10:30 a.m.
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Channel 9 was at the scene and watched as deputies concentrated on a wooded area along the north side of Colonial Drive, behind some businesses.
An employee at an area business told Eyewitness News that he came across the remains and alerted deputies.
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The Orange County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that a man’s body was located, but said it was too early to determine if foul play was involved.
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STOCKTON, Calif — Law enforcement busted a sideshow in Stockton Sunday, arresting 12 people and impounding 15 vehicles, according to the Stockton Police Department.
Police pulled over 98 cars and gave out 41 citations. Among the 12 arrests were five firearm-related arrests, two pursuit-related arrests, and five other arrests which weren't clarified.
People can call the Stockton Police Department at (209) 937-8377 or Crime Stoppers at (209) 946-0600 to report sideshows. People can remain anonymous.
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DALLAS — Lauren Siler and Lisa Flores knew time was not on their side.
But in the end, they got more time than they expected.
They first spotted Annie on an Instagram account that shares information about dogs at Dallas Animal Services in desperate need of help.
And Annie was desperate.
The post said the family who surrendered her said she was 19 years old and had stopped eating and walking.
Annie was in jeopardy of being euthanized.
Working with The Pawerful Rescue, the best friends brought Annie home and immediately began spoiling her.
They were told they’d be lucky if they had a month with Annie.
She far exceeded all expectations.
Lauren and Lisa spent the next 12 months working off a bucket list filled with suggestions that came from friends and strangers who began following their journey on social media.
Annie ate In-N-Out and Whataburger and even appeared on a billboard.
Some of her Instagram posts racked up more than 4 million views.
After Annie was featured in a WFAA story, she also appeared in national news outlets.
A full year passed since Lauren and Lisa first saw Annie’s frosted 19-year-old face in the shelter, so they held a 20th birthday party for her on Saturday.
Hours later, Annie declined.
Lauren and Lisa rushed her to a vet and were forced to make the agonizing decision to let Annie go.
“She was with all the people who loved her. She was celebrated. She greeted every dog that came to her party, and then her body decided she was done,” Lauren wrote on Instagram. “I can’t help but think as she looked at me with her head in my lap that she was telling me, see I told you I could hang on for a year!”
Lauren expressed thanks to the millions of people who followed their story and shared in their journey.
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THE COLONY, Texas — A woman's body was found along the shoreline of Lake Lewisville Monday evening, according to The Colony Police Department.
The Colony police said they received a report of a dead person in the lake at approximately 7:28 p.m. on Monday, June 26. Police said the woman's body was located near a camping area in Hidden Cove Park, located on the east side of Lake Lewisville.
The Colony Criminal Investigations Division, Denton County Criminal Investigation Division and Denton County Medical Examiner all responded to the scene.
Police said the body was transported to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office for further investigation. An autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday, The Colony police said.
There were no further details immediately available.
If you have any information about this incident, The Colony police ask you contact detective James Barfield at jbarfield@thecolonytx.gov.
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PLANO, Texas — Plano ranked second in the entire country for best places to rent in 2023, according to a new study.
RentCafe analyzed 136 cities, and each needed at least 10,000 apartment units. They looked 20 metrics divided into three categories: cost of living, local economy and quality of life.
Cost of living & housing:
- Cost of living
- Average apartment size
- Occupancy
- Share of new apartments
- Share of high-end apartments
- Share of renter households
- Upsize cost for an extra bedroom
- Applicants per vacant unit
- Lease renewal rate
Local economy:
- Unemployment rate
- Share of higher educated residents
- Renter Income
- Job growth
- No. of Business applications
Quality of life:
- Apartments in top locations
- Average school quality
- Annual delay per car commuter
- Share of car users
- Natural amenity rank
- Share of days with good air quality
After looking at the metrics, the study showed that southern cities presented the best experience for renters, snagging 36 of the top 50 spots. Texas had a healthy presence in the top 10, taking up four spots:
- Charleston, SC
- Plano, TX
- Scottsdale, AZ
- Atlanta, GA
- Raleigh, NC
- Round Rock, TX
- Austin, TX
- Charlotte, NC
- Conroe, TX
- Arlington, VA
What placed Plano so high on the list was how the city performed in local economy (No. 2) and quality of life (No. 6). In "housing & cost of living," Plano ranked 68th.
“Plano’s reputation for producing great academic achievers make it an ideal spot for families looking for a city with excellent public schools, in addition to its great air quality and significant share of high-end apartments (78.2%),” the study said.
The report noted Plano's ability to house headquarters for large companies — such as Bank of America, Hewlett Packard, FedEX, JCPenney and Pepsi. The city also has one of the highest job growth rates nationwide.
Other North Texas cities that made the list were: Denton (No. 19), Dallas (No. 32) and Fort Worth (No. 37).
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department (APD) is investigating after a person was found dead on West Cesar Chavez Street near Lady Bird Lake.
APD said at 11:49 a.m. Tuesday that officers were on the scene in the 1000 block of West Cesar Chavez, where a dead person had been found.
The Austin Fire Department provided additional context, saying crews received a water rescue call to the area at 10:28 a.m. Crews recovered an "obviously deceased" body, and the person was pronounced dead at 10:59 a.m.
No additional information is available at this time.
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SAN ANTONIO — Thirty-four days after assisting with the school shooting in Uvalde, personnel with the San Antonio Fire Department and Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office were at site of the deadliest human-smuggling case in the country.
It was an unexpected blow.
"Realistically, it was, 'You got to be kidding me,'" Kimberley Molina said. "Because we just came off of one mass-fatality event. And we have another?"
Molina is the chief examiner at the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office. COVID-19, rising homicides and suicides, increased drug overdoses, and a bigger caseload of non-natural deaths were already weighing her staff down.
It all made for a hefty challenge considering her office was down four medical examiners. Still, Molina agreed to help process the 21 victims from the Uvalde.
Then June 27, 2022, happened.
"Got a phone call from dispatch that said that there was a migrant hot truck incident on Quintana Road," SAFD Chief Charles Hood said.
Hood recalled it was near dinner time when SAFD's Engine 52 responded to the 9600 block of Quintana Road. He described the desolate area with broken asphalt along railroad tracks.
"One of my command officers meets me, and he said, 'We have 46 dead,'" Hood said. "And I said, 'What did you say?'"
'Their outcomes were going to be grim'
The EMTs and paramedics triaged each body inside a tractor-trailer-turned-tomb for 53 migrants. Hood said the trailer had no cooling system, and the victims did not have water.
"You could hear people snoring; snoring to us is like agonal respirations. It's those last breaths that you take," he said. "And it was audible throughout that truck—the sounds of people in respiratory distress."
According to the fire chief, the victims would go into respiratory arrest as soon as his crews laid them on the ground.
"In a situation like that, you don't have enough resources to treat every single person," he said. "I'm trying to get them all extricated into a cooler environment."
On the scene, SAFD had 13 fire apparatus with 52 firefighters, 22 medics arriving on 11 EMS units, three battalion chiefs, and 13 command and support personnel.
The numbers could not overcome what crews had to face.
"We knew that we were not going to be able to save the majority of people," Hood said. "We were treating and transporting a lot of them. Their outcomes were going to be grim."
Sixteen were transported for critical emergency care. Seven of those would die, exacerbating the death toll.
Hood described it as cruelty. He said livestock receive better transport than what his eyes witnessed on Quintana Road one year ago.
"A bus wreck is an accident. A plane crashes, they're accidents," Hood said. "This is strictly a horror at its worst. And the lack of concern for a human being, it can't be illustrated more vividly than what we saw."
Help from elsewhere in Texas
Molina considers her office the "last responders."
Going into the Quintana Road scene, the members of her team prepared themselves even though it would be another emotionally taxing vent. Plus, they needed help.
"I asked for help with Quintana (Road) to some of the other medical examiner's offices," Molina said. "'I don't want to put my staff through this,' (she recalls saying). You know, 'Do you have staff? Do you have assistance that you can give us?'"
She said local physicians, along with reinforcements in Travis and Dallas counties, answered her distress call. They gathered teams to shift in and out around the clock, if necessary.
"And it's one by one," she said. "We treat everyone here with respect and with dignity."
According to Molina, the migrant deaths were the largest mass-fatality event her office had ever processed. Justice officials have called it the biggest human-smuggling case in U.S. history.
"I think for all of us, it's stressful. It's upsetting," she said. "As far as the work goes, I mean, we know our job. We know what we need to do."
Lingering memories
Hood said crews do not gawk at the dead, but his mind recalls distinct details like prayer cards at the scene.
"Chances are they were clutching onto that prayer card in the dark," Hood said. "In the heat. In the stench. In the unknown of people dying."
One victim's shoes stood out to Hood. He said it's a significant image from the dreadful day in his mind.
"I saw a young man with a brand new pair (of) Air Jordans on. Really nice Air Jordans. And I realized it was probably his prized possession," Hood said. "They were clean. They were new. They were nice. And, you know, this poor man died trying to find a better life. That stuck with me."
The fire chief said accused smugglers coated the truck with a meat tenderizer to hide human scents from dogs that might sniff the migrants out. Hood said he had to seek therapy to remove the smell from his head.
"I remember walking away being exhausted from what we had seen," he said. "It's going to be a day that, as a responder, you remember this the rest of your career—the rest of your life."
Molina's teams faced the challenge of identifying the victims when many carried no identification.
"We didn't know the countries of origin of a lot of the descendants," Molina said.
Relationships with consulates from Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras made the process easier. Within two weeks of the tragic discovery, the ME's office said 26 were citizens of Mexico, 21 were citizens of Guatemala and six were from Honduras.
The youngest victims were 13 years old, and the oldest was 55.
Hood said the victims suffered in their quest for a better life and to stay alive.
"There were scratch marks on the inside of the truck where they're trying to peel away the plywood," he said. "They're trying to open that truck up."
Hood said that when he drives near 18-wheelers now, questions about human-smuggling surface.
"It's my hope that none of my men and women will ever see anything as bad as what they saw on the 27th (of June, 2022)."
Firefighters transported nine victims who survived the journey.
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Bismarck police have identified a 16-year-old girl who was shot and killed Sunday night in an Ohio Street apartment as Taryn Hohbein, and Burleigh County prosecutors have charged the suspect with murder.
Police are treating Hohbein's death as a homicide. Corbin Lampert, 19, of Bismarck, is being held in the Burleigh Morton Detention Center on formal felony charges of murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The murder charge carries a potential punishment of life in prison without chance of parole. The weapons charge carries a maximum sentence of five years.
Lampert was scheduled to make an initial court appearance on Tuesday afternoon. His bond is likely to be set at that time.
Hohbein and Lampert knew one another, according to police spokesman Lt. Luke Gardiner. He did not immediately have further details on the nature of their relationship, nor did he immediately know in whose apartment in the 2900 block of Ohio Street the shooting happened, or how many people were there at the time.
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Hohbein is the daughter of Angela Schwarting and Jesse Hohbein. The family in a statement to the Tribune said "She was a light in this world that was taken too soon. She loved her family and friends, and was very loyal and would do anything for them."
A Facebook group "In Loving Memory of Taryn Hohbein" has been started for people to post memories and photos. Hohbein attended Bismarck High School, according to Bismarck Public Schools.
Police responded to the scene of the shooting around 11:45 p.m. Sunday. Officers entered the apartment and found Hohbein. She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Gardiner said a handgun was used, but he would not say whether police recovered a weapon, citing department policy of not releasing information that might hinder a successful prosecution. Police have not said how many times or where on her body Hohbein was shot.
Lampert was arrested without incident in a residential neighborhood in the 400 block of South 16th Street around 9:15 a.m. Monday.
It's the first homicide reported in Bismarck this year. Anyone with information was asked to contact the Bismarck Police Department’s Investigations Division at 701-223-1212, or anonymously by downloading the Bismarck Police Department app, going to bit.ly/3Yw3ywC, or texting BISPD and the tip to 847411.
Court documents show Lampert is on probation on a conviction last year for felony reckless endangerment-extreme indifference. He pleaded guilty to the charge in November and was sentenced to 1 ½ years of probation. Lampert was the driver of a vehicle that swerved toward two women -- one of them three months pregnant -- who yelled when the vehicle sped past them at a high speed around 1 a.m. on July 19, 2022, according to an affidavit.
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A warning about a nationwide identity theft scheme involving Bureau of Motor Vehicles accounts was issued today by the Ohio Department of Public Safety.
The scam first arose in Texas earlier this year when stolen personal information from online BMV security questions was used to breach individual BMV accounts, according to a statement from ODPS. Identity thieves can then request a driver’s license or identification card reprint be mailed to a new address once inside the stolen accounts, ODPS added.
“This scheme is incredibly concerning, not only because criminals are ordering up legitimate driver’s licenses but because they can use these cards and the stolen personal information to potentially access your bank account,” said Ohio Department of Public Safety Director Andy Wilson. “If you receive a postcard from the Ohio BMV telling you about an address change that you did not request, it’s important that you immediately take action.”
The BMV has initiated contact with around 90 Ohioans whose stolen information was used to obtain or attempt to obtain a driver’s license reprint in Ohio, according to the department. However, no State of Ohio systems were breached.
The Ohio BMV has reported the fraud to federal, state and local law enforcement agencies and has devoted additional resources to monitor for patterns associated with this criminal activity.
While it is unlikely that fraudulent driver licenses in Ohio will be mailed, anyone who receives a postcard from the BMV notifying them of profile changes should contact the BMV at (844)-644-6268 or local law enforcement agencies to file a report, change their answers to online security questions and place an initial fraud alert on their credit file.
More information on steps to take if your identity is stolen can be accessed via the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.
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PHOENIX — Arizona has a problem.
Every year, more and more pedestrians are struck and killed by moving vehicles. While America faces a 40-year high of these fatal crashes, a new study revealed that Arizona is one of the deadliest states in the country.
In just two days, three pedestrians in the Valley have died in fatal crashes. One woman was killed after a collision between two vehicles slammed into her. On Tuesday morning, two separate crashes in Phoenix and Glendale each left a pedestrian dead.
And the numbers are going up statewide
From 2021 to 2022, the number of fatal Arizona crashes involving pedestrians surged from 260 crashes to 307 -- a staggering 18.1% increase, the Governors Highway Safety Association found. By raw total number, it's the biggest increase in the country.
The organization tracks and monitors pedestrian deaths in the United States, and their findings paint a troubling picture: Pedestrian deaths across the country have risen 77% over the last decade. All other traffic fatalities have only risen by 25%. Nationally, that's an average of 20 pedestrian deaths a day, and the highest number since 1981, according to GHSA.
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Adjusted for population, Arizona is ahead of the curve, and that's not good. Arizona had a rate of 4.17 pedestrian fatalities per 100,000 people in 2022 -- second only to New Mexico's rate of 4.4. We also have a significantly higher rate than the next most deadly state, Florida, which had a rate of 3.7.
To combat the growing rates of pedestrian fatalities, GHSA recommended the Safe System approach outlined in the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Roadway Safety Strategy. The report cited examples of Safe System application from across the country.
But Arizona didn't make the cut. No examples of Arizona road safety measures, such as longer yellow lights in Phoenix, were included in the report.
Additionally, the report concluded that the national increase in fatalities can be attributed to states with large increases, such as Arizona, given that several other states saw a declining rate of pedestrian fatalities.
It's a grim problem, but not an unsolvable one, and experts with GHSA say that states are "increasingly adopting a Safe System approach." The question remains if Arizona is going to continue to top these grisly charts.
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ARIZONA, USA — Two separate crashes in Glendale and Phoenix left two pedestrians dead Tuesday morning.
In Glendale, 46-year-old Mark Agee died at the hospital after he was struck crossing the intersection of 51st and Northern avenues, city police said. Agee reportedly crossed the street in front of a vehicle driving through a green light around 4 a.m.
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Around 1 a.m. in Phoenix, a man was struck while crossing mid-block on 43rd Avenue just north of Clarendon Avenue. First responders pronounced him dead on the scene.
In both cases, drivers remained on the scene, and police don't believe impairment was a factor.
Police have not identified the man who died in Phoenix.
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Lawmakers on a legislative health panel declined last week to move forward with a draft bill that would have made emergency medical services (EMS) an essential service in Wyoming and seen the state contribute directly to ambulance care for the first time.
The failed proposal to establish a state-backed grant program for EMS providers comes as first responders and the state wrestle with the sustainability of Wyoming’s fragile and precipitous ambulance infrastructure, a problem rooted in unstable funding and a declining workforce that those involved say has no clear or immediate solutions.
Members of the Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Committee split over the proposal to make EMS an essential service during last week’s interim meeting in Evanston. Their vote ensured that the committee will not sponsor the draft bill during the 2024 legislative session and likely signifies that EMS will not garner the status in the near future.
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Though it failed in front of the Legislature’s health panel, the proposal could still be revived by individual lawmakers ahead of the next legislative session.
Under the draft bill, local governments across Wyoming would have been required to provide ambulance services for the first time. Unlike firefighting and law enforcement, which are designated “essential services,” EMS is not, meaning that counties and cities don’t have to pay for ambulance services or ensure that their residents have access to them.
With the added requirement, the proposal would have created a state-funded grant program administered by the Wyoming Department of Health to cover the EMS costs that local governments could not afford, guaranteeing the survival and operation of ambulance providers across the state.
During the health committee’s first interim meeting in April, lawmakers voted by a slim 7-6 margin to draft an EMS essential service bill. The panel heard from EMS providers and the Wyoming Hospital Association who testified that state funding and labeling ambulance care an essential service would help to address some of the financial challenges making EMS increasingly difficult to sustain.
The second time around lawmakers on the health committee were again skeptical. They questioned the financial consequences of an EMS requirement, as well the role of the state in what some argued is a local issue.
“In order to move this bill forward we would need to know what the fiscal impact would be,” said Rep. Ben Hornok, R-Cheyenne. “And we don’t have that.”
Hornok, Rep. Jeanette Ward, R-Casper, and Sens. Anthony Bouchard, R-Cheyenne, and Lynn Hutchings, R-Cheyenne, pointed to the money that the state has previously funneled into EMS. A memo from the Legislative Service Office highlighted the state’s “EMS Sustainability Trust,” which was created in 2009 with $500,000 from the state’s Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund to pay for needs assessments for EMS providers. The state has also invested another $15 million in federal pandemic funds toward stabilizing EMS agencies and “regionalization pilots” to improve ambulance services across Wyoming.
“I think it’s important that we’re provided information about … where’s that money gone so that we can make an informed decision,” Hutchings said.
Wyoming has a patchwork of EMS services. Some agencies are private, others are run by hospitals, counties or rural health districts, making it difficult to pin down exactly how much the state would need to contribute, Jen Davis, the health and human services adviser for Gov. Mark Gordon, told lawmakers.
The state’s EMS agencies currently depend on local revenue and insurance reimbursement, but part of the problem is that ambulances are typically only reimbursed for transporting patients to hospitals or other health care facilities, EMS and health care officials testified in April. According to the Wyoming Department of Health, roughly 35% of all EMS calls are uncompensated in the state, leaving ambulance agencies and local governments on the hook to make up for those costs.
Some of those on the committee expressed concern that adding state funding wouldn’t fix the reimbursement issues plaguing the industry, which stem in part from federal Medicaid and Medicare rules that categorize EMS agencies as transportation rather than health care providers. But those who testified urged lawmakers to address a worsening situation for ambulance agencies.
“Medicare is a key component to this, but it’s also a place where we don’t have control either,” Davis said. “We still have an issue that we have to solve.”
Amid the hesitation, Sen. Fred Baldwin, R-Kemmerer, a co-chair of the committee, cautioned lawmakers about the potential consequences of inaction after Hornok advocated for the committee to see what impact a new bill allowing county boards to form EMS districts would have before taking action.
“If we wait until we see whether that works or not, we may well lose some EMS districts,” Baldwin said.
Davis told lawmakers that she knew of some communities who were considering creating EMS districts, which would require a local vote to raise property taxes to fund the new districts. Others have told the Governor’s office that would not be able to finance them, she said.
As the committee wavered, Davis acknowledged that there are no easy solutions to Wyoming’s EMS challenges. But, she said:
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LAKE STATION — Police say they are seeking one or more armed suspects accused of committing an unidentified serious offense early Monday evening in a home in the 2300 block Sullivan Street.
Responding to a call shortly before 5 p.m., Lake Station police said they learned of the alleged offense and obtained a search warrant that was carried out by the Northwest Indiana Regional SWAT Team.
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"Ultimately, no suspects were located inside at the time," police said.
"We understand that this caused quite a disruption to residents in the area, but these steps are taken to ensure the safety of our officers and the public," according to the department. "These steps will always be taken in an ongoing attempt to hold those accountable who believe they can victimize other individuals."
A disturbance reportedly broke out, during which time the man was shot.
"This is an ongoing investigation, and more details will be made available when it is prudent to do so," police said.
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Aaron Bernal
Aaron Bernal
Age: 23
Residence: Hobart
Booking Number(s): 2305933
Arrest Date: June 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: Controlled substance possession
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Langham
Adam Langham
Age: 42
Residence: Crown Point
Booking Number(s): 2305925
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Domestic Battery, Battery against law enforcement
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amanda Stoddard
Amanda Stoddard
Age: 39
Residence: Cedar Lake
Booking Number(s): 2305903
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Controlled substance possession, Shoplifting, Fraud
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amir Jones
Amir Jones
Age: 60
Residence: South Bend
Booking Number(s): 2305916
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Property Theft
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andre Gilbert
Andre Gilbert
Age: 39
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305934
Arrest Date: June 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andrell Murphy
Andrell Murphy
Age: 37
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305908
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Domestic Battery
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Radusin
Anthony Radusin
Age : 22
Residence: Hobart
Booking Number(s): 2305696
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: Intimidation
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Beverley Ware
Beverly Ware
Age: 39
Residence: Matteson, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305921
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Bianca Erwin
Bianca Erwin
Age: 23
Residence: Peotone, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305823
Arrest Date: June 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lowell Police Department
Offense Description: Controlled Substance Possession
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Chauncey Jordan
Chauncey Jordan
Age: 21
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305917
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Office
Offense Description: Robbery
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Haywood
Daniel Haywood
Age: 38
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305800
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: Pocket-picking - $750 to $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Brown Jr.
David Brown Jr.
Age : 56
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2305718
Arrest Date: June 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police
Offense Description: Domestic Battery, OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Parchem
David Parchem
Age: 44
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305812
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: Fraud
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daymar Webb
Daymar Webb
Age: 22
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305811
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: Motor Vehicle Theft, Resisting
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Derrick Ivy
Derrick Ivy
Age: 32
Residence: Robbins, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305803
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Elijah Dillon-Bombin
Elijah Dillon-Bombin
Age : 22
Residence: Crown Point
Booking Number(s): 2305707
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Resisting — Interfering with Public Safety
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Eudora North
Eudora North
Age: 20
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2305927
Arrest Date: June 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: Fraud
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Florence Flewellen
Florence Flewellen
Age: 41
Residence: Griffith
Booking Number(s): 2305922
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Possessing drugs, Property theft
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Freddie Holman
Freddie Holman
Age : 50
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2305692
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: LSCT
Offense Description: Battery
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jahir Villaruel Lizarde
Jahir Villaruel Lizarde
Age : 27
Residence: Dyer
Booking Number(s): 2305691
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: Domestic Battery, Strangulation
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamar Davis
Jamar Davis
Age: 38
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305901
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Fraud
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamie Anderson
Jamie Anderson
Age: 49
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2305919
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: Controlled Substance Possession, Dealing
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Lucas
Jason Lucas
Age: 44
Residence: Hammond
Booking Number(s): 2305799
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: Domestic Battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Johnny Neal
Johnny Neal
Age : 25
Residence: Matteson, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305698
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Resisting
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Juliana Likes
Juliana Likes
Age: 43
Residence: Crown Point
Booking Number(s): 2305820
Arrest Date: June 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: Pocket-picking — $750 to $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kory Johnson
Kory Johnson
Age: 35
Residence: N/A
Booking Number(s): 2305807
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Burglary
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Latoya Burns
Latoya Burns
Age: 35
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305907
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Aggravated Battery with a deadly weapon
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marcus Veal
Marcus Veal
Age: 63
Residence: East Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2305911
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nathaniel Carnegie
Nathaniel Carnegie
Age: 24
Residence: Monteray, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305816
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Office
Offense Description: Battery against a Pregnant Woman
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicholas Gott
Nicholas Gott
Age : 21
Residence: Knox
Booking Number(s): 2305708
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Resisting
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nichole Hardesty
Nichole Hardesty
Age: 37
Residence: East Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2305805
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Resisting
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Oshannay Gibson
Oshannay Gibson
Age : 23
Residence: East Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2305689
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: Shoplifting
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Patrice Williams
Patrice Williams
Age: 28
Residence: Hobart
Booking Number(s): 2305906
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Shoplifting
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Prince Raggs
Prince Raggs
Age : 45
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2305702
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: Domestic Battery, Failure to return to detention
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Roy Wade
Roy Wade
Age: 32
Residence: Merrillville
Booking Number(s): 2305818
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: Domestic Battery
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shauen Pearce
Shauen Pearce
Age: 38
Residence: Thorton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305915
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Property Theft
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Thomas Arnold
Thomas Arnold
Age : 56
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305693
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: Battery
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Thomas Stewart
Thomas Stewart
Age : 32
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2305709
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: Fraud
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tory Hatcher
Tory Hatcher
Age: 31
Residence: Decatur, GA
Booking Number(s): 2305804
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tristen Walden
Tristen Walden
Age : 24
Residence: Crown Point
Booking Number(s): 2305716
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: Controlled Substance Possession
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tyler Wright
Tyler Wright
Age : 27
Residence: Wheatfield
Booking Number(s): 2305711
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: Resisting
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Yader Castillo Gonzalez
Yader Castillo Gonzalez
Age: 41
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305801
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Yasmin Santos-Morales
Yasmin Santos-Morales
Age: 45
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305797
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Office
Offense Description: Domestic Battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Wichitans lined up outside the Salvation Army near 3rd and Market on Tuesday for a free fan.
Volunteers with Evergy and the Salvation Army worked to hand out 500 fans to older adults, individuals with disabilities, and those without access to air conditioning.
“This is just another way that we are spreading good energy in our community and making sure that we are helping our customers stay cool during the hot summer months,” said Abby Hickey, Evergy communication manager. “We are hoping that we can give away every fan that we have here to help our community.”
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HAMMOND — Police are seeking tips in the wake of a fatal shooting death over the weekend at the Luke gas station at 5105 State Line Ave.
Hammond police said they were called out around 2 a.m. Sunday in response to a report of shots fired and were told by witnesses that the gunfire came from the parking area and that everyone had fled the area.
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Local officers were then contacted by Chicago police that a 33-year-old man had come into a hospital there and later died from a gunshot wound, Hammond Police Department Lt. Steve Kellogg said.
The deceased was identified by police as Ronnie Martin of Chicago.
"This is an ongoing investigation, and more details will be made available when it is prudent to do so," police said.
"Detectives believe that Martin was a passenger in an involved vehicle when shot at the Luke's gas station," Kellogg said.
Detectives are investigating and ask that anyone with information about the crime contact Hammond Police Detective Sgt. Shawn Ford at 219-852-2998.
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Aaron Bernal
Aaron Bernal
Age: 23
Residence: Hobart
Booking Number(s): 2305933
Arrest Date: June 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: Controlled substance possession
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Langham
Adam Langham
Age: 42
Residence: Crown Point
Booking Number(s): 2305925
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Domestic Battery, Battery against law enforcement
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amanda Stoddard
Amanda Stoddard
Age: 39
Residence: Cedar Lake
Booking Number(s): 2305903
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Controlled substance possession, Shoplifting, Fraud
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amir Jones
Amir Jones
Age: 60
Residence: South Bend
Booking Number(s): 2305916
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Property Theft
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andre Gilbert
Andre Gilbert
Age: 39
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305934
Arrest Date: June 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andrell Murphy
Andrell Murphy
Age: 37
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305908
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Domestic Battery
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Radusin
Anthony Radusin
Age : 22
Residence: Hobart
Booking Number(s): 2305696
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: Intimidation
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Beverley Ware
Beverly Ware
Age: 39
Residence: Matteson, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305921
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Bianca Erwin
Bianca Erwin
Age: 23
Residence: Peotone, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305823
Arrest Date: June 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lowell Police Department
Offense Description: Controlled Substance Possession
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Chauncey Jordan
Chauncey Jordan
Age: 21
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305917
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Office
Offense Description: Robbery
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Haywood
Daniel Haywood
Age: 38
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305800
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: Pocket-picking - $750 to $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Brown Jr.
David Brown Jr.
Age : 56
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2305718
Arrest Date: June 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police
Offense Description: Domestic Battery, OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Parchem
David Parchem
Age: 44
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305812
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: Fraud
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daymar Webb
Daymar Webb
Age: 22
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305811
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: Motor Vehicle Theft, Resisting
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Derrick Ivy
Derrick Ivy
Age: 32
Residence: Robbins, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305803
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Elijah Dillon-Bombin
Elijah Dillon-Bombin
Age : 22
Residence: Crown Point
Booking Number(s): 2305707
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Resisting — Interfering with Public Safety
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Eudora North
Eudora North
Age: 20
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2305927
Arrest Date: June 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: Fraud
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Florence Flewellen
Florence Flewellen
Age: 41
Residence: Griffith
Booking Number(s): 2305922
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Possessing drugs, Property theft
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Freddie Holman
Freddie Holman
Age : 50
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2305692
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: LSCT
Offense Description: Battery
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jahir Villaruel Lizarde
Jahir Villaruel Lizarde
Age : 27
Residence: Dyer
Booking Number(s): 2305691
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: Domestic Battery, Strangulation
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamar Davis
Jamar Davis
Age: 38
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305901
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Fraud
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamie Anderson
Jamie Anderson
Age: 49
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2305919
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: Controlled Substance Possession, Dealing
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Lucas
Jason Lucas
Age: 44
Residence: Hammond
Booking Number(s): 2305799
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: Domestic Battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Johnny Neal
Johnny Neal
Age : 25
Residence: Matteson, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305698
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Resisting
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Juliana Likes
Juliana Likes
Age: 43
Residence: Crown Point
Booking Number(s): 2305820
Arrest Date: June 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: Pocket-picking — $750 to $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kory Johnson
Kory Johnson
Age: 35
Residence: N/A
Booking Number(s): 2305807
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Burglary
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Latoya Burns
Latoya Burns
Age: 35
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305907
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Aggravated Battery with a deadly weapon
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marcus Veal
Marcus Veal
Age: 63
Residence: East Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2305911
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nathaniel Carnegie
Nathaniel Carnegie
Age: 24
Residence: Monteray, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305816
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Office
Offense Description: Battery against a Pregnant Woman
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicholas Gott
Nicholas Gott
Age : 21
Residence: Knox
Booking Number(s): 2305708
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Resisting
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nichole Hardesty
Nichole Hardesty
Age: 37
Residence: East Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2305805
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Resisting
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Oshannay Gibson
Oshannay Gibson
Age : 23
Residence: East Chicago
Booking Number(s): 2305689
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: Shoplifting
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Patrice Williams
Patrice Williams
Age: 28
Residence: Hobart
Booking Number(s): 2305906
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Shoplifting
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Prince Raggs
Prince Raggs
Age : 45
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2305702
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: Domestic Battery, Failure to return to detention
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Roy Wade
Roy Wade
Age: 32
Residence: Merrillville
Booking Number(s): 2305818
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: Domestic Battery
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shauen Pearce
Shauen Pearce
Age: 38
Residence: Thorton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305915
Arrest Date: June 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: Property Theft
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Thomas Arnold
Thomas Arnold
Age : 56
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305693
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: Battery
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Thomas Stewart
Thomas Stewart
Age : 32
Residence: Gary
Booking Number(s): 2305709
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: Fraud
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tory Hatcher
Tory Hatcher
Age: 31
Residence: Decatur, GA
Booking Number(s): 2305804
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tristen Walden
Tristen Walden
Age : 24
Residence: Crown Point
Booking Number(s): 2305716
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: Controlled Substance Possession
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tyler Wright
Tyler Wright
Age : 27
Residence: Wheatfield
Booking Number(s): 2305711
Arrest Date: June 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: Resisting
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Yader Castillo Gonzalez
Yader Castillo Gonzalez
Age: 41
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305801
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Yasmin Santos-Morales
Yasmin Santos-Morales
Age: 45
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305797
Arrest Date: June 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Office
Offense Description: Domestic Battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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MERRILLVILLE — Having a criminal record makes every aspect of daily life — from finding stable housing to getting a job — an uphill battle.
This year more than 600,000 people will be released from state and federal prisons across the country. However, U.S. Department of Justice data shows that at least half of those formerly incarcerated people will be rearrested at some point.
The Indiana/Kentucky/Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters, or IKORCC, hopes to change this statistic by helping ex-offenders transition into a good-paying career.
"They get out and they try to do what’s right, but they can’t because of their background so their only resort is to go back in (to prison) to be able to eat and have a roof over their heads," Nick Pollock of the IKORCC said. “We strongly feel that all we have to do is give someone an opportunity and it can change their life."
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At any given time there are about two million people sitting behind bars in the U.S. America has the highest imprisonment rate in the world and, according to the Sentencing Project, Black Americans are incarcerated in state prisons at nearly five times the rate white Americans are.
Though the majority of people in prison are serving time for non-violent offenses, just having a conviction can be a deal-breaker for many employers. A 2018 report from the Sentencing Project found the unemployment rate for formerly incarcerated people was nearly five times higher than the unemployment rate for the general United States population.
The Northwest Indiana Hub of the IKORCC, a trade union that represented nearly 35,000 members in three states, is in the beginning stages of an initiative that would create career pathways for people who are still incarcerated.
“We don’t care where you came from… we don’t judge you by your past, it’s where you are now. If you’re somebody who wants to learn a trade and better yourself, we’ll give you that opportunity," Travis Williams, of the IKORCC, said.
In 2022, the IKORCC established an "articulation agreement" with the Westville Correctional Facility. The agreement provides the prison with a curriculum that will train incarcerated Individuals so they can enter the IKORCC's apprenticeship program upon release. As a "pre-apprentice," what the IKORCC calls trainee's six-month probationary period, students already earn $19.12-an-hour plus another $22.54 in benefits-an-hour. Throughout the four-year apprentice program, students will also earn an associates degree from Ivy Tech.
Pollock and Williams began to talk with the nonprofit United Way Northwest Indiana about the potential for a prison job training program about a year ago. Williams said he was "mind-blown" after touring the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City and seeing all the carpentry, masonry and welding work inmates were already doing there.
"There's a lot of talent inside that facility," he said. "If we can teach them a skill, then they already have a pathway when they get out."
Changing "generational curses"
“I was born and raised in Gary and I feel like, especially being an African American male, I’ve been judged my whole life," Williams said.
Now, working as a business representative for IKORCC, Williams is trying to change the narrative of his community. He promotes the trades everywhere he can — from local high schools to the lumber section of Home Depot. Traditionally, Williams said the trades were seen as a "last resort" for people who didn't have good enough grades for college.
"Now people are realizing we’re professionals, we have degrees, every single one of our apprentices finished that apprenticeship with a free degree," Williams explained.
Mass incarceration is deeply rooted in poverty; a study from the Prison Policy Initiative found people who go to jail are disproportionately likely to have incomes under $10,000.
"A lot of times we are products of our environment so it’s not that you wanted to go down that path, it’s just that’s what you were around, that’s what you knew, you just needed somebody to guide you in the right direction," Pollock said.
Helping former inmates develop marketable skills has the potential to "change generational curses" Williams explained.
People have long gravitated towards the trades after leaving from prison because there are less background checks, this has also opened them up to exploitation.
A 2021 Guardian report found that nonunion labor brokers in the New York construction industry target workers who have recently been released from prison, offering them low wages and few safety protections. Because looking for work is often a condition of parole, people with records are often desperate.
"When you’re asking a construction worker to walk over an opening 20-feet above the ground with no handrails and they’re doing it because they have to get that check at the end of the week to put food on the table, they're not going to argue about the safety on the job," Pollock said. “They’re willing to literally put their life at risk to get a project done."
For members of the IKORCC, both safety and regular raises are literally written into their contract.
While the initiative is still being developed, the ultimate goal is to get formerly incarcerated people who have graduated the IKORCC's apprenticeship program to serve as 'ambassadors," leading presentations at the Westville and Michigan City facilities, showing current inmates that there are good careers waiting for them on the outside. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/merrillville/prison-carpenter-union-incarceration/article_37b993ae-1450-11ee-8456-4fc5b0ee4ce9.html | 2023-06-27T17:51:55 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/merrillville/prison-carpenter-union-incarceration/article_37b993ae-1450-11ee-8456-4fc5b0ee4ce9.html |
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Inventor John Goodenough, who shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work developing the lithium-ion battery that transformed technology with rechargeable power for devices ranging from cellphones, computers, and pacemakers to electric cars, has died at 100, the University of Texas announced Monday.
Goodenough died Sunday at an assisted living facility in Austin, the university announced. No cause of death was given. Goodenough was a faculty member at Texas for nearly 40 years.
“He was a leader at the cutting edge of scientific research throughout the many decades of his career, and he never ceased searching for innovative energy-storage solutions. John’s work and commitment to our mission are the ultimate reflection of our aspiration as Longhorns — that what starts here changes the world — and he will be greatly missed among our UT community," Hartzell said.
Goodenough was the oldest person to receive a Nobel Prize when he shared the award with British-born American scientist M. Stanley Whittingham and Japan's Akira Yoshino.
"Live to 97 and you can do anything," Goodenough said when the Nobel was awarded, adding he was grateful he wasn't forced to retire at 65.
And while his name may not ring a bell to most, Goodenough's research helped unlock a revolution in technology now taken for granted in today's world of portable phones, tablets and just about anything else with a plug-in port for a recharge.
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Lithium-ion batteries were the first truly portable and rechargeable batteries, and they took more than a decade to develop. Whittingham said in 2019 that he had no inkling that his work decades ago would have such a profound impact on the world.
"We thought it would be nice and help in a few things," Goodenough said, "but never dreamed it would revolutionize electronics and everything else."
Goodenough, Whittingham and Yoshino each had unique breakthroughs that laid the foundation for developing a commercial rechargeable battery and the three shared the $900,000 Nobel Prize.
Whittingham's work in the 1970s harnessed the tendency of lithium - the lightest metal - to give away its electrons to make a battery capable of generating just over two volts.
By 1980, Goodenough had built on Whittingham's work and doubled the battery's capacity to four volts by using cobalt oxide in the cathode, one of the two electrodes that make up the ends of a battery.
That battery remained too explosive for general commercial use. Yoshino's work in the 1980s eliminated the volatile pure lithium from the battery and instead opted for lithium ions that are safer. The first lightweight, safe, durable and rechargeable commercial batteries entered the market in 1991.
Born in Jena, Germany in 1922, Goodenough grew up in the United States and earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Chicago. He began his career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where his research laid the groundwork for the development of random-access memory for the digital computer.
Goodenough was head of the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory at the University of Oxford in England when he made his lithium-ion discovery. He joined the Texas faculty in 1986 and was still teaching and researching battery materials and solid-state science and engineering problems when he won the Nobel Prize.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Deputies are investigating after a person was found dead near a fast food restaurant in Orange County on Tuesday.
Deputies said they responded to the 6600 block of West Colonial Drive around 10:22 a.m. regarding a “deceased male in the area.”
According to the sheriff’s office, it is too early in the investigation to know if there are any signs of foul play.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – The downtown Orlando tax collector’s office will be temporarily closed to the public ahead of a planned expansion.
A six-month expansion and renovation project is planned during the closure of the 301 Rosalind Ave. location, according to the Orange County Tax Collector’s office.
“”The new-and-improved office will allow us to serve even more customers and provide more services to the residents of Orange County. I’d like to thank our partners at Orange County and the City of Orlando for their continued support,” Orange County Tax Collector Scott Randolph said in a news release.
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While this office is under construction, the tax collector will open a temporary office with limited driver’s license, tag and title services, just two blocks away at 200 South Orange Ave. An announcement for the opening of this office is forthcoming, with an opening date expected as early as the second week of July.
Residents can find more information, including all locations, at the tax collector’s website.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – In Florida, you can’t get far without a car.
Whether you are traveling to work or the grocery store, driving may be your easiest or only option.
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The Environmental Protection Agency said transportation is the leading source of air pollution and carbon pollution in the U.S.
Now, a new study suggests putting more electric vehicles on the road could save thousands of lives over the next three decades.
The American Lung Association found if all gas vehicles were replaced by electric vehicles by 2035, over 89,000 fewer premature deaths would occur in the U.S. by 2050.
But is America ready for an all-EV world?
Correspondent Vic Micolucci is looking into the challenges and solutions in Jacksonville.
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As Florida slowly grows its electric vehicle infrastructure, another form of transportation is gaining speed in the Sunshine State: commuter rail.
In Central Florida, rush hour can be a nightmare for drivers — highways backed up as far as the eye can see, construction, tailgaters and traffic lights.
As more and more people move here, local roads and highways become more congested and dangerous.
The Solutionaries team is looking closely at an alternative that could be the key to many of Florida’s transportation problems.
Correspondent Erik Sandoval followed a student from Kissimmee who uses Central Florida’s SunRail system to commute to and from school every day.
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A cluster of air tankers can be seen in the sky Tuesday afternoon as part of a flyover the U.S. Air Force is holding to mark 100 years of aerial refueling.
The flyover will begin with one KC-135, eight KC-46s and six C-17s, all of which are departing from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, the U.S. military said in a statement last week.
The airplanes should be viewable from Barnegat Light by 1:10 p.m., reaching Atlantic City seven minutes later, officials at the military base said. It will then continue onto Cape May around 1:25 p.m. before heading north toward Philadelphia International Airport, reaching there around 1:42 p.m.
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Jason Kelce will be behind the bar again in Sea Isle City on Wednesday.
For the third straight summer, the longtime Philadelphia Eagles center and fan favorite will return to the Ocean Drive as a guest bartender to raise funds and awareness for the Eagles Autism Foundation.
The event will run from 4 to 8 p.m.
Last year, Kelce raised $100,000 for the Eagles Autism Foundation and donated an extra $50,000. Unlike the inaugural event in 2021, Kelce was joined last year by his younger brother, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, and Eagles teammate Jordan Mailata.
The brothers, who played against each other in this past Super Bowl, announced May 31 on their “New Heights Show” podcast that they would be return to the OD this summer. On the episode, the brothers also detailed a new event to raise funds called the Beer Bowl.
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Fans had to submit videos with fun team names and themes. Teams will compete in beer pong, flips cup, chugging contests and other drinking games. The winner will receive $50,000 and a New Heights trophy.
The event also will feature raffles, auctions, autographed items and other team merchandise that benefited Kelce’s “Team 62,” which is one of the many that raise funds for the Eagles Autism Foundation.
There are multiple ways to gain entry to the podcast and Beer Bowl event Wednesday to see the Kelce brothers in action, as well as the competing teams. According to a Twitter post from the foundation, the top 30 donors to Team 62 received VIP and VVIP entry, which allows them to skip the line and have special seating.
Be one of the Top 30 donors to Team 62 and receive VVIP access to the @newheightshow taping and Skip the Line access to the bartending event at The Ocean Drive on June 28th.
— Eagles Autism Foundation (@eaglesautism) June 23, 2023
The Top 30 donors will be pulled today at 5pm EST.
Donate here: https://t.co/XMgwbm5N9q pic.twitter.com/7ICthTRbP5
General Admission to the event will be on a first-come-first-serve basis with a $10 donation at the door.
Jason Kelce, who helped the Eagles win the Super Bowl in the 2017 season, has been coming to the OD since 2012 and spends time in Sea Isle before training camp starts. The six-time Pro Bowler has said he always enjoys having the event at the OD. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/eagles-jason-kelce-to-guest-bartend-at-sea-isle-bar-wednesday-in-autism-fundraiser/article_48389046-14fe-11ee-afb2-bf60624f47b7.html | 2023-06-27T17:55:18 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/eagles-jason-kelce-to-guest-bartend-at-sea-isle-bar-wednesday-in-autism-fundraiser/article_48389046-14fe-11ee-afb2-bf60624f47b7.html |
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