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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A man was taken to the hospital in critical condition after being inside a garage-like structure that went up in flames Wednesday morning, St. Petersburg fire officials said.
Fire crews say they responded just after 5:30 a.m. to a home on 22nd Street North near 50th Avenue and 23rd Street North after multiple reports of a "whole house on fire."
Firefighters said when they arrived they found a "large garage-like building" in the backyard with flames above the trees.
As they were working to put out the fire, crews said they heard a man yell for help. Crews found the man in "an enclosed space within the fire."
Photos from Sky 10 show the home was destroyed by the blaze. Firefighters said they used large hose lines to knock the fire back and were able to contain the fire and keep it from spreading to other nearby homes and buildings.
Fire officials say the man is receiving treatment for smoke inhalation and heat-related injuries at the hospital. While the man is in critical condition, firefighters said his injuries are non-life-threatening.
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YORK COUNTY, Pa. — A 13-year-old girl was seriously injured Sunday when the motorcycle she was riding on as a passenger struck another vehicle.
The girl and the motorcycle's 30-year-old driver suffered serious injuries in the crash, which occurred at 9:42 p.m. in the area of Baker Road and Hadley Drive in Dover Township, according to Northern York County Regional Police.
Both of the motorcycle's riders were transported to York Hospital for treatment, police said. The girl was eventually flown to Hershey Medical Center for additional care, and is listed in critical but stable condition, according to police.
The operator of the motorcycle stayed at York Hospital to receive further treatment.
Investigators determined that the motorcycle was traveling south on Baker Road approaching Hadley Drive at the time of the crash.
The second vehicle, a Chevrolet SUV, was traveling east on Hadley Drive and stopped at a stop sign at the intersection with Baker Road.
The SUV was trying to make a left turn onto northbound Baker Road when the collision occurred, police said.
After the crash, the SUV continued off the roadway and into an adjacent tree line, while the motorcycle remained on the road, according to police.
Neither of the motorcycle's occupants were wearing helmets, police said.
The 29-year-old driver of the SUV was not injured in the crash, and remained on the scene. She was cooperative with investigators, police said.
The investigation into this incident continues, according to police.
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Almost 30 people, most of whom are juveniles, were taken to local hospitals after a crash involving a camp bus in Fayette County.
The crash happened just after 8 a.m. at the intersection of Pine Slopes Road and Indian Creek Valley Road in Saltlick Township.
A “multi-function” school bus drove off the side of the road, crashed into a wooden fence and came to rest in a field, according to state police. A 911 dispatcher told Channel 11 the vehicle was a camp bus.
Twenty-five juveniles and three adults were taken to hospitals. Their conditions were not yet known.
State police in Uniontown are investigating.
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PITTSBURGH — Bike Share Pittsburgh, the nonprofit operator of POGOH bikeshare, is installing 22 new POGOH stations through July and is launching 154 new e-assist bikes and 66 pedal bikes into their fleet.
In addition to creating more connections within the current network, the new stations will connect several new neighborhoods, including Hazelwood, Larimer, Garfield, Upper Lawrenceville, Allegheny Center and Central Northside.
The growth of the bikeshare network is made possible by a Federal Highway Administration grant for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ). The grant request was supported locally by the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the City of Pittsburgh.
“Because POGOH riders need to both rent and return their bikes at one of our stations, we need a lot of stations to make the system convenient. This expansion is focused on increasing the convenience of our network, and better connecting more neighborhoods to bikeshare,” said David White, executive director of Bike Share Pittsburgh, in a press release. “This twenty-two station expansion is a meaningful step towards our vision to have POGOH stations in every neighborhood in the City and eventually extend to many inner ring municipalities.”
The new station locations have received approval from city council and permits from the City of Pittsburgh.
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PITTSBURGH — A woman from Pittsburgh has been indicted on fraud conspiracy and bank fraud charges after she and a colleague allegedly falsified Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications and received over $14 million, the largest known PPP fraud in the Western District of Pennsylvania.
According to the Department of Justice, Virginia Humphries, 35, and Matthew Lloyd Parker, Jr., 36, from Detroit, are accused of defrauding the Small Business Administration (SBA) and lenders of around $14.5 million in PPP loans.
Officials said Humphries, a credit repair specialist, and Parker, a licensed CPA, recruited hundreds of small businesses in both cities and falsified loan applications.
The SBA approved 226 applications in total.
Humphries and Parker face a maximum of 50 years in prison, a fine of $1,250,000 or both. Sentencing will be determined based on the seriousness of the offenses and prior criminal history.
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PITTSBURGH — As the days wind down for gun violence awareness month, a Wilkinsburg muralist is calling for action with a new mural in Squirrel Hill.
The mural is in a parking lot off Phillips and Murray Avenues. It pays tribute to the 11 victims who lost their lives in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.
“I think there should be more focus on the humans. It’s not me. What can I do? I am just an artist. But it’s about bringing awareness so people much smarter than me and people from all walks of life can do, and work together,” said Kyle Holbrook.
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Holbrook is applying the finishing touches of his latest mural project. Every bit of it is intentional, from the colors to the peace symbol, to the stars that represent the victims.
Holbrook, a Wilkinsburg native, is deeply moved by the tragedy. He, too, lost many friends to gun violence.
“Different best friends at different times. You lose one best friend and someone becomes another best friend...and, you know, you lose them. There are pictures I have where I am the only one living in it,” said Holbrook.
Remembering the 11 people killed in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Holbrook has painted murals in 49 states and 43 countries, but this one hits home.
Its location is just around the corner from the Ghandi mural. That mural is another project he helped create.
“You know, I think this is something that people around the country can resonate with...unfortunately,” said Holbrook
The new mural will include a QR code that links fundraising efforts to support the community impacted by the deadly shooting.
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Henrico County lawmakers have approved the construction of a bridge over Interstate 95 that is expected to increase connectivity to a growing part of the county. It will also serve as another artery for the $2.3 billion GreenCity eco-district once it’s completed.
Magellan Parkway will be expanded to cross over the interstate, creating access from Brook Road into the area where GreenCity is planned.
The new four-lane bridge across the highway will replace the smaller, much older Scott Road bridge about a half mile south on the interstate. It's been in disrepair and has long outlived its useful life, having been built around 1962.
“When it was built, the Scott Road bridge was a fairly low volume road. It served maybe 20 houses and had a small amount of cut through traffic. It didn’t really serve a lot of trips,” said Terrell Hughes director of the Department of Public Works.
The Scott Road Bridge was hit by a truck about a year ago, Hughes said, and it’s been closed ever since. The new bridge will meet modern standards with a minimum height of 16.5 feet. The Scott Road Bridge was built at about 14.5 feet.
Henrico Public Works has a separate initiative to turn the dilapidated Scott Road bridge into a pedestrian and biking bridge that will later connect into the Fall Line Trail. Hughes said the county already has some of the funds in place to do that project. The pedestrian bridge would also increase access to the GreenCity area.
Development continues in the area. On the eastern side of the new bridge construction, home builder Stanley Martin recently finished a 202-home neighborhood just off Magellan Parkway.
“A lot of [bridge usage] depends on development and growth,” Hughes said. "There is other developable land in the area."
The four lane bridge should accommodate between 15,000 and 30,000 cars per day. The current schedule says bridge construction will start in May, with completion in October 2025.
In December 1968, the first licenses since 1916 for the legal sale of mixed liquors by the drink in Richmond were issued. Here, waiter James Smith served the first cocktails in the city to Fred Runyan (left) and Paul D. Bailey at the Hotel John Marshall’s Captain’s Grill restaurant.
8/10/2015: This January 1967 image shows the new Bull & Bear Club, located on the 23rd floor of the Fidelity Bankers Life Building at Ninth and Main streets in Richmond. Among other amenities, members enjoyed an intimate lounge area where they could monitor the New York Stock Exchange via a ticker behind the bar. The club, which later moved to the James Center, closed in May 2015.
In April 1968, David Long manned the bar at an exhibit at a Virginia Restaurant Association convention, and Barbara Ann Brigel took a spot along the brass rail. That year, the General Assembly allowed whiskey-by-the-drink to become a local option in Virginia.
In April 1969, C. Ronald Spindler, the instructor at the Virginia School of Professional Bartending in Richmond, mixed a martini. Liquor by the drink had become legal in Richmond in the previous December, and Spindler (who also was director of beverage services at a Holiday Inn) had quickly taught more than 100 budding bartenders. His courses, which lasted 2½ weeks, focused on what he called “the 48 basic cocktails” – with the martini at the top of the list.
In January 1969, Kimberly Farmer mixed a drink at Michael’s, a restaurant on Fifth Street in Richmond. Liquor by the drink had become legal in Richmond the month before, and she was among about a half-dozen women who had recently taken local bartending jobs. Farmer previously worked as a bartender in Miami and New Orleans. “A lot of people who have read too many paperback novels think of a bartender as a low-class person without morals, but 90 percent of the girls I’ve ever worked with at a bar are happily married women with families,” she said.
10-16-1968 (cutline): Bartender mixes drink aboard Chesapeake & Ohio Railway 'Food Bar Car' during stop at Richmond's Main Street Station. Virginia's first legal drink of hard liquor in more than 50 years was sold aboard the train at 1:28 p.m. Thursday.
Do you remember any of these local establishments?
In December 1968, the first licenses since 1916 for the legal sale of mixed liquors by the drink in Richmond were issued. Here, waiter James Smith served the first cocktails in the city to Fred Runyan (left) and Paul D. Bailey at the Hotel John Marshall’s Captain’s Grill restaurant.
Joe Colognori
8/10/2015: This January 1967 image shows the new Bull & Bear Club, located on the 23rd floor of the Fidelity Bankers Life Building at Ninth and Main streets in Richmond. Among other amenities, members enjoyed an intimate lounge area where they could monitor the New York Stock Exchange via a ticker behind the bar. The club, which later moved to the James Center, closed in May 2015.
Don Pennell RTD Staff
In April 1968, David Long manned the bar at an exhibit at a Virginia Restaurant Association convention, and Barbara Ann Brigel took a spot along the brass rail. That year, the General Assembly allowed whiskey-by-the-drink to become a local option in Virginia.
Colognori
In April 1969, C. Ronald Spindler, the instructor at the Virginia School of Professional Bartending in Richmond, mixed a martini. Liquor by the drink had become legal in Richmond in the previous December, and Spindler (who also was director of beverage services at a Holiday Inn) had quickly taught more than 100 budding bartenders. His courses, which lasted 2½ weeks, focused on what he called “the 48 basic cocktails” – with the martini at the top of the list.
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In January 1969, Kimberly Farmer mixed a drink at Michael’s, a restaurant on Fifth Street in Richmond. Liquor by the drink had become legal in Richmond the month before, and she was among about a half-dozen women who had recently taken local bartending jobs. Farmer previously worked as a bartender in Miami and New Orleans. “A lot of people who have read too many paperback novels think of a bartender as a low-class person without morals, but 90 percent of the girls I’ve ever worked with at a bar are happily married women with families,” she said.
P.A. Gormus, Jr.
09-03-1981: Bartenders serve drinks at local bar.
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06-03-1985: Two women enjoy a drink at the Tobacco Company Bar.
Don Long
03-15-1985 (cutline): Happy hour drinks served at local bar.
Staff photo
10-16-1968 (cutline): Bartender mixes drink aboard Chesapeake & Ohio Railway 'Food Bar Car' during stop at Richmond's Main Street Station. Virginia's first legal drink of hard liquor in more than 50 years was sold aboard the train at 1:28 p.m. Thursday.
Amir Pishdad
06-13-1978 (cutline): Bartender Bill Guilford waits for customer's approval of fancy cocktail at Richmond bar.
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10-16-1958 (cutline): Chinese red bar gives room two faces. Open doors and den is ready for a party. Home bar in Richmond.
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04-25-1954: Home bar in Richmond.
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05-08-1983: Stonewall Cafe
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Cafe crew--Owners Kenny Bendheim (from left) and Billy Baker join bartender Jim Rea in welcoming customers to the Stonewall Cafe in the Fan District.
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LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — A tip from an inmate led to the arrest of a corrections officer at the Lake County Detention Center Tuesday.
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The investigation began back in May when the inmate reported that 25-year-old Detention Deputy Bailey Lennon was placing electronic cigarette cartridges in trash cans within the facility for inmates to use.
After interviewing other inmates and detention deputies, Lake County Sheriff’s Office detectives were ultimately able to recover vape cartridges that had been left in trash cans that were accessible by inmates.
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According to a report, detectives reviewed surveillance camera footage from the jail for three days from June 16 through 18 and could see Deputy Lennon entering the staff bathroom multiple times throughout his shifts, talking on his cell phone as he enters and exits each time. Investigators say they believe Lennon was communicating with someone about the placement of the cartridges at those times.
Days later, detectives conducted a sweep of the bathroom before Lennon arrived and found no contraband. According to the report, it was only after Lennon was seen entering and exiting the bathroom that another sweep yielded a vape cartridge in the trash can.
In an interview, Lennon initially claimed he accidentally left his bag open underneath his desk and inmates stole cartridges from it. He also admitted to disposing of used cartridges in the staff bathroom trash can as he would replace them with new ones.
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When confronted with the fact that each of the cartridges investigators recovered were more than half-full, he claimed he doesn’t like using them after they’re half used.
Under further questioning, the report says Lennon eventually admitted to intentionally bringing the cartridges in the jail, leaving them in the staff trashcan and knowing that the inmates would have access to them. However, he denied doing it intentionally for the inmates or doing it for profit.
During the interview, deputies say Lennon removed another pack of cartridges from his pocket.
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Investigators secured an arrest warrant for Lennon, charging him with introduction of contraband into a county correctional facility. He was booked into the jail Tuesday evening and released on $2,000 bond less than an hour later.
Lennon has been a Lake County corrections officer since July of 2019. According to the sheriff’s office, he’s currently on suspension with the termination process underway.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A Georgia man with a prior history of alleged sex crimes was arrested in Daytona Beach Tuesday, accused of using his phone to record a woman in the dressing room of a local clothing store.
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According to an incident report, Daytona Beach police officers were called to the Levi’s outlet store on Cornerstone Blvd. just before 11 a.m. Tuesday for a reported sex crime.
The first officer on scene made contact with 26-year-old Luke Pinkard, who was visibly upset and striking himself in the head with a closed fist, according to the report.
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Police met with the victim who said she was the only customer in the store when she entered. She said she entered one of the dressing rooms at the back of the store and tried on several pairs of jeans before she looked up into a mirror on the wall and saw the top corner of a smartphone being held over the door.
The victim told police she knew it was a smartphone because she recognized the distinctive three lenses on the corner.
She said she left the dressing room and saw a man later identified as Pinkard “lurking in and out of” another dressing room and confronted him.
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According to the report, the victim asked Pinkard, “excuse me, did you just put your phone in my dressing room?”
The report says Pinkard initially replied “no” before apologizing to the victim and saying “I will delete them,” offering to break his phone, and promising to never do it again.
When Pinkard pulled out his phone and began deleting video thumbnails, the report says the victim grabbed the phone to make sure he didn’t get it back. The victim then went to an office to get dressed while Pinkard paced around the sales floor, waiting for police.
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Officers reviewed surveillance video from the store that backed up the victim’s claims. As the investigation continued, one officer noted Pinkard was visibly crying and occasionally made statements to his wife saying “I’m sorry…we’ll get through this,” and, “that was idiotic,” referring to the incident.
Pinkard, a resident of Adairsville, GA, was arrested and booked into the Volusia County jail on a charge of video voyeurism. He’s since been released on a $5,000 bond.
A check of Pinkard’s criminal history revealed he was also facing charges out of Gordon County, GA for child molestation and “knowingly using or installing a device to observe or record underneath or through an individuals’ clothing.”
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Two bicyclists from Texas on a cross-country cancer fundraising and awareness ride were injured when they were struck by an SUV in southeastern North Dakota's Barnes County.
Felicity Hung, 22, of Frisco, Texas, and Neeraj Akula, 20, of Cibolo, Texas, were hit from behind while riding with 13 other bicyclists on a rural road 2 miles west of Valley City around 2 p.m. Tuesday, the Highway Patrol reported. The bicyclists were single-file in three groups of five riders, and the SUV that was traveling in the same direction had cleared the rear and middle groups before hitting two of the riders in the front group, authorities said.
Hung and Akula were treated on scene by ambulance personnel and then taken to a Valley City hospital with injuries that the Patrol said were not life-threatening.
The SUV left the scene. The driver was later arrested on a misdemeanor charge of leaving the scene of an injury crash. Formal charges were pending. The Patrol identified the driver as Peter Schuck, 88, of Sanborn. It wasn't immediately clear if he had an attorney.
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Osun Osunniyi is ready for the next step in what has already been a remarkable and improbable basketball journey.
The 2017 Mainland Regional High School graduate will play for the Washington Wizards in the NBA 2K24 Summer League, beginning July 7 in Las Vegas.
Osunniyi’s basketball skills have already taken him from Mainland in Linwood to Putnam Science Academy in Connecticut to St. Bonaventure in upstate New York to Iowa State in Ames, Iowa.
“I’m super excited,” Osunniyi said of summer league. “I was just looking for an opportunity to be able to play and showcase my talent and hopefully get signed to a team. This is just the next step for me.”
Osunniyi has been a fan favorite everywhere he’s gone not only because of his playing ability but also his infectious personality.
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On the court, the 6-foot-10 Osunniyi has made a name for himself with his rebounding and defense.
He was named the Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year as a junior and senior at St. Bonaventure.
In a basketball world where every player these days seems to want instant success, Osunniyi’s story is an inspiration as to what can be achieved with patience, perseverance and hard work.
Osunniyi didn’t even start playing basketball until he moved from Pleasantville to Somers Point in eighth grade. Jordan Road School boys basketball coach Jeanette Celluci spotted him in the hallways that year and urged him to come out for the team.
Osunniyi came off the bench for the Mainland freshmen team. He grew to 6-4 as a sophomore and 6-8 as a junior, but he didn’t start until he was a Mainland senior.
After Mainland, Osunniyi spent a year at Putnam, a prep school, before moving on to college.
“I think about the journey all the time, coming from where I came from,” Osunniyi said. “It’s a surreal moment for me, my family. Everything I’ve gone through. What my parents have sacrificed for me being able to be in this position. I’m really, really grateful.”
Osunniyi isn’t the only local player chasing a spot in the NBA this summer. Justyn Mutts, a 2017 St. Augustine Prep graduate, will play for the Sacramento Kings in the California Classic in Sacramento on Monday and Wednesday as well as in Las Vegas.
Mutts, like Osunniyi, has experienced a wide-ranging basketball journey. The 6-foot-7 Mutts played at High Point University in North Carolina, the University of Delaware and finally Virginia Tech.
Osunniyi and Mutts are easy underdog stories to root for. But it is rare for undrafted free agents to make it to the NBA. Mutt and Osunniyi’s best chance to make a team probably lies with their ability to defend. Mutts, who boasts a 7-foot-3 wingspan, can guard multiple positions on the floor.
“My ability to block shots and rebound at a high level has kind of gotten me into this position,” Osunniyi said. “My overall game has progressed over my college career being able to expand the floor a little bit, being able to be comfortable shooting the (perimeter) shot. But mainly just being able to do all the dirty work, rebounding, block shots and being an athletic build.”
Their biggest obstacle might be their ages. Both are 24. The NBA often overlooks rookies that age because the league believes younger players have more upside.
But both Osunniyi and Mutts have overcome plenty of obstacles just to make it to this point.
Why not one more?
If not the NBA, both Osunniyi and Mutts seemed destined for a spot in the NBA G League or overseas.
The Wizards would appear to offer Osunniyi a prime opportunity. Washington is rebuilding after trading stars Bradley Beal and Kristaps Porzingis earlier this month.
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CROWN POINT — A Demotte nurse faces a slew of fraud-related charges after she allegedly stole prescription pills from a medicine cart while she was working, charging documents stated.
Diane Schultz, 57, was charged on Friday with obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, furnishing false or fraudulent information and failure to make, keep, or furnish a record, according to court records.
Charging documents stated that Schultz was a registered nurse at Saint Anthony, Majestic Care, located at 203 W Franciscan Drive. SAMC is an extended care facility found within the Franciscan Health Center, located 1201 at S Main St.
Investigators detailed in the affidavit how SAMC utilizes an in-house pharmacy and receives daily deliveries from it. Medications from the pharmacy are then put into so-called med carts, which are used to store and dispense pills for patients.
At the beginning of each shift, oncoming nurses are required to count the controlled substances in their med cart with the nurse who was on shift ahead of them. “Once the controlled substances have been counted together, the oncoming nurse takes control of the cart is the only one with a key to access the cart until that nurse counts with the nurse set to relive them,” according to the probable-cause affidavit.
Any time drugs are removed from the cart, nurses are required to document the drugs administered in a Medication Administration Record, charging documents stated. “Any controlled substance that is dispensed but not actually given to the patient must be witnessed by another staff member and must be destroyed,” the probable-cause affidavit stated.
Schultz worked at SAMC beginning in May 2022, according to the probable cause affidavit. The affidavit detailed how on August 7 around 4 p.m., Schultz’s supervisor noticed that she wasn’t at her nurse’s station.
They could not find Schultz and eventually called in the Crown Point Police, charges stated. Schultz was found around 9 p.m. asleep in the employee bathroom, according to the affidavit.
When she was brought to an office in the facility, Schultz initially said that she was just sleeping, but eventually admitted to stealing pain medications from residents at SAMC, the affidavit stated. Schultz also purportedly said that she was still under the influence from taking pills earlier that afternoon.
After her admission, Schultz was escorted from the property and terminated from the medical facility, charging documents stated.
Once investigators spoke with residents at the facility, they learned that Schultz hadn’t documented many doses of Hydrocodone and Tramadol between the timeframe of July 30 to August 6, charges stated.
Schultz also admitted to officers and supervisors that she had taken over 100 pills from residents within the past week, according to the affidavit. Schultz allegedly said that she had a death in the family and the stress caused her to relapse.
Schultz’s first court appearance has not yet been set, as she remains at large on an arrest warrant.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
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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Wisconsin Republicans voted to hike electric vehicle registration fees. Here's what you need to know.
Wisconsin's Republican-controlled Legislative Finance Committee voted earlier this month to increase the registration fee for electric vehicles by 75%. The vote comes as experts are predicting that electric vehicles could make up over half of those sold in the U.S. by 2040.
In Wisconsin, more than 13,700 electric vehicles were registered in 2022. As more EVs could take to the road in coming years, Rep. Mark Born and Sen. Howard Marklein introduced the fee increase, which could make up for the loss of taxes from drivers who don't fill up at the pump.
The fee hike legislation is pending approval of the upcoming state budget.
What's the electric vehicle surcharge?
Most state transportation revenue is generated from the state fuel tax and vehicle registration fees. The two sources account for more than 75% of state collected transportation revenue and more than half of the budgeted transportation fund between 2021 and 2023.
In 2017, lawmakers created a $100 annual surcharge for electric vehicles. The DMV started collecting the electric vehicle surcharge with applications received January 2018. The DMV collects the fee whenever the driver pays the regular annual registration fee for plate issuance and registration renewal.
Drivers of hybrid electric vehicles, which can run on electricity and fuel, already pay a $75 annual surcharge under the 2019-2021 budget.
How much could the surcharge increase?
If passed, the annual surcharge for electric vehicles could increase to $175, up from $100. Registration fees will not change for hybrid car drivers.
The increase fees will bring an additional estimated $3 million to the state's transportation fund in the first two years, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. The total transportation annual gross revenue fund is over $2.3 billion.
How much does it cost to register a gas vehicle in Wisconsin?
Registering a gas vehicle costs $85 a year in Wisconsin.
When could the electric vehicle fee hike into effect?
It's unclear at the moment. Lawmakers will decide whether to pass the budget as is or make changes to the proposal. The proposal to increase registration fees for electric vehicles is subject to a line-item veto from Gov. Evers.
Milwaukee is one of the worst cities for public charging stations for electric vehicles, study shows
Historically, Wisconsin has been slow to embrace electric vehicles; Milwaukee was recently named one of the nation's 10 worst cities when it comes to the availability of public charging stations, according to a study by FINN.
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New Jersey has come to a proposed multimillion dollar settlement with the producer of, what officials called, one of the New Jersey's most severe cases of PFAS -- or substances sometimes called “forever chemicals” because they do not break down over time.
On Wednesday, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin joined Shawn LaTourette, commissioner of the state's Department of Environmental Protection, to announce a nearly $400 million settlement with Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC.
"This settlement is historic," said Platkin. "This reflects how serious PFAS contamination is and how difficult it is to eradicate it from our drinking water."
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Platkin said this proposed settlement is the first of its kind to address PFAS contamination in New Jersey.
Through the proposal, Platkin said, Solvey will need to pay for and implement comprehensive remedial activities at -- and for 37-square-miles around -- its West Deptford facility. The company would also need to provide financial support for certain public water system upgrades necessary to remove PFAS from drinking water as well as compensate the public for natural resources injured by the discharge of hazardous substances.
"Solvey will complete the remediation. Solvey will also pay back the state for its use of public funds -- taxpayer funds -- that were expended to protect people from their mess," said LaTourette.
In 2020, Platkin's office sued Solvey -- along with two other companies -- alleging they have failed to clean up PFAS chemicals that have polluted New Jersey's public drinking water.
LaTourette said that, for years, Solvey "rebuffed" his department's requests for environmental clean up. Yet, he said, only after years-long efforts to get the company to address these chemicals, and legal action, did Solvey take action that will help clean up the environment.
"It should not take that much," he said, noting that the state's efforts weren't intended to only protect the environment. "We protect our environment in order to protect people's health."
Yet, he said, there's more work to do. LaTourette said that the state still has over 70 public water systems that exceed government standard levels for PFAS.
"Our PFAS challenges in New Jersey are deep. They are significant. And, they won't be solved by this one action alone," said LaTourette.
As for how this funding would be used, Platkin said about $214 million would go towards remediation efforts, $100 million would be used to address PFAS impacts to certain public water systems and private potable drinking water wells and $75 million would be used to recoup taxpayer funds and lost value of natural resources due to Solvay’s discharge of hazardous substances and other pollutants.
After officials announced the proposed settlement, Tracy Carluccio of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, in a statement, said it was about time the company paid to help remediate the negative environmental impacts of PFAS.
“After years of witnessing the pollution impacts from Solvay and advocating to make them, as the polluter, pay for the damage and stop their ongoing releases of toxics, we look forward to digging into the settlement documents to understand what is being done to make them accountable and clean up the pollution. The communities in the Delaware River region that have been indelibly harmed by Solvay and the highly toxic contamination they unleashed, have suffered terribly and need to benefit directly from whatever settlement is reached between DEP and Solvay,” Carluccio said in a statement.
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Canadian wildfire smoke has returned to the northeast, triggering New York and New Jersey to issue an air quality advisory for parts of the region.
As of midday Wednesday, the haze is worse in western portions of New Jersey and in western and central New York. Health officials have warned individuals in sensitive groups to avoid the outdoors as research shows wildfire smoke has a significant impact not just on the respiratory system, but on cardiovascular health as well.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s AirNow.gov site tracks air quality across the country and you can check out the map below:
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What do Air Quality Index numbers mean?
Simply put, the numbers show how clean or polluted the air is, or how many pollutants are present, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. While the numbers don't directly represent the number of pollutants in the air (for example, an AQI of 300 doesn't mean there are 300 pollutants in the air), the number is more of a yardstick to show pollution levels.
An overview published last year in the American Heart Association journal Circulation described wildfire smoke as "a rapidly growing threat to global cardiovascular health" and said that even short-term exposure can lead to heart attacks, strokes or cardiovascular-related deaths.
Much of the wildfire smoke is carried in the wind flow aloft, several thousand feet up. However, as temperatures climb during the day, the atmosphere becomes unstable. Pockets of warm, buoyant surface air begin to lift through the atmosphere – much like a hot air balloon rises. To fill the void, colder air aloft mixes down to the surface and takes its place, making the smoke worse in the afternoon.
A vertical circulation develops which is a very common phenomenon, but when there’s smoke lingering above, it gets mixed down to ground level, too.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — All passengers are safe after a Delta Air Lines flight landed at Charlotte Douglas International Airport without its nose gear Wednesday morning.
Delta Flight 1092 departed from Atlanta at 7:25 a.m. and landed in Charlotte at approximately 8:58 a.m., the airline confirmed to WCNC Charlotte. A Delta Air Lines spokesperson reported the crew reported a nose gear issue to air traffic control and safely landed with the nose gear in the up position.
The pilot landed the plane safely and no one was hurt.
Delta confirmed that the plane, a Boeing 717, had 96 passengers, two pilots and three flight attendants on board. The flight circled a couple of times before landing, according to flight-tracking data.
A passenger on the plane told WCNC Charlotte the pilot's landing was "absolutely perfect," and said the crew was amazing despite the scary experience.
All passengers were taken to the terminal by bus. Charlotte Douglas said it expects operational impacts while crews work to move the plane and reopen the runway.
Delta said the cause of the failure is under investigation.
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LEWISTON, Maine — One person was brought to the hospital by ambulance after a kitchen fire broke out on Blake Street in Lewiston early Wednesday morning.
Fire crews responded to a report about a small kitchen fire at about 7:15 a.m. By the time they arrived, the fire was mostly extinguished after the homeowner reportedly used an "ABC-type extinguisher," Lewiston Fire Department said in a statement Wednesday on Facebook.
One person was brought to the hospital by United Ambulance Service, the release stated.
Fire crews reportedly stayed at the scene for approximately an hour after they arrived.
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SAGINAW, Mich. (WJRT) - The Saginaw County Animal Care and Control facility is looking for information after a dog was found with a trash bag over him inside a wire crate.
The dog was found on the 2600 block of Hess Road near Lynnwood Avenue in Saginaw. He is not collared nor microchipped.
If anyone has any information, contact the Saginaw County Animal Care and Control at (989) 797-4500 or sacc@saginawcounty.com. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/dog-found-with-trash-bag-over-his-head-in-saginaw/article_83346306-15cf-11ee-a691-cbfa080b76ba.html | 2023-06-28T17:55:20 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/dog-found-with-trash-bag-over-his-head-in-saginaw/article_83346306-15cf-11ee-a691-cbfa080b76ba.html |
MIDLAND, Mich. (WJRT) - A senior-care facility in Midland is giving their residents virtual reality technology for the first time.
This is the first facility in the state to introduce this tool to their residents.
MyndVR will be giving residents at Stratford Pines lasting memories beyond the walls they see daily.
"I'm excited to be the first home to have this in our area and the state of Michigan," says the Administrator for Stratford Pines, Shay Lieber. "We are able to roll this out for our short-term rehab and useful activities for our long-term residents."
Through the virtual simulation, residents can skydive, visit a petting zoo, travel to France, and even catch butterflies.
The Peplinski Group says they are blessed to be on the front end of introducing cutting-edge technology into their facilities. They add that this will change the landscape of physical therapy already in place by bringing cognitive and emotional experiences that can't be delivered in traditional formats.
"To see people getting the same physical work, but smiling and engaging, it feels more fun," says Chief Operating Officer of Peplinski Group, Rick Ackerman.
He adds once their eyes are engaged in the headset, it is building a bridge to a world of opportunity.
"One room becomes a global therapy station," says the VP of Product Development of MyndVR, Jim Gleason. "We can do anything they want. It's whatever you want it to be for the senior."
This launch fulfills the mission of partnership working to improve the lives of their seniors.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — With new funding from the Birmingham Board of Education, the Birmingham Promise announced its plans to expand its internship program and work-based learning opportunities.
On Tuesday, the board approved $240,000 to the Birmingham Promise, with which the organization plans to expand the opportunities available to Birmingham City School seniors.
“Birmingham Promise is taking career preparation and exposure to a higher level for students in Birmingham City Schools,” Samantha Williams, executive director of Birmingham Promise, said in a statement. “This is an enormous amount of growth for us. Our goal is to get every possible student in Birmingham City Schools high schools connected to some kind of Birmingham Promise work.”
The Birmingham Promise is an organization that works with Birmingham City School students to provide tuition assistance and internship opportunities. Their internship program aims to make sure that each student who participates earns $15 an hour.
To date, 225 Birmingham students have participated. With the money allotted on Tuesday, the organization has the ability to quadruple the number of seniors placed in internships.
50 seniors participated in the 2023 graduating class’ internship program, which was only available in the spring. Now, in 2024, internships will be available in both the fall and spring, and the Birmingham Promise hopes to have 100 students participating each semester.
With the new financial support from Birmingham City Schools, Birmingham Promise will also for the first time offer sophomores and juniors “shadowing” experiences.
“We want to get 10th- and 11th-graders caught up in all of this sooner,” Williams told the school board.
Birmingham’s Superintendent, Dr. Mark Sullivan, said in a statement that the Birmingham Promise and Birmingham City Schools share the same goals.
“We’re both working to prepare students for the future,” Sullivan said in a statement. “The ultimate judge of our success is whether our students leave us and are in a position to fulfill their dreams. By working together, we can do more to put our students on that path to success.” | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-promise-plans-internship-expansion-after-receiving-new-funding/ | 2023-06-28T17:55:51 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-promise-plans-internship-expansion-after-receiving-new-funding/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A U.S. judge on Tuesday agreed to delay Joran Van der Sloot’s extortion trial until the fall to give him more time to prepare a defense or decide if he wants to enter a guilty plea.
Van der Sloot’s attorney Kevin Butler had asked for the continuance from the July 31 trial docket to give more time to “review the discovery, investigate this case, and prepare for trial.” Prosecutors agreed to the change.
Van der Sloot, often considered the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance in Aruba, faces federal charges that he tried to extort money from the missing teen’s mother in exchange for revealing where to find her daughter’s remains. He was extradited from Peru this month to face trial in Alabama, Holloway’s home state.
“Given the defendant’s need to adequately prepare his defense and to make an informed decision on whether to enter a guilty plea or proceed to trial, the court finds that the ends of justice served by extending the pretrial deadlines and granting a continuance outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial,” U.S. Magistrate Gray Borden wrote. Borden said the extension would last until Oct. 2, but said the exact trial date would be set later by the presiding judge.
Holloway went missing during a high school graduation trip with classmates and was last seen leaving a bar with van der Sloot, a student at an international school on the island where he grew up. Her remains have never been found. No one has been charged in her disappearance.
U.S. prosecutors said that in 2010, van der Sloot sought money from Beth Holloway to disclose the location of her daughter’s body. A grand jury indicted him that year. He has initially plead not guilty to the charges.
Van der Sloot earlier this month was brought shackled into an Alabama courtroom to be arraigned on the federal charges as Holloway’s parents watched. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/extortion-trial-delayed-until-fall-for-suspect-in-natalee-holloways-disappearance/ | 2023-06-28T17:55:57 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/extortion-trial-delayed-until-fall-for-suspect-in-natalee-holloways-disappearance/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Former Alabama Rep. Fred Plump Jr. has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges, according to court documents.
The charges were brought against Plump on May 23. He then agreed to resign from the Alabama House of Representatives, pay a minimum restitution of $200,000 and plead guilty.
Plump was charged of conspiring with others to obtain money from the Jefferson County Community Service Fund between March 2019 and April 2023. During this stint, approximately $400,000 was allocated to Piper David Youth Baseball League, where Plump served as executive director, by a House legislator.
Plump was elected in November 2022 to represent District 55, encompassing portions of Adamsville, Birmingham, Fairfield and Graysville.
He faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each charge. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/fred-plump-jr-pleads-guilty-to-charges-of-conspiracy-and-obstruction-of-justice/ | 2023-06-28T17:56:03 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/fred-plump-jr-pleads-guilty-to-charges-of-conspiracy-and-obstruction-of-justice/ |
IUKA, Miss. (WTVA) — Authorities found a shooting victim Tuesday evening near a state park in Tishomingo County.
The shooting happened sometime before 10:30 in the Steel Bridge recreational area, which is near the J.P. Coleman State Park.
Tishomingo County deputies found the victim and medics transported him to the hospital in Tupelo, according to the Tishomingo County Sheriff's Department. His current condition is unknown.
The Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Department did not announce an arrest.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Tishomingo County Sheriff's Department at 662-423-7000. | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/shooting-victim-found-near-j-p-coleman-state-park-in-tishomingo-county/article_2d25505e-15d6-11ee-b486-7b05356fc5bd.html | 2023-06-28T17:59:08 | 0 | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/shooting-victim-found-near-j-p-coleman-state-park-in-tishomingo-county/article_2d25505e-15d6-11ee-b486-7b05356fc5bd.html |
BALTIMORE — A new year-long partnership has been formed between the Maryland Department of Health and The Trevor Project to bring trainings, resources and support to LGBTQ+ Marylanders.
This partnership will be called the Caring Out Loud campaign.
The Trevor Project serves as the the leader in providing suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ youth, in a survey they conducted, it was found that 41% of LGBTQ+ young peoplehave contemplated on committing suicide.
The Caring Out Loud Campaign will have several components including one that focuses on training for the department’s Behavioral Health Administration staff, members of the Governor’s Commission for Suicide Prevention, and healthcare professionals in Maryland’s 24 jurisdictions.
The Interim Director of Public Training for The Trevor Project, Keygan Miller (they/them), noted the importance for advocacy and resources within the LGBTQ+ community.
"LGBTQ+ young people deserve to have access to culturally competent health care from a provider that understands them and their unique experiences.”
He went on to mention how happy he is for the partnership with the Maryland Department of Health, and he is looking forward to "providers and healthcare professionals serving LGBTQ+ Marylanders [that] are equipped to support their needs via best-practice care and ultimately, save lives.”
Additional mental health resources can be found here:
- Youth Mental Health 1-pager
- [health.maryland.gov]Mental Health Crisis Resources for Coping with Violence
- Minority Mental Health Resources
- Student and Young Adult Resource Guide
- Grief and Loss Resources
Learn more here. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/trevor-project-and-mdh-partner-to-provide-support-for-lgbtq-youth | 2023-06-28T18:01:39 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/trevor-project-and-mdh-partner-to-provide-support-for-lgbtq-youth |
WATERLOO — A Waterloo teen has been arrested on weapons charges following a Tuesday search.
Waterloo police arrested Andrew Spates III, 17, on a charge of felon in possession of a firearm. Spates is charged as an adult.
According to court records, detectives approached Spates while he was seated in a Chevrolet Malibu parked at La Michoacana Restaurant, 1221 Franklin St., around 12:25 p.m. Tuesday.
Officers found marijuana and a loaded 9 mm Glock 17 handgun with an extended magazine under the front seat. Police also searched his home at 2253 E. Fourth St. as part of the investigation, according to court records.
Spates is prohibited from handling firearms because of a November 2021 adjudication in juvenile court for intimidation with a weapon, records state.
From flintlock muskets to AR-15s: A history of guns in America
From flintlock muskets to AR-15s: A history of guns in America
When it comes to symbols of American culture, guns are right up there with apple pie and baseball. Firearms have held an enduring role in the development of American society dating back to the Revolutionary War, but their cultural significance extends well beyond military use. American civilians own over 393 million guns, according to the 2017 Small Arms Survey . The exact number is difficult to pinpoint given the proliferation of unregulated sales and manufacture through innovations such as 3D printing.
For better or for worse, however, it is inarguable that the United States is the only country with more civilian-owned firearms than people. Whether they own them for personal protection or sport, many gun enthusiasts consider firearm ownership an essential tenet of American freedom. Meanwhile, those favoring more regulation are concerned by recent trends indicating looser gun restrictions are directly correlated with more mass shootings and firearm homicides.
In light of the enduring gun debates that have permeated the political stage in recent decades, Stacker compiled a list of 10 key moments in the development of firearm technology throughout the history of the U.S. from archives, patent records, historical resources, and news publications.
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Flintlock muskets
Appearing for the first time in 1630 , the flintlock musket introduced an improved ignition method to existing firearm mechanisms. Where previous models relied on a slow-burning match to ignite the gunpowder, the flintlock musket strikes a piece of flint, a derivative of quartz, against an iron pan. This made the gun more reliable in wet conditions, quicker to reload, and less likely to misfire. The gun soared in popularity for the next 200 years, becoming the "go-to" firearm for American militaries until the invention and mass adoption of the percussion cap system.
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Percussion caps
In 1805, Rev. Alexander John Forsyth pioneered the next mass innovation in firearms after becoming frustrated by the flintlock musket's tendency to startle prey during hunting. The percussion cap ignition method activates when the gun's hammer strikes the percussion cap, igniting the gunpowder. This shortened the interval between pulling the trigger and firing the bullet and was also more reliable in various environmental conditions. While the use of percussion caps in guns quickly became obsolete owing to later innovations, the system served as a basis for modern-day cartridges, grenades, and flare guns.
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Revolvers
The revolver was one of the first firearm models to significantly improve upon the rate of fire. Because the handgun contains multiple chambers for cartridges, users do not need to reload after each firing. While the very first revolver mechanism is thought to have been invented sometime in the 16th century, it wasn't until 1836—when American Samuel Colt patented a more practical and cost-effective design—that the firearm took off in popularity. In his model, the cylinder is automatically rotated after firing , and empty cases are ejected once the cylinder is opened.
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Repeating rifles
Like revolvers, repeating rifles allow users to fire multiple shots without reloading but do not contain a cylinder. Instead, a magazine underneath the barrel holds rounds automatically loaded into the barrel with a spring. American businessman Oliver Winchester popularized the firearm through his company, the Winchester Repeating Arms Company , which created the Winchester Model 1873, colloquially known as "The Gun That Won the West ."
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Smokeless powder
While a reliable explosive, earlier forms of gunpowder posed several problems for firearm users. It left behind a significant amount of smoke, obscuring the user's vision until it cleared; left bore deposits within the firearm, requiring frequent cleaning; and tended to clog moving parts. This inspired several attempts throughout the 19th century to create a smokeless powder to varying degrees of success. In 1884, however, French chemist Paul Vieille created Poudre B, a nitrocellulose-based powder that left little residue, fired reliably, and served as the basis for smokeless powder by military powers worldwide.
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Automatic firearms
In the early 1860s, Richard Gatling invented the first manually operated machine gun, the Gatling gun. The gun's ten barrels could be fired and ejected within one rotation of the hand crank.
Later, when the United States entered World War I, the need for rapid rearmament with domestic weapons became apparent when surplus arms from foreign countries proved inadequate, inspiring John Browning to invent the Browning automatic rifle . The rifle was initially considered a lightweight machine gun well-suited for trench warfare. Still, its implementation revealed it was too big and fired too slowly for its intended purpose. This led John Thompson to create the Thompson submachine gun, or "Tommy gun," which produced a high volume of automatic fire in a short time frame. The United States Army adopted the gun in 1928, which then surged in popularity during World War II.
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Bolt-action rifles
Bolt-action rifles may date back to the 19th century, but the firearm didn't gain widespread adoption until World War I, when it became the most widely used firearm among troops. The bolt-action design combines several moving components into one action, offering improved accuracy and reliability. While semi-automatic rifles eventually replaced bolt-action rifles as the standard combatant weapon, they remain the preferred firearm among snipers and hunters . This is because, besides its high accuracy, it can accommodate longer and more powerful cartridges.
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Polymer manufacturing
After World War I left American gun manufacturer Remington with a surplus of guns and a shortage of capital, the company agreed to a buyout from the chemical company DuPont. With the new partnership came a merging of expertise, and in 1959, it introduced the first gun made with a polymer into the market: the Remington Nylon 66 . The rifle's stock and receiver are made with a proprietary nylon resin created by Dupont researchers specifically for the project. It significantly reduced material and manufacturing costs and firearm weight, instigating a wave of more affordable and lighter weapons.
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Armalite civilian rifle
The ArmaLite civilian rifle, commonly known as the AR-15, was invented in 1956 as a lightweight, easy-to-use rifle that could carry more ammunition than most firearms. Armalite sold its design to the manufacturer Colt , whose design modifications led to American soldiers' mass adoption of the rifle during the Vietnam War. Once Colt's patent expired in the 1970s, AR-15 became an umbrella term for similar models issued by gun manufacturers nationwide, and the firearm surged in popularity. Today, it appeals to gun enthusiasts for its customizable features while attracting the ire of those in favor of gun control due to its frequent role in mass shootings .
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3D printing and beyond
In 2013, seven years after 3D printers became commercially available , American company Defense Distributed published files that could be downloaded by anyone to print a firearm. Legal action ensued, ultimately leading the Department of Justice to conclude the company's actions were protected under the First Amendment . Innovations in 3D printing technology, such as the ability to print with more durable materials and communications, such as decentralized internet forums, have enabled the 3D-printed gun industry to grow rapidly . However, this has also prevented standard regulations from being enforced, such as prohibiting gun sales to convicted felons, as transactions are easily done anonymously online. Ultimately, the increased accessibility and concealment of private gun manufacture and purchase leave an uncertain future for firearms.
Data reporting by Sam Larson. Story editing by Brian Budzynski. Copy editing by Paris Close. Photo selection by Clarese Moller.
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WATERLOO — The Waterloo Public Library is closed Tuesday for the July 4 holiday. The library will reopen for regular hours on Wednesday at 9 a.m.
The newly renamed Friends Used Book Shop has opened at the Waterloo Public Library in Waterloo, Iowa, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. The store, which raises funds for the library, is staffed entirely by volunteers and stocked completely with donations or withdrawn library materials.
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Cedar Falls junior Izzy Walker connects with a pitch for a base hit against Waterloo West at Cedar Falls on Thursday.
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Cedar Falls junior Izzy Walker celebrates after reaching second base against Waterloo West at Cedar Falls on Thursday.
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Cedar Falls junior Izzy Walker slides safely into third base against Waterloo West at Cedar Falls on Thursday.
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Cedar Falls junior Izzy Walker scores against Waterloo West at Cedar Falls on Thursday.
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A fan in the stands wears an Izzy Walker bracelet for the Cedar Falls player who is in need of a kidney transplant on Thursday.
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Izzy Walker's mother, Jessica Johnson, center, cheers from the stands during Cedar Falls' game against Waterloo West at Cedar Falls on Thursday.
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Cedar Falls' Izzy Walker makes a running catch in the infield against Clarksville last season in Gilbertville.
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Cedar Falls' Izzy Walker swings through a pitch against Waterloo West last season at West.
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Cedar Falls' Izzy Walker fouls off a pitch during the second inning of a matchup with the Columbus Catholic Sailors last season. Walker later singled during the at-bat.
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DALLAS(KDAF)—National weather service in Fort Worth offers tips to protect yourself from the heat as temperatures rise. Temperatures are expected to reach 110 degrees this week in North Texas.
NWS Fort Worth said, “An Excessive Heat Warning remains in effect until 8 PM Wednesday. The westernmost counties will experience the highest temperatures (105-110) while the central and east counties will experience the highest heat indices (generally 110-115). Remember to take frequent breaks in an air-conditioned building and stay hydrated if planning any outdoor activities. Also, keep your pets indoors if possible, and do not walk them on hot pavement”.
There is a Heat Advisory in effect until Thursday; however, an Excessive Heat Warning is expected to expire this afternoon at 8 pm.
NWS Fort Worth said, “The Excessive Heat Warning will expire at 8 PM, but a Heat Advisory will continue for a good portion of the region into Thursday. Triple-digit high temperatures can be expected, and heat indices will climb into the 105 to 110-degree range within the advisory area Thursday afternoon.
Beginning next week, North Texas will experience more high temperatures and rain.
NWS Fort Worth said, “The heat will gradually ease as we head into the latter part of the upcoming weekend and into next week. The strong upper ridge currently overhead will shift eastward and weaken. As it does, temperatures will fall back down closer to seasonal normals for this time of year. In addition, scattered afternoon showers and storms will return by Monday and continue through the week”.
During the days of increased heat, drink water and stay indoors if you can.
NWS Fort Worth said, “With this persisting heat, practice heat safety wherever you are! Know the signs of heat illness, and check on the more vulnerable populations. Drink plenty of water, avoid extended time outdoors during the day’s heat, and look before you lock”! | https://cw33.com/news/local/north-texas-temperatures-reaching-110-this-week-tips-on-staying-safe-in-the-heat/ | 2023-06-28T18:08:19 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/north-texas-temperatures-reaching-110-this-week-tips-on-staying-safe-in-the-heat/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Saaya is a Mediterranean restaurant and lounge that truly feels like an escape!
Their experience goes beyond their flavorful Mediterranean cuisine. The menu is set up as a “mezze” meaning they can order a bunch of dishes and share across the table. “A lot of [our dishes] come from the Middle East, Greece, Santorini the islands out there… Also Lebanon, some Pakistani flavors, too. We just wanted a real worldly flavor profile,” said Chef Rodman of Saaya
Guests can order hookah outside, rent out a karaoke “dome” or sip on a cocktail while enjoying live entertainment such as belly dancers!
The outside area is a must-see, however, seating works as a first come first serve basis. Find out more about this Mediterranean oasis here. | https://cw33.com/news/local/saaya-brings-mediterranean-oasis-to-dallas/ | 2023-06-28T18:08:25 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/saaya-brings-mediterranean-oasis-to-dallas/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Meet the man who has photographed the likes of Lady Gaga, Kate Winslet and Beyonce and some of their most memorable moments.
Stephanie Mendez got the chance to sit down with Celebrity Photographer Markus Klinko at his exhibition at Markowicz Fine Art. “I’m showing a lot of my most iconic work here. You know, from Britney to Bowie to Beyonce, Billy Eilish, the latest edition Ice Spice. With a shoot for the cover Paper Magazine. You know, I’m just really proud because, number one, I have this amazing relationship with Mark of its gallery. For the past seven or eight years, I’ve been working with Bernard Markovitz very closely,” said Klinko.
The exhibition, titled Icons: Bowie to Beyoncé, was available until June 22nd.
See how her visit went with Klinko above. | https://cw33.com/news/local/stephanie-mendez-sits-down-with-celebrity-photographer-markus-klinko/ | 2023-06-28T18:08:31 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/stephanie-mendez-sits-down-with-celebrity-photographer-markus-klinko/ |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Four businesses in the Greater Sacramento region were recently awarded a 2023 TEGNA Foundation Community Grant.
The annual awards program recognizes organizations for their efforts to impact the community. Each of the below organizations received a grant between $5,000-$10,000 during a reception.
- Health Education Council – works to improve health outcomes in under-served neighborhoods by empowering the people in them to create the solutions they need most.
- Sacramento Cottage Housing, Inc. – provides housing and services to those experiencing the crippling effects of homelessness and who are in desperate need of shelter and stability.
- Junior Achievement of Sacramento – aims to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.
- Food Literacy Center – teaches children in low-income elementary schools about cooking, nutrition, gardening, and active play to improve our health, environment, and economy.
“It was quite an honor to help present the 2023 TEGNA Foundation Community Grant awards on behalf of our parent company,” said Risa Omega, President & General Manager of ABC10. “These awards recognize the dedication of those who work diligently all year long to make a positive and immediate impact in our community plus help to build a successful future for our region.” | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/2023-tegna-foundation-community-grant-sacramento-area-winners/103-0b161b57-2d79-42a3-8fee-5fd58955ee0b | 2023-06-28T18:10:08 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/2023-tegna-foundation-community-grant-sacramento-area-winners/103-0b161b57-2d79-42a3-8fee-5fd58955ee0b |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An SUV crashed into a semi-truck in Sacramento County Wednesday morning.
The crash happened at the intersection of Butano Drive and Watt Avenue. A tow truck pulled the car out from underneath the truck.
The driver of the SUV was taken to a hospital and according to California Highway Patrol, broke their arm.
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As smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to move slowly throughout the state, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management has forecast another statewide Air Quality Action Day on Thursday.
Particulates are expected to be in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range, IDEM said in a statement. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/wildfires-smoke-leads-to-air-quality-action-day-on-thursday/article_6efab1ea-15db-11ee-8766-b7bd4f248b4e.html | 2023-06-28T18:15:23 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/wildfires-smoke-leads-to-air-quality-action-day-on-thursday/article_6efab1ea-15db-11ee-8766-b7bd4f248b4e.html |
A Wabash man has been charged with three counts of possessing child pornography, Indiana State Police said today.
In a statement, state police at Peru said Peter James Nelson, 46, was charged after state police received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
The tip led to a search warrant being served at a Wabash residence. Officers found multiple electronic devices, state police said.
Wabash police and the Wabash County prosecutor's office assisted state police. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/wabash-man-charged-in-child-porn-case/article_d4807296-15c9-11ee-a366-83ef43bf1eea.html | 2023-06-28T18:15:30 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/wabash-man-charged-in-child-porn-case/article_d4807296-15c9-11ee-a366-83ef43bf1eea.html |
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Florida Department of Transportation has hit pause on moving forward with a plan to replace the State Road 401 drawbridges in the Port Canaveral area, after concerns were raised by space launch companies and Florida Rep. Thad Altman, according to News 6 partner Florida Today.
That, in turn, could hold up plans to widen State Road 528 between State Road 3 and the port.
Some in space industry worry that the fixed-span bridges planned to replace the drawbridges won’t be high enough to allow barges carrying rocket parts to pass under.
The DOT is in the design phase of the S.R. 528 widening and the S.R. 401 bridge replacement projects, with no specific projections for the timelines of the project.
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It initially had designated the high-level fixed bridge as its “preferred alternative,” saying it would “address access, future mobility, congestion and safety needs of the area, and result in the least physical, natural and social effects.”
Potential delays in the long-awaited projects don’t sit well with Port Canaveral Chief Executive Officer John Murray and the elected port commissioners, who support the S.R. 528 widening, as well as replacing the S.R. 401 drawbridge with a fixed-span bridge, as ways to help alleviate traffic congestion in the area near the port.
Increased port cruise passenger traffic, as well as cargo-related truck and fuel tanker traffic, contribute to the congestion along S.R. 528, as does general tourist traffic and personnel commuting to and from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Additionally, the frequent raising of the three S.R. 401 drawbridges to allow boats to pass underneath exacerbates the traffic tie-ups in the area. That can back up vehicle traffic going to and from the port , potentially for 10 minutes or more.
Because the bridge has a clearance of only 25 feet, the drawbridges have to be raised for some sailboats and fishing boats.
Murray said the drawbridges open an average of about 180 times a month, including about 25 times on an average weekend, when boating traffic is heavier.
The drawbridges are part of the route cruise passengers take to and from the port’s north-side cruise terminals.
“It’s a huge issue to our community,” Murray said. “We need this bridge replaced and we need 528 expanded.”
But Altman supports putting the brakes on the bridge replacement so the DOT can get more input from the space industry about its future needs ― including whether a drawbridge would be better to accommodate potential future transport of rocket parts under the bridge.
Altman said he has had discussions with DOT officials, U.S. Space Force, NASA, SpaceX and Blue Origin on this matter, and agrees that the best course of action is for the DOT to study the issue more, even if it means delaying the project.
“It’s better to do it right, rather than find out later” that the approach that was chosen was wrong, said Altman, who also is executive director/chief executive officer of The Astronauts Memorial Foundation. “We have to strike a balance to meet all the needs of the different users.”
Altman said there’s considerable complexity for the DOT to consider in this project, and “it’s a good thing they are taking a look at all of the options. I think it’s an absolute necessity. This is the way it should be done ― solve all the problems and don’t create new ones.”
Georganna Gillette, executive director of the Space Coast Transportation Planning Organization, said the S.R. 528 widening and the S.R. 401 bridge replacement projects are two of her agency’s highest priorities.
She said the bridge is “definitely a weak link,” considering how vital that area is for tourism, commuting and commerce. Port Canaveral now is the world’s busiest cruise port, and many cruise passengers drive their own vehicles to and from the port.
Murray terms the bridge a potential “single point of failure for Port Canaveral’s entire north-side operations,” and says the DOT putting this project and the State Road 528 widening on hold is “concerning.”
Murray has noted that the aging drawbridge structures that date back to 1963 and 1972 could malfunction, cutting off access to the north side of the port.
In addition to the port cruise and cargo facilities, the DOT noted that the bridges serve as a primary access to the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the Naval Ordnance Test Unit, U.S. Coast Guard facilities and Space Florida operations. S.R. 401 also is designated by the U.S. Department of Defense as a “strategic highway network connector.”
The DOT estimates the construction cost of the 5.1-mile-long S.R. 528 widening from four to six lanes, including the related reconstruction of three interchanges, at $329 million, with an additional $10.2 million for design work and $1.2 million for right-of-way work.
Gillette said construction of a fixed-span bridge to replace the drawbridges at S.R. 401 would cost about $129 million.
She said the S.R. 528 widening likely would not move forward without a final decision on the design for the new S.R. 401 bridge.
Gillette said neither project has its construction costs set aside in Florida DOT budgets, so construction timelines are uncertain, even without the latest delay for more study.
Gillette said she is worried about the lack of funding and the lack of a decision on the bridge, considering how competitive it is to secure road project funding.
Murray says he doesn’t understand the reasoning for the space companies to want a drawbridge at the S.R. 401 site, since any large cargo being transported by ship or barge east from the port and under the bridge would then have to sail through the Canaveral Lock area. He said the Canaveral Lock is 90 feed wide and 12 feet deep with a hard concrete bottom, and is not wide enough or deep enough for such vessels. For example, a vessel SpaceX uses for booster transport is 150 feet wide.
Florida Today on Tuesday requested comments from officials at SpaceX and Blue Origin, but did not receive responses by midday Wednesday. The Space Force, meanwhile, said it was looking into the issue.
Florida Today Space Editor Emre Kelly contributed to this report.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – After a massive data hack impacted 90% of Oregon driver’s licenses and state IDs, as announced by the Oregon Department of Transportation, data breach experts are sharing tips for protecting personal information.
On June 15, ODOT announced the breach, which was part of a global hack on the data transfer software MOVEit Transfer, which ODOT uses to encrypt and transfer data files between parties.
According to the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, the cyberattack was carried out by CL0P, a Russian ransomware gang.
In addition to the Oregon DMV, the MOVEit breach affected Umpqua Bank, formerly Columbia Bank, customers in Oregon and other states. It also breached information through the Minnesota Department of Education, Louisiana’s Office of Motor Vehicles, the Nova Scotia provincial government, British Airways, the British Broadcasting Company, the U.K. drugstore chain Boots, and federal agencies like the U.S. Department of Energy.
Hackers could have access to first and last names, driver’s license or ID card numbers, dates of birth, physical addresses and the last four digits of Social Security numbers, ODOT said.
Michael Bruemmer, vice president and head of Experian Global Data Breach Resolution, urges consumers to assume their personal information was breached and to keep track of credit scores and apply a fraud alert to your account as soon as possible.
In addition to data protection tips recommended by the Oregon DMV, Bruemmer says consumers should consider signing up for identity theft protection and to not click on suspicious links sent through text or email and to ensure your social media accounts don’t have any personal information.
Bruemmer emphasized the importance of data protection, because once hackers have personal information they could “apply for other government IDs, open lines of credit, potentially even get health care accounts opened to get services if they didn’t have health insurance and then even commit a crime; use your identity and information to do something nefarious.” | https://www.koin.com/local/tips-for-protecting-personal-information-after-the-oregon-dmv-data-breach/ | 2023-06-28T18:17:58 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/tips-for-protecting-personal-information-after-the-oregon-dmv-data-breach/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — (THE TEXAS TRIBUNE)
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied Rodney Reed a chance for a new trial Wednesday, nearly four years after halting his execution and ordering the trial court to weigh whether Reed might be innocent in the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites.
In a 129-page ruling, Texas’ highest criminal court delivered a crushing blow to Reed, who has been on Texas’ death row for more than a quarter-century. The 55-year-old’s case gained international attention as his execution neared in 2019, with a new swell of supporters doubting his guilt in 19-year-old Stites’ murder and calling for his life to be spared.
“Even if all of Reed’s post-trial evidence is taken into account, Reed still has not demonstrated that he is more-likely-than-not innocent of Stacey’s murder,” wrote Judge Jesse McClure in the 7-1 ruling.
Judge Scott Walker was the lone dissenter on the all-Republican court.
In rejecting Reed’s claims of innocence, the high court accepted the 2021 recommendation of retired state District Judge J.D. Langley. Despite the ruling, Reed likely won’t face an immediate execution date. The U.S. Supreme Court in April sided with Reed in another appeal, opening the door for him to pursue DNA testing on evidence used to convict him.
Reed has long proclaimed his innocence, and his supporters hoped he would get a new trial after the Court of Criminal Appeals stopped his execution in 2019. His lawyers over the years have brought forward a mountain of new evidence and witnesses who they say show Reed’s innocence and instead casts suspicion on Stites’ fiance, Jimmy Fennell.
Both men have been accused of multiple sexual assaults. Reed was indicted, but never convicted, in several other rape cases. Fennell spent 10 years in prison after he kidnapped and allegedly raped a woman while on duty as a police officer in 2007.
In 1996, Stites’ body was found partially unclothed in Bastrop County hours after she didn’t show up to her grocery store job, according to court records. Fennell’s truck was found abandoned in a nearby school parking lot. Pieces of Stites’ belt, which is believed to have been used to strangle her, were found at both locations.
Fennell was originally a suspect, but the prosecution turned to Reed about a year later when it found sperm cells that matched him inside her body. Reed said he and Stites had a consensual affair, a claim his lawyers say was doubted largely because he was a Black man in rural Texas and Stites was white. Reed was tried by an all-white jury.
In recent years, Reed’s attorneys have presented witnesses who corroborate that he had a relationship with Stites and others who said Fennell was abusive toward Stites or that he suspected she was having an affair with a Black man. Reed’s legal team also brought forward pathologists who said Stites was likely killed before the time Fennell told police she left their home for work, when she was alone with him. And the medical examiner who originally pegged her death to a later time — likely when she was driving to work — clarified in an affidavit that it would be impossible to pinpoint the exact time.
Bastrop County prosecutors and Stites’ family have strongly denied these claims, brushing off the credibility of witnesses they say waited years to come forward. They remain certain Reed is guilty, declaring him a serial rapist who stopped Stites on her way to work, raped her and then killed her.
After a 10-day hearing in fall 2021, Langley found Reed’s new evidence pointing suspicion on Fennell not credible and sided with the state’s position that Reed should remain convicted and under sentence of death for Stites’ murder. Reed had also argued the state withheld evidence from the defense before trial, including statements from law enforcement officials that pointed suspicion at Fennell. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-highest-criminal-court-emphatically-rejects-rodney-reeds-claim-of-innocence/269-e43f721e-8144-4d31-bf4d-a973088f1701 | 2023-06-28T18:21:47 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-highest-criminal-court-emphatically-rejects-rodney-reeds-claim-of-innocence/269-e43f721e-8144-4d31-bf4d-a973088f1701 |
The moment many Treasure Valley residents have been waiting for has arrived. The official start to the Boise River float season will begin Thursday.
Boise River flows have dropped to approximately 1,200 cubic feet per second, which is within the typical range for the official float season, according to a joint press release from the Boise Parks and Recreation Department, Boise Fire Department and Ada County Parks and Waterways. The river flowed at a high of more than 6,000 cfs in late April and early May — presenting dangerous conditions for people and pets to recreate in.
The drop in river flow comes just as outside temperatures are expected to rise to the mid- and upper-90s, according to the National Weather Service.
“It never quite feels like summertime in the Treasure Valley until the float season begins,” Ada County Parks & Waterways Director Scott Koberg said in the release. “Please remember — a safe float is a fun float. Everyone on the water needs the proper equipment for a trip down the Boise River. Float season agency partners have been preparing for this moment for weeks so we’re all excited to share this news with the community just in time for the holiday weekend.”
Boise Fire team members are wrapping up initial mitigation of major hazards along the popular 6-mile stretch of river from Barber Park to Ann Morrison Park but officials caution that the river still remains a wild environment and floaters should have safety at the forefront of their minds.
Children ages 14 and under are required to wear a life jacket on the water under Idaho state law. Floaters should also never tie rafts together, per the release.
Float season rentals and other services will be offered at Barber Park. Parking is available for a small fee at Barber Park. Parking near the take out in Ann Morrison Park, which is managed by Boise Parks and Recreation, is free. For information on rental and shuttle rates, visit Ada County’s website.
A new interactive map and guided tour, complete with the river’s current conditions, can be found on floattheboise.org. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/boise-river-float-season-opening-date-announced/article_442e8d7c-15ce-11ee-898f-5faacdd166b0.html | 2023-06-28T18:25:36 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/boise-river-float-season-opening-date-announced/article_442e8d7c-15ce-11ee-898f-5faacdd166b0.html |
Those pleasurable 70- and 80-degree days that have permeated the Treasure Valley in recent months? They appear to be a thing of the past for the foreseeable future.
Temperatures this weekend are expected to bring the summer-time heat, with forecasts touching in the upper-90s – 95 on Friday, followed by 99 and 98 on Saturday and Sunday, and then 95 on Monday. They will taper down to the lower-90s later next week.
In large part, the reason for heat moving in is simply it’s that time of year, when the calendar flips to July and August.
There is also a “heat dome” which started in Texas and is moving to various parts of the United States. While the southern sector of the country is predominantly feeling the impacts of that, the West and North will be as well.
“It has a little to do with it,” said Les Colin, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Boise. “Part of that heat dome will be pushed westward and towards the southwestern states and then expand towards us. Part of that is coming our way, yes.”
Colin said this summer is expected to be hotter than normal in western Idaho. Colin said that the normal high temperatures of 92-93 degrees in July and about 90 degrees in August are forecasted to be a couple degrees higher this year.
With temperatures rising it’s important to remember safety considerations, particularly for vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly and outdoor workers.
According to the National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, here are some tips to prevent heat-related illness:
Slow down: Reduce, eliminate or reschedule strenuous activities until the coolest times of day.
Dress for summer: Wear lightweight, loose-fitting, light-colored clothing.
Eat light: Choose easy-to-digest foods such as fruit or salads. If you pack food, put it in a cooler or carry an ice pack and do not leave it sitting in the sun.
Wear sunscreen: Sunburn affects the body’s ability to cool down and stay hydrated. If you go outdoors, protect yourself by wearing a wide-brimmed hat, sunglasses, and by putting on sunscreen.
Drink plenty of water: Do this even if you don’t feel thirsty. Conversely, alcoholic or caffeinated beverages will have the opposite effect and dehydrate you.
Use air conditioners: Spend time in air-conditioned locations such as malls or libraries if you do not have a home unit.
Use portable electric fans: They exhaust hot air from rooms or draw in cooler air.
Do not leave children in cars: Cars can quickly heat up to dangerous temperatures, even with the windows cracked open. Children are especially at risk of getting a heat stroke or dying. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/summer-heat-hits-this-weekend-kicking-off-what-could-be-hotter-than-normal-summer-in/article_5cacd7b8-153e-11ee-885d-1b8dd74830bd.html | 2023-06-28T18:25:40 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/summer-heat-hits-this-weekend-kicking-off-what-could-be-hotter-than-normal-summer-in/article_5cacd7b8-153e-11ee-885d-1b8dd74830bd.html |
Gainesville: Temporary lane closures on University Ave. for Raised Crosswalks project
Multiple lane closures will be prevalent on University Avenue starting Wednesday, June 28, and they are expected to continue through the summer, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.
Construction for the Raised Crosswalks project for University Avenue near Northwest 14th Street and Gale Lemerand Drive will result in a reduction of lanes on these roads.
The usual four-lane road, University Avenue, will be reduced to two lanes between Gale Lemerand Drive and Northwest 19th Street.
Eastbound, University will be reduced from two lanes to one lane between Northwest 15th Street and Northwest 13th Street. The road will also be reduced from two lanes to one lane westbound between Northwest 14th Street and Northwest 15th Street.
The Raised Crosswalks project, which was expected to begin in January, involves adding raised crosswalks at two locations along University Avenue: across from Ben Hill Griffin Stadium’s main entrance and west of Northwest 14th Street.
The goal of the crosswalks will be to control traffic speed and improve the visibility of pedestrians crossing University Avenue. There will be signals and pedestrian overhead lighting. They will be at the same height as the sidewalks, furthering their accessibility.
The raised crosswalks will replace the speed tables along University Avenue, which were installed in recent years as a temporary solution. There may also be temporary, periodic sidewalk closures throughout the construction project. | https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/local/2023/06/28/raised-crosswalk-project-causes-temporary-lane-closures-on-university/70362740007/ | 2023-06-28T18:28:44 | 0 | https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/local/2023/06/28/raised-crosswalk-project-causes-temporary-lane-closures-on-university/70362740007/ |
SANDERSON, Texas — The famously small Buc-ee's art installation has made it way back to West Texas.
The art work is located in Sanderson. It was opened last year, but closed down shortly after. The site is similar to the Prada store in Marfa that was built in 2005.
The Buc-ee's in Sanderson even has historical marker that reads:
"Originally established April 1st, 2022, this Buc-ee's location served the area faithfully despite its lack of operating hours, bathrooms, employees or a home decor section...It was an important content stop for weary Instagram influencers and other travelers on the famous Marfa Trail....Shift to E-commerce, rising gas prices and a worldwide beaver nugget shortage are what forced the location to close on April 4, 2022 and reached social media fame."
A replica of the original tiny Buc-ee's was built on the site and there is also a QR code you can scan to support the artist behind the installation's future project and legal defense. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/buc-ees-in-sanderson-joins-collection-of-west-texas-art-installations/513-de29e2cb-2753-4c3e-a70f-6223292c07ef | 2023-06-28T18:34:38 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/buc-ees-in-sanderson-joins-collection-of-west-texas-art-installations/513-de29e2cb-2753-4c3e-a70f-6223292c07ef |
DALLAS — The Dallas Police Department (DPD) says an investigation is underway following the in-custody death of a 70-year-old man.
DPD said just before 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 28, an officer saw a driver hit another vehicle in the 9500 block of CF Hawn Freeway Service Road going eastbound and then leave the scene.
The officer pursued the driver and stopped the vehicle in the westbound lanes of the service road, police said.
The driver, identified as 70-year-old Roy Whittaker, was taken into custody without incident.
DPD said the driver of the vehicle Whittaker hit didn't stay at the scene and never returned to file a report. But Whittaker was arrested for misdemeanor warrants out of the city of Dallas, DPD said.
Just before 1:50 a.m., officers said during the search of Whittaker, he became sick and asked for their help.
DPD said in a press release officers “immediately requested” Dallas Fire-Rescue (DFR) and “the on-scene supervisor told the officers to remove the handcuffs.”
Dallas Fire-Rescue arrived on scene at 1:55 a.m.
By 1:59 a.m., police said Whittaker was placed on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance. Once inside the ambulance, DFR started performing CPR and called for a DFR engine to respond to the scene, police said.
At around 2:17 a.m., DFR began transporting Whittaker to a local hospital, arriving at 2:27 a.m.
DPD said Whittaker was pronounced dead at 2:42 a.m.
The Dallas Police Special Investigations Unite is investigating Whittaker’s death. The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office and Office of Community Police Oversight were also notified, DPD said.
This is the second in-custody death the department has reported in the last week. On June 23, DPD said 39-year-old Xzavier Franklin was arrested on outstanding warrants and later died in a local hospital after informing officers he was feeling sick.
In an effort to be transparent, DPD released bodycam and security camera footage of the moments before Franklin’s death. An autopsy has been conducted and those results, along with the toxicology report are pending, police said.
Overall, DPD has reported three in-custody deaths this year. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-texas-man-dies-in-police-custody-arrest/287-1914d205-085f-420f-85e2-932aaf3ba982 | 2023-06-28T18:34:44 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-texas-man-dies-in-police-custody-arrest/287-1914d205-085f-420f-85e2-932aaf3ba982 |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The BrightRidge Board of Directors has adopted a budget for the next fiscal year that does not include rate increases for customers’ electric and broadband services.
A release from BrightRidge states that the board unanimously approved the budget and also voted to allot $1.3 million for July bill credits for residential and small commercial customers.
According to BrightRidge, that $1.3 million will translate to an estimated 11% savings on the average customer’s bill. The funding for those credits comes from the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Pandemic Recovery Credit, which was provided to power companies to help offset inflation challenges.
BrightRidge has not seen a local rate increase for providing electric services in the past five years, the release states.
“With stable cash flows projected for the next five years, BrightRidge continues to prioritize the needs of our customers while investing in service access,” BrightRidge CEO Jeff Dykes was quoted as saying in the release. “Although electric sales continue a decade-long flat trendline, overall margin growth is projected to cover capital, administrative and maintenance costs without a local rate increase.”
The budget also includes approval of $23.5 million for capital projects to continue the expansion of BrightRidge’s Broadband services. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/brightridge-approves-budget-with-no-rate-increases-bill-credits-for-july/ | 2023-06-28T18:36:46 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/brightridge-approves-budget-with-no-rate-increases-bill-credits-for-july/ |
Salem summer bucket list: No reason to not to have fun in nice or bad weather
Whether family is coming to town, the kids are at home or you just need to get out of the house, there are plenty of events and attractions to keep you busy this summer in Salem.
Get outdoors when the weather is nice
City of Salem, Keizerparks: Have you visited your local park recently? How about that destination park across town? Many boast refreshed playground equipment, sports fields, trails or even splash pads for those hot days. Here are our recommendations:
- Go for a stroll or easy bike ride: With the Peter Courtney Minto Bridge, Salem's central parks now feature more than 20 miles of trails and 1,400 acres of natural areas in Minto-Brown Island Park, Riverfront Park and Wallace Marine Park. For more: cityofsalem.net/Pages/parks-and-activities.aspx.
- Splash pads: These water features operate from noon to 8 p.m. at neighborhood parks including Englewood, Fairmont, Northgate, Wes Bennett and West Salem Park. The fountains at Riverfront and River Road Park open earlier at 10 a.m. and turn off at 8 p.m.
- Considering disc golf? There are three courses at public parks: Keizer Rapids, Cascade Gateway and Woodmansee. The public also can use a course located on the Oregon State Hospital grounds when not in use by hospital staff and patients.
Need something farther afield? Head just south of Salem and enjoy a quieter outdoor experience at Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge. A boardwalk navigates through riparian marshland in a setting filled with bullfrogs, turtles and 250 different types of birds. A newly added Nature Center offers a nature play area, new trails and more views. For more: fws.gov/refuge/ankeny.
Salem Saturday Market: Fresh vegetables and fruit share the aisles with local crafts, food vendors and live music every Saturday in a parking lot between Marion Street and Union Street from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more: salemcommunitymarkets.com.
Salem-Keizer baseball: The four-team Mavericks Independent Baseball League plays at Volcanoes Stadium in Keizer. For more: mavericksindependentleague.com.
Capital Futbol Club: Catch a United Soccer League game at Willamette University's McCulloch Stadium in Bush's Pasture Park. More information is available at cfcsalem.com.
Things to do inside with kids when the weather is bad
Bad weather in the forecast or need a break from the sun and heat? Check out these indoor attractions:
Salem's Riverfront Carousel: Escape to the days of childhood with a ride on one of a cast of characters. Rides on the Salem Riverfront Carousel are $1.50 per person with options for punch cards and bulk ride purchases. For more: salemcarousel.wixsite.com/salemcarousel.
The Rock Boxx: This 9,000-square-foot indoor climbing gym offers walls with routes for climbers of all experience levels including a separate children's area. For more: therockboxx.com.
Get Air Trampoline Park: If you'd rather get more spring in your step, check out this indoor facility with wall-to-wall trampolines, foam pit and more. For more: getairsalem.com.
Super Bounce: Kids will take a tour of inflatable structures ready for bouncing or jumping. For more: superbouncesalem.com.
Athletic Edge Aventure Park: Kids can play for hours while parents grab a bite to eat, coffee or adult beverage at the indoor playground in north Salem. For more: athleticedgeadventurepark.org.
Awesome Indoor Playground: Another indoor playground near the Center Street Target with a designated toddler area, food, beverage and birthday options. For more information: awesomeindoorplaygroundsalem.com.
Take in some history at Bush's Pasture Park: With two historic homes-turned-museums and an art gallery within walking distance of the park, there are plenty of opportunities to grab a break from the sunshine (or rain). Before you leave, take some time to tour the historic gardens onsite. For more: salemart.org/programs/bush-house-museum and deepwoodmuseum.org.
Willamette Heritage Center at the Mill: Learn more about the early settlement days of Salem with exhibits, tours of historic homes and the former woolen mill. For more: willametteheritage.org.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art: This museum, affiliated with Willamette University, tucked in right across the street from the Capitol offers rotating exhibits and free admission on Tuesdays. This summer the museum hosts exhibits celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. For more: willamette.edu/arts/hfma.
Gilbert House Children's Museum: Named after inventor, Salem native and Olympian A.C. Gilbert, this museum offers educational activities and exhibits both indoor and out. For more: acgilbert.org.
Salem Public Library: Since reopening after a massive renovation in 2021, the Salem Public Library has continued to expand its offerings. Kids can attend storytime or play in the themed Discovery Room (the most recent Kid Town version had a pretend food truck, mailroom, grocery store and construction zone), babies can toddle in the play area, teens can hang out in the Teen Scene and adults can take craft classes, join a book club or attend Drag Queen bingo. More information: cityofsalem.net/community/library/events-and-activities | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2023/06/28/salem-summer-bucket-list-things-to-do-with-kids/70323829007/ | 2023-06-28T18:37:26 | 0 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2023/06/28/salem-summer-bucket-list-things-to-do-with-kids/70323829007/ |
Air quality in the region was even worse Wednesday than it had been on Tuesday, with morning readings passing the 200 mark into the “very unhealthy” range, according to the Regional Air Pollution Control Agency.
At both 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., the Air Quality Index (AQI) was 211, then it fell to 194 at noon, which is at the high end of the “unhealthy” range.
RAPCA had set the forecast for Wednesday’s AQI at 130, but officials there had said Tuesday that future days are hard to predict.
Air is expected to stay unhealthy on Thursday, with the AQI forecast at 162 for Dayton and 158 in Columbus. A forecast for Cincinnati was not available as of 2 p.m.
RAPCA says the AQI focuses on health effects you may experience within a few hours or days after breathing polluted air.
The pollution is traced to smoke from Canadian wildfires.
Smoke from wildfires contains particulates that can be inhaled into the lungs and cause irritation to the eyes, nose or throat, coughing, shortness of breath and chest pain; and also can aggravate chronic heart and lung conditions.
“It is important to take poor air quality seriously, as exposure to smoke can cause health problems,” said Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, Ohio Department of Health director. “Certain groups of people are at higher risk, such as those with chronic heart or lung disease, children, the elderly, and pregnant women. Please take precautions until these conditions improve.”
When Wednesday’s numbers were peaking, Cincinnati and Columbus were a little lower than Dayton (198 and 178), while Indianapolis (238) and Cleveland (276) were notably higher, according to the EPA’s AirNow.gov website.
How to stay safe
- Limit outdoor activity, especially exercise. Spend more time indoors where you can control the air quality.
- Find a room that can be closed off from outside air. Avoid using candles, gas stoves, wood-burning fireplaces, and aerosol sprays. Smoking and vacuuming can worsen indoor air pollution.
- If you have central air conditioning, use high-efficiency filters to capture smoke particles. Set the system to recirculate mode or close the outdoor intake damper.
- Stay hydrated by drinking plenty of water. If your eyes, nose, or throat are irritated, running a humidifier may offer some relief.
- Remember to check in on those at higher risk and keep a watchful eye on children. | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/air-quality-from-smoke-even-worse-today-touching-very-unhealthy-range/POXLYMVU5ZCWBNXNYXSSRACMWU/ | 2023-06-28T18:38:19 | 0 | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/air-quality-from-smoke-even-worse-today-touching-very-unhealthy-range/POXLYMVU5ZCWBNXNYXSSRACMWU/ |
Ninth Street has reopened to traffic after a portion of it was closed for more than an hour Wednesday afternoon as Lincoln Fire and Rescue bomb technicians investigated a "suspicious package" left outside the city's Hall of Justice.
Authorities declared the situation was "all safe on the west lawn" shortly before 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to emergency scanner traffic.
The Lincoln Police Department had asked residents to avoid the area as technicians investigated the package, which was described by authorities as cylindrical with a spring inside, according to emergency scanner traffic.
The package was discovered at around noon on the west side of the Hall of Justice, which serves as the headquarters of the Police Department and Lancaster County Sheriff's Office and is home to the county's state court proceedings.
The building, at 555 S. 10th St., also houses the Lancaster County Attorney's Office and neighbors the City-County Building, which is home to numerous municipal government offices, including the mayor's office.
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Photos: Firefighters in action
Photos: Firefighters in Action
A firefighter backs off from the heat of the flames Sunday coming from the roof of Romantix, 921 O St. Fire crews responded to the adult novelty store blaze at about 9 a.m. and needed most of the afternoon to extinguish the flames. The building is described as a total loss, but no one was injured.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
A massive plume of fire erupts in front of Lincoln firefighters Nick Thill (left) and Mark Sullivan moments after Sullivan ventilated the roof with the blade of his chainsaw at a working fire at 1717 A Street in Lincoln on Wednesday evening, April 6, 2011.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
With a fire hose at the ready, Lincoln firefighters look over the underside of a pickup truck which rolled over at the intersection of 16th and L Streets Monday afternoon, April 11, 2011. The scanner call mentioned there was leaking gasoline. One person was taken away on a stretcher to an ambulance.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
Marie Yost (left) and Nancy Harter (right) watch from the median on O Street as Lincoln firefighters pour water on the smouldering remains of the Lincoln Public Schools adminstration building on Tuesday morning, May 31, 2011. Harter, who worked in the building for 11 years, said a supervisor contacted staff at 6 a.m. to let them know of the fire.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
Heavy smoke envelopes the house fire at 236 S. 27th Street as Lincoln firefighters apply water to the attic fire on Tuesday afternoon, August 16, 2011.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
Lincoln Firefighter Nancy Engelbrecht (right) attempts to comfort Shari Elder as Elder watches smoke pour from the apartment building where she lives on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at 27th and Randolph streets.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
Protected against the 1600 degree temperatures emanating from the fire pit, Dorchester Vol. Fire Dept. firefighter Brant Pracheil tosses the Stars and Stripes into the flames on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, during a flag retirement ceremony at the Dorchester American Legion Post 264. A total of 1957 unserviceable flags from the communities of Dorchester, York, Fairmont, Lincoln, Wilber, Fairbury and Crete were retired from life during the ceremony.
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The Stars and Strips opens to the swirling wind from the ladder of Lincoln Fire & Rescue Truck 1 on Friday, March 31, 2017, during the bridge dedication ceremony for Staff Sgt. Patrick Hamburger at the Spirit of '76 Armory.
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Surrounded by black smoke, a Lincoln Fire Department firefighter uses a pike pole to open the porch ceiling at the scene of a house fire on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, at 1800 Euclid Avenue.
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Matt Barnard, with Beatrice Rural Fire District, uses a torch to spread flames during a prescribed burn of 45 acres of the prairie at Homestead National Monument of America on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010.
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Lincoln Fire and Rescue teams help Alex Lekai and his mother, not pictured, evacuate from her south bottoms home on Thursday, May 7, 2015.
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Cuddling her grandson's dog Milo, homeowner Deborah Ganz is consoled by a neighbor as she watches her garage burn on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in west Lincoln.
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A Lincoln firefighter directs his hose on the roof of La Mexicana Market & Restaurant, 17th and P Streets, on Monday, April 13, 2015.
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Todd Lancaster has been selected to be the next chief counsel for the Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy, replacing Jeff Pickens, who is retiring in August.
In a news release, Lancaster said the commission does very important work providing defense services to individuals charged with crimes that carry significant possible penalties, including the death penalty.
"I hope I can measure up to the high bar of excellent service set by my predecessors,” he said.
Lancaster has been with the commission since 2007 and agency counsel since 2015. Prior to that, he was in private practice and a deputy Madison County Public Defender. He received his law degree from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 1998, and his bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California San Diego.
Lancaster will be just the third chief counsel since the Commission on Public Advocacy was created in 1995 — under the helm of Jim Mowbray — to provide legal representation to indigent defendants charged with first-degree murder and other serious violent crimes at no cost to the counties where they're charged.
The commission consists of nine members appointed by the governor from each of the six state Supreme Court districts, as well as three at-large members. They serve six-year terms and must have substantial criminal defense experience.
The commission also provides legal assistance to public defenders and court-appointed attorneys, but has in recent years been cash-strapped by declining case filings across the state, which has resulted in less court fees that fund the commission.
Photos: The trial of Bailey Boswell in the slaying of Sydney Loofe
Boswell listens to opening statements
Bailey Boswell listens during opening statements in her first-degree murder trial on Sept. 25 at the Dawson County Courthouse in Lexington, Nebraska.
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Judge gives jury instructions
Saline County District Judge Vicky Johnson gives instructions to the jury at the start of Bailey Boswell's trial on Sept. 25 at the Dawson County Courthouse in Lexington, Nebraska.
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Prosecutor delivers opening statement
Nebraska Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen delivers the prosecution's opening statement in Bailey Boswell's slaying trial on Sept. 25 at the Dawson County Courthouse in Lexington, Nebraska.
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Defense delivers opening statement
Todd Lancaster of the Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy, Bailey Boswell's court-appointed attorney, gives his opening statement to the jury on Sept. 25 at the Dawson County Courthouse in Lexington, Nebraska.
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Counsel listen to prosecution's opening statement
Jeff Pickens, left, chief counsel for the Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy, and Todd Lancaster, Bailey Boswell's court-appointed attorney, listen as Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen delivers the opening statement for the prosecution on Sept. 25 at the Dawson County Courthouse in Lexington, Nebraska.
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Boswell, counsel listen to prosecution's opening statement
Bailey Boswell, left, and Jeff Pickens, the chief counsel for the Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy, listen as Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen delivers the opening statement for the prosecution Sept. 25 at the Dawson County Courthouse in Lexington, Nebraska.
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FBI agent, prosecutor talk during opening statements
FBI Special Agent Mike Maseth, left, and Assistant Attorney General Mike Guinan talk quietly as Bailey Boswell's attorney Todd Lancaster gives his opening statement at the start of Boswell's first-degree murder trial on Sept. 25.
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Boswell listens to judge tell jury about charges
Defendant Bailey Boswell, right, listens as the judge tells the jury the charges against her on Sept. 25 at the Dawson County Courthouse.
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Boswell listens to prosecution's opening statement
Bailey Boswell makes a note as she listens to Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen deliver the opening statement for the prosecution on Sept. 25.
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FBI agent, prosecutor listen as judge gives jury instructions
FBI Special Agent Mike Maseth, left, and Assistant Attorney General Mike Guinan listen as District Judge Vicky Johnson gives instructions to the jury at the start of Bailey Boswell's slaying trial on Sept. 25.
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The apartment Boswell, Aubrey Trail rented in Wilber
Bailey Boswell and Aubrey Trail rented the basement apartment in this Wilber, Nebraska, home.
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Former landlord testifies
Jennifer Koll, Bailey Boswell and Aubrey Trail's former landlord, testifies Sept. 29 at Boswell's first-degree murder trial. She lives above their basement apartment and she testified that the smell of bleach "was consuming the whole, entire upstairs of our house. I had to open up the doors and windows" on the day after Sydney Loofe went missing.
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Former landlord testifies
Alan Koll, Bailey Boswell and Aubrey Trail's former landlord, testifies Sept. 29 at Boswell's first-degree murder trial.
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Bleach bottles entered into evidence
Clorox bleach bottles were seized as evidence from Bailey Boswell and Aubrey Trail's apartment in Wilber, Nebraska. This photo was entered into evidence Sept. 29 in Boswell's first-degree murder trial.
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Photo of Boswell living room entered into evidence
The fan in the living room of Bailey Boswell and Aubrey Trail's apartment was still running when investigators arrived. This photo was entered into evidence Sept. 29 at Boswell's first-degree murder trial.
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Photo of Boswell living room entered into evidence
The fan in the living room of Bailey Boswell and Aubrey Trail's apartment was still running when investigators arrived. This photo was entered into evidence Sept. 29 at Boswell's first-degree murder trial.
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Photo of Boswell, Trail entered into evidence
This photo of Bailey Boswell and Aubrey Trail, found at their Wilber, Nebraska, apartment, was submitted into evidence Sept. 29 in Boswell's first-degree murder trial.
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Boswell wipes away tears
Bailey Boswell wipes away tears Oct. 1 as she listens to FBI Special Agent Eli McBride describe the discovery of Sydney Loofe's remains.
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FBI agent testifies
FBI Special Agent Eli McBride testified Oct. 1 about discovering Sydney Loofe’s remains. He testified that search teams collected Loofe's remains wrapped in black plastic trash bags and scattered in roadside ditches in a rural area of Clay County, in south-central Nebraska
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Sydney Loofe displays tattoo
Sydney Loofe shows the tattoo on her upper right arm in this photo taken at a tattoo parlor. Loofe's upper right arm was the initial body part found by searchers. The tattoo reads: “Everything will be wonderful someday.”
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Boswell listens during trial
Bailey Boswell listens Oct. 1 at her first-degree murder trial at the Dawson County Courthouse in Lexington, Nebraska.
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Nebraska State Patrol lieutenant testifies
Nebraska State Patrol Lt. Lonnie Connelly testifies Oct. 2 about items he found when he retraced a route investigators suspect was taken by Bailey Boswell and her boyfriend, Aubrey Trail, in disposing of Sydney Loofe’s remains.
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Forensic DNA analyst testifies
Mellissa Helligso, a forensic DNA analyst with the University of Nebraska Medical Center, testifies Oct. 2 during Bailey Boswell's trial at the Dawson County courthouse in Lexington, Nebraska.
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Boswell listens to testimony
Bailey Boswell listens Oct. 2 at the Dawson County Courthouse in Lexington, Nebraska, as jurors heard more testimony about evidence collected from highway ditches after the discovery of Sydney Loofe’s body.
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Lincoln police investigator testifies
Lincoln police investigator Robert Hurley, left, testifies Oct. 5 about cellphone data that he used to track the movement of Bailey Boswell's and Syndey Loofe's cellphones. Assistant Attorney General Mike Guinan is at right.
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Home Depot employee testifies
Matthew Workman, a Home Depot asset protection manager, testifies Oct. 5 in Bailey Boswell's first-degree murder trial. On the monitor in the foreground is a receipt showing purchases made by Aubrey Trail and Bailey Boswell at a Home Depot in Lincoln, including a hacksaw and drop cloths.
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Boswell listens in court
Bailey Boswell listens to testimony in court Oct. 5 at the Dawson County Courthouse in Lexington, Nebraska.
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Hacksaw purchased by Lincoln police
This hacksaw was purchased by Lincoln Police Officer Chris Milisits as he recreated the purchases made by Bailey Boswell and Aubrey Trail as shown on receipts found during the investigation of Sydney Loofe's slaying.
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Aubrey Trail watching Sydney Loofe at Menards
In this still image taken from surveillance video from the North 27th Street Menards in Lincoln, Aubrey Trail is seen looking over his shoulder at Sydney Loofe as she exits the building to go to the Menards guard shack. The video is time stamped 12:01 p.m. on Nov. 15, 2017, which is the last day Loofe was seen alive.
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Witness says she now thinks Trail is a 'psychopath'
Ashley Hills told jurors about a "sugar daddy" lifestyle with Aubrey Trail and Bailey Boswell, who she said frequently spoke of torture and murder. She testified Oct. 7 that she now thinks Trail was a "psychopath." She's shown here with Trail, both holding copies of an agreement concerning Trail's use of her car.
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Witness describes relationship with Boswell, Trail
Katie Brandle testifies Oct. 8 about the relationship she had with Bailey Boswell and Aubrey Trail. Questioning her is Sandra Allen, one of the prosecutors with the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office.
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Boswell, witness check into motel
Bailey Boswell and Katie Brandle are shown checking into a motel in this photo taken from a security camera.
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Witness describes talk of making, selling video of person being killed
Anastasia Golyakova, who now lives in California, testifies Oct. 8 that Bailey Boswell and Aubrey Trail had told her they could make $1 million by making a video of the torture and slaying of someone.
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Boswell averts eyes as jurors see autopsy photos
Bailey Boswell mostly avoided looking at autopsy pictures of Sydney Loofe during testimony Oct. 9. After a break, she used a tissue to wipe around her eyes.
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Forensic pathologist testifies about Loofe autopsy
Omaha forensic pathologist Dr. Michelle Elieff testified Oct. 9 about the autopsy done on the remains of Sydney Loofe.
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Judge reviews the verdicts
Saline County District Judge Vicky Johnson looks over the jury's verdicts Wednesday at the Dawson County Courthouse. Bailey Boswell was convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and improper disposal of human remains in the slaying of Sydney Loofe.
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Boswell reacts to guilty verdicts
Bailey Boswell bows her head Wednesday after the jury found her guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and improper disposal of human remains in the slaying of Sydney Loofe.
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Boswell and one of her attorneys react to verdicts
Bailey Boswell and Jeff Pickens, the chief counsel for the Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy, react Wednesday after the jury found her guilty of first-degree murder in the slaying of Sydney Loofe.
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Defense offers a motion after the verdict
Todd Lancaster, standing, makes a motion to allow Bailey Boswell, second from left, to stay at the jail in Lexington until sentencing. She was convicted Wednesday of first-degree murder and other charges in the death of Sydney Loofe. Saline County District Judge Vicky Johnson, right, overruled the motion.
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A mistrial has been declared in a bizarre scenario for a Mason City man.
According to court records, 24-year-old Moises Erreguin-Labra was charged with kidnapping and assault causing bodily injury in June of 2022.
Those charges were filed after authorities responded to a medical call around 1 p.m. June 9, 2022, at Erreguin-Labra’s residence in Mason City. Upon arrival they found an injured party who said they had been beaten and locked into a room by Erreguin-Labra.
According the affidavit, the person was kept at the residence for at least five days and subjected to sexual abuse or torture during that time.
Jury selection began Monday and continued Tuesday morning. That was halted around 11 a.m. when an issue came up with the striking process.
Assistant County Attorney Kaitlyn Ausborn explained that the defense and prosecution each get 10 strikes when selecting a jury.
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"In the process of reviewing each other's strikes I raised a concern with the nature of some of the strikes that were happening," Ausborn said. "They were constitutional questions in nature."
Ausborn said Supreme Court case law was cited and reviewed by Judge Christopher Foy. The parties attempted to come to an agreement, but couldn't come to an agreement.
"After that constitutional issue was pointed out and the potential remedies, the remedies were not something both parties could agree to, such as redoing strikes or doing things a little bit differently (instead of starting over)," Ausborn said.
She declined to speak to the specifics of the issue because she was concerned about tainting a future jury when a new trial begins in the future. A date for a new trial has not been set as of Wednesday morning. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/kidnapping-mistrial-mason-city-iowa/article_cb433f5c-15c3-11ee-9397-cb4bf73df377.html | 2023-06-28T18:46:20 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/kidnapping-mistrial-mason-city-iowa/article_cb433f5c-15c3-11ee-9397-cb4bf73df377.html |
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Allen Police released a body camera video Wednesday that shows a police officer tracking the sounds of gunfire to take down the gunman who killed eight people and wounded seven others outside the Allen Premium Outlets last month. The video's release comes after the officer was cleared of any wrongdoing this week by a Collin County grand jury.
The grand jury heard the use of force case on Monday and "no billed" the officer who fatally shot the gunman, saying his use of force was justified. Deadly use of force incidents are independently reviewed to ensure the action taken by the officer was in accordance with state law.
On May 6, a man armed with several weapons stopped his car in the south parking lot and opened fire on shoppers at the sprawling outdoor shopping center. Among those killed were three children, including two young sisters and a boy who died alongside his parents. Three other adults were killed, including a mall security guard who died helping shoppers move to safety.
An officer on duty at the mall was in the parking lot talking with a woman and her two children when they heard the first gunshots. The officer then tracked the sound of gunfire until he found and fatally shot the gunman.
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Following the grand jury's decision, the Allen Police Department released the officer's body camera footage from that day. The video was edited to remove some language and blur the faces and bodies of civilians and victims.
“This video shows how quickly a routine interaction with the public turned into a life-and-death situation,” said Allen Police Chief Brian Harvey in a prepared statement. “The officer recognized the danger, ran toward the gunfire and neutralized the threat – and for his actions, the Allen community is forever grateful.”
In the video, which is embedded below, the officer can be heard laughing and casually talking to a woman and her children about wearing their seat belts as loud pops suddenly erupt in the background. The woman quickly lowered her head and moved her children out of the way as the officer reached inside his patrol vehicle for a rifle and notified dispatchers he'd heard gunshots.
The officer then began running toward the mall, tracking the sounds of gunfire that were growing louder and louder.
As he continued moving toward the blasts, the officer yelled for people to leave the area and take cover.
About a minute and 40 seconds after the first shots were heard in the video, the officer reached the outside of the H&M where he encountered the first victims.
"I believe we've got a mass shooter. I've got a magazine on the ground. I'm passing injured," the officer, growing breathless, could be heard saying into his radio. "I'm moving as fast as I can to try to get over there."
About three minutes after the shooting began, the officer fired his first shots at the gunman. As the shooting subsided, the officer then continued to cautiously move toward the gunman while calling out to other officers arriving at the scene.
"I'm moving up on him ... watch your fire! I got him down," the officer said.
Five minutes after the shooting began, police at the scene confirmed they'd taken down the shooter.
Allen Police said they have requested a comprehensive and independent review of the incident by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) to offer insight and best practices for future training and emergency response.
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On May 31, the mall reopened to shoppers though the mall's more than 100 retailers each had the flexibility to set their own hours and resume business at their own pace. Mall officials, meanwhile, said they are moving forward with plans for a permanent memorial to honor the victims. Details about the memorial will be released at a later date. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/body-cam-video-shows-allen-officer-tracking-down-mall-gunman-officer-cleared-by-grand-jury/3285938/ | 2023-06-28T18:46:21 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/body-cam-video-shows-allen-officer-tracking-down-mall-gunman-officer-cleared-by-grand-jury/3285938/ |
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A miniature Buc-ee's reappeared in West Texas on Tuesday. It's unknown who is behind this tourist attraction, but Buc-ee's officials welcomed it with open arms.
Well, with a cleaning crew.
"We heard about the resurgence of the nugget-sized Buc-ee's in West Texas and we immediately dispatched a cleaning crew," General Counsel for Buc-ee's Jeff Nadalo said in a statement.
The art installation is located in the Texas Chihuahuan desert, between the cities of Sanderson and Marathon, and is unfortunately just a storefront without products, kind of like the shack-sized Prada Marfa installation in nearby Valentine.
The Buc-ees installation first appeared in April 2022 but disappeared days later.
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Smoke from Canadian wildfires continue to impact air quality across Northwest Indiana resulting in the state calling for precautions to continues through Thursday.
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is forecasting another statewide Air Quality Action Day.
"Particulates are expected to be in the unhealthy for sensitive groups range (Orange)," IDEM said.
"(Particulate matter) PM2.5 is composed of microscopic dust, soot, and liquid that settles deep into the lungs and cannot be easily exhaled," IDEM said. "Those people at risk are particularly vulnerable after several days of high PM2.5 exposure."
"Sensitive Groups should reduce or avoid exertion and heavy work outdoors during these conditions."
"IDEM will subsequently review reports and take appropriate action in the case of any violations," an agency spokesman said.
IDEM encourages area residents to carpool or use public transportation, avoid using drive-through windows and combine errands into one trip, turn off engines instead of idling for long periods of time, avoid using gas-powered equipment, conserve energy by turning off lights and setting the air conditioner to a higher setting, and use propane gas instead of charcoal when grilling outdoors.
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"Reminder: Indiana’s open burning laws make it illegal to burn trash and generally prohibit open burning," according to IDEM.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — All passengers are safe after a Delta Air Lines flight landed at Charlotte Douglas International Airport without its nose gear Wednesday morning.
Delta Flight 1092 departed from Atlanta at 7:25 a.m. and landed in Charlotte at approximately 8:58 a.m., the airline confirmed to WCNC Charlotte. A Delta Air Lines spokesperson reported the crew reported a nose gear issue to air traffic control and safely landed with the nose gear in the up position.
The pilot landed the plane safely and no one was hurt.
Delta confirmed that the plane, a Boeing 717, had 96 passengers, two pilots and three flight attendants on board. The flight circled a couple of times before landing, according to flight-tracking data.
A passenger on the plane told WCNC Charlotte the pilot's landing was "absolutely perfect," and said the crew was amazing despite the scary experience.
All passengers were taken to the terminal by bus. Charlotte Douglas said it expects operational impacts while crews work to move the plane and reopen the runway.
Delta said the cause of the failure is under investigation.
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BLOOMINGTON — City of Bloomington fire officials are calling on residents to keep a fire extinguisher near their stove, maintain smoke detectors and obtain rental insurance after a Tuesday cooking fire displaced four people.
A press release from the Bloomington Fire Department said crews were called at 4:36 p.m. Tuesday to a reported house fire at 8 Rock Garden Court. BFD said the resident had arrived home and found smoke coming from the building.
Crews were on the scene with six minutes and encountered smoke on the first floor, BFD said. They called for backup, but later withdrew that request after they determined the fire was limited to the kitchen.
The press release said the fire was put out within 10 minutes of the responders' arrival, using less than 100 gallons of water. Investigators said it was caused by unattended cooking, noting that flames extended from a stove to the cabinets above.
Officials said the house was occupied at the time, and all occupants were accounted for. No one was hurt.
BFD said the American Red Cross was called to help one adult and three children displaced by the blaze, which caused water and smoke damage throughout the first floor of the home, in addition to heat damage in the kitchen.
Frank Friend, public information officer for BFD, said in the release this was the third fire this week, and the second started by unattended cooking. He noted 14 people have been forced from their homes this week due to fires, and many didn't have renters insurance.
"Fires are devastating," said Friend. "People are reduced to nothing and in many cases do not have the means to replace items lost in the fire."
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BLOOMINGTON — The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) will host historic 1929 Ford Trimotor flights July 6-9 at Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington.
Chapter 129, Bloomington-Normal’s chapter of EAA, will host the flights as part of the international organization’s Ford Trimotor tour across the U.S.
Adults and children will be able to fly aboard the aircraft — considered the “first luxury airliner” — 2-5 p.m. July 6, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 7-9.
Reservations made in advance are $65 for children 17 and under and $85 for adults. Walk-up flight seating reservations will cost $95.
Viewing the aircraft is free and open to all, and personal photography is encouraged. Access to the plane is available during flight hours; however, all guests utilizing the airport’s ramp must be guided to and from by an authorized escort.
Viewers can access the aircraft through the north hangar at Synergy Flight Center, off Carnahan Drive next to the Prairie Aviation Museum.
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YARNELL, Ariz. — Wildfires can change in a second: Temperatures soar, winds shift and smoke blocks all lines of sight.
The dynamic nature of out-of-control fires makes fighting them dangerous work. In the 10 years since the Granite Mountain Hotshots died in the Yarnell Hill Fire, it hasn't gotten easier.
One of the problems that the hotshots faced during the Yarnell Hill Fire was spotty communication. The radio system that crews used was crowded with messages, and no one knew exactly where the Granite Mountain Hotshots were. When the fire overran them, all 19 men were killed.
It's the deadliest wildfire in Arizona and one of the worst in the nation. In response, firefighters developed new tactics and technology to keep crews safe.
Enter Roco, a beta project for the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire. It's a specialized GPS system that tells fire managers exactly where every firefighter is at any given time.
Firefighting on the ground is notoriously low-tech. Shovels, hoes and chainsaws are used to clear brush and dig fire lines. When a fire gets intense, communication gets difficult. But experts say the new tech helps.
"Now the technology is evolving to where we can have these 'go boxes,'" said Arizona Division of Forestry and Fire Head, John Truett.
"I truly feel that if we had the current technology back then -- only talking 10 years ago -- just the advancement of technology, the way we can communicate, the way we can feed information to the folks on the ground now would have made a difference."
Truett says that fires are getting more intense, and the fire season is getting longer... If it ends at all. But with this new technology, fire managers are able to make better decisions about where to send their crews.
The Yarnell Fire Department's Assistant Chief, Ben Palm, says the technology, and the shift in strategy after the Yarnell Hill Fire, is making a difference.
"There's been multiple times we pulled people back probably a little quicker now," he explained. "When we get super hot times, clouds come in, the column gets too big... Everybody starts taking a look in, and it becomes more of a pause."
The GPS system is new, and still only a test. While there's no way to know if it, or anything, would have saved the Granite Mountain 19. But people know that it's a start.
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Three people have died of suspected drug overdoses in as many days since Sunday, according to Kenosha County's medical examiner, who also reported the county's updated 2022 data now ties a previous record for fatal toxicities.
“These new developments show us that, sadly, Kenosha County remains firmly in the grip of the opioid crisis,” Medical Examiner Patrice Hall said in a statement Tuesday night. “Now more than ever, I encourage people not to use illegal drugs and counterfeit prescription medications and to seek help if they need it.”
Hall said her office processed three suspected overdose deaths this week. According to the county, the first occurred Sunday in Kenosha. The second occurred outside the city, but Hall did not indicate where in Kenosha County that death occurred. The third was reported Tuesday in Kenosha.
Causes of deaths will not be confirmed until toxicology results become available, she said.
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Results returned from some pending cases in 2022, now confirm 57 toxicity deaths last year, according to Hall. The current number ties the previous 2017 record. According to county officials, the number is likely grow, with roughly a half dozen 2022 cases pending.
Fentanyl major factor
Fentanyl — a deadly synthetic opioid often found added to other illicit substances — continues to be a contributing factor in many of the confirmed overdose deaths in Kenosha. The opioid was present in 37 of the 57 confirmed toxicity deaths in 2022, or in 65 percent of cases.
“That uncertainty about what it is that you’re actually getting when you use illegal drugs or counterfeit prescriptions adds such a dangerous element,” Hall said. “I cannot stress enough the seriousness of this situation.”
Kenosha County Public Health and the Kenosha County Division of Aging, Disability and Behavioral Health Services continue to promote the use of Narcan to reverse opioid overdoses and the use of test strips that allow users to determine the presence of fentanyl in other drugs.
Other community resources are also available for people struggling with substance use, said Kenosha County Behavioral Health Manager Kari Foss. She encourages people who are not sure where to start in seeking help for themselves or a loved one to call the Kenosha County Mental Health and Substance Abuse Resource Center at 262-764-8555.
“If you find these overdose numbers unacceptable, just as we do, please reach out to us, talk with us, and see how we can all be a part of alleviating this devastating crisis that we’re in,” Foss said.
Additional resources
The county also provides the following resources:
• Narcan, a life-saving medication that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, is available at no cost from Kenosha County Public Health. For More information about this program go to https://narcantrainedkenosha.com, call 262-605-6741 or send an email to narcan@kenoshacounty.org.
• Fentanyl test strips are also available from Kenosha County Public Health and are offered to people who receive Narcan. The strips can be used to detect the presence of fentanyl in other substances. Strips may be picked up from 8:30 to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday at the Kenosha County Public Health Job Center Clinic, 8600 Sheridan Road in Kenosha. For more information, call 262-605-6775. Strips are also available from Vivent Health-Kenosha, which may be reached at 262-657-6644 or online at https://viventhealth.org/locations/kenosha/
• The Kenosha County Mental Health and Substance Abuse Resource Center, which links people with substance use disorder resources, may be reached from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday at 262-764-8555. More details, including a newly updated Kenosha County Behavioral Health Community Resources Guide, are available at https://www.kenoshacounty.org/2242/Behavioral-Health-Community-Resources.
• The Kenosha County Crisis Hotline, operated by Kenosha Human Development Services, is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at 262-657-7188.
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Free Narcan training
The following free public Narcan training events staffed by Kenosha County Public Health and Kenosha County Behavioral Health Services will be offered from:
• 9 a.m. to noon, Thursday, June 29 – Falls Prevention Day event at the Salem Lakes Fire & Rescue Station No. 1, 11252 254th Court, Trevor
• Noon to 9 p.m., Saturday, July 8 – Kenosha Pride event in Celebration Place at Kenosha’s HarborPark, 5501 Ring Road
• 7 p.m. to sunset, Wednesday, July 12 – Human Services on the Go stops at various locations in Kenosha
• 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1 – National Night Out events at various locations
• 3 to 6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 10 – Brass Community School, 6400 15th Ave., Kenosha
• Aug. 16-20 – Kenosha County Fair
*Schedule subject to change
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Fueled by trauma, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and given deadly effect by the dangerous opioid fentanyl, the rate of fatal opioid overdoses in Wisconsin has never been as high as it is today. Here are stories of six of those who died.
Sarah Caldwell, 32, died from an overdose involving heroin in July 2020.
Auriel McNutt, 27, died from an overdose involving fentanyl in June 2020.
Steven Welnetz, 21, died from an overdose involving fentanyl in November 2021.
Erin Kjellstrom, 27, died from an overdose involving fentanyl in May 2020.
Abraham Bendorf, 20, died from an overdose involving fentanyl in February 2021.
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UNIONTOWN, Pa. — Burlington announced a new store location will be opening in Uniontown next month.
This store, which will be located in the Uniontown Shopping Center, will mark the 42nd Burlington in Pennsylvania.
“Our goal is to continue to offer communities low prices on brand name merchandise for the entire family and home,” said Michael O’Sullivan, CEO, Burlington Stores in a press release. “We’re continuing to expand our footprint across the country and are excited to be opening a new store in Uniontown. We look forward to giving local customers the chance to discover big savings on a wide range of products.”
The grand opening is scheduled for July 14, and store hours will be 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday.
The first 100 customers over the age of 18 on July 14 and 15 will receive a Burlington WOW! Buck to scratch off and reveal a prize amount to be used toward their purchase. Customers on July 16 will receive a free Burlington canvas tote while supplies last.
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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library just added a new stop to ever growing list of destinations — and Richmond children are urged to climb aboard.
The program, launched by the Dollywood Foundation over 20 years ago, gives books free of charge to children beginning at birth to age 5 across the globe.
The foundation is partnering with the local non-profit group Read to Them Inc ., which focuses on developing school curriculum and at-home training on the benefits of reading aloud to students.
As of Wednesday, over 1,000 Richmond kids, ages up to 5, had signed up for the program.
“We were wildly surprised to see how quickly this has grown,” said Read to Them Executive Director Christa Donohue . “But I think it directly speaks to the need for programs like these.”
Donohue said the non-profit first began considering bringing the Imagination Library to the city prior to COVID-19. But with limited resources and uncertainty as a result of the pandemic, the organization waited for a better time. This year, the organization decided it was time.
In order to be considered for the program, the Dollywood Foundation seeks the help of local organizations to serve as the go-between. So, the foundation chooses the books and distributes them through the mail, while local non-profits help create the list of children signed up and are in charge of fundraising for the books.
Registration is at imaginationlibraryrva.org . Age-appropriate books are mailed monthly.
For Donohue, the Imagination Library serves as a way to further the non-profits own goals. By providing books to children during their early childhood development years, it will help establish the necessary reading and learning tools students need prior to starting school, she said.
“We had planned to launch the program in October of this year, but as word started trickling out we decided to speed up our process in order to meet the demand,” Donohue said. “Since then, it’s been full steam ahead and this is really vital, by placing books in the home prior to school, its really going to impact their success.”
Dolly Parton first launched the Imagination Library in 1995 to kids living in her hometown of Sevier County, Tennessee. Five years later, Parton began a national replication effort to distribute books to children across the country. In 2003, the Imagination Library celebrated the mailing of its one millionth book.
An average of 1 million books are mailed each month across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia.
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Dolly Parton, country music singer-composer in February 1975. (AP Photo/RCA)
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Country Music stars Dolly Parton, left, and Minnie Pearl, right, are seen at the Country Music Awards show in October 1977, Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Photo)
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Les Paul, right, and Chet Atkins, left, are presented Grammys by Dolly Parton and Freddie Fender, second from right, at 19th annual Grammy Awards, Feb. 19, 1977 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/George Brich)
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Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash are shown at the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tenn., in 1978. (AP Photo)
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Carol Burnett and Dolly Parton sing a duet during a television special made at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House for broadcast, Feb. 14, 1979. The CBS program marks the first joint appearance of comedienne Burnett and country-western music star Parton. (AP Photo)
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From left, Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin get together Dec 12, 1980 at a Los Angeles news conference to promote their soon-to-be released movie "9 To 5". (AP Photo/Wally Fong)
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Singer and actress Dolly Parton attends a party following the premiere of her movie "9 to 5" on Dec. 12, 1980, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Harms, File)
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Singer Dolly Parton, Nov. 10, 1982. (AP Photo/Humphrey)
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Actor Sylvester Stallone, left, and actress and singer Dolly Parton, sit in a horse-drawn carriage during the filming of the movie Rhinestone, on West Broadway in lower Manhattan, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 1983, in New York. The movie is being made for 20th Century Fox. (AP Photo/Mario Suriani)
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Entertainer Dolly Parton, wearing a wedding dress, is shown with 300-pound wrestler Hulk Hogan during taping of a television special in Los Angeles, Ca., on Sept. 14, 1987. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith)
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Stars of the film Steel Magnolias pose backstage at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York Nov. 5, 1989 at the movie's premiere. Shown from left: Dolly Parton, Sally Field, Olympia Dukakis, Shirley MacLaine, Julia Roberts and Daryl Hannah. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey)
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Country singer Dolly Parton is the center of attention as she unveils a pair of ceremonial street signs in front of Radio City Music Hall in New York, Tuesday, May 11, 1993. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Dolly Parton poses with a rose in her New York hotel room on Sept. 26, 1994. A bundle of energy, Parton bares her soul in her autobiography while working on a new TV show and pitching her new line of wigs, cosmetics and ladies' wear. (AP Photo/Eric Miller)
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Singers Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris, from left, pose in New York Feb. 11, 1999. They have released a second recording together, "Trio II." (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)
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During a news conference for the opening of the Dixie Stampede in Orlando, Fla. Wednesday June 18, 2003 Dolly Parton fields a question. Parton was all dolled up like an American flag to publicize her Dixie Stampede in Orlando.(AP Photo/Peter Cosgrove)
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Country singer Dolly Parton rehearses for the Capitol Fourth 2003 Concert in front of The Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 3, 2003. The celebration scheduled for Friday is to feature performances by Parton, James Ingram and the Chieftains, and a fireworks show. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
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Country music legend Dolly Parton relaxes at her office in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005. Parton will begin touring this month to promote her new album, "Those Were the Days." (AP Photo/John Russell)
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Dolly Parton plays the fiddle with Stuart Duncan while performing the song "Those were the Days" from Parton's new album Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005, in Moline, Ill. (AP Photo/Quad City Times, Louis Brems)
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Country singer Dolly Parton rehearses the Oscar nominated best original song "Travelin' Thru," from the film "Transamerica," during a rehearsal for the 78th Academy Awards on Monday, Feb. 27, 2006, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. The Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2005 will be presented on Sunday. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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Country singer and songwriter Dolly Parton, nominated for an Oscar for best original song for "Travelin' Thru" from the film "Transamerica," arrives for the 78th Academy Awards Sunday, March 5, 2006, in Los Angeles. Parton will perform the song during the show. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
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Reba McEntire, left, performs "How Blue" with Dolly Parton during taping of "CMT Giants" honoring Reba McEntire, Thursday night, Oct. 26, 2006, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. The show is scheduled to air on Saturday, Nov. 18. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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The 2006 Kennedy Center honorees pose for a group photo at the State Department in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006. From left to right are: Zubin Mehta, Steven Spielberg, Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson, and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Singers Dolly Parton and Smokey Robinson, film director Steven Spielberg, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and conductor Zubin Mehta are being celebrated by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for their contributions to American culture. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Country singer Dolly Parton performs during her concert in Ijsselhallen in Zwolle, north eastern Netherlands, on March 18, 2007, as part of her European tour. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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Dolly Parton appears on the NBC "Today" television program in New York Wednesday, April 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Country music entertainer Dolly Parton performs during the 75th Anniversary Rededication Event at the Rockefeller Memorial at Newfound Gap in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009 at the Tennessee-North Carolina border. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
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Patricia Resnick, left, Dolly Parton, and Stephen Oremus, pose for a picture in New York, Thursday, April 23, 2009. Parton wrote the music and lyrics for "9 to 5: The Musical", as well as starred in the film version, Resnick wrote the screenplay for the movie and the book to accompany the new musical and Oremus is the Music Director of the musical. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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U.S singer Dolly Parton performs at Glastonbury music festival, England, Sunday, June 29, 2014. Thousands of music fans have arrived for the festival to see headliners Arcade Fire, Metallica and Kasabian. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)
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Dolly Parton arrives at the 51st annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, April 3, 2016, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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Dolly Parton poses in the press room with the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award during the 50th annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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Dolly Parton, left, and Katy Perry perform “Coat Of Many Colors” at the 51st annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, April 3, 2016, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
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Dolly Parton presents the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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Lily Tomlin, from left, Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda present the award for outstanding supporting actor in a limited series or a movie at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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Hosts Reba McEntire, from left, Carrie Underwood and Dolly Parton appear at the 53rd annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Dolly Parton, center, performs "God Only Knows", "There Was Jesus", and "Faith" with Joel Smallbone, left, and Luke Smallbone, right, of For King & Country at the 53rd annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Police identified the victim of a fatal crash that occurred a few blocks from the driver's Chesterfield County residence.
Gregory R. Delfyette, 33, lost control of a 2007 Chevrolet Impala around 3:58 p.m. Tuesday while driving north by the 400 block of Ruthers Road, according to Chesterfield police. The Impala left the roadway and struck a tree.
Delfyette, who lived on the 800 block of Ruthers Road, was transported to an area hospital, where he died from his injuries. Police are continuing to investigate the crash.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Chesterfield County Police Department at (804) 748-1251 or Crime Solvers at (804) 748-0660. | https://richmond.com/news/local/police-identify-driver-killed-in-chesterfield-crash/article_48722da8-15d8-11ee-b617-abd868a1b62a.html | 2023-06-28T19:10:35 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/police-identify-driver-killed-in-chesterfield-crash/article_48722da8-15d8-11ee-b617-abd868a1b62a.html |
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center said Wednesday morning that it is watching two weather systems in the Atlantic Ocean, south of Bermuda.
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The remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy show no signs of redevelopment.
But a disturbance just east of that has a low chance of formation during the next few days as it moves slowly northward, parallel to the east coast of the United States.
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There is a 10% chance that the disturbance will form in the next two days and a 20% chance that it will form in the next week.
But neither weather system poses a threat to Florida.
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Closer to home, a heat advisory is in effect for Sumter and Polk counties until 6 p.m. because there is a potential for the heat index -- or the feels like temperature -- to reach as high as 109 degrees.
Residents are encouraged to drink plenty of fluids and to avoid going outside in the afternoon if at all possible.
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We're watching two weather systems south of Bermuda this morning. Redevelopment of the remnants of Cindy (the western one) is not expected, but the eastern disturbance has a low chance of formation during the next few days while moving slowly northward.https://t.co/DboWSR4Ct1 pic.twitter.com/ti0F78Zdfu
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The remnants of Cindy (left yellow X) shows no signs of redevelopment. Another area of disturbed weather (right yellow x), very close by, may slowly develop as it moves north and parallels the US East Coast. No threat to Florida. pic.twitter.com/9bS8mX7mpF
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Disney’s Animal Kingdom earned new stripes over the past month after it welcomed not one but two baby zebra foals.
Disney officials said the two Hartmann’s mountain zebra foals can now be seen at Kilimanjaro Safaris at Animal Kingdom with their dad, Domino.
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Cricket, whose name is a nod to Disney-Pixar’s “A Bug’s Life,” was born to first-time mom Juno on May 29.
Dot, whose named for the dots on a domino in a nod to her father’s name, and also ties in with the film, was born to first-time mom Aziza on June 4.
Theme park officials said Cricket loves the water and has been seen splashing around in puddles on the savanna and Dot is a little more energetic than her sister and can be seen darting around the savanna getting her “zoomies” out.
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Each Hartmann’s mountain zebra, whose stripes stop right at their bellies unlike common zebras whose stripes wrap around their entire body, is born with unique stripe patterns, and no two are the same.
Hartmann’s mountain zebras are found in sub-Saharan Africa and are a vulnerable species due to habitat loss and hunting. Officials said the foals’ births are part of the Species Survival Plan, which is overseen by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and ensures responsible breeding and genetic diversity of hundreds of animal species.
Photos: 2 zebra foals born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
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Four Bismarck residents including a child were seriously injured in a head-on crash involving a car and an SUV in the northeast part of the city on Wednesday.
A Ford Taurus traveling southbound on Centennial Road swerved across the center line into the northbound lane about 8:20 a.m., striking an oncoming GMC Terrain near Knudsen Avenue, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol. There was no immediate indication of what might have led to the incident. Road conditions were listed as "good" and the weather as "sunny."
The Terrain started on fire, and passing motorists pulled the two occupants from the SUV. The 22-year-old man driving the vehicle and a 40-year-old male passenger were taken to a hospital with undisclosed injuries.
The 32-year-old man driving the Taurus and a 7-year-old boy riding in the car also were taken for medical treatment of undisclosed injuries.
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The Patrol did not immediately release the names of the people involved. The agency described all the injuries as "serious."
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MIDLAND, Texas — The 2023 'Star-Spangled Salute' will take place on July 4 in Downtown Midland.
The all-day event will begin with activities at 9:30 a.m. and conclude around 10:30 p.m. At 10:00 a.m., the day will begin with the 60th Annual Children's Sidewalk Parade and will finish with the Fireworks show. The food court will be open throughout the day along with other family and adult activities throughout the day.
For more information and how to get tickets, people can click here. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/2023-star-spangled-salute-in-midland-to-take-place-on-july-4/513-aa0ddd38-964f-4a80-aadd-4b38733daa87 | 2023-06-28T19:18:22 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/2023-star-spangled-salute-in-midland-to-take-place-on-july-4/513-aa0ddd38-964f-4a80-aadd-4b38733daa87 |
SANDERSON, Texas — The famously small Buc-ee's art installation has made it way back to West Texas.
The art work is located in Sanderson. It was opened last year, but closed down shortly after. The site is similar to the Prada store in Marfa that was built in 2005.
The Buc-ee's in Sanderson even has historical marker that reads:
"Originally established April 1st, 2022, this Buc-ee's location served the area faithfully despite its lack of operating hours, bathrooms, employees or a home decor section...It was an important content stop for weary Instagram influencers and other travelers on the famous Marfa Trail....Shift to E-commerce, rising gas prices and a worldwide beaver nugget shortage are what forced the location to close on April 4, 2022 and reached social media fame."
A replica of the original tiny Buc-ee's was built on the site and there is also a QR code you can scan to support the artist behind the installation's future project and legal defense. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/buc-ees-in-sanderson-joins-collection-of-west-texas-art-installations/513-de29e2cb-2753-4c3e-a70f-6223292c07ef | 2023-06-28T19:18:38 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/buc-ees-in-sanderson-joins-collection-of-west-texas-art-installations/513-de29e2cb-2753-4c3e-a70f-6223292c07ef |
ODESSA, Texas — Firecracker Fandango in Odessa will be taking place on July 1 from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
The fireworks will begin at 10:00 p.m. There will also be musical performances, a car show, food trucks, vendors and a kids area. In this kids area, there will be a dog show, face painting, balloon artist and jumpers. The event is also completely free.
For more information about the event, people can visit the Downtown Odessa Facebook page. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/firecracker-fandango-in-odessa-to-take-place-on-july-1/513-857462d0-2c69-458e-87ac-ec16f62d3b9c | 2023-06-28T19:18:42 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/firecracker-fandango-in-odessa-to-take-place-on-july-1/513-857462d0-2c69-458e-87ac-ec16f62d3b9c |
MIDLAND, Texas — The Museum of the Southwest will be bringing back its 'Sci-Fridays' between the months of June and October.
There will be a different Sci-Friday movie shown the last Friday of these months in the Dome Theater. The movie for the month of June is Independence Day.
The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with a movie start time of 7:00 p.m. The tickets will cost 5 dollars for non-members and are free for museum members.
People can get more information and purchase tickets by clicking here. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/museum-of-the-southwest-to-host-sci-fridays/513-dfcb520f-4fce-4308-8665-8113ea32d74e | 2023-06-28T19:18:42 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/museum-of-the-southwest-to-host-sci-fridays/513-dfcb520f-4fce-4308-8665-8113ea32d74e |
PECOS, Texas — The Town of Pecos City has announced its plan to open up a new shelter for domestic abuse survivor.
This shelter known as "Jolene's House" will be for woman and children who have experienced abuse in their lives. Along with the Town of Pecos City, Target Logisitics and Endeavors have help with the collaboration of shelter that includes 16 apartment-style units.
For more information about the project, people can visit the Town of Pecos City website. For those who want to help, monetary donations are being collected to help assist with the building.
People can contact Syra Nichols at 432-445-2421 to find out more about helping out. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/town-of-pecos-city-announces-plans-to-open-new-shelter-for-domestic-abuse-survivors/513-7f4b024f-eb45-4d97-a9a4-940b36654f8b | 2023-06-28T19:18:43 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/town-of-pecos-city-announces-plans-to-open-new-shelter-for-domestic-abuse-survivors/513-7f4b024f-eb45-4d97-a9a4-940b36654f8b |
ABILENE, Texas — Abilene Christian University will now have a new face as the marketing vice president.
San Diego native Sharon Ayala has accepted her new role at the university, where she started her first day June 26.
Ayala received her education with an honorary degree from Baylor University and a bachelors degree from Point Loma Nazarene University.
The San Diego native spent time working as a congressional page in the United States House of Representatives.
She was previously employed at Corky McMillan Companies in San Diego and she also led a nonprofit project, the Aja Project, for refugees and immigrants in her hometown.
“Sharon has an impressive background in marketing strategy, value modeling and attribution, brand management and communication. We’re looking forward to the energy, creativity and expertise Sharon will bring to our marketing efforts and team,” ACU president Dr. Phil Schubert said.
Before Ayala started her role, the interim title was held by chief planning officer Blair Schroeder who will now continue as chief strategy officer. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/acu-announces-new-marketing-vice-president/504-e460d40e-e8bb-4975-8105-5ef2520655dc | 2023-06-28T19:19:18 | 1 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/acu-announces-new-marketing-vice-president/504-e460d40e-e8bb-4975-8105-5ef2520655dc |
ALLEN, Texas — WARNING: The story contains details some may find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.
Body camera footage of the Allen Premium Outlet mall mass shooting was released Wednesday after a grand jury no-billed the officer who shot and killed the shooter.
The Texas Rangers and the Collin County District Attorney’s Office presented the evidence to the grand jury. The grand jury's no-bill means that after reviewing the evidence, they ruled the use of force was justified under Texas law.
Eight people were killed and several others were injured when a gunman opened fire at the Allen Premium Outlets on Saturday, May 6.
The body camera footage released Wednesday showed the tragic events from the officer's perspective. The video was edited to blur out the faces of civilians and victims, and some language has been removed, Allen police said.
The video starts with the officer speaking to a mother and her two kids when more than 10 gunshots are heard off in the distance. The officer calls in the shots fired over the radio and another round of gunfire is heard. The officer grabs his weapon and tells shoppers to get down.
The officer runs across the outlet mall for approximately two-to-three minutes, and multiple rounds of gunfire are heard throughout this time. The entire incident lasted just over four minutes before police neutralized the shooter.
“This video shows how quickly a routine interaction with the public turned into a life-and-death situation,” said Allen Police Chief Brian Harvey. “The officer recognized the danger, ran toward the gunfire and neutralized the threat – and for his actions, the Allen community is forever grateful.”
The Allen Premium Outlets were closed for nearly a month and reopened on May 31.
Following the tragedy, Medical City Healthcare trauma facilities received eight patients. Hospital officials said one patient was taken directly from the scene to Medical City Plano and five patients were treated at Medical City McKinney. A pediatric patient was transferred to Medical City Children’s Hospital. The final patient was released from the hospital on June 23.
While many of the Medical City patients have not been publicly identified due to confidentially laws, WFAA spoke to one in early June, Irvin Walker II, who shared his story.
Walker was shot several times while in his car and was among the first people wounded in the mass shooting.
“I didn’t see the shooter,” he told WFAA. “I just felt the shots.”
Walker, now on the road to recovery after his release from the hospital, thanked the staff at Medical City.
"As soon as I entered this hospital, the medical professionals expressed the highest level of love for me," Walker said. "I had the mindset that, 'You know what, when I come here, the energy I'm going to give out, I expect back.' I continue glorifying my Lord, thanking people in advance for using their expertise to repair my body, my spirit, my hope. That mindset, I think, got me through."
The Allen Police Department has requested a comprehensive and independent review of the incident by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). The resulting after-action report will offer insight and best practices to support future training and emergency response provided by Allen police.
More Texas headlines: | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/allen-texas-outlet-mall-shooting-bodycam-video/287-71570b0f-4f4c-4003-a675-cfaea07e0c51 | 2023-06-28T19:19:24 | 1 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/allen-texas-outlet-mall-shooting-bodycam-video/287-71570b0f-4f4c-4003-a675-cfaea07e0c51 |
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Angelo State University's head baseball coach Kevin Brooks has been named as the 2023 NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year, by the American Baseball Coaches Association and ATEC.
Brooks just completed his 19th season at ASU, finishing 56-9 overall while setting both the program and Lone Star Conference record for wins in a season while leading the Rams to their first-ever national title.
He surpassed 700 career wins this season and holds a 742-333 overall record at ASU with a winning percentage of .690, which ranks 10th among active coaches in Division II.
The 2023 ABCA/ATEC National Coaches of the Year will be honored at the 2024 ABCA Convention in Dallas Friday, Jan. 5 before clinics begin.
The ABCA/ATEC National and Regional Coaches of the Year are selected by members of the ABCA All-America & Coach of the Year committees in all nine divisions: NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA, NJCAA Divisions I, II and III, Pacific Association Division and high school. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/angelo-state-baseball-coach-kevin-brooks-named-ncaa-division-ii-national-coach-of-the-year/504-4c1d2b9c-beb4-47d9-9777-5d32c5b54845 | 2023-06-28T19:19:30 | 1 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/angelo-state-baseball-coach-kevin-brooks-named-ncaa-division-ii-national-coach-of-the-year/504-4c1d2b9c-beb4-47d9-9777-5d32c5b54845 |
SANDERSON, Texas — The famously small Buc-ee's art installation has made it way back to West Texas.
The art work is located in Sanderson. It was opened last year, but closed down shortly after. The site is similar to the Prada store in Marfa that was built in 2005.
The Buc-ee's in Sanderson even has historical marker that reads:
"Originally established April 1st, 2022, this Buc-ee's location served the area faithfully despite its lack of operating hours, bathrooms, employees or a home decor section...It was an important content stop for weary Instagram influencers and other travelers on the famous Marfa Trail....Shift to E-commerce, rising gas prices and a worldwide beaver nugget shortage are what forced the location to close on April 4, 2022 and reached social media fame."
A replica of the original tiny Buc-ee's was built on the site and there is also a QR code you can scan to support the artist behind the installation's future project and legal defense. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/buc-ees-in-sanderson-joins-collection-of-west-texas-art-installations/513-de29e2cb-2753-4c3e-a70f-6223292c07ef | 2023-06-28T19:19:36 | 0 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/buc-ees-in-sanderson-joins-collection-of-west-texas-art-installations/513-de29e2cb-2753-4c3e-a70f-6223292c07ef |
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — All passengers are safe after a Delta Air Lines flight landed at Charlotte Douglas International Airport without its nose gear Wednesday morning.
Delta Flight 1092 departed from Atlanta at 7:25 a.m. and landed in Charlotte at approximately 8:58 a.m., the airline confirmed to WCNC Charlotte. A Delta Air Lines spokesperson reported the crew reported a nose gear issue to air traffic control and safely landed with the nose gear in the up position.
The pilot landed the plane safely and no one was hurt.
Delta confirmed that the plane, a Boeing 717, had 96 passengers, two pilots and three flight attendants on board. The flight circled a couple of times before landing, according to flight-tracking data.
A passenger on the plane told WCNC Charlotte the pilot's landing was "absolutely perfect," and said the crew was amazing despite the scary experience.
All passengers were taken to the terminal by bus. Charlotte Douglas said it expects operational impacts while crews work to move the plane and reopen the runway.
Delta said the cause of the failure is under investigation.
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The trailhead of Fatman’s Loop was choked with vehicles recently.
It’s a common sight at many of the most popular trails in and around Flagstaff. But, now, a new city program is pushing visitors and locals alike to get off the beaten path and recreate on less-frequented trails, all while putting money toward trail management.
This spring, Discover Flagstaff launched its new “trails passport” website.
The website ranks 30 trails on their difficulty and level of use, encouraging visitors to take the path less trodden, said Discover Flagstaff marketing specialist Sabrina Beard, who helped create the passport.
“Knowing that some of our trails are getting really congested, we do want to disperse the crowds on our trails less traveled,” she said. “Give some of the trails less traveled some love, try to protect and conserve some of our more popular trails and divert that traffic.”
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Beard said Discover Flagstaff has also halted advertising some popular trails, such as Fatman's Loop and the Lava Tubes.
Trails are ranked between one and three points based on difficulty and level of use, Beard said.
Recreationists can than check into those trails and earn the number of points assigned to the specified trail.
If a pass-holder gains enough points, they can win prizes such as stickers or postcards, and if they earn enough, according to Beard, Discover Flagstaff donates $5 to the Flagstaff Trails Initiative through its partnership with the organization Pledge for the Wild.
Flagstaff Trails Initiative (FTI) was one of several organizations to work with Discover Flagstaff on the program. FTI, along with Flagstaff Biking Organization, the Coconino National Forest, and other trails-related departments within the city and county provided a list of trails in and around Flagstaff that were used less, said Debbie McMahon, the president of FTI’s board of directors.
“So with this passport, people can get out and find places to hike that aren't that typical like Fatman’s Loop. We have trails that are overrun, because that's the popular hike. Well, here's an example of a different hike: Sandy Seep, that's just as close as Fatman’s Loop and has good parking. You can hike and not be disturbed,” McMahon said.
Trails in the one-point rank include sections of the Arizona Trail through Picture Canyon and the Campbell Mesa trail system, while examples of two-point trails include the Kachina Trail and the Little Elden Spring Trail.
Meanwhile, trails in the three-point rank include the O'Leary Peak Trail, the Kendrick Mountain Trail and the section of the urban trail on Mars Hill.
And the money FTI gets through the program will not only help the fledgling FTI organization get over its proverbial skis, but also go to help maintain and build up the existing trail infrastructure in and around Flagstaff, McMahon said.
And that’s critical given how much use so many trails around Flagstaff see and the relative difficulty of funding trail construction and trail maintenance.
It can cost several thousand dollars to maintain just a mile of single-track trail, according to McMahon. The same goes for gravel or paved trails such as the Flagstaff Urban Trail System.
“People don't realize how expensive it is,” she said. “Trails are expensive, and that's why we need help funding the maintenance and construction of them.”
Grants written by FTI have received money to support the Coconino National Forest in funding three additional seasonal trail crew positions this year, and another successful grant on behalf of the City of Flagstaff was able to pay for additional trail signage, McMahon said.
McMahon said she is also hoping FTI can provide education on trail etiquette to reduce conflict between hikers, cyclists, equestrians and others who are all enjoying the same landscape.
Beard said so far, the program has already shown success.
There are about 200 registered passport holders, with the majority in Arizona, but some as far flung as South Carolina.
And there has been check-ins on every trail listed within the program, Beard said. Additionally, Beard said, the top 5 most checked-into trails are all within the two- and three-point categories.
More trails are coming to the passport system.
Discover Flagstaff is hoping to include information on dedicated motorized trails next, Beard said, adding that it is looking forward to seeing how that changes its metrics once those trails are added. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/government-politics/new-trails-passport-hopes-to-spread-out-use-fund-flagstaff-trails-initiative/article_eca1b6d4-1077-11ee-ad0a-7341130f6e71.html | 2023-06-28T19:22:09 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/government-politics/new-trails-passport-hopes-to-spread-out-use-fund-flagstaff-trails-initiative/article_eca1b6d4-1077-11ee-ad0a-7341130f6e71.html |
Despite red flag conditions in recent days, with hot temperatures and high winds, fire managers on the Kaibab National Forest have kept several fires in check.
The Hull and Ridge fires just south of Grand Canyon National Park have both experienced minimal growth in recent days, officials said.
The Hull Fire remains at about 1,491 acres while the Ridge Fire is 2,603 acres with slow growth within the planed area.
Likewise, the Three Lakes Fire south of Jacob Lake has also seen slow growth -- and that blaze is now at 1,037 acres.
Fire managers say the lack of growth despite red flag conditions is a testament to prior forest thinning and prescribed fire projects, and the skill and vigilance of fire managers and crews on the scenes.
Knowing red flag conditions were coming, forest managers said, crews have been making strategic decisions about where and when to conduct back-burns and establish fire lines to control the blazes.
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The three lightning-caused fires are being managed to help improve forest health and reduce the risk of larger fire as part of a new U.S. Forest Service 10-year fire strategy. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/kaibab-nation-forest-fires-grow-slowly-despite-red-flag-weather/article_61130b56-15d9-11ee-baab-67df314055bc.html | 2023-06-28T19:22:15 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/kaibab-nation-forest-fires-grow-slowly-despite-red-flag-weather/article_61130b56-15d9-11ee-baab-67df314055bc.html |
A New Jersey man has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison after exchanging sexually explicit videos and images with a 13-year-old New York girl and later paying $20,000 in bitcoin to have her killed, eventually calling it off.
John Michael Musbach, 34, of Haddonfield, received his 78-month prison term Tuesday during a court hearing in Camden, according to federal prosecutors. He will also have to serve three years of supervised release after prison.
Musbach pleaded guilty in February to using interstate commerce facilities in the commission of a murder-for-hire plot.
He began communicating online with the girl in 2015 and eventually began using those chats to request and receive sexually explicit videos and photographs of the girl, and send her similar videos and images of himself. The girl’s parents discovered the nature of the chats and notified law enforcement in New York state, where they lived.
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Musbach was arrested on child pornography charges in March 2016 and pleaded guilty to child endangerment in October 2017. He received a two-year suspended prison sentence and was placed on lifetime parole.
In May 2016, Musbach started communicating with the administrator of a murder-for-hire site on the darknet, while his criminal case was pending, officials have said. After asking whether the girl was too young to target and being told the age wasn’t a problem, prosecutors said, Musbach paid about $20,000 in bitcoin for the hit.
When pressed for an additional $5,000 to secure the hit, Musbach eventually sought to cancel and asked for a refund of his $20,000. The website’s administrator then revealed the site was a scam and threatened to reveal Musbach’s information to law enforcement.
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Federal prosecutors have not said how the plot was uncovered.
But, during his indictment in 2020, prosecutors said an informant gave the Department of Homeland Security messages between Musbach and the fake website for contract killings. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/prison-for-new-jersey-man-who-paid-bitcoin-in-attempt-to-have-hitman-kill-his-child-porn-victim/3594081/ | 2023-06-28T19:22:20 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/prison-for-new-jersey-man-who-paid-bitcoin-in-attempt-to-have-hitman-kill-his-child-porn-victim/3594081/ |
Jazmyn Ben, an incoming junior at Coconino High School, represented the Panthers girls basketball team -- and the City of Flagstaff as a whole -- on an international stage earlier this month.
Ben joined a group of players from around the United States as Team USA in the Nunawading Spectres Tournament in Melbourne, Australia. Team USA went undefeated against a field of youth teams from around the world, winning the championship on June 12.
The overall experience, along with succeeding in a competition filled with talented players, was an honor, Ben said.
“Everything is different, like, almost the opposite there. The basketball was the same game, but they have different rules,” she said. “It was a lot of fun.”
Along with the tournament, spanning six games over three days, the USA players took time to experience the continent. The girls surfed, kayaked, petted kangaroos at the zoo and enjoyed getting to know each other off the court.
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As much as playing well and winning meant for Ben, the ability to successfully maneuver her first solo trip across the world was equally rewarding. Ben has competed in several chess competitions around Arizona, and even took part in a national chess tournament in Tennessee. All of those experiences gave her confidence in traveling for competitions. But she’d never taken on as big a task as this one.
Ben received a phone call in the spring asking if she’d be interested in playing, and the journey started from there. Her family raised around $2,000 through jewelry sales and donations to help offset some of the cost of traveling.
The adventure filled Ben’s mother, Danielle Phillips, with pride.
“I always told her that if there was anything that she wanted to do, I would support her. This is just another really cool thing,” Phillips said.
Panthers coach Cassie Schrader echoed that sentiment, saying it serves as motivation for the rest of the Coconino players to strive to accomplish their own goals.
“It’s awesome. It just shows the commitment to the sport. That takes a lot to want to do something like that, internationally, being from little, old Flagstaff,” Schrader said.
She added: “It takes a little push or a shove to really understand that they can do anything they want. So it’s cool that we had someone that goes to Coconino that took it upon themselves to work to get to that point.”
Ben is hoping to have a breakout year for Coconino. She cracked the lineup in the 2022-23 season, but hopes to have a more prominent role this upcoming winter.
“I know she loves basketball, and I love her as a kid,” Schrader said. “We’ve gone through a little bit of growing pains -- which is expected with all the younger girls. But I think she knows what’s expected, and I think she’s going to break through.”
Coconino will begin its regular season on Nov. 27 with a home game against Greenway. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/coconinos-jazmyn-ben-represents-usa-in-australian-basketball-tournament/article_5f49c048-1549-11ee-8c02-e7e3121017ce.html | 2023-06-28T19:22:21 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/coconinos-jazmyn-ben-represents-usa-in-australian-basketball-tournament/article_5f49c048-1549-11ee-8c02-e7e3121017ce.html |
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- A 34-year-old man from New Jersey was sentenced to more than six years in prison for ordering a hitman to kill a 14-year-old, federal officials announced Wednesday.
- According to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Newark Special Agent in Charge Ricky J. Patel, John Michael Musbach, of Haddonfield, New Jersey, will spend 78 months in prison after having pled guilty to one count of knowingly and intentionally using and causing another to use a facility of interstate and foreign commerce (the internet) with the intention that a murder be committed.
- According to court documents and statements, it all started in the summer of 2015, Musbach exchanged sexually explicit photographs and videos online with a 13-year-old living in New York. The child's parents eventually found out about the inappropriate contact and contacted police.
A 34-year-old man from New Jersey was sentenced to more than six years in prison for ordering a hitman to kill a 14-year-old who was set to testify against him during a child pornography trial, federal officials announced Wednesday.
According to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Newark Special Agent in Charge Ricky J. Patel, John Michael Musbach, of Haddonfield, New Jersey, will spend 78 months in prison after having pled guilty to one count of knowingly and intentionally using and causing another to use a facility of interstate and foreign commerce (the internet) with the intention that a murder be committed.
In addition to the prison term, Musbach was sentenced to three years of supervised release and fined $30,000.
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The sentence and post-release stipulation, is in connection to a murder-for-hire plot that Musbach was organizing in 2016, according to federal authorities.
According to court documents and statements, in the summer of 2015, Musbach exchanged sexually explicit photographs and videos online with a 13-year-old living in New York. The child's parents eventually found out about the inappropriate contact and contacted police.
Upon identifying Musbach, who at that time lived in Atlantic County, New Jersey, New York law enforcement officers reached out to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office and in March 2016, officers from the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office arrested Musbach on child pornography charges and executed a search warrant at his residence, court documents showed. Subsequently, according to court documents cited by the federal authorities, Musbach decided to have the child killed to stop them from testifying against him.
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From May 7, 2016, through May 20, 2016, according to federal authorities, Musbach repeatedly communicated with the administrator of a murder-for-hire website on the darknet that apparently offered contract killings or other acts of violence in return for payment in cryptocurrency. Musbach ended up asking if a 14-year-old was too young to target, and upon hearing that age was not a problem, he paid about 40 bitcoin (around $20,000 at the time) for the hit.
Musbach messaged the website’s administrator to follow up and to know when the apparent hit would take place. He was then asked for an additional $5,000, which led to Musbach seeking to cancel the hit and asking for a refund. However, the website’s administrator ended up revealing that the website was a scam and threatened to reveal the information to authorities.
“Musbach’s efforts to silence his victim shows the extreme length child predators will go to avoid paying for their heinous activities,” Patel said. “In this case, we were able to use our investigative authorities and undercover platforms to find Musbach lurking in the dark web where he sought to further harm his victim by funding a murder for hire. We will not stop our efforts to protect children and make these criminals pay. There will be serious consequences for child sexual predators who believe they can get away with their vile actions.” | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/new-jersey-man-gets-prison-sentence-for-hiring-hitman-to-kill-14-year-old/4461249/ | 2023-06-28T19:22:25 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/new-jersey-man-gets-prison-sentence-for-hiring-hitman-to-kill-14-year-old/4461249/ |
ATLANTIC CITY — Democratic committee backed candidate Viana Bailey has sued Atlantic County election officials, seeking a recount of the June 6 primary election results in for her ward seat.
After all votes were counted Bailey was behind the other Democratic candidate, incumbent Councilwoman LaToya Dunston, by three votes.
Bailey is seeking a recheck of the machines, irregular ballots and emergency ballots and a recount of the vote by mail ballots and provisional ballots for all votes cast for 2nd ward councilperson.
Her attorneys from Antonelli Kantor Rivera of Livingston, Essex County, filed the petition June 23.
The lawsuit alleges that Craig Callaway assisted 19 disabled voters within the 2nd ward with filling out election forms, and more than three of those did not qualify for such assistance.
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Callaway, of Atlantic City, is known for helping candidates generate large numbers of vote-by-mail ballots.
According to the lawsuit, Bailey received 179 election day votes, 11 early voting votes, 81 vote-by-mail votes and 26 provisional votes for a total of 297.
Dunston received 84 election day votes, 21 early voting votes, 167 vote-by-mail votes and 28 provisional votes for a total of 300. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/bailey-seeks-recount-in-atlantic-citys-2nd-ward-primary-race/article_29fbaf5c-15ce-11ee-98f3-df3528c60f84.html | 2023-06-28T19:31:31 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/bailey-seeks-recount-in-atlantic-citys-2nd-ward-primary-race/article_29fbaf5c-15ce-11ee-98f3-df3528c60f84.html |
OCEAN CITY – As Matt Friedman winds down his last days as the Superintendent of Schools of the Ocean City school district – his last day is Friday – he reports a mix of regret for his short time in the district and excitement for his new position.
“I have a lot of mixed feelings,” he said in a recent interview. “Not only is the island beautiful, what makes it a great place are the students, the staff, the administration, the school board and the parents. As a leader, that’s all you could ever ask for.”
In March, Friedman accepted a job leading the Quakertown Community School District in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. That district is about twice the size of Ocean City in terms of the number of students, and far closer to his home in Downingtown, Pennsylvania.
The Bucks County Herald reports his starting salary at the new district as $207,000 a year. In Ocean City, he made $190,000.
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Before coming to Ocean City, he had worked as the assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction in the South Orange Maplewood school district. He had a two-decade career in education, beginning as a teacher.
Friedman said he comes from a family of educators, and both of his parents were teachers. Early on, he said, he wanted to become an administrator.
“I knew I wanted to effect change in a much bigger way, so I knew I wanted to get into administration,” Friedman said.
The Ocean City School Board approved his appointment in May of last year, and he began in July, stepping in just in time for one of the biggest controversies in the district in years as new state education standards went into effect.
The standards proved deeply controversial, with some community members and parents complaining that they went too far in topics related to gender and sexuality. The opposition led to a response from other parents and some students, who advocated on behalf of gay and trans students at public events and school board meetings.
Friedman pointed to efforts undertaken during the school year, including a project that got fathers and other men involved in the Ocean City Primary School, called Watch DOGS, or Dads of Great Students. The program began this year, and Friedman hopes it will continue under the next superintendent.
He also worked on the creation of an e-sports arena at Ocean City High School.
Friedman cited work on “A Portrait of a Graduate,” aimed at providing a “stable foundation for our new strategic plan,” with input from parents, students, teachers, residents and other stakeholders. That work is set to continue after Friedman leaves the district.
Ocean City has not always been kind to outgoing superintendents, with some picketing outside the retirement party for the former super, Kathleen Taylor. Friedman’s quick departure drew criticism from some at Board of Education meetings, including from members of the Fairness in Taxes organization, who cited funds spent on professional development that would end up benefiting Quakertown.
Members of the organization cited close to $60,000 spent on professional development, and pointed out that Friedman renegotiated his contract with Ocean City to allow more time for travel to events, conferences and professional development opportunities.
Most of that money was not for him, Friedman said in an interview outside a local café in Ocean City.
“There was only $14,000 of that was directly for me,” Friedman said. Of that, he said, about $5,000 went toward membership fees and dues for multiple organizations. He cited the Chamber of Commerce, as well as national and statewide groups. “I need to be a member of those.”
Most were provided to previous superintendents, he said, and are common practice in school districts. As for seeking more time, he said he had been accepted into a two-year mentoring program called the National Superintendents Academy, one of only 150 slots across the country. If he were still working in Ocean City if he completes the program as expected next year, he would be only the fourth superintendent in New Jersey to do so.
He said he told the Quakertown board of his intentions during the negotiations for his new job,
“I always had in the back of my mind, ‘Look, I’m not desperate to leave Ocean City.’ So, if they don’t meet me where I want to be met, then I don’t feel any pressure,” Friedman said. “It’s a good situation to be in. It’s not a consolation prize to be in Ocean City. I’m very happy and content.”
But he believes he made the right decision, choosing a job closer to home.
“The two most important jobs for me are being a husband and being a father,” Friedman said. “Sometimes you have to make decisions that are best for your family.”
This month, the Ocean City Board of Education named Scott McCartney as interim superintendent, at a rate of $700 a day, to fill the role as the search continues for the next full-time superintendent.
The district underwent an extensive search last year before offering the job to Friedman. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/friday-is-the-last-day-for-ocean-city-superintendent-matt-friedman/article_22fc2b9a-152a-11ee-ab70-8306570b9359.html | 2023-06-28T19:31:32 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/friday-is-the-last-day-for-ocean-city-superintendent-matt-friedman/article_22fc2b9a-152a-11ee-ab70-8306570b9359.html |
Looking for 4th of July events? Here are 5 around Fayetteville
With the Fourth of July falling on Tuesday this year, some observances are kicking off this weekend.
Whether you’re wanting to check out fireworks or set up a blanket or lawn chair to catch a concert, here’s a look at events to check out.
Grammy award-winning musician Sheryl Crow will headline the Fort Liberty July 4 celebration this year while Gavin DeGraw will open, according to the Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation.
The concert is free and open to the public.
Activities start at 3 p.m. at the Main Post Parade Field, 25 Capron St., and attendees are encouraged to arrive early due to heavy traffic.
In addition to the performances by Crow and DeGraw, the Fort Liberty celebration will also feature free-fall demonstrations, fireworks and food and beverages, the MWR website says.
Non-Department of Defense identification cardholders can register for a visitor pass online and by using the event code: 57NC20M4
Once approved, applicants can use their real ID at any gate, or pick up a paper pass at the All American Visitor Center.
Here are four other ways to celebrate locally.
Hope Mills
Hope Mills will have its Independence Day Celebration starting at 4 p.m. Saturday.
A parade will start at Hope Mills Middle School and end at Rockfish Elementary while festivities will continue at Hope Mills Municipal Park, 5766 Rockfish Road.
Musical performances by Paige King Johnson and Krispee Biscuits are scheduled. Food trucks will be on site and the evening will end with a fireworks display starting at 9 p.m.
Baseball and fireworks
As the Fayetteville Woodpeckers take on the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers on Monday, an Independence Day celebration with fireworks is also planned.
The game starts at 7:05 p.m. at Segra Stadium, 460 Hay St.
Tickets can be purchased online or at the Truist Box Office.
Cool Spring Faycation
The Cool Spring Downtown District will host a July 4 Faycation celebration from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday along Maxwell Street near downtown.
A beer garden, barbecue, yard games and music from local DJs and reggae performer Patra will be on hand.
Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Concert and Fireworks
The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra and the city of Fayetteville will present a free Independence Concert starting at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at Festival Park, 335 Ray Ave. Gates open at 5 p.m.
There will be various food vendors and a beer tent with a cash bar. Special guests include the Fayetteville Symphonic Band and the 82nd Airborne Division Band, and fireworks are also scheduled.
Staff writer Rachael Riley can be reached at rriley@fayobserver.com or 910-486-3528. | https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/local/2023/06/28/where-to-celebrate-july-4th-in-fayetteville-fort-liberty-formerly-bragg-sheryl-crow/70344340007/ | 2023-06-28T19:38:33 | 0 | https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/local/2023/06/28/where-to-celebrate-july-4th-in-fayetteville-fort-liberty-formerly-bragg-sheryl-crow/70344340007/ |
ALLEN, Texas — WARNING: The story contains details some may find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.
Body camera footage of the Allen Premium Outlet mall mass shooting was released Wednesday after a grand jury no-billed the officer who shot and killed the shooter.
The Texas Rangers and the Collin County District Attorney’s Office presented the evidence to the grand jury. The grand jury's no-bill means that after reviewing the evidence, they ruled the use of force was justified under Texas law.
Eight people were killed and several others were injured when a gunman opened fire at the Allen Premium Outlets on Saturday, May 6.
The body camera footage released Wednesday showed the tragic events from the officer's perspective. The video was edited to blur out the faces of civilians and victims, and some language has been removed, Allen police said.
The video starts with the officer speaking to a mother and her two kids when more than 10 gunshots are heard off in the distance. The officer calls in the shots fired over the radio and another round of gunfire is heard. The officer grabs his weapon and tells shoppers to get down.
The officer runs across the outlet mall for approximately two-to-three minutes, and multiple rounds of gunfire are heard throughout this time. The entire incident lasted just over four minutes before police neutralized the shooter.
“This video shows how quickly a routine interaction with the public turned into a life-and-death situation,” said Allen Police Chief Brian Harvey. “The officer recognized the danger, ran toward the gunfire and neutralized the threat – and for his actions, the Allen community is forever grateful.”
The Allen Premium Outlets were closed for nearly a month and reopened on May 31.
Following the tragedy, Medical City Healthcare trauma facilities received eight patients. Hospital officials said one patient was taken directly from the scene to Medical City Plano and five patients were treated at Medical City McKinney. A pediatric patient was transferred to Medical City Children’s Hospital. The final patient was released from the hospital on June 23.
While many of the Medical City patients have not been publicly identified due to confidentially laws, WFAA spoke to one in early June, Irvin Walker II, who shared his story.
Walker was shot several times while in his car and was among the first people wounded in the mass shooting.
“I didn’t see the shooter,” he told WFAA. “I just felt the shots.”
Walker, now on the road to recovery after his release from the hospital, thanked the staff at Medical City.
"As soon as I entered this hospital, the medical professionals expressed the highest level of love for me," Walker said. "I had the mindset that, 'You know what, when I come here, the energy I'm going to give out, I expect back.' I continue glorifying my Lord, thanking people in advance for using their expertise to repair my body, my spirit, my hope. That mindset, I think, got me through."
The Allen Police Department has requested a comprehensive and independent review of the incident by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). The resulting after-action report will offer insight and best practices to support future training and emergency response provided by Allen police.
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — The annual ‘Paint Kingsport!’ outdoor painting competition returned to the Model City on Tuesday.
The competition allows local artists the opportunity to display their outdoor painting talents while highlighting key landmarks and scenery from across Kingsport.
“There are prizes offered at the end of the week. We paint from Wednesday through Saturday, and it’s a pretty intense painting experience. But if you have a place to paint like this, it’s great,” said Kingsport Art Guild President Carol Dixon.
The public is invited to watch the artists paint and each artist will display a ”Paint Kingsport!’ flag.
“There are artists in Warriors Path State Park, at Allendale, and Exchange Place, here at Bays Mountain and frankly, all over Kingsport. The competition kind of keeps it within Kingsport.”
Prizes will be awarded at a gala reception on Saturday from 6- 8 p.m. at the Renaissance Center Gallery. All paintings from the event will be on sale from July 2 to August 21.
“This is the second year we’ve done it, and the first year was such a success. We’ve advertised nationally now, which is why we’re drawing people from around the country,” said Dixon. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/photos-annual-paint-kingsport-competition-returns/ | 2023-06-28T19:42:08 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/photos-annual-paint-kingsport-competition-returns/ |
AUBURN, Wash. — The Auburn Police Department (APD) is investigating after a woman was found dead with a gunshot wound early Wednesday morning.
Around 4:13 a.m., APD says officers responded to reports of a shooting near the Greentree Condominiums. Upon arrival, police found a woman who had been shot at least once. She was declared dead at the scene.
No other suspect or victim information was available, but APD said detectives are actively working the case.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/auburn-police-investigating-woman-shot-death/281-e995f179-0743-4ae2-a167-9233ab3b3977 | 2023-06-28T19:47:43 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/auburn-police-investigating-woman-shot-death/281-e995f179-0743-4ae2-a167-9233ab3b3977 |
SEATTLE — The Fourth of July is right around the corner and laws on discharging fireworks have changed over the past couple of years in the state's most populous counties.
Here's what you should know.
King County
Fireworks are banned in unincorporated King County, in all city, county and state parks, and within most city limits except for the following:
- Mercer Island: July 4 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- Auburn and Pacific: July 4 from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- Normandy Park: July 3 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., July 4 from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.
- North Bend: July 4 from 9 a.m. to midnight
- Snoqualmie: July 4 from 9 a.m. to midnight
Pierce County
This is the first year fireworks in unincorporated areas of the county will only be allowed on July 4. The Pierce County Council passed the ordinance last year.
Additionally, some cities have adjusted the days and times when fireworks can be used.
According to the latest information from the Fire Prevention Bureau, fireworks are banned in all city, county and state parks and within most city limits except for the following:
- Bonney Lake: July 4 from 9 a.m. to midnight
- Buckley: July 4 from 9 a.m. to midnight
- Carbonado: July 3-5 from 9 a.m. to midnight
- Dupont: July 4 from 6 p.m. to midnight
- Eatonville: July 3-4 from noon to 11 p.m.
- Edgewood: July 4 from 9 a.m. to midnight
- Fife: June 28 from noon to 11 p.m., June 29-July 3 from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., July 4 from 9 a.m. to midnight and July 5 from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- Lakewood: July 4 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- Milton: July 4 from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- Orting: July 4 from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
- Puyallup: July 4 from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- Roy: June 28 from noon to 11 p.m. and June 29-July 5 from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- Ruston: Fireworks banned
- South Prairie: June 28 from noon to 11 p.m., June 29-July 3 from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., July 4 from 9 a.m. to midnight and July 5 from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- Sumner: July 4 from noon to midnight
- Unincorporated Pierce County: July 4 from 10 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
- University Place: July 4 from 9 a.m. to midnight
- Wilkeson: June 28 from noon to 11 p.m., June 29-July 3 from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., July 4 from 9 a.m. to midnight and July 5 from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Snohomish County
Fireworks are allowed in approved parts of unincorporated Snohomish County and the following cities:
- Granite Falls: July 4 from 9 a.m. to midnight
- Lake Stevens: July 4 from 9 a.m. to midnight
- Monroe: July 4 from 9 a.m. to midnight
- Snohomish: July 4 from 9 a.m. to midnight
- Stanwood: July 4 from 9 a.m. to midnight, July 5 from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- Sultan: July 4 from 9 a.m. to midnight, July 5 from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Fireworks are banned in all city, county and state parks.
Kitsap County
The discharge of fireworks is banned on Bainbridge Island and in all city, county and state parks. Fireworks are allowed in the following cities:
- Bremerton: July 4 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- Port Orchard: July 4 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- Poulsbo: June 29-July 4 from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/fireworks-king-pierce-snohomish-kitsap-counties/281-2e581178-8a09-4b62-a74a-f171a9291898 | 2023-06-28T19:47:49 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/fireworks-king-pierce-snohomish-kitsap-counties/281-2e581178-8a09-4b62-a74a-f171a9291898 |
SEATTLE — A suspect was stabbed with a sword Sunday afternoon while burglarizing a home in the North Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) said in a blotter post on Wednesday.
Police responded to a burglary report on Beacon Avenue South around 1:30 p.m. Sunday and found two men with injuries.
While investigating, SPD learned a man had entered the victim's residence while they were gone. A 71-year-old male victim returned home and found items misplaced as well as a smashed kitchen window.
The victim eventually found a man standing in the living room, and the two had a struggle. The suspect attempted to stab the victim with a pitchfork, and the victim eventually managed to get ahold of his firearm, but it jammed and could not fire.
The struggle ended when the victim managed to stab the suspect with a sword. A woman that was in the home at the time wrestled the suspect off the victim.
The suspect fled the scene but was later detained by Seattle police officers.
The victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries to the face and torso, and the suspect was taken to Harborview Medical Center to treat his stab wound.
After being medically cleared, the SPD said it will book the suspect into King County Jail on burglary charges.
Download our free KING 5 app to stay up-to-date on news stories from across western Washington. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-burglary-suspect-stabbed-sword-attacking-homeowner-pitchfork/281-4a92227e-80f6-4e3f-96d5-92e01ddc2e34 | 2023-06-28T19:47:55 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-burglary-suspect-stabbed-sword-attacking-homeowner-pitchfork/281-4a92227e-80f6-4e3f-96d5-92e01ddc2e34 |
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A 26-year-old Georgia man was arrested after he recorded a woman changing clothes inside a store’s dressing room in Daytona Beach, police said.
According to an arrest affidavit, police responded to the Levi’s Outlet Store located in the Tanger Outlets at 1100 Cornerstone Blvd. around 10:56 a.m. on Tuesday.
The woman told police that when she entered the store, she was the only customer. She picked out some jeans and shorts and entered the first dressing room on the back left wall of the store, according to the affidavit.
She said that while trying on a pair of shorts, she looked up and into the mirror and noticed the top corner of a smartphone being held over the dressing room door.
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Once she noticed the phone, she stated that she covered herself with the dress that she wore to the store and exited the dressing room.
According to the affidavit, the victim said that once she left the dressing room, she immediately saw a man lurking in and out of the dressing room, about three doors down from hers.
The woman told police that she confronted the man, later identified as 26-year-old Luke Pinkard, and said, “Excuse me, did you just put your phone in my dressing room?” to which he replied, “No.”
When the victim told Pinkard that she saw him put the phone over her dressing room, he replied, “I’m sorry. I will delete them,” the affidavit states.
The woman said that Pinkard then pulled out his phone and deleted several video thumbnails, according to the affidavit.
Police said the woman then grabbed the phone out of Pinkard’s hand, seeing an additional, undeleted video that was about one minute and 30 seconds long. She then took the phone to the register and reported the man’s behavior, where he again said he would delete all of the videos, adding he would smash the phone. Pinkard also stated, “Please have mercy, I’m sorry,” and “Oh God,” according to the affidavit.
After officers arrived on the scene, they were able to view surveillance video that showed Pinkard, the victim and a woman later identified as Pinkard’s wife walk into the dressing room area. Police noted that Pinkard did not have any clothes from the store when he entered the dressing room area.
The video then showed the victim and Pinkard walking to the register area.
During their investigation, officers said Pinkard was visibly crying and making spontaneous statements to his wife, saying, “I’m sorry” and “We’ll get through this.”
According to the affidavit, a background check revealed Pinkard is currently facing one charge of “knowingly using/installing a device to observe, record underneath or through an individual’s clothing” and one charge of child molestation, both out of Gordon County, Georgia.
Pinkard was arrested and faces a charge of video voyeurism in the Daytona Beach incident.
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Mark your calendars! The next Tucson Festival of Books will be held March 9 and 10 at the University of Arizona, Executive Director Melanie Morgan announced Wednesday.
One of the largest annual events in Tucson, the festival has been held almost every Spring since 2009 — the lone exception being 2020, when the emerging COVID-19 pandemic forced its cancellation four days before it was scheduled to begin.
This year's book festival attracted 300 authors and audiences totaling more than 125,000 people over the two days. Big names included Linda Ronstadt and Bernie Sanders.
All proceeds following the festival are donated to local nonprofit organizations that support improved literacy in Southern Arizona, according to the festival website. More than $2 million has been donated since the festival began in 2009.
To learn more, visit tucsonfestivalofbooks.org. | https://tucson.com/life-entertainment/local/events/tucson-festival-of-books-2024/article_04dc2e88-15e5-11ee-9f30-2bad107558b9.html | 2023-06-28T19:49:10 | 0 | https://tucson.com/life-entertainment/local/events/tucson-festival-of-books-2024/article_04dc2e88-15e5-11ee-9f30-2bad107558b9.html |
The Western Hemp Fire, which started Tuesday near Fort Huachuca as a result of mowing, was about 30 percent-contained Wednesday after growing to more than 1000 acres and damaging the Fort’s electrical grid in the process.
Fort Huachuca officials asked residents to help in “reducing and conserving” their electricity use on post after the fort's electric grid was damaged.
“The Western Hemp Fire destroyed one of the main electric lines supplying the installation,” officials said in their online update. “Overuse of electricity at this critical time could be detrimental the entire installation’s ability to support regular operations.”
The Fort is currently restricted to essential personnel due to the fire’s impact on the electrical grid, and the Raymond W. Bliss Army Health Center will be closed today. | https://tucson.com/news/local/hemp-wildfire-arizona-fort-huchuca/article_dc524c3c-15c5-11ee-b89a-b3a79fb44ce4.html | 2023-06-28T19:49:16 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/hemp-wildfire-arizona-fort-huchuca/article_dc524c3c-15c5-11ee-b89a-b3a79fb44ce4.html |
For more than a decade, the small space at 312 E. Congress St. has screamed burger joint.
From 2012 until the pandemic forced its hand in 2020, Flagstaff transplant Diablo Burger established a reputation for its burgers nestled on handmade English muffins branded with their signature "DB."
In September 2021, Scott Stiteler and his Loveblock Partners opened Little Love Burger in the 1,500-square-foot space to carry on the tradition.
But when Stiteler heard that the grandchildren of former North Fourth Avenue restaurateur Jaime Moreno (Jaime’s Mexican Favorites, Jaime’s Bar and Grill and Jet Market) wanted to transition their Jaime's Pizza Kitchen from a ghost kitchen to a brick-and-mortar, he saw an opening to fill a culinary vacancy in downtown's burgeoning dining market.
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"There’s a real need for pizza (on Congress), keeping it very straightforward and family-oriented," said Stiteler, who also owns Hub Restaurant & Ice Creamery and Playground Bar & Lounge on East Congress Street.
Stiteler closed Little Love Burger on June 18 and leased the space to Gabriel Moreno, Jaime Moreno's grandson.
Jaime's Pizza Kitchen, which has operated out of a midtown commercial kitchen since last summer, should open in early August, said Moreno, who has been a pizza chef in Tucson for years.
Moreno said the space is "plug and play" ready to go once he renovates the dining room to distinguish it from its burger joints past and installs his pizza oven.
Follow Jaime's Pizza Kitchen on Instagram at instagram.com/TucsonJaimes for updates.
Contact reporter Cathalena E. Burch at cburch@tucson.com. On Twitter @Starburch | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/downtown-tucson-pizzeria-opening/article_9263e568-151b-11ee-95e7-a72a16b6eed4.html | 2023-06-28T19:49:22 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/downtown-tucson-pizzeria-opening/article_9263e568-151b-11ee-95e7-a72a16b6eed4.html |
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer:
On April 10, CNN’s marquee performer, Christiane Amanpour referred to the roadside ambush and brutal slaying of British Israelis Lucy Dee and her teenage daughters Rina and Maia as a “shoot out.” Six weeks later, on May 24, under pressure from the Dee family and a press watchdog group, Amanpour issued an on-air apology:
“During that live interview (with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh) I misspoke and said that they were killed in a shootout, instead of a shooting.”
Dodging the duty to characterize the event for what it was — unprovoked brutality by terrorists against unarmed vacationers — Amanpour tried to pass her comment off as a slip of the tongue. In so doing, she compounded her subversion of truthful reporting.
Then, deploying the language of half-hearted retractions, Amanpour apologized for “any harm she may have caused the family,” instead of acknowledging her dreadful affront to a grieving widower and father, and to a stunned nation. One of the authors of this opinion was in Israel at the time and witnessed the sadness that overtook the entire county in the wake of these brutal killings.
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Rabbi Leo Dee, husband and father of his murdered wife and daughters, understandably rejected the apology. He pointed out that by referring to the killings as a “shootout,” Amanpour implied moral equivalence between terrorist and victim.
By asserting that the women were involved in a shootout, was Amanpour suggesting that Rabbi Dee’s family was traveling armed, an ungrounded and frivolous assertion? Much more insidiously, Amanpour was implying the doomed Israeli women were armed — not with weapons — but with the provocation inherent in merely being Israeli Jews.
Amanpour’s disturbing logic would have CNN viewers believe that being Israeli and Jewish is somehow a criminal act. Regrettably there is a demonstrable pattern of Amanpour’s defamatory portrayals of life in Israel stretching back more than a decade. For instance, her 2007 report “God’s Jewish Warriors,” was riddled with falsehoods and distortions condemned by independent journalists and commentators. Then, as now, Amanpour’s bosses at CNN appeared unperturbed by her drift from honest reporting to shameful propagandizing.
Such moral disingenuousness has become familiar to Israelis. As Rabbi Dee put it: “We build, they murder us and destroy, but it’s our fault because we built in the first place.” Overt and hostile assaults on Jews are but a part of the picture. Distortions born of biases like those displayed by Amanpour work to equally grievous effect. Words that otherwise intelligent people use like “apartheid”, “massacre” and “systematic violence” to describe defensive measures by a beleaguered nation against unremitting terrorist violence possess the hidden venom of prejudice and lead to a radical estrangement from the truth. Rabbi Dee might just as well have added: “The world lauds movements of self-determination, but ours is called racism.”
The late Jonathan Sachs, former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, explained that the tendency to seek scapegoats is a fundamental dualism that exists within many of us and requires enormous effort to discern and disarm. Antisemitism, as with other forms of racism, constitutes an attack on truth that serves hidden extremism. This extremism has made Amanpour both victim and perpetrator.
Antisemitism, wherever and however it appears, merits a robust response. The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, for example, took a significant and admirable step toward framing such a response by formulating a working definition of antisemitism which included several examples. We believe the definition and examples boil down to this: Antisemitism must be seen as any act which, by intent or willful disregard of the facts, distorts events in a manner that disparages Jews or Israel.
Antisemitism represents an attack on truth that serves the goals of racists and extremists. Amanpour’s breezy comingling of terrorist and victim demonstrates just how easily extremism seeps through the cracks and can masquerade as an alleged slip of the tongue.
Stuart H. Brody is an author and adjunct instructor of ethics at the University of Arizona and a senior scholar at the Institute for Ethics in Public Life at the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh.
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WAVERLY — All Bremer County Courthouse offices, including those of the Convenience Center/Landfill and Clerk of Court, will be closed July 4 in observance of Independence Day.
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Photos: What if? A look at how things are, and how they could be
Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Stephen Strange in a scene from "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness." Multiverse works are united by one theme: There are always possibilities, for better and for worse, and exploring them is entertaining, enlightening and escapist. That’s no small thing in a post-COVID world where convulsive change can seem the only constant.
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Visitors walk through a garden installation designed like the bottom-side of a leaf, on the opening day of the National Garden Festival "BUGA 05" in Munich, southern Germany, on April 28, 2005.
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Miles Morales as Spider-Man, voiced by Shameik Moore, in a scene from Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation's "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse." “Let’s do things differently this time.” Those are the first words you hear in this month’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” an otherworldly meditation on multiple realities. The message is clear from the get-go: We have choices. You are you, sure. But wait — you might also be you and you and you.
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A man wades into the ocean at sunset on June 22, 2021, in Newport Beach, Calif. The world is a stressful, sometimes lonely place. “It wasn’t supposed to be this way” is a phrase you hear a lot these days. But what if things could turn out another way? What if, somewhere, they had? Enter the realm of the multiverse and alternate realities, popular culture’s wildly glorified canvas — and a repository for the ache and longing of living in an uncertain era.
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A lifeguard watches as fireworks light up the air during an Independence Day celebration in San Clemente, Calif., July 4, 2022. The notion of exploring life’s twists and turns through alternate timelines has been around for a while, albeit in varying guises. What if the South had won the Civil War (“CSA: The Confederate States of America”)? What if Germany and Japan had won World War II (“The Man in the High Castle”)? What if John F. Kennedy hadn’t been assassinated (“11/22/63”)? Fictional worlds are more malleable. Imaginary characters — particularly beloved ones with established stories — are toyed with in books, TV shows and movies that airlift them out of one life and into another. It's a canvas that cuts across genres, from rom-com (1998’s “Sliding Doors”) to near-musical (2019’s Beatles jukebox “Yesterday”).
Jae C. Hong, Associated Press
A CES attendee looks on from the immersive room at the LG booth at the CES tech show on Jan. 5, 2023, in Las Vegas.
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Albert Maghbouleh, far left, and Miles Santamour, 89, with Amigos de Jaibalito Foundation (ADJ) share lunch outdoors overlooking the skyline of Los Angeles on Jan. 11, 2021. Multiverse works are united by one theme: There are always possibilities, for better and for worse, and exploring them is entertaining, enlightening and escapist. That’s no small thing in a post-COVID world where convulsive change can seem the only constant.
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Ezra Miller in a scene from "The Flash." Alternate universes are everywhere these days, from “The Flash” to “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.” There's a deep hunger for exploring other possibilities about how other worlds and other potential lives might unfold. And movies, books and TV shows about alternate realities and multiverses feed that appetite in an era when lots of people are asking exactly how we got to this point. They're also a lucrative storytelling approach for creators who want to make the most of their characters without ruining a “prime timeline." Some experts say that in the end, it's about experiencing stories in which someone looks for, and perhaps finds, a best possible self out of all the possibilities.
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Ezra Miller, from left, Michael Keaton and Ezra Miller in a scene from "The Flash." Alternate universes are everywhere these days, from “The Flash” to “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.”
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Michelle Yeoh in a scene from "Everything Everywhere All at Once." One crowning example of multiverse success: Last year’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” which showed all the different lives that Yeoh’s main character might have lived.
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Promotional art for the animated series "What If...?" Exploring the question of “what if” continues to be lucrative — to the point where there's an entire Marvel show exploring alternate realities called “What If...?” And while multiple universes are starting to feel spread thin as a plot device, the trope isn't going away any time soon in our single world, where reality is constantly called into question. “Fictions have implicitly done what alternate universes seem to be doing more lately: letting us explore some reality that’s not actual, for the purpose of learning about the actual world,” says Hannah Kim, an assistant professor of philosophy at Macalester College who has researched why the multiverse resonates. “We’re bombarded with things that seem arbitrary, random,” she says. “The number of difficult developments the past few years — the pandemic, political upheaval, effects of climate change, etc. — leave the anxiety-riddled person with the nagging feeling that this all could have been otherwise.”
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A man walks on the Costanera shopping center lookout, as the city is reflected in the windows of the building after sunset in Santiago, Chile, on Jan. 19, 2023.
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, left, and Haley Esparza, right, ride on a horse as they visit SpaceX's Starship as it is readied for launch at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on April 19, 2023. The world is a stressful, sometimes lonely place. “It wasn’t supposed to be this way” is a phrase you hear a lot these days. But what if things could turn out another way? What if, somewhere, they had? Enter the realm of the multiverse and alternate realities, popular culture’s wildly glorified canvas — and a repository for the ache and longing of living in an uncertain era.
Eric Gay, Associated Press
A person rides with a bicycle alongside the river Spree photographed through multiple reflections of windows in Berlin on Oct. 14, 2013.
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A man walks as he is is reflected on a glass wall at a shopping center, July 8, 2020, in Tokyo. The world is a stressful, sometimes lonely place. “It wasn’t supposed to be this way” is a phrase you hear a lot these days. But what if things could turn out another way? What if, somewhere, they had? Enter the realm of the multiverse and alternate realities, popular culture’s wildly glorified canvas — and a repository for the ache and longing of living in an uncertain era.
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The contractor has closed the alley from Second to Third Street between Main and State Streets in order to begin reconstructing it.
Specifically, the alley’s southern half will be closed for three to six weeks. Garbage and yard waste collection will be temporarily moved onto the side streets, E. Second and E. Third streets; the time and day of pickup will not change for the duration of this closure.
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The city is reminding everyone to stay behind the sidewalk on the property side and no enter the construction area as heavy equipment moves back and forth. Additional information about ally reconstructions can be found at www.cedarfalls.com via “2023 Alley Reconstruction Project” under the projects tab.
If wanting to receive alley closure notices by email, visit: www.cedarfalls.com/notify and follow the instructions for road construction. Questions and concerns can be directed to engineer Brett Armstrong at Brett.Armstrong@cedarfalls.com or 319-268-5161.
Wettest counties in Iowa
Wettest counties in Iowa
Rain, sleet, snow, hail, wintry mix. Precipitation takes on many forms, and the degree to which climate change affects precipitation levels comes down to something almost everyone learns about in school—Earth's water cycle. A system in endless motion, the water cycle traces the process through which water exists in its three primary phases—liquid, solid, and gas—as it moves perpetually between the Earth and its atmosphere.
Increases in precipitation frequency and intensity are markers of climate change . When temperatures rise and oceans grow warmer, the amount of water that evaporates into the atmosphere—and the speed at which it does so—also increases. As atmospheric circulation carries the moisture-rich air over land or pushes it into a storm system, heavy rain or snow is often the result.
The continental U.S. on average received about 30 inches of precipitation between March 2022 and February 2023. Traditionally "wet" regions—such as Washington state and Alaska in the northwest and Georgia and Mississippi in the southeast—continue to have some of the rainiest counties in the United States. Other areas such as Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska, as well as pockets of the South and of California, experience the opposite extreme: drought, also largely a product of climate change .
Stacker cited data from the National Centers for Environmental Information to identify the counties in Iowa that receive the most precipitation through rain, sleet, or snow. Counties are ranked by five-year precipitation averages in inches as of February 2023 with rainfall over the past year serving as a tiebreaker. Supplementary data on how last year's precipitation compares to the 100-year average for the area is also included.
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#50. Warren County
- Five-year precipitation average: 35.60 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 30.58 inches (#49 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -2.35 inches below norm
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#49. Tama County
- Five-year precipitation average: 35.64 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 30.46 inches (#43 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -3.66 inches below norm
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#48. Hardin County
- Five-year precipitation average: 35.67 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 33.89 inches (#81 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 1.86 inches above norm
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#47. Mahaska County
- Five-year precipitation average: 35.73 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 30.43 inches (#44 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -3.40 inches below norm
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#46. Taylor County
- Five-year precipitation average: 35.77 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 31.08 inches (#45 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -3.31 inches below norm
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#45. Franklin County
- Five-year precipitation average: 35.81 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 31.87 inches (#61 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -0.03 inches below norm
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#44. Marion County
- Five-year precipitation average: 35.95 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 31.98 inches (#56 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -1.60 inches below norm
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#43. Clarke County
- Five-year precipitation average: 36.05 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 30.82 inches (#44 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -2.90 inches below norm
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#42. Story County
- Five-year precipitation average: 36.11 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 37.97 inches (#100 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 6.06 inches above norm
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#41. Wapello County
- Five-year precipitation average: 36.22 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 30.00 inches (#35 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -4.50 inches below norm
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#40. Cerro Gordo County
- Five-year precipitation average: 36.40 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 32.51 inches (#69 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 0.72 inches above norm
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#39. Jefferson County
- Five-year precipitation average: 36.47 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 28.97 inches (#23 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -5.96 inches below norm
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#38. Grundy County
- Five-year precipitation average: 36.61 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 33.89 inches (#70 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 0.77 inches above norm
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#37. Van Buren County
- Five-year precipitation average: 36.66 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 29.44 inches (#25 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -5.66 inches below norm
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#36. Poweshiek County
- Five-year precipitation average: 36.78 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 30.14 inches (#40 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -3.96 inches below norm
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#35. Monroe County
- Five-year precipitation average: 36.92 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 32.06 inches (#49 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -2.20 inches below norm
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#34. Washington County
- Five-year precipitation average: 36.97 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 28.82 inches (#22 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -5.48 inches below norm
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#33. Worth County
- Five-year precipitation average: 36.98 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 32.03 inches (#66 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 0.12 inches above norm
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#32. Butler County
- Five-year precipitation average: 37.19 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 34.32 inches (#78 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 1.47 inches above norm
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#31. Ringgold County
- Five-year precipitation average: 37.25 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 30.14 inches (#33 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -4.49 inches below norm
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#30. Linn County
- Five-year precipitation average: 37.33 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 34.11 inches (#75 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 1.07 inches above norm
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#29. Lucas County
- Five-year precipitation average: 37.33 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 32.36 inches (#53 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -1.49 inches below norm
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#28. Louisa County
- Five-year precipitation average: 37.54 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 28.88 inches (#26 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -5.55 inches below norm
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#27. Henry County
- Five-year precipitation average: 37.62 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 29.55 inches (#22 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -5.72 inches below norm
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#26. Decatur County
- Five-year precipitation average: 37.63 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 30.96 inches (#40 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -3.32 inches below norm
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#25. Johnson County
- Five-year precipitation average: 37.75 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 32.36 inches (#53 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -1.41 inches below norm
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#24. Davis County
- Five-year precipitation average: 37.92 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 33.66 inches (#53 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -1.60 inches below norm
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#23. Des Moines County
- Five-year precipitation average: 37.99 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 30.62 inches (#32 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -4.59 inches below norm
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#22. Muscatine County
- Five-year precipitation average: 38.01 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 34.16 inches (#66 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -0.32 inches below norm
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#21. Black Hawk County
- Five-year precipitation average: 38.25 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 36.21 inches (#81 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 2.74 inches above norm
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#20. Mitchell County
- Five-year precipitation average: 38.43 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 33.16 inches (#72 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 1.18 inches above norm
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#19. Wayne County
- Five-year precipitation average: 38.72 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 33.19 inches (#50 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -1.87 inches below norm
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#18. Jones County
- Five-year precipitation average: 38.78 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 36.16 inches (#80 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 2.51 inches above norm
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#17. Cedar County
- Five-year precipitation average: 38.81 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 35.62 inches (#70 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 0.46 inches above norm
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#16. Floyd County
- Five-year precipitation average: 38.96 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 33.12 inches (#71 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 1.00 inches above norm
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#15. Buchanan County
- Five-year precipitation average: 39.04 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 35.79 inches (#80 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 2.58 inches above norm
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#14. Appanoose County
- Five-year precipitation average: 39.31 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 34.51 inches (#54 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -0.67 inches below norm
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#13. Lee County
- Five-year precipitation average: 39.54 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 32.01 inches (#39 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: -3.51 inches below norm
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#12. Scott County
- Five-year precipitation average: 39.69 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 37.12 inches (#83 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 2.22 inches above norm
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#11. Fayette County
- Five-year precipitation average: 39.84 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 35.70 inches (#80 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 2.40 inches above norm
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#10. Dubuque County
- Five-year precipitation average: 40.06 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 35.78 inches (#79 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 2.37 inches above norm
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#9. Bremer County
- Five-year precipitation average: 40.37 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 35.46 inches (#79 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 2.25 inches above norm
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#8. Clinton County
- Five-year precipitation average: 40.39 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 39.51 inches (#100 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 4.54 inches above norm
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#7. Howard County
- Five-year precipitation average: 40.60 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 36.27 inches (#90 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 3.70 inches above norm
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#6. Jackson County
- Five-year precipitation average: 40.64 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 39.41 inches (#101 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 5.34 inches above norm
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#5. Delaware County
- Five-year precipitation average: 40.79 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 37.19 inches (#93 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 3.86 inches above norm
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#4. Chickasaw County
- Five-year precipitation average: 40.92 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 32.73 inches (#64 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 0.36 inches above norm
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#3. Clayton County
- Five-year precipitation average: 41.44 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 37.65 inches (#98 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 4.45 inches above norm
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#2. Winneshiek County
- Five-year precipitation average: 41.58 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 39.59 inches (#107 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 6.50 inches above norm
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#1. Allamakee County
- Five-year precipitation average: 42.15 inches
- Precipitation over the past year: 39.97 inches (#109 rainiest year since 1895)
- Precipitation compared to 1901-2000 average: 7.21 inches above norm
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WATERLOO — The following upcoming events are planned at the Waterloo Public Library:
- “Suspended: Systemic Oppression in Our Schools”: Visit the second floor of the library through the end of July to view a traveling exhibit from the African American Museum of Iowa. The exhibit examines the role public schools play in funneling students into the prison system. This exhibit can be viewed anytime during regular library hours.
- Monday-Thursday and Saturday each week, 10:30-11 a.m., storytimes in the Storytime Corner – Infant to 2-year-olds on Mondays, 3- to 5-year-olds on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 2-year-olds on Thursdays, all-ages family storytime on Saturdays.
- Saturday 10:30-11:15 a.m. – Sharks! With the Mississippi River Museum: The museum is bringing its traveling touch tank to meeting room AB to teach youths about these misunderstood animals and how they play an important role in the ecosystem. Afterward, participants will get a chance to get their hands wet and touch some of the sharks. This event is sponsored by Karen and Lyle Schmitt.
- Wednesday 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – Create Your Own Comic Book: Teens can join this workshop in the conference room to learn about working in panels, how to develop appealing characters with unique abilities and write storylines that others will want to read. No experience or artistic capabilities needed. Participants will leave with a started comic book and the inspiration to keep writing. Registration is required online at tinyurl.com/CreateComicBook and limited to 25 people.
- July 6 2-3:30 p.m. – The Must List discussion for adults will focus on “binge-worthy” books, movies and TV shows in the conference room.
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AUGUSTA- The Legislature's Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee approved a budget early this morning.
It includes investments in child care, housing, emergency medical services and paid family and medical leave.
Budget agreement details :
-Doubles salary stipend for child care workers to $400
-Boosts Child Care Affordability Program
-Establishes Housing First Program
-Supports creation of Paid Family and Medical Leave Program
-Invests in emergency medical services
- $19.8 million for Maine State Retires
-Income tax breaks for Maine State Retirees
-Establishes Maine Dependent Tax Credit
The vote was 11 to 1.
It represents part two of the biennial budget and it will go to the full legislature for approval.
The exact date will be announced by the presiding officers before the end of the week. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/budget-agreement-reached/article_5313eb14-15e4-11ee-ad2b-5b6d4d99ca5f.html | 2023-06-28T19:52:56 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/budget-agreement-reached/article_5313eb14-15e4-11ee-ad2b-5b6d4d99ca5f.html |
AUGUSTA- The Senate has passed a bill to construct suicide prevention barriers on the Penobscot Narrows Bridge.
LD 1120 seeks to prevent further loss of life by requiring the Department of Transportation to build and maintain pedestrian barrier fences .
A statement says studies have shown that barriers are more effective than alternative methods such as signs or telephone hotlines , in reducing suicide rates.
Prior to the installation of a barrier, the Memorial Bridge in Augusta was the site of numerous deaths by suicide.
Since the barrier was put in place, no suicides have been reported at that location.
The bill now goes to the Governor.
She has 10 days to sign the bill into law, veto it or allow it to become law without her signature. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/penobscot-narrows-bridge-suicide-prevention-barriers-bill-passes/article_62a4b4b0-15e3-11ee-a629-7fa0d12ef5b6.html | 2023-06-28T19:53:03 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/penobscot-narrows-bridge-suicide-prevention-barriers-bill-passes/article_62a4b4b0-15e3-11ee-a629-7fa0d12ef5b6.html |
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Man shot, killed by Pinal County deputies in Apache Junction
A man died after he was shot by deputies with the Pinal County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday following a domestic violence incident in Apache Junction.
According to the Sheriff's Office, the unidentified man tried to flee from police in a motor home, barricaded himself and later started a fire at a detached garage.
The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday near Acacia Road and Southern Avenue. The Sheriff's Office and the Apache Junction Police Department tried to stop the man, who began "recklessly" driving a motor home following the initial domestic violence incident, authorities said. The Sheriff's Office did not provide details about what happened during the initial incident.
The suspect returned home and barricaded himself after ramming a marked vehicle that belonged to the Sheriff's Office. Authorities said the man then started a fire inside a detached garage, which extended to several other structures.
Police officers and deputies tried to negotiate with the man, and at that point a shooting happened, officials said. The suspect was struck by gunfire and was pronounced dead at the scene. No information was released about how many shots were fired or how many officers fired.
The Sheriff's Office said the man was seen with a knife and a handgun, but they didn't say whether he opened fire.
Neighbors in the residential area were evacuated as a precaution, the Sheriff's Office said.
The investigation was ongoing. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/pinal-breaking/2023/06/28/man-shot-killed-by-pinal-county-deputies-after-domestic-violence-call/70364816007/ | 2023-06-28T19:55:57 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/pinal-breaking/2023/06/28/man-shot-killed-by-pinal-county-deputies-after-domestic-violence-call/70364816007/ |
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