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SRP customers without power after truck crashes into light pole
More than 100 homes in Mesa are without power after a truck crashed into power lines in the area Wednesday morning.
Around 9 a.m., a crash happened near Alma School and Guadalupe Road involving a Mesa Public Schools truck. According to officials from Mesa Fire and Medical, the truck crashed into a power pole and a block wall.
The truck was towing a large commercial lawnmower which turned over during the crash, causing a gasoline leak that caught on fire.
Workers with the Salt River Project were called to the scene of the crash to secure the live power lines. According to the SRP outage map, power is expected to be restored by 5 p.m. today.
The driver of the truck is in serious but stable condition with a clean-up of the area currently underway.
The incident is currently under investigation by local authorities. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa-traffic/2023/06/28/srp-customers-left-without-power-as-truck-crashes-into-light-pole/70365466007/ | 2023-06-28T19:56:12 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa-traffic/2023/06/28/srp-customers-left-without-power-as-truck-crashes-into-light-pole/70365466007/ |
Man dead, officer hospitalized following shooting near Maricopa
A man died and an officer was hospitalized following a shooting on the Gila River Indian Community early on Wednesday morning, according to the Maricopa Police Department.
Police said the man who died and two more suspects, including a teenager, were armed and trying to break into cars in a residential area. The two suspects were taken into custody, police said. The identities of the three were not released by authorities.
Around 1:30 a.m. police received a call from a resident who reported seeing three people breaking into cars near Seville and Valencia drives. Police were told during the call a resident tried to follow the three people, but they threatened to shoot the resident, so the resident stopped following them.
Officers went to the location and they found the three suspects breaking into a car near West Madrid Avenue, one street north of where they were initially seen, police said. As officers approached the suspects, they all ran in different directions.
A teenage boy fled west on the same street and was quickly arrested by police. The two other suspects climbed over a wall near a residence and kept running north into the fields next to the neighborhood, police said.
As two police officers followed the suspects on foot, one of the suspects opened fire and struck one of the officers, police said. That officer had an injury that was not life-threatening and he was stable at the hospital as of Wednesday morning, police said.
A second officer then returned fire and struck one of the suspects. That suspect died as he was being taken to the hospital. The other suspect was arrested "without further incident," police said.
Police said the FBI will investigate the shooting as it took place within the Indian community. No further details were available and the three people were not identified. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2023/06/28/man-dead-officer-hospitalized-following-shooting-near-maricopa/70365461007/ | 2023-06-28T19:56:14 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2023/06/28/man-dead-officer-hospitalized-following-shooting-near-maricopa/70365461007/ |
'We had to create our own space': How LGBTQ organizations in Phoenix create community for Latinos
Hernan Villegas needed an out.
Despite being fully supported by his immediate family after coming out as gay, the 32-year-old moved to Arizona as a teenager in 2009 in search of a community that he could not find in the small town of Great Bend, Kansas.
Fortunately, he found his second family in Phoenix — but it took him years.
Having been outcasted for being gay by his extended family who lived in Arizona, and not having queer role models growing up, Villegas felt that he was on his own once in Phoenix and that “no one could possibly understand.”
He recalled growing up and feeling like he didn’t have a place — because while Villegas identifies as gay, he is also Mexican.
For those who exist in the intersection of being Latino and also part of the LGBTQ+ community, familial and community acceptance is often harder to come by, as well as resources needed to address identity and culture-specific concerns. Members of this community often find themselves having to hide their identity, struggling with increased mental health concerns and experiencing higher rates of discrimination.
In order to address these concerns, community organizations help fill in those gaps. Organizations that do work in Arizona, like Mariposas sin Fronteras and Familia Trans Queer Liberation Movement, have made it their mission to serve as spaces for the Latino and migrant LGBTQ+ community.
For Villegas, Phoenix-based non-profit Trans Queer Pueblo, which caters to the migrant and Latino LGBTQ+ community in Phoenix, was a safe space where he could express himself as genuinely and unapologetically as possible.
“It's very radical for Trans Queer Pueblo to exist,” Villegas said. “The spaces I had tried to be part of that were gay (in Phoenix) were white-centered and only going after it from the idea of a white culture. That's just not my thing at all. I’m a gay Mexican.”
Intersecting identities: LGBTQ+ and Latino
Hernan was introduced to the Trans Queer Pueblo space by his ex-boyfriend in 2016, and it quickly became his reason for staying in Phoenix — his primary purpose of finding community fulfilled.
Being gay, he said, "It's not really accepted in the Mexican-American world and this is a good place to be with other queer people and just feel accepted."
Living in an anti-LGBTQ+ environment can contribute to members of the Latino LGBTQ+ community concealing their identity, according to a 2021 study by the Williams Institute, a public policy research institute based at the UCLA School of Law.
Villegas left his small town because he felt that he couldn't be himself.
"There wasn't much acceptance towards gay people," Villegas said.
According to Jessie Finch, chair of the Department of Sociology at Northern Arizona University, increased stress comes with experiencing overlapping inequalities. Those who are Latino and part of the LGBTQ+ community have two identities that do not correspond to our hegemonic identities — identities that have a dominant role in society, Finch said.
According to the Williams Institute study, 69% of Latino LGBTQ+ adults have experienced verbal assault or abuse, and 74% of Latino LGBTQ+ adults have experienced at least one discriminatory event in 2020 compared to 60% of Latino non-LGBTQ+ adults.
Stress that is related to politically charged environments has a negative impact on the health of the people targeted, and in the case of the Latino LGBTQ+ community, that stress is heightened given religious and machista — a strong sense of masculine pride — ideologies that are strong within Latino households.
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Because of the intersecting identities and the overlapping inequalities, Finch said there is an increase in oppression and stress. This stress can manifest itself as depression, anxiety and other mental disorders.
Not having a supportive community to belong to often increases this, Finch said. According to the Williams Institute study, less than 50% felt connected to their Latino community.
“If (people) don’t have a community, they are much more likely to commit suicide,“ Finch said. “We’re social creatures. We depend on community. We live in a society where we’re interdependent on so many different types of people and to feel like you’re not welcome or belong to at least some component of your social life can be extremely damaging.”
Trans Queer Pueblo is a space focused on specifically addressing the needs of LGBTQ+ Latinos.
For Sheily Quiñonez, the organization helped him come out. He described how in his Guatemalan culture, being part of the LGBTQ+ community is something “out of this world.”
“(Trans Queer Pueblo) helped me feel that I shouldn’t be afraid to be who I am or use my pronouns,” Quiñonez said. “I have this whole community who’s supporting me in being who I am.”
Trans Queer Pueblo, 'our own space'
Trans Queer Pueblo's main focus is to cater to the LGBTQ+ migrant community and its services are open to those who seek them --- regardless of legal status.
The organization has founded a member-run, autonomous clinic. They provide services such as hormone treatments, HIV testing, workshops and support for parents of transitioning youth. The clinic also assists with name changes, support for prostitution cases and healings through traditional, holistic medicine.
Trans Queer Pueblo, located in Downtown Phoenix at Roosevelt and Patricio streets, was founded over 10 years ago.
Currently having over 300 members, the organization has projects like the liberation project and defense project where — through pro-bono work — lawyers help trans migrants with their legal status.
Sonix Flores, the media coordinator for Trans Queer Pueblo, said the organization was founded due to a need not being met for Latino LGBTQ+ migrants being held in immigration centers in Arizona and the lack of support coming from other immigration-focused organizations.
Flores said other groups in the area focus on liberating people who were “family-oriented” or “a good Christian."
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“There was no one out there trying to get us out of detention centers,” Flores said. “We didn’t have families. We didn’t have children. We didn’t go to church because church doesn’t accept our identities. Some of us were sex workers. The queer community was fighting for marriage equality, and that’s great, but we’re getting deported. The migrant community is creating this narrative of a good migrant and we had to create our own space.”
The organization also places focus on unlearning and dismantling mindsets of colonization and white supremacy, as, according to Flores, the intolerance this community has always faced stems from these supremacist ideologies. Flores describes how their "Jotipoliticaz," or Queer politics project, also gives people released from detention the opportunity to use their voice to affect change.
Through their conversations — and group projects — members can receive services like legal aid, health screening and assistance through their autonomous clinic and post-detention support.
“We do believe that colonization is what causes these systems of oppression and direct intolerance,” Flores said. “In Arizona, the lawmakers, all these anti-trans, anti-drag bills, it's just more colonization.”
Three legislative projects — recently vetoed by Governor Katie Hobbs — were set to be heard in the Arizona Senate this session regarding the restriction of drag performance, including:
- Senate Bill 1026, prohibits state and federal tax money from being used to pay a drag performer who performs in the opposite gender assigned at birth for shows targeted to minors.
- Senate Bill 1028, defines drag performance as "adult cabaret" and restricts performances on public property or in a location where a minor could view it.
- Senate Bill 1030, creates harsher zoning restrictions and necessary permits to host drag performances.
"This community it's part of my life," Quiñonez said. "If I need legal support, help with my health, they can help me with anything. They give me that sense of family."
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Other Phoenix-based LGBTQ+ Latino organizations
Poder Latinx
Poder Latinx aims to empower the Latino community by closing the civic participation gap and increasing political participation. They focus their efforts in Arizona, Florida, Georgia and Washington.
Some of their programs focus on:
- Voter engagement, voting reform and protection.
- Issue-based campaigns, leadership development and narrative change.
Latino Pride Alliance
Latino Pride Alliance is a nonprofit organization based in Phoenix that helps educate the Latino LGBTQ+ community. In 2018, Latino Pride Alliance organized the first Latino Pride Festival in Phoenix.
They address the following issues:
- Family acceptance, family separation and homelessness.
- Bullying, homophobia, xenophobia and violence against youth.
- High health risk behaviors and HIV/AIDs.
Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement
The organization works at the local and national levels to help liberate the LGBTQ+ community through building community, education, advocacy, and organizing.
Some of their programs include:
- Nature leadership retreats for post-detention LGBTQ+ migrants.
- Legal, humanitarian and medical support for asylum seekers.
one-n-ten
While not a Latino-focused organization, one-n-ten is a nonprofit organization based in Phoenix that serves LGBTQ+ youth ages 11 to 24.
Some of their services include:
- Housing assistance with their Promise of a New Day (POND) housing program for individuals 18 to 24
- workforce readiness navigation program.
- Training and consultations for organizations on how to best serve their LGBTQ employees, staff, co-workers and clients. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/06/28/latino-and-lgbtq-how-phoenix-groups-offer-a-space-of-support-care/70314447007/ | 2023-06-28T19:56:16 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/06/28/latino-and-lgbtq-how-phoenix-groups-offer-a-space-of-support-care/70314447007/ |
GOLDEN GATE ESTATES, Fla. — A couple was arrested after deputies located fentanyl inside their Golden Gate Estates home Tuesday.
According to Collier County Sheriff’s Office, detectives conducted a search warrant at a home on DeSoto Boulevard South in Golden Gate Estates after three months of investigation. Inside the house, detectives located over 10,000 fentanyl pills disguised as legitimate prescription oxycodone pills.
The couple had sold an uncovered detective 500 fentanyl pills before their arrest.
The fentanyl pills were imprinted with “M” and “30” to resemble prescription “30 M” oxycodone hydrochloride 30 mg pills. According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, criminal networks increasingly disguise fentanyl by mixing it into pills designed to mimic prescription painkillers.
Angel Pablo Socorro Blanco, 36, and his wife Joseline Pech Arcos, 23, were charged with fentanyl trafficking. Socorro Blanco also faces the sale and delivery of fentanyl and possession of narcotic paraphernalia charges. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/collier-county/2023/06/28/naples-couple-arrested-after-10000-fentanyl-pills-found-in-home/ | 2023-06-28T20:00:41 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/collier-county/2023/06/28/naples-couple-arrested-after-10000-fentanyl-pills-found-in-home/ |
A rare bird has nested at a Delaware park, prompting a portion of beach to close
Part of a beach in a Delaware state park has been shut down to protect an endangered bird that has nested.
Eight hundred feet of beach at Gordons Pond in Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes is temporarily closed to the public after a piping plover nest was discovered in a sand dune, according to a Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control press release. The closure, which went into effect Monday, could last through August to protect the piping plover nest and any chicks that may hatch.
The DNREC will install protective fencing around the nest and cautionary signage on fence posts around the dune where the nest is located. The fenced area may be extended if the piping plover and its potential chicks move within the park.
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Because of the closure, surf fishing access will be limited, and driving through the area is prohibited. The discovery marks the first time since 2016 that a piping plover nest has been found at Gordons Pond.
A different stretch of oceanside beach at Cape Henlopen, named The Point, just north of Gordons Pond, is closed until Sept. 1 to benefit any threatened or endangered beach-nesting and migratory shorebirds. The bayside beach at The Point will remain closed until Oct. 1.
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The piping lover is one of 21 endangered birds on the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife's endangered species list. They are small migratory birds that nest and feed along coastal areas, such as Delaware's beaches, sandbars and small islands, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. They are typically grayish brown in color and have white underparts. Their average lifespan is five to six years.
As for their food source, piping plovers will eat macroinvertebrates, such as insects, snails and crayfish.
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Broad Ripple bars set earlier closing time after weekend shooting that left 3 dead
Late-night businesses in Broad Ripple will shut down early until further notice after a shooting in the area killed three people Sunday.
The business owners met Wednesday and unanimously agreed to close their doors at 1 a.m., which is two hours early for many.
Many of the businesses also plan to discontinue day parties and use of promoters to host events.
“The intent is to help law enforcement in the area by eliminating any overbearing entertainment atmosphere that often attracts guests to the Village, many with no intention of patronizing the open establishments,” a press release from the Broad Ripple Village Association reads.
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Shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday, police reported finding four people in their early to mid-20s with gunshot wounds in the 800 block of Broad Ripple Avenue near Guilford Avenue. A man and woman were pronounced dead at the scene, and another man and woman were taken to hospitals in serious condition. The other man died at the hospital, police announced Sunday evening.
The three people killed were identified as 24-year-old Tywain Henning, 22-year-old Kaleyia Preer and 22-year-old Christopher Lee Wilson Jr.
The day after the shooting, Broad Ripple Village Association leadership announced they were requesting a gun-free zone for Friday and Saturday nights through Aug. 31. The exact details of the Broad Ripple gun-free enforcement, which would begin next weekend if the permit is approved, are yet to be announced.
“This community-led shift cannot and will not be the only security change made in Broad Ripple Village and these Broad Ripple business owners hope that others will follow their lead to put public safety first,” the press release from the village association reads. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2023/06/28/broad-ripple-shooting-bars-set-earlier-closing-time-after-3-killed/70366172007/ | 2023-06-28T20:06:04 | 1 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2023/06/28/broad-ripple-shooting-bars-set-earlier-closing-time-after-3-killed/70366172007/ |
Many events canceled or moved indoors due to poor air quality from Canadian fire smoke
Indianapolis remains in the dangerous category for air quality, with exposure to outdoor air for a few minutes possibly leading to health effects, according to AccuWeather. Some of these health effects include coughing, wheezing and other, more serious respiratory problems particularly for vulnerable populations.
Due to the Knozone Action Day, residents are encouraged to keep activity levels low, avoid outside, wear a mask outdoors, maintain indoor air quality and keep pets indoors, according to the statement.
Here are some places around Indianapolis that are following the advice of health professionals and taking precautions in response to the lingering layer of smoke from wildfires in Canada that has made its way to Central Indiana.
Connor Prairie
Outside areas are closed and summer camps are doing their rainy day plans, which moves all their activities inside today. Connor Prairie has been monitoring the air quality closely and didn't want to put people to risk by keeping them outside, Holly Pasquinelli, senior manager of public relations, said.
Although she doesn't have the numbers, Pasquinelli suspects they have been seeing fewer guests today due to the weather since many people come for the outside activities.
Indy Parks and Recreation
Outdoor pools are closed, while indoor park facilities and indoor pools at Thatcher Park and Indy Island Aquatic Center will remain open until 5 p.m., according to their Facebook post and a statement from the city. The Family Centers remain open as normal.
Day camp programs at Eagle Creek Park and Southeast Way Park will not have outdoor programming and Environmental Education Camps have limited outdoor activities, the statement read. Other camps also have limited outdoor activity, prohibiting strenuous activity outside and frequent indoor breaks.
The Facebook post also said Garfield Park and Eagle Creek Park concerts tonight are canceled. Alex Cortwright, chief communications officer, said the decisions were made for the safety of people.
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
The outdoor portions of the Riley Children's Health Sports Legends Experience are closed due to air quality issues, according to a banner at the top of their website. Audra Blasdel, vice president of operations, said staff schedules were also adjusted for those who work outside.
Blasdel said the museum has an air quality policy where, if the air quality goes to Very Unhealthy, outdoor operations are suspended or limited. Decisions were made for the safety of guests, staff, volunteers and interns, she said.
Even with the air quality issues, Blasdel said the museum experienced a typical or slightly higher day in admissions.
The Indianapolis Zoo
All aviaries are closed and the Race Cheetah experience because the bird species are the most impacted by the poor air quality and the Race Cheetah experience involves children doing physical activity outside, Cody Mattox, public relations specialist, said. The rest of the facility is open to the public.
The attendance has been lower than average throughout the day and air quality may have had an impact on that, Mattox said. They do encourage all guests who want to come to the zoo to follow all recommendations from health officials to have fun here.
He said all staff and volunteers are wearing masks when they go outdoors and they are offering masks to volunteers, guests and staff if they request it. The animals are being monitored by staff.
Zionsville Parks and Recreation
In a statement on Facebook, all park programs and activities have been moved indoors.
Fisher's Parks
Geist Waterfront Park and Fishers AgriPark closed due to air quality issues, according to a statement on Facebook.
Horseshoe Indianapolis Race Course
All races were cancelled due to the air quality and the safety of participants in the racing program, the statement on Twitter read. It also said when to bring back today's races will be discussed.
Plainfield Parks and Recreation
Recreation swim from Outdoor Splash Island was moved to Indoor Splash Island. The hours for Indoor Splash Island is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m, according to the group's Facebook post. They will continue to monitor to see if Wet Wednesday will still be held from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. this evening.
Contact Pulliam Fellow Elissa Maudlin at EMaudlin@gannett.com or on Twitter @ejmaudlin. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2023/06/28/many-events-canceled-or-moved-indoors-due-to-canadian-fire-smoke/70365384007/ | 2023-06-28T20:06:10 | 0 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2023/06/28/many-events-canceled-or-moved-indoors-due-to-canadian-fire-smoke/70365384007/ |
District Court
St. Louis County
March 29
- Tristen A. Evenson, 20, Duluth, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $2,000 and 180 days local confinement, time and $1,800 stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Jason R. Hicks, 40, Duluth, two counts theft, 17 months in prison, prison time stayed on five years probation with conditions per each count, concurrent; third count theft, 21 months in prison, prison time stayed on five years probation with conditions, concurrent; fourth count theft, 15 months in prison, prison time stayed on five years probation with conditions, concurrent; fifth count theft, 19 months in prison, prison time stayed on five years probation with conditions, concurrent.
- Ryan E. McCorison, 40, Duluth, shoplifting, 60 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation, pay $282 in restitution.
- Randall D. Sam, 63, Duluth, domestic assault, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, 86 days stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- James W. Varda, 51, Chisholm, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
March 30
- Lori A. Flanagan, 60, Hibbing, hands-free law violation, continued for dismissal for one year.
- Jason R. Hicks, 40, Duluth, bring/send/introduce/possess contraband to state prison/hospital, 30 months in prison, prison time stayed on five years probation with conditions; violation of no contact order within 10 year or more of first conviction, 30 months in prison, prison time stayed on five years probation with conditions, concurrent.
March 31
- Theresa L. Beaulieu, 38, Chisholm, give peace officer false information, imposition stayed on one year probation with conditions, 18 days local confinement.
- Johnathan C. Firebaugh, 40, Saginaw, disorderly conduct, fined $50 and pay $91 in restitution.
- Steven B. Heinrich, 55, Mountain Iron, damage to property, fined $500 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions, pay $856 in restitution; two counts assault, fined $500 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions per each count, concurrent.
- Tyler C. Hoff, 23, Chisholm, possession of a controlled substance, adjudication stayed on one year probation with conditions, $50 fine and 3 days local confinement; driving while impaired, 90 days local confinement, 87 days stayed on one year probation with conditions, concurrent.
- Stephen H. Moore, 38, Hibbing, driving while impaired, fined $100 and one year local confinement, 335 days stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Joseph M. Victrelli, 25, Duluth, domestic assault, fined $50 and 180 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Christopher L. Wines, 49, Superior, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $100 and one year local confinement, time stayed on two years probation with conditions.
April 1
- Alder J. Cromwell, 26, Tres Piedras, New Mexico, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Buffy A. Fellows, 39, Barnes, Wisconsin, driving after revocation, fined $200.
- Cori J. Gonzales, 26, Hibbing, hands-free law violation - second or subsequent offense, fined $275.
- Mark Harris, 64, Earlham, Iowa, operate a snowmobile 79 mph in a 50 mph zone, fined $100.
- Cody R. Nendick, 35, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Robert W. Obst, 33, Carlton, driving after revocation, fined $200.
- Isaiah A. Sorenson, 19, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
April 2
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- Mindy W. Hess, 43, Hibbing, move over law violation, fined $50.
- Jordell S. Larenz Rabbitt, 24, Superior, driving after revocation, fined $200; hands-free law violation - second or subsequent violation, fined $275.
April 3
- Brent M. Brauns, 48, Fridley, Minnesota, driving after revocation (offense dated: 4/20/10), fined $200.
- Brylee R. Dauphinais, 19, Eveleth, assault, fined $50 and 16 days local confinement.
- Amber N. Fish, 33, South Range, possession or sale of stolen or counterfeit check, imposition stayed on three years probation with conditions, $50 fine and 126 days local confinement; two counts offering a forged check, imposition stayed on three years probation with conditions, $50 fine and 126 days local confinement, concurrent; aid and abet burglary, imposition stayed on three years probation with conditions, $50 fine and 126 days local confinement, concurrent; check forgery, imposition stayed on three years probation with conditions, $50 fine and 126 days local confinement, concurrent.
- Evan J. Hauge, 19, New Brighton, Minnesota, driving after suspension, continued for dismissal for one year.
- David R. Houle, 61, Cloquet, felony theft and felony receiving stolen property, 18 months in prison per each count, prison time stayed on one day probation, concurrent.
- Devyn B. Kelly, 25, Hibbing, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Randi A. Lee, 25, Pine City, Minnesota, driving after suspension, fined $200.
- Candice F. Mock, 47, Hermantown, driving after revocation, fined $200.
- Ross L. Olson, 35, Duluth, violation of no contact order within 10 years of first or more convictions, imposition stayed on three years probation with conditions, $50 fine and 44 days local confinement.
- Joseph B. Paxton, 37, Superior, driving after suspension, fined $200.
- Matayah M. Porter, 19, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- John J. Raisch, 57, Cass Lake, Minnesota, vehicle violate forest products permit - exceed gross weight violation, fined $500.
- Howard F. Ross, 25, Duluth, violation of a restraining order, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, 86 days stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Jeremy J. Shatto, 40, River Falls, Wisconsin, harassment, adjudication stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Paige T. Skinner, 19, Duluth, assault, adjudication stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Gaven J. Slattery, 20, Duluth, driving 100 mph in a 50 mph zone, fined $150.
- Braden D. Stolp, 19, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Ian L. N. Strusz, 18, Albertville, Minnesota, driving 84 mph in a 55 mph zone, fined $100.
- Kenneth L. Viergutz, 20, Duluth, possession of d drug paraphernalia, fined $50.
- Aaron M. Wehrenberg, 33, Hibbing, driving after revocation, fined $200.
April 4
- Grace A. Argeropoulos, 21, Marquette, Michigan, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Jack N. A. Bates, 52, Duluth, fugitive, extradition waived.
- Sheena M. Cain, 41, Hayward, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Kayla M. Chisum, 27, Duluth, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $1,000 and 60 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Julie C. Cuklanz, 51, Duluth, shoplifting, continued for dismissal for one year.
- James S. Finegan, 39, Superior, shoplifting, adjudication stayed for one year.
- Quinlan P. Maher, 22, Chaska, Minnesota, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Joseph W. Manthey, 21, Zimmerman, Minnesota, driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and 60 days local confinement, time and $500 stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Jesse D. McMillen, 35, Ely, six counts driving after revocation (offenses dated: 2/26/10, 7/21/14, 8/17/14, 12/5/14, 2/10/15, 3/14/18), fined $200 per each count.
- Patricia L. McMillen, 57, Babbitt, driving after suspension (offense dated: 7/24/15), fined $200.
- Natasha M. S. Munos, 40, Duluth, shoplifting, continued for dismissal for one year.
- Casey C. Olson, 34, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Preston L. Warren, 23, Wadena, Minnesota, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Markita A. Williams, 30, Duluth, shoplifting, 15 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation.
April 5
- Christopher L. Bialke, 50, Britt, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Grant D. Biebl, 16, Cloquet, driving 90 mph in a 65 mph zone, fined $70.
- Frank J. Cerar, 26, Virginia, driving after revocation, fined $200.
- Jaykelah R. Cuevas, 22, Duluth, aiding an offender on parole/probation, imposition stayed on three years probation with conditions, $50 fine and 111 days local confinement, pay $71 in restitution; aiding an offender - accomplice after the fact, imposition stayed on three years probation with conditions, $50 fine and 111 days local confinement, concurrent.
- Denio J. Delcaro, 45, Virginia, careless driving, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Brandon W. Farmer, 37, Saginaw, driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, $950 stayed for one year, pay $40 in restitution; shoplifting, five days local confinement.
- Dale L. Garthus, 53, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Glory M. Gross, 24, Duluth, shoplifting, adjudication stayed for one year, $300 fine, $250 stayed; driving after suspension, adjudication stayed for one year.
- Austin A. Hunt, 28, Mountain Iron, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Latasha L. Jackson, 31, Eveleth, shoplifting, adjudication stayed on one year probation, 90 days local confinement, stayed.
- Kelly M. Kleinschmidt, 37, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Austin J. Larson, 25, Silver Bay, hands-free law violation - second or subsequent offense, fined $275.
- Devin R. Lund, 22, Duluth, driving after suspension, fined $200.
- Scott R. Olsen, 56, Cook, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Angela M. Roper, 42, Duluth, fugitive, extradition waived.
- Keegan M. Ruedebusch, 19, Eveleth, driving after revocation, continued for dismissal for six months.
- Wyatt H. Sanders, 50, Hibbing, driving after suspension (offense dated: 10/21/11), fined $200.
- Clevoane E. Trice, 27, Mountain Iron, violation of no contact order, fined $50 and five days local confinement.
- Richard J. Wolfe, 47, Eveleth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
April 6
- Winona E. Bellanger, 33, Duluth, fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle, fined $50, 118 days local confinement and 15 months in prison, prison time stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Ryan M. Burm, 40, Superior, driving after suspension, fined $200.
- Faith F. Gotmer, 28, Carlton, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Melissa M. Jenkins, 38, Cass Lake, Minnesota, driving after suspension (offense dated: 11/9/06), fined $100.
- Eric J. Jensen, 52, Superior, driving while impaired, 46 months in prison.
- Kelly R. Legore, 43, Superior, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Jessica L. Lucca, 34, International Falls, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Davion R. Magee, 30, Superior, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $50 and 51 months in prison.
- Colby J. Manning, 20, Duluth, violation of a restraining order, adjudication stayed on one year probation with conditions; operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $2,000 and 180 days local confinement, time and $1,000 stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Jada L. Merhar, 29, Duluth, neglect of a child, fined $50 and 180 days local confinement, time stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- John D. Miettunen, 69, Aurora, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Dean K. Raisanen, 43, Floodwood, disorderly conduct, 9 days local confinement.
- Tyler D. Ronkainen, 28, Virginia, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Allysa A. Runquist, 31, Virginia, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Jaiden M. Schuster, 22, Duluth, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time and $500 stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Jodi L. Tervola, 48, Iron, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Thomas R. Warren, 53, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Andre D. Woods, 54, Duluth, obstructing legal process and disorderly conduct, fined $25 and 30 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation per each count, concurrent.
April 7
- Kaitlyn M. Bekker, 26, Virginia, careless driving, fined $300 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Jordan W. Carter, 33, Duluth, murder in the second degree, 180 months in prison.
- Keith A. Carter, 57, Superior, fugitive, extradition waived.
- Tiffany S. Copeland, 29, Grand Marais, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Kent S. Delahay, 58, Shoreview, Minnesota, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Brent A. Dooley, 41, Duluth, driving after revocation, fined $200.
- Timothy A. Jacobson, 61, Hoyt Lakes, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Renee M. L. Kessler, 60, Duluth, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $50 and 180 days local confinement, time stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Lucas S. Lee, 20, Burnsville, Minnesota, driving 55 mph in a 30 mph zone, fined $70.
- Andrew D. Moshier, 34, Sartell, Minnesota, shoplifting, continued for dismissal for one year, pay $21 in restitution.
- Kevin J. Parr, 49, Virginia, possession of drug paraphernalia, fined $50.
- Wayne A. Russo, 57, Cotton, carrying a pistol while under the influence of a controlled substance, 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions; driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions, concurrent.
- Jessica M. Vraa, 25, Embarrass, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Sammy M. Wazwaz, 22, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Justin R. Wilkerson, 32, Eveleth, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $50, 60 days local confinement and 54 months in prison, prison time stayed on five years probation with conditions.
- Andrew L. Woltjer, 36, Virginia, shoplifting, fined $50 with one year probation.
April 8
- Christine A. Digiovanni, 33, Hibbing, driving after revocation (offense dated: 4/27/18), fined $200.
- Justin I. Harmon, 46, Hibbing, driving after revocation, fined $200.
- Jayson R. Koivu, 43, Cloquet, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Tiffany R. E. Lemley, 25, Superior, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Tyvand C. H. McKee, 35, Duluth, driving 108 mph in a 65 mph, fined $150; careless driving, fined $100.
- Joseph X. Scarfo, 28, Superior, driving after suspension, fined $200.
April 10
- Mauricio J. Castillo, 27, Thief River Falls, Minnesota, assault, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement; obstructing legal process, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, concurrent; disorderly conduct, fined $200.
- John C. Chadwick, 16, Virginia, driving 82 mph in a 55 mph zone, fined $100.
- Lisa A. Davis, 41, Hibbing, shoplifting, adjudication stayed on one year probation, $50 fine.
- Joshua J. Eckstrom, 44, Hibbing, shoplifting, fined $10.
- Esperanza E. Espinoza, 23, Hibbing, shoplifting, adjudication stayed on six months probation, $50 fine.
- Seven P. Ferguson, 22, Miami Gardens, Florida, possession of drug paraphernalia, adjudication stayed for six months, $50 fine.
- Payton L. Gentry, 24, Superior, driving after suspension, fined $200.
- Justin C. Hattam, 32, Hibbing, shoplifting, continued for dismissal, $50 fine.
- Matthew S. Kangas, 27, Hibbing, shoplifting, fined $50.
- Michael C. Major, 56, Gilbert, fined $450 and 15 months in prison.
- James M. Marshall, 45, Kalamazoo, Michigan, driving 77 mph in a 50 mph zone, fined $100.
- Patrick M. McLaughlin, 47, Zim, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Robert H. Medo, 62, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Darrick S. Moreno, 24, Eveleth, criminal damage to property, fined $100 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation.
- Casey C. Olson, 34, Duluth, possession of a controlled substance, adjudication stayed on one year probation with conditions, 2 days local confinement; test refusal, fined $50 and 180 days local confinement, 178 days stayed on one year probation with conditions, concurrent.
- Danielle D. Pribula, 33, Hibbing, shoplifting, fined $50.
- Zachary A. Schmelzer, 28, Hibbing, shoplifting, fined $100.
- Devone M. Shackelton, 27, Hibbing, shoplifting, fined $50.
- Tierra A. Scott Franklin, 20, Duluth, disorderly conduct, fined $50.
- Savanna M. St. Germaine, 27, Hibbing, disorderly conduct, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, 79 days stayed on one year probation with conditions; second count disorderly conduct, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, 77 days stayed on one year probation with conditions, concurrent.
- Seneca W. Steeprock, 41, Jordan, Minnesota, aid and abet attempted murder, fined $50 and 240 months in prison; felon in possession of a firearm, 60 months in prison.
- Austin R. Stimac, 23, Chisholm, assault, fined $50 and 35 days local confinement.
- Peter A. Sutton, 21, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Collin J. Taylor, 19, Hibbing, driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Penny Vanvickle, 47, Hibbing, shoplifting, fined $50.
- Sherri L. Waldvogel, 53, Hibbing, give false information to a peace officer, fined $100.
- John E. Wiitala, 42, Brainerd, Minnesota, shoplifting, adjudication stayed for one year, pay $387 in restitution.
April 11
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- Scott A. Albrecht, 20, Cohasset, shoplifting, continued for dismissal on oneyear probation.
- James P. Bonelli, 57, Hibbing, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Suzanne J. Charbonneau, 63, Proctor, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Emily A. Davis, 40, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Christine A. Digovanni, 33, Hibbing, two counts driving after revocation (offenses dated: 6/29/19, 5/23/22), fined $200 per each count; driving 98 mph in a 55 mph zone, fined $150.
- Melissa A. Dott, 38, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Jason G. Eilefson, 54, Alborn, ignition interlock restriction violation, fined $50 and 30 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation.
- Javier A. Garcia Jr., 26, Duluth, shoplifting, continued for dismissal on one year probation, pay $3 in restitution.
- Priscilla M. Goggleye, 35, Bemidji, Minnesota, disorderly conduct, adjudication stayed for one year, pay $14 in restitution.
- Amanda J. Heinzen, 40, Two Harbors, driving after revocation, fined $200.
- David J. Hertel, 25, Duluth, careless driving, fined $1,000 and 60 days local confinement, time and $800 stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Marquis Johnson, 27, Duluth, driving after suspension (offense dated: 10/31/18), fined $200.
- Briana S. Joyner, 28, South Savage, Minnesota, driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time and $800 stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Miles A. Koski, 23, Virginia, driving after revocation, fined $200.
- Barbara J. Lewis, 69, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Andrew S. Malmquist, 20, Duluth, shoplifting, adjudication stayed for one year.
- Gregg T. McCall, 45, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Tara L. O'Daniel, 29, Duluth, theft, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time and $900 stayed on one year probation.
- Joseph A. Paoletti, 83, Orr, driving after revocation, fined $200.
- Jacob C. Quick, 27, Virginia, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- George J. Rendl, 23, Eveleth, driving after revocation, adjudication stayed for six months, $200 fine.
- Susan M. Roper, 63, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Annaka K. Scherf, 20, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Dino R. Schinigoi, 53, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Britney J. Spicer, 24, Black Duck, driving while impaired, fined $2,000 and one year local confinement, time and $1,900 stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Kristopher A. Stiffarm, 33, Duluth, shoplifting, fined $300 and 30 days local confinement, time and $150 stayed on one year probation.
- Reilly E. Stone, 16, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Ryan G. Swor, 38, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Brandon D. Thomsen, 37, Foley, Minnesota, exceed allowable 80,000 pound gross weight violation, fined $200.
- Tracy Wanjiku, 17, Blaine, Minnesota, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Sheila M. Wixo, 56, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
April 12
- Shyla R. Adams-Lightfeather, 18, Mountain Iron, driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Davonte L. Boshey, 20, Tower, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, one year local confinement, 335 days stayed on two years probation with conditions; obstructing legal process, fined $500 and one year local confinement, 356 days stayed on two years probation with conditions; domestic assault, adjudication stayed on two years probation with conditions, 9 days local confinement, concurrent.
- Joseph R. A. Buck, 51, Virginia, disorderly conduct, fined $150.
- Jordan G. Cly, 25, Orr, violation of no contact order, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, 84 days stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Julia K. Harjamkai, 26, Virginia, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Sherry L. Koskiniemi, 60, Gilbert, disorderly conduct, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, 86 days stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Kaid J. Kuter, 19, Hoyt Lakes, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Shaynee J. Lakoskey, 28, Mountain Iron, disorderly conduct, fined $100.
- Charles A. Schanno, 66, Virginia, driving 81 mph in a 55 mph zone, fined $100.
- Jennifer M. Thiel, 43, Gilbert, disorderly conduct, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation.
- Dacotah J. Zemke, 26, Chisholm, threats of violence, imposition stayed on three years probation with conditions, $50 fine and 104 days local confinement; obstructing legal process, 90 days local confinement, concurrent.
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DALLAS — Staff Sgt. Home Hogues, one of the last known surviving Tuskegee Airmen, died Tuesday in Cedar Hill at 96.
His death came two days after the death of his wife, Mattie Hogues. They were married for 76 years. Funeral arrangements are being made for them together.
Hogues was an airplane and engine mechanic as a part of the 99th Fighter Squadron in the 332nd Fighter Group. He was one of the first African-American military pilots, paving the way for people of color.
The Tuskegee Airmen dared to dream and became the first African-Americans to fly combat missions.
A WFAA Original was produced about Hogues in 2019. A GoFundMe was set up at the time to help provide him a wheelchair van, at-home healthcare and a remodel of his home for handicap accessibility.
Since that remodel, Hogues later moved back into a nursing home in Cedar Hill.
More than $27,000 was raised for Hogues after the story ran. An additional $61,000 was donated by organizations across North Texas to provide labor and supplies to remodel his home.
His wife waited by the door for him. A crowd of friends, family and donors were there to welcome him back.
"I didn't know that many people cared about me, but I thank them, thank them, thank them from the bottom of my heart," Hogues said at the time.
The walls of his room were filled with memories and photos, as he continued to share the Tuskegee story, including that he "got a chance to work on the P47 Thunderbolt." | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/last-known-surviving-tuskegee-airman-dies/287-a3684277-d959-4bd1-a74b-fba2ac6719c7 | 2023-06-28T20:09:31 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/last-known-surviving-tuskegee-airman-dies/287-a3684277-d959-4bd1-a74b-fba2ac6719c7 |
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Detectives arrested a local man accused of storing child pornography on a cloud-based service.
Authorities in early April raided the home of Christoper P. Miner, 22, of Middle Township, taking external hard drives and a laptop as evidence, the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office said on Wednesday.
Miner is charged with both possession and distribution of child pornography, the Prosecutor's Office said in a news release.
County detectives were led to Miner through evidence from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children of the explicit content being downloaded and uploaded, authorities said.
Multiple law enforcement agencies converged on the home on April 5 and seized their evidence.
Miner turned himself over to authorities on June 20 and was brought to the Cape May County jail. He remained held at the facility on Wednesday, jail records show | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/capemay-newjersey-porn-arrest/article_b25b5b74-15c7-11ee-ab9c-4f36cce032a1.html | 2023-06-28T20:10:41 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/capemay-newjersey-porn-arrest/article_b25b5b74-15c7-11ee-ab9c-4f36cce032a1.html |
CONWAY, Ark. — Five juvenile suspects between the ages of 14 and 16 years old have been arrested for their involvement in a string of breaking or entering incidents in Conway.
According to reports, Conway police officers were dispatched to the Fountain Bleau Central Landing apartments on May 14 with reports of suspicious activity where multiple suspects were seen trying to break into vehicles.
Once officers arrived they found the suspects, but they ran off and then got inside a vehicle and drove away. Police initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle which then resulted in a pursuit.
During the pursuit, three of the suspects inside the vehicle ran away but the driver was arrested at a home on Center Street.
In an investigation, detectives were later able to determine the identities of the other suspects. They were all juveniles connected to a string of breaking or entering incidents that spanned from May 4 to May 14.
Conway officers, alongside the Faulkner County Sheriff's Office, then served five residential search warrants and they were able to recover stolen property including two guns, gun accessories, marijuana, a wallet, and a credit card.
The five juveniles have been charged with theft by receiving, theft of property, breaking or entering, and possession of a handgun by a minor.
The investigation into this incident remains ongoing and we will update with more information as soon as it becomes available. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/five-juveniles-arrested-conway-break-in/91-28d88bd7-6979-4d63-a66f-f65b80c3b3b2 | 2023-06-28T20:10:47 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/five-juveniles-arrested-conway-break-in/91-28d88bd7-6979-4d63-a66f-f65b80c3b3b2 |
MAYS LANDING — A Somers Point man was found guilty Tuesday of murdering a man during a violent home invasion in 2020, the prosecutor's office said.
MAYS LANDING — A 24-year-old Somers Point man has been charged with felony murder and other …
A jury also convicted Oshshakkur Derrick, 27, of armed robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, kidnapping, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday in a news release.
Derrick and another unidentified man were armed when they broke into a home in the 100 block of North Pennsylvania Avenue on Nov. 22, 2020. Derrick and his accomplice entered to burglarize the home, but prosecutors say they unexpectedly encountered Jose Ortiz, 36, of Egg Habor Township, and a woman inside a bedroom.
Ortiz was shot in the chest and died.
The two men threatened the woman, only identified as "H.A.," by pointing a firearm in her face when she awoke to the break-in. She was tied up and held at gunpoint, threatened by her attackers if she didn't tell them where they could find money in the house.
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After placing the woman in a closet, the men left. She freed herself and called police.
Derrick was a prominent football player for Atlantic City High School. He graduated from the school in 2015.
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AUBURN, Calif — Several seniors spoke at the Placer County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday in support of the Auburn Senior Center.
Rosie Wohlfromm, a member at the center, says the center was paying $1 per month when it was located at the Dewitt Center. After the center had to move, they found a space downtown that was $6,000 a month in rent.
Now, at its new location, rent is $4,000 per month. Wohlfromm says it's not sustainable.
"No amount of memberships would fund this expenditure," Wohlfromm said. "Our senior center provides a crucial benefit to every senior in our area."
Lindsay Arfsten, the executive director of the Auburn Senior Center, says the center provides programming for seniors looking for community connection and to combat isolation.
The center, which has been open for more than 40 years, has more than 700 members, according to Arfsten.
"The programs and services offered at the Auburn Senior Center are essential to the mental health of Placer's seniors," Arfsten said. "Our social support and resources help stabilize seniors to keep them self-sufficient and out of homeless shelters."
The center has served seniors since 1980 and memberships only cost $25 so people with a fixed income can afford a membership. About 21 classes are offered per week. Several seniors spoke at the meeting in support of the center.
Former District 3 Supervisor, Harriet White, spoke of the value the center brings to the community.
"The Auburn Senior Center provides for much of the needs of seniors in the unincorporated area from Loomis to Weimar, but more needs to be done and we're trying," White said.
District 2 Supervisor Shanti Landon says the board couldn't take action on the item because it wasn't an action item on the agenda, but says she sees the importance of the resource.
"This is definitely an area that I'm interested in and I am more than happy to have a future conversation about the funding for this," Landon said.
District 1 Supervisor Bonnie Gore says she thinks there could be opportunities to partner with organizations, such as the Elk's Club or the Veteran's Hall, which wouldn't be an "end all," but wants to encourage thoughts about partnerships.
Find more information on the Auburn Senior Center HERE.
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CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
When looking at the numbers, there’s no question Texas is doing a better job of mitigating homelessness than California.
For one thing, Texas’ homeless population shrunk by nearly a third over the past decade, while California’s grew by 43%, according to the federally mandated point-in-time count. And in the Golden State, 439 people are homeless for every 100,000 residents – compared to 81 in the Lone Star State.
Can California homeless services get similar results by copying Texas? It’s not that simple. Things are very different in California, and here’s a brief look at why:
Texas builds more homes than California
One advantage Texas has over California when it comes to addressing homelessness is the Lone Star State’s ability to build. Last year, 265,793 homes were permitted in Texas, compared to just 119,667 in California, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. That’s less than half as many as Texas, even though California has about 9 million more residents.
Many experts say part of the problem is the heaps of red tape developers must navigate to get anything built in California. The state’s signature California Environmental Quality Act, which Gov. Gavin Newsom is attempting to reform, allows opponents of projects to block them in court for years, sometimes leading to their demise.
Not only does Texas have no such law, it has fewer building regulations across the board. Land in unincorporated counties, for example, isn’t subject to zoning. That allowed for the 2015 opening of Community First! Village, a neighborhood with 350-and-counting tiny homes for homeless residents just outside Austin’s city limits.
In addition, there are no zoning ordinances in the entire city of Houston. That lack of regulation, coupled with a strong mayor who can push projects through, makes it easier to get homes built in Texas’ largest city.
Last year, Houston permitted 15,745 homes. Los Angeles permitted 16,707, but it has 1.5 million more people and four dozen zoning districts with different rules on what developers can and can’t build.
Everything is just way more expensive in California
It’s impossible to leave cost out of the equation. The median rent for a one-bedroom home in California was $2,200 in June, compared to just $1,223 in Texas, according to Zillow.
In Houston, Texas’ biggest city, that price is $1,202. Compare that to Los Angeles, California’s largest city, where the median rate is $2,198.
Texas also has more homes available. Its rental vacancy rate was 10.2% in the first quarter of this year – one of the highest in the country – compared to just 4.1% in California, according to U.S. census data.
Little state funding for Texas cities, but outsized federal resources
Texas gets by almost entirely on money from the federal government and private donations, whereas California recently has made large contributions in state funding to homeless services.
Last year, Texas put $19.7 million of state funding into its three main homelessness programs – equal to about $806 per unhoused person. California poured $1.85 billion into its three main programs – or $10,786 for every unhoused person.
Houston puts no city money into homelessness. Instead, service providers there rely on federal funding – of which they get an outsized amount. The Houston area received $45.2 million for homelessness from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2021, or about $14,483 for every homeless person in the region. Leaders there say they win extra federal dollars because they’ve proven that their strategies work.
Los Angeles County got $155.4 million – but that equates to just $2,386 per unhoused person. San Francisco got $6,629 per unhoused person, and Sacramento County got $3,203.
Two of Texas’ most well-known homelessness programs – Austin’s Community First! Village of tiny homes and San Antonio’s massive, 1,600-bed shelter – were founded on private donations.
Texas’ enforcement-heavy approach wouldn’t fly in California
Texas is cracking down on homeless communities in a way California is unwilling and unable to do. With support from Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas in 2021 passed a law that makes camping in public places a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $500. Republican lawmakers in California tried to pass versions of that ban this year, but their bills died in committee.
Some California cities recently started prohibiting encampments in certain places, such as near schools, but a federal court ruling severely limits their ability to enforce broader bans. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, whose rulings govern nine Western states ruled cities cannot penalize someone for sleeping on public property if there are no other options. Cities have interpreted that to mean they can’t clear a camp unless they have shelter beds for all its occupants.
Leaders in Texas have no such court ruling tying their hands. Even so, different cities in Texas use different tactics. Houston attempts to get everyone into housing – or into a bed in its brand-new navigation center – before clearing an encampment. In Austin, activists say police force unhoused people to move from camp to camp – often pushing them out of sight into wooded areas far from services. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/california-cant-match-texas-approach-to-homelessness-here-are-4-reasons-why/103-5706fd0f-42b9-413f-b585-b324b3266ac8 | 2023-06-28T20:12:00 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/california-cant-match-texas-approach-to-homelessness-here-are-4-reasons-why/103-5706fd0f-42b9-413f-b585-b324b3266ac8 |
CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by Calmatters.
Sending someone from the street into permanent housing is the ultimate goal for Darden and legions of other outreach workers like him all over America. But it seems to happen more often in Houston, where the homeless population shrank by more than half over the past decade. Compare that to California’s major cities, where the population surged by double-digits, and in some cases triple-digits.
It’s not just Houston. Texas as a whole last year recorded a 28% drop in homelessness since 2012, while California’s homeless population grew by 43% over the same period. In Texas, 81 people are homeless for every 100,000 residents. In California, the rate is more than five times worse.
And that’s despite the fact that Texas spends far fewer state dollars on homelessness. Last year, not counting federal money, Texas put $19.7 million into its three main homelessness programs – equal to about $806 per unhoused person. California, on the other hand, poured $1.85 billion into its three main programs – or $10,786 for every unhoused person.
How do residents view homelessness in each state? The difference is stark: Homelessness is the No. 1 issue on California voters’ minds, according to a recent Quinnipiac University poll. In a 2020 poll of Texas residents, it didn’t even crack the top 10.
Why is Texas doing so much better on homelessness? Right-leaning observers are quick to blame the discrepancy on California’s too-progressive policies. Liberals may distrust the statistics coming out of Texas. But the reality is more nuanced – as California leaders are realizing, while their cities and nonprofits send delegation after delegation to Texas.
With homelessness causing major tension in many California cities, and local and state efforts to get people off the streets continuing to fall short, Golden State leaders are desperate for new solutions. So desperate, that they’re going to a state whose deep-red policies California Democrats are better known for scorning than emulating.
San Jose’s homelessness response team visited Houston earlier this year. City and county representatives from the Los Angeles area went last fall. They came away jealous of some of the advantages Houston has over California cities – such as the lower housing costs that make it easier for the Texas metropolis to find or build homes for people.
But the Californians also were impressed by the way the city coordinates with the county and other local organizations, prioritizes funding for permanent housing instead of temporary shelters and finds places for people before clearing encampments.
“What those folks are doing – really focusing on housing folks – is working,” said Alex Visotzky, senior California policy fellow for the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
In April, two city council members from the East Bay city of Richmond headed to Austin to tour a 51-acre tiny home community that provides permanent housing for 350-and-counting homeless residents. Elected officials from Sacramento trekked to San Antonio to see a 1,600-person shelter that offers everything from dental care to counseling – serving nearly the city’s entire homeless population in one place.
Many experts agree California can learn something from these homeless solutions. But unless the Golden State fixes its housing affordability crisis decades in the making, copying the Lone Star State will get us only so far, said Eric Tars, legal director of the National Homelessness Law Center.
“Elected officials in California are desperate for quick-fix solutions,” he said. “They want a silver bullet to be able to solve homelessness for them. And so when they see results like what’s happening in Houston…they say, ‘that’s great, we want that.’”
California Democrats often at odds with Texas GOP
Texas may seem like an unlikely place for California to find inspiration on anything – especially social services. After all, the Republican-led state is completely out of sync with California’s liberal majorities on everything from guns to abortion to LGBTQ rights – feeding an ongoing public feud between Gov. Gavin Newsom and his Texas counterpart, Gov. Greg Abbott.
Adding to the animosity, the California Legislature and some Golden State cities don’t even allow publicly funded travel to Texas. Some Californians who have made the trip have had to seek exemptions by arguing the travel is in their jurisdiction’s best interest.
“When best practices are happening somewhere, don’t worry about what state they’re in,” said state Sen. Dave Cortese, a Silicon Valley Democrat. “I have no problem looking them right in the eye and saying, ‘I don’t like where you’re going in terms of reproductive rights. I don’t like where you’re going in terms of your stubbornness on mass shootings and gun safety. But I do like what you’re doing on the housing front and I’d like to replicate some of that.’”
Attitudes on homelessness also differ widely between the two states. Earlier this year, 70% of Californians said homelessness is a “big problem” in their part of the state, according to a Public Policy Institute of California poll. That’s up from 63% in 2019. By contrast, just 3% of Texans polled in 2020 said homelessness was the most important issue facing their state, according to the nonprofit Texas Lyceum.
The three Texas cities getting the most attention from California – Houston, Austin and San Antonio – are blue islands in a red state. Houston, a bustling metropolis of 2.3 million people, is Texas’ largest city. Austin, the state’s capital and a mecca for artists, students and foodies, is famously quirky – and urges everyone to “keep Austin weird.” San Antonio lures tourists with the historic Alamo mission and picturesque, restaurant-lined river walk.
Cortese, who recently called for an audit of California’s homelessness spending, tried to bring a version of the Austin tiny home village to Santa Clara County while serving as a county supervisor several years ago, but the idea never got off the ground.
He and others in California argue what the Golden State is doing so far isn’t working, even though Newsom poured nearly $21 billion into housing and homelessness since he took office and vowed the issue is a top priority.
“I don’t want to see any more people die in the streets and call that compassion,” Newsom said last year.
His administration is well aware of the buzz around the Texas programs. Hafsa Kaka, the governor’s new senior adviser on homelessness, said Newsom’s policies compare well against the Texas sites.
Houston, Austin and San Antonio employ the same “housing first” approach that California has used for years, she said.
“While Austin built 350 small homes, we are putting 1,200 across the state, including 500 in Los Angeles,” she said in an emailed statement sent on behalf of Newsom’s office. “California continues to make unprecedented investments into housing and homelessness which includes shelter and wrap-around supportive services, cleaning up encampments, and creating more housing. The state has invested more to increase housing supply than ever before in our history while holding local governments accountable.”
But the difference in outcomes in Texas versus California is unmistakable. The Houston area’s homeless population dropped 57% between 2012 and last year, dipping to 3,124, according to the federally mandated point-in-time count. A New York Times article published last year highlighted the “remarkable progress,” catapulting the city that was already known in wonky homeless policy circles into the national limelight – and catching California’s attention.
Los Angeles County’s homeless population increased 106% over the same period. Sacramento County’s jumped a whopping 230%.
Experts agree the point-in-time counts supplying those numbers — which generally rely on volunteers and outreach workers tallying every homeless person they see over one night — miss portions of the unhoused community. But the counts can be a useful tool to measure the change in a city’s homeless population.
Cheaper rent, more housing
One reason more people find housing in Texas: costs. The median rent for a one-bedroom home in the state was $1,233 in early June, according to Zillow. In California, it was $2,200 – making it harder for people to get and stay housed here.
Land and construction costs are cheaper in Texas, too, and the Lone Star State has fewer regulations that restrict construction. The city of Houston, for example, has no zoning – coupled with a strong mayor who can push projects through – making it easier to build and harder to block housing.
Last year, Texas permitted more than twice as many new homes as California, even though California has about 9 million more residents.
That means even when a California city is doing everything right, it’s still not going to be as successful as its Texas counterpart in reducing homelessness, said Jennifer Loving, CEO of nonprofit Destination: Home in Santa Clara County, who visited Houston in March.
“We do all the same stuff,” she said. “And the major difference is how much housing they have, how quickly it’s getting built.”
But despite its lower housing costs and dramatic drop in homelessness, Houston hasn’t managed to get everyone off the street. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/how-texas-shrank-its-homelessness-population-what-it-can-teach-california/103-450e4a6b-fba3-4733-85f2-6c86b598c93c | 2023-06-28T20:12:06 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/how-texas-shrank-its-homelessness-population-what-it-can-teach-california/103-450e4a6b-fba3-4733-85f2-6c86b598c93c |
CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
At first glance, Community First! Village looks more like an art commune or even a high-end summer camp than what it really is: Austin’s formidable, 51-acre solution to the homelessness crisis.
Nestled amongst picturesque tiny houses and RVs – home to about 350 formerly unhoused people – are a ceramics studio, an outdoor movie theater and a game room. Quiet, winding roads lead past a pond stocked with catfish, a hydroponic vegetable garden and a yurt visitors can rent on Airbnb. The ashes of 36 former residents are interred in a columbarium on the property.
If you want a souvenir, there’s even a gift shop of sorts – a convenience store that sells hats, infant onesies and other swag branded with the community’s slogan: “Goodness.”
“Right up underneath that windmill is where we have the farmer’s market every Saturday morning,” says village founder Alan Graham, CEO of nonprofit Mobile Loaves & Fishes, pointing from a golf cart as he gives a tour of the village. “We have a hair studio here. We got over 300 fruit and nut-bearing trees growing all over the property. This is a big, old pear tree right here. It’s loaded with pears.”
It’s the same tour he and his team have given to multiple California officials and service providers, all of whom came looking for new answers to the Golden State’s dire homelessness crisis. As a result, villages inspired by Austin now are popping up in California.
These developments put a new spin on the “housing first” philosophy that prevails among California homeless programs. In these Austin-influenced villages, the predominant belief is that housing alone simply isn’t enough – one needs community, too.
The nonprofit Salt + Light is building an Austin-inspired permanent housing village near Visalia, in the San Joaquin Valley. Dubbed The Neighborhood Village, it will consist of 53 mobile homes with perks including a dog park, garden, columbarium, pop-up movie theater, art classes and mobile medical clinics. As in Austin, they’ll also have “missionals” – volunteers who live on-site, look out for their formerly homeless neighbors 24/7 and help build a sense of community.
Salt + Light CEO Adrianne Hillman first visited Austin’s tiny home village in 2018.
“The first time I went, I cried, actually, when I got there,” she said. “I was pretty overwhelmed with the beauty of it. It resonated with me on a soul level.”
Convinced someone had to bring the model to California, Hillman upended her entire life, started a nonprofit and got to work.
She’s not the only Californian to be taken in by Community First’s utopian village of small, cutesy dwellings, lovingly landscaped gardens and roads with names like Peaceful Path and Goodness Way. Another copycat project took root in the East Bay city of Livermore. Two more are trying to get off the ground, one in Silicon Valley and the other in Bakersfield.
Two city council members from Richmond in the East Bay Area attended a symposium at Community First in April and came home with a vision to replicate what they saw.
“I was really, really impressed,” said Councilmember Gayle McLaughlin. She wants to partner with Contra Costa County and local nonprofits to build something similar – though smaller – on a 3.5-acre site outside the city limits.
Not enough tiny homes for all who want them
Community First offers multiple tiny home options. Its 200-square foot micro-homes, for example, provide electricity but no plumbing (residents share communal bathrooms) and have room for a bed and a small living area that comes with a refrigerator, freezer, microwave, crock pot and coffee maker. The village has larger models, too, including manufactured homes that are about 400 square feet and fully plumbed. They have a bedroom, living area with a couch and small dining table, mini kitchen and bathroom with a toilet, sink and shower.
With land at a premium in California, it would be difficult to build enough tiny homes to make a noticeable difference in the state’s homelessness crisis. Even Austin’s tiny home village hasn’t solved the problem.
Encampments still proliferate in the city’s greenbelts, and the estimated number of homeless residents in the county grew 40% between 2019 and 2022, according to the federally mandated point-in-time count. In 2021, fed-up Austin voters passed a law banning public camping, and activists say unhoused people now are forced to move from camp to camp because there aren’t enough shelter beds or long-term housing.
Matt Bradley, 39, said it would be “lovely” to move into the tiny home village and stop constantly worrying that someone will steal his belongings. Bradley, one of many people living in a tent in the woods behind Austin’s South Town Square shopping center, said he’s been on a housing waitlist for three years. Periodically, police come by and check on him and his neighbors.
“They reassure us and say help is coming,” Bradley said. “But you know, we’re still waiting.”
In some ways, California homeless providers are predisposed to like what they see in Austin. State and local leaders have doubled down on tiny homes as a solution to homelessness ever since the pandemic, when worries about COVID-19 spreading in crowded shelters shaped state policy. Gov. Gavin Newsom is in the process of doling out 1,200 tiny homes for unhoused residents in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Jose and San Diego County.
But there are some major differences between Austin’s tiny homes and most of the similar programs in California.
In California, tiny homes are almost exclusively considered temporary shelter. Residents are expected to move out of the micro-dwellings and into traditional housing – sometimes within a period of mere months, and often with low success rates. Community First, by contrast, is permanent housing. Residents pay rent (between about $370 and $440 a month for a tiny home including utilities, or $450 for an RV – plus electric and propane) and can live there until they die.
The sheer size of Community First also distinguishes it from other tiny home projects. It is likely the largest in the country for homeless residents. Built on 51 acres just outside the city’s limits, its nearly 400 occupied dwellings house 345 formerly homeless people and 40 missionals, with plans to increase to 530 homes by the end of the year. In addition, construction is underway on another 600 homes across the street, set to be completed over the next six years. Travis County recently contributed $35 million toward building another 750 homes on a separate property 15 minutes away.
The county’s commitment marks the first time the organization has received public funding. Until then, it relied on private contributions and major gifts from wealthy donors like Michael and Susan Dell. That’s another departure from California, where tiny home projects tend to rely heavily on city, county and state funding.
Could the Community First model work in California?
In the big California cities where homelessness is most prevalent – Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego, for example – it’s nearly impossible to find giant parcels of land that could fit hundreds of tiny homes.
“The tiny homes are often just not at a scale to be helpful,” said Marybeth Shinn, a professor at Vanderbilt University specializing in homelessness.
And there is debate about whether tiny homes should be accepted as permanent housing. About two-thirds of the tiny homes in the Austin village have no plumbing, forcing residents to leave their units to access communal bathrooms.
The units without bathrooms don’t meet the housing quality standards set by the federal government, which has given some activists pause.
“The focus has to be on housing somebody,” said Alex Visotzky, senior California policy fellow for the National Alliance to End Homelessness. “And housing means having a bathroom, kitchen, a sense of privacy, the rights of tenancy and the stability that comes along with it. That has to be the end goal. That’s what ends somebody’s homelessness.”
Austin’s Graham says that’s “bullshit.” If people want to live in a small unit they can afford with no bathroom, that should be their right, he said. Besides, no one in his community has to walk more than 100 feet to a bathroom, he said.
“People should have a choice,” Graham said, “and we should get people out from under the misery that they’re living in as fast as we can.”
A sense of belonging
Graham, who lives in the tiny home village himself, describes the community as joyful with a “side salad of tension.” Many residents have mental health conditions, and it’s not unusual to see someone walk naked down the street, he said. The program doesn’t require residents to be sober, and many have addictions. But after moving into the village, residents who use drugs self-report using an average of 80% less than they did on the street, Graham said.
Blair Racine, 69, has lived at Community First in Austin for five years. He pays about $500 a month to rent an old RV from the 1990s – one of the original dwellings set up before the organization began building fancier tiny homes. A graduate of the University of Minnesota and a former realtor, Racine said he fell into homelessness after an ex-business partner landed him in financial trouble and he had no family support to fall back on. He spent four years on the street and in homeless shelters.
Now, Racine feels like he belongs. People here call him “the Mayor,” and he spends his days lending a listening ear and emotional support to his neighbors. He plans to live here until he dies. Then, he wants to be interred on site.
“I came out here and found this is my place,” he said. “And the rest is history.” | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/inside-texas-homeless-village-that-inspires-california-replicas-art-movies-and-a-fishing-pond/103-f0aa4328-651b-43e1-b145-7513a2503b39 | 2023-06-28T20:12:12 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/inside-texas-homeless-village-that-inspires-california-replicas-art-movies-and-a-fishing-pond/103-f0aa4328-651b-43e1-b145-7513a2503b39 |
CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
It’s a common question as one walks past the sprawling tent camps that line the streets of so many neighborhoods in California: Why can’t we build a place for all these people to go?
One city in Texas did just that, and some California leaders are taking notice. But can – and should – California replicate the model?
Haven for Hope, a 22-acre, 1,600-person shelter in San Antonio addresses the homelessness crisis at a scale that’s unheard of in California. The facility serves 85% of the city’s total homeless population. It virtually guarantees that anybody who wants to sleep indoors, can, while accessing a plethora of on-site social services.
The model has fans in California. They say it can be recreated here to ease the suffering of people who have no other option but to sleep on the street – and to lessen the burden large homeless camps place on surrounding communities.
“Haven for Hope has not solved homelessness in San Antonio,” said Sacramento County Supervisor Rich Desmond, who visited the campus in 2021 and tried to incorporate parts of the model into programs in his own district. “But they have certainly done a much better job, I think, than most places in California.”
Scrambling for new solutions to a seemingly intractable problem, a handful of California politicians and nonprofit groups support replicating Haven for Hope (or at least copying pieces of it) here. A Placer County group recently pushed for a San Antonio-inspired project outside of Rocklin in the Sierra Nevada foothills, and a grassroots Sacramento group is trying to rally support and funding for a similar concept.
But some homelessness experts throughout the country are critical of the San Antonio model. In several ways, it would mark a shift away from some of California’s widely accepted best practices. Haven for Hope’s most robust program requires participants to be sober, for example, contradicting the prevailing belief in California that everyone should be offered housing before addressing their addictions and other issues.
Conditions at the San Antonio shelter are crowded, too, with 80 bunk beds in a room, or a few hundred mats inches apart on the floor. California has plenty of those types of shelters, too. But increasingly, officials and nonprofits here are using hotels, tiny homes and other facilities that hold fewer people but give residents a private space with a locking door.
Another red flag for Californians: The San Antonio shelter comes from conservative roots. It originally was bankrolled by Bill Greehey, founding CEO of Valero Energy Corporation and financial supporter of former President Donald Trump. Its first CEO, Robert Marbut Jr., went on to head Trump’s U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. Under Marbut, clients had to start off sleeping on mats in an open-air courtyard and could be rewarded with beds, better food and access to more services if they showed good behavior.
Marbut left Haven for Hope more than a decade ago, and the shelter’s current leadership says the program has changed “night and day” since then – there is no more open-air sleeping, for example. But Marbut’s policies created lasting impressions that shape how other homeless providers view the site.
“Taking this kind of judgemental, punitive, paternalistic approach doesn’t actually make sense or work for a lot of people,” Eric Tars, legal director of the National Homelessness Law Center, said of Haven for Hope.
Haven for Hope also poses a fundamental question for California and every other state struggling with homelessness: Should officials prioritize emergency shelters that get people out of dismal encampments quickly, or long-term housing that takes years and piles of money to build?
The trade-offs are clear. Haven for Hope succeeds in pulling many people off the streets, but it hasn’t done as well when it comes to connecting those people with permanent housing.
Of the more than 7,000 people Haven for Hope served last year, just 15% moved into permanent housing.
One-stop shop at homeless shelter
Aside from its sheer size, what draws Californians to Haven for Hope is the shelter’s all-inclusive model. The campus has medical, dental and eye-care clinics, a hair salon, a free clothing store, childcare and counseling services, as well as offices with staff who can help clients get a new ID, find housing, get a job or secure disability benefits, and more.
The idea is to make the labor-intensive, bureaucratic process of getting back on their feet as smooth as possible. Instead of trekking all over town to appointments at various departments – a challenging task for someone without a car – clients can do everything in one place.
For people who need extra help, there’s a facility with mental health crisis, detox and addiction recovery beds across the street.
Paul Anthony, 51, has been staying at the San Antonio shelter off-and-on for five months, sleeping on a top bunk in a dorm with 20 men. Before that Anthony, who’d had trouble landing a job after a stint in jail for a felony charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, had slept in the woods, in a storage unit and on a piece of cardboard downtown. Since moving into Haven for Hope, the facility’s strict rules helped him stay sober, he said, and he’s landed two jobs – working in a factory and delivering pizza for Domino’s.
“One of the things I’m most grateful for is it does take you off the street,” he said. “It gives you a safe place to think through what it is you want to do.”
David Hanna, a 52-year-old Navy veteran, slept on a mat on the floor of Haven before moving to a bunk bed in a room shared with 80 men.
“At least I’m safe in there, for the most part,” he said. “It’s a place to sleep.”
When interviewed by a reporter in May, he finally had landed a one-bedroom apartment he could afford with his disability payments, and was set to move in later that week.
‘Not fit for a dog’
Haven prides itself on accepting everyone – even sleeping people in its offices and chapel when other spaces get full – but the large campus model has its drawbacks. The shelter operates far above its intended capacity. While some people get bunk beds, hundreds also sleep on mats on the floor of the cafeteria. The mats are so close together, that one man said he rolled into his neighbor in the middle of the night, nearly causing a fight. Another man said he woke up to find someone vomiting on him.
James Killen, a 68-year-old retired truck driver and Army veteran, said he can’t stand being there. But he has nowhere else to go.
“It’s not fit for a dog in here,” said Killen, who had been sleeping at Haven for Hope for three weeks. His identification was recently stolen, which led to a delay accessing his Social Security payments and meant he couldn’t pay the rent on his apartment. “This place is dirty. It’s filthy. It’s nasty. They treat you like cattle.”
Sleeping conditions can be “very close and cramped,” admitted David Huete, Haven for Hope’s vice president of transformational services. “But the alternative,” he said, “is that people who are vulnerable – people who are mentally vulnerable, people who are physically vulnerable, aged populations – those individuals would be sleeping on the street and would be preyed upon.”
Not everyone sleeps on the floor. Haven has two programs with different amenities and requirements.
One accepts anyone, regardless of their substance use. It includes 200 bunk beds and nearly 500 floor mats.
The other, called the “transformational campus,” provides bunk beds to those lucky enough to get a spot, and requires clients to submit to regular drug and breathalyzer tests, and work with staff on a plan to get permanent housing and an income.
Huete said Haven for Hope requires sobriety because children and recovering addicts live in that part of campus. But critics say that setup flies in the face of the “housing first” model – which advocates eliminating barriers to housing – that is widely adopted throughout California and at the federal level. The notion is so ubiquitous in California that programs that don’t follow it cannot receive state funding.
“Everyone’s deserving of that dignity and access to services and assistance,” said Alex Visotzky, senior California policy fellow for the National Alliance to End Homelessness, “and adding unnecessary requirements and thresholds for people to meet just adds bureaucracy and stumbling blocks and makes it harder for us to move people out of homelessness.”
But Nick Golling, director of homeless services for the city of Sacramento, thinks a lot of aspects of Haven for Hope work well. For one, he supports giving people a sober-living option.
“If you see (drug use) and cannot get away from that, it can be difficult to maintain that type of sobriety if that’s where you’re at in your journey,” he said. “I do see that as a gap in services as far as I’m concerned.”
Could Haven for Hope take off in California?
Finding the space and political will to adopt an all-inclusive mega-shelter like Haven for Hope is a challenge in California. When the Oakland City Council voted last year to pursue turning a former Army base into a shelter for at least 1,000 people, the city administrator quickly tried to quash the idea, leading to a heated debate in council chambers. Instead, council members agreed to look into a scaled-down version of that initial plan.
In Sacramento County, Desmond said he’d like to build something like Haven for Hope, but the county couldn’t find a site large enough. Nevertheless, a grassroots group called Hope for Sacramento is dedicated to the sole purpose of replicating San Antonio’s model in the state’s capital.
“It’s such a fabulous, fabulous program,” said Hope for Sacramento board member Nola Boyer, a retired physical education teacher who visited the San Antonio site last year. “And we just see it as such a translatable project here in California.”
The group holds information sessions to teach the local community about Haven, meets with politicians and woos donors. But so far, they’ve managed to raise only a few thousand dollars.
The idea made it a little further in Placer County last year, where nonprofit The Gathering Inn found a 17-acre site for its proposed “Campus of Hope.” The project on the outskirts of Rocklin would have included 50 no-barrier shelter beds, about 175 shelter beds with a sobriety requirement and 240 units of permanent housing made out of shipping containers. Combined with the area’s existing resources, it would have been enough to shelter all of the county’s 750 homeless residents, said Keith Diederich, president and CEO of The Gathering Inn.
But the project ran into pushback from neighbors and couldn’t get the buy-in it needed from county supervisors. It didn’t even make it to a vote, Diederich said.
“When it comes to actually siting a program,” he said, “a lot of times people who want to do something about homelessness don’t want it near them.” | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/texas-city-shelters-nearly-all-homeless-residents-in-one-place-its-turning-heads-in-california/103-f704d469-a6ff-41c8-b670-67747624ae50 | 2023-06-28T20:12:18 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/texas-city-shelters-nearly-all-homeless-residents-in-one-place-its-turning-heads-in-california/103-f704d469-a6ff-41c8-b670-67747624ae50 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
While flooding due to snowmelt has certainly done damage to many valley and foothill communities following the record winter, the cool weather pattern to start the year has prevented the widespread, catastrophic flooding that could have occurred under different circumstances.
California has spent the last few months mainly under the influence of low pressure systems. The systems have kept the region cool and allowed for a manageable snowmelt period. Sacramento so far has experienced one of its coolest Junes on record and is over three degrees below average.
Less than 20% of the Sierra snowpack remains, so the upcoming heatwave isn’t expected to majorly spike water levels in rivers and streams.
Not only has it been a cool spring and early summer, but it has also been unusually cloudy. Direct solar radiation is as much of a player in snowmelt as temperature does, so the cloudy skies paired with below average temperatures has been described as the “best case scenario” by the Department of Water Resources.
“The way this spring and summer has unfolded has been the best case scenario when it comes to temperatures and being a cooler spring and early summer so far, as well as the cloud cover, that helped to really kind of slow a lot of that snow melt so that we do get that slow, steady release rather than any big one day peak of snow melt,” said Sean de Guzman with the DWR.
Still, waterways have remained fast and extremely cold — a dangerous combination. Businesses like American River Raft Rentals located in Rancho Cordova had their operations impacted due to the high waters.
“This has been a crazy season with opening and closing due to high water and then raftable flows going back and forth, but now we are finally open for good with actually pretty average flows for the rest of the season,” said Kent Hansen, co-owner of American River Raft Rentals.
The rafting service was closed from Mother’s Day until recently when flows finally dipped below 8,000 cubic feet per second (CFS), their threshold for shutting down operations due to the inherent dangers involved with fast flowing, cold rivers.
The slower than expected, steady melt has created favorable conditions now that the peak of snowmelt has passed.
“We expected the forecast for 4,500 CFS to not happen until July, but we're below 4,000 CFS already, which is an average flow this time of the year with looking back historically. Obviously the last couple years were a drought,” said Hansen.
An average flowing river this time of year is still a very dangerous place to be, especially as the holiday weekend nears.
“Always wear your lifejacket, even on the banks. That's where a lot of things could go wrong,” said Hansen.
By the end of the summer, Hansen expects flow to be around 2,000 CFS. Just two years ago, flows dropped to as low as 500 CFS. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/cool-spring-best-case-scenario-snowmelt-and-river-levels-california/103-14397304-8593-471d-8f6c-9f3bbdc455ba | 2023-06-28T20:12:24 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/cool-spring-best-case-scenario-snowmelt-and-river-levels-california/103-14397304-8593-471d-8f6c-9f3bbdc455ba |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Fans of Chick-fil-A in the Sacramento area will have the opportunity to grab a free spicy chicken biscuit in July.
According to the restaurant, all you have to do is open the app throughout the month of July and it’ll be offered as a reward that can be redeemed from July 1-31. The spicy chicken biscuit is a breakfast item only available during morning hours.
“We love rewarding our loyal guests with special limited-time offers like these as a token of appreciation for their support,” said Joshua Paul, local restaurant Operator of Chick-fil-A Arden Fair. “As a new permanent menu item, we hope you will enjoy a spicy and delicious breakfast on us.”
It’s limited to one per person per Chick-fil-A One account.
The following locations are participating in the promo:
- Chick-fil-A Arden Fair (Sacramento, CA)
- Chick-fil-A Auburn Gold Rush (Auburn, CA)
- Chick-fil-A Delta Shores (Sacramento, CA)
- Chick-fil-A Elk Grove Marketplace (Elk Grove, CA)
- Chick-fil-A Fairfield In-Line (Fairfield, CA)
- Chick-fil-A Folsom (Folsom, CA)
- Chick-fil-A Granite Bay (Granite Bay)
- Chick-fil-A Highway 99 & Yosemite Ave (Manteca, CA)
- Chick-fil-A Madison Avenue Sacramento (Sacramento, CA)
- Chick-fil-A March Lane at I-5 (Stockton, CA)
- Chick-fil-A Pleasant Grove (Roseville, CA)
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In Washington Park in Casper there are a couple swing sets, some pickleball and tennis courts, several picnic tables, usually a lot of families with kids and a large, tan structure that sort of looks like a seashell with an open front, and on Tuesday and Thursday nights, in the structure – appropriately named the bandshell – there are 60-some musicians.
This is the Casper Municipal Band, a band that has been playing for around 130 years, a thread in the city’s cultural fabric, a group of local musicians who play for free for the community during the summer.
And what a summer night to be making music. Clear, blue skies with only streaks of translucent clouds, a gentle breeze and a temperature neither too warm nor too cold.
Every musician must audition for the band. They do get paid for their participation, and they must commit to practices from mid-May to the beginning of August (though it fluctuates, as people are traveling or on vacation), before they get back to their “busy other lives,” Brent Rose, the band’s director, said.
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Rose stands at the helm in a blue shirt and taupe shorts. During the school year, he is the band director at Kelly Walsh High School, too.
With this role, he leads a more diverse group, both in age and background.
“We have kids that are college music majors playing in the group. We have doctors playing in the group, we have some lawyers and judges playing the group,” Rose told the Star-Tribune before practice started. “We have people who are working retail in town; nurses and many retired people that are playing in the group, people that work at the college.
“(It) is a wonderful thing about music. You know, you don’t you don’t see a softball team often with 80 year olds and 16 year olds playing together.”
Among the musicians who filed into the band shell for practice, there did seem to be a sort of camaraderie, a shared togetherness created by common interests: music and the desire to play it.
“I just enjoy playing music, whatever I can play. I just enjoy playing,” said Jeremy Houck, who has been a member of the band almost as long as he’s lived in Casper, for 17 or 18 years. His “day job” is teaching music at an elementary school.
His summer job is playing the trumpet.
Same for Melinda Suesedo, whose father, Roger Fenner, led the band for 34 years before Rose. She’s been playing French horn in the band since she was 15 or 16.
“It’s a way to continue playing your instrument and being active still in the community,” she said. “And it definitely was, you know, great memories as a kid, coming here, watching the band play and playing in the park.”
To hear the band before practice starts is misleading. The tuning of the instruments makes no discernible sound to the ear or to the brain. Just discordance, everyone doing their own thing. Noise.
And then Rose stands up and, after introductory remarks – hope everyone’s summer is going well, I missed you guys on my vacation last week, we have some new members joining us – lifts his baton.
And then there’s music. Jaunty patriotic tunes, reflective songs, familiar, bouncy melodies, noise that harmonizes together instead of fighting against itself.
The whole park stops to listen. | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/casper-municipal-band-summer-concert-series/article_be1fa424-15d1-11ee-839b-67260d0228ce.html | 2023-06-28T20:13:45 | 0 | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/casper-municipal-band-summer-concert-series/article_be1fa424-15d1-11ee-839b-67260d0228ce.html |
A Casper man, who was arrested as part of statewide sting operation focused on catching people attempting to pay to have sexual relations with children, is facing up to life in prison.
Adam Paul Custeau, 36, made his initial appearance before U.S. District Court Judge Michael Shickich in Casper late Tuesday afternoon. He faces a federal charge of attempting to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity.
“The allegation is essentially that you attempted to obtain sex with an underage child,” Shickich said in court. “... I want you to know in some ways you’ve already started a really hard uphill climb.”
Homeland Security Investigations and the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigations conducted an undercover operation from June 21 to June 23, the federal complaint states. Custeau was one of the individuals arrested.
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An undercover agent started texting Custeau last week, the complaint states. He responded to an advertisement “on a known, but unnamed website” which was promoting “two real and legit females available” in Casper.
“Custeau started the conversation by asking if they were in Casper and then stating, ‘Qv I like to eat also,’” the complaint states.
The agent knows “Qv” to mean quick visit, which Custeau allegedly later explained to mean a short meet-up including sexual acts.
Custeau was informed the two advertised females were 12 and 14-year-old girls, which he was hesitant about and wanted to see a picture of the girls, the complaint states.
He was sent images of undercover agents, who were dressed and age regressed to look like young teenage girls.
To which he allegedly responded, “Wow yes," the complaint states.
Custeau is accused of listing several sexual acts he wanted to engage in with “either one” of the girls, agreeing to pay $50 for a quick visit or $100 to not use a condom, among other things, the complaint states.
He arrived at a “known, but unnamed hotel,” but never actually met in-person with the undercover agents because he felt the situation was “kinda sketchy,” the complaint states.
After leaving the parking lot, Custeau was stopped by the Wyoming Highway Patrol and taken into custody without incident.
During a recorded interview, he admitted to traveling to a nearby gas station to retrieve $100 cash from an ATM, but claimed he was not going to have sex with the girls if he was able to tell they were underage, the complaint states.
He “used his Capital One Savor credit card at the ATM so that his fiancé would not be able to see the cash withdrawal,” the complaint states.
Custeau is being held at the Natrona County Detention Center.
He is scheduled to appear back in court on Friday afternoon for a preliminary and detention hearing.
Shickich will then “decide whether you're held in custody or released,” but warned Custeau that people usually remain in jail throughout court proceedings when facing a charge of this nature, he said Tuesday. | https://trib.com/news/local/crime-courts/federal-illegal-sexual-activity-casper/article_4e6e64f8-15c7-11ee-90a6-9352f0d07f93.html | 2023-06-28T20:13:49 | 1 | https://trib.com/news/local/crime-courts/federal-illegal-sexual-activity-casper/article_4e6e64f8-15c7-11ee-90a6-9352f0d07f93.html |
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) — Starkville Police responded late Wednesday morning to a reported shooting at the Avalon apartments.
However, officers found nothing and reported no injuries.
Starkville Police received the report at approximately 11:18. A single gunshot was reported.
The apartment complex is on Eudora Welty Drive, a few miles west of the Mississippi State University campus. | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/no-injuries-following-reported-apartment-shooting-in-starkville/article_e171be62-15db-11ee-8be7-8f1c3871fa40.html | 2023-06-28T20:14:26 | 0 | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/no-injuries-following-reported-apartment-shooting-in-starkville/article_e171be62-15db-11ee-8be7-8f1c3871fa40.html |
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Ceremony dedicating fair grandstand in honor of Jane Lasater July 15
David Penticuff
Muncie Star Press
MUNCIE, Ind. − In tribute to Late public servant Jane Lasater, fair officials plan to dedicate the grandstand at the Delaware County Fairgrounds as the Jane Lasater Memorial Grandstand in a ceremony during the Delaware County Fair.
The event will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 15, the opening day of the fair, at the grandstand. The fair runs from July 15 through July 22.
Lasater died in April this year. She was in her ninth year as a county council member and had previously served eight years as county recorder, eight years as county auditor and six years as county treasurer. She was a longtime member of the Delaware County Fair Board. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2023/06/28/ceremony-dedicating-fair-grandstand-in-honor-of-jane-lasater-july-15/70364434007/ | 2023-06-28T20:19:09 | 0 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2023/06/28/ceremony-dedicating-fair-grandstand-in-honor-of-jane-lasater-july-15/70364434007/ |
DALLAS — Staff Sgt. Home Hogues, one of the last known surviving Tuskegee Airmen, died Tuesday in Cedar Hill at 96.
His death came two days after the death of his wife, Mattie Hogues. They were married for 76 years. Funeral arrangements are being made for them together.
Hogues was an airplane and engine mechanic as a part of the 99th Fighter Squadron in the 332nd Fighter Group. He was one of the first African-American military pilots, paving the way for people of color.
The Tuskegee Airmen dared to dream and became the first African-Americans to fly combat missions.
A WFAA Original was produced about Hogues in 2019. A GoFundMe was set up at the time to help provide him a wheelchair van, at-home healthcare and a remodel of his home for handicap accessibility.
Since that remodel, Hogues later moved back into a nursing home in Cedar Hill.
More than $27,000 was raised for Hogues after the story ran. An additional $61,000 was donated by organizations across North Texas to provide labor and supplies to remodel his home.
His wife waited by the door for him. A crowd of friends, family and donors were there to welcome him back.
"I didn't know that many people cared about me, but I thank them, thank them, thank them from the bottom of my heart," Hogues said at the time.
The walls of his room were filled with memories and photos, as he continued to share the Tuskegee story, including that he "got a chance to work on the P47 Thunderbolt." | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/last-known-surviving-tuskegee-airman-dies/287-a3684277-d959-4bd1-a74b-fba2ac6719c7 | 2023-06-28T20:28:18 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/last-known-surviving-tuskegee-airman-dies/287-a3684277-d959-4bd1-a74b-fba2ac6719c7 |
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – The opening of the highly-anticipated Huckleberry Park in Christiansburg has been delayed due to supply-chain issues, according to Christiansburg town officials.
Town staff said global supply chain issues have caused the contractor to experience short-term delays, but officials are hopeful the park will open soon.
“It is our priority to ensure that the Christiansburg Huckleberry Park is fully operational, safe, and of the standard our citizens deserve,” town officials said. “As we excitedly await its opening, please continue to avoid the park as it remains closed to the public at this time.”
Construction for the park began in May 2021. The new park will include an all-inclusive playground, multiple multipurpose fields, a challenge course, two dog parks, and a splash pad.
You can stay up-to-date on the park’s opening here. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/28/huckleberry-park-opening-delayed-due-to-supply-chain-issues/ | 2023-06-28T20:28:47 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/28/huckleberry-park-opening-delayed-due-to-supply-chain-issues/ |
BLOOMINGTON — Brightpoint, formerly Chidlren's Home & Aid, announced they are postponing their block party event due to air quality levels.
The event was originally scheduled to take place Wednesday at the Scott Child & Family Center, 1119 E. Taylor St. in Bloomington.
The organization's Central Region programs as well as their community partners will be available at a later date to offer community resources.
Visit brightpoint.org for more information.
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BLOOMINGTON — The Experimental Aircraft Association 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.-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.
Passengers line up for a flight on the Liberty Aviation Museum Ford Tri-Motor aircraft Thursday, June 14, 2018 at Central Illinois Regional Airport, Bloomington. Flights are scheduled through Sunday and sponsored by the Experimental Aircraft Association and local businesses. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/ford-trimotor-to-touch-down-in-bloomington-this-july/article_460f3cec-1527-11ee-85a8-9f99925bc25a.html | 2023-06-28T20:32:21 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/ford-trimotor-to-touch-down-in-bloomington-this-july/article_460f3cec-1527-11ee-85a8-9f99925bc25a.html |
Fluctuating gas prices have many feeling pain at the pump—but owners of gas-guzzling cars feel it more acutely.
Stacker used data from the Department of Energy's fuel economy database to rank the 23 most gas-guzzling cars of 2023. Duplicate models of the same car line were excluded from this analysis: For example, the data includes information on the Rolls-Royce Ghost, Ghost Black Badge, and Ghost Extended, but this analysis only includes information for the base model, Ghost. Only 2023 model cars were considered, and those included here were released between May 2022 and February 2023.
Gas prices rise due to higher demand and higher costs for crude oil and they typically vary by season. In June 2022, the average price for a gallon of gas was over $5 in many states but fell as demand and crude oil prices sank.
New fuel efficiency standards may help your wallet when gas prices rise. In 2022, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released new standards that require manufacturers to have a fuel efficiency rating of 49 miles per gallon averaged across all of their models by 2026 and for every model by 2029.
Owning a gas guzzler won't just cost you more at the pump—cars that get less than 22.5 miles per gallon also incur a "gas-guzzler tax," which starts at $1,000 but climbs to $7,700 for cars that get less than 12.5 mpg. The tax is usually paid by the manufacturer or importer but is no doubt passed on to the customer in the purchase price.
Read on to see which new cars are the least fuel-efficient for 2023.
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The city of Coppell says residents need to boil their water before drinking it after a power outage affected a pump station early Wednesday and interrupted the city's water supply.
Coppell said they were notified early Wednesday that the Village Parkway Pump Station had lost power. The station had backup power, but that failed after several hours of use.
The city has switched to a second backup power source but the initial failure led to the interruption in service.
City officials said not all residents will have water running to their homes at this time. Anyone using city water will need to boil the water before use until further notice. It's recommended that water only be used for emergency purposes until water pressure is fully restored.
"Please note that the boil water notice is still in effect until further notice. As soon as the water is safe for consumption, the city will lift the boil water notice," the city said in a statement. "Until that time, regardless of the availability of water in faucets, residents should continue to follow the mandate in the boil water notice. The city will notify the community as soon as this advisory is lifted."
The boil water notice is to ensure the destruction of harmful bacteria that could have entered the waterline when it wasn't fully pressurized. Water used for drinking, cooking and ice-making should be brought to a vigorous, rolling boil for two minutes before use.
Oncor is working to permanently restore service to the pump station and city officials said they expect power to be restored by the end of the day Wednesday. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/coppell-calls-for-water-conservation-issues-boil-notice-until-further-notice/3286136/ | 2023-06-28T20:32:34 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/coppell-calls-for-water-conservation-issues-boil-notice-until-further-notice/3286136/ |
The Dallas Police Department is investigating the second in-custody death in two weeks after a 70-year-old man died Wednesday after being taken into custody after a crash.
Dallas Police said an officer witnessed a driver hit another driver at about 1:30 a.m. along the 9500 block of the CF Hawn Freeway service road.
The driver, identified by police as Roy Whittaker, was pulled over about a minute later and taken into custody on misdemeanor warrants.
Police said Whittaker fell ill about 20 minutes later and asked officers for help. Police called Dallas Fire-Rescue and removed the man's handcuffs.
DFR arrived at about 1:55 a.m. and four minutes later placed Whittaker on a stretcher and into an ambulance. According to police, Whittaker was administered CPR while being transported to the hospital.
Dallas Fire-Rescue arrived at the hospital around 2:27 a.m. and Whittaker died about 15 minutes later. The cause of his death is currently unknown.
Dallas Police have opened an investigation. The Dallas County District Attorney's Office and Office of Community Police Oversight were also notified, according to police.
This is the second in-custody death in a week and the third in-custody death this year. Last Wednesday, a 39-year-old man died in Dallas Police custody. In January, 43-year-old Manuel Najera went into cardiac arrest and died in a hospital shortly after he was taken into custody.
On Saturday, a 39-year-old inmate at the Tarrant County Jail was found unresponsive and was hospitalized. The man later died and his death was ruled a suicide, though his exact cause of death has not yet been confirmed. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/second-death-in-dallas-police-custody-in-two-weeks-investigation-ongoing/3286016/ | 2023-06-28T20:32:40 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/second-death-in-dallas-police-custody-in-two-weeks-investigation-ongoing/3286016/ |
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BOISE, Idaho — Floating season on the Boise River officially begins June 29.
Just in time for a heat wave that's in the forecast, Boise Parks and Recreation and Ada County Parks and Waterways made the announcement Wednesday morning.
River flows have dropped to about 1,200 cubic feet per second, within the range that's typical for official float team, and members of the Boise Fire Department are wrapping up initial mitigation of major hazards along the six-mile stretch of river from Barber Park to Ann Morrison Park.
Starting Thursday, equipment rentals and other services will be offered at Barber Park, and shuttle service will be offered between Barber and Ann Morrison parks. Equipment rental hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Parking is available at Barber Park for a $7 fee. Parking in Ann Morrison Park is free. However, there will be no parking in Ann Morrison Park on July 4.
The Boise River is never really closed, but when conditions are dangerous, people who end up needing a rescue may be responsible for covering the costs of that rescue. Also, tube and raft rentals at Barber Park and shuttle service between Barber and Ann Morrison parks don't begin until river flow rates are within the range that's considered safe, and until Boise Fire teams have swept the floating route for major hazards.
In Wednesday morning's news release, Boise Parks and Recreation said Float the Boise partners have been in regular contact with water managers at the Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as flows out of Lucky Peak Reservoir decreased.
Even though the water's not running as fast as it was during the spring and firefighters have been doing hazard-reduction work, it's important to remember that the Boise River is a natural waterway and conditions can change quickly.
"Please remember – a safe float is a fun float," said Scott Koberg, director of Ada County Parks and Waterways. "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."
Parks officials have a few things to remember if you're planning to float:
- Be courteous to neighbors. Only park in designated areas.
- Wear protective footwear and proper clothing to lower the chances of possible injury.
- Drinking alcohol on the Boise River is illegal. Glass containers of any kind are prohibited.
- Know how to swim and educate yourself about the hazards of moving water.
- Avoid low-hanging branches and banks with snags. Float in the middle of the river. Pay attention to what is coming downstream.
- Never float alone. Use the buddy system and keep your group intact.
- Know where you are going to put in and take out. The recommended start and end points are Barber Park and Ann Morrison Park. The area immediately downstream from Ann Morrison Park contains hazards.
- Have a backup plan if a raft or tube leaks or other emergency occurs. A cell phone in a dry bag can be useful.
- Never tie rafts or floats together.
- Under Idaho law, children 14 years of age and younger are required to wear a life jacket on the water. Emergency responders recommend that everyone who floats the river wear a life jacket for their own safety.
- Have fun!
More information about floating the Boise River is available here.
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KOOTENAI COUNTY, Idaho — The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is reiterating its Fourth of July warning from last year, and that warning is, "Don't come to Kootenai County on vacation and leave on probation."
It's a reminder that controlled substances, like marijuana, are still illegal in Idaho.
"Kootenai County, Idaho is a preferred destination venue for many Washington residents during July 4th celebrations," the sheriff's office said in a Facebook post. "In the past, the Kootenai County jail has seen a disproportionate number of jail bookings from our neighbors to the west."
KCSO says law enforcement will be taking violators directly to the Kootenai County "Bed and Breakfast," otherwise known as the county jail.
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BOISE, Idaho — June is Pride Month; a time to honor and celebrate our LGBTQ+ community.
"It means me freedom," Boise Pride Festival’s Vice President, Joseph Kibbie said.
Metropolitan Community Church, Judy Croff said, "It's a celebration of all types of people."
There are many events happening across the state, but one tradition Boise has held close to is the Pride Flags on Harrison Boulevard.
“We are one community with a bunch of different viewpoints and different points of view," Vice President of the North End Neighborhood Association, Erick Hagen said, "and being able to share that and express it in this way is very important to us.”
The tradition has been brightening up Harrison Boulevard since it was first started in June of 2016.
"People walk the sidewalks, express gratitude, and feel excited when we put the pride flags up," Kibbie said. "It's just a way to display solidarity.”
Harrison Boulevard is historically known for its neighborhood and community culture and gets many visitors each day.
"It has a lot to do with the culture of this area," Kibbie said, "people tend to be open, honest, accepting and love the diversity. You'll see flags on people's homes. It's been a safe place to do this, until the last couple of years."
In 2020, these flags started getting vandalized; an act that has continued time after time. The most recent incident happened at the beginning of June.
"Two years ago, there was maybe one flag missing or a pole. Last year we had to replace the flags three times,” Croff said. "This year, in the first week, they were more disruptive than any time last year."
Even with the amount of destruction it’s received, the community has stepped in each time to help fix them.
"I feel sad. But a lot of the community and myself, it makes you think about how you respond to these kinds of acts," Kibbie said.
"It actually brings our community together, stronger," Hagen said. "We spend more money buying the flags and get together.”
Now, Boise Pride, the Neighborhood Association, MCC, and the Wassmuths Center are now working on a new yard sign that says, "Idaho is too great for hate".
"Now we want to do something really visible and positive in response to what happened with the flags,” Croff said.
Boise Pride hopes to raise enough money to provide these signs to anyone who would like one.
“We are looking to hopefully raise between $1,000 to 1,500,” Kibbie said. “That will cover the cost of the signs and materials. It should be no cost to individuals at that point."
They hope the signs help send a message of unity.
“It'd be a great way to just continue flying LGBT colors to make the statement that 'we are not gone, we're still around,” Croff said.
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TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Idaho's famous waterfall, dubbed the "Niagara of the West" stands 212 feet tall, which is 36 feet higher than Niagara Falls - and once again, one of Idaho's most beloved places will be illuminated in stunning colors.
Shoshone Falls After Dark returns for its second round of shows this year due to an increase in water flows. The light shows occur in the evenings of July 5 through July 9, and again the following week, July 12 through July 16.
This will be the last opportunity to see Shoshone Falls After Dark
"The waterfall is flowing so beautifully right now," said Southern Idaho Tourism Executive Director Sarah Rohrbach. "We thought people might enjoy a few more nights of fun in the canyon under the stars and lights beside one of Idaho's most iconic landmarks."
Attendees are allowed to enter the park after-hours to view the illuminated falls with their pre-purchased, timed vehicle ticket. The light show will run for about 20 minutes on a loop until about 10:30 p.m.
Southern Idaho Tourism announced the return of the annual event on Wednesday. This is the third-consecutive year of the event, showcasing a stunning display of colors that light up the Shoshone waterfall.
The well-known event is put on by Southern Idaho Tourism, Idaho Central Credit Union, Idaho Power and the City of Twin Falls. Tickets sell out each year, as it attracts both locals and people from across the country to Twin Falls to view the one-of-a-kind light show.
The first round of Shoshone Falls After Dark shows this year were in April and May, and every showing quickly sold out. The presenters from the first round are again partnering with Midnight Production Studios in Twin Falls for July's round of shows.
Plus, Idaho native, Eric Rhodes, will be the DJ at the shows- serving up his signature mix of pre-recorded music, choreographed with the light show.
"Shoshone Falls is one of Idaho's most beloved places," said Michael Watson, Chief Marketing Officer at Idaho Central Credit Union. "Professionally illuminating the falls after hours is an opportunity that we are thrilled to continue to be a part of."
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SOUTH WENATCHEE, Wash. — A brush fire that started just south of Wenatchee in Chelan County on Tuesday has some residents under Level 2 evacuation orders.
The fire was estimated at 50 acres and growing as of 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. It's burning in shrub-steppe and is threatening homes and natural resources, according to Washington State Patrol.
So far, 50 homes are under evacuation orders, the Washington Fire Marshall tweeted. Evacuation levels are currently at Level 2, which means residents should be prepared to leave at any moment.
The Methow Fire started around 1:25 p.m. and state firefighting resources were mobilized less than an hour later, WSP said, to help support local firefighters battling the fire.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The State Emergency Operations Center is activated at Level 3, according to WSP, to help coordinate assistance. It's located at Camp Murray. Air resources have been ordered to support local firefighters.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — YMCA swimming lessons are being offered for kids and adults looking to learn to swim.
They are offering two-week, four-week and six-week training classes at all of their locations. There are classes offered for infants as young as six months to three-years-old in the parents and me class. This class involves the parent or guardian getting into the water with the infant during class. This class is designed to help infants learn how to be comfortable in the water and develop swim readiness skills through confidence-building exercises.
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MADISON — A manufacturer conducting a $60 million expansion in South Dakota says it’s attacking a workforce shortage by raising pay and embracing diversity.
Manitou is a manufacturer of construction equipment based out of France. It is expanding its operations in Madison and Yankton and will add about 125 jobs between the two sites. Currently, 510 of the company’s 540 existing South Dakota positions are filled.
Plant manager Jeff Minnaert said the company is trying to distinguish itself by offering the highest wages and most comprehensive benefits packages in the area.
“Our goal is to be the employer of choice,” he said. “If the people here don’t enjoy working here, they’re not going to tell others to work here.”
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The company has conducted three pay adjustments in recent years, with workers now ranging from $21 to $30 an hour, depending on experience.
With a historically low 1.9 percent unemployment rate in the state, attracting and retaining skilled workers has become difficult. Manitou’s methods for dealing with the problem include expanding its workforce to include more females and workers from other nationalities.
The company has grown its female employment at the South Dakota plants from 1 to 40 in the last 20 years. And Minnaert said about 25 of the 250 workers at the Madison plant are Hispanic U.S. citizens.
To foster that diversity, Manitou has bilingual employees to help non-English speakers and has converted instructions and signage to pictures rather than words.
Minnaert said the company still needs another 30 workers to keep the expansion plans moving along smoothly.
“We think we’ve got everything we need to bring them in. We just need to find them,” he said.
Another focus for the company has been partnering with the state’s educational institutions to recruit workers, such as engineers from South Dakota State University and welders from the state’s technical colleges.
U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, toured the Madison manufacturing plant Monday to learn about the expansion. He said Manitou has set a positive example for other businesses grappling with the workforce shortage.
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“They clearly understand that if they want to keep growing, they need to offer great wages,” Johnson said. “And they clearly understand the value of embracing diversity.”
Manitou’s Yankton facility is adding 65,000 square feet, while the Madison facility is being expanded by 80,000 square feet. The estimated completion date for Madison is October 2023, and the spring of 2024 for Yankton.
Across the state, other efforts are underway to address the workforce shortage. Gov. Kristi Noem is spending $5 million of state money on ads starring herself to address what she describes as a 25,000-worker shortage in the state. | https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/local/leaning-into-pay-and-diversity-manufacturer-expands-amid-workforce-shortage | 2023-06-28T20:37:33 | 1 | https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/local/leaning-into-pay-and-diversity-manufacturer-expands-amid-workforce-shortage |
A Lansing manufacturing plant plans to close this summer and will lay-off 274 employees.
The Silver Line Building Products plant at 16801 Exchange Ave. will be shuttered permanently, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, letter sent to the state of Illinois.
North Carolina-based Cornerstone Building Brands Services, Inc. told the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity about its intention to permanently close the plant that makes vinyl windows and doors for homes. A total of 274 workers will lose their jobs.
"This closure will permanently affect all employees who work at this facility," Cornerstone Human Resources Vice President Juan Gallegos wrote in the letter.
Teamsters Local 731 Production represents 194 employees at the plant, and Silverline IL Teamsters Local 731 Drivers represents 12 workers there.
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The company and unions did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Silver Line Building Products plans to start laying people off as it winds down the plant on Aug. 11, according to the WARN notice. The plant will be closed and all employees laid off by Sept. 29.
The layoffs will hit workers in production, manufacturing, machining, logistics, shipping, maintenance, quality control and administration, including supervisors and managers.
Silver Line first opened the Lansing plant in 1997, when it planned to hire 400 workers and paid $6 an hour. It was the subject of controversy in the Lansing municipal election that year as many of the new hires commuted to work there from outside of the village.
The company received tax incentives for moving into an existing warehouse in the Landings Tax Increment Financing District. It planned to invest as much as $3 million in the 267,000-square-foot section of the building it occupied.
The plant has gone through a revolving carousel of ownership in recent years.
Originally a half-century-old, family-owned firm based in New Jersey, Silver Line was bringing in $440 million in revenue a year when it was acquired by Ply Gem in 2017.
NCI Building Systems, Inc. then merged with Ply Gem in 2018, and the company rebranded as Cornerstone Building Brands Services, Inc. in 2019.
Cornerstone was then acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in an all-cash transaction valued at $5.8 billion last year.
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PITTSBURGH — A funeral director accused of abusing a corpse appeared in court for a preliminary hearing Wednesday.
The family says they wanted to have their loved one cremated and decided initially to go with West Funeral Home, but after a financial dispute, the unimaginable happened.
On Channel 11 News at 5:15 p.m., the red flags from the funeral director and the reason the family has filed a lawsuit.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Pittsburgh Penguins made the exact type of move president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas predicted when they acquired Vegas Golden Knights winger Reilly Smith Wednesday afternoon.
Dubas suggested the Penguins were looking for players who were being squeezed out of their current teams by salary cap constraints. Before trading Smith, the Golden Knights were projected to have only $3.4 million of cap space, with Adin Hill and Jonathan Marchessault hitting unrestricted free agency.
The move would seem to buttress the Penguins’ middle six. Smith, 32, has two years remaining on a three-year contract which carries a $5 million AAV. There is no indication that Vegas will retain salary.
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A celebration of life was held this week for Mary Glen Boyd Taylor, a horticulture specialist and long-time advocate of nature preservation in the Richmond area who died June 16 following a brief illness. She was 88.
Ms. Taylor grew up on a farm in North Carolina before attending Randolph-Macon Women's College — now Randolph College — in Lynchburg. After settling in Richmond, she joined the Boxwood Garden Club.
Boxwood's head of horticulture encouraged Ms. Taylor to attend a tree symposium, with the experience inspiring her to further explore conservation and saving green spaces.
"She kept a shovel and a rake in her car for decades," said Anna Aquino, a longtime friend and collaborator who considered Ms. Taylor a second mother. "We call that guerilla gardening; if she saw a tree that was suffering from a mulch volcano — landscape companies piling mulch up their trunk — she would slam on the brakes and remove the mulch."
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Ms. Taylor became a master gardener, locating more than 50 new designs of Virginia-based landscape architect Charles Gillette for the Library of Virginia's collection.
In 2004, Ms. Taylor was awarded the Jesse Reynolds Individual Award for Community Mobilization from Richmond's Recreation and Parks Advisory Board. She earned the honor by leading the charge to preserve Bandy Field Nature Park as an undeveloped green space for passive recreation.
The advisory board said Ms. Taylor was a "champion of the passive park and spearheaded efforts to prevent its conversion to other uses." She was a founding board member of the Friends of Bandy Field, which continued conservation efforts at the park.
The city also recognized Ms. Taylor's work in planting 500 new and replacement trees along 13 blocks of Monument Avenue in Richmond. The trees provided shade in the summer and sun in the winter as neighbors requested, with Ms. Taylor getting the Richmond City Council involved to make that a reality.
"She did so much for the City of Richmond and Henrico County," said Ms. Taylor's daughter Mercer Taylor. "They have her to thank for preserving green spaces, planting public spaces and so much more across Central Virginia."
Ms. Taylor served as president of Boxwood from 1987 to 1989 and was awarded the club's Member Award of Merit in 2011. The Garden Club of Virginia awarded her the Horticultural Award of Merit in 1992 "for her accomplishments in horticulture both personally and in the community at large" and the de Lacy Gray Memorial Medal for Conservation in 2003, one of its highest awards.
In addition to the Friends of Bandy Field, Ms. Taylor was also a founding board member of the Three Chopt Civic Association. She served as Tree Steward for Henrico County in 1993 and served on the board of Capital Trees from 2010 to 2020.
One of Ms. Taylor's first projects involved preserving Three Chopt Road where she lived. Trucks that drove down the gravel surfaces often disrupted homes and trees in the neighborhood. Ms. Taylor enlisted the help of a councilman and successfully petitioned the city to ban trucks from Three Chopt Road.
"One of her most noteworthy characteristics is she was tenacious," Aquino said. "If she saw something in the natural world that was being handled poorly or done wrong, she either fixed it herself or she would go up the chain of command to find the right group."
Ms. Taylor led several other projects, including Low Line, Great Shiplock Park and the 14th Street Initiative. The Low Line project resulted in more than five acres worth of trees being rehabilitated along the James River and Kanawha Canal.
Besides Boxwood, Ms. Taylor was also a member of The Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Country Club of Virginia and The Woman's Club.
Ms. Taylor was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert Shands Taylor Jr. -- whom she was married to for 53 years -- and her son, Hubert Shands Taylor III.
She is survived by her daughters, Caroline Mercer Taylor and Langhorne Reid Taylor Fazekas (Courtney); daughter-in-law, Denise Digges Taylor; and granddaughters, Kathryn Glen Fazekas, Laura Page Fazekas and Lila Kendall Taylor.
A celebration of Ms. Taylor's life was held this week at her home garden. She will be buried at a private service in Lynchburg.
"It was an ongoing passion for her to make sure that what she left behind was going to be able to sustain itself and was better than the way she found it." Mercer Taylor said. "Our family motto has always been 'you leave a place more beautiful than you found it,' and that's how she lived." | https://richmond.com/news/local/mary-glen-boyd-taylor-master-gardener-and-richmond-preservation-leader-dies/article_dfdef9c0-1446-11ee-bd9b-bb7a323b1f76.html | 2023-06-28T20:42:04 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/mary-glen-boyd-taylor-master-gardener-and-richmond-preservation-leader-dies/article_dfdef9c0-1446-11ee-bd9b-bb7a323b1f76.html |
PENNSYLVANIA — The Pennsylvania Turnpike is predicting that almost six million motorists will be driving on the turnpike over the 4th of July.
According to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, 300,000 more cars are expected to be on the road compared to last year.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission said the Friday before the holiday will be the busiest day on the road, with 750,000 vehicle projected to be driving on the turnpike.
Here are the projected numbers of cars on the turnpike over the 10-day holiday period:
- Friday, June 30: 750,000 vehicles
- Saturday, July 1: 590,000 vehicles
- Sunday, July 2: 510,000 vehicles
- Monday, July 3: 540,000 vehicles
- Tuesday, July 4: 390,000 vehicles
- Wednesday, July 5: 670,000 vehicles
- Thursday, July 6: 660,000 vehicles
- Friday, July 7: 710,000 vehicles
- Saturday, July 8: 570,000 vehicles
- Sunday, July 9: 540,000 vehicles
The Pennsylvania Turnpike will have more patrols and safety teams throughout the roadway to ensure travelers get to their destinations safely. Additionally, maintenance and construction work will be suspended and all available lanes will be open in each direction starting at 5 a.m. on June 30 through 11 p.m. on July 9.
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PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates will play as scheduled on Wednesday despite air quality concerns in the region.
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The Pirates said they were in contact with AHN experts and the MLB before making the decision.
“We have been in contact with Major League Baseball, the Major League Baseball Players Association, our team of expert medical providers at Allegheny Health Network, and city and county officials regarding the current and projected air quality index in our area. We are currently planning to host tonight’s game as scheduled. We will continue to closely monitor the air quality index levels around the ballpark. Fans holding tickets to tonight’s game who wish to exchange them for a future game may do so by calling 1-800-BUY-BUCS (1-800-289-2827) prior to the start of tonight’s game.”
Wednesday’s game is slated for a 7 p.m. start.
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PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh oral and facial surgeon was the big winner on Jeopardy! on Tuesday night and will compete again on Wednesday.
Channel 11′s Jennifer Tomazic spoke with winner Chris Ban about the special thing he’s doing with his winnings from the show.
Ban’s younger brother died from brain cancer last year. He plans to use his winnings to honor his brother by donating them to have the rowhouse at North Allegheny High School renamed in his honor.
“I wanted to give money to this on my own, and then I said ‘I might come into something here if I get lucky on the show,’” Ban told 11 News.
On Channel 11 News at 5:45 p.m., how a special memory of his brother helped Ban win the game.
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ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland (AP) — A ship that had been searching for the ill-fated Titan submersible is back in port in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Wednesday, with debris from the destroyed vessel.
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The Canadian-flagged Horizon Arctic carried a remotely operated vehicle, or ROV, that searched the ocean floor not far from the wreck of the Titanic, about 700 kilometers (435 miles) south of Newfoundland.
The owners of the ROV, U.S.-based Pelagic Research Services, confirmed that its team has successfully completed offshore operations.
The company said it is removing its equipment from the Horizon Arctic after “working around the clock for 10 days.”
Photos from the wharf show what appear to be several pieces of the submersible being lifted from the ship, including the nose cone with its distinctive circular window.
The Titan was destroyed in a catastrophic implosion during its June 18 descent to the Titanic site almost four kilometers (about 2.4 miles) below the surface of the sea, resulting in the deaths of all five passengers and crew.
The U.S. Coast Guard declared the men dead Thursday after the ROV spotted the Titan’s wreckage about 500 meters from the bow of the sunken luxury liner.
Pelagic said its team members cannot provide information related to the ongoing investigation led by the U.S. Coast Guard.
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The Project Tundra carbon capture project in western North Dakota is moving into the final development stage with the addition of new partners, Minnkota Power Cooperative announced Wednesday.
Grand Forks-based Minnkota announced it has reached agreements with TC Energy, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kiewit to advance the project to capture climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions from the coal-fired Milton R. Young Station power plant in Oliver County.
Closing on financing and a final decision about whether to proceed with the $1.4 billion project are expected early next year. Construction could begin by mid-2024.
Minnkota said in its announcement Wednesday that the co-op will continue to lead project development at the power plant and coordination with landowners near Center. Project Tundra would capture and store up to 4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year from the power plant’s exhaust gas and store it permanently deep underground in the Broom Creek formation.
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TC Energy, based in Calgary, Canada, will lead commercialization activities, including qualifying for federal 45Q tax credits. Minnkota said return on project construction and operation costs would be recouped through the tax credit, which provides $85 per ton of CO2 permanently stored underground.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, based in Tokyo, will be the lead technology provider for the project. Minnkota said Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has “successfully deployed more than a dozen commercial CO2 capture projects globally since 1999.”
Omaha, Nebraska-based Kiewit, which has previously worked with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, will construct the project.
“If our organizations are successful in making this historic project a reality, Minnkota will be one of the fastest decarbonizing utilities in the country while maintaining stable electric rates and a reliable, resilient power supply,” Minnkota President and CEO Mac McLennan said in a statement. “By working together, we aim to advance carbon capture technology in a way that can serve as a blueprint for our state, nation and world to meet ambitious decarbonization goals.”
North Dakota’s congressional delegation and governor congratulated Minnkota on entering final development.
“Bringing together the considerable expertise and resources of these industry leaders is a huge momentum boost for the project and bodes well for its future,” Gov. Doug Burgum said in a statement.
Planning for Project Tundra began in 2015. The project has received a $100 million loan from North Dakota’s Clean Sustainable Energy Authority. The project partners have submitted another $150 million loan application to the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority that will be considered on July 25.
Previously, the state’s Lignite Research Program awarded Project Tundra a $20 million matching grant in 2019 for front-end engineering and design and a $5.4 million matching grant in 2022 for a construction-ready engineering, scheduling and pricing terms study.
The project participants also submitted applications in May for a $350 million grant through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects Program.
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Additional safety measures have been implemented in the construction zone on Bismarck's Ninth Street.
Lane closures from Bismarck Expressway to Front Avenue have been extended from a single far left lane to both left lanes, according to the state Department of Transportation. Speed limits have been reduced in the construction zone for the safety of motorists and work crews.
Lane closures are expected to shift as work is completed this summer on Ninth Street. The project includes ramps, sidewalks and gutters.
Separately, Coleman Street between 43rd Avenue and Nelson Drive has been closed to through traffic as contractors reconstruct the roadway, according to the city.
The closure will be in place for about 2 weeks. Access to local businesses will be maintained from 43rd Avenue. Access to local residences will be maintained from the south. No detour will be in place. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/ninth-street-road-work-updated/article_cb5e1c1a-15e5-11ee-871b-7bf813dc0132.html | 2023-06-28T20:43:29 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/ninth-street-road-work-updated/article_cb5e1c1a-15e5-11ee-871b-7bf813dc0132.html |
Allen Superior Court has publicly posted online more than 100 documents pertaining to a murder case stemming from the deaths of two Delphi teen girls in 2017.
Documents include subpoenas, motions from attorneys and exhibits presumably set to be used in a trial against Richard Allen, 50, the man accused of killing 14-year-old Liberty German and 13-year-old Abigail Williams.
The two girls were found by the Monon High Bridge Trail, which is part of the Delphi Historic Trails in Carroll County.
Allen Superior Judge Fran Gull, who is overseeing the case, ruled today that certain documents in the case be released to the public because "the public interest is best served by transparency," according to the order.
The decision was supported by the prosecution and defense, who agreed on certain exceptions to what would be released. That includes an unredacted probable cause affidavit, names of juvenile witnesses and transport orders.
Defense Ex Parte Motions and related orders will also remain confidential because of established case law, according to the order. To ease the burden on the Carroll County Circuit Court clerk, the order required Allen Superior Court Administrator John McGauley to release the documents.
The newly released documents can be found at https://allensuperiorcourt.us/delphi/.
Gull was selected to oversee the case by the Indiana Supreme Court a few days after Allen was arrested. The move came after Carroll Circuit Judge Benjamin Diener recused himself from the case.
The 15-day trial is scheduled to begin Jan. 8. Jurors will either be selected from Allen County or St. Joseph County, according to a January court document. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/courts/more-than-100-documents-in-delphi-slayings-released-following-order-from-allen-county-judge/article_6e6e69a2-15df-11ee-9d74-e7cc26b875b7.html | 2023-06-28T20:44:02 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/courts/more-than-100-documents-in-delphi-slayings-released-following-order-from-allen-county-judge/article_6e6e69a2-15df-11ee-9d74-e7cc26b875b7.html |
The pools at McMillen and Northside parks have been temporarily closed and will reopen as soon as possible, Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation said today.
Tonight's Learn to Swim classes at Northside also are canceled, the city department said in a statement.
It said the Pre-school and Toddler 1 and 2 lessons on Thursday also are canceled; lessons for levels 1, 2 3 and 4 will be held.
The Zero-Depth Pool at Northside will not be available for public swimming on Thursday, the statement said.
Regarding public recreational activities in the city's parks, the department urged residents to "make common sense decisions on whether strenuous outdoor activities are wise at this time." | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/mcmillen-northside-pools-closed-today-parks-rec-urges-common-sense-on-strenuous-outdoor-activities/article_c44d2864-15de-11ee-a3f1-db279a5ddbb9.html | 2023-06-28T20:44:08 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/mcmillen-northside-pools-closed-today-parks-rec-urges-common-sense-on-strenuous-outdoor-activities/article_c44d2864-15de-11ee-a3f1-db279a5ddbb9.html |
Four people were injured, one critically, in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday morning near Geneva, the Adams County sheriff's department said today.
The sheriff's department said its preliminary investigation indicated Stacy Mowery of Decatur was traveling east on Covered Bridge Road, just west of County Road 000, shortly before 8 a.m. when her vehicle crossed the center line and collided with a vehicle driven by Yvette Weiland of Geneva.
Weiland, Mowery and a passenger in Mowery's vehicle, Dylan Franks of Bluffton, were hospitalized in stable condition, the sheriff's department said. It said another passenger in Mowery's vehicle, Dakota Burrow of Bluffton, was in critical condition at a Fort Wayne hospital.
The crash remains under investigation by the sheriff's department and Indiana State Police. Geneva, Berne and Bluffton police, Geneva firefighters, and paramedics from Adams County Memorial Hospital assisted at the scene. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/4-hurt-1-critically-in-adams-county-crash/article_1cca0186-15e6-11ee-9a52-2f26324530c0.html | 2023-06-28T20:44:15 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/4-hurt-1-critically-in-adams-county-crash/article_1cca0186-15e6-11ee-9a52-2f26324530c0.html |
Fort Wayne Community Schools chipped away at its remaining federal coronavirus relief allotment this week with the approval of about $540,000 in air handling units and $350,000 in interactive displays for classroom use.
The nearly 30,000-student district was awarded about $156 million over three rounds of federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding, also known as ESSER. The dollars were proportionally allocated to districts based on the federal Title I formula.
Spending deadlines stretch into 2024.
FWCS had about $55 million, or 35% of its allotment, left as of June 19, according to Indiana's COVID-19 relief school spending dashboard Wednesday. The resource reflects reimbursement claims processed by the Indiana Department of Education.
Kathy Friend, FWCS chief financial officer, has said the district plans to spend every penny.
The school board agreed Monday to spend $541,250 on rooftop air handling units from Mechanical Solutions Indiana, the lowest of two bidders. Ten buildings will benefit – Towles Intermediate School; Northwood and Portage middle schools; and Brentwood, Holland, Indian Village, Northcrest, Shambaugh, Study and Washington elementary schools.
Installation is planned for next summer, Facilities Director Darren Hess said.
ESSER dollars and an Indiana Common School Fund loan will support a $350,628 technology purchase from B&H Foto & Electronics Corp.
The New York-based business was the lowest of three bidders and agreed to hold the per-unit price when FWCS upped its order to 100 units from 52 following confirmation of Common School Fund dollars.
The cart-mounted, 75-inch interactive displays are destined for 47 elementary core subject classrooms and 48 for initial implementation into some middle and high school math and science classrooms. Five units will be used districtwide as needed.
Board member Jennifer Matthias questioned administrators about the training teachers will receive regarding the equipment.
"I'm all for putting technology in our classrooms, and these are large pieces of technology," Matthias said. "I just want them to be able to utilize them and know who to call when they don't know what to do."
Administrators described the professional learning opportunities offered to teachers and whom educators can ask for help beyond such training.
Superintendent Mark Daniel noted the district is working to better track professional learning and related student outcomes – an aspect that pleased Matthias.
"Dr. Daniel, I'm glad you mentioned outcomes because that's one of my concerns," Matthias said. "We invite all this technology in. It's wonderful for the teachers or whatever. But ultimately, it's the outcomes we're trying to see from our students, and how is that technology benefiting the students that are using that?" | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/fort-wayne-community-schools-taps-covid-relief-dollars-for-facility-technology-needs/article_7d4e0e34-15d8-11ee-b24e-1f7108fb714a.html | 2023-06-28T20:44:21 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/fort-wayne-community-schools-taps-covid-relief-dollars-for-facility-technology-needs/article_7d4e0e34-15d8-11ee-b24e-1f7108fb714a.html |
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A deadly single-vehicle crash is blocking all of the northbound lanes of State Road 429 in Orange County.
The crash was reported around 2:15 p.m. near mile-marker 17, which is near Tilden Road.
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Troopers said the Ram truck involved veered into the shoulder guardrail and started to roll.
Troopers said the driver of the truck, a 43-year-old man from Orlando, was ejected during the crash and died on scene. A passenger in the truck, a 21-year-old man from Orlando, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
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FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — Flagler County deputies say they’re still trying to find a puppy that was reported stolen over the weekend.
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Investigators did manage to catch the alleged puppy thief, identified as 58-year-old Jean Pillittieri.
According to an arrest report, Pillittieri was still on scene when deputies arrived at the victim’s home on Nutwood Ave. just after 10 p.m. Saturday.
Deputies noted the victim appeared to be upset and was asking Pillittieri “where the dog was at and if she was in the pond,” but Pillittieri was refusing to answer them.
Investigators spoke to the victim who reported seeing Pillittieri enter her screened in front porch and take her two-month-old blue-nose Pitbull puppy, valued at approximately $1,000.
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The victim said she heard the puppy scream in pain as Pillittieri grabbed it by the neck and left, allowing the other dogs that were on the porch to get out at the same time.
The victim told deputies she then lost sight of Pillittieri in the dark.
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Multiple witnesses backed up the victim’s story.
Deputies say they later found Pillittieri lying on the ground by her camper, located by a pond near the rear of the property.
According to her arrest report, Pillittieri refused to cooperate with the deputies and remained on the ground throughout the entire investigation. Deputies say she continued to ignore their commands as she was placed under arrest.
Pillittieri was booked into the Flagler County jail early Sunday morning on charges of grand theft, burglary, and resisting an officer without violence. She’s being held there on a total of $13,500 bond.
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Deputies say they made “lengthy attempts” both on foot and with a sheriff’s office drone to find the missing puppy, but it wasn’t located.
They’re asking anyone who might know where the stolen puppy to call them at (386) 313-4911 or Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida at 1-888-277-8477.
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BLUFF CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Bluff City will celebrate its creation on July 1 with plenty of festivities for the whole family.
The town, which was organized and named on July 1, 1887 and later incorporated on July 1, 1901, will host its first Patriot’s Day Celebration on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Patriot’s Day will be celebrated at Wells Park at 4196 Bluff City Highway. Holston Drive and other nearby streets will be blocked off for food trucks and additional seating on the day of the event.
The event will feature vendors, food trucks, live music, morning yoga, cake walks and contests. Applications for more food trucks and vendors can be submitted online.
“We are going to have vendors to sell their items,” said Bluff City Family Committee Chair Rebecca Broyles. “We’re going to be having several food trucks, and we’re going to have a watermelon eating contest and coloring contest for the kids, fishing tournament for adults and children, which is provided from the town.”
Broyles said the Bluff City Family Committee brainstormed and received suggestions from residents for contests and events during Patriot’s Day.
A commemoration ceremony of Bluff City’s origins will be held at noon.
The Bluff City Police Department will be assisting with traffic on Saturday, and visitors are encouraged to park at the ballpark across the street from Wells Park. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bluff-city-preps-for-patriots-day-celebration-july-1/ | 2023-06-28T20:45:47 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bluff-city-preps-for-patriots-day-celebration-july-1/ |
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — An Orlando man was arrested in Seminole County Monday, weeks after deputies say he threw a punch that cost another man his life.
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Seminole County Deputies and Fire Rescue personnel were called to the 7-Eleven on Red Bug Lake Road in Oviedo just after noon on May 1 in response to an assault where one person was left unconscious.
Deputies arrived to find the victim, Amir Aryafar, unconscious on the ground in the parking lot. According to an incident report, Aryafar never regained consciousness before he was taken to Oviedo Medical Center.
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The next day, Aryafar’s son told investigators his father had been declared brain-dead due to a serious brain injury. On May 3, the family removed him from life support.
Investigators spoke to witnesses about the incident who described seeing a man, later identified as 29-year-old Brian Darnold, get out of the passenger side of a car and punch Aryafar one time, causing him to fall to the ground.
Deputies reviewed surveillance footage of the incident showing Aryafar on a bike in front of the store approaching the rear of the vehicle Darnold was in as it backed out of a parking space.
According to the sheriff’s office, as Aryafar approached the car, Darnold jumped out of the passenger seat as the car was still moving and threw one punch at Aryafar, causing him to fall and strike his head on the pavement.
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Darnold can then be seen getting back into the car and leaving the scene.
In an interview with investigators, Darnold claimed Aryafar had harassed him inside the store and began “running after the car” as he left the gas station. Darnold claimed he only jumped out to punch Aryafar in self-defense.
Investigators explained to Darnold that the video they saw didn’t show Aryafar swing at him, and that they “had an issue” with him not simply leaving the parking lot in the car.
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On June 19, investigators were notified by the Medical Examiner’s Office that Aryafar ultimately died due to “complications of traumatic brain injury” and labeled the manner of death a homicide.
Darnold has been charged with one count of homicide by negligent manslaughter. He was booked into the Seminole County Jail Monday and remains there on no bond.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Academy of Country Music named Bristol’s 2022 Country Thunder music festival the Music Festival of the Year. Last year’s event featured headliners Morgan Wallen and Jason Aldean.
The festival, which takes place at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS), will be honored at the 2023 ACM Honors and broadcast live from the Ryman Auditorium on August 23.
“We are thrilled to share in this prestigious honor with our great partners at Country Thunder,” said Jerry Caldwell, president and general manager of Bristol Motor Speedway.
“We are proud to be named ‘Country Music Festival of the Year’ and add this award to the long list of country music accolades for our hometown, long known as the ‘Birthplace of Country Music.’”
This year’s festival features Jelly Roll, Eric Church, Brooks & Dunn and Randy Houser on October 6 and 7. Tickets are still on sale at CountryThunder.com.
“Our festival in eastern Tennessee was an instant success, which began in 2021,” said Troy Vollhoffer, the executive producer of Country Thunder.
“The Country Thunder family was welcomed with open arms by the Speedway, the Tri-Cites community and the people we now refer to, simply, as the best country music fans in the world. We cannot wait to celebrate with you all in October!” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/country-thunder-bristol-wins-acm-award-for-music-festival-of-the-year/ | 2023-06-28T20:45:54 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/country-thunder-bristol-wins-acm-award-for-music-festival-of-the-year/ |
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — A student-veteran at Northeast State Community College (NESCC) named Ridge Jaco will be attending the Ivy League school, Princeton University, this fall.
A release from NESCC said Jaco is a Sullivan East High School alum who served five years in the U.S. Marine Corps as an aviation electrician before he applied to Northeast State. Jaco found his passion in sociology and human behavior at Northeast State, earning a certificate and two associate degrees.
“Northeast State appealed to me because of the variety of trade programs here; I wanted to further my trade,” Jaco said. “I was thinking I’d be in and out in two semesters, and now here I am three years later about to start at Princeton.”
Jaco said he initially thought an email from the Ivy League school was spam, but he soon learned the college was actually interested in having him.
“At first, I thought it was some sort of spam email, but I followed the link and thought, ‘Oh, this is actually real,'” Jaco said. “I tend to stumble into these situations that are good for me. I just stumble through life, and it seems to work.”
Jaco said a big help in his success at Northeast State was the college’s childcare program, CCAMPIS.
“Without the program, I know my grades would have suffered,” Jaco said. “I would’ve had to take online classes and would’ve missed a lot of key networking opportunities. CCAMPIS was an added bonus because we weren’t sure how we were going to do daycare.”
He said he and his family intend to move to New Jersey while he attends Princeton, but he’ll always remember those at NESCC that got him to where he is now.
“There are several instructors at Northeast State who helped me build the confidence to apply to Princeton,” Jaco said. “Dr. Davison really inspired me to change my major to something I’m passionate about. If I hadn’t done that, I wouldn’t be going to Princeton. Dr. Poole and Professor Slaughter also helped along the way. I always felt like the faculty truly cares here. They gave me the confidence I needed to go for it.”
Jaco encourages other students to shoot for the stars, as he says he never expected the success he found during this stint of his college career. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/northeast-state-graduate-to-attend-princeton-university/ | 2023-06-28T20:46:03 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/northeast-state-graduate-to-attend-princeton-university/ |
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Several streets will be closed on Saturday for Kingsport’s Independence Day celebrations.
The day will begin with the Mack Riddle American Legion Independence Day Parade at 10 a.m. The parade will traverse Center Street from the Renaissance Center to Memorial Park on Fort Henry Drive.
The following roads will be closed Saturday morning through the end of the parade:
- Center Street from Sullivan Street to Fort Henry Drive
- Fort Henry Drive from Center Street to Eastman Road
- Wilcox Drive will be closed at Sevier Avenue
Detour routes will be set up for drivers on Sevier Avenue and Watauga and Sullivan streets, according to the city.
Following the parade will be the Red, White, and Boom event on Main Street beginning at 5 p.m., featuring live music headlined by Cheap Trick, food trucks, beverage vendors, and fireworks.
Main Street will be closed between Cumberland and Shelby streets beginning at 10 a.m. along with all adjacent side streets. The closures will be lifted once the fireworks have concluded.
More information about Red, White, and Boom can be found on Visit Kingsport’s website. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/street-closures-announced-for-kingsports-independence-day-celebrations-on-saturday/ | 2023-06-28T20:46:09 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/street-closures-announced-for-kingsports-independence-day-celebrations-on-saturday/ |
The Macy's department store chain, one of the biggest names in retail, plans to open another Region location.
New York City-based Macy's is opening a smaller-format store in the Highland Grove Shopping Center, the sprawling outdoor shopping mall at Indianapolis Boulevard and Main Street on the far south end of Highland, just north of Schererville and just east of Munster.
"Market by Macy's is taking over the previous Marshall’s space located at 10429 Indianapolis Boulevard," Highland Building Commissioner and Zoning Administrator Ken Mika said.
Macy's plans to invest $1.68 million to renovate the 35,625-square-foot storefront, Mika said.
It's part of the new Market by Macy's concept, which the retailer describes as "the Macy’s you know & love — just a smaller version." Macy's said the smaller stores offer the latest fashion trends but are designed to make shopping quick and easy.
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The stores host frequent pop-ups such as for Lelia + Fergie, La Cherie, Flourishing with Grace and Aunt Nettie's. They stock brands like Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Kors, Adidas, Lancome and Levi's.
New items arrive weekly from brands like I.N.C. International Concepts. Market by Macy's also has skin care products, beauty advisers and beauty services like foundation matching.
So far Macy's has only opened only a handful of Market by Macy's stores in Texas, Georgia and Missouri. The closest is not far across the state line in Illinois in the Evergreen Plaza in south suburban Evergreen Park by Chicago's Beverly neighborhood. The new concept stores are located in outdoor shopping centers instead of the enclosed malls where Macy's has normally done business.
The outdoor Highland Grove is one of Northwest Indiana's largest shopping centers with 540,932 square feet of retail space. It's home to Taget, Kohl's, Best Buy, Party City, Petco, Burlington, Ashley and other retailers, as well as many restaurants like Olive Garden, Chipotle, Qdoba and MOD Pizza.
The Marshalls space opened up when that store hopped across the street a few years ago to the newer Shops on Main in Schererville, following Dick's Sporting Goods.
Macy's operates full-sized department stores in the Southlake Mall in Hobart and the River Oaks Center in Calumet City. It has an extensive Chicagoland presence after acquiring the former Marshall Field's chain, most notably operating Marshall Field's former flagship store on State Street in the Loop.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Wichita’s Orpheum Theatre plans to start charging people who use the parking lot just north of the building during live events.
The Orpheum, an ASM Global-managed facility, will offer reserved parking for live events starting in late July. It is partnering with ParkMobile. That is the same parking app ASM Global uses at its other two facilities, Century II and Intrust Bank Arena.
For now, paid parking is for the Orpheum Theatre’s live events, such as concerts, comedy acts, and theater performances. The north lot will continue to be free and first come, first served on movie nights.
“Our users in Wichita can now enjoy a stress-free parking experience at the Orpheum Theatre through securing a spot on our app ahead of time,” David Hoyt, ParkMobile managing director, said in a news release.
“Allowing guests to reserve parking will eliminate some of the day of stress that comes with attending events,” Levi Miller, Orpheum Theatre director, said. “This will help improve the overall guest experience and bring another layer of safety to our guests.”
The reserved parking option will be listed on each event’s Orpheum page. For example, Boz Scaggs on July 26 is the first Orpheum event to include parking reservations through ParkMobile. Click here to see that “reserve parking in advance” is now listed on the Orpheum’s Boz Scaggs page.
To make a parking reservation, users must use the ParkMobile website or the ParkMobile app on their smartphones. Search ParkMobile for the Orpheum Theatre, then select the event. After the reservation is booked, it can be redeemed at the Orpheum’s lot using a mobile pass in the app or a printed permit.
Reservations cut off at 11:59 p.m. the day before the live show. If parking spaces are still available on the day of the event, people can pay for a parking spot on-site with cash, card, and mobile pay. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/another-wichita-theater-to-use-parking-app/ | 2023-06-28T20:46:43 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/another-wichita-theater-to-use-parking-app/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — An inmate at El Dorado Correctional Facility has died.
The Kansas Department of Corrections says Binh Ly, 41, was found unresponsive in his cell and died on Wednesday morning.
Ly had been serving a sentence for one count of murder and one count of aggravated burglary since November of 2001. The murders happened in Sedgwick County.
The death is under investigation by KDOC and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, which is standard protocol. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/sedgwick-county-murder-convict-dies-in-el-dorado-correctional-facility/ | 2023-06-28T20:46:49 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/sedgwick-county-murder-convict-dies-in-el-dorado-correctional-facility/ |
SOUTH BRISTOL, Maine — It was a day for endings and beginnings, with small boats serving as a metaphor for young lives.
Hours before they graduated from elementary school, the small eighth-grade class at the South Bristol School launched the boats they had been building for most of the school year. Those skiffs, as locals call them, slid into the harbor as horns blasted, and a crowd of parents, students, and townspeople cheered their approval.
The school’s boat building program began 27 years ago as a special feature of the eighth-grade year and has become so popular and successful that schools in several other midcoast towns had copied it.
The students spend one day each week at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath, where staff and volunteers help them learn to design and build the 10-foot wooden boats.
"They learn to work with their minds and their hands and their hearts,” school Principal Chuck Hamm said. “And they learn teamwork. And that, above and beyond everything they do, that’s a great message they will take with them the rest of their lives.”
The annual boat building project also shows a real-life example of the value of some classroom lessons, according to teacher Amanda Sykes, who was a member of the school’s first boatbuilding class in 1996.
"It was amazing because we were using the things we learned in math class while building a boat. 'Experiential learning' before it was a buzzword in education,” Sykes said.
She said the memory of that launch day is still vivid, 27 years later.
"And thinking five eighth-graders came into this program, not knowing what would happen, if it would ho anywhere, and we made a boat and got in it, and it floated, and we rowed out into the Gut (the harbor), and it was great."
Comments from the class of 2023 voiced similar feelings.
"I didn’t think I could build anything,” Chris McDonald said.
"It's an amazing experience,” Ben Kress agreed. “It was fun to build the boat but also learning along the way was amazing. I’ll never forget this.”
The others chimed in with their agreement, saying teamwork was essential to getting the two boats completed. Teamwork also was needed as the eight students lifted one of the skiffs and loaded it beside the other on a boat trailer.
Then, after short speeches and christening each boat with a bottle of non-alcoholic sparkling cider, it was time for launch.
As horns blared, one boat with four boys and another with four girls both slid into the water and floated free. Young hands grabbed the oars, and the Class of 2023 was off and rowing.
The rest of the school was there to cheer, the younger kids likely thinking ahead to when it will be their turn to build and launch boats.
"It was such a great culminating ending to our year and ending elementary school and going to high school,” Amanda Sykes recalled of her launch day 27 years ago.
For the boats, this may be their first and last day in the water for a while. One will be given to Maine Maritime Museum to use for fundraising.
The other will be kept by the school and raffled off to raise money for next year's boatbuilding program.
For the Class of '23, the launch will likely be what they remember most about graduation day. They may recall the feeling of accomplishment, those first moments, floating free in their boats, showing how much their minds, hands and hearts can achieve. Life and possibility stretching before them, like the open water beyond the harbor, beckoning them, perhaps, to row. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/south-bristol-school-eighth-grade-graduation-ceremony-handmade-boat-launch/97-3b76080b-030d-4983-b3fb-988f20c03a6f | 2023-06-28T20:50:46 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/south-bristol-school-eighth-grade-graduation-ceremony-handmade-boat-launch/97-3b76080b-030d-4983-b3fb-988f20c03a6f |
FALMOUTH, Maine — The Goodwill store on Route 1 in Falmouth was evacuated Wednesday because of an apparent grenade donation.
Falmouth Police Chief John Kilbride said the fragmentation hand grenade was found inside a military can as Goodwill employees were searching through donated items.
"We had a grenade donated to the store today," Heather Steeves, communications manager for Goodwill Northern New England, said in a news release. "It's our protocol to evacuate the store and call the local police."
Falmouth officers didn't know if it was real or fake, so the Portland Police Department's Hazardous Devices Unit was called to the scene. Officials determined it was not a live grenade. Kilbride said it was a real grenade, just inert, and Portland police planned to destroy it.
Falmouth police are investigating to try to figure out who dropped off the grenade, according to Kilbride.
Steeves said Goodwill does not accept grenades, even deactivated ones, as donations.
For a list of items Goodwill does accept, click here. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/grenade-donation-falmouth-maine-goodwill-fragmentation-military-hand-grenade/97-aa86d177-0c18-43cd-9eaf-c867e3897c54 | 2023-06-28T20:50:49 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/grenade-donation-falmouth-maine-goodwill-fragmentation-military-hand-grenade/97-aa86d177-0c18-43cd-9eaf-c867e3897c54 |
A New Jersey lawyer recently charged with sexually assaulting four women in Boston 15 years ago — attacks he was linked to by DNA he left on a drinking glass — has been indicted on suspicion of five additional attacks during the same time period.
Matthew Nilo, 35, was indicted Tuesday on seven charges stemming from five attacks on four women in Boston's North End, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden. The attacks happened between January 2007 and July 2008 while the victims were walking alone in the dark, either at night or early in the morning, Hayden said. One woman was attacked twice, 11 days apart, he said in a news release.
“This case demonstrates that no attack will go uninvestigated, no suspect will go unpursued, and no amount of time will insulate a criminal from a crime,” he said.
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Nilo's attorney, Joseph Cataldo, did not respond to a phone message Wednesday.
Nilo, of Weehawken, New Jersey, was arrested in late May and pleaded not guilty this month to three counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping, one count of assault with intent to rape, and one count of indecent assault and battery. Those charges stem from four attacks in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood from August 2007 through December 2008 — when, authorities say, Nilo lived in the city.
Prosecutors have said Nilo was tied to those attacks through DNA obtained from a drinking glass he used at a corporate function this year. Cataldo has questioned the legality of taking DNA without a warrant.
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The new indictments charge Nilo with one count of rape, one count of aggravated rape, three counts of assault with intent to rape and two counts of indecent assault and battery.
Nilo, who was released on bail this month, is due in court on the new charges July 13. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nj-lawyer-tied-to-rapes-by-dna-left-on-glass-is-accused-of-5-more-attacks/4459249/ | 2023-06-28T20:54:30 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nj-lawyer-tied-to-rapes-by-dna-left-on-glass-is-accused-of-5-more-attacks/4459249/ |
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According to a press release from Cerro Gordo Sheriff Kevin Pals, there have been reports of scam calls targeting the 65-and-older population with hopes of getting personal information.
Pals was alerted by the Cerro Gordo Assessor's Office of the calls because the scammers are claiming they're calling from the assessor's office. They are telling potential victims that they want to help get them signed up for the new homestead exemption.
The assessor's office is not initiating calls. It waits for residents to contact the office before filling out a form to apply for the homestead exemption. The only personal information the office needs is a birthdate.
Anyone receiving a scam call is asked to contact the Cerro Gordo Sheriff's Office at 421-3000. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/scam-call-assessor-sheriff/article_885de930-15e1-11ee-89e1-536c4a93e57a.html | 2023-06-28T20:56:29 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/scam-call-assessor-sheriff/article_885de930-15e1-11ee-89e1-536c4a93e57a.html |
PHOENIX — A box truck parked near the Mayo Clinic Hospital in north Phoenix combusted into flames Wednesday morning.
Construction workers in the area called 911 after noticing black smoke near 56th Street and Mayo Boulevard, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.
Firefighters arrived at the scene at about 10:45 a.m. and found a large commercial vehicle on fire. Crews managed to contain the fire before it spread to any nearby structures. No injuries were reported.
The truck contained 50-gallon drums holding construction materials, which hazmat teams believe to be non-hazardous.
Air quality in the immediate area appears to be stable and fire officials are still working to determine the fire's cause, the fire department said.
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GETTYSBURG, Pa. — The Gettysburg Foundation on Tuesday announced that the historic Lincoln Railroad Station has been established as a new Civil War Trails site.
Owned and operated by the Foundation, the railroad station is the first of two Civil War Trails sites established in downtown Gettysburg - officially adding the Adams County borough to the multi-state program.
The second site is the historic Shriver House Museum, located at 309 Baltimore Street, the Foundation said.
Although there are more than 1,400 Civil War Trails sites across the nation, downtown Gettysburg did not have a stop along the Trail until Tuesday, when the Lincoln Station and the Shriver House Museum were officially added, according to the Foundation.
The installation and the expansion of the program coincides with the upcoming 160th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, according to the Foundation.
“The Gettysburg Foundation is pleased to join and partner with the Civil War Trails program in recognizing the national significance of the historic Gettysburg Lincoln Railroad Station,” said Gettysburg Foundation president and CEO Wayne E. Motts. “The addition of a Civil War Trails wayside at this location not only places the station in a national program for those following Civil War history in our area, but it will also attract visitors to the borough for a more in-depth look at the Civil War history in downtown Gettysburg."
The Civil War Trails sign installed on the sidewalk in front of the station, located at 35 Carlisle St., helps travelers stand in the footsteps of the Union surgeons who worked on and near these grounds, historical figures associated with the station in 1863 and President Abraham Lincoln, who stepped off a train there on his way to deliver his Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the national cemetery in November 1863.
“We are excited to share the stories of these historic locations with our visitors," said Destination Gettysburg president and CEO Karl Pietrzak. "From the spot that President Lincoln arrived in Gettysburg on his visit to deliver the most famous speech in American history, to a compelling story of the impact of the Battle of Gettysburg on the town’s civilians, these additions to the Civil War Trails journey will help visitors to Gettysburg connect with the historic events that happened here.” | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/adams-county/gettysburg-foundation-unveils-two-new-additions-to-civil-war-trails-site-program/521-8294a367-1067-4401-85b5-02c0c45a50dc | 2023-06-28T20:59:48 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/adams-county/gettysburg-foundation-unveils-two-new-additions-to-civil-war-trails-site-program/521-8294a367-1067-4401-85b5-02c0c45a50dc |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania lawmakers have three days to pass the state’s annual budget on time. A disagreement over some school funding, though, could delay the entire budget.
House Democrats passed a $46.4 billion budget on June 5, well above the $44.4 billion budget proposed by Gov. Josh Shapiro in March.
Much of the new money in the Democrats’ bill would go to education, including a 7% funding increase for Pennsylvania’s four state-related universities: Penn State, Pitt, Temple and Lincoln. The funds, totaling $660 million, would go toward reimbursing tuition for students.
Republicans oppose the increase. At a press conference on Monday, House Minority Leader Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) expressed frustration that at a recent hearing, presidents of the universities would not agree to freeze tuition even if they received the increased funding.
“When we look at our state-related institutions, particularly Pitt, Penn State and Temple, many of our members ask why the system is the way that it is… why do we continue to fund these institutions… only to go on and raise tuition time and time again” Cutler said.
State-owned universities, meanwhile, promised to freeze tuition for the fifth year in a row in exchange for a 3.8 percent increase in basic funding.
Lawmakers are supposed to agree on a budget by June 30. Many in the Capitol now predict an agreement will not be reached by then.
Late budgets are not uncommon in Pennsylvania’s legislature. In fact, budgets were late 13 of the last 20 years.
Passing the deadline would not have an immediate effect on state workers. The state legally has to maintain and pay benefits during budget impasses. Public schools, libraries and other social services, however, would start to be affected around late August or September, and state-related schools would eventually see tuition increases.
“College is already expensive enough as it is. I already pay a good portion out of pocket,” said Penn State York senior Abigail Snyder. “So putting pressure on us would just cause more stress, which would take focus away from my academic career here at State College.” | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/pa-budget-state-related-university-funding/521-72270d54-2b46-462e-99f6-4c21f1629b9b | 2023-06-28T20:59:54 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/pa-budget-state-related-university-funding/521-72270d54-2b46-462e-99f6-4c21f1629b9b |
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Fireworks are back on for 4th of July celebrations in Lebanon and York Counties after their temporary burn bans were lifted this week.
However, despite the improving drought conditions, fire officials say fireworks still pose a big risk.
"It has not negated the fact that fireworks used improperly are still dangerous no matter how wet that ground is," said Harrisburg Fire Department Chief Brian Enterline. "The neglectful use of fireworks still will injure, maim, and kill Pennsylvanians if we are not careful."
Fire officials urge extra safety over the holiday as first responders already face an increased number of incidents while the state is still under a drought watch.
"They are already overtaxed with the volume of calls we’re responding to," said Enterline. "Those simple mistakes that you make that lead to that catastrophic event directly affect those first responders. Those first responders then have to leave to take care of the accident you created that was preventable."
To minimize the risk, they suggest taking advantage of local fireworks shows put on by professionals that are safer and more controlled.
"The easiest and best way to celebrate our country over the 4th of July holiday would be to find those local professional fireworks displays and attend those as opposed to trying to have that on your front lawn just feet from your home," said Enterline.
However, if you do plan to do your own fireworks, fire officials suggest the following safety tips:
- Use fireworks in open and clear space
- Have a source of water nearby to extinguish any potential fire
- Follow instructions on consumer-bought fireworks
- Never modify or create your own fireworks
- Never relight a dead firework
- Do not consume alcohol during firework use
- Keep pets indoors and secure from fireworks
The biggest point officials stress is to use common sense.
"Remember that firework safety is of paramount importance," said Jerry Ozog, an executive director with the Pa. Fire and Emergency Services Institute. "Follow these guidelines using common sense. We can ensure a safe 4th of July." | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/pa-fire-officials-urge-firework-safety-burn-bans-lifted-ahead-4th-of-july/521-d80d932a-2138-4434-8159-81f6993ab0bb | 2023-06-28T21:00:00 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/pa-fire-officials-urge-firework-safety-burn-bans-lifted-ahead-4th-of-july/521-d80d932a-2138-4434-8159-81f6993ab0bb |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Samuel Randolph's days are filled with constant pain.
"I'm existing, but I'm really not living my full life," Randolph said.
Randolph was convicted in the shooting deaths of two men at a Harrisburg bar back in 2001, a crime he says he didn't commit. He was sentenced to capital punishment and spent more than two decades on death row in solitary confinement.
He says an attack in 2009 left him paralyzed from the waist down.
"I was assaulted on my way to the yard by three correctional officers. I was handcuffed behind my back and defenseless," he said. "Three of them assaulted me. When they picked me up and slammed me to the ground, two of them fell on my spine and my legs and I haven't walked since."
Randolph said he spent the rest of his time in prison locked in his cell, barely able to move.
"Guilty or innocent, nobody deserves to be treated like this," said Dena Jangdhari of the Pennsylvania Prison Society.
"They just put me through pure torture that I wouldn't want to see anybody endure or have to go through," Randolph added.
In 2020, a U.S. district judge overturned Randolph's conviction, finding the judge who presided over his trial violated Randolph's right to choose his attorney.
Randolph was released from prison in April 2022, after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the case. Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo dismissed the charges, noting two officers involved in the case had since died and a key witness would not testify.
Randolph has his freedom but wants his life back. A California surgeon has agreed to help for free, but Randolph says he needs $100,000 for medical transportation and physical therapy.
"This man deserves a chance to walk, to play with his grandbaby, to be able to stand up and hug his son," Jangdhari said.
So far, 500 people have contributed close to $30,000 to help cover Randolph's medical expenses. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/released-prison-after-death-sentence-harrisburg-man-wants-walk-again/521-9c18af93-d4ef-46e0-99fa-94f8a7516e49 | 2023-06-28T21:00:06 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/released-prison-after-death-sentence-harrisburg-man-wants-walk-again/521-9c18af93-d4ef-46e0-99fa-94f8a7516e49 |
BALTIMORE — A judge on Wednesday issued a restraining order temporarily prohibiting BGE from installing new gas regulators outside the homes of Federal Hill residents who don't want them.
The ruling comes after several Baltimore City residents filed a lawsuit against BGE, raising environmental and aesthetics concerns.
BGE says replacing its aging low-pressure gas infrastructure with a higher-pressure system provides safer more reliable natural gas service.
Prior to the lawsuit BGE had threatened to shut off gas of those residents who wouldn't allow them to complete the work.
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The utility company claims its not up to home owners to decide whether new equipment gets installed.
"This important work has been reviewed and approved by the Maryland Public Service Commission, was granted a permit by Baltimore City, and is in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and BGE standards," BGE said in a statement following the judge's decision.
Last week three residents were arrested and charged after a peaceful standoff with BGE workers.
Although they strongly disagree with the judge's ruling, BGE said it would comply.
The order is in effect until July 10.
In the meantime BGE is barred from installing new external gas regulators on properties of those objecting.
They've also been ordered to restore gas service that was previously shutoff over the issue, and are barred from cutting off gas to other impacted customers. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/judge-temporarily-bars-bge-from-installing-gas-regulators-outside-fed-hill-homes | 2023-06-28T21:03:51 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/judge-temporarily-bars-bge-from-installing-gas-regulators-outside-fed-hill-homes |
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A cross ripped from the wall, and pages torn from bibles and hymnals littering the sanctuary of the Fowler United Methodist Church in Annapolis.
“That was the first sign for me showing me that this is probably a hate crime against religion, because as we were doing our tour finding out the damage, I noticed that were was nothing stolen. Everything was just damaged,” said the church’s trustee chair, Troy Belt.
We have now learned this is just the first of three churches targeted by vandals in the last two weeks.
The very next day after Fowler United Methodist was vandalized, police say a block down Bestgate Drive at St. Phillips Episcopal Church, someone ripped down a sign and then came back three days later and destroyed one statue and moved another one, damaging it in the process.
Last Saturday, someone wrecked havoc on the St. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church on Riva Road damaging signs, lighting and landscape on the exterior of the buildings.
“We’re basically thinking it was kids at 3:00 in the morning in a car stopped and did damage to the signs,” said Parish Council President Peter Vezeris.
“But not a hate crime necessarily?” we asked.
“No, but we are a church, so I’m not sure what’s in their minds you know, but they didn’t attempt to get into the church,” he replied.
Police have devoted a multitude of officers, detectives and evidence technicians to try to develop suspects.
“It’s extremely unsettling, scary in a lot of ways that someone has violated the sanctity of a church,” said Marc Limansky of the Anne Arundel County Police Department, “You come to these houses of worship to feel safe so you can pray the way you want to pray. Having this happen just feels like a violation of everything that you stand for, you believe in. It’s an affront to our faith-based communities and our communities as a whole.”
If you have any information, which could help police crack these cases, you’re asked to call the Anne Arundel County Police Tip Line at 410-222-4700. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/three-churches-vandalized-in-two-weeks-in-annapolis | 2023-06-28T21:03:57 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/three-churches-vandalized-in-two-weeks-in-annapolis |
DALLAS — Staff Sgt. Home Hogues, one of the last known surviving Tuskegee Airmen, died Tuesday in Cedar Hill at 96.
His death came two days after the death of his wife, Mattie Hogues. They were married for 76 years. Funeral arrangements are being made for them together.
Hogues was an airplane and engine mechanic as a part of the 99th Fighter Squadron in the 332nd Fighter Group. He was one of the first African-American military pilots, paving the way for people of color.
The Tuskegee Airmen dared to dream and became the first African-Americans to fly combat missions.
A WFAA Original was produced about Hogues in 2019. A GoFundMe was set up at the time to help provide him a wheelchair van, at-home healthcare and a remodel of his home for handicap accessibility.
Since that remodel, Hogues later moved back into a nursing home in Cedar Hill.
More than $27,000 was raised for Hogues after the story ran. An additional $61,000 was donated by organizations across North Texas to provide labor and supplies to remodel his home.
His wife waited by the door for him. A crowd of friends, family and donors were there to welcome him back.
"I didn't know that many people cared about me, but I thank them, thank them, thank them from the bottom of my heart," Hogues said at the time.
The walls of his room were filled with memories and photos, as he continued to share the Tuskegee story, including that he "got a chance to work on the P47 Thunderbolt." | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/last-known-surviving-tuskegee-airman-dies/287-a3684277-d959-4bd1-a74b-fba2ac6719c7 | 2023-06-28T21:12:33 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/last-known-surviving-tuskegee-airman-dies/287-a3684277-d959-4bd1-a74b-fba2ac6719c7 |
SAN ANTONIO — A man was arrested following a short search after authorities say he fled from the Bexar County jail on foot.
It happened around noon on Wednesday. The Bexar County Sherriff's Office said Rocque Adriel Chavez, 31, was waiting for transportation to a substance abuse treatment center in an unsecured area of the jail when he fled on foot.
He was set to serve a court ordered 30-day sentence at Lifetime Recovery for a non-violent criminal mischief charge. Chavez was eventually taken back into custody at 12:16 p.m., and now faces additional charges.
No injuries were reported.
"The Criminal Investigations Division, the Public Integrity Unit, and Internal Affairs Unit are conducting separate but concurrent investigations into this incident," BCSO said in a statement. "Additionally, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards has also been notified."
This is a developing story.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — An 80-year-old man and a 67-year-old woman were found inside a home in the 300 block of S. Harrison in Beeville on Tuesday after family members went to conduct a welfare check.
Beeville Police Department Chief Kevin Behr said Jose and Maria Vasquez were found dead in the front room of their small house early Tuesday afternoon.
"Some of their immediate family they hadn't heard from them in quite some time," he said. "They came over and discovered the front door open."
Investigators couldn't say for certain whether the deaths were heat-related, but noted how hot it was inside the home when they arrived.
"The female was under the male," he said. "The heat in the interior of the building was extreme."
The front door was open, but after searching the home, Behr said at this point the department doesn't believe the Vasquezes deaths were the result of foul play.
Officers believe Jose and Maria Vasquez had been dead for about three or four days, and neighbors confirmed that was the last time they remember seeing them.
The street was blocked by crime tape for hours as investigators spent much of the day going in and out of the home, dressed in protective suits and wearing masks as they try to piece together what happened.
Behr said he requested the Texas Rangers' assistance with the investigation.
'it's just a sad thing," he said. "It truly is."
Autopsies will be done on the bodies to determine their exact cause of death.
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WILDWOOD — A 16-year-old boy is facing charges that he allegedly touched a teenage girl inappropriately inside a store on the city's Boardwalk.
The boy is charged with endangering the welfare of a child after an investigation by police announced on Tuesday into the incident at the Boardwalk Empire store on Sunday evening.
The teenager is also charged with criminal sexual contact, police said on Wednesday in a news release. The boy was released on a juvenile summons, police said.
Tashon Watkins approached officers around 7:45 p.m. on Sunday, alerting them to an encounter between a male and a female customer at the store, in the 3000 block of the Boardwalk. The girl couldn't be located when police arrived.
Through their investigation, police learned of the encounter, in which the girl was touched inappropriately inside the store's storage room.
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Watkins, 33, of Cape May Court House, was visiting the store when a relative with him noticed the situation, he said. After the group left, Watkins went back into the store to try finding the girl.
The girl later ran from the storage room and out of the store a short time later, Watkins said.
"Her eyes just told the truth," Watkins said, recalling the fleeing girl. "She just wanted to get out of there."
Time passed, and Watkins found the girl on the Boardwalk, offering to help her.
She declined, said Watkins, who went looking for police so he report the incident.
"People need to learn that this can happen anywhere," Watkins said.
Police did not release further information about how they tracked down the teenage suspect. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/wildwood-newjersey-police-investigation/article_a088ce1e-1526-11ee-8b3f-9b29c8dba864.html | 2023-06-28T21:16:17 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/wildwood-newjersey-police-investigation/article_a088ce1e-1526-11ee-8b3f-9b29c8dba864.html |
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Your air conditioning unit is probably running non-stop, but News 6 has learned there is help out there to keep your home cool — all while saving you money.
67-year-old Verndale Johnson said that keeping her home cool in the Parramore neighborhood of Orange County is vital, especially now in these dangerously hot temperatures.
“I open my blinds, and much as I can, open my windows,” Johnson said. “We’ll have it so it moves around — so it circulates the air.”
She keeps a fan in every room because it’s so hot inside of her home. She said part of the problem is that she doesn’t have centralized air conditioning, but she said, “I can’t afford to run it 24 hours, I can’t afford it.”
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Johnson said that while living on a fixed income with grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren at her home, it’s expensive trying to run this outdated air conditioning unit all day. She added that it takes forever to cool her home.
“The cost and the energy can be expensive for someone who is low income,” Orlando City Commissioner Regina Hill said.
Hill wants residents to know there’s help out there.
She reminded homeowners in Parramore and across Orlando about the Housing Rehabilitation Program. It provides up to $100,000 for any health or safety-related repairs to your home, including equipping your home with centralized air conditioning, which is less expensive to use.
The City of Orlando said that since 2015, thanks to a state grant, city officials helped more than 130 low-income residents, and they’re on track to help nearly 60 residents this year alone.
To qualify, you and your family must not exceed the area income limits. Find out more about that program by clicking here.
“Because of the outdated homes they live in, poor insulation and things of that nature, their utility cost is way high,” Hill said.
Hill said she’s putting together a hotline for residents — particularly in Parramore — to call if they have questions about keeping their homes cool in an affordable way.
She said landlords, particularly in Parramore, can also apply for a program that helps residents keep their homes more energy efficient, all thanks to recently passed CRA funding. Read more about that program here.
“We’ve just gone have to turn the air on because it’s too hot,” said Johnson.
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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Officials in Volusia County announced they have designated 14 public library branches as cooling stations with heat scorching Central Florida.
Highs Thursday top out in the mid 90s again with the heat index back in the triple digits. Storm chances Thursday remain low, about 20%.
By Saturday and Sunday, high temperatures surge into the upper 90s. The heat index will once again approach 110 degrees at times, according to News 6 meteorologist Jonathan Kegges.
Emergency management officials recommend that people without air conditioning escape dangerous temperatures by finding cool places.
This is especially important for children, the elderly, and people with disabilities or chronic illnesses, all of whom are particularly vulnerable to heat.
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“Our libraries are free and open to the public all year long,” said Library Services Director Lucinda Colee. “While you’re here, you can find a good book or magazine to read, log on to a computer, and even take part in some of the many programs the libraries offer.”
The following libraries will be available for residents to seek refuge from the heat:
- Daytona Beach Regional Library, 105 Jackie Robinson Parkway, Daytona Beach Hours: Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday
- DeBary Public Library, 200 N. Charles R. Beall Blvd., DeBary Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday and Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday
- DeLand Regional Library, 130 E. Howry Ave., DeLand Hours: Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday
- Deltona Regional Library, 2150 Eustace Ave., Deltona Hours: Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday
- Edgewater Public Library, 103 W. Indian River Blvd., Deltona Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday and Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday
- Hope Place Public Library, 1310 Wright St., Daytona Beach Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday
- John H. Dickerson Heritage Library, 4111 S. Keech St., Daytona Beach Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday
- Lake Helen Public Library, 221 N. Euclid Ave., Lake Helen Hours: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
- New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, 1001 S. Dixie Freeway, New Smyrna Beach Hours: Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday
- Oak Hill Public Library, 125 E. Halifax Ave., Oak Hill Hours: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
- Orange City Public Library, 148 Albertus Way, Orange City Hours: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
- Ormond Beach Regional Library, 30 S. Beach St., Ormond Beach Hours: Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday
- Pierson Public Library, 115 N. Volusia Ave., Pierson Hours: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
- Port Orange Regional Library, 1005 City Center Circle, Port Orange Hours: Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Note that the library branches will close at 5 p.m. July 3 and will remain closed on July 4.
Taking precautions in extreme heat shouldn’t be overlooked. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heat-related deaths are one of the deadliest weather-related health outcomes in the U.S.
Learn how you can tell the difference between heat stroke and heat exhaustion by clicking here.
The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County offers these tips to beat the heat:
- Wear lightweight, light-colored and loose-fitting clothing.
- Stay indoors in air conditioning, especially during the hottest part of the day.
- Schedule outdoor activities for early morning or later evening hours to avoid being outside during the hottest part of the day.
- Wear sunscreen.
- Stay hydrated
- Drink plenty of water.
- Replace salts and minerals by drinking sports drinks after excessive sweat.
- Stay away from sugary or alcoholic drinks.
- Stay informed
- Check on your neighbors and friends.
- Know the warning signs of heat related illness and how to treat them.
- Check the news regularly for weather updates.
“If you feel overheated or unwell, act immediately,” said Emergency Services Director Jim Judge. “Stop any strenuous activity, go somewhere cool, drink water or an electrolyte beverage, and cool off by taking a cold shower or holding something cold against your skin. Call someone for help or call 911 – before your condition compromises your thinking skills.”
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Detroit man sues Detroit police officers after exoneration, says DPD framed him for murder
A man who spent nearly half his life in prison because Detroit police allegedly framed him for a murder he did not commit has sued the city and five Detroit police officers, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.
Kenneth Nixon, now 37, spent 16 years in prison after being sentenced to life without parole in prison for killing a 1-year-old and 10-year-old in a house fire in Detroit. At his 2005 sentencing, Nixon told the judge, "I just would like you to know that you're about to sentence an innocent man to prison," according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleges Detroit police officers manufactured false evidence and suppressed exculpatory evidence that should have been given to him and his attorneys. Nixon was released from prison in February 2021 after investigations by the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office Conviction Integrity Unit and the Cooley Law School Innocence Project.
"Rather than investigate the fire and determine the identity of the true perpetrator, Defendant Officers short-circuited the police investigation and fabricated evidence to corroborate (the teen's) coached and false identification of Plaintiff," according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit seeks to compensate Nixon for the years he lost in prison, but it also seeks to remedy Detroit police's unlawful practices of conducting unlawful interrogations, failing to adequately train, supervise or discipline its officers.
Detective Moises Jimenez, Commander James Tolbert, Detective Kurtiss Staples, Sgt. Eddie Croxton and Officer Alma Hughes-Grubbs are named in the lawsuit, along with the Detroit Police Department.
Detroit police did not respond for comment Wednesday.
The lawsuit alleges police relied on the statements of a 13-year-old, a sibling of the two children who died, who allegedly witnessed the arson and murder. The teen gave "three radically contradictory accounts" of what he saw, according to the lawsuit. Staples noted in a memo to Tolbert that it was "obvious" the child had been coached by family members yet still used his statements to arrest and charge Nixon, according to the lawsuit.
This memo was not given to prosecutors or Nixon's defense team, nor was a memo from Wayne County prosecutors that told police the case had "serious problems" and that they needed to find a way to corroborate the teen's testimony and get more evidence against Nixon, according to the lawsuit. Prosecutors also told police to follow up on evidence that the children's mom's prior home had been firebombed by a jealous boyfriend. The findings of the investigation suggested a perpetrator other than Nixon, but the officers did not disclose this to prosecutors or Nixon.
There was no physical evidence linking Nixon to the crime, and multiple witnesses testified to his alibi, so police used a serial jail informant who said Nixon confessed to him while in jail, the lawsuit claims. The informant was promised a reduced sentence and early release for the testimony, but prosecutors and Nixon's attorneys were not told this.
"The constitutional violations that caused Plaintiff's wrongful conviction were not isolated events. To the contrary, they were the result of Defendant City of Detroit's longstanding policies and practices of pursuing wrongful convictions through reliance on profoundly flawed investigations and fabricated 'informant' testimony," according to the lawsuit. "(Detroit police have) a long history of using testimony of jailhouse snitches without any regard to the accuracy of their statements."
The alleged practices of offering bribes and favors to inmates in exchange for false, incriminating testimony has been well-known and encouraged by DPD command officers and Detroit policymakers, according to the lawsuit. Prosecutors raised concerns about police misconduct about informants in 1995 and 2003, but the concerns went unanswered, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit cited six instances where false informant testimony led to later exonerations.
The lawsuit also cited problems with Detroit police withholding exculpatory evidence from prosecutors and defendants, which Nixon's attorneys say has "directly caused dozens, if not hundreds, of wrongful convictions." The lawsuit argues that this, too, is a well-known and encouraged practice.
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Warren police: Hundreds of arrests made in massive enforcement operation
Warren — The city's Police Commissioner Wednesday announced the results of a four-week initiative he called "the largest directed enforcement operation in department history" that ended last week with more than than 400 arrests.
Police Commissioner William Dwyer said Operation P.A.C.T. (Preventing Acts of Community Tragedy), which ran from May 29 to June 23, focused on violent crime, property crimes and traffic enforcement. The effort resulted in 442 arrests with 718 charges issued, 393 of them felony charges, along with the seizures of 68 firearms and 73 vehicles. During the initiative, officers recovered 24 stolen vehicles and issued 2,101 citations, Dwyer said.
"ln early May, I directed officers to conduct this operation starting as the summer months approached," Dwyer said during a press conference in his office. "The goal of this four-week directed enforcement operation was for officers to conduct a sweep of all areas of the city and focus on those crimes which impact the community's sense of safety, security and overall well-being."
Dwyer said the initiative was to meant send a message.
"I felt it important that the department take proactive enforcement action at the start of summer so that the community understands that the Warren Police Department will not tolerate violent crime, gun crimes, orproperty crimes," Dwyer said. "The Warren Police Department also took a proactive approach towards traffic enforcement, particularly in the residential areas."
The hundreds of arrestees lived in 45 cities across Michigan, as well as in Ohio and Illinois, and ranged in age from 18-69 years old, plus 17 juveniles under 18 who were "apprehended in the commission of various crimes including illegal firearm possession," Dwyer said.
Charges filed following arrests made under the initiative include criminal sexual assault, assault with intent to murder, armed robbery, home invasion and gun offenses, the police commissioner said.
"Many of those arrested had previous felony convictions and faced additional charges as a habitualoffender or charges for being a felon in possession of a firearm," Dwyer said.
Arrests made under Operation P.A.C.T. include the June 5 apprehension of Jordan Berry, who allegedly fired gunshots during an altercation in the parking lot of Michigan Collegiate High School on Ryan Road. Berry, 22, was charged June 9 with four firearms-related felonies.
Another Operation P.A.C.T. case involved a stolen Dodge Durango, which Warren officers pursued into Detroit on June 6, Dwyer said.
"Officers watched as the Dodge entered a driveway on Helen Street in Detroit," Dwyer said. "Officers quickly arrested the driver of the stolen Dodge without incident. At the residence, officers noticed the presence of many stolen vehicles consistent with a chop shop."
Police recovered nine stolen vehicles from the house and turned information about the chop shop over to the Detroit Police Commercial Auto Theft Unit for further investigation and to submit a warrant seeking charges, Dwyer said.
Warren Mayor Jim Fouts added: "I want this operation to serve as a reminder to the public that the Warren Police Department is having zero tolerance for violent crime, gun crimes, and property crime as we get into the busy summer months."
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Wildfire haze closes some Metro Detroit pools, pushes camps indoors
Poor air quality conditions on Wednesday put a damper on summer fun and programs across Metro Detroit, forcing some cities to close pools or shift summer camps indoors.
The Grosse Pointe Public School System moved all of its summer camps indoors Wednesday because of the air quality while the Livonia Parks and Recreation Department closed open swim times at its pools. Livonia also moved its Skyhawks sports camp indoors to the Kirksey Recreation Center.
"Stay safe and stay indoors whenever possible Wednesday," said the department on Facebook.
The hazy conditions also impacted professional sports. Detroit City FC Women's Team canceled its plans to play outdoors at Keyworth Stadium Wednesday and planned to play indoors instead.
"The air quality in Hamtramck is unfit for outdoor play," said DCFC in an email.
Haze from hundreds of wildfires burning in Canada has created some of the worst air quality conditions in the world in Detroit.
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Pontiac gets $16M for Pike Street trail project; Redford gets $8.5M for EV charging stop
Washington ― The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the city of Pontiac a $16.3 million grant for pedestrian improvements along four miles of Pike Street as part of the Clinton River Trail, officials said.
The grant, announced Tuesday by Sens. Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing, and Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, is through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program, which was funded by the bipartisan infrastructure law passed in 2021.
The funding is intended for improvements to a four-mile primary corridor of Pike Street and several connecting roads: Front Street, Eastway Drive and Bagley Street. The project will include installing better safety measures and traffic operations for greater pedestrian accessibility and will install the North Spur Trail ― a pedestrian and bicyclist trail along the former Grand Trunk-Belt Line Railroad.
The work will include reconstructing the deteriorating roadway along Pike Street.
Pontiac Mayor Tim Greimel said in a statement that the $20.3 million project is now fully funded because the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation has "welcomed" a grant proposal for up to a $4 million match to support the project.
“The Pike Street Clinton River Trail Project, which is now fully funded at $20,328,000, is critical to a vibrant downtown and to enhanced transportation in Pontiac," Greimel said.
"The active transportation infrastructure improvements, such as the cycle path and the construction of the Clinton River Trail Connector, will provide meaningful, safe and accessible transportation options, while eliminating barriers for Pontiac residents."
The Clinton River Trail grant is among $31.6 million in grant funding awarded to three Michigan projects on Wednesday through the RAISE program, which was formerly the TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) program.
The Department of Transportation said it had received $15 billion in requests for the $2.26 billion available for states and local communities around the country. The funding went to 162 projects in all 50 states, with 70% going to projects in regions deemed low income or historically disadvantaged communities, officials said.
"We don't design the projects at headquarters," Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told reporters on a call. "We are proceeding very much on the idea that the answers don't all come from Washington, but more of the funding should."
The U.S. Department of Transportation also announced $8.5 million through the RAISE program for a "Truck Stop of the Future" initiative in Redford Township sponsored by the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity.
The agency said the funding would go toward building electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Redford for vehicle classes 1 to 8, including multiple Direct Current Fast Chargers, solar canopies and battery energy storage systems.
The Transportation Department said the project, which has an overall cost estimated at $14.6 million, will employ solar roof and waste reduction strategies and serve as a prototype for the region's EV transition.
The city of Jackson is also getting a $6.78 million RAISE grant toward a $7.5 million project to reconstruct about one mile of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive from South to Morrell streets, including moving to a configuration with two lanes with parking on both sides of the road and installation of a 10-foot shared-use path and sidewalk reconstruction.
The plans include midblock crossing upgrades, new "bump-outs" at all intersections, turning lanes, new street lighting, trees and stormwater infrastructure. Transportation planners said the project will reduce congestion and travel times by adding advanced sign controls.
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State launches 'game changer' program in Wayne County to connect defendants to jobs
Detroit — A pilot treatment courts program where participants are set up with a job and services to help ensure they can maintain the job is starting in Wayne County, according to the Michigan Attorney General's Office.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel called the program, which launched in Wayne County this week and two other counties earlier this year, a "game changer."
Participants in the job court would have their charges dismissed if they successfully complete the year-long program, Nessel said at a press conference announcing the program Wednesday. They also likely will avoid any jail or prison time.
"This provides accountability for wrongdoing while also matching participants with gainful employment," Nessel said. "I would've done anything to have a program like this in place (when I was a prosecutor and defense attorney), knowing and understanding what it would've meant for participants in the program. ... I know this is going to be a program that's long lasting."
In order to qualify for the program, a defendant must be willing to take accountability for their actions and demonstrate a strong likelihood for rehabilitation, Nessel said. The offenses, which often can create barriers for employment, must be low-level and non-assaultive for someone to qualify, though the decision on who to admit is ultimately left to the prosecutor's office, she said.
Some employers asked the job court program to exclude people with offenses like theft, retail fraud, embezzlement and larceny, Nessel said. But some gun cases, like carrying a concealed weapon, being a felon in possession of a weapon and felony firearm, may be eligible under the right circumstances, she said.
"Our hope is to catch people when they are committing lower level offenses, before they graduate to more serious, assaultive offenses," Nessel said. "Getting that person (with a weapons offense) on the right track now while they're maybe just carrying a firearm illegally, but before they use it to hurt anybody, is crime prevention."
Along with the job, participants will receive wraparound services like mental health treatment, housing assistance and any other aid they may need to ensure they have the tools they need to succeed, Nessel said.
Nessel said this will make a huge difference. Often now, a judge will say they need to maintain a job while on probation, but the defendant has things going on in their life — like a lack of transportation, child care, intermittent homelessness or mental health issues — that would prevent them from being successful.
Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Terry Anderson, who is the chief of the general trial division, said during Wednesday's press conference that Prosecutor Kym Worthy and the whole office were excited about the program coming to the county.
"It's been a long time coming," Anderson said. "It's always a good thing when you can divert people away from the criminal justice system and allow them to take advantage of well-paying jobs and take care of their families."
Assistant Prosecutor Sarah DeYoung, the deputy chief of the general trial division in Wayne County, said during Wednesday's press conference she has had defense attorneys stopping her in the hall asking how their clients can participate.
Two-hundred participants will be accepted for the first year in Wayne County. The court will work with Goodwill, the Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association, Magna International, Detroit Axle, Amazon, the Michigan Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers union and other businesses to connect participants with jobs, Nessel said.
Greg Anderson, who works with Goodwill Industries, said the business is excited to support the program because they know it will reduce crime and increase public safety. Goodwill has already been working with people involved in the justice system for 20 years, Anderson said, and he commended the program for having case management to remove barriers participants may have before they begin their job.
"This shows the possibilities of when government, the business community, human services organizations as well as the judicial system work together," Anderson said. "We look forward to the positive impact job courts will have."
The pilot program launched in Marquette in April, Genesee County last week and Wayne County on Wednesday. Over the first year, 450 people in the state can participate.
Nessel said she asked the legislature to make the pilot program permanent and funded annually. One year costs $4.8 million for the three county programs, she said. Wayne County's program accounts for $2.36 million of that money.
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The Salem man accused of fatally striking a Kenosha man with his vehicle and then fleeing the scene early Sunday made his first court appearance Wednesday.
William E. Koprovic, 73, is charged with felony hit-and-run resulting in death, a Class D felony, in Kenosha County Circuit Court. Koprovic made his initial appearance at Intake Court Wednesday afternoon where Court Commissioner William Michel imposed a $75,000 cash bond, substantially higher than what prosecutor Dan Tombasco had initially sought.
Koprovic, who wore a blue anti-suicide smock and remained quiet during his appearance, is represented by defense attorney Mark Richards.
Koprovic is accused of fatally injuring 36-year-old Scott David Mingilino, of Kenosha, and fleeing. Mingilino was struck and killed after he reportedly fled from an earlier head-on crash.
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According to reports, at 12:55 a.m. on Sunday Kenosha police officers responded to the 5600 block of Green Bay Road for the hit-and-run crash involving Mingilino. The department indicated that a black Honda HRV was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of Green Bay Road when it crashed head-on with a semi. The semi driver was not injured.
The operator of the Honda, later identified as Mingilino, exited his vehicle and fled the scene on foot, but was later found injured by a Kenosha County sheriff’s deputy on the shoulder of the 8800 block of Highway 158 around 2:22 a.m.
While approaching the intersection of Highway 158 and County Highway H the deputy observed a vehicle approximately a half mile ahead which had pulled over to the side of the road, according to the criminal complaint. The deputy observed the vehicle had its tail lamps illuminated as if it were either stopped or braking.
Upon reaching the west side of the intersection, the deputy reportedly observed a man identified as Mingilino face down on the shoulder on the north side of Highway 158 just west of the intersection who appeared to be unresponsive.
Mingilino appeared as if he "had just been hit as his body was still warm to the touch," according to the complaint.
The deputy, with the help of a nearby driver, performed CPR and attempted other lifesaving measures on Mingilino, who reportedly had a large laceration on his forehead and had trouble breathing, according to the complaint.
Kenosha Fire and Rescue personnel also responded to the scene and moved Mingilino into an ambulance. First responders discontinued lifesaving measures when Mingilino's heart stopped.
Investigators later identified the suspect vehicle as a Cadillac SRX because it was captured on the first deputy's squad camera. Footage reportedly shows the vehicle the deputy observed braking approximately a half mile down the road had turned around and drove past the deputy's squad eastbound on Highway 158 while she was performing lifesaving measures on Mingilino. The Cadillac continued on without stopping, according to the complaint.
Deputies took Koprovic into custody Monday night after he turned himself in at the Public Safety Building. The arrest came after authorities called for the public’s help in identifying the suspect vehicle that had left the scene.
The Cadillac was later located inside Koprovic's home garage and taken as evidence.
Father speaks
Scott Mingilino spoke about his son before Michel imposed bond.
"If the facts bear out the way they seem to be now, in the early morning of June 25, 2023, Mr. Koprovic mowed down my son with his vehicle, decided to leave the scene only stopping a little ways ahead to possibly have a vantage point to where my son could be seen laying on the ground and a sheriff's deputy could be seen pulling up and performing lifesaving measures," Scott Mingilino said.
He said Koprovic "decided to leave the scene rather than do the compassionate, caring, selfless, human being thing."
"I'm not judging because nobody knows what they would've done but I would like to think I would've been wanting to answer for what I did," Scott Mingilino said. "Since the incident Mr. Koprovic has seemed to be in self-preservation mode and not do the right thing. ... I feel like there's no reason for us or the court to think that's going to change."
Scott Mingilino said that no matter what happened before Koprovic's alleged actions there's "no reason that anybody could give me that my son deserved to be hit, be left to die and to have his life taken from him."
Koprovic is scheduled to appear in court again July 6 for a preliminary hearing. He faces 25 years of possible confinement if convicted.
Assistant district attorney Tombasco said a cash bond is required because he faces "significant exposure."
Defense attorney Richards, however, asked for a $7,500 cash bond and said Koprovic is not a flight risk.
"My client turned himself in when he became aware that his car hit a person," Richards said. "My client did not believe that he hit a person. He went back to look to see what he hit. He did not notice it. He went home. He went to work. He did everything. He saw the pictures on social media. He realized that his car was involved in the accident and he brought himself with his son to the sheriff's department and turned himself in."
Mugshots: Racine County criminal complaints, June 19, 2023
Today's mugshots: June 19
These are images of people charged with a crime in Racine County. Booking photos are provided by Racine County law enforcement officials. A defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty and convicted.
Andrew A. Sherrod
Andrew A. Sherrod, 1300 block of Michigan Boulevard, Racine, bodily harm to a worker in a health care facility.
Azariah Lamar Smith
Azariah Lamar Smith, 900 block of Center Street, Racine, drive or operate a vehicle without owner's consent, possession of narcotic drugs.
Donald L. Wright
Donald L. Wright, 1500 block of 11th Avenue, Union Grove, disorderly conduct (domestic abuse assessments).
Denise Green
Denise Green, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, possession of cocaine, possession of THC, obstructing an officer, operate motor vehicle while revoked, misdemeanor bail jumping.
Randall Scott Wagner
Randall Scott Wagner, Franksville, Wisconsin, physical abuse of an elder person (intentionally cause bodily harm), disorderly conduct (domestic abuse assessments), second degree sexual assault (domestic abuse assessments), false imprisonment (domestic abuse assessments), strangulation and suffocation (domestic abuse assessments), misdemeanor battery (domestic abuse assessments), felony intimidation of a victim (domestic abuse assessments).
Novella L. Calbert
Novella L. Calbert, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, second degree recklessly endangering safety, resisting an officer, disorderly conduct, possession of THC, possession of drug paraphernalia.
Anthony Wilks
Anthony Wilks, South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, knowingly violate a domestic abuse injunction, misdemeanor bail jumping.
Lazarick L. Riley
Lazarick L. Riley, 3000 block of 16th Street, Racine, misdemeanor theft, disorderly conduct, resisting an officer.
James Powell Jr.
James Powell Jr., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, obstructing an officer.
Jonathan F. Adams
Jonathan F. Adams, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence (3rd offense, general alcohol concentration enhancer), possession of narcotic drugs, misdemeanor bail jumping.
Monica M. Hoffmann
Monica M. Hoffmann, 1800 block of Woodland Avenue, Racine, disorderly conduct.
Billy Wayne Holland Jr.
Billy Wayne Holland Jr., 1600 block of Phillips Avenue, Racine, possession of THC, operate motor vehicle while revoked (4th+), misdemeanor bail jumping.
Miguel Angel Maldonado-Reynoso
Miguel Angel Maldonado-Reynoso, 1600 block of Morton Avenue, Racine, hit and run (injury), operating while intoxicated causing injury (1st offense).
Eric D. Pittman Jr.
Eric D. Pittman Jr., 1800 block of Chatham Street, Racine, disorderly conduct.
Bryce E. Schilz
Bryce E. Schilz, Brookfield, Wisconsin, second degree recklessly endangering safety, attempting to flee or elude an officer. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-courts/suspect-in-fatal-hit-and-run-collision-charged-held-on-75-000-cash-bond/article_1f2ff2b0-15ea-11ee-9233-e70549533237.html | 2023-06-28T21:19:30 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-courts/suspect-in-fatal-hit-and-run-collision-charged-held-on-75-000-cash-bond/article_1f2ff2b0-15ea-11ee-9233-e70549533237.html |
SOMERS – The Village Board has taken the first steps to increase the penalty for drivers without motor vehicle insurance after debate Tuesday night.
By majority vote, the board instructed the village attorney to draft an ordinance to increase the penalty. The ordinance will go before the board for a vote at a later date.
According to Kenosha County Sheriff deputies, drivers without insurance currently receive a $124 ticket in the Village of Somers. This could be increased to somewhere between $500 and $1,000.
The penalty for failing to carry proof of insurance will remain at $10.
“People aren’t getting any insurance, and there has to be a deterrent out there,” said Village President George Stoner.
The decision passed on a 4-2 votel. Trustees Benjamin Harbach and Jack Aupperle voted against, and Stoner and trustees Joe Smith, Karl Ostby and Scott Fredrick supported it. Trustee Jackie Klapproth Nelson was excused from Tuesday’s meeting.
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Aupperle spoke strongly against the proposal, arguing it overstepped the boundaries of local government and was overly punitive.
“It’s ludicrous,” Aupperle said. “This is a can of worms we’re opening. We’re picking and choosing statutes out of the code that we think are so important. We’re going to make this more expensive than an OWI. That’s ridiculous.”
Other board members were in favor of the more severe monetary punishments for drivers without insurance.
“For the safety of the rest of the community, I want to do more,” Fredrick said. “I support inflicting more pain on violators and protecting the community.”
Initial proposals indicated a range of penalties between $500 and $1,000, but to avoid potential confusion the board instructed the attorney to draft an ordinance with a set fine. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/somers-moves-to-increase-penalty-for-drivers-without-insurance/article_d13a93cc-15d9-11ee-a864-c798089fed68.html | 2023-06-28T21:19:33 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/somers-moves-to-increase-penalty-for-drivers-without-insurance/article_d13a93cc-15d9-11ee-a864-c798089fed68.html |
The Washington Park Velodrome in Kenosha is now temporarily closed for scheduled maintenance.
Crews will be working on the track for several days. No one is allowed to ride on the track until work is completed.
Work is anticipated to be complete by July 2, pending weather conditions. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/washington-park-velodrome-is-temporarily-closed-for-maintenance/article_56804434-15f1-11ee-815d-233f58f6124d.html | 2023-06-28T21:19:41 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/washington-park-velodrome-is-temporarily-closed-for-maintenance/article_56804434-15f1-11ee-815d-233f58f6124d.html |
BLOOMINGTON — Epiphany Farms Hospitality Group has announced the departure of Stu Hummel, vice president and co-owner of EFHG and corporate executive chef.
Hummel has served as a member of Epiphany’s team since September 2009 and will be leaving the company as of June, according to a Monday press release.
EFHG operates four independent restaurant brands in Bloomington: Epiphany Farms Restaurant, Anju Above, Harmony Korean BBQ and Bakery & Pickle. EFHG also oversees a special events and catering team and Epiphany Estate, a 70-acre working farm that supplies the group’s four restaurants and the local community.
“The Epiphany Farms Hospitality Group team is grateful for Stu’s dedication and leadership throughout his tenure and wishes him the best,” the press release said. “Stu plans to step away from the kitchen and restaurant operations to realign and start his next chapter.”
The press release said June marks 14 years since EFHG was incorporated. During Hummel’s tenure, the hospitality group has been “recognized and showcased for its next level farm-to-table operations” by media organizations including The Pantagraph, the Chicago Tribune and The Wall Street Journal and more, according to the press release.
“After 24 years of learning, teaching, stewarding the land, serving the community, and grinding the industry gears, I’ve decided to take a MUCH deserved hiatus from the hospitality industry,” Hummel said in his own Facebook announcement Tuesday. “I am very proud of what Epiphany Farms has accomplished over the last 14 years.”
Hummel did not respond to The Pantagraph’s request for comment on his departure.
In this August 2016 file photo, Stu Hummel, right, co-owner and chef at Epiphany Farms, slices red onions before the restaurant's opening. Hummel is parting ways with Epiphany Farms Hospitality Group after 14 years of service. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/business/epiphany-farms-chef-exits-after-14-years-with-restaurant-group/article_8d8bb3f8-15c1-11ee-9804-a3039f61674e.html | 2023-06-28T21:19:59 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/business/epiphany-farms-chef-exits-after-14-years-with-restaurant-group/article_8d8bb3f8-15c1-11ee-9804-a3039f61674e.html |
NORMAL — Midwest Food Bank is sending disaster relief to support those affected by the tornadoes in the southern United States.
Tornado activity has reached near record levels in 2023, with fatalities predicted to be the highest on record, according to the food bank.
Three semitruck loads of water and food boxes recently left the food bank's disaster relief hub in Morton. One load left June 24 heading for Jackson, Mississippi, and another left June 27 for Arlington, Texas.
A third load left Wednesday for Tulsa, Oklahoma, and more trucks are expected to head to Oklahoma and Texas later this week. The food and water supplies are distributed by The Salvation Army.
The Salvation Army is assessing the needs in the area, and more relief may be requested in the coming days. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/midwest-food-bank-sends-disaster-relief-south-in-the-wake-of-tornadoes/article_75c182fa-15cd-11ee-bf0b-db03cb54fd3e.html | 2023-06-28T21:20:05 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/midwest-food-bank-sends-disaster-relief-south-in-the-wake-of-tornadoes/article_75c182fa-15cd-11ee-bf0b-db03cb54fd3e.html |
Despite wildfires raging nearby, Phoenix air quality is better than in Detroit, Chicago
Small wildfires around the state are sending smoke into the air, including the Diamond Fire, which started Tuesday. Much of the state is under an air quality alert and on alert for more fires.
But in spite of that, most of the state is still under more favorable conditions than other parts of the county, namely in the Midwest.
On Wednesday morning, the air quality in Phoenix was moderately bad with a score of 97 on the AQI scale. The AQI scale measures the levels of pollutants in the air, with a lower score meaning cleaner air. Across the state, conditions are better with Yuma having a score of 90 and Douglas with a lower score of 30.
For Phoenix, a high pollution watch is in effect this weekend from Friday to Sunday. A large chunk of the northern part of the state is also under a red flag warning, indicating weather conditions that could possibly spark more wildfires.
In other places in the United States, the situation is more dire. As of Wednesday morning, the AQI level in Chicago is almost twice as high with a score of 178, and in Detroit a score of 215.
Canadian wildfires keep persisting, which is continuing Detroit’s poor air quality, with this being the second time this month the city has ranked in the top 10 worst cities for air quality.
More:How do wildfires affect Arizona air quality? What to know to stay safe
How can I check air quality in Arizona?
Air quality can always be checked using an index map or by visiting any of the ADEQ forecast reports updated hourly online.
ADEQ also provides a list of the three levels of precaution to follow:
- Level one: Stay smoke aware (no smoke, haze, light smoke, smoke in the vicinity).
- Level two: Reduce outdoor activities (smoke in the vicinity, patchy smoke, widespread moderate smoke).
- Level three: Stay indoors (heavy to dense smoke).
How can I help prevent ozone pollution?
AZDEQ gave recommendations to residents on how to mitigate ozone pollution:
- Drive as little as possible: carpool, use public transit, or telecommute. For information on transportation alternatives, visit Valley Metro: www.ShareTheRide.com.
- Fuel your vehicle after dark or during cooler evening hours.
- Reduce your time waiting in long drive-thru lines. For example, at coffee shops, fast-food restaurants or banks. Park your vehicle and go inside.
- Use low-VOCs (volatile organic compounds) or water-based paints, stains, finishes and paint strippers.
- Delay big painting projects until HPAs have passed.
- Make sure containers of household cleaners, garage and yard chemicals and other solvents are sealed properly to prevent vapors from evaporating into the air.
- Eliminate wood burning in fireplaces, stoves, chimeneas and outdoor fire pits.
- Avoid using leaf blowers. Use a rake or broom to keep debris out of the road and away from storm drains, ditches and streams.
- Conserve electricity. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/06/28/air-quality-in-phoenix-area-is-better-than-parts-of-us/70365586007/ | 2023-06-28T21:23:28 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/06/28/air-quality-in-phoenix-area-is-better-than-parts-of-us/70365586007/ |
"A couple of showers are starting to top up in Cochise County this afternoon," the National Weather Service says.
"They are moving northeast bringing locally heavy rainfall and gusty outflow winds."
The weather service has been saying a modest increase in moisture could bring thunderstorms this week to far southeastern Arizona — Cochise County — and near the international border, and now, on Wednesday, June 28, it has.
Firefighters have been battling a wildfire larger than 1,000 acres near Fort Huachuca in Cochise County.
As for Tucson, NWS predicts highs of 108 Wednesday, 105 to 106 Thursday and Friday, and back up to 110 to 113 on the weekend.
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The weather service said in a tweet Monday that it's not looking like Tucson's monsoon season "will be as active and/or wet overall when compared to average and certainly not the last two rather wet seasons."
On Tuesday, it said on its website: "Our first named storm of the season Adrian has formed well off the southwest Mexican coast ... and is expected to drift slowly westward." On Wednesday, Adrian rapidly intensified into a hurricane.
"Another wave near the coasts of Guatemala and El Salvador is expected to develop into a tropical cyclone as well, and could end up tracking a little further north ....
"That's the one that could give a big boost to establishing broader foundational support for the monsoon into central and north central Mexico to start July. We'll see if we can get a push into our area for our typical 4th of July ramp-up in coverage, but heat still looks like the biggest story for now." | https://tucson.com/news/local/weather/locally-heavy-rainfall-this-afternoon-in-cochise-county/article_7f459fd2-15f0-11ee-b4df-8f5859d3d611.html | 2023-06-28T21:29:56 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/weather/locally-heavy-rainfall-this-afternoon-in-cochise-county/article_7f459fd2-15f0-11ee-b4df-8f5859d3d611.html |
DALLAS (KDAF) — You don’t need to attend a fancy event as your excuse to get dolled up. Stephanie Mendez recently took us to Brite Beauty!
Brite Beauty is a makeup and hair styling studio for brides and the working woman!
While their space is a great place to hold all members of a wedding party; it’s also great for a quick-weekday makeup touch-up or hair blowout. They also offer memberships for makeup and hair for busy women!
The studio includes a bridal room, a bar for hosting, a photography room and of course the main hair and makeup studio.
Check it out above! | https://cw33.com/news/local/get-glammed-up-at-brite-beauty/ | 2023-06-28T21:38:43 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/get-glammed-up-at-brite-beauty/ |
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PORTLAND, Ore. — U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, one of Oregon's two lawmakers in the upper chamber of Congress, will be appearing live in-studio for an interview with The Story's Pat Dooris on Wednesday night at 6 p.m.
We're putting out the call to our viewers and Sen. Wyden's constituents: What questions would you like the senator to answer? You can email your questions to thestory@kgw.com and you just may see them on-air.
If it helps, here's some background on Wyden. He's been one of Oregon's U.S. senators since 1996 and has won handily every re-election campaign he's launched. He's a Democrat, and a fairly progressive one at that.
In the current Congress, Wyden chairs the powerful Senate Committee on Finance, is vice chair of the Joint Committee on Taxation, and serves on the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the Committee on the Budget and the Select Committee on Intelligence.
Wyden's priorities
Federal CHIPS and Science Act investments, and Oregon's stake in domestic semiconductor production, have been a major pet project for Wyden in recent years.
Wyden championed the $52 billion CHIPS legislation and has worked with Oregon's U.S. representatives and state-level elected leaders to get the state on board, paving the way for Oregon's own semiconductor bill.
The senator has also pushed for measures to bring down the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S., heading a congressional investigation into the role of “pharmacy benefits managers" in driving up drug prices.
Another of Wyden's missions for several years has been to hold the Saudi Arabian government accountable for its alleged role in helping its citizens escape justice after being charged with serious crimes in the U.S.
This really got underway after the 2016 hit-and-run death of Fallon Smart, a 15-year-old Portland girl. The man accused of killing her, a Saudi national, disappeared before trial. Investigators believe that the Saudi government aided him in fleeing the country.
Just last week, Wyden heralded a new U.S. State Department policy intended to censure foreign officials who help their citizens evade accountability, dubbed the "Fallon Smart Policy."
Wyden's also been critical of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf — now merging with the PGA Tour — which he referred to as an example of "sportswashing," or laundering the nation's abysmal human rights record by investing in popular sporting events.
A former high school and college basketball player, Wyden has been a big proponent of bringing a WNBA team back to Portland.
This is a developing story and will be updated with more details as they emerge. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/the-story/us-senator-ron-wyden-oregon-live-interview-the-story/283-4216e39a-4164-4c85-ba59-e58b4d359135 | 2023-06-28T21:51:23 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/the-story/us-senator-ron-wyden-oregon-live-interview-the-story/283-4216e39a-4164-4c85-ba59-e58b4d359135 |
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.kvue.com/article/news/local/buc-ees-in-sanderson-joins-collection-of-west-texas-art-installations/513-de29e2cb-2753-4c3e-a70f-6223292c07ef | 2023-06-28T21:51:25 | 0 | https://www.kvue.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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SAN MARCOS, Texas — Dropping aquifer levels are forcing the city of San Marcos to enter Stage 3 drought restrictions, effective Sunday, July 2, at 12 p.m.
On Monday, the 10-day Edwards Aquifer index well average level was at 638.5 feet and the daily reading was at 636.4 feet. Stage 3 is triggered when the average falls below 640 feet above mean sea level (msl).
As Central Texas continues to see triple-digit heat, water levels in the San Marcos River remain low. Virginia Parker, the executive director for the San Marcos River Foundation, told KVUE that water levels are less than half of what the average is.
The San Marcos Springs has not been flowing the way that it normally does, according to Edwards Aquifer Authority's Paul Bertetti.
"We would only expect it to be this low about 10 percent of the time. And it's been this low in terms of those low flows for several months. So even though those flows are good enough to maintain the endangered species and the threatened species, they're lower than we would like to see," Bertetti said.
To conserve water, the City is asking people to restrict their use of sprinklers to one day every other week on a designated weekday determined by their address.
If you use hose-end sprinklers on your property, you're allowed to use them only on your designated weekday during designated usage times. If you use automatic irrigation systems, you're allowed to run them on your designated weekday beginning at 8 p.m., and ending the following morning at 4 a.m. Hand watering and using soaker hoses or drip irrigation is allowed on any day during the designated usage times.
San Marcos homeowner Nicholas Lee says he'll do what he can to help out, going so far as to possibly change some of his routines.
"Yikes, that's the first thing I hear about that one, second thing, shorter showers, just I think that's gonna be the major issue, I got two kids, one of them like to take 40 minute showers, we're gonna have to lower that to 20 minutes," Lee said.
Bertetti says the lack of rainfall last year was significant and that has put the aquifer levels lower than what they'd expect this time of year: they're about 20 ft. lower than average.
"So it's going to take a while to recover the system, there's always a possibility we enter into a much-longer term drought in which water levels would go lower and lower but then we would have more and more restrictions," Bertetti said.
Lee looks at it as doing his part to make sure their waters are flowing smoothly.
"My part helping out is just being part of a small, little solution to help our bigger community," Lee said.
The Stage 3 rules also limit washing cars at home and watering foundations to one day per week. Wasting water is prohibited.
Anyone with any questions about the rules is encouraged to visit the City's drought website. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/hays-county/san-marcos-stage-3-drought-restrictions/269-1bebef43-0726-4274-ae55-8ff6a79419b1 | 2023-06-28T21:51:38 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/hays-county/san-marcos-stage-3-drought-restrictions/269-1bebef43-0726-4274-ae55-8ff6a79419b1 |
Longtime Greenville County Clerk of Court, former council member Wickensimer retiring
Greenville County Clerk of Court Paul B. Wickensimer will retire Friday, June 30, after 23 years in his position, according to a press release issued Wednesday.
Brice Garrett will succeed Wickensimer and was appointed to Clerk of Court by Gov. Henry McMaster.
Before serving as clerk of court, Wickensimer was a Greenville County Council member for 15 years and former council chairman.
During his time on County Council, he worked on projects such as new libraries across the county, including the new Hughes Library at Heritage Green; the Halton Road Connector; the Bon Secours Wellness Area, formerly known as the Bi-Lo Center; Twin Chimney’s Landfill; Greenville County Courthouse renovations; a major addition to the Greenville County Detention Center; the Children’s Museum of the Upstate and the History Museum of Upcountry South Carolina, according to the press release.
As clerk of court, Wickensimer worked to improve technology in the clerk's office and was involved in the planning and relocation of Greenville Family Court to its current location on Halton Road.
Macon Atkinson is the city watchdog reporter for The Greenville News. She's powered by long runs and strong coffee. Follow her on Twitter@maconatkinson. | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/28/sc-gov-henry-mcmaster-appoints-new-greenville-county-clerk-of-court-wickensimer/70364795007/ | 2023-06-28T21:52:08 | 1 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/28/sc-gov-henry-mcmaster-appoints-new-greenville-county-clerk-of-court-wickensimer/70364795007/ |
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