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COOLBAUGH TOWNSHIP, PA — The Tobyhanna Army Depot in Coolbaugh Township appointed Colonel James Crocker as the depot's 25th commander.
Army, state, local officials and depot employees attended the ceremony Thursday.
"I'm really looking forward to get to know the workforce and finding the varied work that happens here in the region. And help us find ways that we continue to improve upon the great legacy the depot has and continue to move forward," said Col. James Crocker.
Michael Riggs will assume Col. Crocker's previous role as the depot's sergeant major, which was vacant.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/monroe-county/tobyhanna-army-depot-swears-in-new-commander-coolbaugh-township-monroe-county-colonel-james-crocker-michael-riggs/523-2b22251c-11f2-49a6-a6f2-169e70b27593 | 2023-06-30T17:30:03 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/monroe-county/tobyhanna-army-depot-swears-in-new-commander-coolbaugh-township-monroe-county-colonel-james-crocker-michael-riggs/523-2b22251c-11f2-49a6-a6f2-169e70b27593 |
MINERSVILLE, Pa. — A set of parents in Schuylkill County will spend years locked up after abusing their children.
Jennifer Yost and Todd Richter were charged back in 2021 after locking their three children in the attic of their home in Minersville.
Police say the children were beaten, pushed down the stairs, and only given moldy food to eat.
Yost will spend up to 15 years in prison on aggravated assault and related charges.
Richter was sentenced to up to 4 1/2 years behind bars on child endangerment charges.
See news happening? Text our Newstip Hotline. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/schuylkill-county/parents-sentenced-on-child-abuse-charges-minersville-schuylkill-county-todd-richter-jennifer-yost/523-94419cfa-1504-4df4-a3bd-ee50e6e3e20d | 2023-06-30T17:30:10 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/schuylkill-county/parents-sentenced-on-child-abuse-charges-minersville-schuylkill-county-todd-richter-jennifer-yost/523-94419cfa-1504-4df4-a3bd-ee50e6e3e20d |
POTTSVILLE, Pa. — Have fun, get a tan, and save lives; that's Jill Freeman's pitch when she asks people to dive into lifeguarding.
This is just part of a day in her lifeguard training here at the JFK Memorial Pool in Pottsville.
And while some of the swimmers are new to being lifeguards, they are not strangers to Jill.
“Jill taught me from I don't even know what levels, but look, I know I passed,” said Hunter Chescavage, JFK Pool Lifeguard
“I met Jill before I started working here because she instructed me at my swim lessons. And I could tell I was going to have fun, she made class fun, learning how to be a lifeguard fun,” added Ella Selinko, JFK Pool lifeguard and swim instructor
Jill says she grew up at this pool and has been spending her summers as a lifeguard here since she was 16 years old.
“Some of the kids that were here today for our in-service, I actually taught them swim lessons. Some of them from some of their beginning lessons from level one and two. There's also some kids on our staff that I've met through swim lessons and also was their lifeguard instructor,” she explained.
“She was definitely the best role model I had when it came to water safety and all of that stuff because Jill always implemented having fun while learning new stuff,” Chescavage mentioned.
Helping other workers at the pool realize they had what it takes to be a lifeguard.
“I never wanted to be a lifeguard, I was always more a maintenance guy that didn't like the water. But this year, we've been running low on lifeguards, and she asked if I wanted to, so I decided I would step up,” said Cooper Chiplonia, JFK Pool maintenance and lifeguard.
The best part of her job? Watching the kids she helped swim their first lap encourage swimmers of all abilities.
“It's special, it gives them opportunities to do things that's hard for them to do on their own,” Selinko said.
“We've worked so hard to bring up to the standard that we get kids who go through our program, then progress through junior lifeguard program, our junior lifeguarding program, and then our lifeguarding class. And it's really cool to see everything come full circle, but it does make me feel being around some of them,” Freeman explained.
Hoping they, too, will teach the next generations of lifeguards.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/schuylkill-county/pottsville-lifeguard-instructor-teaches-new-generation-of-swimmers-jill-freeman-wnep/523-4f03d4d7-6752-47db-8e0c-1eb4731fa4e1 | 2023-06-30T17:30:16 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/schuylkill-county/pottsville-lifeguard-instructor-teaches-new-generation-of-swimmers-jill-freeman-wnep/523-4f03d4d7-6752-47db-8e0c-1eb4731fa4e1 |
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state's abortion ban doesn't violate the state constitution, removing a major hurdle to enforcing the ban Republicans approved last summer.
The court’s decision overturns a county judge’s ruling that the ban likely violates the state constitution’s privacy protections, which she said are stronger than those found in the U.S. Constitution. That judge’s order has allowed abortions to continue in Indiana since September, despite the ban.
An opinion from three of the court’s five justices said that while Indiana's constitution provides some protection of abortion rights, the “General Assembly otherwise retains broad legislative discretion for determining whether and the extent to which to prohibit abortions.”
All five Indiana Supreme Court justices were appointed by Republican governors.
Although the court's decision strikes down the injunction blocking the ban, it wasn't immediately clear how soon the ban would take effect. The justices returned the case to the county judge for further action.
Indiana’s abortion ban also faces a separate court challenge about claims it violates the state’s 2015 religious freedom law signed by GOP then-Gov. Mike Pence.
Indiana became the first state to enact tighter abortion restrictions, acting in August, after the U.S. Supreme Court’s eliminated federal protections by overturning Roe v. Wade in June 2022.
Most Republican-controlled states have enacted tighter abortion restrictions since U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last summer. All the restrictions have been challenged in court.
In the past year, judges in Arizona, Iowa and South Carolina have ruled that the bans are not permissible under the state constitutions.
Besides Indiana, enforcement of restrictions are on hold as courts decide the cases in Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Utah and Wyoming. In North Dakota, lawmakers adopted a different ban since to replace the one that was blocked. In South Carolina, another ban has been put into place and put on hold by a court. And in North Carolina, a federal judge weighed whether to temporarily block parts of new abortion restrictions set to take effect Saturday.
Democratic-led states, such as Indiana’s neighbors of Illinois and Michigan, have mostly taken steps to protect abortion access.
The Indiana ban would eliminate the licenses for all seven abortion clinics in the state and ban the vast majority of abortions even in the earliest stages of a pregnancy. It includes exceptions allowing abortions at hospitals in cases of rape or incest before 10 weeks post-fertilization; to protect the life and physical health of the mother; and if a fetus is diagnosed with a lethal anomaly.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, which represented Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinic operators, argued before the Supreme Court in January that the state constitution’s liberty protections provide a right to privacy and to make decisions on whether to have children.
The state attorney general’s office countered that Indiana had laws against abortion when its current constitution was drafted in 1851 and that the county judge’s ruling would wrongly create an abortion right.
A separate court challenge to the ban is ongoing as another county judge in December sided with residents who claim it violates the state’s religious freedom law, which Republican legislators pushed through in 2015 and sparked a widespread national backlash as critics argued it allowed discrimination against gay people.
The state Supreme Court in January turned down a request from the attorney general’s office that it immediately take up the religious freedom lawsuit. The state’s intermediate Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arguments over that lawsuit on Sept. 12.
Marion County Judge Heather Welch in December agreed with five residents who hold Jewish, Muslim and spiritual faiths and who argued that the ban would violate their religious rights on when they believe abortion is acceptable. For now it only directly affects those plaintiffs — legal experts say anyone else claiming religious protections of their abortion rights would need their own court order. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/indiana-supreme-court-upholds-abortion-ban/article_b2edb668-175c-11ee-a862-17eadf65680c.html | 2023-06-30T17:30:43 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/indiana-supreme-court-upholds-abortion-ban/article_b2edb668-175c-11ee-a862-17eadf65680c.html |
A 30-year-old Orland man is jailed facing a rape charge in Steuben County, police said.
Officers said they arrested Jorge Juarez after an early-morning attack on a female at a Milgrove Township residence near Lake Pleasant on Thursday.
Police were called to the Cameron Hospital emergency room in Angola about 4:45 a.m. and after questioning the victim located Juarez.
He is charged with rape with a deadly weapon and one count of fraud.
No further information was provided. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/orland-man-charged-with-rape/article_45bec668-174d-11ee-966f-7b4bc0d25eeb.html | 2023-06-30T17:30:49 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/orland-man-charged-with-rape/article_45bec668-174d-11ee-966f-7b4bc0d25eeb.html |
Sampson Road is to close from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday between Paulding Road and Lincoln Highway during road repair, the Allen County Highway Department said today.
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LADY LAKE, Fla. – One person was killed and another was injured in a shooting in Lady Lake, according to the police department.
The shooting happened on Friday on Caroline Avenue just before 1 a.m.
Officers received reports of a shooting and found one person shot multiple times. The department said the person was pronounced dead on scene.
Another person with gunshot wounds went to police and they were taken to the hospital.
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There is no information on a suspected shooter and the victims’ names have not been released.
Anyone with information is asked to call 800-423-8477.
Get today’s headlines in minutes with Your Florida Daily: | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/30/1-killed-1-injured-in-lady-lake-shooting/ | 2023-06-30T17:32:11 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/30/1-killed-1-injured-in-lady-lake-shooting/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – AAA will offer “Tow to Go,” its free transportation and tow service, this Independence Day weekend for the 25th year.
People who have become intoxicated and cannot safely or lawfully drive can call AAA for a free and confidential ride to a safe location within a 10-mile radius, with their vehicle (literally) in tow.
This program was created to keep impaired drivers off the roads, and over 25,000 people have taken advantage of the service so far, according to AAA.
“By providing this program, AAA gives drivers no excuse for driving under the influence of drugs, alcohol or impairing medications,” AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said in a statement.
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No AAA? No problem. This service is free to both members and non-members from 6 p.m. Friday, June 30, to 6 a.m. Wednesday, July 5.
People in need of a safe ride home can use this service by contacting AAA at (855) 2-TOW-2-GO or (855) 286-9246.
Get today’s headlines in minutes with Your Florida Daily. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/30/aaa-gears-up-for-independence-day-tow-to-go-program/ | 2023-06-30T17:32:17 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/30/aaa-gears-up-for-independence-day-tow-to-go-program/ |
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Cargo, a retired K-9 that served the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, was laid to rest in Titusville on Thursday.
He served in Brevard County as an explosives detection dog from 2015 until his retirement in 2017, according to the sheriff’s office.
Prior to his time in Florida, he served as a bomb dog for the Marine Corps in Afghanistan from 2011 to 2013, when he was transferred to Alaska to check cargo for TSA.
The sheriff’s office said in a statement that Cargo lived with his partner, Deputy Robert Aoun, and his adoring family.
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Cargo was escorted to his final resting place by the entire Brevard County K-9 unit, as well as several other deputies and employees, video provided by the sheriff’s office shows.
Get today’s headlines in minutes with Your Florida Daily | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/30/retired-brevard-county-sheriffs-office-k-9-laid-to-rest/ | 2023-06-30T17:32:23 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/30/retired-brevard-county-sheriffs-office-k-9-laid-to-rest/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – With all the strange news we get to report here in the state Florida, it’s important to remind ourselves that folks in the other 49 get up to their own antics just as often. It could be that Florida’s “sunshine” laws simply give us better access to strange stories like that as compared to other states, but we digress.
We play a little game show every Friday on News 6 at Nine where we present several interesting stories to our anchors and to you, the viewer, to determine if they happened in “Florida or Anywhere Else?”
This time, first on the docket was footage showing a scuba diver discovering a sunken prosthetic leg in a murky lake.
So, did it happen in Florida, or anywhere else?
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If you guessed Florida, sorry!
According to CBS13 in Sacramento, the prosthetic belongs to Dave Fatta, who said it slipped off a year ago while he was kayaking in Lake Natoma, California.
Matt Spruitenburg, the diver behind the underwater camera, said finding the prosthetic and helping get it back to Fatta was amazing.
Read further with CBS13 and watch the video above to play along and guess at more stories on this latest “Florida, or Anywhere Else?”
You can listen to every episode of Florida’s Fourth Estate in the media player below: | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/30/was-this-mans-lost-prosthetic-leg-found-in-florida-or-anywhere-else/ | 2023-06-30T17:32:29 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/30/was-this-mans-lost-prosthetic-leg-found-in-florida-or-anywhere-else/ |
LANCASTER, Pa. — The Lancaster City Bureau of Police Crash Investigation Team is investigating a crash that left one motorcyclist dead.
Officers say they responded to the intersection of West Walnut Street and North Charlotte Street around 11:45 p.m. on June 29 for reports of a crash involving a Nissan SUV and a motorcycle.
Both drivers were taken to the hospital. Police say the driver of the SUV sustained minor injuries, and the motorcyclist had life-threatening injuries. The motorcyclist later died. The deceased's identity will not be released until additional family are notified.
The investigation is ongoing. Any persons who may have witnessed this crash who have not yet spoken with an officer or investigator are asked to call 717-735-3301 and ask for Sergeant Kophamel, a working member of the Bureau Crash Team or a detective. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/motorcycle-driver-dies-lancaster-fatal-crash/521-b8bb473f-daf0-4076-a825-bc4e0392a4d0 | 2023-06-30T17:33:39 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/motorcycle-driver-dies-lancaster-fatal-crash/521-b8bb473f-daf0-4076-a825-bc4e0392a4d0 |
BALTIMORE — Neil Adleberg, a former wrestling coach at Mount Saint Joseph High School, has been found not guilty after being accused of sexually assaulting a minor.
Attorney General Anthony Brown issued the following statement following the verdict:
"Today, Neil Adleberg was acquitted of all charges. The outcome of the trial does not diminish the courage of the survivor in this case. It takes remarkable strength to break the silence and confront pain and trauma of the past.
"To the survivor, your voice matters, your story deserved to be heard no matter the outcome of this trial. We continue to stand with you; we believe you. The path to justice may be arduous, and today’s acquittal does not define the validity of your experience."
Adleberg coached the school wrestling team in the 1970s and returned as an assistant during the 2014-2015.
It was sometime during that second stint, when prosecutors say the abuse happened.
The victim was not a student at Mount Saint Joseph at the time. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/former-wrestling-coach-accused-of-sexual-assault-acquitted-of-all-charges | 2023-06-30T17:33:45 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/former-wrestling-coach-accused-of-sexual-assault-acquitted-of-all-charges |
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) published its preliminary report on the June 3 plane crash that killed two men in Tupelo.
The preliminary report, which was released on June 23, only gives basic information about the crash. It doesn’t give an explanation as to why the small plane crashed.
"A review of Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) flight data indicated that the pilot departed runway 36 and initiated a right climbing turn to about 330 ft above ground level (AGL) and a maximum ground speed of 102 kts. Subsequently, the airplane continued the right turn and began a descent. The last data point showed the airplane’s altitude about 280ft agl, and a ground speed of about 72 kts. The airplane subsequently impacted terrain in a noselow attitude, and a postcrash fire ensued.
Airport surveillance video revealed that during the last few seconds of flight, the airplane’s right wing dropped, and the airplane spiraled to the ground."
The final report is expected to give an explanation.
The plane took off from the Tupelo Regional Airport shortly before 8:11 a.m. and crashed moments later.
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The two occupants Dr. Charles Montgomery and Patrick Fain died in the crash. | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/preliminary-reports-gives-basic-info-about-tupelo-plane-crash/article_a5323442-175a-11ee-92b4-1baa9582d9e2.html | 2023-06-30T17:36:13 | 0 | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/preliminary-reports-gives-basic-info-about-tupelo-plane-crash/article_a5323442-175a-11ee-92b4-1baa9582d9e2.html |
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) — The City of Tupelo has appointed its interim fire chief.
Deputy Fire Chief Brad Robinson will temporarily hold the position until a new fire chief is named, Mayor Todd Jordan announced Friday, June 30.
Robinson has more than 23 years of experience with the Tupelo Fire Department.
He replaces Kelly Elliott who is now the executive director of the Mississippi State Fire Academy. | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/tupelo-names-interim-fire-chief/article_5af131da-175f-11ee-b429-cff531576b0a.html | 2023-06-30T17:36:14 | 0 | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/tupelo-names-interim-fire-chief/article_5af131da-175f-11ee-b429-cff531576b0a.html |
VALPARAISO — A 23-year-old Portage man who pleaded guilty to injuring a county security guard while fleeing arrest earlier this year was sentenced Friday to three years behind bars with the potential of modifying the term after 18 months.
Erik Tidwell pleaded guilty to a felony count of battery resulting in bodily injury to a public safety officer in the Feb. 6 incident at the county building at 157 S. Franklin St. in Valparaiso.
He also admitted to two probation violations.
The plea agreement that his attorney, Mark Chargualaf, struck with prosecutors calls for a potential modification of the prison time if Tidwell completes a recovery program and has no disciplinary violations during his first 18 months behind bars. He would then be eligible to petition the court for a shorter term.
Porter Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Clymer also approved a request from the victim for restitution of $716 to cover lost wages and approved a plan for transferring Tidwell's $500 cash bond toward that fee.
Clymer and others said they were under the impression the impacted guard wanted to make a statement during sentencing, but he did not make an appearance.
Police said they were called out around 12:36 p.m. Feb. 6 to the county building, which houses the county prosecutor, adult probation and child support offices and the 911 dispatch center.
A security officer said that when Tidwell showed up at the building that day, Tidwell was informed there was a warrant for his arrest and he was asked to turn around to be handcuffed.
"The pistol had an extended magazine and a machinegun conversion device attached to it," officials said.
"(The guard) then stated Erik pushed him and took a swing at him," county police said.
The security guard told police he was able to pin Tidwell against the wall, but the young man was able to "wiggle" his way out.
"During that time, Erik knocked over the Garrett metal detector in the main lobby, causing heavy damage to it, and ran out the front doors," police said.
The security officer sustained injuries that left an elbow bleeding and both knees swollen, the incident report says.
Valparaiso police reportedly located Tidwell a short distance away at the local Lifestyles store on Lincolnway.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Fred Sauceman, news director at WETS-FM, will sign off the news desk for the last time on Friday after a decade of delivering local and regional news at the East Tennessee State University (ETSU) station.
For the last 10 years, Sauceman focused on stories that affect listeners in the area, such as education, the environment, the economy and local and state government, a release from ETSU stated.
“Fred Sauceman has elevated the news coverage at WETS and has been a steady, consistent and trusted voice in our community,” said WETS-FM Station Director Chad Barrett. “Thankfully, our listeners will continue to hear his familiar voice on the radio, even after he’s concluded his role as news director.”
Sauceman will start a new role in planning a program called “Vital Voices,” which is set to air later in the summer on WETS.
“I have listened to WETS since it first went on the air in 1974, my senior year in high school,” Sauceman said. “When I was a student at ETSU, I used to have the station on while I was studying for my classes. Then, beginning in 1985, I oversaw station operations through my position as head of the University Relations office at ETSU. For nearly 50 years, WETS has entertained, informed and uplifted our region, and being part of the station’s staff has been one of my life’s greatest honors.”
Sauceman began his radio career in Greeneville as a teenager while working as an anchor and field reporter for WKPT-TV in Kingsport. He spent most of his career in higher education at ETSU, where he later retired from his full-time job in 2012 and returned to WETS-FM as news director.
Sauceman, a published author and columnist, also shared his food expertise with News Channel 11 in a segment called “Food with Fred.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/fred-sauceman-signs-off-news-planning-new-program/ | 2023-06-30T17:44:25 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/fred-sauceman-signs-off-news-planning-new-program/ |
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) – Roughly one year after Tennessee Hills Distillery applied for an on-premise beer permit for its flagship Jonesborough location, town leaders have made a ruling.
On Friday morning, the Jonesborough Board of Mayor and Alderman (BMA) and Beer Board met and discussed Tennessee Hills’ matters on the agenda. Tennessee Hills, which already serves cocktails and liquor in Jonesborough, was seeking a permit to sell craft beer at its location.
Jonesborough leadership approved a manufacturing license for Tennessee Hills, but the on-premise beer license was denied.
As a result, Tennessee Hills will be able to serve beer at the Jonesborough location, but that beer must be brewed at that site and not brought in from other company locations, like the Tennessee Hills Brewstillery in Johnson City.
Tennessee Hills legal representation told News Channel 11 that the ruling will not allow the distillery on Fox Street to keep up demand and will also prevent Tennessee Hills from selling beer during the upcoming Jonesborough Days festival.
“Unfortunately, they don’t seem to be very proactive or pro-business within Jonesborough, which is again very, very disappointing to us,” said Clark Jordan, chief legal officer for Rugged American Spirits.
Tennessee Hills owner Stephen Callahan spoke with News Channel 11 earlier in June ahead of the meeting. He said it would be “a little ironic” if Tennessee Hills beer products were sold at other Jonesborough locations but were not available at the distillery. Callahan also said he believes offering beer at the distillery provides a safer, less alcoholic option for patrons.
This is a developing story. Stay with News Channel 11 online and on-air for updates. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/jonesborough-approves-tennessee-hills-for-beer-sales-with-a-catch/ | 2023-06-30T17:44:31 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/jonesborough-approves-tennessee-hills-for-beer-sales-with-a-catch/ |
RUSSELL COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — Police are investigating a Russell County crash that left a woman dead.
According to a release from the Virginia State Police (VSP), on June 25 just after 5 p.m., police responded to a report of a crashed vehicle near the Russell and Tazewell county line on Route 770.
The VSP report states a 2010 Jeep Cherokee was traveling west when it ran off the right side of the road, went over and down an embankment and struck a tree before coming to a rest against a rock.
The driver, identified by police as Natasha N. Brewster, 39, of Jewell Ridge, Virginia died at the scene. She was not wearing a seatbelt, the release stated.
The crash remains under investigation to determine the exact date of the crash, according to VSP. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/vsp-investigating-fatal-russell-county-crash/ | 2023-06-30T17:44:37 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/vsp-investigating-fatal-russell-county-crash/ |
LOS ANGELES — For four years, Gabriel Trujillo trekked the breadth of the United States and south into Mexico in search of a flowering shrub called the common buttonbush.
The plant is native to the varied climates of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Trujillo, a 31-year-old Ph.D. student at the University of California, Berkeley, wanted to know why it thrived in such a range of places, and whether the evolution of the species held possibilities for future habitat conservation and restoration efforts.
The research was tragically cut short last week in Mexico, where Trujillo’s father said he was shot seven times. Authorities discovered his body on June 22 in the state of Sonora, in northwest Mexico, days after his fiancée reported him missing.
The killing has left the family reeling and searching for answers in a case that has yet again highlighted the rampant violence that plagues Mexico locations controlled by drug cartels.
‘THE WRONG PLACE’
Trujillo drove across the Arizona border into Nogales on June 17. He spoke to his father the next day and he and his fiancée, Roxanne Cruz-de Hoyos, chatted in the morning the day after that. He told her he was going out to collect plants and would return to his Airbnb later.
Cruz-de Hoyos became concerned when Trujillo didn't respond to her phone calls and text messages — they normally talked several times a day — and his Airbnb hosts said his belongings were still there but he hadn't returned. She bought a plane ticket the next day and flew down to Mexico to search.
On June 22, authorities discovered his body about 62 miles (100 kilometers) from the Airbnb. He was still inside his SUV, Cruz-de Hoyos said.
She identified him for Mexican authorities as his father rushed to get a flight out of Michigan. Both have received little information about the tragedy and are begging for the U.S. and Mexican governments for answers.
“Evidently he was in the wrong place,” Anthony Trujillo told The Associated Press on Thursday while he waited to board a flight back home, his son’s remains beside him.
The Sonora state prosecutor’s office said in a statement Thursday that it is analyzing evidence “to establish the facts, conditions and causes of the death.” The statement did not give details about what occurred or call Trujillo’s death a homicide.
His family begged him not to go to such a dangerous place: Sonora recorded 518 homicides through May, according to federal government data. But Trujillo believed the trip was crucial to his research.
Sharing a lengthy border with the U.S., Sonora is a key route for smuggling drugs, especially fentanyl, as well as migrants, cash and weapons between the U.S. and the Sinaloa state, and the infamous cartel of the same name, further south.
Sonora has long been critical territory for Mexico’s drug cartels and in recent years those rivalries have increased the level of violence and sometimes left civilian victims.
Cartel gunmen killed three U.S. women and six of their children near the border of Sonora and Chihuahua states in 2019. The Americans lived in communities founded decades ago by an offshoot of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
INDIGENOUS ROOTS
For Trujillo, a scholar with ties to Arizona, Michigan, Illinois, New Mexico, California and Indigenous lands in Mexico, the buttonbush's ability to survive and thrive almost anywhere must have felt familiar.
He spent years studying it and collecting specimens, often alongside Cruz-de Hoyos — a postdoctoral fellow researching widespread tree mortality — in a big red van they bought together.
“We were committed to dedicating our lives to environmental conservation and environmental research,” Cruz-de Hoyos told the AP. “We felt that Indigenous hands have taken care of these lands for time immemorial.”
Drawn to Sonora, Trujillo hoped to connect with his Opata Indigenous roots through the group's ancestral lands in the dry, mountainous region. He ultimately wanted to apply his research to building a garden in Mexico and using the buttonbush for wetland restoration. His planned trip included three potential sites to make a final choice.
With shared ancestry in the Nahua Indigenous group, which has ties to the Aztec civilization in central Mexico, the couple pledged to merge their identities and scientific studies as part of their future together.
Cruz-de Hoyos had been undergoing fertility treatments for the last two years and this summer’s trip to Mexico was supposed to be Trujillo’s last before the couple began trying to get pregnant.
They had bought a house together, commissioned custom engagement rings and envisioned a wedding led by an Indigenous elder by the end of the year. They planned to announce their happy news in August, when Trujillo returned from his trip.
Cruz-de Hoyos will instead honor Trujillo with a Danza Azteca ceremony, an Indigenous spiritual tradition, in the San Francisco Bay Area after his father hosts a Catholic funeral Mass in Michigan next month.
'A STAPLER'
Born March 4, 1992, in Arizona, Trujillo's family moved to Michigan during his childhood. Six kids in a blended family in a predominately white neighborhood: "We were like the Mexican Brady Bunch,” his father said.
Trujillo attended a boarding school in New Mexico in high school and received his undergraduate degree from Lake Forest College in Illinois. A Ford Foundation fellow, he was on track to complete his Ph.D. at Berkeley in 2025.
“Gabe was a passionate ecologist, field biologist, and advocate for diverse voices in science,” the university's Department of Integrative Biology wrote in an email to its campus community. “We all face a world that is less bright for this loss.”
His mother, Gloria, died of cancer a decade ago. In addition to his father and Cruz-de Hoyos, Trujillo is survived by five siblings, six nieces and a nephew.
Put him in the same space as the youngsters, his father said, and he'd immediately lead them outside, tromping around for bugs and plants. He often took one niece to a pond in Michigan to search for frogs. She has named a stuffed frog in his honor.
“A 20-minute hike with me would take an hour because he would show me all the plants and mushrooms,” Anthony Trujillo said. “He wanted to learn everything about everything.”
Despite years of academic achievements, Anthony Trujillo kept thinking about his son's grade school project: "If you were an object, how would you describe yourself?”
Gabriel Trujillo, just 8 or 9 years old, wrote that he would be a stapler.
“We all kind of wondered, ‘a stapler?’ Now it kind of makes sense," his father said, choking up. "It holds things together.”
Sánchez reported from Mexico City. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/a-scholars-research-into-a-shrub-took-him-to-violent-death/103-41bc44f6-140c-4749-8aa9-d1924d5fb294 | 2023-06-30T17:46:16 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/a-scholars-research-into-a-shrub-took-him-to-violent-death/103-41bc44f6-140c-4749-8aa9-d1924d5fb294 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif — Two people were arrested in the Nov. 2022 death of a Citrus Heights man, the Sacramento Police Department said Friday.
Steven Jackson, 18, was arrested Monday on suspicion of homicide and robbery-related charges. A teenager was also arrested on suspicion of homicide, but his name was not released.
Both Jackson and the teenager were booked into the Sacramento Youth Detention Facility, according to the police department.
Case history
Joshua Benjamin Gunderson, 37, of Citrus Heights was killed in a shooting near Sacramento City College in November 2022.
He was shot at least once along the 4100 block of 23rd Street on Nov. 25, 2022. He was taken to a nearby gas station by a friend before getting to the hospital where he later died, according to Sacramento Police Department.
Watch more on ABC10: 3 men, woman wounded in Sacramento County shooting | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/citrus-heights/joshua-benjamin-gunderson-2022-death-citrus-heights/103-5a3c5b0c-bad4-4d4e-9e93-43ae30f78eba | 2023-06-30T17:46:22 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/citrus-heights/joshua-benjamin-gunderson-2022-death-citrus-heights/103-5a3c5b0c-bad4-4d4e-9e93-43ae30f78eba |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Sacramento family says they finally have justice nearly two years after a loving mother was shot and killed by her boyfriend over a plate of food.
The boyfriend was convicted of murder this week and prosecutors say there were cases of unreported domestic violence before the deadly shooting.
Jasmine Hood can only see her mother, Keela Cole, in photos now.
“One day you're OK, you don't realize you can't just call your mom. The next day you want to call your mom and then it's like... oh, I can't call my mom,” said Hood.
It’s been almost two years since her mother was killed at her Arden-Arcade apartment and days since Fard Smithson was convicted of first-degree murder.
Jasmine learned throughout the trial there were cases of domestic violence ahead of the shooting.
The Sacramento nonprofit WEAVE says about 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have been victims of physical violence by a partner in their lifetime, and abusive behaviors aren’t always obvious to others, even a daughter.
“Knowing how my mom is, she loves and she loves hard. She's not going to tell someone that the person she loves is abusing her, because she doesn't want you to look any differently on them,” said Hood.
She says the loss of her mother was unimaginable, but she hopes her loss will be a warning to others to look for the signs of domestic violence in their families.
Smithson faces a maximum sentence of 53 years to life in prison. Sentencing is set for Aug. 11. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/keela-cole-sacramento-family-justice-killed-cooking-shooting/103-200f8279-a163-4c82-99f7-48b19f36cb76 | 2023-06-30T17:46:28 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/keela-cole-sacramento-family-justice-killed-cooking-shooting/103-200f8279-a163-4c82-99f7-48b19f36cb76 |
ROYSE CITY, Texas — Royse City police said a shooter was in custody after officers worked an "active shooter" incident Friday morning.
Police said the shooting happened at Royse City Medical Lodge, located at 901 W. Interstate 30.
Royse City police said the shooter was in custody, and no one was injured in the incident.
The scene was being secured Friday morning, police said.
There were no further details immediately available.
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AUGUSTA- Maine had the highest voter turnout in the November 2022 election.
That was the word today from the Secretary of State's Office.
More than 61% of the voting age population turned out to vote.
The number of active registered voters was even higher.
That number was was more than 73 %.
Only 8 other states saw turnout above 55 % in November 2022. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/maine-had-highest-voter-turnout-in-november-2022-election/article_4a193434-176e-11ee-b4f2-a353dba35f16.html | 2023-06-30T17:57:10 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/maine-had-highest-voter-turnout-in-november-2022-election/article_4a193434-176e-11ee-b4f2-a353dba35f16.html |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Chance Rides, a Wichita company known for creating roller coasters and other amusement rides, is preparing for its next curve.
The manufacturing company has formed a financial partnership with Permanent Equity, a Missouri-based private equity firm.
The company will keep the Chance Rides‘ name, the 130 workers, and the current management team. But current owner and CEO Dick Chance will transition to holding a minority interest. Aaron Landrum, who has been Chance’s president and chief operating officer since 2017, will become CEO.
The Chance Rides facility near Kellogg and I-235 includes the tall building drivers can see from the highway. It is the same location where Harold Chance founded Chance Manufacturing Company in 1961, building the first C.P. Huntington Train.
When he retired, his son Dick Chance started Chance Industries with its subsidiaries — Chance Rides, Chance Coach and Chance Engineering.
Chance Rides is now known as the largest manufacturer of amusement rides, roller coasters, observation wheels and people movers in the U.S.
Dick Chance’s children have all been involved with the company.
“This company has meant everything to me. It’s been my life and my family for so many years,” he said in a news release. “It was my main goal to continue the legacy of Chance Rides long after I’m gone and for the company to be successful in the future. I’ve had the honor of leading the company for close to 40 years, and I know Permanent Equity will help the Chance legacy continue far beyond the next 40 years.”
“With Permanent Equity’s financial partnership, the future of Chance Rides shines brightly and with immense optimism,” Landrum said. “Our organization thrives on the exceptional skills, capability and dedication of our outstanding team, coupled with our longstanding commitment to delivering world-class products and services.”
“Chance Rides has always been a driving force in the industry,” John Chance, vice president of Business Development, said. “From innovative new thrill rides to our timeless, classic line of carousels and trains, we have always been committed to providing our customers the highest quality products and service.”
“Chance Rides has a fabulous reputation in the amusement industry. Their unwavering commitment to craftsmanship and quality is admirable, resulting in deep bonds built among customers over six decades,” Tim Hanson, Permanent Equity chief investment officer, said. “We’re excited to invest in the continued success of this management team and to roll up our sleeves alongside them to do more of what they do best – make the world more fun.”
Landrum says Permanent Equity’s core values work well with Chance Rides’.
“Our diverse customer base can expect uninterrupted service and timely deliveries during this transition,” he said. “This is a thrilling period for Chance Rides as we embark on new and innovative projects, expand into new markets, and actively recruit skilled professionals to join our team.”
John Chance said Permanent Equity has a proven track record of preserving company legacies and enhancing what’s already working.
“They’re not trying to come in and change everything,” he said. “They care about our company, employees and customers.”
As for Dick Chance, he says it has been a fun ride. He plans to travel and work on his hobbies. As for which of the Chance Rides he likes the most, he says it is one in Louisville, Kentucky.
“My favorite ride was truly a family-led project,” he said. “It is the Lightening Run GTX Coaster in the Kentucky Kingdom. It was the last project my late son, Michael, and John worked on together.”
Over the last 60 years, Chance Rides has made, delivered and installed more than 3,000 amusement rides and people movers. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/chance-rides-to-stay-in-wichita-going-on-a-new-ride-with-new-leader/ | 2023-06-30T17:58:13 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/chance-rides-to-stay-in-wichita-going-on-a-new-ride-with-new-leader/ |
Michigan didn't have power to issue some COVID-19 restaurants restrictions, court finds
The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the state health department did not have the power to order restrictions on indoor dining and other areas during the COVID-19 pandemic, noting that the health department's ability to issue such orders is an "an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power."
The appeal stems from a complaint filed in the Michigan Court of Claims in April 2021 after the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services issued an order in March 2021 that restricted gatherings during a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state.
"The reach of the Order again was near total and severely curtailed all business within the state, and again effectively shut down a large portion of the restaurant business," Court of Appeals Judge Michael Gadola wrote in a 2-1 ruling. "The Order was an exercise of overwhelmingly broad power, substantial in scope and effect, and affecting virtually every aspect of the daily lives and the livelihoods of the people of Michigan."
The court found the power granted to the executive branch in Michigan law is "extremely broad and is essentially unlimited by restrictive standards."
"(The law is) so broad and without any cognizable standard for the exercise of that authority that it constitutes an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power," Gadola wrote.
Oakland County-based River Crest Catering's complaint alleged that Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Elizabeth Hertel exceeded her authority in issuing the emergency declaration, which limited indoor dining and the hours in which food service businesses could operate.
The Michigan Supreme Court determined in October 2020 that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer did not have the power under the Emergency Management Act or the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act to declare a state of emergency or a state of disaster based on the COVID-19 pandemic because it violated the powers delegated to the governor in the Michigan Constitution.
River Crest Catering's complaint contends that Whitmer, through the state health department, continued unlawfully issuing comparable orders after the Supreme Court's decision came out.
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson Lynn Sutfin said the department plans to appeal the Court of Appeals decision, as they believe they reached the wrong conclusion.
"Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) used many tools to protect Michiganders from a novel, deadly and fast-moving virus. One of those tools was the department's epidemic orders, which rested firmly upon authority given by the Legislature to the director of the MDHHS over 100 years ago and reaffirmed by the Legislature just last year," Suftin wrote in an email. "As the trial court correctly recognized, this long-standing law, written to provide critical protection to our state's public health in times of greatest need, is fully consistent with our state constitution. Furthermore, the COVID public health emergency has ended, and so have all of the department’s epidemic orders; in fact, the specific orders this lawsuit challenges have been gone for over two years now."
While the severe stage of the pandemic may be over, the issue is not moot because Michigan law still allows the state health department to issue emergency orders, Gadola wrote. In fact, it's an "issue of public significance that is likely to recur." The court said the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services director had "near limitless discretion under the statute."
Court of Appeals Judge Christopher Yates wrote a dissenting opinion, saying the court battles over COVID-19 regulations should be dismissed because they are now moot. Yates said this case is "as moot as moot can be."
"We judges have the power and, in my view, the duty under the mootness doctrine to dismiss the combatants from the COVID wars and bring down the curtain on this chapter in our history," he wrote.
The attorney who represented the banquet company, Al Addis, said the Court of Appeals decision is “huge” and could apply to other cases pending as well, like one he has in the Michigan Supreme Court right now filed by the Macomb County Restaurant Association. That case has all the same arguments as this one did, he said.
“This Court of Appeals decision, coupled with what the Supreme Court had already ruled, basically says nobody had any right to do this to these people, which was our argument all along,” Addis said. “The losses are huge. What is bothersome to me is if you go all across the United States, there’s no evidence that states that didn’t close restaurants and banquet centers were any worse off than those who did. … This (ruling) is a ray of sunshine, finally, though it’s too late for most.”
The owner of River Crest Catering closed after the Court of Claims rejected his case, Addis said. He hoped to reopen, but was not able to do so.
kberg@detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/06/30/michigan-health-departments-covid-19-restrictions-unconstitutional-court/70372639007/ | 2023-06-30T17:59:59 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/06/30/michigan-health-departments-covid-19-restrictions-unconstitutional-court/70372639007/ |
Car crashes into Livonia home early Friday
No one was seriously injured after a car crashed into a Livonia home early Friday morning, police said.
Officers were called at about 6:18 a.m. to a home in the 15000 block of Adams Court near Five Mile Road and Interstate 275 for a report of crash involving a vehicle and a building, they said.
According to a preliminary investigation, a 54-year-old Livonia man was driving a Ford Fusion that left the roadway and struck a home. The car caught fire, which then spread to the house, police said.
Investigators said two people who were inside the home at the time of the crash escaped without injury.
They said the Fusion's driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to a hospital to be treated.
Police said they do not believe that alcohol, drugs nor distracted driving were factors in the crash.
cramirez@detroitnews.com
Twitter: @CharlesERamirez | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2023/06/30/car-crashes-into-livonia-home-early-friday/70373073007/ | 2023-06-30T18:00:05 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2023/06/30/car-crashes-into-livonia-home-early-friday/70373073007/ |
Driver arrested in fatal I-10 crash near Chandler was on TikTok, DPS says
A man was arrested Thursday in connection to a six-vehicle crash on Jan. 12 that left five people dead after an investigation found out he was watching TikTok while driving at the time of the collision.
The crash occurred at around 6:14 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12, on eastbound Interstate 10 near Chandler Boulevard on the border between Phoenix and Chandler, involving a total of six cars, two of them being commercial vehicles.
Prior to the collision on Chandler Boulevard, officials had been working a semitruck fire that closed Wild Horse Pass Boulevard, which was said to have possibly led to a "secondary minor injury" crash at Elliot Road, DPS spokesperson Bart Graves told The Arizona Republic at the time, ultimately causing the crash at Chandler Boulevard.
According to an Arizona Department of Public Safety statement, the driver of the at-fault tractor-trailer, 36-year-old Danny Tiner, was arrested on June 29 after a lengthy investigation found him responsible.
In the statement, DPS said that Tiner had said he received a message on his electronic work tablet and went to look at it. When he looked back up, traffic had come to a halt, but he was unable to stop in time to avoid a collision.
An investigation into the incident began, which found that Tiner had been driving at 68 mph in a posted 55 mph construction zone while "actively using the TikTok application on his cell phone at the time of the collision."
According to court documents, Tiner was arrested on June 29 after DPS troopers and detectives conducted a "knock and talk operation" at his home in relation to the fatal collision.
Tiner was booked into jail on a $300,000 bond and faces multiple charges including five counts of manslaughter, four counts of endangerment and one count of tampering with physical evidence. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/chandler-traffic/2023/06/30/man-arrested-in-connection-to-fatal-i-10-crash-near-chandler-was-on-tiktok/70373255007/ | 2023-06-30T18:01:29 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/chandler-traffic/2023/06/30/man-arrested-in-connection-to-fatal-i-10-crash-near-chandler-was-on-tiktok/70373255007/ |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — St. Pete is teeing up for a summer of fun with a brand new Topgolf location.
After years of anticipation, Topgolf St. Petersburg hosted a grand opening on Friday to debut its brand-new facility at 220 Carillon Parkway North.
Seasoned golfers and first-timers alike can enjoy three floors of climate-controlled hitting bays and HDTVs with high-tech balls that will score themselves.
The "premier entertainment destination" is also complete with a rooftop terrace, firepits, a sports bar and a restaurant run by an executive chef. Food and drinks can be ordered directly to each bay.
"If you journey through our venue on any given day, you’ll find a place buzzing with energy. There’s no pressure to have a good golf swing or score a lot of points. It’s all about everyone having fun," Topgolf's website reads.
TopGolf St. Petersburg is coming onto the scene swinging with a number of special deals and promotions, including:
In addition to individual bays that accommodate up to six players, guests can book spaces for parties at events.
Prices range from $16 per hour per bay to $62 per hour per bay depending on the time of day and day of the week. You can check out the pricing breakdown on the Topgolf website.
TopGolf St. Pete has already hired about 400 team members and is searching for more. If you're interested, you can apply at Topgolf.com/careers. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/topgolf-open-st-pete/67-9c962010-16b0-4563-8ea0-ece5fb2af189 | 2023-06-30T18:02:34 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/topgolf-open-st-pete/67-9c962010-16b0-4563-8ea0-ece5fb2af189 |
Under unrelenting swampy heat at Densmore Park, a group of 50 children celebrated the end of a summer camp that’s brought together junior athletes from all backgrounds and corners of the world, from Iraq to Mexico to the States.
Before the team commences its hourlong gauntlet of speed drills, scrimmaging and lessons at the whiteboard, head coach Luis Genis gathers the youths, ages 5-14, in a circle to remind them how far they’ve come over the past three weeks.
“I am so proud of all of you guys,” he said. “You guys have been improving a lot. … I’m so happy for all of you.”
The positive encouragement is just the start. Soccer may be the arena, but according to Hasan Khalil, the founder of Lincoln International Football Club, the program aims to do more than just play ball.
The club’s mission is two-pronged, working to provide opportunities to learn the game while also encouraging tolerance and understanding among its players, many of whom come from immigrant and refugee families.
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“Our mission is to use soccer as a movement for positive change, to create belonging, unity,” Khalil said. “This is where we can exchange ideas and build a community together through soccer.”
Genis said the widespread popularity of soccer, along with its simplicity, makes building that community all the easier.
“When we talk about soccer, we come together and forget about all our problems or our social status … we become a team,” he said.
The story of how the club came together starts in a Syrian refugee camp in 1994, where Khalil and his family had fled as members of the Yazidi community escaping religious persecution in northern Iraq.
As a 12-year-old grappling with a traumatic childhood marked by violence, lost family and poverty, Khalil found in soccer an oasis.
“Soccer helped me to have hope and to have a purpose,” he said. “It takes you to a peaceful place.”
It helped to grow him as a person, Khalil said, and opened doors. Especially so when he moved with his family to Buffalo, New York, at age 14 and began a playing career that would last from high school through his first year of college.
After moving to Lincoln in 2011, Khalil’s passion for soccer continued, bringing him into contact with the plethora of ethnic groups that call the city home. A barber who now runs his own shop, Golden Scissor, Khalil eventually met Genis as a customer.
Genis, who was raised by his grandmother in southern Mexico before moving to Lincoln in 2007, had been a professional footballer in his home country. His experience proved to be invaluable later.
In mid-2020, as the pandemic raged and lockdowns wore on the population. Khalil and Genis began forming an impromptu soccer community.
“We’re just like people from different nations. We made this team, and it got bigger and bigger,” Khalil said.
By the end of the year, Khail said the interest had grown beyond merely hosting pickup games.
“People wanted somewhere to practice now, they wanted to be part of teams, they were so interested in soccer and we saw the impact that it brought to our community,” he said.
Despite establishing as a nonprofit in 2021, it would take a while longer to get Lincoln International Football Club off the ground. In August 2022, the club hosted its first event, a youth tournament with teams representing Iraq, South Sudan, Congo, Burkina Faso, Central America and more.
The success of the tournament, which was won by the Yazidi-Iraqi team, built momentum for the club that led into the introduction of a seven-week adult league that began in April, and ultimately culminated in the 17-day youth camp this June.
Yazidi mother Rifaah Hussein said the opportunity to make connections in the community is mutual for parents as well as players like her 6-year-old son Isaac.
“It’s a really good opportunity to get to know the community and make friends, many of us are refugees or immigrants, so it’s really good that most of us feel supported … this is really helpful for us,” she said. “And the kids love it, they enjoy it, they’re having fun.”
The program, which has an enrollment of about 80 kids, has also provided an opportunity for American-born parents like Eric Parkening to expand their children’s perspectives through exposure to new cultures and experiences while teaching them valuable lessons.
“It’s skills-based, but there’s also the teamwork aspect and the greater purpose,” Parkening said. “Just exposing them to different countries and different cultures that are out there and bringing that together in a backyard experience is pretty cool.”
Practice on Wednesday ended early for the inaugural graduates, who came forward when their name was called to receive a personalized certificate during a celebration where parents were invited to bring ethnic foods. Music from across the globe played on loudspeakers and players and parents mingled.
It’s a far cry from Genis’ experience with soccer stardom as a child. During an interview, he showed a picture of a young version of himself, surrounded by trophies, yet without the faintest hint of a smile on his face.
“I was sad because nobody was with me, nobody was supporting me,” Genis said. “When Hasan came to me with (the idea for the club), I wanted those kids that have a hard life to be supported.”
However, funding remains a potential obstacle to growing the program.
While jerseys were provided by Ready Mixed Concrete and the club’s playing field was insured through the Asian Cultural Community Center, the rest of the expenses have come out of Khalil’s pocket, with some help from Genis.
Khalil said he hopes to eventually make the organization self-sustaining through donations, which can be made on the club’s website.
The club has more programs on the horizon. Another seven-week adult league is set to commence in the coming weeks, and Khalil hopes to bring back the youth camp this fall.
As a New Yorker for over a decade, Khalil said he’s often tempted by the prospect of moving elsewhere for other opportunities, especially as a licensed nurse and interpreter. But he’s found his calling here.
“I’ve kind of found a sense of community here more than I’ve felt it anywhere else,” Khalil said. “It’s been a great city, welcoming for all; everyone feels that this is home.” | https://journalstar.com/news/local/lincoln-soccer-camp-nonprofit-multicultural/article_6d579cb8-16cb-11ee-af54-ab32ca4a6dba.html | 2023-06-30T18:07:49 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/lincoln-soccer-camp-nonprofit-multicultural/article_6d579cb8-16cb-11ee-af54-ab32ca4a6dba.html |
TUPELO — As the county continues negotiations with Waste Management for garbage collection, two Lee County supervisors continue to push back. Despite tensions, officials say rates will rise no matter what option the county chooses.
County Administrator Bill Benson said he and Board Attorney Gary Carnathan have made two significant changes to the proposed contract, setting a flat 3% consumer price index fee capped at 5% and removing a clause for extraordinary expenses. Benson said while he does not believe the contract will come before the board during the July 3 meeting, he could not say it will not be added through amendment to the agenda.
Lee County garbage collection rates have not risen since 2013, when the county raised rates 39% from $9 to $12.50. Benson said the county will have to raise rates this year to keep up with inflation and expenses, leading officials to shop around for contracts. Waste Management was the lone company to express interest during the request for proposals period.
Though there are no solid figures or contract with Waste Management as of Friday, the Lee County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 in early June to begin negotiations. District 1 Supervisor Phil Morgan, District 3 Supervisor Wesley Web and District 5 Supervisor Billy Joe Holland voted in favor of negotiations. District 2 Supervisor and Board President Mike Smith and District 4 Supervisor Tommie Lee Ivy voted against the measure.
“I think it is a very, very bad deal for Lee County,” Ivy said. “I have nothing against (Waste Management), … but I don’t think they have a place in the county.”
Smith, using information provided by Three Rivers Planning & Development District Governmental Functions Director Ronnie Bell, claims a contract with Waste Management will cost an extra $990,000 annually for the life of the six-year contract. This figure comes from Bell estimating the county raising rates to $18 while estimating Waste Management will cause the county to raise rates to $23.
Waste Management representative Kerry Howell, who attended the early June meeting, said the figures produced by Bell and cited by Smith were arbitrary. He said the proposal by Waste Management was for $16.45 per household, not counting the fuel index and other factors, which will see a total rate of about $18.
Smith said Friday that he trusted the figures from Three Rivers and said even if the rates were comparable, he prefers the county continue the service in-house, adding he believed the county can provide the service better than the national company.
Ivy said Friday that he will vote against any measure from Waste Management, citing the information Bell gave the board. He said it was unfair for Morgan and Holland, who are both not seeking reelection, to lock the county into the contract before finishing their final terms.
Meanwhile, Morgan said garbage collection has been a “thorn” in his side since he first took office 23 years ago. He said he believed Waste Management will do a better job overall collecting the county’s waste.
“I’m for moving forward with it. It seems to be the right direction for Lee County,” he said. “I just think that, as I’ve stated before, there are some things that the government does best, but garbage collection is not one of them.”
Morgan said the estimates provided by Three Rivers were of the worst-case scenario and that there will be major savings in the long run from the county liquidating its equipment and no longer having to spend money on maintenance and purchasing trucks and other equipment.
He also pushed back at the notion that because he and Holland are not seeking re-election that they should not push for a decision on Waste Management, noting he still has six months left in the term.
Benson said that while the numbers produced by Three Rivers are correct, they don’t account for other mitigating factors such as salary increases, increased maintenance costs and other pitfalls that come with the county controlling operations. What it comes down to, he said, is a policy decision between the supervisors who want to continue the service in-house and supervisors who do not.
“In the context that it is used, yes (the figures are correct), but there are potential mitigating factors to it,” he said, noting it is using a blended rate not meant to raise again for two to three years and does not take into account any emergency expenses incurred. “It becomes a policy decision. Is it worth some additional costs to be out of the garbage decision? There is a train of thought with some that it is and a train of thought with some that it isn’t. You have differing opinions.”
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All Aboard: Iowa City transit going fare-free beginning Aug. 1
Free rides are coming to town.
Iowa City transit services will become fare-free for all riders beginning Aug. 1 as part of a two-year pilot program to test the program's effects on ridership and further explore the impact that free transit has on the community as a whole, the city announced Thursday.
Coralville’s public transit will continue to charge riders for trips.
Iowa City's move comes as the city looks to advance its strategic plan, and previous council discussion on the program indicates that city staff and councilors believe this will help economic growth, employment opportunities, and sustainability goals set by the city in its five-year strategic plan.
“It will hopefully help boost the local economy by keeping dollars in people's pockets,” Councilor Andrew Dunn said during the council’s June 6 meeting. “In doing that, it is going to help the poor and working people save money and spend it on other necessities.”
City staff will study the program's effects on ridership, which is expected to increase by 20% to 60%, Iowa City transportation director Darian Nagle-Gamm told the council in May.
The goal is to double ridership to further the city’s emissions targets and reduce vehicle trips by 55% because of the increased availability of public transit, the city said in a news release on Thursday. The city hopes to reduce carbon emissions by 45% from 2010-2030 and reach net zero emissions by 2050.
The city also hopes to find sustainable funding to offer free rides permanently. A grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation will fund the local program for two years.
How do I take advantage of the fare-free rides?
Iowa City public transportation will be free of charge starting Aug. 1.
Drivers will track the number of passengers but otherwise will not require payment upon boarding, a move that Nagle-Gamm told the council would also likely positively impact the bus schedule, allowing buses to arrive on time more frequently because of less conflict at the fare box.
Cambus is also a free transportation option, specifically for point-to-point travel on the University of Iowa’s campus. Iowa City’s pilot program will operate similarly on broader routes.
Is there a bus stop where I live and when will it arrive?
Iowa City has produced an interactive website allowing riders to explore bus stops across the city. The transit system’s 13 routes sprawl across the city in all directions.
Iowa City Transit, Coralville Transit, and the Cambus system all use the Transit app, where riders can find information about routes and bus stops.
Full schedules are also available at icgov.org/busschedules. For those needing assistance, help can be found by calling 319-356-5151 or by emailing ICTransit@iowa-city.org.
What if I have already purchased a long-term pass?
Riders with 30-day, 10-ride, single-ride, or 24-hour passes should make use of them before the fare-free system goes live in August, the city said in a release.
Fare boxes will be covered during the pilot program.
Ryan Hansen covers local government and crime for the Press-Citizen. He can be reached atrhansen@press-citizen.com or on Twitter @ryanhansen01. | https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/local/2023/06/30/iowa-citys-fare-free-transit-starts-in-august/70363049007/ | 2023-06-30T18:16:42 | 1 | https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/local/2023/06/30/iowa-citys-fare-free-transit-starts-in-august/70363049007/ |
Rides within Iowa City will be free, other locations $2-$5
Countywide transportation is now on-demand for a low fee.
Johnson County residents in need can call on the long-established Johnson County SEATS paratransit program for rides outside of local bus routes, open to senior citizens, those with disabilities, and persons who struggle to get to the grocery store or appointments.
The local initiative recently expanded to include its on-demand services. Rides can be requested throughout the county by specialized SEATS vans.
SEATS is staffed by 26 full-time drivers and dispatch schedulers as well as 21 part-time drivers, Dawn Alam, the transportation and fleet supervisor, told the Press-Citizen.
SEATS provides rides Monday through Friday from 7:30 to 4:30 p.m.
The service is used by about 60% of “appointment riders,” of people who make consistent and frequent trips to places like the doctor’s office, grocery store, or other consistent locations, Alam said.
The other 40% are one-off riders.
Current plans ensure that trips through SEATS that travel entirely within Iowa City would be subsidized by Iowa City’s fare-free system, which goes into effect in August, Alam said. For those coming from or leaving Iowa City, a normal fare would be assessed to riders.
On-demand rides will cost $5 while all other SEATS rides will run for $2, according to the SEATS Riders Guide.
Johnson County residents can use the on-demand service if they meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Reside outside of or are traveling to areas not served by public transit systems, including those offered by the cities of Coralville, Iowa City, North Liberty, and the University of Iowa.
- Have applied for and are awaiting approval for paratransit service.
- Are residents of North Liberty or unincorporated Johnson County without access to transportation
- Have limited English proficiency.
- Are experiencing a barrier to accessing transportation.
Johnson County’s on-demand SEATS program began in February and was funded by the county’s American Rescue Plan Act fund which will facilitate five years of on-demand rides.
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August 27. Jelani Day remembered and honored for his short life. The family also announced the Foundation that bears his name and its advocacy for the families of missing minorities.
NORMAL — The Jelani Day Foundation will host its second annual All White Remembrance Dinner on Saturday, Aug. 26, in the Brown Ballroom at Illinois State University's Bone Student Center.
Doors will open at 5 p.m., with the event beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $50 for adults and $25 for students with ID; they will be available on eventbrite.
The night aims to "celebrate the life and legacy of Jelani Day and highlight the endeavors JDF have been working on and towards over the last year," according to a "Justice for Jelani Day" Facebook post announcing the event.
Day, a 25-year-old graduate student from Danville who was studying speech pathology at ISU, went missing Aug. 25, 2021. His car was found the next day in Peru, nearly an hour north of Bloomington-Normal, and his body was found along the Illinois River there Sept. 4.
Day's body was not publicly identified by the LaSalle County coroner until Sept. 23. The coroner determined Day's cause of death as drowning but noted "the manner in which" Day entered the water was unknown.
The Jelani Day Foundation launched in August 2022 with the mission of "Supporting Families of Missing Minorities." The foundation has previously stated it "will be at the forefront of the fight for change and equity to ensure families of color have the help and momentum needed during the search for their missing loved ones."
The Bloomington-Normal Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, 201 Broadway in Normal, will serve as the host hotel for the event. Mention "The Jelani Day Foundation" when booking your reservation.
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BLOOMINGTON — The Bloomington Police Department said Friday that a teen reported missing in late May has been found.
Lashawnda Williams, 17, of Bloomington, was reported missing May 26 and was located on Friday, June 30, BPD said.
No further information was available.
If you or someone you know is thinking about running away, call Project Oz any time at 309-827-0377 to speak with a crisis counselor.
Who are they? IL children reported missing as of June 17
These are recent reports of missing children made to local law enforcement. If you think you have seen a missing child, contact the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678). | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/bloomington-police-locate-missing-teen/article_97e41da6-176d-11ee-be24-d39f9b42a2a8.html | 2023-06-30T18:19:17 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/bloomington-police-locate-missing-teen/article_97e41da6-176d-11ee-be24-d39f9b42a2a8.html |
Indiana internet outage map: How to check your status
Summer in Indiana means the chance for severe weather, and that can mean the dreaded loss of internet.
With so many working from home or just relying on the internet for countless devices around the house, it's crucial to know exactly how long you might be impacted.
Here's how to check outages for your local provider and get some answers on when it may return.
Xfinity outage map
Comcast, known as Xfinity, covers most areas in Indiana.
Xfinity customers will need to enter their full addresses into this outage map to get updates. It won't provide answers if the address isn't listed as a customer.
You can also sign into your account to get more personalized information.
The company says during outages you can find and connect to Xfinity WiFi hotspots. Just sign in to any xfinitywifi network using your username and password.
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AT&T outage map
AT&T allows users to sign up for text alert updates about outages, or you can check on outages with your mobile phone or internet here. The map just confirms the problems you are having are due to an area outage, and not just problems with your own equipment. It does not provide an estimated time for repair.
Metronet outages
For outage information with Metronet, you will need to be logged into your account.
You can find full instructions on logging in, finding outage info and signing up for text and email alerts here.
Spectrum outages
Spectrum also encourages customers to sign up for text or email alerts to stay updated on the latest outage info. You can also chat with a representative here to ask about outages, and find a list of troubleshooting tips and resources.
Indiana power outage map:How to check your status
Verizon outages
Verizon requires customers to sign into their accounts to check outages, but you can also find troubleshooting info and check on the status of repair requests.
They also have a handy frequently asked questions section that might be helpful during an outage.
Centurylink outages
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A bridge near the border of Mt. Washington and Beechview that spans Route 51 is currently at the center of a lawsuit between the City of Pittsburgh and a private business over whether to tear it down.
It’s been there for decades but was recently classified as Priority Zero in a comprehensive bridge report. Now, the City of Pittsburgh has decided to start the process of tearing it down but faces resistance from a local business.
Wabash Properties L.L.C. filed a lawsuit to block the demolition, claiming the city was responsible for maintaining and repairing that section of the bridge and that demolishing it would cut off access to their business, Rohrich GM Parts Center.
“Honestly, I think Rohrich should just bite the bullet, find another parking lot, and tear it down. That’s my opinion,” said Ed Ogden, who lived in the area for 60 years. “I’ve driven under it probably 5,000 times. It’s just dilapidated underneath, rocks falling down…they’ve done some work on it, but I don’t know, it seems useless to me.”
Channel 11 news partner the Trib reports that spalling, or breaking at a portion of the bridge, was a concern because the section could let loose and fall directly onto traffic below.
“Hey, you never know what’s going to happen. Look what happened to the fern hollow bridge,” Ogden said.
On Friday, the City of Pittsburgh released this statement about the situation and its next course of action:
“This bridge was listed as one of the ‘Priority Zero’ spans in the mayor’s comprehensive bridge report. Since receiving the report, all Priority 0 maintenance items have been mitigated, including the removal of loose concrete over/next to traffic and repairs to deteriorated steel beams. Additionally, the city has been working with the adjacent business to restrict vehicle loading from portions of the top of the bridge to reduce standing weight on the structure.
The legislation before City Council this week was to authorize funds with the ultimate objective of demolishing this bridge. That process still requires planning, engineering, and funding. The exact timeline is still to be determined; in the interim the city continues to monitor the bridge.”
At press time, Rohrich had not responded to Channel 11′s request for comment on the situation.
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PNC and the rest of the nation’s biggest banks all passed the annual stress test, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to be stressed about.
And that’s not the hypothetical combined loss of $541 billion, or $424 billion in loan losses.
Implemented in the aftermath of the Great Recession, the test gauges whether banks are positioned to weather a severe recession with sufficient liquidity to continue to lend under extreme circumstances.
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The name through which Jason Lardo and his family own the former church at 241 Shady Ave. in Shadyside — Beatrice Icon LLC — reveals a long-time personal connection with the structure.
Lardo said Beatrice was the name of his great-grandmother, who attended the Italian Christian Church of Pittsburgh in the 1890-built structure on Shady Avenue next to a major redevelopment site.
“I tried to fix the church in 2014 and 2015. There was no way to save it,” said Lardo, a principal with Icon Development, whose biggest project is the Rockwell Park redevelopment in North Point Breeze. “We went through all the right processes, and the building is structurally insufficient.”
Yet the property and Beatrice Icon’s move to pursue the church’s demolition now is subject to a legal challenge by East Liberty Valley Historical Society joined by neighborhood residents and advocates who protest the way the historic nomination was handled by the city and dispute how the demolition notice was posted on the property.
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission expects to see 300,000 more drivers on the turnpike compared to last year during this same ten-day holiday period.
If you’re taking a Fourth of July road trip, expect to see more emergency presence with signs and patrols on the turnpike.
It’s in response to an expected record number of drivers heading out of town.
Chuck Sobecki and his family left Ohio before 7 a.m. Friday. They’re headed to the Outer Banks.
“We kinda just wanted to get on the road as early as we could today just to avoid a lot of the traffic,” said Sobecki.
AAA says the busiest travel time is between 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. So getting an early start helps beat the traffic or wait until after 6 p.m.
AAA says their top calls for road assistance are tires and battery issues.
“You want to make sure you pay close attention to your battery, your tires, your engines. And have an emergency road service kit in case something does happen when you’re on the road,” said AAA East Central Spokesperson Tiffany Stanley.
From June 30 to July 9, maintenance and construction work is suspended on the turnpike with all lanes open to drivers in both directions.
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A home is currently for sale in the North Hills for over $3.8 million.
The home, which is situated on a 4.47-acre property, is located at 424 Heights Dr. in Gibsonia and is for sale for $3,890,000. It is listed with Emily Wilhelm of Piatt Sotheby’s International Realty.
The 6,327-square-foot home has seven bedrooms, seven full bathrooms and one half bathroom. The main floor of the home includes an open living room with a fireplace, a formal dining room, a kitchen with a large center island and wood-burning pizza oven, an office with black walnut paneling, a hearth room and a sunroom with heated terra cotta floors and walls of windows.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — The D.C. Circuit Court has handed the state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe a big win, reversing a lower court decision that struck down the gaming compact signed between the state and the tribe in 2021.
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“Thus, to be sure, an IGRA (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act) gaming compact can legally authorize a tribe to conduct gaming only on its own lands. But at the same time, IGRA does not prohibit a gaming compact—which is, at bottom, an agreement between a tribe and a state—from discussing other topics, including those governing activities outside Indian lands,” wrote the court.
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The ruling comes after months of litigation with a group of nontribal gaming facilities in South Florida arguing that the compact violated federal law by allowing the Seminole Tribe to accept sports bets from anywhere in the state, so long as the computer servers processing those bets were on Seminole land.
While the ruling appears to clear the way for the Seminole Tribe to resume its Hard Rock Sports Betting App, the court did leave open the possibility that state courts may have an issue with the compact and its possible conflict with the Florida Constitution, which prohibits the expansion of gambling off of Indian lands, with the court writing, “Rather, the Compact itself authorizes only the betting that occurs on the Tribe’s lands; in this respect it satisfied IGRA. Whether it is otherwise lawful for a patron to place bets from non-tribal land within Florida may be a question for that State’s courts, but it is not the subject of this litigation and not for us to decide.”
In a statement to Channel 9 the Seminole Tribe wrote:
“The Seminole Tribe of Florida is pleased with today’s unanimous decision. It is a positive outcome for the Seminole Tribe and the people of Florida, and for all of Indian Country. The Tribe is fully reviewing the decision to determine its next steps.”
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MIDLAND, Texas — The City of Midland Parks and Recreation Department will be holding an MLB Pitch, Hit and Run on July 7.
The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. for boys and girls ages 7-14 years old. The competition happens at the Bill Williams Softball Complex on 1300 E. Wadley Ave.
People can register for the event by clicking here. Registration on-site will also be available for people during the day of the event. In order to advance to the next round, all athletes must be registered.
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REEVES COUNTY, Texas — One person has been killed in a fatal crash in Reeves County on June 30.
32-year-old Luis Gutierrez of California was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle involved was not injured.
The initial investigation revealed that a 2020 Kenworth Truck was traveling northbound on US 285 and stopped at the stop sign at the intersection of US 285 and RM 652. When the truck tried to make a left turn on RM 652, a 2021 Ford F-150, driven by Gutierrez, was traveling eastbound on RM 652 and disregarded the stop sign at the same intersection. This led to collison with the left side of the Kenworth truck.
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ODOT provides updates on I-77/U.S. 30 and U.S. 62 projects
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The Ohio Department of Transportation has issued the following Stark County construction project traffic updates for next week. Work is weather permitting:
- Interstate 77 and U.S. Route 30 reconstruction project in Canton (estimated completion in June 2024): The ramp from Cherry Avenue south to Route 30 west is now open. Cleveland Avenue under I-77 is closed through late July for bridge painting. The detour is Market Avenue to 15th Street to Navarre Road to McKinley Avenue.
- U.S. Route 62 relocation in Canton and Canton Township (estimated completed in October 2024): Beginning Wednesday, St. Elmo Street just north of Route 62 will be closed through mid-July. The detour will be posted. St. Elmo Street just south of Route 62 remains closed through late September. The detour is 30th Street to Rowland Avenue. The ramp from Route 43/Market Avenue to Route 62 eastbound remains closed. The detour is state Route 43 to 55th Street to Harmont Avenue to Route 62. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2023/06/30/odot-provides-updates-on-i-77u-s-30-and-u-s-62-projects-in-stark-county/70373268007/ | 2023-06-30T18:36:09 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2023/06/30/odot-provides-updates-on-i-77u-s-30-and-u-s-62-projects-in-stark-county/70373268007/ |
What to Know
- Officials and residents of several New Jersey shore towns say the state’s law decriminalizing marijuana use is having an unintended effect: emboldening large groups of teenagers to run amok on beaches and boardwalks, knowing there is little chance of them getting in trouble for it.
- Critics say the changes, which include a prohibition on searching teens for alcohol and drugs, went too far. Large crowds of unruly teens plagued Ocean City and Seaside Heights over Memorial Day weekend.
- Now, some lawmakers are trying to walk back some of the changes.
It's summer on the Jersey Shore. For many young people, that means one thing: Party time!
But officials and residents of several beachside towns say New Jersey's criminal justice reforms in recent years — such as decriminalizing marijuana use — are having an unintended effect, emboldening large groups of teenagers to run amok on beaches and boardwalks, knowing there’s little chance they'll get in trouble for it.
Now, some lawmakers are trying to walk back parts of those laws, which also involve alcohol use and possession. The laws were designed to keep more juveniles out of the court system, and imposed a number of restrictions on police officers' interactions with them.
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“You don’t want to see a kid with a record that will last the rest of his life, but you can’t let them believe they can do anything they want,” said Mayor Anthony Vaz of Seaside Heights. “That’s unacceptable.”
During Memorial Day weekend, police and media outlets reported episodes of underage drinking, drug use, fights and assaults in Ocean City and Seaside Heights — home to the infamous MTV series “Jersey Shore” in which a bunch of summer renters generally raised hell in town.
Although teens have been drinking and smoking marijuana at the Jersey Shore for generations, long before the state altered its laws, some elected officials and residents say the situation has drastically worsened in the last two years.
Over Memorial Day, teens were hanging from a motel balcony in Seaside Heights and climbing onto the roof of another motel. In Ocean City, eight teens drank themselves unconscious on the boardwalk and had to be hospitalized. Restroom attendants were assaulted and spit on by youths. Several teens were carrying knives and one had a replica gun that police say looked just like the real thing.
“Enough is enough,” Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian wrote in a message to residents on the city's website. “It’s become clear over the past two summers that these crowds will only grow larger and unrulier unless something changes.”
Holly Kisby, an Ocean City resident who has worked on the boardwalk for over 30 years, said teens were drinking, smoking marijuana, setting off fireworks into the crowd, fighting, destroying property and stealing from stores, among other things.
“You're getting well more than 300 kids, if I had to guess, 700-plus a few nights, all acting wild,” she said. “Like a bad house party without the house. This is by far the worst it’s ever been.”
Ocean City Police Chief Jay Prettyman said most of the troublemakers were drinking underage, but added that New Jersey's recently adopted cannabis law says that someone under the age of 21 cannot consent to a police search for marijuana or alcohol.
Previously, teens caught with those things could be arrested. Now, they get a warning, or get taken to police headquarters for a parent or guardian to pick them up except in the most serious situations.
Word spread fast among teens, who know they don't have to give officers their names as long as they don't walk away from the officer during questioning. The kids even know that officers themselves could face charges if they violate the rights of teens in these circumstances.
The New Jersey Attorney General's Office did not respond to requests for comment. The American Civil Liberties Union supported the changes, saying teens should be offered alternatives to criminal prosecution where possible.
Above the Seaside Heights boardwalk Thursday, a small plane towed a banner asking, “Do you know the signs of alcohol poisoning?” Sitting on a bench with friends, 22-year-old Santiago Caceres said police should not be able to search people for illicit substances.
“People of color are way more likely to be searched than white people,” he said. “People are in jail because of this.”
“A lot of underage people make a dumb mistake and they get a criminal record,” ruining the rest of their life, added his friend Angel Aguero, 23. Both had come down to the beach from West New York, a town in New Jersey just across from Manhattan.
Nick DiMattina, a 15-year-old from Beachwood, New Jersey, said police should be allowed to conduct searches of underage people like himself. He learned of the change in the law on TikTok.
“If kids are allowed to do it and don't get searched, then they're going to do it,” said DiMattina, who said he does not drink or use cannabis.
Several lawmakers from both parties have introduced bills reinstating fines for underage possession of alcohol and marijuana, and allowing police officers to search teens observed to be in possession of the items.
Prettyman, the Ocean City police chief, said officers throughout the state are hesitant to engage teens regarding alcohol or marijuana for fear of being charged themselves with a third-degree crime of depriving the teens of their rights. He said bills removing that provision, and reinstating penalties for underage possession and consumption of alcohol and pot, will help undo some of the excesses of the current law.
Sen. Michael Testa, a Republican, was shocked by the “lawlessness” on the Jersey Shore over Memorial Day weekend. He's sponsoring a package of bills including one that would remove the threat of charges against police officers acting in good faith, and another allowing towns to designate alcohol and marijuana-free zones.
New Jersey is not alone in reforming its laws to try to keep more juveniles out of the criminal justice system. Several Maryland law enforcement officers say that state's juvenile reforms have made it harder to question and investigate teens suspected of committing crimes, although the state's Department of Juvenile Services says the laws are having a positive effect.
Seaside Heights' mayor said he heard kids as young as 13 mouthing off to police officers, with impunity.
“A few of them actually said, ‘You can’t do anything to me,’” Vaz said. “I heard it with my own ears."
The town is considering raising the minimum age to rent a motel room from 18 to 21 if disturbances continue.
In the aftermath of its own unruly weekend, Ocean City acted quickly to regain control of its beach and boardwalk, closing access to the beach at 8 p.m. and banning backpacks on the boardwalk after that hour; adopting an earlier curfew, and closing public restrooms at 10 p.m. Seaside Heights adopted similar measures, including one that allows officials to shut down the beach and boardwalk if things get out of hand, and other shore towns have enacted curfews and alcohol bans.
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- According to law enforcement sources, the child was last seen with her mother at around 8:40 p.m. last Friday at a hotel serving as a shelter located at 201 East 24th St.
- Her mother said that she handed the girl to a woman in front of a government building but doesn’t know which building, but hadn't seen her since, according to law enforcement sources.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The four-year-old girl who was reported missing nearly a week after she was last seen in a Manhattan shelter, has been found.
Police issued a public plea Friday to help locate the missing 4-year-old girl who they say was last seen in a Manhattan shelter June 23.
According to law enforcement sources, the girl was last seen with her mother at around 8:40 p.m. last Friday at a hotel serving as a shelter located at 201 East 24th St. in the Kips Bay neighborhood.
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On Thursday, law enforcement sources say, the girl's mother checked herself into a hospital and a social worker called in that her daughter was missing.
Her mother said that she handed the girl to a woman in front of a government building but doesn’t know which building, and hasn’t seen her since, according to law enforcement sources.
According to NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig, the girl's mother apparently had a mental or physical episode which caused her to give her child to another person. The biological dad became aware of this and reported it to police Thursday, Essig said.
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Police subsequently identified the person who the child was handed off to as residing on 144th Street in the Bronx, according to Essig. It was at that location that the girl was found.
The 4-year-old girl was taken to a local hospital where she is undergoing physical examination, Essig said.
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DULUTH — The Highland Chateau apartment building, 822 Baylis St., has been sold for $8 million.
PLB Highland Chateau LLC bought the 60-unit complex from Sherman Associates, with the buyer represented by Encompass Real Estate Investment Services and the seller represented by a team from JLL Capital Markets.
The market-rate building was fully occupied at the time of the sale. it contains a mix of floor plans, including studios, plus one- and two-bedroom units with balconies or patios. The building's tenants also have access to garage space, on-site laundry facilities, a courtyard picnic area and fitness center.
One-bedroom units rent for $1,060 a month and two-bedroom units begin at $1,380.
Built in 1972, the building benefits from its close proximity to Marshall School, the University of Minnesota Duluth, Lake Superior College and the College of St. Scholastica.
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Investing isn't just for experts. It's for everyone, whether you have $5 or $50,000. Regardless of how much money you have, though, it can be easy to fall into investment traps, making "process" mistakes that can cost you serious money. These are some major no-nos to avoid.
Some investors like to invest themselves, while others find it easier to get help from a professional. Since personal finance is personal, it can look different among every individual. If you're an investor looking for help, it might make sense to consult with a financial advisor.
If you are looking to get started on your investing journey, Bankrate spoke with a couple of experts on what you should never do with your investments.
Mistake No. 1: Comparing yourself to others
It's easy to look at what others are doing and feel defeated when you aren't at the same level. But investing is personal. No one has your income, expenses, job, personal responsibilities and other factors. All of those play a part in how your investments will perform.
"One of the biggest mistakes is trying to compare your investment returns to someone else and trying to get the same returns without knowing all of the surrounding information," says Kevin Matthews II, author and founder of BuildingBread, an investing education company. "There are a lot of factors that determine how much you can make in the stock market, including when you start investing, how long you hold, and the amount you start with."
Mistake No. 2: Making emotional decisions
Investing can be personal, but remember that a lot of what you're doing is rooted in making business moves. You're making long-term investments, but it's easy to get emotional when a stock or the broader market falls and you lose money in the short term. Avoid making rash decisions as much as possible and skip becoming emotional when things don't go as planned.
"The more you pay attention to business news headlines and your account balance, the more likely you are to act on emotion," says Dani Pascarella, CFP, founder and CEO of OneEleven, a financial planning company. "Turn off the TV and check your accounts on a less frequent cycle, like once per month. Educating yourself on investing and economic cycles will also help you to feel confident about your investments and ignore all of the noise."
Mistake No. 3: Trying to time the market
It's common to hear the advice of "buy low, sell high." But how do you know when "low" is really low enough to get in on the action? Some investors try to "time the market" by buying and selling their investments at what seem like opportune moments.
"The problem with [trying to time the market] is that identifying the perfect time is nearly impossible and the perfect time may never arrive," Pascarella says. And Matthews agrees.
"Attempting to time the market to avoid a loss and jump back in at the perfect time is nearly impossible to do consistently," he says. "This is because like a slot machine you have to get three things right to win: When to get out, what to buy, and when to get back in. Missing out on just one of those can have a drastic impact on your portfolio."
Rather than spend time trying to time the market, Pascarella says to put a fixed dollar amount into your investment accounts regularly (like monthly) and ignore whatever the markets are doing at that moment. Committing to this type of investing — called dollar cost averaging — means you won't act on impulse when it comes to where your money goes.
Mistake No. 4: Ignoring your other obligations
Investing should be made with money that isn't needed for anything else, like expenses and debt. While it's important to invest as soon as you can, putting off other responsibilities won't help your investments now or in the long run.
"Without a dedicated emergency fund, you might be forced to sell investments at a loss when something unexpected happens to try and cover the expense," Pascarella says. "If you have high-interest credit card debt, it's likely the interest you are paying is double what an investment portfolio would generate for you in a given year."
It's nice to put as much extra cash towards your investments as you can to build wealth, but the sooner you pay off debt, the more money you'll have to invest.
Mistake No. 5: Taking a distribution instead of a rollover
When you move jobs, your retirement plan doesn't necessarily move with you — at least not right away. You'll have to contact the manager of your old employer's plan to work out a rollover to move your retirement plan into a new account, whether that's into a 401(k) at your new employer or an IRA. It's tedious work but usually worth it because the alternative could be expensive.
"When you move from one job to another, you have the option of taking your money with you," Matthews says. "But you want to do so as a rollover to an IRA which is a non-taxable event compared to withdrawing the money and paying taxes and a potential penalty."
A distribution counts as an early withdrawal, triggering a 10 percent penalty on top of any other taxes you might owe. That's less money in your investment accounts, and you'll owe the government money when you go that route.
Mistake No. 6: Missing employer matches
If you aren't sure whether your employer offers a match on your 401(k) contributions, you might be missing out on maximizing your investments. Many employers offer one, but Matthews says that many people don't take advantage of it, leaving free money behind.
"The match from your employer is likely much higher than any return that you would get from the market that year," he says. "For example, a dollar-for-dollar match is an instant 100 percent return on your contribution. It would take years for your investment portfolio to grow that much."
Ask your human resources department about contribution matches and how you can start taking advantage of them. If your company doesn't offer one, your inquiry might be the spark that lights the fire to start employer matching as an employee benefit.
Mistake No. 7: Not actually investing your investment account
It's a big step to open an investment account. But if you aren't actually investing that money, then it's not going to grow and instead will just sit around as cash.
"There is a difference between your investing accounts and your actual investments," Matthews says. "You'll want to avoid the mistake of opening an account, depositing money, and letting that money sit without putting it to work by selecting an investment."
Pascarella says she's had clients that did go through with setting up and even contributing to an investment account but then didn't actually select investments for that money.
"Remember to make investment selection part of your process," she says. "Reviewing your portfolio holdings and performance monthly is also a great practice that will allow you to catch oversights like this quickly."
Bottom line
Investing can seem scary, especially if you don't know how to start and you have a lot of experts telling you what to do. But making the most of your investments requires a bit of legwork and creating healthy investment habits.
Remember you're working towards making the most of your investments, so try to avoid acting on emotions. Once you've made the leap to opening an account and even setting up contributions, make sure your money is working hard for you and check on your accounts regularly, whether it's monthly, quarterly or annually. If you're unsure if you're making the right choices, consider reaching out to a financial expert, like a planner or advisor, to review your investments with you.
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New Knoxville Police Department Deputy Chief Brooklyn Belk quits after just four months
Knoxville Deputy Chief Brooklyn Belk is quitting as head of the newly created professional standards unit on July 16, Police Chief Paul Noel announced June 30. Belk was named to the position on Feb. 17.
During her brief tenure, Belk worked to develop policy and procedural recommendations to enhance the internal investigations processes. Belk also chaired the internal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion working group.
“When I hired Brooklyn, I knew that we were only going to have her for a short time,” Noel said Friday. “With that in mind, I also knew that her experience, character and subject-matter expertise made her the right person to help us through some pressing matters and start the process of building out systems, modernizing our policies and procedures, and laying the foundation for this position moving forward."
The news release does not say why she is leaving or where she is headed. Belk did not immediately respond to a request for a comment.
The process of identifying and selecting Belk’s successor is underway, the release said. Qualified applicants from across the country will be considered for the position, which is appointed by Noel.
Belk was a visiting criminal and constitutional law professor at the University of Tennessee College of Law. She previously was a law firm partner and chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial and in-house counsel for a technology company working with law enforcement nationally.
Belk also served as a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice from 2009 to 2018, including in East and Middle Tennessee.
Mayor Indya Kincannon said Belk's hire was "a big investment for our city and one that will help with our continued focus on equitability and transparency."
Belk was being paid $162,000 annually.
Much of what Belk was hired to focus on, Noel previously told Knox News, was laid bare in a culture assessment Noel ordered after he took over the police department so he could better understand the challenges he faced. The survey showed widespread dissatisfaction with communication from leadership.
It also revealed that nearly every Black employee at KPD has experienced discrimination.
Before Noel arrived, two lengthy Knox News investigations detailed a series of sexual harassment issues and coverup and a culture of racism that was covered up by top commanders.
Separately, in the three years before Noel arrived, nine officers, including two deputy chiefs, resigned or retired amid scandal.
Liz Kellar is a public safety reporter. Email lkellar@knoxnews.com.
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Starbucks workers in Bloomington begin effort to unionize
Bloomington resident Stefanie Sharp started working at Starbucks last summer and expected to work 35 hours per week — but many weeks she has been assigned shifts that total just over 20 hours.
Sometimes she works a day shift, sometimes a mid-shift, sometimes a late shift, depending on the whim of the scheduler.
“You don’t really know what your income is per month,” she said.
Sharp said she and her co-workers also have to worry about cracking 22 hours a week to retain their benefits.
Those uncertainties — and other concerns — have prompted Sharp and about 30 of her co-workers to try to unionize with Starbucks Workers United. The employees said in a news release this week they have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board.
The Bloomington employees are part of a trend: According to the union, more than 330 of the chain’s coffee shops have unionized in 38 states and Washington, D.C., which, the organizers said, was “more than any company in the 21st Century.”
Sharp, of Winslow, Indiana, in the southwestern part of the state, came to Bloomington for college. She took off a year after the pandemic but is about to go back to school. She has about 18 credit hours left on her political science degree.
Employees: Starbucks wages too low, especially for Bloomington
Sharp said the hourly wages Starbucks is paying are too low. Sharp earns $15 per hour and said she can barely afford to live in Bloomington. She lives on the city’s south side, in a house she shares with two other people. Monthly rent is $1,475, but is about to increase to $2,000. Sharp is moving to a less expensive place on the city’s north side.
Sharp said Starbucks has been limiting employees’ work hours and requiring them to work three positions at once. And yet the company is pushing employees to make connections with customers to encourage repeat business. And while her store at Third Street and the Ind. 45/46 Bypass is one of the highest volume stores in the state, Sharp said employees have to worry about whether they can pay the next month’s bills.
“It’s just awful, and we’re just tired of it,” she said.
As employees talked, Sharp noticed they were sympathetic toward unions, so she decided to spearhead the unionization effort with one of her colleagues, Charlie Graham.
Graham also works as a barista but also is a graduate student at Indiana University’s Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, where they study public administration and environmental science.
Graham said Wednesday that two of their co-workers that day were having a conversation about whether they were going to have enough hours that week to retain their benefits. And, Graham said, those employees would like to work full-time.
At the same time the company is limiting employee hours, it is making it difficult for workers to take a second job, Graham said. If employees take a second job and limit their availability at Starbucks, they usually are offered even fewer hours at the coffee shop.
Graham also said employees know how much money comes into the store, and they understand the materials for the drinks are “dirt cheap,” which means almost all of the value the store generates comes from the employees’ work. The national union, they said, is asking for a national average wage of $20 per hour.
Graham said they were shocked when they moved from Evansville to Bloomington last summer. They live on the city’s northwest side in a $1,300 apartment with their fiancée, who is an elementary school teacher.
Pride flag removal part of Bloomington Starbucks unionization push
Graham and Sharp also said they want to unionize to have more authority about what happens in their store. For example, they said employees recently put up a flag to celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month, but their manager took it down.
To Graham, who uses they/them pronouns, and Sharp, who is trans, the issue is personal.
Starbucks has shown that it has the power and will to remove such displays, Graham said, and employees want to be able to prevent such interference.
Sharp said the removal prompted employees to walk off the floor, leaving the store inoperable for about an hour.
As a concession, management allowed an employee to draw a mural on the chalkboard, she said. And while the mural is “awesome,” Sharp said, the Pride flag still has not been reinstalled.
IU grad workers went on strike.Now, some won't have a job at all
Starbucks spokesperson Rachel Wall said via email Starbucks has “not altered its corporate policies or approach to celebrating Pride Month” and “store leaders remain empowered to decorate their stores for heritage months, including Pride Month.”
Wall’s email included a quote from Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan, who said, “Starbucks has been and will continue to be at the forefront of supporting the LGBTQIA2+ community, and we will not waver in that commitment.”
Wall also said in the email that Starbucks’ labor relations division has sent a letter to Workers United President Lynn Fox to express “deep and urgent concern about the blatant fear mongering campaign … especially the knowingly and recklessly false statements that Starbucks corporate had ‘banned’ PRIDE related décor in all stores.”
Wall added all employees enrolled in the company’s health plan retain access to “industry-leading gender affirming care benefits regardless of organizing activity.”
According to USA Today, a sister publication of The Herald-Times, a National Labor Relations Board judge this year ruled the company had committed “hundreds of unfair labor practices” during unionization efforts at stores in the Buffalo, New York, area.
Sharp said it’s unclear when exactly the Bloomington shop will vote to join the union, but she believes other local Starbucks shops also will try to unionize.
“This is the beginning of a … Bloomington-wide campaign,” Sharp said.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — One person died Thursday evening during a fire at an Aurora, OR home, officials said.
According to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, at just after 7:20 p.m. they got a report of an explosion at a home in the Deer Creek Estates.
In the process of attempting to suppress the fire, first responders said they found the victim inside the home.
No other injuries were reported.
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A man suspected of killing three people, including his father, and shooting and wounding two others appeared Friday in Forsyth District Court.
Thomas Jackson Gillie, 22, of Bayberry Lane wore an orange jumpsuit as he was escorted into the courtroom by two bailiffs.
Gillie is charged with two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder in Forsyth County, court records show.
Greensboro police say Gillie also is the suspect in the fatal shooting of his father, Douglas Lane Gillie Jr., 62, early Thursday at 5100 Bayberry Lane.
In Kernersville, Gillie is charged with murder in the deaths of Kevin Dale Smith and Nathaniel Tyshawn Burt on Thursday, according to an arrest warrant.
Gillie is also charged with attempting to kill Lori Ann Darby and Thomas Allen Doub on Thursday as well, the warrant said.
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During his brief court hearing, Gillie told Judge Kristin Kelly Broyles that he wanted a lawyer. Broyles said she would appoint a public defender to assist him in his case.
Gillie didn’t enter a plea to the charges that he is facing.
If Gillie is convicted on the two murder charges, he would face a maximum punishment of the death penalty, Assistant District Attorney Mark Parent told Broyles. If Gillie is convicted on the two attempted murder charges, he would face the possibility two terms of 40¼ years in prison, Parent said.
“The state requests because of the seriousness of the charges that no bond be allowed,” Parent said.
Broyles didn’t set a bond for Gillie, who is being held in the Forsyth County Jail.
Kernersville police say they responded at approximately 12:30 a.m. Thursday to 9102 Stafford Country Lane on a reported shooting. After officers, they briefly exchanged gunfire with Gillie, who then surrendered to them.
Officers then found two male victims suffering from gunshot wounds, who both died from their injuries. A female victim was found suffering from a gunshot wound and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Kernersville police alerted the Greensboro police at 1:20 a.m. Thursday to a potential victim at 5100 Bayberry Lane, which is where officers found Douglas Lane Gillie Jr., 62, dead with a gunshot wound.
Police believe the shooting on Bayberry preceded the shootings in Kernersville, a Greensboro police spokeswoman said.
It's unclear when Gillie may potentially face charges in the fatal shooting of his father, Douglas Lane Gillie Jr., in Greensboro.
The Greensboro Police Department has been working with the Kernersville Police Department, which is the lead agency on the case. Greensboro detectives have been unable to interview Gillie, and it's not immediately known if they'll have an opportunity to do so.
When contacted Friday, Guilford County's Chief Assistant District Attorney Chris Parrish said he could not comment because Gillie has not been charged with a crime in Guilford County.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – FBI agents arrested a Michigan man Friday in Orlando on charges connected to the attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
According to court records, the FBI received several tips that Jeremy Rodgers, 29, of Midland, Michigan, went to Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021.
Several tips identified him on the FBI’s Most Wanted website, as well.
Agents said they tried to interview Rodgers in December of 2022, but he declined.
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FBI investigators write in court records they identified Rodgers in surveillance footage at the U.S. Capitol holding a blue flag that read, “Trump 2020.”
They said he was seen pushing against a line of officers and overrunning officers defending the stairs around the East Rotunda Door.
“Video… shows Rodgers using his flagpole as a weapon, swinging it down onto the officers who were blocking access to the door,” investigators wrote. “Rodgers struck a USCP officer (hereinafter identified as “Officer-1,” whose identity is known to the FBI) three times on his helmet. The strikes are loud enough to be heard in videos documenting the assault. After a short time passed, Rodgers struck down with the flagpole twice more in the direction of the officers.”
Investigators also said Rodgers used his flagpole to gain entry to the Capitol. They said he used it to strike down in the doorway of the East Rotunda door after it was opened until he could get inside.
Afterward, investigators claimed Rodgers was part of a group of people who tried to get inside the House chambers.
They said he “pushed forward within feet of the door,” where officers had guns drawn on the other side.
He was seen chanting with other rioters, “Stop the steal” and “break it down.”
He then got into a scuffle with Capitol police, according to the document.
“At some point during this altercation, another rioter appears to deploy a white spray, which hits one of the officers,” investigators wrote. “Rodgers walks away, and moments later, law enforcement deployed smoke, tear gas, or some other irritant, presumably in an attempt to disperse the rioters.”
Rodgers faces eight federal charges in connection with his involvement, including assaulting a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon, civil disorder and committing an act of physical violence in a restricted building.
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department activated a silver alert for a missing 69-year-old woman.
Police say Sandra Burton has cognitive impairment and was last seen wearing a silver headwrap, black-rimmed glasses, a gold, black and red shirt, wristwatch, black leggings, red socks and black fuzzy house shoes with gold stars.
Burton was last seen walking in the 1000 block of Clayton Lane on Wednesday, June 28 around 6:45 p.m.
Police believe Burton's disappearance "poses a credible threat to their own health and safety."
Anyone with information regarding Burton's location is asked to contact the Austin Police Department at 512-974-5250.
Below is a picture of Burton provided by Austin police. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/silver-alert-missing-woman-austin/269-8749cf8c-0a32-494d-8bf8-161d7a0c6b8f | 2023-06-30T19:04:01 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/silver-alert-missing-woman-austin/269-8749cf8c-0a32-494d-8bf8-161d7a0c6b8f |
ATLANTIC CITY — A 12-year-old city boy with a handgun was arrested after assaulting and resisting officers, said the city's police department Friday.
The juvenile was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, aggravated assault on a police officer, obstruction of justice, and resisting arrest, said police.
At approximately 2:06 p.m. Thursday, an officer observed the boy walking on the 600 block of New York Avenue into a convenience store, police said in a news release.
The officer saw what appeared to be a handgun in the male's waistband, so he entered the convenience store to investigate, police said.
When the officer entered the convenience store, the 12-year-old, who was standing at the counter, tried fleeing through the employee area back door. The officer tried to stop the boy from running, but he pushed the officer away.
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As the boy ran out the back door, the officer tried to place him in custody. But the boy resisted and kept trying to reach for the handgun in his waistband, police said.
This resulted in a lengthy struggle, where the 12-year-old bit the officer and injured his hand. The officer, with the assistance of another officer, was eventually able to arrest the juvenile.
While he resisted arrest, the loaded handgun the boy was carrying fell down his waistband to the inside of his pantleg, which police recovered, said police.
The 12-year-old was remanded to the Harborfields Detention Facility. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/12-year-old-juvevnile-city-boy-atlantic-city-arrested-for-possession-of-a-weapon-resisting-arrest-assault-on-police-officer-acpd-atlantic-city-police-department/article_794c314c-1751-11ee-9742-4b6dc48318f7.html | 2023-06-30T19:05:57 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/12-year-old-juvevnile-city-boy-atlantic-city-arrested-for-possession-of-a-weapon-resisting-arrest-assault-on-police-officer-acpd-atlantic-city-police-department/article_794c314c-1751-11ee-9742-4b6dc48318f7.html |
A Camden County man pleaded guilty to stabbing a 60-year-old Atlantic City man in the resort in 2021, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office announced Friday.
Darren Petti, 39, of Bellmawr, pleaded guilty to a second-degree aggravated assault charge. He will face a recommended sentence of three years in state prison where he must serve at least 85% before being eligible for parole. He is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 10.
At around 4:19 a.m. on July 19, 2021, Atlantic City police were dispatched to the area of Kentucky and Atlantic avenues in reference to a man being stabbed. A caller described the suspect as a white man wearing a black and white flannel shirt and black pants, and pushing a cart, police said. He had been seen walking along Atlantic Avenue toward Indiana Avenue.
Police arrived on the season and located Petti, who matched the description, in the rear of the bus terminal. Petti noticed police and walked into the station. Police followed him inside and arrested him. A search led police to recovering a small black folding knife in Petti's shorts pocket.
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The victim was not at the scene when police arrived, but Officer Randy Rodriguez-Marte responded to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Campus, after a man walked in with stab wounds, police said in a July 2021 news release.
Rodriguez-Marte learned that the 60-year-old man was stabbed after getting into a fight in the 1500 block of Atlantic Avenue. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/camden-county-man-pleads-guilty-in-2021-atlantic-city-stabbing/article_e5ee5798-176b-11ee-a2e8-3bbef703f13f.html | 2023-06-30T19:05:57 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/camden-county-man-pleads-guilty-in-2021-atlantic-city-stabbing/article_e5ee5798-176b-11ee-a2e8-3bbef703f13f.html |
MILLVILLE — The local judge who alleged Latinos were being discriminated against by the city's municipal court practices is suing the state judiciary for damages for alleged retaliation.
Judge Jason Witcher contends the state judiciary retaliated against him for protected conduct and violated the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination by not providing him proper medical accommodation, according to a lawsuit filed last Friday in Mercer County Superior Court.
The lawsuit alleges the retaliation stems from Witcher's efforts to address alleged prejudice by court personnel against defendants with Latino-sounding surnames. The prejudiced consisted of court employees requiring defendants with Latin last names to appear in person for court, without providing a chance for a virtual hearing.
Those virtual hearings have become widely used since the COVID-19 pandemic. The state's chief justice ruled in favor of allowing virtual appearances to continue after pandemic-related maneuvers to promote social distancing faded.
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The state Administrative Office investigated the claims and found Witcher's allegations unsupported by evidence. However, better use of an interpreter was recommended.
The office does not comment on open litigation, spokesperson Pete McAleer said.
The lawsuit alleges the retaliation against Witcher and the office's failure to accommodate his medical needs has caused him mental stress.
Witcher's legal team asserts the retaliation included a virtual court hearing in January being canceled because the judge failed to review the docket.
Thomas M. North, the presiding judge for Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties, questioned Witcher on Jan. 10 if he reviewed a docket for the following day's session, according to the lawsuit.
"During his over a decade-long career as a Judge, Plaintiff was never asked, let alone required, to review dockets before a court session," the lawsuit says.
Witcher replied by saying he didn't, leaving North to say he would "call someone to see what should be done about the Jan. 11, 2023, session," the lawsuit states.
After Witcher went to bed, North, in a text message, informed him the hearing was canceled, the lawsuit states.
In a follow-up email confirming the cancellation, North allegedly told Witcher, "You continue to publicly allege issues with scheduling in the Millville Municipal Court. I have yet to see any issues, and every time I invite you to identify an issue, you are unable to do so or simply ignore my requests.”
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North also allegedly told Witcher because he did not review the docket, "I am troubled that you refuse to perform your job," the lawsuit states. A story later published by the New Jersey Law Journal about the alleged exchange caused Witcher "humiliation and embarrassment."
The lawsuit also alleges Witcher suffered a seizure-like response during an in-person court session because medical accommodations allowing him to preside over the courtroom remotely were taken away.
Witcher suffers from Crohn's disease, the lawsuit says. He was diagnosed in 2021.
To accommodate the condition, Witcher was permitted to hear cases virtually through his computer, but the state directed him to appear at the courthouse for all court proceedings, the lawsuit says. The move was made in light of Witcher's comments about racism in the municipal court's practices, the lawsuit contends.
Witcher was suspended briefly but returned, the lawsuit says.
To protect his health, Witcher was forced to resign from judgeship beginning Aug. 1, the lawsuit says.
MILLVILLE — The state Judiciary did not find evidence of bias by city Municipal Court staff …
Witcher preceded over other municipal courtrooms in South Jersey, including Bridgeton.
He began municipal court duties in 2010, the lawsuit says. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/millville-judge-lawsuit-bias-latino/article_f72e2bcc-175d-11ee-849c-b3abd9198383.html | 2023-06-30T19:05:59 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/millville-judge-lawsuit-bias-latino/article_f72e2bcc-175d-11ee-849c-b3abd9198383.html |
BALTIMORE — The getaway driver in a deadly 2018 kidnapping will spend the rest of their life behind bars.
Tiffany Jones was abducted at knife point from the back of a Family Dollar on Potee Street and taken away in a Chevy pickup.
The next day investigators were called to a fire at a vacant home in the 3400 block of 7th Street.
Jones' lifeless body was discovered bound and burnt in the basement.
Witnesses identified the kidnapper as Willard Turner Williams, who was later captured in Philadelphia.
Detectives also located the Chevy, and inside was a knife with Bobie Barncord's DNA on it.
Bancord, 33 of Glen Burnie, admitted to being behind the wheel of the Chevy that took off with Jones.
She also confessed to pouring gasoline on Jones, before her body was lit on fire by Williams.
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According to charging documents Barncord was partly motivated by her belief that Jones had taken her cell phone.
Turner was also sentenced to life in prison for his role back in 2020.
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“This is a heinous case that shows just how long the road to justice can be,” said Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan J. Bates. "The depravity of this defendant’s actions can never be undone, but we can ensure that she never has the opportunity to do this to someone again.” | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/baltimore-woman-sentenced-to-life-for-role-in-torturous-kidnapping | 2023-06-30T19:06:06 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/baltimore-woman-sentenced-to-life-for-role-in-torturous-kidnapping |
BALTIMORE — A new study suggests Maryland colleges are failing at getting aspiring elementary school teachers ready to teach students reading.
The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) evaluated 15 graduate and undergraduate programs in the state, grading them on five components of reading instruction; phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Those components were assessed across four different teaching approaches; instructional hours, background materials, objective measures of knowledge, and opportunities to practice.
Only one university, McDaniel, earned an A for adequately teaching all five components of reading.
Both Salisbury and Towson University's undergraduate programs received a B grade. Towson's graduate program, however, got an F.
University of Maryland College Park's undergraduate program received a C, while their graduate program got an F.
Aside from the D given to Morgan State's undergraduate program, all other universities received failing grades.
Among them are Bowie State University, Coppin State University, Frostburg State University, Hood College, St. Mary’s College and UMBC.
The review by NCTQ found Maryland colleges are more likely to teach vocabulary than phonemic awareness.
Seven programs, the research concludes, "teach multiple techniques or approaches contrary to research-based practices, which can inhibit the reading progress of many students."
NCTQ says less than 1 in 10 students would fail at reading if teachers provided "scientifically based reading instruction."
Maryland does require college students studying to be a teacher to pass a licensure test called Praxis, including for reading.
"Coppin State is dedicated to rigorous preparation of our students for the Praxis exams required for teacher certification, including the Teaching Reading: Elementary Education exam," said Coppin State's Director of Communications, Robyne McCullough in response to the study. "Coppin State University’s PRAXIS II passage rate is 100%."
"Our MAT program continues to be approved by the Maryland State Department of Education, which has established--and verified--that the content of the coursework focused on teaching reading to young children conforms to the state's expectations, among a range of other criteria and components that the NCTQ analysis fails to consider in its judgment of teacher education," said Professor Katy Arnett, chair of the department of educational studies at St. Mary's College of Maryland.
When reached for comment, a Frostburg State spokesperson defended the university's program but declined to comment, saying NCTQ was not an accrediting agency.
Last October the National Assessment of Educational Progress, better known as the “Nation’s Report Card,”found only 31 percent of Maryland fourth graders were proficient in reading, with 56 percent at a basic level.
Meanwhile only 33 percent of eighth-grade students in Maryland were proficient in reading, with 67 reading at a basic level.
We've also reached out to the University System of Maryland for reaction, and have not heard back. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/study-finds-maryland-colleges-fail-at-preparing-aspiring-teachers-with-student-reading-skills | 2023-06-30T19:06:15 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/study-finds-maryland-colleges-fail-at-preparing-aspiring-teachers-with-student-reading-skills |
WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Depending on who you ask, Friday's ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that allows a Denver website designer to refuse to make wedding websites for same-sex couples either protects free speech or encourages discrimination.
The nation's highest court sided with Lorie Smith, who owns 303 Creative, in a 6-3 ruling following a seven-year court battle that began when she received a request to make a wedding website for a same-sex couple.
"In the services that Lorie provides, all of the websites she creates are custom. They are tailored to the couple ... so in every instance she's looking at what the message is, not who's requesting it, and in that sense, she's not able to post any type of sign that would suggest she's categorically denying any type of service," said Smith's attorney, Kim Waggoner, after the ruling. "She doesn't do that. She serves everyone, including those who identify as [LGBTQ]."
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, who argued the case before the Supreme Court, had a different take after the ruling: "When you say 'I will not make websites for same-sex couples,' you are turning away LGBTQ individuals. Period."
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the court’s six conservative justices that the First Amendment “envisions the United States as a rich and complex place where all persons are free to think and speak as they wish, not as the government demands.”
Gorsuch said that the court has long held that “the opportunity to think for ourselves and to express those thoughts freely is among our most cherished liberties and part of what keeps our Republic strong.”
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the dissenting opinion, saying, in part, “Today, the Court, for the first time in its history, grants a business open to the public a constitutional right to refuse to serve members of a protected class." She was joined by the court's two other liberals, Justice Elena Kagan and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Sotomayor said that the decision's logic “cannot be limited to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.”
A website designer could refuse to create a wedding website for an interracial couple, a stationer could refuse to sell a birth announcement for a disabled couple, and a large retail store could limit its portrait services to “traditional” families, she wrote.
Colorado, like most other states, has a law forbidding businesses open to the public from discriminating against customers. Colorado said that under its so-called public accommodations law, if Smith offers wedding websites to the public, she must provide them to all customers, regardless of sexual orientation. Businesses that violate the law can be fined, among other things. Smith argued that applying the law to her violates her First Amendment rights.
"It's been a long and difficult seven-year journey," Smith said. "One where I've had to face harassment, constant hacking attempts, and even death threats, but the Supreme Court's ruling today corrects that injustice.
"I'm so very grateful to the United States Supreme Court who affirmed today that Colorado can't force me or anyone to say something we don't believe," she said. "This is a victory for all Americans."
Smith also wanted to post a statement on her website about her beliefs, but that would have run afoul of the Colorado anti-discrimination law.
"Wedding seasons have come and gone, and I look forward to creating consistent with what I believe and what my faith teaches me about marriage," Smith said. "I am excited about taking this next step."
Weiser called the ruling "deeply concerning" and said it is "far out of step with the will of the American people and American values."
He also said the ruling threatens to destabilize the state's public marketplace and encourage all kinds of businesses "to claim a First Amendment free speech right to refuse service to certain customers."
Smith's opponents warned that a win for her would allow a range of businesses to discriminate, refusing to serve Black, Jewish or Muslim customers, interracial or interfaith couples or immigrants.
"This decision is outrageous," said Rex Fuller, CEO of the Center on Colfax. "The court just said it's fine to discriminate against anyone you don't like as long as you use your religion as an excuse. That's astonishing."
Smith and her supporters had said that a ruling against her would force artists — from painters and photographers to writers and musicians — to do work that is against their beliefs.
"Those non-discrimination principles still apply so that no one is denied access to goods and services," Waggoner said. "But everyone has the right to free speech, and that's a win no matter what side you're on.. it protects all of us."
In February 2022, the Supreme Court announced that it would hear Smith's case, 303 Creative v. Elenis, after a 2021 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit Court sided against Smith and said the practice was discriminatory.
Smith was represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), based out of Arizona. Weiser represented the state during oral arguments before the court in December.
“This case is not about websites or speech — but the ability of all to enter the public marketplace as equals," Weiser said Friday. "Equality and fairness are core Colorado values, and we have protected people in our state from discrimination in public accommodations for more than 100 years. We will work hard to ensure that, within the confines of the court’s opinion, we take action to hold accountable those who engage in unlawful discrimination."
The ADF said in a statement that the Supreme Court "rightly reaffirmed" that the government "can’t force Americans to say things they don’t believe." The statement went on to say that "disagreement isn’t discrimination, and the government can’t mislabel speech as discrimination to censor it."
In a 2-1 ruling in 2021, the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Smith’s attempt to overturn a lower court ruling throwing out her legal challenge. The panel said Colorado had a compelling interest in protecting the “dignity interests” of members of marginalized groups through its law, the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act.
The law, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, is the same one at issue in the case of Colorado baker Jack Phillips that was decided in 2018 by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The high court said at the time that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission had acted with anti-religious bias against Phillips after he refused to bake a cake for two men who were getting married. But it did not rule on the larger issue of whether a business can invoke religious objections to refuse service to LGBTQ+ people.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Richmond police have released photos of a male and a trucking company vehicle who they say are of interest in a homicide investigation.
Detectives are asking the public for help in identifying the male and the truck, as they investigate a possible connection to the homicide of Darryl Talley, 61.
On June 5, around 4:15 a.m., officers investigated a suspicious vehicle parked in the 3800 block of Castlewood Road and discovered Talley in the vehicle. He suffered a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Detectives determined that Talley was shot on June 3 around 4 a.m. A white tractor-trailer cab was found near the scene of the homicide and could lead to further information about the shooting, according to police.
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Anyone with information about this homicide is asked to call Detective C. Tovar at (804) 646-6739 or call Crime Stoppers' anonymous line at (804) 780-1000.
From the Archives: Belvidere Street
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02-18-1949: Belvidere St. and Main St.
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05-23-1947 (cutline): Traffic bottleneck on Belvidere--Belvidere Street between Cary and Broad is one of Richmond's worst bottlenecks. At Cary, the street narrows from 56 to 36 feet in width, as shown in the picture.
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12-16-1958 (cutline): General view of Belvidere St. ceremonies as Charles G. McKimmie addresses crowd for a ceremony.
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1957: Tied for second, Belvidere St. and Idlewood Ave., with 18 accidents.
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04-26-1951 (cutline): Belvidere Bottleneck--Traffic conflicts along Belvidere Street and intersecting East-West arteries would be eliminated by the proposed expressway's central grad separation section from Broad to Idlewood, just west of Madison Street. The Madison and northern sections could be completed by 1956.
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This January 1953 image shows houses on Belvidere Street in Richmond, as seen near Rowe Street, which were to be taken by the city for a proposed war memorial. The row formed the western boundary of a block that city officials were preparing to acquire. The Virginia War Memorial was dedicated in February 1956.
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In February 1948, the intersection of Cary and Belvidere streets showed the effects of 20 days with snow on the ground. All around the city, streets had been damaged by the lingering snow and freezing temperatures, and a survey was finding that the cost of road repairs was likely to exceed the cost of snow removal. Intersection of Cary and Belvidere broken up by traffic and snow.
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Henrico County police said an arrest has been made in a May homicide in East Highland Park.
Brian Keith Kelly Jr., 22, of Richmond, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Diamond Renee’ Cox, 21, of Richmond. Kelly was also charged with use of a firearm during a felony and possession of a firearm by a felon.
At around 3:45 a.m. on May 19, police responded to the 3400 block of Howard Road after reports of a shooting. Officers found Cox suffering from a gunshot wound outside an apartment building.
She died from her injuries at a hospital.
Henrico police arrested Kelly at a Richmond residence on Thursday.
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Hanover Commonwealth’s Attorney R.E. “Trip” Chalkley III has announced that he will not run for reelection in November.
Chalkley, a Republican, has served four terms, having won election in 2007.
“Although I am on the road to recovery, and am committed to fulfilling my current term, I believe it would be better for the people of Hanover to elect a new commonwealth’s attorney this November,” Chalkley said.
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“It has been a wonderful 16 years and I cannot adequately express my thanks to my office staff, past and present, the attorneys in my office, past and present, and the law enforcement agencies who serve the county, the county administration, the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office and to our sheriff, my dear friend, the honorable David R. Hines,” Chalkley wrote.
He has endorsed his deputy Mackenzie Babichenko, who will be running to replace him.
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From the Archives: Richmond buildings that are no longer around
This January 1946 image shows Forest Lodge, completed in the early 1880s by Confederate Army scout John Cussons. The six-story resort hotel stood on 1,000 acres in Glen Allen on Mountain Road and boasted more than 100 rooms. It never became the success that Cussons envisioned, and after changing hands and purposes several times, it was razed in 1992. The cupola was saved and can be seen at Mountain Road and Old Washington Highway.
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Shown in December 1957, this building at 1600 Chamberlayne Parkway and several others behind it - the former plant of Valentine's Meat-Juice Co. - were slated to be torn down after being sold to the Noland Co. Valentine's Meat-Juice was marketed as a tonic, used for such maladies as cholera and typhoid. It gained attention after Mann S. Valentine Jr. created it in order to cure his wife, Ann Maria Gray Valentine, from wasting away in 1870.
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In September 1961, about 25 alumni of Richmond’s old John Marshall High School demonstrated against a plan to demolish the building. After protesting there, the group went to City Hall to discuss the matter with City Council. Despite their efforts, the high school was razed that fall.
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In April 1982, preparations for construction of the Richmond Convention Center were underway along East Broad Street downtown. Among businesses that were torn down to accommodate the new facility were Swatty’s Men’s Shop and the Greyhound bus station.
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This January 1953 image shows houses on Belvidere Street in Richmond, as seen near Rowe Street, which were to be taken by the city for a proposed war memorial. The row formed the western boundary of a block that city officials were preparing to acquire. The Virginia War Memorial was dedicated in February 1956.
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This May 1953 image shows the First Market building, which was razed in 1961. This site now houses the 17th Street Farmers Market, but its history as a public gathering place and market dates to the 1700s. Over time, it hosted Confederate soldiers, Union troops, political speeches, a police station and religious revival meetings in addition to farmers’ wares.
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This October 1948 image shows the northeast corner of Third and Franklin streets downtown, where demolition soon made way for the new Times-Dispatch mechanical plant that opened in 1950. In the late 1990s, the site was fully renovated, and The Times-Dispatch building, which had fronted Grace Street, was given its current address of 300 E. Franklin St. 10-1-1948: Building at Third and Franklin to be razed for newspaper mechanical plant. ORG XMIT: RIC1311011539563729
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The Azalea Mall in 1970.
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03-22-1962 (cutline): These buildings will be razed for construction of modern ones. Latest in downtown improvement plans announced today.
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03-26-1959 (cutline): Home of Maj. Myers, 515 W. Franklin St., before it was razed.
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09-15-1959 (cutline): These buildings, in the Pearsall block, bounded by Ninth, Clay, 10th and Leigh Streets, are being torn down to make way for the new Richmond Department of Public Safety Building, the first unit of the Civic Center. The M&M Wrecking Co. has contracted with the city to demolish the buildings and remove all combustible materials by December in return for such materials as it can salvage. When the property is cleared, the city will decide on further use of the area pending construction of the new building. One possible use; parking.
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Published Caption Richmond News Leader: Down She Goes - With the rest of the church already knocked down, workmen began yesterday demolishing the Gothic tower of the former All Saints Episcopal Church building in the 300 block West Franklin St. An apartment building is planned for the site, where the church stood for 60 years. Published Caption Richmond News Leader 2-21-91: The All Saints Episcopal Church building at 316 W Franklin St was sold for $85,000. The tower was the last part demolished.
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In May 1977, this 150-foot smokestack came down. The smokestack stood behind what used to be Broad Street Station in Richmond; the demolition was part of a contract with the state for removal of the stack and several buildings in the area.
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This October 1964 image shows a set of buildings at the corner of 13th and Main streets in Richmond that were due to be demolished to make way for a parking lot. The lot, which was scheduled to be completed in February, was designed to handle about 40 cars.
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11-29-1963 (cutline): Downtown traffic--Both pedestrian and vehicular--is heavy despite rainy skies. Pace picked up as rain slackened on traditional first day of Christmas shopping. The Atlantic Life and May Co. building were demolished in the early 2000s.
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June 21, 1963 (Photograher Carl Lynn) (cutline) "These houses in the 800 block of West Grace St. are to be razed for a high-rise apartment building in Richmond Va.
In October 1961, a crane swung a wrecking ball against the portico of the old John Marshall High School in downtown Richmond as a nostalgic crowd watched. The building was being razed to make way for development of the new Civic Center; the new high school opened in North Side the previous year.
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In May 1954, buildings in the 500 block of Marshall Street in Richmond were soon to be razed to make way for additional parking.
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In September 1982, a section of the former Pinnell’s boat and bicycle shop on lay in ruins after demolition the day before. The store was razed to make way for a 3-story medical office building - the new $24 million structure was built between Grace and West Broad streets, close to Richmond Metropolitan Hospital. Today the building serves as a Virginia Commonwealth University dormitory.
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This 1957 image shows Pratt’s Castle, built as the Richmond private home of William Abbott Pratt in the 1850s. Pratt used all of his fortune to construct his castle, which was modeled after the estates of his Scottish relatives. The castle sat on the southern tip of Fourth Street on Gamble’s Hill, overlooking the James River. It was demolished in the late 1950s to make way for the headquarters of what became Ethyl Corp.
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In September 1954, owners of the old Richmond Tobacco Exchange building at 13th and East Cary streets announced that it would be razed the next year to make way for a parking facility. The exchange opened in 1858 -- formerly, officials inspected tobacco at many warehouses all over the city, and the new building aimed to centralize the process.
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This August 1972 image shows the Virginia State Penitentiary, then located along Spring Street in Richmond. At the time, the state was considering options to replace the old and cramped pen, with one plan calling in part for a facility in the Green Springs area of Louisa County. Today the site is largely occupied by Afton Chemical Corp., a united of NewMarket Corp.
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FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. — The Chambersburg Mall is officially closing its doors.
According to Michael L. Ross, the president of the Franklin County Area Development Corporation, the mall's last tenant, Black Rose Antiques is vacating.
The corporation is reportedly working closely with the mall's property owner, NAMDAR Realty, regarding the future of the building.
While a specific reuse concept hasn't been determined at this time, the owners are committed to marshaling the turn-around of the underperforming property as quickly as possible, according to Ross. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/chambersburg-mall-closes-final-tenant-vacates-space/521-4cfda4b5-b2fd-4f72-a8e3-df6577e3b65c | 2023-06-30T19:19:19 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/chambersburg-mall-closes-final-tenant-vacates-space/521-4cfda4b5-b2fd-4f72-a8e3-df6577e3b65c |
MITCHELL — Dakota Wesleyan University’s professors are gearing up for a busy fall.
A year ago, the challenge of regulating classroom use of artificial intelligence (AI) — a broad term that refers to advanced problem-solving machines — was relatively simple. It consisted of keeping control of academic services like Turnitin and Grammerly, tools that aid with plagiarism and grammar checks.
That changed with the introduction of a type of AI known as ChatGPT. Launched in November 2022, ChatGPT was created to mimic the network-like structure of the human brain. It uses a text-based website that allows people to ask it questions, drawing on its knowledge base of all internet texts through 2021. It is highly advanced; often producing detailed, seemingly authoritative responses.
It has since been used by students and teachers alike, for writing essays, designing lessons and explaining concepts simply. But at DWU — and around the state and nation — its capabilities have led to a fight for regulation, which is quickly becoming complicated. That complexity is making it difficult for there to be any sweeping rules on its role in the classroom.
“We're watching. We're observing. We're seeing where we can integrate it, where we need to adjust policy," said DWU Learning Team Director Samantha Dunn, who works alongside instructors and professors on designing courses.
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Dunn explained that because ChatGPT can be used in so many ways, taking the next steps to harness it will depend on individual teachers, who will document the ways ChatGPT affects their classes throughout the fall.
“It's about collecting the data, so that we can make data-informed decisions," Dunn said.
Joan Lubben, a math professor at DWU, already sees a couple different ways that AI will affect her classes. Besides teaching advanced math, Lubben is also slated for a computer programming class — with different thoughts on each subject.
On the one hand, Lubben is confident that ChatGPT can be used to further, not hinder, her upper-level math students’ learning. She explained that when students work on proofs — proving mathematical ideas step-by-step — the exercise is about developing skills, an outcome that won't be harmed by using ChatGPT.
“For an upper-level math course, we do what we call proofs, where we're trying to prove things that have solutions that are available on the internet,” Lubben said in an interview. “It’s like ‘OK. ChatGPT gave you this, is it correct?’ And students will have to go through the logic.”
Lubben also cited another technique she uses to teach math, that is at its core about developing deep conceptual understanding. It's a process she expects will also remain untouched by the use of ChatGPT.
“I make my students do videos of themselves and explain the concept,” Lubben said. “That way they have to take what they learn off the internet and put it in their own words — which I don't care where they get that from. If they get it from ChatGPT, that's fine.”
But on the other hand, Lubben was more concerned about her upcoming computer programming class, due to the way she said programming is learned.
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She is worried students might just use ChatGPT — which can program to a certain extent — to copy and paste entire programs, forgoing the process of learning to build one themselves.
“You learn how to program by looking it up on the internet. You go, ‘Oh, somebody did this a certain way,” Lubben said, explaining why her assignments are “open-note, open-book, open-internet.” But internet access means access to ChatGPT.
Lubben said she is prepared to monitor students’ screens as they work, as well as getting creative when posing problems.
“You have to write problems that ChatGPT cannot do,” Lubben said. “It is going to be a little harder, but you have to make sure that what you're asking is something that is unique.”
AI has shown up in just about every subject. Lubben cited ChatGPT being used to write a paper in an entry-level astronomy class, while Dunn, who also teaches freshman writing, said she is worried many students this fall will use it to write their essays. Other university uses include a librarian using it to aid in teaching information literacy, while a marketing professor has incorporated it into their lectures.
As rule-making proves tricky, all eyes on professors this fall
Policy making has been tricky. DWU doesn't have a specific policy to govern ChatGPT or AI in general, and many other colleges and universities are in the same situation.
The South Dakota Board of Regents — which determines policy for six of the state's public universities — has not specifically regulated ChatGPT yet. They do have academic integrity policies that have guided AI use in the past, which DWU has as well. But because ChatGPT is showing up in fields in so many different ways, banning it outright is not just a simple matter of ethics anymore.
"We have policies about cheating and we have policies about plagiarizing," said Pam Carriveau, a spokeperson with the Board of Regents. "We don't want to write a policy that specifically bans the use of these tools because we really do think that that used properly they're just that — tools."
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At DWU, that means a lot of decisions will be made at the professor level.
"It's going to be very much somebody looking at their context, their curriculum, their course, their learning objectives — and making that call," Dunn said.
On the DWU library website, there is a page solely dedicated to information on ChatGPT, including tabs for students — and instructors. Lubben said that most faculty members she works with are up to speed on ChatGPT, and those that aren’t are quickly getting there.
“I offered a little talk on, ‘This is how we can use ChatGPT, how your students are using ChatGPT, what are some ways we can counteract [it] or teach students how to use ChatGPT,” Lubben said.
Dunn said that this fall will be an observational period, during which professors will deal with challenges as they come up.
It is likely that universities will continue to be tested by AI. ChatGPT received multiple updates in recent months, with increases in its reasoning capability and creativity. Companies such as Google have also released competing models similar to ChatGPT, which can be expected to only grow more powerful by this fall. As AI technology becomes more capable, it will inevitably pop up in more places.
That’s why DWU will be watching closely.
“The conversation is filled with a lot of questions, a lot of opinions," Dunn said. "Everyone has an opinion. What are the ramifications of those opinions? And how will they actually play out so that they lead to greater understanding?” | https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/local/dwu-leaders-prepare-for-uptick-of-artificial-intelligence-in-classroom | 2023-06-30T19:21:14 | 0 | https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/local/dwu-leaders-prepare-for-uptick-of-artificial-intelligence-in-classroom |
A man was struck and killed by a freight train early Thursday morning south of Tucson, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said.
A southbound Union Pacific train struck the man about 4:45 a.m. near South Nogales Highway and East Trinity Terrace, officials say.
The man was not at a railroad crossing when he was hit, said Robynn Tysver, a Union Pacific spokeswoman. The Sheriff's Department initially responded to the location and pronounced the man dead, Tysver said.
No crew member was injured, according to Tysver.
The incident is being investigated by Union Pacific. No further information has been released. | https://tucson.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/man-killed-train-tucson/article_9c23a73a-176b-11ee-b807-fb28d220fa50.html | 2023-06-30T19:22:03 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/man-killed-train-tucson/article_9c23a73a-176b-11ee-b807-fb28d220fa50.html |
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- While it may be hard to see the skyline amid the Central Park haze, it may be easier to see the latest thing to plague New York: bugs!
- The bugs went viral on social media, with users asking "can anyone explain what is happening in nyc right now with these bugs/gnats?" and "what's next?" when it comes to the peculiar sight.
- However, health officials say there is nothing to fear.
While it may be hard to see the skyline amid the Central Park haze, it may be easier to see the latest thing to plague New York: bugs!
“I wanted to dodge them. One of them flew in my nose and it was not pleasant," Martine Perez, from the Upper East Side, told News 4 New York.
The bugs went viral on social media, with users asking "can anyone explain what is happening in nyc right now with these bugs/gnats?" and "what's next?" when it comes to the peculiar sight.
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However, health officials say there is nothing to fear.
“While this may be annoying these insects do not present a known public health risk. We are looking into these bugs and will share any important health information," a spokeswoman for the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
In a NY Times report, Dr. Corrie Moreau, a Cornell University professor in entomology, said she believed the insects, which are green or white in color, are aphids looking to mate.
According to the report, these insects emerge to coordinate reproduction.
“It is unusual that there are so many of these aphids swarming this year,” Moreau is quoted in the NY Times report. “It is because of the mild winter.”
This swarm of bugs, which has many New Yorkers on edge, comes amid the unhealthiest air of the week across the state brought on by the wildfires in Canada.
The infamous AQI — or Air Quality Index — reached above 150 Friday. If it hits 200 the state activates a text alert system advising people to avoid outdoor activity. Especially those with respiratory or heart issues.
The big question is twofold: just how long will the bad air quality -- and the bugs -- stick around? | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/bugs-swarm-nyc-streets-already-grappling-with-haze-from-canadian-wildfires/4468202/ | 2023-06-30T19:22:58 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/bugs-swarm-nyc-streets-already-grappling-with-haze-from-canadian-wildfires/4468202/ |
New College of Florida and Sarasota Classic Car Museum negotiating terms of eviction
The Sarasota Classic Car Museum is still open and still on Tamiami Trail despite New College of Florida's May order to vacate the property by the end of June in a push to build athletic facilities on campus.
Following the publication of the Herald-Tribune's mid-June report on the museum's abrut eviction, New College began negotiating over the eviction, after previously not responding to Martin Godbey, the museum's director, and his requests for an extension.
The two sides are actively negotiating the museum's exit from New College's property, Godbey said Friday, though potential terms were not available.
Even with the lease expiring on July 1, Godbey has not moved anything from the museum. He said he's still looking for potential relocation sites, but remains optimistic that the museum and New College would reach a fair resolution.
A move on the scale of a car museum could take more than a year and cost upwards of seven figures, Godbey has said.
After taking leadership of New College earlier this year as part of a conservative transformation of the school, Interim President Richard Corcoran has asserted that the introduction of an ambitious athletics program would help drive enrollment at New College.
Now, the college is looking to turn the Sarasota Classic Car Museum into an athletic facility.
The museum site is owned by New College of Florida, which has leased the property to the tourist attraction for nearly 20 years. Though the museum pre-dates the college, new leadership at the school − appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis as part of an experimental conservative transformation of the liberal arts college − terminated the museum's lease in May.
At a New College board of trustees meeting on June 1, the board approved a plan to demolish the Palmer, Reichert and Knight buildings. Part of the plan included turning the car museum into a temporary space to accommodate student housing and other services displaced by the demolition.
As envisioned, the college would eventually turn the space into an athletics gym. The property is about a hundred yards south of New College's Pei dorms, which are also likely to be demolished.
During the June 1 meeting, Corcoran said the college does not yet have the permits to demolish any buildings, but sought approval to get to work as fast as possible. There was no timeline for demolishing the buildings, but the museum was still to leave by the end of June.
Follow Herald-Tribune Education Reporter Steven Walker on Twitter at @swalker_7. He can be reached at sbwalker@gannett.com.
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All hands on deck: Sarasota County prepares for Fourth of July with riptide, boat safety
Nearly 15 government agencies will be working together to keep people safe at the Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix and throughout the Fourth of July weekend.
Members from the U.S. Coast Guard, Sarasota County Fire Department and the county’s lifeguard management asked visitors and residents to be safe over the weekend by staying hydrated, avoiding drinking and operating a boat and breaking the riptide grip.
From June 15-28, Sarasota County Fire lifeguards had 177 assists and 21 rescues across the beaches staffed.
In preparation for the holiday weekend, the county will have lifeguards at six beaches and in some areas where rip currents and jetties are present.
Whether they are at home in a private pool or at a public beach near lifeguards, Rick Hinkson, chief of Sarasota County lifeguards, asked residents to keep an eye on those family members or friends who are susceptible to drowning, especially elderly adults and children.
“Lifeguards are on duty to help with that, but it's still the family's responsibility to take care of their own when they're out there,” Hinkson said.
Hinkson said that the department is dealing with some staffing shortages, but he said that the beaches will have “adequate” lifeguard staffing.
If a rip current pulls you away from the beach, Hinkson advised that the best thing to do is to stay calm, yell for help and swim parallel to the shore. While a bystander's first instinct is to swim out and assist, he said that the best move is to get a lifeguard, who is more capable of conducting a rescue.
Officials are expecting calm weather conditions, but Hinkson said that there’s still a chance that rip currents will occur. He asked residents to be mindful of lifeguard flags and public notifications that are released in real-time.
“Situational awareness is important, and when you're going to places where those things (rip currents) can pop up, you’ve got to know ahead of time,” Hinkson said.
Coast Guard Chief Derek Waters asked those that are boating to have a lifejacket on board for every person, whether they’re children or adults; fire extinguishers that are filled and a kill switch on at all times for boats that are less than 26-feet long. The only exception would be if a boat is at anchor. If it’s drifting, the kill switch doesn’t need to be on, Waters said.
While anyone over the age of 6 isn’t required to wear a life jacket, he recommends that all those in boats wear life jackets or have them in a readily accessible place.
The Coast Guard, along with partner agencies, will be initiating “Operation Dry Water” to ensure that boat drivers are sober.
“Just like if you're going to a restaurant, you always want to have a designated driver if you're going to plan on drinking,” Waters said. “It's the same thing on a boat. You want to make sure you have a designated driver for your vessel.”
Tim Dorsey, Sarasota County Fire Department Assistant Chief, said the department's fire boat will be on the water starting on Saturday through the Fourth of July on Tuesday to assist in any emergencies. They have also are increasing staffing to monitor fireworks and crowds in Lido Beach and Siesta Beach.
The Coast Guard will have two boats that will serve as support to 15 other government agencies that will be in the water to support the weekend boat races, including the Sarasota Fire Department, Tampa Police Department and the Sarasota and Manatee County Sheriff’s Offices.
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HALLOWELL- The Maine Public Utilities Commission approved a reduction in standard offer electric rates today that will impact some Versant and Central Maine Power Customers.
The reduction of one cent per kilowatt hour will result in cost savings of about $5.50 for an average residential customer of both utilities using 550 kilowatt hours of electricity per month.
It only affects customers who use Standard Offer supply.
The reduction will go into effect July 15.
It comes at a time when other components of the bill are increasing. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/reduction-in-electric-rates-approved/article_b25f43d8-1770-11ee-90e5-73b71034c681.html | 2023-06-30T19:27:34 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/reduction-in-electric-rates-approved/article_b25f43d8-1770-11ee-90e5-73b71034c681.html |
DALLAS(KDAF)—Barbecue, also known as BBQ for short, has captivated the taste buds of millions of people across the world; its smell, a quintessential part of backyard parties and long, lazy holiday weekends. This cooking method involves slow cooking and smoking meat over an open flame or heat source. Beyond the slab of baby back ribs and brisket that we’re probably familiar with, barbecue has a long history dating back centuries and is rooted in various cultures.
The earliest origins of barbecue can be traced back to the Taino people, who were Indigenous to the Caribbean. By the 19th century, the technique became widespread in the American South, primarily using pork. Taino people didn’t use the word barbecue. Instead, this method of cooking food over a raised wooden grate was referred to as barbacoa.
As time passed, techniques and flavors evolved as a result of colonization, globalization, and advancements in technology. Today, barbecue has become a beloved food all over the world. In the United States, there are four distinct styles: Memphis, North Carolina, Kansas City, and Texas BBQ. Memphis is renowned for pulled pork; North Carolina for smoked pork infused in vinegar sauce; Kansas City for dry-rubbed meats, and Texas for grilled brisket.
No matter the style, however, barbecue can be enjoyed anywhere, but if you’re specifically looking for the best places to enjoy the savory and mouthwatering delights, Stacker compiled a list of the highest-rated barbecue restaurants in Dallas using data from Yelp. Rankings factor in the average rating and number of reviews. Keep reading to see if your favorite spot made the list.
#30. Lee Dae Gam K BBQ & Shabu
– Rating: 4.0/5 (69 reviews)
– Price level: $$
– Address: 11425 Goodnight Ln Dallas, TX 75229
– Categories: Hot Pot, Korean, Barbecue
– Read more on Yelp
#29. The Slow Bone
– Rating: 4.0/5 (787 reviews)
– Price level: $$
– Address: 2234 Irving Blvd Dallas, TX 75207
– Categories: Barbecue
– Read more on Yelp
#28. Sammy’s Bar-B-Q
– Rating: 4.0/5 (222 reviews)
– Price level: $$
– Address: 2126 Leonard St Dallas, TX 75201
– Categories: Barbecue
– Read more on Yelp
#27. Burning Rice
– Rating: 4.0/5 (53 reviews)
– Price level: $$
– Address: 5000 Belt Line Rd Ste 310 Dallas, TX 75254
– Categories: Korean, Barbecue
– Read more on Yelp
#26. Cafe Delicious
– Rating: 4.0/5 (9 reviews)
– Address: 5209 S Lamar St Dallas, TX 75215
– Categories: Barbecue, Chicken Wings, Soul Food
– Read more on Yelp
#25. Burning Rice
– Rating: 4.0/5 (144 reviews)
– Address: 6106 Luther Ln Dallas, TX 75225
– Categories: Korean, Barbecue
– Read more on Yelp
#24. Maple Landing
– Rating: 4.5/5 (425 reviews)
– Price level: $$
– Address: 5855 Maple Ave Ste 190 Dallas, TX 75235
– Categories: Barbecue, Sports Bars, Breakfast & Brunch
– Read more on Yelp
#23. Pecan Lodge
– Rating: 4.5/5 (6333 reviews)
– Price level: $$
– Address: 2702 Main St Dallas, TX 75226
– Categories: Sandwiches, Barbecue, Southern
– Read more on Yelp
#22. Walt Garrison BBQ Food Truck
– Rating: 4.5/5 (21 reviews)
– Price level: $$
– Address: Dallas, TX 75254
– Categories: Food Trucks, Barbecue
– Read more on Yelp
#21. Dylan’s Barbeque Saloon
– Rating: 4.5/5 (404 reviews)
– Price level: $$
– Address: 2110 W Northwest Hwy Ste B Dallas, TX 75220
– Categories: Bars, Barbecue, Venues & Event Spaces
– Read more on Yelp
#20. Loro Asian Smokehouse & Bar
– Rating: 4.5/5 (483 reviews)
– Price level: $$
– Address: 1812 N Haskell Ave Dallas, TX 75204
– Categories: Asian Fusion, Barbecue, Cocktail Bars
– Read more on Yelp
#19. Habana Blue Bar & Restaurant
– Rating: 4.5/5 (8 reviews)
– Address: 2040 W Northwest Hwy Dallas, TX 75220
– Categories: Bars, Cuban, Barbecue
– Read more on Yelp
#18. Cattleack Barbeque
– Rating: 4.5/5 (846 reviews)
– Price level: $$
– Address: 13628 Gamma Rd Dallas, TX 75244
– Categories: Barbecue
– Read more on Yelp
#17. ONE90 Smoked Meats
– Rating: 4.5/5 (301 reviews)
– Price level: $$
– Address: 10240 E NorthWest Hwy Dallas, TX 75238
– Categories: Barbecue, Meat Shops, Sandwiches
– Read more on Yelp
#16. Niwa Japanese BBQ
– Rating: 4.5/5 (561 reviews)
– Price level: $$
– Address: 2939 Main St Dallas, TX 75226
– Categories: Japanese, Barbecue, Steakhouses
– Read more on Yelp
#15. Smokey John’s Bar-B-Que
– Rating: 4.5/5 (554 reviews)
– Price level: $$
– Address: 1820 W Mockingbird Ln Dallas, TX 75235
– Categories: Barbecue, Caterers
– Read more on Yelp
#14. Rathbun’s Curbside BBQ
– Rating: 4.5/5 (10 reviews)
– Address: 4825 Cole Ave Dallas, TX 75205
– Categories: Barbecue
– Read more on Yelp
#13. Burnin92 Korean BBQ & Skewers 달라스 숯불구이 고깃집
– Rating: 4.5/5 (95 reviews)
– Price level: $$$
– Address: 11445 Emerald St Ste 120 Dallas, TX 75229
– Categories: Korean, Barbecue, Seafood
– Read more on Yelp
#12. Tejano BBQ & More
– Rating: 4.5/5 (150 reviews)
– Price level: $
– Address: 17509 Coit Rd Ste 2 Dallas, TX 75252
– Categories: Barbecue, Mexican
– Read more on Yelp
#11. Freeney’s Barbecue
– Rating: 5.0/5 (3 reviews)
– Address: 7822 S Loop 12 Dallas, TX 75217
– Categories: Barbecue
– Read more on Yelp
#10. New York Sub
– Rating: 4.5/5 (120 reviews)
– Price level: $$
– Address: 3411 Asbury St Dallas, TX 75205
– Categories: Sandwiches, Delis, Barbecue
– Read more on Yelp
#9. JOA Korean BBQ
– Rating: 4.5/5 (57 reviews)
– Address: 2254 Royal Ln Dallas, TX 75229
– Categories: Korean, Cocktail Bars, Barbecue
– Read more on Yelp
#8. Terry Black’s Barbecue
– Rating: 4.5/5 (1616 reviews)
– Price level: $$
– Address: 3025 Main St Dallas, TX 75226
– Categories: Barbecue
– Read more on Yelp
#7. Woo Mee Ok Korean BBQ
– Rating: 4.5/5 (159 reviews)
– Price level: $$
– Address: 10560 Walnut St Ste 200 Dallas, TX 75243
– Categories: Korean, Barbecue
– Read more on Yelp
#6. Seely’s Mill
– Rating: 4.5/5 (7 reviews)
– Address: 6070 N Central Expy The Beeman Hotel Dallas, TX 75206
– Categories: Barbecue, Sandwiches, Cocktail Bars
– Read more on Yelp
#5. Dean’s Smokin Bbq
– Rating: 4.5/5 (14 reviews)
– Address: 920 S Harwood Dallas, TX 75201
– Categories: Barbecue
– Read more on Yelp
#4. Double M Barbeque
– Rating: 5.0/5 (4 reviews)
– Address: 10484 Brockwood Rd Dallas, TX 75238
– Categories: Food Trucks, Barbecue
– Read more on Yelp
#3. Fire For The Lord Bbq
– Rating: 5.0/5 (29 reviews)
– Address: Plummer Dr Dallas, TX 75228
– Categories: Barbecue, Food Trucks, Caterers
– Read more on Yelp
#2. Lil Mama’s Bar-B-Que
– Rating: 5.0/5 (6 reviews)
– Price level: $
– Address: 4353 Spring Ave Dallas, TX 75210
– Categories: Barbecue, Sandwiches
– Read more on Yelp
#1. Not Just Q
– Rating: 5.0/5 (104 reviews)
– Price level: $$
– Address: Dallas, TX 75247
– Categories: Food Trucks, Barbecue
– Read more on Yelp | https://cw33.com/news/local/2023s-highest-rated-barbecue-restaurants-in-dallas-according-to-yelp/ | 2023-06-30T19:29:20 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/2023s-highest-rated-barbecue-restaurants-in-dallas-according-to-yelp/ |
SEATTLE — An iconic Seattle chocolate brand will be closing its manufacturing operations and laying off staff later this year.
Theo Chocolate announced Wednesday it is restructuring its operations, part of which includes closing its Seattle manufacturing.
"We are so grateful for the support of our customers and community for the past 18 years, as Theo has grown from a local company to a nationally-distributed brand it is today," the company said in a statement. "Our commitment to delivering delicious, organic, ethically sourced chocolate will remain unchanged through the transition ahead, and we will continue our presence in Seattle through our headquarters, Flagship Store and Confection Kitchen. We hope we’ll have the chance to prove this commitment to you in the future as we work through this time of transition for Theo."
The move comes as Theo plans to merge with American Licorice Company in a transaction expected to close "in the third quarter of 2023."
Theo said 60 of its employees will be separated as part of the restructure in September. Theo's headquarters will remain open in Seattle, but factory tours will cease Aug. 30 as manufacturing operations are wound down.
“We are incredibly grateful for our dedicated team members who have championed Theo’s mission,” said Etienne Patout, CEO of Theo Chocolate. “We are committed to supporting those impacted by the transition ahead. Impacted employees were offered a severance package, including COBRA medical coverage and payouts of PTO balances, as well as access to mental health and job search resources.”
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CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
California wildfire firefighters could be in for a big pay raise soon through a rare legislative move that would require the state to boost their salaries automatically, effectively cutting the governor’s office out of negotiations over their wages
For years, the California Department of Forestry and Protection – or Cal Fire – has been unable to compete with local departments that offer better salaries and in turn has been losing its members at an escalating pace, union leaders say.
“We now have a world where you can work at Target and In-N-Out and make $22 an hour and our starting firefighter makes $15.56 an hour,” said Cal Fire Local 2881 president Tim Edwards. “Who’s gonna want to put their life on the line in a time where the state really needs firefighters when they can go work somewhere else and make more money?”
Now, after several years of devastating wildfires, state lawmakers are advancing a bill that would lock in automatic pay increases for them. It would compel the state human resources department to calculate wage increases for the 8,000 or so state firefighters every year based on what other 20 local fire departments pay.
The bill would boost the salary for Cal Fire employees to within a 15% range of the top 20 highest-paying fire departments in California.
If the bill becomes law, the firefighter union would become just the second group of California public employees to gain automatic pay raises instead of having to bargain over wage increases with the governor’s office.
The other is the union that represents California Highway Patrol officers. The CHP contract sets officers’ pay on a formula that accounts for wages at other large California police departments. It’s a lucrative perk. Last year, CHP officers received a 6.2% wage increase — the biggest they have seen in 20 years and more than double what Newsom gave to other public employee unions that year.
Lawmakers, including Republicans, say it’s time for Cal Fire to gain the same kind of wage guarantee.
“Cal Fire is one of the greatest public safety organizations, in my opinion, in the world,” said Assemblymember Heath Flora, a Republican from Ripon who sponsored the bill.
“I really want the men and women in this state to be paid properly and for some reason we always felt like they’re overlooked. And I don’t really understand it,” said Flora, a former firefighter.
The bill is moving forward as the Newsom administration bargains with unions representing more than half of the state workforce, some of whom are demanding 30% raises.
The firefighter pay bill passed through the Assembly and is now headed to the Senate appropriations committee with no opposition even as the state faces a projected $32 billion deficit.
Cal Fire itself has not weighed in on the bill. Edwards, the union leader, said the department lost 10% of its firefighters last year.
California wildfires strain overworked crews
Cal Fire is the state’s largest fire department. It’s responsible for fighting wildfires, as well as protecting urban areas in several parts of the state.
The intensity of wildfires in California is projected to worsen. The state saw its worst wildfire season on record in 2020, taking a toll on firefighters who spent weeks in the field.
The California Professional Firefighters, an umbrella union that represents some 30,000 firefighters, is lobbying for the pay bill. The union in a written statement to lawmakers said the risks of short staffing compounds the dangers that come with the line of work and “also presents long-term health impacts from extended exposure to toxic smoke with no respiratory protection as well as the negative repercussions for behavioral health from lack of sleep, overwork, and months on end spent away from family.”
The Cal Fire union in its most recent contract attempted to address difficult working conditions by bargaining for a schedule that would give its members a better work-life balance. Cal Fire firefighters usually work four 72-hour shifts each month. Local fire departments tend to operate on 54-hour shifts.
“If I learned anything in the past decade, it’s that our wildfire season is absolutely out of control. It really never ends,” Flora said.
Cal Fire fighter salaries lag
If the bill passes, Cal Fire Local 2881 would still have to bargain with the governor over issues like discipline and working conditions.
Cal Fire firefighters are paid through a complicated formula that accounts for their scheduled overtime hours. Their hourly wages are as low as minimum wage, but their take-home pay adds up through overtime and other compensation.
The average monthly total compensation for a Cal Fire battalion chief was $29,697, according to a 2020 salary survey. That was about 40.7% below what 20 local fire departments of various sizes paid firefighters at that rank, the survey said.
Lower-ranking firefighters earned $19,288 monthly in total monthly compensation, which was 15.8% below what local departments paid.
Outside of the Legislature, critics of public employee unions characterize the bill as a reckless giveaway to a powerful labor organization.
“Firefighters are already among the best-paid government workers in the state,” said Will Swaim, president of California Policy Center, an advocacy group that is critical of California public employee unions.
“No one else in California gets that deal,” he said.
Michael Genest, the former finance director under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, also called promises of future raised “irresponsible.”
“Governors and legislators always regret having made such promises when our budget goes out of balance,” he wrote in an email. “The wise move is to make decisions about the allocation of state revenues each year and even then to be careful not to spend more on anything than is prudent.” | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/californias-firefighter-union-to-get-a-rare-perk-guaranteed-raises-forever/103-c37bd4ac-9bd7-42f7-ab01-1937a39e6c5e | 2023-06-30T19:37:48 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/californias-firefighter-union-to-get-a-rare-perk-guaranteed-raises-forever/103-c37bd4ac-9bd7-42f7-ab01-1937a39e6c5e |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
It’s a day that seemed like it might not ever happen: Robert Rivas will be sworn in this morning as the next speaker of the California Assembly.
The ascension of the Salinas Democrat to lead the lower chamber of the Legislature brings to a definitive close (for now) a dramatic power struggle that bitterly divided the majority caucus of the Assembly last summer and fall.
Internal changes that shake up how the state Capitol operates, such as rewarding close allies with powerful leadership roles and committee posts, are likely coming in the months ahead. What Rivas’ tenure will mean for the average Californian is less certain.
Rivas has a similar ideological profile to his longtime predecessor — the outgoing Speaker Anthony Rendon, a progressive Democrat from Lakewood — so supporters do not expect a dramatic shift in the priorities of Assembly Democrats.
But they note his promise, as he cobbled together votes last year from a diverse coalition of members, to establish an inclusive decision-making process, which supporters hope will lead to a more coherent and intentional legislative agenda.
“I’m expecting to see progress bringing the caucus together to address the most long-standing and significant policy issues facing California,” such as housing and climate change, said Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, a Woodland Hills Democrat.
Rivas could also potentially ring in an era of closer collaboration with Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has clashed at times with lawmakers as he has increasingly sought to pursue his ambitious agenda through the Legislature.
At an event Thursday, Newsom expressed excitement about working with Rivas, whom he noted was an early endorser of his as Newsom launched his campaign for governor before winning his first term in 2018.
“I have a bias for him. He was there for me early, when I first ran for governor, when others didn’t want to jump in the primary,” Newsom said. “I’m a big fan of the incoming speaker. So I feel blessed, because it’s not always the case.”
A long transfer of power
Rivas first made his move on the speakership more than a year ago, prompting a messy six-hour standoff in a closed-door caucus meeting that concluded with Rendon still in charge.
That might have marked the end for Rivas’ aspirations, but he continued to aggressively cultivate support in the lead-up to the November election, particularly among new candidates running for their first term in the Assembly. He set up his own fundraising operation to support their campaigns, which effectively served as a rival to the California Democratic Party’s efforts, irking Rendon and his allies.
Rivas was also boosted by Govern For California, a donor network pushing the boundaries of state campaign finance law, whose political advisers include his brother.
After another six-hour meeting with the newly-elected Assembly Democratic caucus in November, Rivas emerged with an agreement to finally take over as speaker on June 30 — though even that didn’t entirely calm potential challengers during the lengthy transition period.
Raised in farmworker housing on the rural Central Coast by his single mother and grandparents, Rivas will add a fresh outlook to a role that is traditionally held by members from the urban corridors of power in Los Angeles or the Bay Area, according to his supporters. They frequently point to his rise as an illustration of the California dream.
“Each of us brings to the floor different lived experiences and perspectives,” said Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, an Orinda Democrat.
That could benefit agricultural communities and other groups who are not generally the central focus of policy-making in Sacramento.
Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, an Oakland Democrat, said that because of his upbringing, Rivas is sensitive to the needs of people who don’t have a lobbyist advocating for them at the Capitol and he will fight for them.
“He’s an incredibly kind, thoughtful leader,” Wicks said. “And in politics, that’s not always a given, is it?” | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/robert-rivas-as-california-assembly-speaker/103-339a923e-6e6d-4ff1-9287-9c26108dcf8f | 2023-06-30T19:37:54 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/robert-rivas-as-california-assembly-speaker/103-339a923e-6e6d-4ff1-9287-9c26108dcf8f |
IU Health Blackford Hospital to no longer offer emergency care, inpatient services
HARTFORD CITY, Ind. — IU Health Blackford Hospital will close its emergency department and no longer offer "inpatient care services," officials said this week.
Those in need of emergency medical treatment in Blackford County will be sent to IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie or IU Health Jay Hospital in Portland, both more than 20 miles from the hospital in Hartford City.
“Emergency department care and inpatient care services at IU Health Blackford will be stopped in the near future, due to the reduction in patient volume,” a release issued by the hospital said. “Neighboring IU Health Ball Memorial and IU Health Jay hospitals will provide emergency department care and access for patients with more acute needs for inpatient care.”
In the release, Jeff Bird, president of the IU Health East Central Region, said the Blackford County facility would "continue providing primary health care and outpatient services to meet the needs of the residents."
“We are committed to providing healthcare services to the Blackford County community on a long-term basis,” Bird said.
In a Facebook Live event this week, Hartford City and Blackford County government officials expressed alarm over the planned elimination of the local hospital.
"The ER is a very important aspect of this community, situations of life and death," Hartford City Mayor Dan Eckstein said. "I want everybody to know that as a community, as leaders, we're going to do what we can do to make sure that we keep proper healthcare, just not for Hartford City but also for Blackford County."
Blackford County Commissioner Laura Koons said she was "very shocked and saddened to hear this information about the hospital."
Koons expressed concern for employees at the hospital who might be reassigned to other IU Health facilities or seek other employment.
"They enjoyed working in their county, in this rural community." she said.
The commissioner said those considering a move to Blackford County would be likely to consider whether a hospital and emergency medical care was available in the community.
"We are know this decision was not made overnight," Koons said. "So why is Blackford County just hearing about this, all of a sudden, and it's done?"
Blackford County Council member Dan Bogenheimer, husband of a physician at the hospital, said the quality of care there was not an issue in the closing.
"Blackford Hospital in my mind was one of the best small hospitals in the country," he said. "It's not closing because of quality. They've got a great safety record. They have great employees.
"From what I understand it's a financial decision," Bogenheimer said, adding that the hospital frequently operated "at about a third of capacity."
Eckstein said, "We're just not going to sit and accept this."
The mayor acknowledged that he didn't "know what the answers are," but maintained local officials "have the commitment here that we're going to do what we can do."
Douglas Walker is a news reporter for The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at dwalker@muncie.gannett.com. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2023/06/30/iu-health-blackford-hospital-to-close-er-end-inpatient-services/70371854007/ | 2023-06-30T19:37:58 | 0 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2023/06/30/iu-health-blackford-hospital-to-close-er-end-inpatient-services/70371854007/ |
CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was orignally published by CalMatters.
The state is moving forward with licensing two dozen nursing homes whose primary owner’s companies have a lengthy track record of problems – as uncovered by a CalMatters investigation – despite a new law designed to provide better oversight of the facilities.
The nursing homes in question are owned by Los Angeles businessman Shlomo Rechnitz, who owns dozens of California facilities through a web of companies.
One of his main companies, Brius Healthcare, has been scrutinized for poor quality care and inadequate staffing, according to federal and state inspection reports, plaintiffs’ attorneys and press accounts. By 2015, government regulators decertified or threatened to decertify three of Rechnitz’s companies’ California nursing homes, a rare penalty that strips facilities of crucial Medicare and Medi-Cal funding.
One of those facilities, Wish-I-Ah Healthcare & Wellness Centre near Fresno, was closed following the death of a 75-year-old resident from a blood infection after staff left behind in her body a foam sponge used in dressing her mastectomy wound. Investigators also found toilets brimming with fecal matter and other serious problems, according to the state’s accusation.
The State Auditor’s office in a May 2018 report spotlighted Brius for its higher rate of federal deficiencies and state citations, compared to the rest of the industry in the state.
It was via bankruptcy court that Rechnitz scooped up 18 Country Villa-branded nursing homes in 2014. Per state law, he then filed change-of-ownership applications seeking licenses to run those homes. The state didn’t approve or deny them, instead leaving them pending. In the meantime, Rechnitz continued to run the nursing homes for years without a formal license in his name – which isn’t technically illegal.
A new law was supposed to close that loophole. But that law, co-authored by Democratic Assemblymembers Al Muratsuchi of Los Angeles and Jim Wood of Santa Rosa, doesn’t go into effect until July 1 — and it focuses on new license applications, rather than those that have been operating in the legal gray area for years.
The California Department of Public Health, which oversees the state’s nursing homes, defended the new licensing settlement with Rechnitz, which includes tools for the state to monitor the nursing homes’ performance. The department noted the settlement allows the nursing homes to continue operating, instead of closing and forcing hundreds of residents from their homes.
“This settlement resolves longstanding issues we have had with this provider and provides our department stronger enforcement tools to ensure the provider is delivering reasonable and appropriate care to its residents,” Dr. Tomás Aragón, director of the Department of Public Health, said in an emailed statement. “With this settlement, we will continue to monitor the facilities involved with a focus on maintaining that level of care.”
Under the settlement announced this week, the state health department agreed to approve license applications for 24 skilled nursing facilities owned by Rechnitz – once the department receives all necessary documents to complete the process.
The settlement includes some oversight provisions, including a two-year monitoring period. The health department is to meet with each facility every six months to review the quality of care residents are receiving, and each facility is to provide a slew of documents before the meetings. Deficiencies in care are to result in heightened oversight, including daily phone calls. Failing to comply with those parameters is to result in a fine of $10,000 per failure.
An attorney representing Rechnitz’s company Brius did not respond to a phone call or an emailed request for comment.
Tony Chicotel, a staff attorney for California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, called the state’s move to license Rechnitz’s nursing homes “sad.”
“There’s been longstanding, systematic problems in nursing homes run by this chain,” he said. “We think this is a message to residents of nursing homes in California that their welfare just isn’t all that concerning to the state.”
Not all of Rechnitz’s applications had been left pending – some were denied outright. In denying his licensing application for Windsor Healthcare Center of Oakland in 2016, the Department of Public Health said staff at the facility neglected to treat the skin ulcers and pain of six different residents — including a paralyzed resident who was left covered in feces and then hospitalized for sepsis.
That facility is now one of the 24 the state is moving toward licensing under the new settlement. The two-dozen facilities also include 13 of the 18 Country Villa properties Rechnitz purchased in 2014.
Another one of Rechnitz’s nursing homes was in hot water recently. Alta Vista Healthcare & Wellness Centre in Riverside, owned by Rechnitz, and its management company, Rockport Healthcare Services, agreed to pay the state and federal government some $3.8 million over allegations they provided kickbacks to doctors. According to the U.S. Justice Department, Alta Vista gave doctors extravagant gifts – including expensive dinners, limousine rides and massages – in exchange for referring patients to their nursing home between 2009 and 2019.
That facility is not included in the new licensing agreement.
Chicotel said he’s “disappointed but not surprised” the state is moving to license Rechnitz’s facilities. It was clear that the law taking effect July 1, which he opposed because he said it lacked teeth, would not take existing facilities away from bad operators, he said.
Assemblymember Wood’s spokesperson, Cathy Mudge, said he was not aware of the settlement and would not be able to comment on it yet. “This is an important issue to him and he will be asking CDPH for more information,” she said in an email.
Assemblymember Muratsuchi’s office did not respond to an email seeking an interview.
The new law still has value going forward because it will apply to new cases, said Dr. Michael Wasserman, a geriatrician and chair of public policy for the California Association of Long Term Care Medicine.
“I think (it) was meant to keep the type of licensing issues that have occurred in the past from ever happening again,” he said. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/troubled-nursing-home-chain-owner-gets-new-licenses-before-state-reforms-take-effect/103-d859a592-9a52-4381-ba1f-bd3b0f12baeb | 2023-06-30T19:38:00 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/troubled-nursing-home-chain-owner-gets-new-licenses-before-state-reforms-take-effect/103-d859a592-9a52-4381-ba1f-bd3b0f12baeb |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — AAA projects over 50 million people will travel at least 50 miles or more from home this Independence Day weekend, which they're calling a record for the holiday.
Roughly 43 million people will travel by car. AAA spokesperson John Treanor says most Californians will be driving to their destinations.
"Californians are going to be very busy. 5.5 million Californians are going to be traveling, and most of them are going to be doing it by car," said Treanor.
Before you go, you can get an inspection for your car to play it safe.
Matt Farley, foreman at John Ellis & Son auto repair shop, says most places will do a free inspection before your trip. He says to let the shop know you’re going on a road trip so they can check things like tire pressure, battery life and fluids to prevent any issues.
"One of the biggest problems we see is the coolant can be low in the system. Most cars now have electric cooling fans and if the cooling fans don't work properly, the car will overheat, especially with the higher temperatures," said Farley.
Fluids like windshield wash, as well as transmission, power steering and brake fluid are all necessary for a successful road trip.
Treanor says being proactive can help keep you off the side of the road dealing with car trouble.
"This is the time of year when AAA sees their roadside assistance jump by 5% or more. More Americans will be needing roadside assistance and a lot of that is preventable. We see things like dead batteries and fluids in your car that you haven't been checking on," said Treanor.
Best/Worst times and dates to leave, according to AAA: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/planning-to-drive-over-the-fourth-of-july-weekend/103-69749cb2-6942-4bd0-866e-b261c58448c9 | 2023-06-30T19:38:06 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/planning-to-drive-over-the-fourth-of-july-weekend/103-69749cb2-6942-4bd0-866e-b261c58448c9 |
ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Roseville's Neilson Powless is one of six Americans competing in the Tour de France starting Saturday.
After finishing 13th in last year's Tour de France, the goal for Powless is simple: win a stage.
He's certainly capable. So are the other five Americans in the field, and collectively they represent perhaps the strongest contingent of U.S. riders in cycling's most famous race since the drug-fueled days of Lance Armstrong and Levi Leipheimer.
There is Sepp Kuss, the climbing extraordinaire from the Jumbo-Visma squad, who ended a 10-year drought for Americans with a stage win last year and who will try to usher Jonas Vingegaard to back-to-back yellow jerseys; Matteo Jorgenson, who featured in several breakaways a year ago and nearly won a stage himself; new U.S. road race champ Quinn Simmons; Kevin Vermaerke, whose own debut last year was waylaid by a broken collarbone; and Lawson Craddock, back for the first time since 2018.
Then there is Powless, the 26-year-old who grew up in Roseville and is the first rider of Native American ancestry to race in the Tour, and who already has won two lower-level races this year while performing well in the spring classics.
“I think the prep that I have done has brought me to the right level of fitness at exactly the right time,” said Powless, who will also be charged with protecting EF Education–EasyPost's overall contenders, Richard Carapaz and Rigoberto Urán.
“If I could win a stage, that would be incredible. That would be my Tour made," Powless said. “But if we have Richie or Rigo up in GC and we can get someone on the podium, that would be incredible as well. I'm going to have to be pretty fluid with it, with what my goals are going to be because depending on what position we are going to be in with the team, it is going to change. If we have someone going for GC, I could have a really satisfying Tour helping to get them on the podium.”
The six American riders in the Tour is one fewer than a year ago but otherwise the most since 2014, and represents a resurgence in U.S. road racing. Magnus Sheffield, the 21-year-old phenom for Ineos Grenadiers, nearly made its Tour lineup this year, and Joe Dombrowski and Brandon McNulty missed out on the start line largely because they already raced in the Giro d'Italia.
Incidentally, the 25-year-old McNulty won a stage in the Italian grand tour to confirm his status as an up-and-coming star.
While each of the six Americans could claim a stage win — the Tour begins Saturday with a mountainous stage leaving Bilbao, Spain — the strength of the contingent might not be reflected by their own ambitions as much as their expectations.
Or rather, the expectations placed on them.
Kuss is considered the top lieutenant for Vingegaard and will be responsible for helping the reigning Tour winner fend off the attacks of Tadej Pogačar and other contenders. On any other team, Kuss would be a threat to win the toughest of stages himself, but he could be left to sacrifice himself for the team's greater good.
Vermaerke is in a similar situation for Team DSM, where he will try to help Romain Bardet in the mountains. Craddock's primary job will be to protect Jayco-AlUla's Simon Yates and Dylan Groenewegen ahead of the sprint finishes.
“These kinds of guys you need in a three-week tour,” Jayco-AlUla director Matthew Hayman said. “Very handy on all fronts.”
Even if they might not necessarily be at the front of the race.
There hasn't been a true American contender for the overall win since Tejay van Garderen, who twice finished in the top five and wore the white jersey as the Tour's top young rider. But that doesn't mean U.S. riders are an afterthought heading into the 110th edition, given how much each of the team's ambitions are riding on their shoulders.
And should one of those riders with overall hopes stumble? Then all bets are off.
“Powless, he rode more kilometers than anyone in the breaks last year I think, and we hope he takes the next step this year,” admitted EF Education–EasyPost chief executive Jonathan Vaughters said. "On paper, this is a great team. I’m excited to see how the race takes shape and how the whole team, riders and staff, come together to meet the challenge of the Tour.”
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ROCKLIN, Calif. — A Placer County Sheriff's Office deputy was arrested Friday, according to the Placer County Sheriff's Office.
Wes Montz of Rocklin was arrested on suspicion of forcible rape and sodomy of an intoxicated person. He is being held in the South Placer Jail without bail.
The sheriff's office says it heard of allegations on March 14 and Montz was put on administrative leave. Their investigation found the two victims were dating Montz.
He is on administrative leave while the sheriff's office conducts an internal investigation.
Sheriff Wayne Woo released a statement in light of Montz's arrest Friday and the arrest of a former deputy Wednesday.
Former deputy Jon Persinger, of Rocklin, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of soliciting prostitution and engaging in unlawful access to law enforcement telecommunications data. He is accused of sexual misconduct while he was on and off duty.
“There is absolutely no tolerance for misconduct from employees at the sheriff’s office. This incident is not a representation of the culture we have worked so hard to maintain. We uphold our core values to the highest degree and any misconduct that meets the threshold for criminal prosecution will be dealt with as such. We have already reported these findings to the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training under Senate Bill 2. The men and women of this agency work tirelessly to ensure the citizens of Placer County receive first-class service, and I will accept nothing less. The honor and respect that comes with wearing the badge should not be taken lightly, and moving forward, we will be re-evaluating our hiring process to ensure only the highest quality people are selected to represent the sheriff’s office."
Watch more on ABC10: Couple has lived rent-free for years, despite being evicted from more than 8 homes | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/wes-montz-rocklin-placer-sheriff-arrest/103-423eb1b8-d84f-4f15-be55-455e0618eddc | 2023-06-30T19:38:22 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/wes-montz-rocklin-placer-sheriff-arrest/103-423eb1b8-d84f-4f15-be55-455e0618eddc |
Thunderously loud, dazzlingly bright, and of course, that grand finale that never seems to end—fireworks are a nearly universal symbol of celebration across the world. They explode when wars are won, during holidays, and even when Disneyland closes down for the night. Millions of people line up to see them, and millions of dollars are spent buying them.
Those consumers, however, should keep in mind that fireworks make celebrations better only when they're handled safely—nothing kills a party faster than a trip to the emergency room for injuries involving exploding projectiles. Powerful and potentially very dangerous, fireworks are nothing to trifle with. Statistics show that thousands of Americans, many of whom are children, are injured each year by preventable accidents with fireworks. When they are done right, however, today's best fireworks shows are truly marvelous displays of science, imagination, pageantry, and, of course, history—a very long history, at that. While fireworks in America are most closely associated with Independence Day, they trace their roots back to well before July 4, 1776. The story of fireworks starts thousands of years ago and involves dramatic changes in military conquest, spirituality, and good old-fashioned fun.
From a handful of bottle rockets whizzing up and popping over the neighbor's yard to highly coordinated televised events that light up entire major cities, summer is fireworks season. Here's a look at how it all started, how it evolved, the numbers behind the industry, and the realities of how high the stakes are when you decide to run your own pyrotechnics show. Keep reading for a peek into the 2,000-year journey of the greatest party novelty in the history of the world.
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The Nebraska Judicial Branch's internal intranet was attacked by hackers this week.
But State Court Administrator Corey Steel said Friday: "There was no compromise of sensitive data related to court cases or personally identifiable information."
Corey Steele
Courtesy photo
He said on Wednesday morning the Administrative Office of Courts and Probation was informed of a claimed cyberattack on the Judicial Branch internal intranet.
They immediately began reviewing logs of the intranet to determine the nature and scope of the attack.
"Through the course of the investigation, a screenshot of our intranet site was found and posted by the group claiming the attack. The Nebraska Judicial Branch intranet was targeted along with governmental entities in other states," Steel said in a statement.
He said the Nebraska Judicial Branch takes cybersecurity seriously.
"We continue to conduct a thorough investigation to assess the breach’s extent, identify vulnerabilities, and strengthen our security posture. Additional safeguards and enhancements are being implemented to mitigate future incidents," Steel said.
Photos: Notable Deaths in 2023
Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte , the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreaking actor and singer and became an activist, humanitarian and conscience of the world, died April 25, 2023. He was 96. With his glowing, handsome face and silky-husky voice, Belafonte was one of the first Black performers to gain a wide following on film and to sell a million records as a singer; many still know him for his signature hit “Banana Boat Song (Day-O),” and its call of “Day-O! Daaaaay-O.” But he forged a greater legacy once he scaled back his performing career in the 1960s and lived out his hero Paul Robeson’s decree that artists are “gatekeepers of truth.”
AP file, 2011
Raquel Welch
Raquel Welch , whose emergence from the sea in a skimpy, furry bikini in the film “One Million Years B.C.” would propel her to international sex symbol status throughout the 1960s and '70s, died Feb. 15, 2023. She was 82. Welch’s breakthrough came in 1966's campy prehistoric flick “One Million Years B.C.,” despite having a grand total of three lines. Clad in a brown doeskin bikini, she successfully evaded pterodactyls but not the notice of the public.
AP file, 1982
David Crosby
David Crosby , the brash rock musician who evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with the Byrds to a mustachioed hippie superstar and an ongoing troubadour in Crosby, Stills, Nash & (sometimes) Young, died Jan. 18, 2023, at age 81. While he only wrote a handful of widely known songs, the witty and ever opinionated Crosby was on the front lines of the cultural revolution of the ’60s and ’70s — whether triumphing with Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young on stage at Woodstock, testifying on behalf of a hirsute generation in his anthem “Almost Cut My Hair” or mourning the assassination of Robert Kennedy in “Long Time Gone.”
AP file, 2017
Lance Reddick
Lance Reddick , a character actor who specialized in intense, icy and possibly sinister authority figures on TV and film, including “The Wire,” "Fringe” and the "John Wick” franchise, died March 17, 2023. He was 60. Reddick was often put in a suit or a crisp uniform during his career, playing tall, taciturn and elegant men of distinction. He was best known for his role as straight-laced Lt. Cedric Daniels on the hit HBO series “The Wire,” where his character was agonizingly trapped in the messy politics of the Baltimore police department.
AP file, 2013
Richard Belzer
Richard Belzer , the longtime stand-up comedian who became one of TV's most indelible detectives as John Munch in "Homicide: Life on the Street" and “Law & Order: SVU,” died Feb. 19, 2023. He was 78. For more than two decades and across 10 series — even including appearances on “30 Rock” and “Arrested Development” — Belzer played the wise-cracking, acerbic homicide detective prone to conspiracy theories. Belzer first played Munch on a 1993 episode of “Homicide” and last played him in 2016 on “Law & Order: SVU.”
AP file, 2013
Cindy Williams
Cindy Williams , who was among the most recognizable stars in America in the 1970s and 1980s for her role as Shirley opposite Penny Marshall's Laverne on the beloved sitcom "Laverne & Shirley," died Jan. 25, 2023. She was 75. Williams played the straitlaced Shirley Feeney to Marshall's more libertine Laverne DeFazio on the show about a pair of blue-collar roommates who toiled on the assembly line of a Milwaukee brewery in the 1950s and 1960s.
AP file, 2012
Lisa Marie Presley
Lisa Marie Presley , the only child of Elvis Presley and a singer-songwriter dedicated to her father’s legacy, died Jan. 12, 2023. She was 54. Presley shared her father's brooding charisma — the hooded eyes, the insolent smile, the low, sultry voice — and followed him professionally, releasing her own rock albums in the 2000s.
AP file, 2012
Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot , the folk singer-songwriter known for “If You Could Read My Mind" and "Sundown” and for songs that told tales of Canadian identity, died May 1, 2023. He was 84. One of the most renowned voices to emerge from Toronto’s Yorkville folk club scene in the 1960s, Lightfoot recorded 20 studio albums and penned hundreds of songs, including “Carefree Highway," “Early Morning Rain” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."
AP file, 2012
Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck , a guitar virtuoso who pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock ‘n’ roll, influencing generations of shredders along the way and becoming known as the guitar player’s guitar player, died Jan. 10, 2023. He was 78. Beck was among the rock-guitarist pantheon from the late ’60s that included Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix. Beck won eight Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice — once with the Yardbirds in 1992 and again as a solo artist in 2009.
AP file, 2010
Bobby Caldwell
Bobby Caldwell , a soulful R&B singer and songwriter who had a major hit in 1978 with “What You Won't Do for Love” and a voice and musical style adored by generations of his fellow artists, died March 14, 2023. He was 71. The smooth soul jam “What You Won't Do for Love” went to No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 6 on what was then called the Hot Selling Soul Singles chart. It became a long-term standard and career-defining hit for Caldwell, who also wrote the song.
AP file, 2013
Gary Rossington
Gary Rossington , Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last surviving original member who also helped to found the group, died March 5, 2023, at age 71. According to Rolling Stone, it was during a fateful Little League game, Ronnie Van Zant hit a line drive into the shoulder blades of opposing player Bob Burns and met his future bandmates. Rossington, Burns, Van Zant, and guitarist Allen Collins gathered that afternoon at Burns’ Jacksonville home to jam the Rolling Stone’s “Time Is on My Side.”
AP file, 2017
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter , an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, died March 2, 2023. He was 89.
AP file, 2013
Jerry Springer
Jerry Springer , the onetime mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a three-ring circus of dysfunctional families willing to bare all on weekday afternoons including brawls, obscenities and blurred images of nudity, died April 27, 2023, at age 79. At its peak, “The Jerry Springer Show” was a ratings powerhouse and a U.S. cultural pariah, synonymous with lurid drama. Known for chair-throwing and bleep-filled arguments, the daytime talk show was a favorite American guilty pleasure over its 27-year run, at one point topping Oprah Winfrey’s show.
AP file, 2010
Robert Blake
Robert Blake , the Emmy award-winning performer who went from acclaim for his acting to notoriety when he was tried and acquitted in the killing of his wife, died March 9, 2023, at age 89. Blake, star of the 1970s TV show, "Baretta," never recovered from the long ordeal which began with the shooting death of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, outside a Studio City restaurant on May 4, 2001. The story of their strange marriage, the child it produced and its violent end was a Hollywood tragedy played out in court. Blake portrayed real-life murderer Perry Smith in the movie of Truman Capote's true crime best seller "In Cold Blood."
AP file, 1977
Willis Reed
Willis Reed , who dramatically emerged from the locker room minutes before Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals to spark the New York Knicks to their first championship and create one of sports’ most enduring examples of playing through pain, died March 21, 2023. He was 80.
AP file, 1970
Michael Lerner
Michael Lerner , the Brooklyn-born character actor who played a myriad of imposing figures in his 60 years in the business, including monologuing movie mogul Jack Lipnick in “Barton Fink,” the crooked club owner Bugsy Calhoun in “Harlem Nights” and an angry publishing executive in “Elf” died April 8, 2023. He was 81.
AP file, 2012
Tom Sizemore
Tom Sizemore , the “Saving Private Ryan” actor whose bright 1990s star burned out under the weight of his own domestic violence and drug convictions, died March3, 2023, at age 61. Sizemore became a star with acclaimed appearances in “Natural Born Killers” and the cult-classic crime thriller “Heat.”
AP file, 2013
Charles Kimbrough
Charles Kimbrough , a Tony- and Emmy-nominated actor who played a straight-laced news anchor opposite Candice Bergen on “Murphy Brown,” died Jan. 11, 2023. He was 86. Kimbrough played newsman Jim Dial across the 10 seasons of CBS hit sitcom “Murphy Brown" between 1988 and 1998, earning an Emmy nomination in 1990 for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series. He reprised the role for three episodes in the 2018 reboot.
AP file, 2008
Chaim Topol
Chaim Topol , a leading Israeli actor who charmed generations of theatergoers and movie-watchers with his portrayal of Tevye, the long-suffering and charismatic milkman in “Fiddler on the Roof,” died March 8, 2023, at age 87. A recipient of two Golden Globe awards and nominee for both an Academy Award and a Tony Award, Topol long has ranked among Israel’s most decorated actors.
AP file, 2015
Len Goodman
Len Goodman , a long-serving judge on “Dancing with the Stars” and “Strictly Come Dancing" who helped revive interest in ballroom dancing on both sides of the Atlantic, died April 22, 2023. He was 78.
AP file, 2007
Tim McCarver
Tim McCarver , the All-Star catcher and Hall of Fame broadcaster who during 60 years in baseball won two World Series titles with the St. Louis Cardinals and had a long run as one of the country's most recognized, incisive and talkative television commentators, died Feb. 16, 2023. He was 81.
AP file, 2003
Billy Packer
Billy Packer (left), an Emmy award-winning college basketball broadcaster who covered 34 Final Fours for NBC and CBS, died Jan. 26, 2023. He was 82. Packer’s broadcasting career coincided with the growth of college basketball. He worked as analyst or color commentator on every Final Four from 1975 to 2008. He received a Sports Emmy for Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio and Sports Analyst in 1993.
AP file, 2006
Barry Humphries
Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries , internationally renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, a condescending and imperfectly-veiled snob whose evolving character has delighted audiences over seven decades, died April 22, 2023. He was 89.
AP file, 2013
Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach , the singularly gifted and popular composer who delighted millions with the quirky arrangements and unforgettable melodies of "Walk on By," "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" and dozens of other hits, died Feb. 8, 2023. The Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winning composer was 94. Over the past 70 years, only Lennon-McCartney, Carole King and a handful of others rivaled his genius for instantly catchy songs that remained performed, played and hummed long after they were written. He had a run of top 10 hits from the 1950s into the 21st century, and his music was heard everywhere from movie soundtracks and radios to home stereo systems and iPods, whether “Alfie” and “I Say a Little Prayer” or “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again” and “This Guy’s in Love with You.”
AP file, 1979
Stella Stevens
Stella Stevens , a prominent leading lady in 1960s and 70s comedies perhaps best known for playing the object of Jerry Lewis’s affection in “The Nutty Professor,” died Feb. 17, 2023. She was 84. She was a prolific actor in television and film up through the 1990s, officially retiring in 2010.
AP file, 1968
Annie Wersching
Actor Annie Wersching , best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the series “24" and providing the voice for Tess in the video game “The Last of Us,” died Jan. 29, 2023. She was 45. Her first credit was in “Star Trek: Enterprise,” and she would go on to have recurring roles in the seventh and eighth seasons of “24,” “Bosch," “The Vampire Diaries,” Marvel's “Runaways,” “The Rookie" and, most recently, the second season of “Star Trek: Picard” as the Borg Queen.
AP file, 2010
Dave Hollis
Dave Hollis , who left his post as a Disney executive to help his wife run a successful lifestyle empire, died Feb. 12, 2023. He was 47. Hollis worked for Disney for 17 years and had been head of distribution for the company for seven years when he left in 2018 to join his wife's venture. The parents of four moved from Los Angeles to the Austin area, collaborated on livestreams, podcasts and organized life-affirming conferences. In their podcast, “Rise Together,” they focused on marriage.
AP file, 2015
David Jude Jolicoeur
David Jude Jolicoeur , known widely as Trugoy the Dove and one of the founding members of the Long Island hip-hop trio De La Soul, died Feb. 12, 2023. He was 54. De La Soul’s debut studio album “3 Feet High and Rising,” produced by Prince Paul, was released in 1989 by Tommy Boy Records and praised for being a more light-hearted and positive counterpart to more charged rap offerings. De La Soul signaled the beginning of alternative hip-hop.
AP file, 2015
Barrett Strong
Barrett Strong , one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated with Norman Whitfield on such classics as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “War” and “Papa Was a Rollin' Stone,” died Jan. 29, 2023. He was 81.
AP file, 2004
Lloyd Morrisett
Lloyd Morrisett , the co-creator of the beloved children's education TV series “Sesame Street,” which uses empathy and fuzzy monsters like Abby Cadabby, Elmo and Cookie Monster to charm and teach generations around the world, died Jan. 15, 2023. He was 93.
AP file, 2019
Robbie Knievel
Robbie Knievel , an American stunt performer who set records with daredevil motorcycle jumps following the tire tracks of his thrill-seeking father — including at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in 1989 and a Grand Canyon chasm a decade later — died Jan. 13, 2023. He was 60.
AP file, 2000
Gina Lollobrigida
Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida , who achieved international stardom during the 1950s and was dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world” after the title of one of her movies, died Jan. 16, 2023. She was 95. Besides “The World’s Most Beautiful Woman” in 1955, career highlights included Golden Globe-winner “Come September,” with Rock Hudson; “Trapeze;” “Beat the Devil,” a 1953 John Huston film starring Humphrey Bogart and Jennifer Jones; and “Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell.”
AP file, 1950s
Lynette Hardaway ("Diamond")
Lynette Hardaway , an ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump and one half of the conservative political commentary duo Diamond and Silk, died Jan. 9, 2023. She was 51. Hardaway (pictured at left), known by the moniker “Diamond,” carved out a unique role as a Black woman who loudly backed Trump and right-wing policies.
AP file, 2018
Adam Rich
Adam Rich , the child actor with a pageboy mop-top who charmed TV audiences as “America’s little brother” on “Eight is Enough,” died Jan. 7, 2023. He was 54. Rich had a limited acting career after starring at age 8 as Nicholas Bradford, the youngest of eight children, on the ABC hit dramedy that ran from from 1977 to 1981.
AP file, 2002
Bobby Hull
Hall of Fame forward Bobby Hull , who helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the 1961 Stanley Cup Final, has died. Hull was 84. The two-time MVP was one of the most prolific scorers in NHL history, leading the league in goals seven times. Nicknamed “The Golden Jet” for his speed and blond hair, he posted 13 consecutive seasons with 30 goals or more from 1959-72.
AP file, 2019
Charles White
Charles White , the Southern California tailback who won the Heisman Trophy in 1979, died Jan. 11, 2023. He was 64. A two-time All-American and Los Angeles native, White won a national title in 1978 before claiming the Heisman in the following season, when he captained the Trojans and led the nation in yards rushing.
AP file, 1979
Jerry Richardson
Jerry Richardson , the Carolina Panthers founder and for years one of the NFL’s most influential owners until a scandal forced him to sell the team, died March 1, 2023. He was 86.
AP file, 2013
Sister André
Lucile Randon, a French nun known as Sister André and believed to be the world's oldest person, died Jan. 17, 2023, at age 118. She was born in the town of Ales, southern France, on Feb. 11, 1904. She was also one of the world’s oldest survivors of COVID-19.
AP file, 2022
Tatjana Patitz
Tatjana Patitz , one of an elite group of famed supermodels who graced magazine covers in the 1980s and ’90s and appeared in George Michael's “Freedom! '90” music video, died at age 56.
AP file, 2006
Russell Banks
Russell Banks , an award-winning fiction writer who rooted such novels as “Affliction” and “The Sweet Hereafter” in the wintry, rural communities of his native Northeast and imagined the dreams and downfalls of everyone from modern blue-collar workers to the radical abolitionist John Brown in “Cloudsplitter," died Jan. 7, 2023. He was 82.
AP file, 2004
Cardinal George Pell
Cardinal George Pell , a onetime financial adviser to Pope Francis who spent 404 days in solitary confinement in his native Australia on child sex abuse charges before his convictions were overturned, died Jan. 10, 2023. He was 81.
AP file, 2018
Ken Block
Ken Block , a motorsports icon known for his stunt driving and for co-founding the action sports apparel brand DC Shoes, died Jan. 2, 2023, in a snowmobiling accident near his home in Utah. Block rose to fame as a rally car driver and in 2005 was awarded Rally America's Rookie of the Year honors.
AP file, 2013
Walter Cunningham
Walter Cunningham , the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in NASA's Apollo program, died Jan. 3, 2023. He was 90. Cunningham was one of three astronauts aboard the 1968 Apollo 7 mission, an 11-day spaceflight that beamed live television broadcasts as they orbited Earth, paving the way for the moon landing less than a year later.
AP file, 2014
Anton Walkes
Professional soccer player Anton Walkes died Jan. 18, 2023, from injuries he sustained in a boat crash off the coast of Miami. He was 25. Walkes began his career with English Premier League club Tottenham and also played for Portsmouth before signing with Atlanta United in MLS. He joined Charlotte for the club’s debut MLS season in 2022.
AP file, 2017
Pat Schroeder
Former U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder , a pioneer for women’s and family rights in Congress, died March 13, 2023. She was 82. Schroeder took on the powerful elite with her rapier wit and antics for 24 years, shaking up stodgy government institutions by forcing them to acknowledge that women had a role in government. She was elected to Congress in Colorado in 1972 and won easy reelection 11 times from her safe district in Denver.
AP file, 1999
Seymour Stein
Seymour Stein , the brash, prescient and highly successful founder of Sire Records who helped launched the careers of Madonna, Talking Heads and many others, died April 2, 2023, at age 80. Stein helped found the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation and was himself inducted into the Rock Hall in 2005.
AP file, 2005
Klaus Teuber
Klaus Teuber , creator of the hugely popular Catan board game in which players compete to build settlements on a fictional island, died April 1, 2023. He was 70. The board game, originally called The Settlers of Catan when introduced in 1995 and based on a set of hexagonal tiles, has sold tens of millions of copies and is available in more than 40 languages.
AP file, 1995
Ginnie Newhart
Ginnie Newhart , who was married to comedy legend Bob Newhart for six decades and inspired the classic ending of his “Newhart” series, died April 23, 2023. She was 82.
AP file, 1985
Vida Blue
Vida Blue , a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball’s biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash A’s to three straight World Series titles before his career was derailed by drug problems, died May 6, 2023. He was 73.
AP file, 1976
Martin Amis
British novelist Martin Amis , who brought a rock ‘n’ roll sensibility to his stories and lifestyle, died May 20, 2023. He was 73. Amis was a leading voice among a generation of writers that included his good friend, the late Christopher Hitchens, Ian McEwan and Salman Rushdie. Among his best-known works were “Money,” a satire about consumerism in London, “The Information” and “London Fields,” along with his 2000 memoir, “Experience."
AP file, 2012
Doyle Brunson
Doyle Brunson , one of the most influential poker players of all time and a two-time world champion, died May 14, 2023. He was 89. Brunson, called the Godfather of Poker and also known as “Texas Dolly,” won 10 World Series of Poker tournaments — second only to Phil Hellmuth's 16. He also captured world championships in 1976 and 1977 and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1988.
AP file, 2011
Hodding Carter III
Hodding Carter III , a Mississippi journalist and civil rights activist who as U.S. State Department spokesman informed Americans about the Iran hostage crisis and later won awards for his televised documentaries, died May 11, 2023. He was 88.
AP file, 2003
Jacklyn Zeman
Jacklyn Zeman , who became one of the most recognizable actors on daytime television during 45 years of playing nurse Bobbie Spencer on ABC’s “General Hospital,” died May 10, 2023. She was 70. Zeman joined “General Hospital” in 1977 as Barbara Jean, who went by Bobbie, and was the feisty younger sister of Anthony Geary’s Luke Spencer.
AP file, 2016
Jim Brown
Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown , the unstoppable running back who retired at the peak of his brilliant career to become an actor as well as a prominent civil rights advocate during the 1960s, died May 18, 2023. He was 87. One of the greatest players in football history and one of the game’s first superstars, Brown was chosen the NFL’s Most Valuable Player in 1965 and shattered the league’s record books in a short career spanning 1957-65. Brown led the Cleveland Browns to their last NFL title in 1964 before retiring in his prime after the ’65 season to become an actor. He appeared in more than 30 films, including “Any Given Sunday” and “The Dirty Dozen.” When he finished playing, Brown became a prominent leader in the Black power movement during the civil rights struggles of the 1960s.
AP file, 1965
Tina Turner
Tina Turner , the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and '70s and survived her horrifying marriage to triumph in middle age with the chart-topping "What's Love Got to Do With It," died May 24, 2023, at 83. Few stars traveled so far — she was born Anna Mae Bullock in a segregated Tennessee hospital and spent her latter years on a 260,000 square foot estate on Lake Zurich — and overcame so much. Her trademarks included a growling contralto that might smolder or explode, her bold smile and strong cheekbones, her palette of wigs and the muscular, quick-stepping legs she did not shy from showing off. She sold more than 150 million records worldwide, won 12 Grammys, was voted along with Ike into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 (and on her own in 2021 ) and was honored at the Kennedy Center in 2005. Her life became the basis for a film, a Broadway musical and an HBO documentary in 2021 that she called her public farewell.
AP file, 2009
Ray Stevenson
Ray Stevenson , who played the villainous British governor in “RRR,” an Asgardian warrior in the “Thor” films, and a member of the 13th Legion in HBO’s “Rome,” died May 21, 2023. He was 58. He made his film debut in Paul Greengrass’s 1998 film “The Theory of Flight.” In 2004, he appeared in Antoine Fuqua’s “King Arthur” as a knight of the round table and several years later played the lead in the pre-Disney Marvel adaptation “Punisher: War Zone." Though “Punisher” was not the best-reviewed film, he'd get another taste of Marvel in the first three "Thor” films, in which he played Volstagg. Other prominent film roles included the “Divergent” trilogy, “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” and “The Transporter: Refueled.”
AP file, 2017
John Beasley
John Beasley , the veteran character actor who played a kindly school bus driver on the TV drama “Everwood” and appeared in dozens of films dating back to the 1980s, died May 30, 2023. He was 79. Beasley played an assistant coach in the 1993 football film “Rudy” and a retired preacher in 1997's “The Apostle,” co-starring and directed by Robert Duvall.
AP file, 2017
Cynthia Weil
Cynthia Weil , a Grammy-winning lyricist of notable range and endurance who enjoyed a decades-long partnership with husband Barry Mann and helped write "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling," "On Broadway," "Walking in the Rain" and dozens of other hits, died June 1, 2023, at age 82.
AP file, 2010
Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto , the Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand, English-language cameo on “The Girl from Ipanema” made her a worldwide voice of bossa nova, died June 5, 2023, at age 83.
AP file, 1981
The Iron Sheik
The Iron Sheik , a former pro wrestler who relished playing a burly, bombastic villain in 1980s battles with some of the sport's biggest stars and later became a popular Twitter personality, died June 7, 2023. He was 81. During his pro wrestling career, he donned curled boots and used the “Camel Clutch” as his finishing move during individual and tag team clashes in which he played the role of an anti-American heel for the WWF, which later became the WWE.
AP file, 2009
Pat Robertson
Pat Robertson , a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for president and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America through his Christian Coalition, died June 8, 2023. He was 93. For more than a half-century, Robertson was a familiar presence in American living rooms, known for his “700 Club” television show, and in later years, his televised pronouncements of God’s judgment, blaming natural disasters on everything from homosexuality to the teaching of evolution.
AP file, 2015
Tori Bowie
U.S. Olympic champion sprinter Tori Bowie died May 2, 2023, from complications of childbirth, according to an autopsy report. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Bowie won silver in the 100 and bronze in the 200. She then ran the anchor leg on a 4x100 team with Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix and English Gardner to take gold.
AP file, 2017
Ted Kaczynski
Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski , the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died June 10, 2023. He was 81. Branded the “Unabomber” by the FBI, Kaczynski died by suicide at the federal prison medical center in Butner, North Carolina.
AP file, 1996
Treat Williams
Actor Treat Williams , whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series “Everwood” and the movie “Hair,” died June 12, 2023, after a motorcycle crash in Vermont. He was 71. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role as hippie leader George Berger in the 1979 movie version of the hit musical “Hair.”
AP file, 2018
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi , the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy's longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption, died June 12, 2023. He was 86. A onetime cruise ship crooner, Berlusconi used his television networks and immense wealth to launch his long political career, inspiring both loyalty and loathing.
AP file, 2021
Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg , the history-making whistleblower who by leaking the Pentagon Papers revealed longtime government doubts and deceit about the Vietnam War and inspired acts of retaliation by President Richard Nixon that helped lead to his resignation, died June 16, 2023. He was 92.
AP file, 1973
Sheldon Harnick
Tony- and Grammy Award-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick , who with composer Jerry Bock made up the premier musical-theater songwriting duos of the 1950s and 1960s with shows such as "Fiddler on the Roof," "Fiorello!" and "The Apple Tree," died June 23, 2023. He was 99.
AP file, 2016
John Goodenough
John Goodenough , who shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work developing the lithium-ion battery that transformed technology with rechargeable power for devices ranging from cellphones, computers, and pacemakers to electric cars, died June 25, 2023, at age 100.
AP file, 2019
Christine King Farris
Christine King Farris , the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died June 29, 2023. She was 95. For decades after her brother's assassination in 1968, Farris worked along with his widow, Coretta Scott King, to preserve and promote his legacy. But unlike her high-profile sister-in-law, Farris' activism — and grief — was often behind the scenes.
AP file, 2015
Julian Sands
Actor Julian Sands , who starred in several Oscar-nominated films in the late 1980s and '90s including “A Room With a View” and “Leaving Las Vegas,” was found dead on a Southern California mountain in June 2023, five months after he disappeared while hiking. He was 65. Sands, who was born, raised and began acting in England, worked constantly in film and television, amassing more than 150 credits in a 40-year career. During a 10-year span from 1985 to 1995, he played major roles in a series of acclaimed films.
AP file, 2019
Alan Arkin
Alan Arkin , the wry character actor who demonstrated his versatility in everything from farcical comedy to chilling drama as he received four Academy Award nominations and won an Oscar in 2007 for "Little Miss Sunshine," has died. He was 89. A member of Chicago's famed Second City comedy troupe, Arkin was an immediate success in movies with the Cold War spoof "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming" and peaked late in life with his win as best supporting actor for the surprise 2006 hit "Little Miss Sunshine.”
AP file, 2011
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BELZONI, Miss. (WTVA) — Guaranty Bank has entered into an agreement to acquire First American National Bank (FANB).
Guaranty made the announcement on Friday, June 30.
Both companies’ Board of Directors have approved the transaction, according to Guaranty.
It remains subject to customary shareholder and regulatory approvals. The deal is expected to close later this year.
“We are excited about joining the Guaranty Bank team as their banking culture maintains the principles all our customers are accustomed to for more than half a century,” FANB CEO Tommy Chamblee said. “With this partnership, our customers will gain access to a wider array of product offerings and expand our geographic locations. The combined strength of the banks will enhance our proven ability to grow and support entrepreneurialism in our communities, while strengthening the benefits to our customers and employees.”
“As we embark on this exciting partnership with First American National Bank, we remain committed to our core values of community, high performance, and financial empowerment,” Guaranty Bank President and CEO Hue Townsend said. “Together, we build a foundation that fosters growth and cultivates relationships by combining our expertise and resources. We will shape a brighter financial landscape with a shared purpose and create opportunities that propel us all toward a prosperous future.”
FANB is headquartered in Iuka and has branches in Corinth, Burnsville, Iuka, Booneville, Tishomingo, Belmont, Saltillo, Tupelo, Fulton and Amory.
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BOISE, Idaho — An 8 1/2-year veteran of the Boise Police Department is on paid administrative leave as investigators continue looking into the June 24 incident in downtown Boise that ended with the shooting of 22-year-old Payton Wasson, who died the next day.
The officer who shot Wasson is Officer C. Feldner, the department said Friday in a news release. As is standard following a critical incident, he's on paid administrative leave while investigations by the Critical Incident Task Force and Boise P.D. continue.
Boise Police Chief Ron Winegar spoke to the media Friday afternoon. The department also released this statement from Winegar:
"Saturday’s shooting in downtown Boise was a tragedy for the Wasson family, it was a tragedy for those who were witnesses and for our community. If this incident involved a member of my family, I too would want more information about what happened. We are investigating what happened to ensure integrity and accountability. To that end, an internal investigation is underway.”
Winegar said police did not know Wasson when they confronted him. Because Wasson ran from police and was shot, law enforcement said, questions have arisen as to where Wasson was shot. The Ada County Coroner released that Wasson sustained a gunshot wound to the head, but Winegar said in the press conference that he did not know the location of the wound.
"Anyone running from police with a gun in their hand would be of concern," Winegar told the media. "My heart goes out to the Wasson family. We cannot bring someone back."
The Boise Police Department said it will release more information upon completion of the CITF investigation and review by an out-of-county prosecutor. Winegar stated during a press conference that body camera footage of the incident will not be released at this time.
Here's what police and prosecutors have said so far about what happened:
- At about 1 a.m. Saturday, June 24, near 5th and Idaho streets, Boise Police officers were investigating "a situation involving individuals and a vehicle involved in what officers believed were gang activity and/or narcotic sales."
- Officers identified the owner of the vehicle of Mario Garza. Police said on request from Garza's Probation and Parole officer, Boise Police officers searched Garza and his vehicle. According to the police department, the officers who searched Garza's person found fentanyl pills. Garza, a 26-year-old man from Kuna, is charged with possession of a controlled substance, a felony.
- 7Investigates listened to the arraignment of Garza from Monday in which prosecutors said police saw Garza near his car wearing clothing that appeared to be gang-affiliated.
- State prosecutors said during Garza's arraignment that police observed a handgun on the floor of the passenger side of his vehicle after Garza walked away from the car. They discovered he was not allowed to have the gun because he was on parole.
- Police waited for Garza to return to the car and he approached with two other people, prosecutors said. One of those individuals, police say, was Wasson.
- Officers tried to contact Garza, Wasson and another unnamed person when they returned to the vehicle. Prosecutors say Wasson and that second individual left the car with a backpack and a gun.
- Officers chased Wasson down the street and gave commands for him to stop. According to preliminary information Boise Police released just a few hours after the incident, Wasson disregarded those commands and one Boise Police officer fired his gun.
- According to the Ada County Coroner's report, Wasson was shot in the head.
- Officers "immediately began life-saving care while others secured the scene." Ada County Paramedics took the man to the hospital, where he died on Sunday, June 25.
- Boise Police said a firearm was found next to Wasson after he was shot.
- No officers were physically injured in the incident.
A rally in honor of Wasson is being held at Boise City Hall at 6 p.m. Friday night.
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BLOOMINGTON — A Bloomington woman was sentenced this week after pleading guilty to a charge related to her involvement in a DUI crash in 2020.
Destiney M.J. Bates, 30, was charged in June 2020 with two counts of failure to give information after a motor vehicle crash involving injuries and three counts of aggravated driving under the influence, as well as two misdemeanors for driving while never having been issued a license and driving a vehicle with revoked or suspended registration. She was also cited for traffic violations.
When she was initially charged, prosecutors said witnesses had reported seeing Bates drive through a stop light south of downtown Bloomington, causing a crash with another vehicle, and they said she was seen leaving the scene . The driver of the other vehicle was treated for injuries at a local hospital.
Even though people didn't drive a lot last year, traffic deaths actually increased by the largest margin in the last 13 years.36,680 people died in crashes last year, an increase of 7% from 2019.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it's because fewer people were on the roads. So, more people started speeding, not wearing seat belts or driving under the influence.Miles traveled by vehicle fell 13% in 2020 from 2019.
After failing to appear for a plea hearing in 2021, Bates was back in McLean County custody this month and pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of failure to give information after a motor vehicle crash involving injuries and one count of aggravated DUI.
The remaining charges were dismissed.
According to online court records, Bates was sentenced to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections on each charge, with credit for 132 days served, and to one year of mandatory supervised release.
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Bryant Lewis
Bryant Lewis, 28, of Bloomington, is charged with home invasion causing injury, a Class X felony. His next appearance is Dec. 30.
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Derek Roesch
Derek Roesch of Saybrook was charged Thursday, Nov. 10 in McLean County Law and Justice Center with several counts, including:
-Two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, Class 2 felonies
-One count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon while on parole, Class 2 felony
-Two counts of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a felon, class 2 felonies
-One count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a felon while on parole, class 2 felony
-Unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver (greater than 2000 grams but less than 5000 grams), a class 1 felony
-Unlawful possession of cannabis (greater than 2000 grams but less than 5000 grams), a class 2 felony
-Unlawful possession of a controlled substance, psylocibin less than 15 grams, a class 4 felony
-Unlawful possession of methamphetamine, less than five grams, a class 3 felony.
-Unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, a class A misdemeanor
Justin M. Mata
Justin M. Mata, 28, no address given, is charged with possession of less than five grams of meth with intent to deliver, a Class 2 felony, and possession of less than five grams of meth, a Class 3 felony. He was released on a $50,000 personal recognizance bond and his next appearance is Dec. 30.
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Marcus D. Wesley
Marcus D. Wesley, 36, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon in a vehicle (Class 4 felony), unlawful possession of cannabis (Class 3 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Phillip Tinch
Phillip Tinch of Normal was charged Thursday, Nov. 10 at the McLean County Law and Justice Center with several felonies including:
- Five counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, more than one but less than 15 grams of a substance containing cocaine, a Class 1 felony.
-One count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, less than one gram of a substance containing cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
Trisha L. Hanke
Trisha L. Hanke, 36, is charged with theft of over $10,000 (Class 2 felony). Court documents indicate she knowingly took $14,000 belonging to a Love's Travel Stop, in LeRoy, where she was employed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William B. Givens
William B. Givens, 49, no address given, is charged with unlawful possession of five to 15 grams of meth with intent to deliver, a Class 1 felony, possession of less than five grams of meth with intent to deliver, a Class 2 felony, possession of five to 15 grams of meth, a Class 2 felony, and possession of less than five grams of meth, a Class 3 felony. His next appearance is Dec. 30.
Connor Wood
David L. Oliver
David L. Oliver, 51, of Bloomington, is charged with predatory criminal sexual assault.
Kenneth E. Funk
Kenneth E. Funk, 27, is charged with residential burglary (Class 1 felony) involving an apartment in Lexington on Dec. 31, 2022.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordan R. King
Charges have been filed against Jordan R. King, 34, for violation of the Illinois Violent Offender Against Youth Act.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Holly M. Isaacson
Isaacson
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenneth L. Minton
Kenneth L. Minton, 51, is charged with aggravated home repair fraud (Class 2 felony) and theft (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tony L. Jackson
Tony L. Jackson, 50, is charged for violation of the Illinois Violent Offender Against Youth Act (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Britley L. Hilger
Britley L. Hilger, 32, is charged with aggravated battery (Class 2 felony) after she supposedly punched a McLean County Detention Facility officer in the chest.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jasmine L. Smith
Jasmine L. Smith, 31, is charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol (Class 2 felony) and five counts of endangering the life or health of a child (Class A misdemeanors).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jackie S. Claypool
Jackie S. Claypool, 46, appeared for a Friday bond court hearing for two new cases which charged her for one count of burglary (Class 2 felony), four counts of forgery (Class 3) and one count of deceptive practices (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Noah R. Demuth
Noah R. Demuth, 22, of Evanston, is charged with aggravated battery of a peace officer, a Class 2 felony, aggravated battery in a public way, a Class 3 felony, mob action, a Class 4 felony, and obstructing a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor. His next court date is Feb. 17.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon L. Parsano
Brandon L. Parsano, 39, is charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, a Class 2 felony. His next appearance is Feb. 17 for an arraignment.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alexander N. Williams
Alexander N. Williams, 24, was charged Feb. 2 with the following:
3 counts of unlawful delivery of cannabis between 30 and 500 grams - Class 3 felonies. 2 counts of armed violence - Class X felonies. 1 count of unlawful possession of cannabis between 2,000 and 5,000 grams with the intent to sell - a Class 1 felony. 1 count of unlawful possession of cannabis between 500 and 2,000 grams with the intent to sell - a Class 2 felony. 3 counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon - Class 3 felonies. 1 count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a felon - a Class 3 felony 3 counts of violating the Illinois FOID act - Class 3 felonies.
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Carlos Sanchez-Solozarzano
Carlos H. Sanchez-Solozarzano, 22, was charged with 1 count of criminal sexual assault, a Class 1 felony.
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Jaylin S. Bones
Jaylin S. Bones was charged with four counts of first-degree murder stemming from a homicide in Bloomington last year. A McLean County grand jury also returned a bill of indictment charging him with attempted first degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordan R. King
Jordan R. King, 34, was charged with violating the Illinois Violent Offender Against Youth Act (Class 2 felony) a second time in under a month.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dominique M. Banks
Dominique M. Banks, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery involving strangulation (Class 2 felony). The incident happened in October 2022 and involved one victim.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Austin T. Daugherty
Austin T. Daugherty, 29, was charged with burglary (Class 2 felony) after he entered an Avis Car Rental, 3201 Cira Drive, in Bloomington, without permission and with the intent to commit theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Sandra M. Lewis
Sandra M. Lewis, 77, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance containing MDMB-4E-PINACA, a synthetic cannabinoid, with the intent to deliver (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Samantha E. Morris
Samantha E. Morris, 40, is charged with aggravated battery of a peace officer (Class 2 felony) after supposedly spitting on a Colfax police officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nolan C. Love
Nolan C. Love, 46, appeared in court Friday for a bond review hearing after being charged with aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation (Class 2 felony) on Feb. 26.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nikkita L. Sandefur
Nikkita L. Sandefur, 36, is charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felony) containing cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Katlin M.B. Wilson
Katlin M.B. Wilson, 32, is charged with aggravated identity theft (Class 2 felony) after being accused of fraudulently obtaining money exceeding $300 but not exceeding $10,000 from a 60 year old man.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Eli C. Garozzo
Eli C. Garozzo, 20, is charged with two counts of home invasion, a Class X felony, two counts of attempted armed robbery, a Class 1 felony, and two counts of residential burglary, a Class 1 felony. His bond was set at $200,000 as a 10% bond, meaning he must pay $20,000 plus fees to be released. His next appearance is an arraignment on April 13.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tysean T. Townsend
Tysean T. Townsend, 35, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle (Class 2 felony), three counts of child abduction, aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer and obstructing justice (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Curtis J. Byrd
Curtis J. Byrd, 31, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felony), two counts of fraud and two counts of financial institution fraud (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Noral K. Nelson
Noral K. Nelson, 31, was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony) after he was arrested in connection to a shooting along the 1500 block of S. Main Street.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Charles J. Tankson
Charles J. Tankson, 23, was charged with burglary (Class 2 felony), theft and two counts of unlawful use of a debit card (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Davis, Micah S
Davis was charged with 3 counts of arson, Class 2 felonies, and 3 counts of criminal damage to property, Class 4 felonies.
His next court date is May 5 at 9 a.m.
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Livingston, Joshua D.
Livingston was charged with 2 counts of possessing stolen vehicles, Class 2 felonies, possession of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 3 felony, and criminal damage to government property, a Class 4 felony.
His next court date is May 5 at 9 a.m.
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Kevin L. Ewen
Kevin L. Ewen, 42, appeared in a Thursday bond court hearing and was charged with aggravated battery (Class 2 felony), obstructing a peace officer (Class 4 felony) and two counts of resisting a peace officer (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Emmanuel K. Mpay
Emmanuel K. Mpay, 23, appeared in a Thursday bond court hearing following a grand jury indictment for two counts of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ahmad S. Manns
Ahmad S. Manns, 19, appeared in a Friday bond court hearing and was charged with cannabis trafficking (Class X felony), unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dylan R Mann
Dylan R Mann, 31, appeared Friday in bond court following four grand jury indictments for two separate cases relating to aggravated assault and battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tony L. Jackson
Tony L. Jackson, 50, was charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle (Class 2 felony), domestic battery, violation of an order of protection and driving while license revoked or suspended (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William R. Linden
William R. Linden, 79, was released Tuesday on felony burglary charges for trying to pass a forged check at Busey Bank.
Zadek U. Moen
Zadek U. Moen, 20, is facing six felony drug charges after being arrested by the Illinois State Police on Thursday.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Zachary T. Willis
Zachary T. Willis, 27, is charged with aggravated domestic battery by strangulation (Class 2 felony) and domestic battery subsequent offense (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cecily M. Sexton
Cecily M. Sexton, 39, was charged with two counts of burglary, a Class 2 felony; one count of forgery, a Class 3 felony; financial institution fraud, a Class 3 felony, and possession of a controlled substance, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tonisha A. Jackson
Tonisha A. Jackson, 27, was charged with aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James A. McConnaughay
James A. McConnaughay, 53, appeared in a Friday bond court hearing before Judge Amy McFarland. McConnaughay is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of methamphetamine (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jessica M. Longberry
Jessica M. Longberry, 38, appeared in a Friday bond court hearing before Judge Amy McFarland. Longberry is charged with burglary (Class 2 felony) and forgery (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Barry D. Guyton
Barry D. Guyton, 26, was charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon (Class 2 felonies) two counts of unlawful possession of 15-100 of cocaine with the intent to deliver with one being a Class X felony and the other being a Class 1 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Keon E. Spiller
Keon E. Spiller, 22, appeared in a Friday bond court hearing before Judge Amy McFarland and was charged with attempted escape after his jury trial reached a verdict.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Melina Aguilar
Melina Aguilar, 32, was charged with harassment of witnesses (Class 2 felonies) after asking a witness to lie on the record.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carlos D. Cregan
Carlos D. Cregan, 35, was charged with harassment of witnesses (Class 2 felonies) after asking a witness to lie on the record.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andrea M. Sheets
Andrea M. Sheets appeared was charged Friday with possession of a stolen motor vehicle (Class 2 felony), aggravated fleeing a police officer (Class 4 felony) and obstructing a peace officer (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Wayne M. Damron
Wayne M. Damron, 52, is charged with one count of violation of the Illinois Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Terrance L. Ford
Terrance L. Ford, 25, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felony) and two counts of retail theft (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Stanley M. Miller
Stanley M. Miller, 61, was charged Friday with aggravated driving while under the influence of alcohol (Class X felony) and driving while driver's license revoked (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darryl R. Vinson
Darryl R. Vinson, 60, is charged with violation of the sex offender registration act (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - A semi-truck leaked a significant amount of diesel fuel along I-69 in Flint, leading to an hours-long traffic backup.
The Flint Fire Department requested Michigan Spill Response to help cleanup the spill on eastbound I-69 just west of Dort Highway around 10 a.m.
A representative from Michigan Spill Response said a semi-truck driving east on I-69 sustained a fuel line puncture, which possibly was caused by debris on the freeway. The truck leaked less than 100 gallons of fuel onto the road.
Crews stopped the leak before any fuel entered storm drains or waterways.
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BRADDOCK, Pa. — A man was taken to the hospital after a shooting in Braddock on Friday afternoon.
According to Allegheny County police, first responders were called to the 20 block of Moody Street at 1:36 p.m.
Once on scene, first responders found a man who had been shot multiple times.
The victim’s injuries are not life-threatening, according to police.
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ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A 3-year-old boy was shot in Robinson Township on Friday afternoon.
According to Allegheny County 911, police and medics were called to the 100 block of Village Drive at 1:34 p.m.
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The child was shot in the leg outside and is expected to be OK. Police said it appeared to be a graze wound.
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Joe Rivas needs your help.
Like many others in Denton, Rivas has found himself in a difficult financial situation over mobility issues. His disability requires him to use a motorized scooter to get around and a vehicle to haul it when he needs to take care of the necessities — going to the store or the doctor, for example.
Now he says his 2007 Honda van needs repairs to operate properly, and with the summer course he typically teaches at North Central Texas College canceled, Rivas has limited funds to repair it.
For a few years, Rivas has been learning the art of wood burning. His cerebral palsy makes it difficult since he has limited mobility. But he says he simply takes his time and focuses. His caregiver says he’ll spend hours burning art into the wood.
Under the moniker Tiger Studio, he’s created several pieces, including a portrait of a tiger and a girl playing a saxophone in the moonlight.
It’s a testament to his desire not to let his disability limit his creativity. That creativity also includes a series of stories about “Wheelin’ Willy Wilmer,” a boy with cerebral palsy. But Rivas says he enjoys wood burning because it allows him to create without having to rely on others to help him.
Rivas, who serves on Denton’s Committee on Persons with Disabilities, is raffling two pieces of his art — the 24-by-24-inch portrait of the woman playing the saxophone and a 24-by-24-inch chessboard with a decorative border — to raise funds to repair his van and its ramp, which is no longer electronically operational. He says the ramp must currently be operated manually, which he says causes unneeded strain and stress on caregivers.
He values each of the art pieces at $500. Rivas is selling $30 raffle tickets online for the decorative chessboard and $20 raffle tickets for the portrait.
The raffle for the art pieces began in early May and will last until July 14. But he hasn’t sold many raffle tickets, Rivas says.
At first Rivas says he was needing to raise $2,300, but now says he needs $5,800 for the van and mobility repair. To help raise the increased amount, Rivas will be hosting Joe’s Pyrographic Art Show & Music event at Yellow Dog Art Bar & Gallery later in July.
The event takes place from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday, July 16. Rivas will be selling his art and raffle tickets and will feature live music from country artist Nick Grant. Food and drinks will also be available.
“If it wasn’t for the [Denton community], I would not be able to work or be independent,” Rivas said.
For information about the raffle or to buy raffle tickets online, visit form.jotform.com/joerivas01/repair-ramp-van-raffle.
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Denton cook and bartender Anthony Langston walked into RT’s Neighborhood Bar before the Secret Chef watch party started, and people immediately shouted his nickname: “Lanky!”
He smiled, waved back and started to greet his friends and fans at the bar.
RT’s hosted a Secret Chef watch party where Langston’s friends, family and locals watched the first two episodes of the show Thursday evening.
Langston was selected to participate in Hulu’s new cooking competition for a chance to win the $100,000 grand prize.
Langston said it was the first time for him to see the completed show Thursday evening.
“So, to see the first couple episodes with friends and see things actually come out to fruition, it was pretty awesome,” Langston said.
The show from executive producer and chef David Chang showcases 10 contestants who are isolated in a secret underground kitchen labyrinth connected by a series of conveyor belts.
Instead of having traditional cooking show judges, the participants must rate each other’s final dishes in blind taste tests.
The contestants are guided by a mischievous animated talking hat, Chefy, who tasks the participants with performing a series of cooking challenges.
The crowd cheered during Langston’s introduction on the show as he made a Tex-Mex shakshuka — which competitors in the show praised.
“I’m a home cook — and I’m a cheesemonger by day — and a bartender by night,” Langston says in Secret Chef‘s first episode. “Since I was a child, I spent a lot of time in front of the TV. Some of my favorite people to watch were TV chefs, and my dream is to do that [be a TV chef].”
Langston is the culinary director at Ten:One Artisan Cheese shop in downtown Denton, and he also bartends at East Side.
Langston previously competed in Netflix’s cooking competition Best Leftovers Ever!, where he competed against two other home cooks in Episode 7. He also had a stint with MasterChef, where a casting representative asked him to audition for Secret Chef.
At RT’s, the crowd laughed as Langston accidentally cut himself not once but twice while cutting cabbage in the show.
“It’s a competition — everyone’s going to do great, everyone’s going make some mistakes,” Langston said.
During the first episode elimination challenge, Langston was assigned to a team with Tallahassee, Florida, chef Leon Brunson — a secret at the time.
The twist of the challenge was that competitors could not cook together at the same time — and the team with the lowest score would get eliminated.
Langston and Brunson made Korean bulgogi as they worked together to make the dish. The show got dramatic as Brunson questioned the color of the kimchi, which was pink.
“I think I’m going home,” Brunson said as the show went on a commercial break.
While Brunson may have questioned the color, he was excited that the dish tasted good.
The competitors then rated each other’s dishes anonymously, and the crowd at the bar got tense as Chefy called up Langston and Brunson and another chef team, Alexa Santos and Anthony Bar, to step forward for the highest- and lowest-rated dish of the challenge.
The loudest cheers were at the bar as Langston and Brunson’s dish was rated the highest in the first elimination challenge. Langston put both his arms up in the air and bowed to the bar crowd.
“That’s a way to start the show,” Langston said. “And to see the whole crowd at RT’s behind me was pretty exhilarating.”
All 10 episodes of Secret Chef are now available to stream on Hulu.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — With the 4th of July around the corner, it’s time to brush up on your fireworks safety.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is offering tips for people to keep themselves safe if they chose to light off their own fireworks instead of leaving it to the professionals.
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See 9 tips for fireworks safety from the department below:
1. Always use fireworks outside and have a bucket of water or hose nearby in case of accidents.
2. Designate a safety perimeter. If you have ground-based fireworks like a fountain, watching from at least 35 feet away is best. For aerial fireworks, you’ll want everyone to move back to a distance of around 150 feet.
Read: One of the biggest fireworks shows in Central Florida is about to change
3. Ditch faulty fireworks. Sometimes fireworks don’t go off, but duds always pose a risk. Officials say its important to never try to relight or approach a failed firework. Let duds sit for 5 -10 minutes before you put them in a bucket of water. This can prevent injury from a delayed explosion and disarm the firework permanently so you can safely dispose of it.
4. Supervise children when they are handling sparklers. Sparklers burn at about 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, which officials said is hot enough to melt some metals. Sparklers can quickly ignite clothing, and children have received severe burns from dropping sparklers on their feet or touching body parts.
Read: 9 Fourth of July fireworks displays you can’t miss in Central Florida
5. Don’t forget about your pets. Keep your pets indoors. Close the curtains or blinds and turn on the TV or radio to provide some distraction. Treat toys filled with their favorite food (frozen pumpkin puree, peanut butter, and apple sauce are good options) may also help keep their minds busy and distract them from the fireworks.
6. Soak both spent and unused fireworks in water for a few hours before discarding.
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7. Never place a part of your body directly over a firework or hold a firework in your hand when lighting. To safely light fireworks, make sure they are secured on the ground away from people and animals and use a stem lighter such as a grill lighter.
8. Only light one firework at a time. Officials said lighting multiple fireworks at the same time can increase the risk of accidents occurring from the fuse burning faster than designed.
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9. Avoid alcohol consumption when handling or using fireworks.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — The sound of fireworks can be unsettling for humans and even more so for animals. That means it’s important to take extra precautions to keep your pets safe during the 4th of July.
The Humane Society of the United States offers the following 9 tips to help keep your pets safe this holiday:
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1. Keep your pet safely away from fireworks. Pets are more sensitive to loud noises, flashing lights and strong smells. On the Fourth of July, and other days people are likely to set off fireworks, it’s best to leave your pets safely indoors, preferably with a radio or TV turned on to soften jarring noises.
2. If you’re unable to leave your pet unattended at home, keep them leashed and under your direct control at all times.
3. If your pet is scared by fireworks, you can ask ask a veterinarian for help. There are medications and techniques that might help alleviate your pet’s fear and anxiety, including creating a safe space for them and distracting them.
4. High temperatures put your pet at risk of heat stroke, which can become deadly very quickly. Keep an eye on your pets and act immediately if you see any signs of heatstroke.
5. Never leave your pet in a parked car.
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6. Remember that hot pavement can be dangerous to unprotected paws; if it’s too hot for you to hold your hand to the ground for five seconds, it’s not safe for your dog to walk on.
7. All pets, even those kept indoors full-time, should always wear collars with ID tags. Indoor-only pets can become so frightened during fireworks displays that they may take desperate measures to escape the noise, including breaking through windows or door screens.
Read: 9 Fourth of July fireworks displays you can’t miss in Central Florida
8. Ensure that your pet is microchipped and that the chip is properly registered with your current contact information.
9. If your pet is lost, contact your local animal control and surrounding shelters immediately. If you find a lost pet, either take them to the address on their tag or bring them to a local animal shelter so they can be reunited with their family.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — The family of the Rev. Dr. Randolph Bracy Jr. will hold a celebration of life service for him Saturday.
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Friends and family are invited to pay tribute to Bracy at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Orlando.
Those unable to attend the service in person can click here to stream it live.
Relatives said they appreciate the community’s love and support as they honor Bracy’s memory.
Read: ‘Visionary leader’: Central Florida community remembers Rev. Dr. Randolph Bracy Jr.
Bracy founded New Covenant Baptist Church of Orlando and was a civil rights champion in the community.
“Pastor Rose and the entire NCBC family mourn the transitioning of our Founder, Rev. Dr. Randolph Bracy Jr. Dr. Bracy served and led well. We will continue praying with and for the Bracy family,” the church said in a statement.
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Residents asked to be on lookout for Stoughton woman missing since Monday
STOUGHTON — First responders from the Stoughton Police Department are searching for resident Emma Tetewsky, 31, who went missing from her home on Monday, June 25.
Tetewsky's family reported her missing on June 26 after she was last seen Monday evening near Lakeview Drive, around Pinewood Pond.
Authorities said that Tetewsky, a Stoughton resident who also goes by the name Fraidl Emmet, has "a history of mental health challenges," and police are seeking help from the public to locate her.
"Tetewsky is approximately 5-feet-3-inches tall and weighs approximately 120 pounds. She may be wearing a light-colored, possibly blue, long-sleeved shirt, cropped leggings and Birkenstock-style sandals. She is known to have a history of mental health challenges," said the Stoughton Police in a written statement.
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She doesn't have a car or a cell phone and police say she's likely still in the area.
According to the statement, Tetewsky frequently prays in the woods around Pinewood Pond and Massapoag Lake in Sharon. She was possibly seen near the Massapoag Trail by Ames Street on Wednesday afternoon.
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"Residents in Stoughton, Sharon, Easton and Canton are asked to check their properties, including garages, outbuildings and sheds, under canoes or kayaks, or in any outdoor equipment where someone may seek shelter. Residents and businesses in those areas are also asked to check footage from any cameras they may have for any sightings of Tetewsky between Sunday, June 25, and today," said the statement Friday.
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