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ST. CHARLES, Mich. (WJRT) - Police are awaiting autopsy results to determine how a man died after his body was found near the Saginaw Valley Rail Trail.
A woman walking the trail near the Bad River in St. Charles around 6 p.m. Sunday noticed what appeared to be white shirt in the wooded area off the trail and discovered an unidentified man lying on the ground.
The St. Charles Police Department says the man was deceased when officers arrived to investigate.
Authorities believe the man was riding his bicycle when he went off the trail for an unknown reason, which caused severe injuries. Police don't believe the man was a victim of foul play.
Investigators were trying to determine whether the man suffered a medical issue when he crashed off the trail. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/mans-body-found-on-recreational-trail-near-st-charles/article_10e0a598-20a7-11ee-9932-d71d95a89475.html | 2023-07-12T13:23:26 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/mans-body-found-on-recreational-trail-near-st-charles/article_10e0a598-20a7-11ee-9932-d71d95a89475.html |
FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - Nearly half of the Flint City Council could be removed from office with recall efforts currently under way.
The Genesee County Election Commission approved recall petition language on Tuesday against Judy Priestly, who represents the city's Fourth Ward. That allows recall proponents to begin circulating petitions.
If they receive 515 signatures from registered voters in the Fourth Ward, the recall against Priestly would go on the ballot possibly in November.
The commission previously approved language against Ladel Lewis of the Second Ward, Allie Herkenroder of the Seventh Ward and Eva Worthing of the Ninth Ward.
Recall proponents must get 785 signatures against Lewis and 510 signatures against Worthing to force an election this year. Herkenroder resigned from the council soon after the recall effort against her started.
Petitions against all four council members state that they skipped a special meeting on May 20, when the Flint City Council discussed the process for residents to apply for a share of the city's ARPA funds.
Additional recall petitions have been filed against Flint Councilmembers Eric Mays of the First Ward and Dennis Pfeiffer of the Eighth Ward. The Genesee County Election Commission has not approved the petitions for clarity yet.
The petition against Mays says he was convicted of a misdemeanor for disorderly conduct while the petition against Pfeiffer says he also did not attend the May 20 special meeting about ARPA funding.
The election commission includes the Genesee County clerk/register of deeds, treasurer and chief probate judge. They will meet again soon to judge whether petitions against Mays and Pfeiffer are clear enough. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/recall-language-approved-against-fourth-flint-city-council-member/article_39fcb310-20af-11ee-9b4f-1791f6681fb9.html | 2023-07-12T13:23:33 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/recall-language-approved-against-fourth-flint-city-council-member/article_39fcb310-20af-11ee-9b4f-1791f6681fb9.html |
During his time with the Steelers, Santonio Holmes helped lead the team to a Super Bowl and catch the game winning touchdown to knock off the Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII. However, his time with the team ended abruptly after he was traded to Jets following an incident in a nightclub.
While Holmes only played from 2006 to 2009 with the team, he left his mark as a key player in the Super Bowl run and beyond. So, when Holmes retired, he bought fully into the motto that once you are a member of the Steelers, you always are a member of the Steelers. Since that moment, Holmes has been around the team and practices.
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MIDLAND, Texas — Nueva Vista Golf Club in Midland revealed Tuesday that it will be closing its doors for good, making the announcement in an email sent to members by Jon Crain. The golf course is set to officially close at the end of the day on Monday, July 24th.
There are still a lot of unknowns such as if the land has been sold, who is buying it and what will happen to the golf course and green space. However, one certainty from the announcement is that Midlanders are disappointed.
“I guess disappointment is just the best way to describe it," said Autumn Winkles, Executive Director of FORE Midland.
“It breaks my heart," said Richard Hamm, a concerned Midlander. "I mean I’ve enjoyed the golf course immensely over the years, and we’re sad to see it go.”
"I think it's unfortunate that it's closing," said Amy Stretcher-Burkes, District 4 representative on the Midland City Council. "I hope it stays a golf course. There [are] a lot of kids and a lot of individuals that use that and it's a sad thing that we'll be losing for the city."
At Nueva Vista Golf Club, golf itself is on the back nine.
As the golf course prepares to close in just under two weeks, for Midland residents, the space meant more than just a sport.
“My wife and I got back into the sport together, and it’s been something we can do together and often and we both enjoyed," said Hamm. "So, for our family – us personally – it was a great experience, and it will be dearly missed.”
“My husband and I were like ‘What are we going to do on date night? We go every week, what are we going to do?’," said Winkles. "I mean there [are] only so many movies you can watch and only so many restaurants you can go to. We decided to start playing golf so we would have something to do together.”
Winkles and FORE Midland have fought for years to try and preserve the land, and with it closing in on the 18th tee, it’s future is now uncertain.
“People matter, and I really felt that in Midland, and I am so disgusted to know that I was wrong, because it seems like – that at the end of the day – money is what’s going to rule," said Winkles. "And it’s going [to] all be about money and not quality of life, not green space, not saving a beautiful staple of Midland for the last 24 years.”
Strecher-Burkes mentioned that she received many concerned calls and texts Tuesday with the golf course located in her district. She also noted that as of right now the land is zoned as agriculture, so if changes are made to the land, it would first have to go through the zoning process with the city. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/midland-residents-disappointed-over-nueva-vista-golf-club/513-cbb7f738-e5b5-43dd-becf-4f5fed7c6e91 | 2023-07-12T13:24:09 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/midland-residents-disappointed-over-nueva-vista-golf-club/513-cbb7f738-e5b5-43dd-becf-4f5fed7c6e91 |
Break out your creativity to celebrate Etch a Sketch Day on July 12. The drawing toy debuted in 1960 and is still available today, including in a “freestyle” color version! Etch a Sketch enjoys some serious toy cred, having joined the National Toy Hall of Fame in 1998.
The Kenosha Pops Concert Band performs its children’s concert, with a safari theme, starting at 7 p.m. on the band shell in Pennoyer Park, on Seventh Avenue at 35th Street. The program is filled with songs related to animals, including the “The Pink Panther” and songs form “Jurassic Park” and “The Lion King.” Children are encouraged to bring their favorite stuffed animal to the concert. Pre-concert entertainment starts at 6:15 p.m. when the Bone Appetit Trombone Choir performs. Also, the food truck Rockitacos will be at the concert. Bonus: The band asks a trivia question each Wednesday night, with gift certificates to local restaurants and other eateries given to four winners. Admission is free.
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The Lincoln Park Live Music Series opens its 2023 season with the Extra Crispy Brass Band, performing in the Lincoln Park flower garden, 6900 18th Ave. Local DJ kicks off the show at 6 p.m. The Extra Crispy Brass Band is an eight-piece New Orleans-style brass band performing a variety of music, ranging from jazz standards to contemporary pop tunes, played in the style of a traditional New Orleans street band. Admission is free to all performances. Food, soda, water, wine and beer will be available for purchase. Off-street parking is located next to the Lincoln Park baseball diamonds.
Bristol Woodstock tonight features the band Trophy Husbands, performing 6 to 8 p.m. in Bristol Woods County Park, 9800 160th Ave. Admission is free. Audience members should bring lawn chairs and/or picnic blankets.
The 2023 season of Aquanuts Water Shows continues in Twin Lakes. The free water-ski shows are 6 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays (through Sept. 2) in Lance Park, 55 Lance Drive in Twin Lakes. aquanutwatershows.com.
Prost! The Petrifying Springs Biergarten is welcoming summer patrons. The Biergarten is open from 4 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, noon to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and noon to 8 p.m. Sundays. The Biergarten is located near the Highway JR entrance on the south end of Petrifying Springs Park, 5555 Seventh St., in Somers. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-area-events-for-wednesday-july-12/article_68547dec-1ff1-11ee-b37a-1be5c5e05a36.html | 2023-07-12T13:24:46 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-area-events-for-wednesday-july-12/article_68547dec-1ff1-11ee-b37a-1be5c5e05a36.html |
The Kenosha Pops Concert Band is going on a “musical safari” tonight — and everyone is invited, especially children.
“We’ve combined a safari theme with our children’s concert for ‘Kinderkonzert: Pops on Safari,’” said Musical Director Craig Gall.
Band members will be dressed for exploring, and children are invited to bring their favorite stuffed animal to the show.
The tunes, Gall said, may lead people to to exclaim, “Lions and tigers and bears … oh, my!”
Speaking of lions, there are three on the program:
Soundtrack highlights from Disney’s animated film “The Lion King,” including “Hakuna Matata” and “Circle of Life,” arranged by Calvin Custer.
“Born Free,” John Barry’s title song for the 1966 British film about an orphaned lion cub named Elsa.
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“The Lion Sleeps Tonight.” This tune was written and recorded first by Solomon Linda with the Evening Birds for the South African Gallo Record Company in 1939, under the title “Mbube.” Composed in Zulu, it was adapted and covered internationally by many 1950s pop and folk revival artists. In 1961, it became a No. 1 hit in the U.S. as adapted in English, with the best-known version by the doo-wop group the Tokens.
For the birds
Two pieces are related to our feathered friends: “The Woodpecker Song” and “Red Raven Polka.”
“I found that ‘Woodpecker’ tune in the files of the Port Washington City Band,” Gall said. “I thought it was the ‘Woody Woodpecker’ theme, but it’s not.” This “Woodpecker Song” was composed in 1939 by Eldo Di Lazzaro and is “an Italian polka,” he said. The song became a hit in 1940, recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra.
The “Red Raven Polka” has roots in Wisconsin, Gall said. “It was the theme song for Lawrence Duchow’s Red Raven Orchestra in the Fox River Valley area, and the name comes from the Red Raven Inn in Chilton, which was the band’s home.”
The composer, too, has roots here. Clayton Hofensperger was a member of the original Red Ravens Orchestra and wrote many pieces for the group.
Audience participation
Gall is also directing two pieces that require audience participation:
“The Whistler and His Dog” by Arthur Pryor, featuring piccolo soloist Vera Olguin. The composer “was the legendary trombone player for the Sousa band,” Gall said. “I think he wrote this piece for his dog.” Audience members should be prepared to whistle with this tune.
Greg Berg, the band’s master of ceremonies, won’t be singing with the Pops, but he will the narrator for “Three Little Pigs,” by Guy F. Foreman.
“Kids in the audience will be asked to come up and sit at the front of the stage for storytime with Greg Berg,” Gall said.
As Berg narrates the tale of the three little pigs and the Big Bad Wolf, the band plays musical cues to illustrate the story.
Also on the program
Two tunes composed by Henry Mancini: “Baby Elephant Walk” from the 1962 movie “Hitari!” and Mancini’s theme for “The Pink Panther.” That theme “was originally written for the 1963 Peter Sellers film ‘The Pink Panther’ and, later for the animal cartoons series,” Gall said.
“The Walking Frog.” “This is an old two-step circus tune by Karl King that features our trombone section,” Gall said.
The overture to the 1970 Broadway musical “Two By Two,” with music by Richard Rodgers. The show, which starred Danny Kaye, told the story of Noah’s preparations for the Great Flood and the building of the Ark.
Soundtrack highlights from “Jurassic Park,” written by John Williams.
Two John Philip Sousa marches: 1926’s “The Pride of the Wolverines,” dedicated to the people of Detroit, and “The Invincible Eagle.” That piece, which Sousa wrote for the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y., “is one of Sousa’s finest marches,” Gall said. “We didn’t have it in the Pops library until now, and it’s making its debut with the band tonight.”
A trombone appetizer
The Bone Appetit trombone choir, made up of more than a dozen trombone players, will perform before the Pops, starting at 6:15 p.m.
John Schoettler, a longtime member of the Pops, plays with the choir.
Bone Appetit’s program will feature “On Broadway” (George Benson’s version), “When the Saints Come Marching In” (arranged by Lennie Niehouse), “Mr. Blue Sky” (an ELO tune, arranged by Seb Skelly), “When I Fall in Love” (arranged by Matt Niess) and “Hooked on a Feeling” (Blue Suede version).
The group is also performing “Saturday in the Park,” a hit song from the band Chicago that’s been arranged by Schoettler, and “Back Bone.” That piece, Schoettler said, “is an original blues piece I wrote in 2003. It was performed 20 years ago by the Kenosha Pops trombone section.”
Bone Appetit has two more performances this summer: 6:50 p.m. on July 20, before the Libertyville (Ill.) Concert Band program (and also joining the band on “The Stars and Stripes Forever”) and 5 to 6 p.m. July 28 at the Taste of Wisconsin festival. The group is playing on the Jazz Stage, accompanied by Kenosha Pops drummer Jerry Matucci — who is also playing with the group tonight.
Most of the group’s selections this summer feature jazz and pop songs adapted or arranged by group members John Nepper, Jeff Rosendahl and Schoettler. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-pops-performing-safari-themed-childrens-concert-on-july-12/article_389ec882-1ff6-11ee-b6a7-871e3641c257.html | 2023-07-12T13:24:52 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-pops-performing-safari-themed-childrens-concert-on-july-12/article_389ec882-1ff6-11ee-b6a7-871e3641c257.html |
Church was at the center of Jerry and Tonya Baldwin’s lives.
So it was fitting that a miracle of sorts happened this month.
“We met at a church convention,” Jerry Baldwin Jr. said of his wife Monday afternoon, standing in the shade of his church, Bethlehem Temple, 2528 Roosevelt Road.
“We had never met, but our moms are friends,” he said. “They’re both from Detroit, and when they both got married, my dad moved my mom here — where he started this church — and her dad moved his family to Albany, N.Y.”
Having grown up in Albany, Tonya graduated in 1980 from Albany High School. She then went to Allegany College in Meadville, Pa., where she earned her bachelor’s degree and — apparently — lost her high school class ring.
Enter Dallas Winckler.
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He’s one of those guys who looks for items with his metal detector — a detectorist who covers “historic places here in Meadville and surrounding areas.”
One evening, he found a ring in front of Bentley Hall on the Allegany College campus, “along the sidewalk, five inches in the ground.”
He spied Tonya Baldwin’s (then Tonya Thomas) name engraved inside and decided to investigate further.
“I took it to work and my friend, Mike Leonard, did some research to try and find the owner or family so that we could hopefully return it,” Winckler said. “He made a few phone calls and made it happen.
“That is why I metal detect,” Winckler added, “for the neat finds, and to return items to people who have lost them.”
One of the phone calls Leonard made was to Steve Casey, owner of Casey Family Options funeral home.
“When he was researching the family, he saw Tonya’s obituary, with our name on it,” Casey said. “He asked me if I had a way to contact her husband, Jerry, and I laughed and said ‘sure, his church is just around the corner.’”
Tonya Baldwin died in May 2020 of COVID complications, and getting this call about her class ring was amazing to Jerry.
‘All about education’
“She was all about education and helped a lot of young people get into college,” he said of his wife, who earned a master’s degree from Northwestern University and a doctorate in education from Marquette University. She was an educator at Bell Bible College in Chicago and an adjunct professor at Marquette.
Casey brought the ring to Jerry Baldwin on Monday, in a bright pink package mailed from Pennsylvania.
“The people who found it cleaned it up very nicely and sent it to the funeral home,” Casey said.
The ring was only discovered because the sidewalk is being torn up during a campus construction project. Otherwise, it would have stayed buried in Pennsylvania.
“This shows how important obituaries are,” Casey said. “That’s why they could trace the ring to Kenosha.”
Smiling as he held his wife’s class ring, Jerry Baldwin marveled at “how much mileage is on it.”
Added Casey: “We’re just happy we could return it.”
As for Baldwin — who’s been busy trying to de-clutter his home, in which he and Tonya raised six kids — this ring adventure has him reconsidering that project.
“I’m cleaning out stuff,” he said. “And my philosophy has been, if I haven’t looked at something for 10 years, it needs to go. But after getting this ring back, I’ll be more careful about what I toss out.”
The class ring also reminds Jerry Baldwin of what his mother-in-law said to Tonya when she dropped her daughter off at Allegany College some 40 years ago.
“Tonya was happy to be heading off to college and to be leaving home,” he said with a smile. “Her mom called her back to the car with one final message: ‘Don’t forget God.’”
After a life centered on family, church, education and serving her community, it’s safe to say Tonya Thomas Baldwin took that message to heart. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/lost-and-found-1980-class-ring-returns-home/article_0680f240-1f41-11ee-b880-4f903556dd29.html | 2023-07-12T13:24:59 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/lost-and-found-1980-class-ring-returns-home/article_0680f240-1f41-11ee-b880-4f903556dd29.html |
The city of Fort Wayne issued the following Wednesday, July 12, 2023:
When it rains, the 100-year-old combined sewers in older parts of Fort Wayne can overflow, resulting in the discharge of a combination of stormwater (rain or snowmelt) and untreated sewage into CSO impacted waterways within the Great Lakes Basin. Today's forecast indicates a strong possibility that overflows will occur or have started to occur within the past four (4) hours. The overflow may be continuing. The approximate times when the overflow started and stops will be summarized within seven (7) days in a supplemental notice available on the City's website at www.cityoffortwayne.org/cso-notification.html.
Consumption of or direct contact with sewage-contaminated water could make you sick. Signs are posted along affected waterways in Fort Wayne to identify the locations of combined sewer overflow points and areas where contact with water could be hazardous to your health. These locations, and waterbodies potentially impacted, may also be found by clicking the following link: www.cityoffortwayne.org/cso-notification.html.
During and after a combined sewer overflow event, individuals should avoid direct contact with water in any of the waterways that are potentially impacted by CSOs as shown on the map found at www.cityoffortwayne.org/cso-notification.html.
In addition, City Utilities encourages the public to take the following precautions:
• Avoid direct contact with CSO-impacted streams during and for three days (72 hours) after a rain event and for 72 hours after receiving a CSO notification.
• Alter recreational activities to avoid direct contact with CSO-impacted water.
• If contact does occur with CSO-impacted water, wash your hands immediately, especially prior to eating.
• Use a waterless hand sanitizer at outings that occur near CSO-impacted streams.
Every Wednesday City Utilities will post information at the following location giving details of any CSO discharge events that have happened in the previous seven (7) days:
www.cityoffortwayne.org/cso-notification.html.
Clean water is a priority for the City of Fort Wayne. City Utilities is implementing a variety of projects to improve waterways and reduce CSO discharges. The long-term costs to control CSOs in Fort Wayne will likely exceed $250 million. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/verbatim-combined-sewer-overflow-warning/article_ec999a54-20b1-11ee-b44b-f3ebe81fc88b.html | 2023-07-12T13:27:34 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/verbatim-combined-sewer-overflow-warning/article_ec999a54-20b1-11ee-b44b-f3ebe81fc88b.html |
Down on the farm: Where to pick fruit or meditate with goats around Cumberland County
During the spring and summer months, there are plenty of opportunities to visit local farmers markets and buy directly from producers.
For those wanting to know more about where their products come from, agritourism provides a little taste of that experience.
Agritourism is a way to “even out the revenue stream, to strengthen the family farm and its connection to the public” through “sharing unique experiences” like corn mazes, hay rides, pick your own fruit or showing barnyard animals through farm visits, according to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
The USDA estimates that agritourism was a nearly $1 billion industry in 2017, the latest data available.
Cumberland County’s 65,995 acres of farmland produced more than $95.97 million, while farmers averaged about $30,0904 in annual income, according to the USDA’s Agriculture Census report.
Analyzing data from the USDA’s 2012 and 2017 Censuses, North Carolina Cooperative Extension found that out of Cumberland County’s 336 farms, only nine were agritourism farms.
Here’s a look at some of the agritourism farms in Cumberland County and neighboring areas.
Gillis Hill Farm and Gillis Hill Road Produce
Gillis Hill Road Produce has a 5-acre corn maze, hayrides, a pumpkin patch in the fall, strawberry picking in the spring, and a year-round playground.
Just down the road at 2701 Gillis Hill Road is the family’s farm and ice cream shop, Gillis Hill Farm.
The farm offers self-guided walking tours for $3 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Activities at the farm include walking through the property, viewing the restored farm buildings, seeing and feeding the animals, and enjoying the swings and yard games.
Carter Blueberry Farm
Carter Blueberry Farm, at 4120 Clinton Road in Fayetteville, is family-owned and was founded as a strawberry farm in 1967 by Buck and Ellon Carter. The Carters added blueberries, which are now the sole focus, in 1970. The farm’s “pick your own” blueberry season started July 1. Hours are 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Blueberries are priced at $2 per pound. Military and first responder get a 10% discount.
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Sweet Valley Ranch
Sweet Valley Ranch is located on more than 300 acres at 2990 Sunnyside School Road in Fayetteville.
The ranch has various seasonal attractions including Dinosaur World in the summer, Springtime Adventures, which features go-karts, Backwoods Terror in the fall and a festival of lights in the winter. The property features more than 350 animals, including peacocks, macaws, rabbits, reptiles and more.
Farm tours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday through Friday. Dinosaur World is open during certain Saturdays.
Cedar Creek Fish Farm
Cedar Creek Fish Farm at 7270 Matt Hair Road in Fayetteville is family-owned and operated and offers farm-raised catfish, tilapia and seafood. Fishing is free during business hours. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
Secret Garden Bees
Secret Garden Bees is a veteran, family-owned honeybee farm with more than 30 hives that produce raw honey at 6868 Moray St. in Linden. Visitors can check out the 22 acres that features hives, pastures and wildflowers, by appointment. Free-range ducks and chickens are also on site, and single-night RV stays are allowed by appointment. Visit secretgardenbees.com or call 931-216-8156.
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Ithika Acres Creamery
Ithika Acres Creamery is a 100-acre farmstead goat creamery at 4273 Gainey Road in Raeford. The farm makes goat cheese, feta, fudge, caramel sauce, candy, goat soap and lotion. It also has cattle, blueberries and fresh-cut flowers.
Blueberry picking season is underway, with days and hours announced weekly on the farm’s Facebook page. The farm also announces events and days when the farm is open to the public on social media, which include goat yoga, baby goat cuddling, meeting pigs and cheese tasting.
James Creek Cider House
James Creek Cider House, at 172 U.S. Highway 1 in Cameron, is a licensed farm and cidery that makes 15 hard ciders from estate-grown Southern heirloom and cider apples.
The cider house’s tasting room provides views of the peach and apple orchards, while food trucks are on site most Fridays and Saturdays. Apples, peaches, blueberries and other fruits are available in season. Tasting room hours are 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays; 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; and 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays.
You can find North Carolina-grown apples just up the road from Fayetteville
Nazro Farms
Nazro Farms is a family-owned farm at 145 Bettie Hamilton Drive in the Harnett County portion of Spring Lake. Events hosted by the farm are announced on its social media pages. A fall market to kick off the season is planned from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 9, and will feature a corn maze, hayride and the chance to see animals.
The Road Less Traveled Farm
The Road Less Traveled Farm, at 3404 Centerville Church Road in Fairmont, raises huacaya alpacas, French Angora rabbits and Wyandotte chickens. Eggs and alpaca and angora fiber products are sold, along with strawberries, blueberries and other seasonal produce grown on the farm.
To visit the farm, sign up for workshops like how to make felted soap or participate in a fiber art party, visit https://www.theroadlesstraveledfarm.com/contact or call 843-467-0043.
Staff writer Rachael Riley can be reached at rriley@fayobserver.com or 910-486-3528. | https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/local/2023/07/12/your-guide-to-fayetteville-area-agritourism-destinations/70386534007/ | 2023-07-12T13:27:36 | 1 | https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/local/2023/07/12/your-guide-to-fayetteville-area-agritourism-destinations/70386534007/ |
Dayton VA Medical Center Director Mark Murdock has been selected to serve as executive director of the Syracuse VA Medical Center, effective July 30, the Veterans Affairs Department said Tuesday.
Murdock has spent 14 of his 18-year VA career at the Dayton VA, the department said.
He guided the Dayton VA, with a staff of more than 2,700 employees and 40,000 enrolled veterans, through the pandemic, “one of the most unprecedented times in the history of health care and the world,” the VA said.
At the Syracuse VA, he will oversee health care services to more than 50,000 veterans with an operating budget of more than $300 million.
“His sound leadership qualities and proven experience will be valuable assets for the facility, the employees and volunteers, and most importantly, for the veterans we are honored to serve,” Dr. Joan E. McInerney, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 2 Director, said in a statement.
Credit: JIM NOELKER
Credit: JIM NOELKER
Dayton VA Associate Director Jennifer DeFrancesco will be the acting medical center director during the search for Murdock’s replacement.
She has been associate director since October 2020 and recently served as acting medical center director of VA Northern Indiana Health Care System from May-September 2022.
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The last few days, some national outlets, like the Washington Post and The New York Times, caught on to the news that it’s hot in Tucson.
“Extreme heat wave bound for Phoenix and Southwest could be worst ever,” said the Post’s July 7 headline.
Ironically, that’s the last day it hit 110 in Tucson, after six such days happening since June 25. It’s been downright tolerable at times since July 7, as monsoon moisture finally started flowing into southern Arizona, bringing occasional clouds, breezes and eventually, we hope, rain.
When you live in a hot climate, there can be a confusing disconnect between the global-scale reality of a world that’s getting hotter, with more extreme weather, and the fact that, here at least, it’s always hot this time of year.
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It has to get extremely hot — like 115 degrees — for most of us to think the weather is really out of whack. Otherwise, we are used to it, and we adapt, even in a heating world that hit the highest recorded average temperature on July 4.
Tuesday morning, my wife and I spent hours nervously waiting for word from our 20-year-old son, who is leading middle-school-aged children in camping and kayaking excursions across New England this summer. They were driving across Vermont and camping in a state park Tuesday as deluges swamped the state, overtopping dams and flooding towns.
Unable to concentrate in the air conditioned indoors as we waited for word, I went to the area near East Drexel Road and South Palo Verde Road right at midday to talk to people about how they manage the heat. It’s an area where I’ve hung out in the heat before, because there are so many old mobile homes there, and some of them simply don’t hold up to it.
But down in the Palo Verde corridor, as that area is known, on Tuesday, all I met were people who do the Tucson thing and adapt. Yes, the heat is draining and distressing if you have to be out in it, but manageable if you can escape.
Clara Faust has owned the trailer where she lives since 1967, she told me, though she’s only lived there steadily since 1992. She’s convinced that summers are getting hotter. In fact, weather data shows this is the case: Arizona’s average temperature has increased by 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1900, the state climatology office reports.
But Faust’s evaporative cooler has been up to the task. She hasn’t even cranked up her bedroom air conditioner yet.
Like most of us, Faust has a summertime routine that involves not doing too much during the hot hours.
“I get up at like 5 a.m. I go to the gym and work out. Then I come home and water plants.”
The morning routine goes on and takes two or three hours, she said.
“Then you’re in for the rest of the day, watching the boob tube,” Faust said. “I get mad at myself for not doing more, but it’s too hot.”
Around the corner at an adjacent business, Alberto Cruz was welding corrugated metal panels into place. He had the uniform of an outdoors workers in Arizona’s summer: Boots, long pants, a cotton long-sleeve shirt, plus a baseball cap and welding helmet.
Pulling the helmet back to reveal a sweaty face, he said in Spanish the heat has been, “Normal. We just have to bear it.”
In fact, clouds had rolled over and it was tolerable enough outside at the time, probably not even 100. Cruz and his colleague quit at 1 p.m., he said. Then Cruz goes home to sit on the sofa in the air conditioning.
It’s what we do — as long as you have access to cooling, you can be pretty sure you’ll be alright.
Further south, Russell and Carolyn Santos were sitting with the door open to their small trailer. Russell Santos had his shirt off — I was sure they must have cooling problems.
But no, he was just waiting for somebody to come back and do some work. Their two window air conditioning units, standing fans and ceiling fans were doing the trick.
“It is what it is, and we’ve got to live with it,” Carolyn said. “I’m not gonna sit around and worry about it.”
Russell was particularly emphatic that he did not believe the globe’s increasing heat is anything more than a cyclical warming that could eventually cycle downward to another ice age.
I held my tongue because I know to pick my moments with that debate. Suffice it to say that the relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and increasing temperature is well-established and has been evident in the recent run-up in C02 measurements and global temperatures.
The increase in global temperature then expresses itself in the acceleration of melting ice near the poles, rising ocean levels and extreme weather events such as the excessive rain in Vermont. That sopping, warm atmosphere dropped up to 9 inches of rain over a day or two in a swath from northern Vermont to southern New York state Sunday and Monday.
It was just another one in the series of once in a century storms that come more and more frequently these days. The last time they had one there was in 2011, with Hurricane Irene.
By the time I left the Palo Verde corridor, our son had texted. The weather was good in Vermont Tuesday, but they were passing over and around raging floodwaters as they traveled.
Back home in Tucson, a National Weather Service meteorologist was cautious both in how he classified our recent heat and in what he expects over the coming “extreme heat wave,” as the Post described it.
“It’s not unusual to have a week, week and a half of hot temperatures,” he said. But, “This usually happens in June and not in July.”
What happens in the coming days could turn into more extreme heat, or the heat could be tempered by the welcome arrival of moisture, Hardin said.
Either way, Tucsonans will do what we do: Change our behavior to deal with the draining heat. Too bad that such simple adaptations probably won’t be enough for the overheated globe. | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/heatwave-tucson-weather-summer/article_244c646c-2004-11ee-8b35-f35afec13f44.html | 2023-07-12T13:35:46 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/heatwave-tucson-weather-summer/article_244c646c-2004-11ee-8b35-f35afec13f44.html |
Some Vail residents reported heavy rain Tuesday night, with one in the Rancho Del Lago area recording 2 inches.
"Isolated storms have made it to the south and east side of Tucson," the National Weather Service tweeted shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday.
"Rainfall amounts will be moderate, generally 0.2-0.8 inch. Storms will also be capable of gusty winds and lightning," the weather service added.
As of about 10:15 p.m., it still hadn't rained at Tucson International Airport, site of the city's official weather gauge, where it's been dry since May 19. As of that hour, the storms were five or six miles east of the airport, the weather service said. The 10 p.m. temperature at the airport was 90 degrees.
To put the rainfall amounts some Vail residents were tweeting about into perspective, the total official precipitation for Tucson since Jan. 1 is 3.60 inches.
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Residents' comments posted late Tuesday on the weather service's tweet included:
"I have 1.6 inches in Vail."
"Been raining for about an hour in Vail. Lightning very close. Power been out about 45 minutes."
"Spotter ... in Rancho Del Lago, Vail. 2.00 inches of rain. Frequent lightning, very strong microburst winds, flooded yard, you name it."
"Hard rain" out by Saguaro National Park East.
"Thunder and lightning B'Way/Kolb."
And, the one we can all identify with, no matter what part of town we're in, each summer when the first monsoon storms arrive: "Finally!" | https://tucson.com/news/local/weather/tucson-weather-rain-monsoon-storms/article_b690f8b2-2070-11ee-b7d3-9bde3cfb4c89.html | 2023-07-12T13:35:52 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/weather/tucson-weather-rain-monsoon-storms/article_b690f8b2-2070-11ee-b7d3-9bde3cfb4c89.html |
AUSTIN, Texas — Austin's city manager wants all City of Austin employees to return to working in the office three days a week, starting in October. But not everyone agrees that is the best course of action.
On Tuesday night, the City of Austin's Urban Transportation Commission approved a resolution asking the City to change its work-from-home policy. The Joint Sustainability Committee recently did the same.
Some City employees say the current plan – which requires them to be in the office one day a week – has been working fine, especially since many employees can't afford to live in Austin and commutes can be long.
"For half of my team that lives outside of Austin due to the rising cost of living, this one day a week allows us to stay engaged with each other while also allowing us to be productive," said Madeline Moisio, a business process specialist for the City. "This policy does not make sense for our economic, safety or sustainability goals as a city."
The Urban Transportation Commission's recommendation will now go to the city council, which would need to come up with a list of jobs suitable for telework and a list of work spaces owned by the City that could be repurposed.
City leaders would also have to look at the cost of expanding the IT network and training more employees for remote work. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/city-of-austin-work-from-home/269-8f7e38be-4b68-4a86-8b40-c95cccd8934d | 2023-07-12T13:36:50 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/city-of-austin-work-from-home/269-8f7e38be-4b68-4a86-8b40-c95cccd8934d |
Police investigating after two men were reportedly shot at a property in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, late Tuesday, followed a fresh trail of blood into a home where investigators believe a woman was shot just two days before, officials said.
According to police, the discovery was made after officers responded to the 2900 block of Frankford Avenue for a reported shooting. There, just before midnight on Tuesday, police said, a 50-year-old man was found on the sidewalk, bleeding heavily, after being shot in the leg.
First responders took the man to a nearby hospital where, officials said, he was listed in critical condition.
As officers were investigating the scene, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said that a 32-year-old man showed up at an area hospital, where he was taken by a private vehicle.
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Small said that this man, who had been shot in the back, told police that he was also shot that evening at a property along the 2900 block of Frankford Avenue.
This man was placed in stable condition, Small said.
At about the same time, officers on scene found a trail of fresh blood that led them to a property along the block, said Small.
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"We did find a fresh trail of blood leading into one of the properties when police first arrived on the location. So, police made entry into that property," he said.
This property, Small said, is also believed to be tied to a shooting that happened at about 11:25 p.m. on Sunday where a 60-year-old woman was reportedly shot in the wrist.
"We know Sunday night, just a few days ago, there was a shooting at this same location where someone was shot. They were in stable condition Sunday night" said Small. "We found rifle rounds on the sidewalk, so there is a possibility that these two shootings are related."
Inside the home, Small said, officers found a rifle "in plain view," as well as "many rounds of ammunition" and, what Small said appeared to be a "large quantity" of crack cocaine.
While he didn't provide more information on who was in the home at the time, Small said several people that were there when police arrived have been detained.
No arrests have yet been made, but Small said, an investigation is ongoing.
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A partisan dispute about funding for three of Pennsylvania’s state-related universities may mean higher tuition for in-state students as a budget impasse continues further into the summer.
The state government approached two weeks without full spending authority on Tuesday, while loose ends remained untied. Snarled in limbo is funding for three Pennsylvania universities that receive state subsidies — Penn State, the University of Pittsburgh and Temple. Gov. Josh Shapiro and his Democratic allies have supported raising state aid to the three schools by 7% to $623 million, collectively.
Republicans, however, have balked. House Republicans repeatedly rejected efforts to approve the aid in recent weeks, complaining that the schools are too willing to raise tuition and saying they would prefer to send money to students, not the institutions.
As a whole, the dispute over approving a final spending plan shows no signs of ending quickly. Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman, R-Indiana, sent a letter on Tuesday to his counterpart in the House about the amount of work that still needs to be done, placing the onus on the Democratic-controlled House to do so.
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The House and Senate both approved a $45 billion spending plan for the fiscal year, but an administrative task — signing the bill on the floor of the Senate — is keeping the legislation from going to Shapiro’s desk.
Senators aren't due back until September, and Pittman said the chamber “sees little value in returning to session" to give final approval to the plan without the legislation to direct how money in the budget bill can be spent.
The uncertainty about state aid has thrown a wrench into the universities’ own budget planning and could result in the very thing that Republicans have criticized the schools for: increased tuition costs for students.
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In a statement, Penn State said its leadership was disappointed the bill failed to pass the House. The state funding supports the university’s 40,000 in-state students, “which thousands of Pennsylvania students and their families rely on each year,” a spokesperson said.
Hari Sastry, senior vice chancellor and chief financial officer for the University of Pittsburgh, said the entire state subsidy goes to an in-state discount for Pennsylvania students, impacting about 17,000 students and about $16,000 for undergraduates.
“That is a pretty large bit of uncertainty that they’re going to have to plan around,” he said. “We can’t obviously wait until September to do things like set tuition rates. So, we’re going to have to figure out what that interim looks like.”
Sastry can’t recall a year where the Legislature did not grant any money to the universities, but it wouldn’t be the first time funding for the schools has come late. This year, he said, inflation is creating more stress on families and the university.
“It’s a very different situation right now, I think, than what we’ve seen before,” he said.
By just about every measure there is, Pennsylvania has some of the highest student debt and lowest affordability of its colleges compared to other states. Some education advocates blame lawmakers for the lack of sufficient higher education aid. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/impasse-on-funding-for-pa-universities-could-mean-higher-tuition/3602240/ | 2023-07-12T13:54:23 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/impasse-on-funding-for-pa-universities-could-mean-higher-tuition/3602240/ |
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- Authorities searching for a homicide suspect who used bedsheets to escape from a northwestern Pennsylvania jail last week say items found this week lead them to believe he is still in the area.
- Lt. Col. George Bivens of the Pennsylvania State Police said Tuesday that searchers “are still finding some items that we do believe are connected to him."
- Bivens also said the reward money for information in the case of Michael Burham's escape has more than doubled and now totals $19,500.
Authorities searching for a homicide suspect who used bedsheets to escape from a northwestern Pennsylvania jail last week say items found in the last 24 hours lead them to believe he is still in the area.
Authorities added that reward money in the case has more than doubled.
Lt. Col. George Bivens of the Pennsylvania State Police earlier said campsites and small stockpiles believed to be related to escapee Michael Burham had been found, and he said Tuesday that searchers "are still finding some items that we do believe are connected to him.”
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“Those lead me to believe that there is still a likelihood that he is here; I also look at the absence of proof that he has gone anywhere else,” Bivens told reporters in a regular late afternoon news conference at the Youngsville, Pennsylvania, municipal building.
Burham, 34, fled the Warren County Prison late Thursday by climbing on exercise equipment, climbing through a window and then down a rope fashioned from jail bedding, authorities said. Burham was being held on $1 million bail and was charged with kidnapping, burglary and other counts.
Bivens said searchers have been investigating possible sightings and break-ins of unoccupied structures or cabins, using technology such as DNA to see if Burham is connected to them. But so far no link to him had been confirmed, Bivens said.
“I have a strong belief that he is receiving help,” Bivens said, repeating a warning that such actions would have consequences. “Again, I caution anyone that is currently giving help or is contemplating it, we will prosecute you for it.”
The addition of a $10,000 reward posted by Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers has raised the total reward money in the case to $19,500, Bivens said. The U.S. Marshals Service earlier offered $7,500 for information leading to Burham’s capture, and Warren County Crime Stoppers has offered $2,000.
More than 200 state, federal and local law enforcement officers are involved in the manhunt, he said.
Warren County Sheriff Brian Zeybell, asked about the response after the prison escape, said city police were on the scene almost immediately.
“Literally, I would say that Burham saw red and blue lights within two minutes of leaving that jail. They were that close,” he said. Correction officers were in the parking lot within two minutes, he added, saying “the response time couldn’t have been any quicker.”
District Attorney Jason Schmidt of Chautauqua County, New York, said last month that Burham is the prime suspect in the May 11 killing of Kala Hodgkin, 34, and a related arson in Jamestown, New York. Authorities also accuse him of abducting an elderly couple in Pennsylvania while trying to evade capture before his arrest in South Carolina. Burham “is considered very dangerous,” Warren city police said.
Local, multistate and federal authorities have searched numerous residences, abandoned structures and wooded areas using K-9 units and aerial resources such as drones and aircraft, authorities said.
Bivens has said that Burham taught himself survival skills and had military reserve training.
Authorities were searching a very large area with a lot of difficult terrain that has cabins, oil and gas sheds, and shacks that could offer a fugitive a place to hide, officials have said.
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Troy assault suspect also linked to woman's murder in Detroit, police say
A 31-year-old man wanted for assaulting a woman in a Target store parking lot in Troy last week also is linked to the murder of a woman in Detroit, police said Tuesday.
Investigators say a woman's body was found early Tuesday behind a building on Detroit's west side, said Detroit Assistant Police Chief David LeValley during a news conference at police headquarters Tuesday afternoon.
Based on security camera footage, police believe "the suspect to be the same individual involved in an attempted abduction last Friday evening at a Target store in Troy," he said.
Officials said at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday that Andrew Hall was arrested in Dearborn Heights and turned over to Detroit Police.
A woman's body was found just after midnight behind a building in the 300 block of West McNichols near Woodward Avenue. According to a preliminary investigation, the victim and her killer met at the location, got into a fight and she was killed, he said.
Detectives obtained footage taken by security cameras in the area and reviewed it, the assistant police chief said. The video shows the suspect matches Hall's description and wore clothing similar to what the attacker at the Troy Target store was wearing, including bright shorts, he said.
"Andrew James Hall is a person of interest in this case and we need to take him into custody as soon as possible," LeValley said.
He said Hall was armed and dangerous. "Anyone who sees him is encouraged not to approach him but should call 911."
He also called the Troy incident an attempted abduction.
"We don't know what the motive is behind these crimes but we want everyone to be aware and to be diligent," LeValley said.
Hall has been charged with unlawful imprisonment, assault with intent to do great bodily harm, attempted carjacking, carrying a concealed weapon and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony in connection to a July 7 assault in Troy, officials said.
Troy police had been looking for Hall in connection with the attack, which happened at about 9:10 p.m. Friday in the parking lot of a Target store.
Officers were called to the parking lot and found the woman with injuries to her face. A witness had helped stop the assault, they said.
Investigators said the victim told police a man approached her as she was getting into her vehicle, forced the driver's side door open and assaulted her. She said she had been punched in the face before her attacker pulled a handgun from his waistband.
Officials said the woman fought back. A witness yelled at the suspect and ran toward the victim, prompting her assailant to run away.
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Police: Body of missing Rochester woman, 79, found in Thumb area
The body of a 79-year-old Rochester woman who vanished last month has been found in Michigan's Thumb, police said Tuesday.
Rochester Police officials said in a statement they were informed by the Tuscola County Sheriff's Office that deputies found a body they believe is Mary Sullivan.
They told police they were called to an area in Almer Township north of Caro for a report of a car in a ditch. They examined the car and determined that it belonged to Sullivan. They also found a woman's deceased body at the scene.
Detectives said there were no signs of foul play and formal identification will be made following an autopsy.
Rochester police said Sullivan's family has been notified.
"The Rochester Police Department extends our deepest sympathy to the Sullivan family," officials said in a statement. "The Sullivan family asked us to extend their thanks to all who have expressed their concern and for all the efforts made to locate Mary."
They said they believed Sullivan left the city either on June 28 or June 29. She was driving a gray 2019 Honda HRV and it had last been seen in the Bad Axe/Huron County area.
According to authorities, Sullivan did not have a cellphone and could appear confused or disoriented.
Police said on Monday that her family was offering a $5,000 reward for tips to help them find her.
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SAN ANTONIO — A fire was stopped from spreading into a former CVS Pharmacy building on the northwest side of town Tuesday night.
SAFD responded to the 10700 block of Bandera Road near Wurzbach Road around 9:30 p.m. for reports of a structure fire.
When first responders arrived, they found a heavy working fire and immediately ordered a second alarm. As they got closer to the flames, they realized it was a vehicle on fire and that it was in danger of spreading into large amounts of trash surrounding it.
The Battalion Chief says when the CVS was in business, they kept an area for a large dumpster and a trash compactor. All of that is gone now, officials say, but it appeared a possible transient may have driven a passenger van into the location and was living there.
Officials aren't sure if the fire was intentionally set or merely an accident.
The building and parts of the roof were heavily damaged by the flames, but fortunately, the fire didn't penetrate the wall. No estimate on the damages caused by the fire.
Firefighters searched the building for possible victims inside, but did not locate anyone. No injuries were reported.
Arson will be investigating.
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Providence likely to reach 90 degrees for the first time this year, later than usual
Providence should hit the 90-degree mark for the first time this year, about a month later than usual
The temperature in Providence is expected to reach 90 degrees for the first time this year, according to the National Weather Service, which is forecasting a high of 92 degrees.
Additionally, air quality is expected to fall to unhealthy levels, as the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has issued an air quality alert for unhealthy ground ozone levels between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m.
Fine particles in the air could also reach moderate levels due to light wildfire smoke, according to the DEM.
Providence usually has its first 90-degree day in the middle of June, according to the weather service, but the highest temperature this June was 82 degrees. The month was 4.7 degrees cooler than normal with an average temperature of 63.5 degrees.
The temperature came close to reaching 90 degrees this month when it hit 89 on July 6. Through the first 11 days, July has been 1.1 degrees warmer than normal with an average of 74.8 degrees.
Last year, it also took longer than usual to reach 90 degrees in Providence. It didn't hit the mark until July 13.
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Local designers show off bespoke fashion on display at Indiana Black Expo
Clothing designer Bridgette Renee Love, an Indiana native, discovered her creativity at the early age of five while spending time with her father who built custom vans. One day her father was sewing custom seats. "He sat me up on phone books and then he said, ‘hold your hand like this and sew straight, and then call me,’" Love said. “And he would change it, and say ‘sew strait, and call me again,’ and believe it or not when I got done, I had sewn a whole seat!"
Working with her hands was a creative spark that grew after losing her dad. "I had been really missing him, and I remembered a sewing machine he had given me years ago and sewing with him,” Love said. She began sewing again and creating clothes for her friends. Soon it turned into more, eventually leading to the launch of Twisted Denim Couture, a line of bespoke denim clothing for the whole family.
Love believes in recycling and reusing, pulling denim from anywhere and everywhere to create her custom bespoke denim ensembles. Love's work will be on display at the 2023 Black Expo Fashion Show.
Passion 4 Fashion Week leads up to the Black Expo Fashion Show. Ms. Nicole René founded P4FW in 2017 with the goal of "an industry development fashion week, dedicated to bridging the gap between business, fashion and beauty events." Beyond the catwalk and couture, P4FW also aims to build a stronger community.
"We accept everyone who comes to our model calls because we believe in giving everyone a chance,” René said. “We put great thought and planning into our events, but our principal in what we do is wanting to make every participant feel comfortable and confident in their own skin through fashion and beauty." | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2023/07/12/fashion-black-expo-love-of-sewing-led-to-creation-of-twisted-denim-couture/70384666007/ | 2023-07-12T14:27:01 | 1 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2023/07/12/fashion-black-expo-love-of-sewing-led-to-creation-of-twisted-denim-couture/70384666007/ |
At least 3 dead after Greyhound bus heading from Indianapolis to St. Louis crashes on I-70
At least three people are dead and 14 others seriously injured after a Greyhound bus struck multiple commercial vehicles parked on an exit ramp on Interstate 70 in Illinois, authorities said.
Illinois State Police Troop 8 units responded to a report of a crash on I-70 westbound at the Silver Lake Rest Area in Madison County at 1:54 a.m. local time Wednesday after the bus crashed into three commercial vehicles, ISP said in a statement on Facebook.
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“Three fatalities are confirmed and multiple others were taken to a hospital with serious injuries,” a statement from Illinois State Police said. “No one in the commercial motor vehicles were injured.”
Four of the injured victims were transported to the hospital by helicopter and at least 10 people were taken by ambulance, police said.
Bus was traveling from Indianapolis to St. Louis
The bus was traveling from Indianapolis to St. Louis and multiple passengers, including the driver, were taken to the hospital, Greyhound said in a statement sent to USA TODAY.
“Our primary concern is ensuring we care for our passengers and driver at this time," Greyhound said in the statement. "We are working closely with local authorities and a relief bus is on the way for passengers.”
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One lane open on I-70 west
Illinois police said one lane on westbound I-70, between mileposts 28 and 24, has opened. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2023/07/12/greyhound-bus-crash-i-70-illinois-indianapolis-to-st-louis/70405275007/ | 2023-07-12T14:27:07 | 0 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2023/07/12/greyhound-bus-crash-i-70-illinois-indianapolis-to-st-louis/70405275007/ |
Indiana abortion ban begins as soon as Aug. 1. What you need to know.
Indiana's near-total abortion ban will begin as soon as Aug. 1.
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How did we get here?
Abortion is currently legal in Indiana up to 22 weeks.
Lawmakers, though, passed Senate Bill 1 last August to prohibit all abortions except in the cases of rape, incest, fetal abnormalities or when the mother's life is at risk.
The ACLU of Indiana sued to block the law in two different cases. In both cases, a county court granted a preliminary injunction, which is a temporary block on the new law until the court cases could be decided.
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The first and most sweeping lawsuit, filed on behalf of Planned Parenthood and others, argued the ban is entirely unconstitutional. On June 30, the state Supreme Court sided with the state. As soon as that opinion is certified, likely on or just after Aug. 1, the ban will go into effect.
A second lawsuit, filed on behalf Hoosier Jews for Choice, argues the ban violates their rights under Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act because it conflicts with their deeply held religious beliefs. That case is ongoing, and its outcome would apply to the plaintiffs as well as potentially the class of people they represent ― people whose religious beliefs “direct them to obtain abortions in situations” that violate the ban.
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What happens when the ban goes into effect?
For instances of rape or incest, abortion will only be allowed up to ten weeks. Fetal anomaly abortions are only permitted up to 20 weeks.
In addition, a person who has a religious objection to not being able to receive an abortion would still likely be able to receive an abortion because of the Hoosier Jews for Choice court case that has yet to be decided.
Who can claim the religious exemption?
This one is a bit unclear as the court case progresses.
The injunction was granted in December, and the claim was certified as a class-action lawsuit last month, meaning it pertains to all those who have sincerely-held religious beliefs, not just those in the suit.
It's the ACLU's position that the injunction therefore applies to the class, rather than just the plaintiffs, but the organization filed a motion with the Marion Superior Court on Monday to seek clarification.
Exemptions to certain laws and mandates are not uncharted territory for courts, but how an exemption, if one is issued at all, will be handed out and approved is yet to be understood for abortions in Indiana.
If the court upholds the current injunction, Ken Falk, legal director of the ACLU of Indiana and representative for the plaintiffs in both suits, said the process for obtaining an abortion due to a religious exemption may be through a certification process.
These will most likely attempt to assess sincerity of belief. But IU law professor Jody Madeira argues that is impossible.
Assessing sincerity becomes difficult as it can fall into evaluating the inherent religious claim itself, which is unconstitutional. Therefore, the process becomes murky.
“It’s a swamp of First Amendment issues,” Madeira said.
The closest parallel of a religious exemption is the one offered for the COVID-19 vaccine mandates, but Madeira said people just had to generally trust the religious beliefs were sincere. Therefore, pregnant people may be able to claim they hold certain religious beliefs in an effort to obtain an abortion, if this injunction is to be upheld, Madeira said.
“In a way, it says, pregnancy is akin to compelled speech,” Madeira said about the argument made by the plaintiffs.
The RFRA case is scheduled for oral argument in front of the Indiana Court of Appeals in September.
What life-threatening exceptions would permit an abortion?
A life-threatening condition, according to SB 1, requires substantial and permanent impairment to a major bodily function of the pregnant person.
But that's it. Physicians don't have any clear specifics about what health exceptions would warrant abortion which could have a chilling effect on performing the procedure.
Exceptions are vague, and pregnancies are complicated, Deborah Nucatola, Chief Medical Officer at regional Planned Parenthood locations said. Several major health risks related to pregnancy act on a continuum, and the question is where to draw the line. For example, she said, if a pregnant person's amniotic membrane ruptures early into pregnancy, do doctors need to wait until a person becomes infected to abort the pregnancy? Or until the person develops sepsis and organ failure?
"At what point do we determine that the risk to their life is high enough to warrant abortion?" Nucatola said. "Do they have to have a 50% chance of dying? Do they have to have a 70% chance of dying? A 99% chance? How remote does that risk of death have to be?"
Patients will be at higher risk for harm if physicians face possible penalties for providing care, she said. Indiana already has the nation's 3rd highest maternal mortality rate.
Madeira said doctors will become very cautious when it comes to providing abortion care, as they might fear legal repercussions. Hospital ethics committees most likely will promote this idea of ‘wait and see,’ up until the moment the risk becomes dangerous, Madeira said.
How will hospitals handle abortions?
It’s currently unclear what most hospitals in Indiana will do, but each provider will have to develop their own framework for certification or determining how to treat individual health risks to the pregnant person.
IU Health, the state's largest healthcare provider, for example, is still working through this, public relations manager Lisa Tellus said.
She said the hospital's legal team is working to craft an abortion protocol to protect both patients and doctors by the time Aug. 1 arrives.
In an emailed statement, IU Health said it’s disappointed in the court’s decision and opposes legislation that interferes with the relationship between patients and physicians.
“The restrictions on a physician’s ability to do what is medically proven and appropriate for the health and life of a pregnant patient, plus the threat of criminalization, impact our ability to provide safe and effective patient care,” IU Health said.
Planned Parenthood is fully booked
All Planned Parenthood providers in the state of Indiana are fully booked for abortion services for the next three weeks, right until the state's abortion ban is certified, likely on Aug 1.
Regional Planned Parenthood Chief Medical Officer Deborah Nucatola stressed that Indiana locations are still open and able to provide other reproductive health care services, including pregnancy consultations, STD testing and cancer screenings. Abortion services, however, have met their maximum scheduling capacity. Patients who do not already have an abortion appointment scheduled will not be able to book one.
Why the door is open for other legal challenges
Although the ACLU's first challenge failed, the court's majority opinion suggested the door may be open for other legal challenges brought forward with more narrowed scopes centered around the health of the pregnant person.
Madeira said more narrow claims, which focus on certain aspects of SB 1 rather than the entire law, have a higher chance of success in court. She said the justices in the majority opinion may consider other narrower claims, such as trying to argue for more exceptions that aren't currently spelled out in the law, as an alternative route to challenging this legislation.
“It’s the only way forward,” Madeira said.
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'Our legacy': New historical marker celebrates Indianapolis entrepreneur Andrew Foster
In a once-segregated Indianapolis, Andrew “Bo” Foster’s many properties welcomed Black patrons.
The Foster Hotel and Motor Lodge housed tourists and hosted celebrities like the legendary Muhammad Ali. It was listed in “The Green Book,” a travel guide published from 1936 to 1967 with a directory of locations that allowed Black customers.
Foster Hotel was a safe space for Black Americans during the segregation era. It once stood on the corner of the street now named Fosters Place.
But his family wanted his influence to be commemorated with more than a street sign.
In 2021, grandson Charles Foster Jolivette applied for a state historical marker to be placed near the Hamilton Center on North Illinois Street, where Foster Hotel once stood. This marker, designated by the Indiana Historical Bureau, was unveiled on July 8, 2023.
“I wanted to make sure we took some responsibility for our legacy,” Jolivette said. “What can we do, as his heirs, to help show honor and respect to his legacy, which is our legacy?”
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After Jolivette submitted the request, historical marker program manager Casey Pfeiffer began researching the World War II veteran and entrepreneur.
She found an Indianapolis Recorder article about Foster’s businesses, authored by civil rights activist and pastor Amos Brown.
Brown wrote that the hotel and Pearl’s Lounge, also owned by Foster, served as a “focal point” for Black people in Indianapolis. The lounge hosted community events, political fundraisers and social and civic groups like the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Brown called for a historical marker to be placed at the hotel site. Almost 40 years later, that call was answered.
Foster’s children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren gathered at the site to share memories, celebrate their heritage and promise to keep his legacy alive.
Jolivette said organizing the event was important to honor Foster, but also bring together family. He reunited with siblings he hadn’t seen in years.
While the great-grandchildren might not realize it now, learning about Foster’s impact will “blow their mind,” Jolivette said.
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As an oncology nurse navigator with Community Healthcare System, Kasandra Cadman says self-advocacy is important for patients and medical conditions.
“Don’t be afraid to use your voice,” she said. “Health-care professionals are here because we care about you and want you to be able to have a great quality of life.”
Cadman encourages her patients to participate in the decision-making process and be part of the team when it comes to their care.
“As a nurse navigator, I always make it a point to my patients that they always have a choice when it comes to their health,” she said. “It is important to understand that when determining a plan of care with your health-care professional that it’s a team discussion.”
Studies have shown that high levels of patient-centered care are associated with improved health outcomes, better relationships between providers and their patients and greater adherence to treatment.
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“Patients have to feel ownership of the treatment plan and not be bullied or rushed through a process,” said Dr. Michael Mirochna, a family medicine physician with Northwest Medical Group. “If a patient doesn’t feel ownership, they are likely to be less committed to the treatment and then that treatment might fail.”
For some patients, advocating for oneself may be easier said than done. Feeling intimidated, being afraid to challenge health-care professionals and facing barriers including language differences may keep some patients from speaking up.
“My job is to help you and your health,” Mirochna said. “Your physician should never make you feel judged, dumb or ashamed.”
Advocating for oneself as a patient is a crucial step toward ensuring personalized care and informed decision-making, but what steps can patients take before, during and after medical visits to ensure they are playing an active role in their health-care journeys? Here are some tips from health-care teams in Northwest Indiana to help you make sure your voice is heard.
Patient education key
One of the largest barriers to patient advocacy Dr. Fatima Kazi sees is an incomplete understanding of the patient’s disease and its complications.
“To overcome this, patient education is the key factor,” said the Franciscan Physician Network endocrinologist and internal medicine physician. “Physicians should make an extra effort to explain disease processes at a level that patients can easily understand. At the same time, I recommend that patients come prepared to ask questions from their providers about anything and everything that is important to them.”
Set an agenda
At the beginning of every doctor’s visit, take a minute to set an agenda with your doctor, says Dr. Sonia Sharma, a family medicine and obesity medicine specialist with Methodist Physician Group.
“Set an agenda so you know what to expect during your visit — what’s bringing you in, what your concerns are and also some time so the doctor can talk with you about further care like preventive care — so you can move forward with the visit knowing each other’s priorities,” she said.
Prepare your thoughts
Part of that agenda should also be discussing upfront all ailments patients are experiencing so that the doctor’s and patient’s focuses can align.
“I’ve had appointments where I address several things with a patient and then we even have time to chat,” Mirochna said. “Then as I’m leaving to conclude the appointment, I’ll hear ‘I’ve been having this pain in my chest.’ ”
What is most important to patients and what is most important to physicians isn’t always the same, he said.
“Chest pain is one of those things that can be critical and would almost always be at the top of the list of any concerns a patient may present with from a physician’s perspective,” Mirochna said. “But from a patient’s perspective, their heartburn or knee pain might be the most important.”
Maximizing time together by creating a list of concerns on paper or smartphone, he said.
“Having your thoughts outlined ahead of time gives the patient a chance to think through the issues they are seeking to address,” he said. “Then as a physician, we can see the list and then can start looking for patterns that may not be obvious to patients, even in the age of Google, but may be obvious to us. Some concerns may be related and some may not be related at all.”
Ask the doctor to slow down or translate
Effective communication is key to a successful patient-doctor relationship, Sharma says.
“Let the doctor know if you feel more comfortable with a translator or if there is something your doctor is saying that you aren’t clear about,” she said. “Ask them to explain it in a simple or more straight-forward way or to slow down.”
When seeing a doctor for a critical illness or disease where difficult decisions may be made, bringing a family member or friend can help patients later digest important information, Mirochna said.
“At times there is just too much information to take in,” he said. “Sometimes, I will have to bring patients back for more education. All of us can only take in so much information at a time.”
Work with doctor on treatment plan
“Treatment plans should be made after all the relevant information has been provided to the patient, and they have had time to comprehend all that information,” Kazi said. “It’s so important to give patients the right education about the short- and long-term treatment goals. It is equally important for the patients to feel that they are taking charge of their health and making an informed decision.”
Know your risk factors
Certain risk factors such as age, socio-economic status and race can affect the likelihood of experiencing health disparities.
While self-advocacy is important for all patients and conditions, Sharma says certain populations are at higher risk for medical implicit biases. These include the elderly, minorities and those with lower socio-economic statuses.
“I encourage patients to always bring a family member if that makes them more comfortable, and we need to work harder to make sure these patients are getting their recommended screenings,” she said.
Cadman says self-advocacy is also important when managing chronic conditions, which require ongoing medical attention.
“With chronic conditions, patients have regular medical appointments, sometimes life-long or long-term medications and even multiple health-care professionals,” she said. “I strongly encourage you to ask the questions you don’t understand, do your research, learn all about your disease and educate yourself so you can be part of your care.”
Ask for help
Whether a patient needs social, financial or health-related help, Kazi says many resources are available.
“A lot of times, physicians and health-care organizations have resources available but they are underutilized due to lack of awareness — by both patients and physicians,” she said.
Cadman says she has also encountered patients who haven’t followed through with recommended treatment because of insurance concerns that were misinterpreted or could be fixed.
“I’ve also had many conversations with patients to help them understand the medical professional’s conversations and gain trust in their health-care team,” she said.
Use all resources
Often, a medical team will provide an aftercare plan for patients to take home.
“Ask them to summarize important points of the visit on this plan so you can reference them later on,” Sharma said.
Make sure you use the online portal available through most physicians’ offices and hospitals, Mirochna says.
“This is a good way to request refills, visits or ask any additional questions that you might have,” he said.
If all of your questions aren’t answered in an appointment, make a follow-up visit to get more clarification, Mirochna says.
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MITCHELL — Growing up in Longmont, Colorado, one might think Justin Siemsen spent years skiing the Rocky Mountains, home of some of the best downhill snow skiing in the world.
But you’d be wrong.
“I’ve skied once in my life, and that was at Terry Peak,” Siemsen, who recently assumed the role of principal at Mitchell High School, told the Mitchell Republic recently. “You would think growing up in Colorado that skiing would be in my DNA. But no.”
Skiing may not have been in his blood growing up, but athletics and education were. And while he may have left snow skiing behind on the slopes of South Dakota’s premiere skiing attraction, he has definitely stuck with education, having spent the past 21 years teaching, coaching and leading at school districts as an administrator.
Arrival in South Dakota
He comes to Mitchell High School after most recently serving eight years as the high school principal and superintendent at the Sanborn School District in Forestburg. But his educational experience in South Dakota began when he came from Colorado to Huron, where he attended Huron University as a student athlete.
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“When I was much younger my goal was to be active in sports and be a little bit active in the classroom. The biggest draw for me was the coaching aspect, and with the coaching came being an educator as well,” Siemsen said. “So in high school, as I got to my junior and senior year, I thought being a teacher and a coach was going to be my goal.”
Huron was a smaller community than he was used to, but he fit in both in the classroom and the gridiron. He started three years for the Huron University football team and also threw shot put before he graduated in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education and minors in coaching and computer science.
It was there he also met his future wife Christina, a Huron native, as well as a host of friends who he cherishes today. The experience at Huron University was positive, he said, and it was a stepping point to several teaching jobs in the area. He taught and coached at Marty Indian School before he and his now-wife both found themselves working at the Andes Central School District.
When his wife took a job with the Mitchell School District, Siemsen looked for a job closer to Mitchell, which is how he began his time at Sanborn Central.
“My wife decided she wanted to throw her name in the hat for a position in the Mitchell School District as a social studies teacher and coach, and she was fortunate enough to get that position. That led me to needing to get a position closer because there wasn’t anything immediately available for me at Mitchell,” Siemsen said.
Siemsen took a job teaching and coaching at Sanborn Central, where he worked for five years before taking a job with Innovative Systems in Mitchell teaching customer service representatives how to use specific software.
He had picked up his masters degree at Dakota Wesleyan University, but he never let his teaching certification lapse, and he missed working in a school environment. So when a chance to return to Sanborn Central in an administrative role came up, he moved to take the next step in his career. He remains grateful for that opportunity, and for eight years he couldn’t see himself working anywhere else.
But after Joe Childs, who had been serving as the principal at Mitchell High School, was named the district superintendent after Joe Graves resigned to become the state secretary of education, Siemsen saw a rare chance.
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“It was a little bit of a difficult decision for me to leave that. I developed a great deal of respect for the people there and the job,” Siemsen said. “Without an opportunity such as this at Mitchell High School, I don’t know that I would have left.”
But his familiarity with the district, the fact that his children A.J. and Addison were both students at Mitchell and his wife’s longtime connection with the school, made the chance too good an opportunity to pass.
“It was good to have that point of reference to see that this is a place where people can come and work, put roots down and have a solid foundation. That was definitely a big draw for me,” Siemsen said.
Siemsen's hire was officially approved by the Mitchell Board of Education in April with a salary of $120,000.
A time of change
In the past six months, Mitchell School District has seen a change in top leadership on a level it hadn’t seen in over two decades. With Childs moving into the role formerly occupied by Graves and Mitchell Middle School assistant principal Bobby Reindl stepping in for Craig Mock, who was retiring from the Mitchell High School assistant principal position, there are a lot of new faces at new desks around the district.
Leadership changes can be stressful, but Siemsen said he and others are benefiting from Childs’ own leadership approach as he begins his own journey guiding the district.
“The shoes I’m filling are very big. Dr. Childs did a great job as the Mitchell High School principal, and I know he is 100% the right man to lead the district into the future,” Siemsen said.
Deb Olson, president of the Mitchell Board of Education, who had worked in the past with Siemsen on educational issues through the James Valley Education Cooperative, said his wide range of experience in teaching, coaching, administrative work and even education in the private sector at Innovative Systems were very appealing characteristics as a new hire. Siemsen looks to fit right in with him background, she said.
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“Obviously that gives him lots of good experience,” Olson said. “It was really exciting to have that kind of a candidate for our high school principal — somebody with that experience and that knowledge. We feel very fortunate to have that kind of quality in terms of (administrative) candidates.”
In a time of transition, it was important to find someone who had experience at various levels of education.
"He’s very well and deeply rooted in the Mitchell community and he’s been a school leader as a superintendent and a principal. So we know we’re going to get someone in here right away that will hit the ground running, and he’s already proven to do that," Childs said. "It was critical for us to get someone who had experience. Justin is able to do the job and just get going right away, and we’re fortunate to have that."
And then there is the new high school under construction across the street from the current high school building. Siemsen can see the construction from his office window, and the ongoing work serves as a reminder about the strength of the district and the community at large, which turned out in June to overwhelmingly support a bond issue to build new high school athletic facilities along with the new classroom spaces.
“All those elements were reasons to be interested in the position and wanting to be a part of it. The community showed up to support what was needed. It’s very affirming for me, personally, understanding that the lifeblood of any community is the school district, and the community coming out to support that was amazing,” Siemsen said. “Knowing that the kids of our school district will see the benefits of that from the academic side, the athletic side and other areas, I think we are setting ourselves up to be a very good provider of education for years to come.”
Into the future
A new high school, complete with athletic facilities, is on the way. New leadership is in place. Now it’s time for Siemsen to get down to the job of working himself into the fabric of day to day life at the school. He’s already coordinating with fellow administrators and staff and hopes to bring a cooperative approach to leadership at the school while avoiding unilateral decision making.
But overall, he said he feels a solid foundation under his feet, thanks in part to previous leadership and the character of the faculty and students.
“If we can do that as an administrative team here then I think we’ll continue the success that has been established prior to me taking this position,” Siemsen said. “I never want to be in a position where I’m unilaterally making decisions without input from others. To get to where you need to be with the right answer to a problem, there are a lot of different angles that need to be looked at. If you can empower people to be a part of that process, I think that’s when you get the best results.”
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As the clock ticks down to the start of the 2023-24 school year, Siemsen said preparation is going smoothly. He said the high school will start the year fully-staffed, though there is always a need for positions like new paraprofessionals and other workers. But for the most part he is already looking forward to being a presence in the halls and the classrooms, and having an open door policy when it comes to questions and challenges.
Somewhere in it all, he looks to spend time supporting his son, who will begin studying education at Dakota State University as well as suiting up for the football team this fall, and his daughter will be back at Mitchell High School as a sophomore student athlete. His wife will still be heading up her own classroom. He might even find time for a little golf, though he admits it’s not his strongest sport.
But job number one right now is guiding Mitchell High School into the next era. It’s a job he’s looking forward to.
“I’m really looking forward to serving the Mitchell community and to being of service to our staff and students here at Mitchell High School specifically. It will be a challenge that I’m looking forward to and I’m excited about,” Siemsen said. “It’s invigorated me, and I’m willing to be an advocate for our staff and students and look forward to continuing the tradition that Mitchell has in place. It’s an honor for me to be here in this role and I'm going to do my best to do it justice.” | https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/local/siemsen-sets-out-to-serve-empower-in-new-role-as-mitchell-high-school-principal | 2023-07-12T14:28:50 | 1 | https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/local/siemsen-sets-out-to-serve-empower-in-new-role-as-mitchell-high-school-principal |
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PORTAGE — When a maintenance worker at a local apartment complex received no response after knocking on the door of one of the units late Monday morning, he told police he entered and was checking out pipes when he discovered two young children sleeping in one bedroom.
He then opened the door to the master bedroom and saw a baby sleeping inside a crib with a bottle propped up by blankets, Portage police said.
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The children were still sleeping when police were called an hour later and officers used paperwork found in the apartment to locate the mother of the children, who was working at a childcare center in Gary, according to the arrest report.
The mother reportedly told police her husband, Trevon Robinson, 21, was supposed to be home watching her children.
The woman contacted Robinson for a ride home and when they arrived at the apartment in the 2300 block of Dixie Drive, Robinson told officers he was gone for 30 minutes to the grocery store, the incident report says.
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The woman's 63-year-old husband reportedly told police his wife came home early Tuesday morning, woke him and began arguing.
"I asked Mr. Robinson why he did not take the children with him to Walmart and he said it was too hard for him to get groceries and watch all three of them," police said.
The maintenance worker said it was more than an hour after finding the children that he was told to call police and officers said they were on scene for at least an hour and a half before Robinson arrived home with his wife.
The children, who are 3 years old, 21 months old and 8 months old, were left alone for about three hours without any adult supervision, according to a newly-filed charging document.
Police plan to charge him with murder upon his release from the hospital.
The woman reportedly told police Robinson was not at the grocery store and was possibly at a cell phone store on U.S. 6 at County Line Road.
Robinson was placed under arrest and has been charged with three felony counts of neglect of a dependent, records show.
The charges accuse Robinson of placing the dependents in a situation that endangered their life or health.
Robinson is scheduled to appear Wednesday afternoon on the charges before Porter Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Clymer.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into the Porter County Jail
Michael Torres
Arrest date: July 7, 2023
Age: 33
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302819
Charges: OWI, felony
Eric Torkelson
Arrest date: July 7, 2023
Age: 48
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number: 2302826
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
Breanna Mendoza
Arrest date: July 7, 2023
Age: 31
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302818
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jack Isbell
Arrest date: July 7, 2023
Age: 50
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302815
Charges: Intimidation/threats, felony
Levi Jordan
Arrest date: July 7, 2023
Age: 32
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number: 2302823
Charges: Possession hypodermic syringe or needle, felony
Amanda Rafalski
Arrest date: July 6, 2023
Age: 33
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302796
Charges: Possession or use of legend drug or precursor, felony
Austin Rose
Arrest date: July 6, 2023
Age: 32
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302813
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Andrew Sanchez
Arrest date: July 6, 2023
Age: 25
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number: 2302806
Charges: Battery, felony
Jermal Horsley
Arrest date: July 6, 2023
Age: 37
Residence: North Platte, NE
Booking Number: 2302807
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Kyle Kressen
Arrest date: July 6, 2023
Age: 32
Residence: Wheatfield, IN
Booking Number: 2302798
Charges: Habitual traffic offender, felony
Anthony Prokopos
Arrest date: July 6, 2023
Age: 18
Residence: Wheatfield, IN
Booking Number: 2302797
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Chandra Thomas
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 44
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number: 2302787
Charges: Possession of cocaine or a narcotic drug, felony
David Swisher
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 27
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302795
Charges: Sex offender/failing to register as a result of not having reported online activity, felony
Maxwell Rodriquez
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 37
Residence: Fort Wayne, IN
Booking Number: 2302794
Charges: Residential entry, felony
Danny Suddoth
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 56
Residence: Schaumburg, IL
Booking Number: 2302786
Charges: Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug, felony
Gary Leggitt
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302785
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Gage Kirchhoff
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 22
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number: 2302788
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Napoleon Cortez
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 43
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302784
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Donald Parlock
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number: 2302774
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Shannon Sciba
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 33
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302778
Charges: Possession hypodermic syringe or needle, felony
Michele Paree
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 54
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number: 2302780
Charges: Battery, felony
Jon Navarro
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 50
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302777
Charges: Criminal confinement, felony
Tammie McDonald
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 39
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2302781
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jackie Jent III
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 23
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number: 2302776
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Gerald Christian
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 34
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number: 2302773
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Gregory Driver
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 58
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302775
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Brett Brehmer
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 39
Residence: Ocala, FL
Booking Number: 2302772
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Bernard Delph Jr.
Arrest date: July 3, 2023
Age: 31
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302768
Charges: Theft, felony
Amy Mills
Arrest date: July 3, 2023
Age: 41
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number: 2302763
Charges: Theft, felony
Andrew Williams
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 22
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302757
Charges: Neglect of a dependant, felony
Fernando Aguilar
Arrest date: July 3, 2023
Age: 22
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302761
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Natalie Stowe
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 27
Residence: LaPorte, IN
Booking Number: 2302759
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Aleyah Rebac
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 21
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302755
Charges: Neglect of a dependant , felony
Carolyn Schlegel
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 53
Residence: Channahon, IL
Booking Number: 2302753
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Edgar Lopez
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 22
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302754
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Michael Lynch
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 25
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2302756
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Jessenia Jeronimo
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number: 2302752
Charges: OWI, felony
Geoffrey Erakovich-Andonov
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 49
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number: 2302749
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Fernando Fernandez Jr.
Arrest date: July 1, 2023
Age: 45
Residence: Chesterton, IN
Booking Number: 2302745
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Erik Grant
Arrest date: July 1, 2023
Age: 31
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number: 2302736
Charges: Possession of methamphetamine, felony
Lianne Loving
Arrest date: July 1, 2023
Age: 65
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302738
Charges: OWI, felony
Daniel Bulow
Arrest date: July 1, 2023
Age: 41
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number: 2302748
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Adam Zuleger
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 37
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302719
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Dylan Melia
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 28
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number: 2302721
Charges: OWI, felony
William Kaplan
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 60
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302734
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Lukas Fugate
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 20
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number: 2302733
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Lakeisha Gray
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2302726
Charges: Theft, felony
Adam Brady
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 45
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number: 2302718
Charges: Theft, felony
David Clem
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 44
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302722
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
He then opened the door to the master bedroom and saw a baby sleeping inside a crib with a bottle propped up by blankets, Portage police said.
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GARY — Four people were arrested following a report of shots fired early Tuesday evening at the shuttered Emerson High School at 600 Carolina St., Gary police reported.
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Officers were called to the site around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The four individuals were located and arrested without incident, police said. An initial report lists trespassing as among the alleged offenses.
PORTAGE — When a maintenance worker at a local apartment complex received no response after knocking on the door of one of the units late Mond…
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Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Frank Lopez
Age : 55
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306256
Arrest Date: July 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rashawn McClary
Age : 20
Residence: Riverdale, IL
Booking Number(s): 2306250
Arrest Date: July 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaden Melton
Age : 20
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306229
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Nava
Age : 41
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306226
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kelly Lee
Age : 40
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2306217
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Oscar Lerma
Age : 34
Residence: Chicago Ridge, IL
Booking Number(s): 2306220
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Derris Leblanc
Age : 24
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2306237
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jose Hurtado
Age : 36
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306253
Arrest Date: July 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sharee Johnston
Age : 38
Residence: Hobart
Booking Number(s): 2306242
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Terrence Jones
Age : 40
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306227
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: N/A
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaiden Guyton
Age : 20
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306234
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Heather Hillis
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306258
Arrest Date: July 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andraleen Draper
Age : 22
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306257
Arrest Date: July 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marcell Ellison
Age : 23
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306251
Arrest Date: July 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - FIREARM - MACHINE GUN - W/NO PERMIT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Francisco Dehoyos Jr.
Age : 46
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306236
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - RESULTING IN SERIOUSLY BODILY INJURY-ENDANGERED ADULT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tommy Childers
Age : 32
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306249
Arrest Date: July 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Deja Burrell
Age : 22
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2306260
Arrest Date: July 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Melvin Carr Sr.
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306228
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Eugene Brame
Age : 39
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306243
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Victor Becerra Jr.
Age : 25
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306219
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jose Romero-Avalos
Age : 41
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306037
Arrest Date: June 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: New Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Victor Macedo
Age : 44
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2306019
Arrest Date: June 25, 2023
Arresting Agency: N/A
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David McWilliams
Age : 35
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306031
Arrest Date: June 25, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Sonia Beeler
Age : 51
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306029
Arrest Date: June 25, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Alvaro Lopez-Serratos
Age : 51
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306026
Arrest Date: June 25, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Eva Thomas
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306146
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Richard Wilbourn
Age : 55
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2306114
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - ON A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Derek Zanfei
Age : 33
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306113
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FAILURE TO RETURN TO LAWFUL DETENTION; RESISTING - ESCAPE; HEALTH- POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Tracy Sizemore
Age : 57
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306127
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Javonte Roberson
Age : 37
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2306118
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Yuron Robinson
Age : 46
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306119
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ashlee Price
Age : 29
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306108
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Aarion Mosley
Age : 28
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306120
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Nagel
Age : 65
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306138
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Lapotka
Age : 56
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306107
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY; CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Brian Mejia
Age : 20
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306125
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Baldemar Montemayor
Age : 39
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306133
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - OBSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Karla Jenkins
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306147
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Samantha Kane
Age : 29
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306122
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS; INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Dionte Dortch
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306117
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lee Derkacy
Age : 46
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2306116
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HEALTH- POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Barron Arnold
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306110
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: N/A
Offense Description: STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kyle Bentley
Age : 31
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306115
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mercedes Cruz
Age : 28
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306124
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ashley Sumpter
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306162
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tonya Wallace
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306179
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
John Santana
Age : 44
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306175
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Moore Sr.
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306165
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - USE - FIREARM - POINTING A FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Terrence Petty
Age : 40
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306174
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ricardo Pina Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306153
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Whiting Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Victoria Reed
Age : 42
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306170
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Shauntavia Meeks
Age : 32
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306169
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Deja Ta Johnson
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306180
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Timothy Lujano
Age : 41
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306184
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Chamier Bowman
Age : 42
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306181
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cameron Dotson
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306167
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anguel Anaya
Age : 24
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306154
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Demetrius Thomas
Age : 21
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306206
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sean Rogers
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306188
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Luis Rodriguez
Age : 35
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306213
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alejandro Rios Sr.
Age : 42
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306198
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS W/DEADLY WEAPON (PERSON IS VICTIM)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gilberto Noriega Jr.
Age : 53
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306214
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lowell Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shianah Rainey
Age : 18
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306203
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gregory Hunter
Age : 45
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2306194
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Darrell Jackson
Age : 32
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306189
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Crisantema Navarro
Age : 43
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306210
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kane Hughes
Age : 23
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306205
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT - DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Dillman
Age : 26
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306201
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Blaize III
Age : 33
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306190
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH MINOR/FONDLING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Cilek
Age : 47
Residence: Lake Worth, FL
Booking Number(s): 2306204
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Birchall
Age : 20
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306212
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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A statewide search for a man accused of stealing and crashing a police vehicle was called off Wednesday morning after the suspect was taken into custody, Indiana State Police announced.
Eric James King, 41, of Paoli, Indiana, was located and arrested without further incident around 4:06 a.m. EDT by officers in Greene County, located west of Bloomington.
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"There is no current risk to the public," ISP said.
State police had turned to the public for help in locating King after he escaped officers Tuesday in Daviess County, located southwest of Bloomington.
King refused to comply and fled in a vehicle that ran out of gas, police said.
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"When officers located and attempted to take King into custody, he was able to gain control of a police vehicle, which he used to ram another police vehicle," ISP said. "King fled the scene in the stolen vehicle and eventually crashed in a field in southern Greene County. After an extensive search of the area, police were unable to locate King."
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"King should be considered armed and dangerous," police had said.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into the Porter County Jail
Michael Torres
Arrest date: July 7, 2023
Age: 33
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302819
Charges: OWI, felony
Eric Torkelson
Arrest date: July 7, 2023
Age: 48
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number: 2302826
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
Breanna Mendoza
Arrest date: July 7, 2023
Age: 31
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302818
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jack Isbell
Arrest date: July 7, 2023
Age: 50
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302815
Charges: Intimidation/threats, felony
Levi Jordan
Arrest date: July 7, 2023
Age: 32
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number: 2302823
Charges: Possession hypodermic syringe or needle, felony
Amanda Rafalski
Arrest date: July 6, 2023
Age: 33
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302796
Charges: Possession or use of legend drug or precursor, felony
Austin Rose
Arrest date: July 6, 2023
Age: 32
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302813
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Andrew Sanchez
Arrest date: July 6, 2023
Age: 25
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number: 2302806
Charges: Battery, felony
Jermal Horsley
Arrest date: July 6, 2023
Age: 37
Residence: North Platte, NE
Booking Number: 2302807
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Kyle Kressen
Arrest date: July 6, 2023
Age: 32
Residence: Wheatfield, IN
Booking Number: 2302798
Charges: Habitual traffic offender, felony
Anthony Prokopos
Arrest date: July 6, 2023
Age: 18
Residence: Wheatfield, IN
Booking Number: 2302797
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Chandra Thomas
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 44
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number: 2302787
Charges: Possession of cocaine or a narcotic drug, felony
David Swisher
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 27
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302795
Charges: Sex offender/failing to register as a result of not having reported online activity, felony
Maxwell Rodriquez
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 37
Residence: Fort Wayne, IN
Booking Number: 2302794
Charges: Residential entry, felony
Danny Suddoth
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 56
Residence: Schaumburg, IL
Booking Number: 2302786
Charges: Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug, felony
Gary Leggitt
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302785
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Gage Kirchhoff
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 22
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number: 2302788
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Napoleon Cortez
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 43
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302784
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Donald Parlock
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number: 2302774
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Shannon Sciba
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 33
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302778
Charges: Possession hypodermic syringe or needle, felony
Michele Paree
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 54
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number: 2302780
Charges: Battery, felony
Jon Navarro
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 50
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302777
Charges: Criminal confinement, felony
Tammie McDonald
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 39
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2302781
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jackie Jent III
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 23
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number: 2302776
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Gerald Christian
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 34
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number: 2302773
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Gregory Driver
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 58
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302775
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Brett Brehmer
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 39
Residence: Ocala, FL
Booking Number: 2302772
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Bernard Delph Jr.
Arrest date: July 3, 2023
Age: 31
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302768
Charges: Theft, felony
Amy Mills
Arrest date: July 3, 2023
Age: 41
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number: 2302763
Charges: Theft, felony
Andrew Williams
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 22
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302757
Charges: Neglect of a dependant, felony
Fernando Aguilar
Arrest date: July 3, 2023
Age: 22
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302761
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Natalie Stowe
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 27
Residence: LaPorte, IN
Booking Number: 2302759
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Aleyah Rebac
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 21
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302755
Charges: Neglect of a dependant , felony
Carolyn Schlegel
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 53
Residence: Channahon, IL
Booking Number: 2302753
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Edgar Lopez
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 22
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302754
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Michael Lynch
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 25
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2302756
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Jessenia Jeronimo
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number: 2302752
Charges: OWI, felony
Geoffrey Erakovich-Andonov
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 49
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number: 2302749
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Fernando Fernandez Jr.
Arrest date: July 1, 2023
Age: 45
Residence: Chesterton, IN
Booking Number: 2302745
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Erik Grant
Arrest date: July 1, 2023
Age: 31
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number: 2302736
Charges: Possession of methamphetamine, felony
Lianne Loving
Arrest date: July 1, 2023
Age: 65
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302738
Charges: OWI, felony
Daniel Bulow
Arrest date: July 1, 2023
Age: 41
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number: 2302748
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Adam Zuleger
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 37
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302719
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Dylan Melia
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 28
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number: 2302721
Charges: OWI, felony
William Kaplan
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 60
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302734
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Lukas Fugate
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 20
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number: 2302733
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Lakeisha Gray
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2302726
Charges: Theft, felony
Adam Brady
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 45
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number: 2302718
Charges: Theft, felony
David Clem
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 44
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302722
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
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HAMMOND – The bright orange metallic sculpture Man of Steel has towered for decades over Harrison Park, greeting visitors to downtown Hammond and symbolizing the role labor and industry have played in the Region.
The late artist Hermann Gurfinkel created one of Hammond’s first pieces of public art, a giant square-faced head gazing up into the sky was crafted with Region-made steel and installed in the park in 1977. The 22-foot-tall sculpture has become a local landmark, been featured on civic booster brochures and drawn comparisons to Superman with its name, blocky iron jawline and stern expression of resolve. A scale model is now on display in the “Calumet Voices, National Stories” exhibit at The Field Museum in Chicago.
The Man of Steel sculpture in downtown Hammond hasn't been refurbished since it was installed in 1977.
The sculpture has gotten rusty and worn down over the decades.
Now the newly formed AHA! Arts Hammond Association is looking to revitalize the landmark and later Harrison Park, the 25-acre downtown park that was a cow pasture until Hammond acquired it in 1898.
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“The Man of Steel needs a facelift,” said Seda Turan with the AHA! Arts Hammond Association. “Since 1977, it has had no TLC. It needs to be welded, sandblasted and painted to the original color. We want to landscape it and light it up. It’s a very dynamic piece from a famous artist that’s been neglected for a long time. What is the roots of Northwest Indiana? The steel industry. That was built by students and union workers with donated steel. We want to revitalize The Man of Steel. This is a gateway.”
Gurfinkel’s sculptures have been displayed around the Region, including the menorah on the facade of the Temple Israel in Valparaiso, Mother and Child at the old LaPorte Hospital and the Lake County Public Library in Merrillville, where his The Reader sculpture is another instantly recognizable Northwest Indiana icon depicting a recumbent, classical-looking woman reading books.
Valparaiso University’s Brauer Museum of Art did a 2017 retrospective of the late artist, who died in 2004, calling him a “Hidden Northwest Indiana Legend.”
The AHA! Arts Hammond Association aims to tackle the restoration project next year. It’s looking to raise funds for the work, seeking sponsors like steelmakers.
Seda Turan (left) and Ish Muhammad Nieves with the AHA! Arts Hammond Association plan to restore the Man of Steel sculpture.
“It’s tired. That’s all I can say,” she said. “The color’s not the same. It’s faded a little bit.”
Gurfinkel was born in 1916 and served as an apprentice of the metalworker Hanns Rheindorff working on the Cathedral of Cologne after getting rejected by an arts school in Dusseldorf that had an Aryan-only policy. He was a refugee from Nazi Germany who escaped to the United States just before Kristallnacht in 1938, sailing on a Dutch ship after he was urged to leave by relatives in New York City and Detroit. He spent the next six decades working as a sculptor, steel welder, blacksmith, jewelry maker and goldsmith.
The artist Hermann Gurfinkel designed the Man of Steel sculpture in downtown Hammond.
Originally settling in New York, he moved to Detroit where he studied at the prestigious Cranbrook Academy, where he taught. He got an opportunity to teach at the IIT Institute of Design that brought him to Chicago, where he worked alongside the famed architect and geodesic dome designer R. Buckminster Fuller. He later taught metalworking at the School of the Art Institute and opened a jewelry shop on Oak Street in the Gold Coast.
Gurfinkel moved to south suburban Glenwood and ended up setting in Valparaiso in the 1960s, living there for the last 35 years of his life. He was smitten, writing: “Like the ocean, Lake Michigan revealed its vastness and, on shore, one giant plant after another forging American steel. I felt at home, and moved to a blacksmith shop in nearby Valparaiso.”
The artist Hermann Gurfinkel created the Man of Steel sculpture in Harrison Park.
He grew vegetables outside his home on an 80-acre farm a U.S. Steel engineer made into a country estate. Gurfinkel served as as artist in residence for Greater Jasper Consolidated Schools before getting commissions for large-scale sculpture.
He’s won a number of awards, including the German Cross of Merit that’s Germany’s highest civilian award. He designed the Lion of Judah sculpture in Cologne Germany that commemorated headmaster Erich Klibansky’s efforts to save the lives of his Jewish high school students.
In 1977, he was selected by the Indiana Arts Commission to create Man of Steel.
“Everybody knows it. It’s a nice little landmark,” said Ish Muhammad Nieves with the AHA! Arts Hammond Association. “It’s due. It’s nice to reactivate that landmark.”
He worked with local industries, the Hammond Park Department, Hammond Technical Vocational High School welding students and eight different trade unions to create the work. The Operating Engineers lent a crane that lifted the 10-ton sculpture into place.
“It’s the foundation and spine of Northwest Indiana. We’re built on steel. Why not honor it?” Turan said. “This could be a slippery slope to beautifying the park. We could make it an inviting public space with picnics, music events, videos, movies and art.”
Gurfinkel painted it bright orange, noting “all ironworkers recognize this color, used to protect steel in the outdoors.”
The massive, larger-than-life sculpture hasn’t ever been restored, Turan said. It’s sat untouched for 46 years.
“It’s steel. Just like the people of Northwest Indiana,” she said.
It’s gotten mottled with patches of rust. The sculpture just needs some care so it doesn’t look so rundown, Nieves said.
“It’s nothing a fresh coat of paint can’t fix,” he said. “It’s going to be our next AHA! moment.”
For more information, visit artshammond.org or find the Arts Hammond Alliance on social media.
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Phoenix-area restaurant health violations: Blocks of cheddar create stink in Phoenix; barbacoa needs to be chucked in Scottsdale
Maricopa County health inspectors cited two restaurants for nine health violations during the week of June 23. The violations ranged from cooked meat and dairy products left in a warm environment to a dishwasher with no chlorine. The restaurants were the only ones in the county that were cited for four or more priority violations during the week.
A priority violation is a major violation that directly contributes to an increased risk of foodborne illness or injury. If listed in the inspection reports, remedies implemented during the inspection are noted.
During the week of June 23, inspectors visited nearly 1,100 restaurants as well as other food-serving facilities in hospitals, senior homes and schools. A total of 175 restaurants were given an A rating. See a sampling of the many restaurants that inspectors graded A at the end of this article.
5 violations
Habaneros Mexican Grill, 14870 N. Northsight Blvd., Scottsdale
- There was no chlorine sanitizer found in the dishwashing machine. | The dishwasher was primed to 50ppm.
- Cooked barbacoa, which was prepared the previous night, was stored in the walk-in cooler in an uncovered container at a temperature of 55*F. | The barbacoa was discarded.
- Cooked chicken had been kept on the cook line on top of the stove for 4 hours. It has an internal temperature of 68*F. | Employee reheated the chicken to 165*F.
- Several salsas stored in melted ice water on the front service counter at internal temperatures of 45*F-55*F. | Additional ice was added to the pan to rapidly cool the salsas back down to the proper cold holding temperature.
- Cooked black beans and cooked pinto beans were kept in the walk-in cooler past their discard dates. | They were discarded.
4 violations
Giant Manhattan Pizza & Pastas, 10431 N. 19th Ave., Phoenix
- Blocks of cheddar, heavy cream, whole pepperoni, and slices of prosciutto were discolored and had a heavy odor. | The items were discarded.
- Eggs were stored on top of a gallon of milk and raw bacon was stored on top of deli meats. | The products were moved and stored properly.
- Dairy products, raw eggs and chicken, cooked pasta, sliced deli meats and tomato sauce were found in the walk-in cooler at a temperature of 47-51. Sliced deli meats, shredded mozzarella cheese, and tomato sauce had been on the food prep counter for more than four hours and had a temperature of 57-60F. | All the food items were discarded.
- The floor drain underneath the 3-compartment sink was not properly draining. | The person in charge attempted to plunge the drain, but it still wasn’t draining properly at the end of the inspection.
Grade A restaurants
Phoenix
- Brunch House, 3340 W Southern Ave, Phoenix
- El Pacifico Mariscos y Pupusas, 2316 W Bethany Home Rd, Phoenix
- Trappers Sushi Co Phoenix, 2 E Jefferson St Suite 108, Phoenix
- Bizzy Burger, 3800 E Sky Harbor Blvd 4-F30, Phoenix
- Lou Malnati's Pizzeria, 3433 N 56th St, Phoenix
Scottsdale
- Pei Wei Fresh Kitchen, 20851 N Scottsdale Rd Suite 3, Scottsdale
- Thai Basil Signature, 7605 E Pinnacle Peak Rd Suite 2, Scottsdale
- Oumi Sushi @ Sprouts 19, 4402 N Miller Rd, Scottsdale
- Carlson Creek Vineyard, 4142 N Marshall Way, Scottsdale
- Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, 7014 E Camelback Rd Suite 2200, Scottsdale
East Valley
- Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill No 53, 1712 E Guadalupe Rd Suite 107, Tempe
- Zen Chinese Food, 2945 E Riggs Rd Suite 16, Chandler
- Don Fito's Taqueria, 1853 S Power Rd, Mesa
- Kneaders Bakery and Cafe, 2910 S Santan Village Pkwy, Gilbert
- Ginger Garden Asian Cuisine, 3310 S Higley Rd Suite C-104, Gilbert
West Valley
- Happy Trails Community, 17200 W Bell Rd, Surprise
- China Rainbow, 6630 W Cactus Rd Suite B101/B102, Glendale
- George's Bell Cafe,16820 N 99th Ave, Sun City
- Barro's Pizza, 20730 W Market St, Buckeye
- The Chill Zone, 5526 N 43rd Ave, Glendale | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/07/12/metro-phoenix-restaurant-health-inspections-week-june-23/70399660007/ | 2023-07-12T14:29:16 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/07/12/metro-phoenix-restaurant-health-inspections-week-june-23/70399660007/ |
Last defendant sentenced in deadly 2019 north Phoenix home invasion
The last defendant connected to a 2019 fatal home invasion in north Phoenix was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison.
Michael Warner, 50, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for his role in an armed robbery that left Travis Dunham, 50, with fatal injuries. According to court documents, Warner cleaned Dunham’s pool and occasionally purchased drugs from him. Police said Warner recruited his co-defendants to help him carry out the robbery.
A police report describes what officers said happened at Dunham’s residence, east of Interstate 17 and north of Happy Valley Road. Warner arrived on the night of Jan. 8, 2019, under the pretense of purchasing drugs. After he entered, Warner contacted Matthew Zawacky, now 41, and Oscar Aguirre, now 25. Zawacky and Aguirre entered the residence and restrained the occupants, including Warner.
Dunham’s daughter and her boyfriend were home at the time, as was another resident of the house. They were all forced into the master bedroom, according to witness statements.
According to police, Dunham broke free from his restraints and, retrieving a firearm, shot Zawacky once. Zawacky returned fire, striking Dunham twice. Dunham died from his injuries.
Court documents also stated that Zawacky shot and killed two dogs in the Dunham residence.
Police said Warner fled and, a few hours afterward, contacted law enforcement stating he had been a victim of the robbery.
Zawacky drove home, where he met his twin brother Michael Zawacky and Emily Canfield, 34, according to police. Michael Zawacky poured milk on the driver’s seat of his brother’s Honda Accord in an attempt to dispose of the blood evidence, according to court documents.
Police said Emily Canfield moved Matthew Zawacky’s car to conceal the vehicle.
Michael Zawacky, with Salvadore Carrillo, 48, attempted to transport Matthew Zawacky to Mexico, police said. They were unsuccessful in crossing the border. According to court documents, Matthew Zawacky was treated at a hospital in Yuma and was transported to a hospital in Phoenix, where he was apprehended.
During the investigation, police discovered DNA evidence they said matched a previous sample taken from Matthew Zawacky, who had been convicted on a 2014 charge of aggravated assault.
Phoenix police said they connected Zawacky to Warner and Aguirre, who were both arrested shortly after Zawacky. Aguirre had been paid $50 for his role in the robbery, according to court documents.
Zawacky, Warner and Aguirre were indicted on one count of first-degree murder, four counts of armed robbery, four counts of kidnapping, four counts of aggravated assault, and one count of burglary.
Because his previous felony conviction prohibited him from possessing firearms, Zawacky was indicted on one count of misconduct involving weapons. He also faced two counts of cruelty to animals.
Though Zawacky was the only defendant accused of shooting and killing Travis Dunham, Warner and Aguirre were also indicted for first-degree murder. This is because of the felony murder doctrine, which applies to violent felonies that result, intentionally or not, in a death. Prosecutors are given the power to charge all parties involved in the crime with first-degree murder ― regardless of whether they directly caused the death.
Canfield, Carrillo and Michael Zawacky were charged with hindering prosecution. They all pleaded guilty and were each sentenced to three years of probation.
Matthew Zawacky pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated assault. He was sentenced to 25 years for second-degree murder and 10 years for aggravated assault, to be served consecutively.
A sentencing memo filed by Zawacky’s attorney argued that the court should take into account the abuse Zawacky suffered as a child. The filing described a childhood with “no continuity, no stability.”
Aguirre pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Judge Michael Kemp, who presided over Warner’s sentencing, stated that he took into account the length of Zawacky and Aguirre’s prison terms.
At Warner’s hearing, several members of the Dunham family made statements to the court. All asked for the maximum sentence of 25 years. Some addressed Warner directly, characterizing him as a friend of Dunham’s who ultimately betrayed his trust.
Heidi Schwab, who lived with Dunham and was present during the robbery, asked a victim advocate to read her statement aloud to the court. The statement described plans that Schwab and Dunham had made together, to travel the country and attend mineral shows.
Carrie Warner, Michael Warner’s wife, also spoke at the hearing. She described the debilitating impact of drugs on her husband’s life.
She told the court that she hoped the prison sentence would allow Michael Warner to come to terms with the consequences of his actions. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/07/12/michael-warner-sentenced-to-25-years-in-travis-dunham-phoenix-murder/70403189007/ | 2023-07-12T14:29:22 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/07/12/michael-warner-sentenced-to-25-years-in-travis-dunham-phoenix-murder/70403189007/ |
Surprise residents can get rebates for water conservation
Financial rebates will be offered to Surprise water customers as a way to encourage water conservation.
Through May 1, 2024, city-serviced residential and business customers can make the most of the water conservation rebate programs, according to a news release.
The purpose of the program is to promote and provide education about the efficient use of water sectors in the community. The goal is that community members realize that reduction in water use can lead to a more sustainable quality of life for Surprise residents, a news release stated.
The offered rebates are detailed below:
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WaterSense-labeled irrigation controller rebate:
Customers who purchase and install a WaterSense-labeled irrigation controller are potentially eligible for a rebate of up to $125. This covers the cost of the controller but excludes installation, labor, shipping and tax.
Eligibility requirements include:
- Residential, homeowners association, schools, multifamily, and commercial properties
- Applicant must be the current property owner
- Water services must be received from the City of Surprise; EPCOR Water customers are not eligible
- Receipt (proof of payment); invoices with a “balance due” will not be accepted
- Purchase date must be from July 1, 2023, to May 1, 2024
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Single-family new home Xeriscape landscape installation:
Customers who install low-water-use landscapes on their property can receive up to $400.
Eligibility requirements include:
- Properties must be new, single-family, residential homes purchased and built within two years of the application date
- Total front and backyard area landscapes must be more than 1,000 square feet
- All plants used in the landscape design must be listed on the Arizona Department of Water Resources plant list
Before applying, participants need to contact the City’s Water Conservation office (ConserveWater@surpriseaz.gov) for approval.
Single-family turf removal rebate:
Eligible customers can apply for a rebate of $1.00 per square foot of turf removal, up to $1,000.
Eligibility requirements include:
- Must be single-family residential customers
- Must be current property owner
- Property must receive water services from the city
The application must be completed by March 31, 2024. Projects need to be completed, and the city needs to be notified by May 1, 2024.
Before applying, participants need to contact the City’s Water Conservation office (ConserveWater@surpriseaz.gov) for pre-eligibility approval.
HOA, commercial, multifamily turf removal rebate:
Eligible customers can apply for a rebate of $1 per square foot of removed turf, up to $3,000.
Eligibility requirements include:
- HOA, multifamily, and commercial properties
- Applicant must be current property owner or authorized business/board officer
- Water services must be received from the City of Surprise; EPCOR Water customers are not eligible
The application must be completed by March 31, 2024. Projects need to be completed, and the city needs to be notified by May 1, 2024.
To apply, participants need to contact the City’s Water Conservation office (ConserveWater@surpriseaz.gov) for pre-eligibility approval.
All water rebate programs are administered on a first-come, first-served basis until the application deadline or the depletion of funds, according to the news release.
Water customers of organizations other than the City of Surprise are not eligible for these rebate programs.
To apply for water rebates or to learn more about the programs visit the City's website. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/surprise/2023/07/12/surprise-residents-can-get-rebates-for-water-conservation/70403716007/ | 2023-07-12T14:29:26 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/surprise/2023/07/12/surprise-residents-can-get-rebates-for-water-conservation/70403716007/ |
DALLAS — Read this story and more North Texas business news from our partners at the Dallas Business Journal
Corporate real estate advisory firm Hughes Marino opened a new office in Dallas.
Led by executive vice presidents Mike McElwee and Art Green, the Dallas space is the firm’s first location in Texas. McElwee and Green both previously served as principals at Avison Young and have over six decades of combined experience. McElwee specializes in the industrial sector, and Green has expertise in helping businesses with office space needs, including leasing restructuring, headquarters relocations and expansions.
“Dallas holds immense significance in the commercial real estate landscape as a vibrant community, economic powerhouse and strategically located city, and we are thrilled to open this key market with such an experienced and talented team of corporate real estate advisors,” Hughes Marino, president, and COO Shay Hughes said in a statement.
The California-based company offers clients all aspects of commercial real estate, including planning and design, construction management and tenant representation. The opening of the Dallas office comes seven months after Hughes Marino opened spaces in Boston and North Carolina simultaneously.
With other locations in Denver and the West Coast, the firm plans to continue expanding throughout North America.
“When we find best-in-class advisors who share our same values and have the ability to bring the exceptional service and results that we have become known for as a company, we jump at the opportunity to welcome those new team members,” Hughes said in a news release.
More coverage of North Texas business news: | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/california-based-real-estate-firm-hughes-marino-expands-into-dallas-texas/287-b3377b51-edc9-4cfa-9976-531319bb2fec | 2023-07-12T14:29:31 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/california-based-real-estate-firm-hughes-marino-expands-into-dallas-texas/287-b3377b51-edc9-4cfa-9976-531319bb2fec |
'College prospect to handcuffs': Teen gets 18 years in prison after fatal shooting in Tempe
A struggle over a gun between two teenagers and a man outside a Tempe business left the man dead and two teens charged with murder. On Monday, one of the teens was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
In June, Isaiah Williams, 19, pled guilty to the second-degree murder of Chris McCrimmon, who was 21 when he died in March 2022.
At Williams' sentencing, both his mother and McCrimmon's mother spoke about their grief over the violence.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Joseph Kreamer pointed out that neither family was happy about the plea deal or the prosecution's proposed 18-year prison sentence. McCrimmon’s parents felt like 18 years was too short a sentence for the loss of their son, and Williams' parents felt like 18 years in prison would only deepen their son’s exposure to corruption and violence, dimming his chances of redemption.
On March 21, 2022, Williams and Saif Woods, both 17 at the time, met with Chris McCrimmon to buy some marijuana.
According to witness statements in a court report, the two teens got into a struggling match over a gun with McCrimmon when the gun went off, hitting McCrimmon in his side. He died after being taken to a hospital.
Williams told police that he and Woods had been planning to rob McCrimmon after McCrimmon had robbed Williams months earlier, according to court reports.
Williams said he got into McCrimmon’s car outside the Tempe Ikea. McCrimmon pulled a gun when he recognized Williams, and a fight started. A second gun was pulled that belonged to Williams. According to police, it was a bullet from Williams' revolver that hit McCrimmon.
After McCrimmon had been shot, Williams and Woods fled in their car and were later found by police. Officers found a backpack that Williams threw out of the car that had a bag of marijuana and two guns: Williams' revolver and McCrimmon’s gun.
The prosecution believed Williams had planned the violence, while his defense said he was in over his head and decided to fight back when a gun was brought out.
Initially, both Williams and Woods were charged with first-degree murder.
Williams took a plea in June to second-degree murder, which included a possible range of 10 to 25 years.
'From college prospect to handcuffs in seconds'
At sentencing, the court filled up with family and friends of Williams who were there to show that the violent murder of McCrimmon had been out of character for Williams.
McCrimmon’s family was on a livestream and sent more than 20 letters to the court describing their grief and loss.
Christina Regan, McCrimmon’s mother, spoke first, telling the court that she also lost her best friend in losing her son.
”To lose a son, my only son, is strangely painful,” she said.
She explained that she had not gotten closure and hoped the “whole truth” would emerge about what happened to her son. She also hoped the judge would show “no kindness, grace, or mercy” in his sentencing.
Williams' mother, Tracy Williams, also spoke in court about the grief she felt over what happened. She said that she cried as one mother to another for the loss McCrimmon’s mother felt in losing her son.
She told the court that her son had to pay for what he did, but she worried that she would not live to see the day when he would be out of prison. In the courtroom, crying, she spoke to him, demanding he find redemption.
”When you get out, you do something right, you make this right. When you get out you make it up, and although they never will forgive you, I know God has. But you make this right, somehow, some way,” she said.
Williams spoke to the court before the judge handed him his sentence. He told everyone that he felt sorry about what happened and that he knew his decisions had changed many people's lives. He said that he loved his family and that he would miss them.
“I went from a college prospect to handcuffs in a matter of seconds,” he said.
Williams was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Woods is still waiting for his trial, which has been set for September. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2023/07/12/teenager-gets-18-years-prison-2022-shooting-death-ikea-tempe/70403360007/ | 2023-07-12T14:29:32 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2023/07/12/teenager-gets-18-years-prison-2022-shooting-death-ikea-tempe/70403360007/ |
FORT WORTH, Texas — A woman shot her boyfriend after he forced his way into her apartment and assaulted her in Fort Worth early Wednesday, police said.
The shooting happened around 1 a.m. on July 12 at an apartment on Paradise Hills Drive in far northeast Fort Worth, near Euless.
Officers arrived and learned that the shooting happened after a domestic dispute at the apartment, police said.
Police found a man who had been shot in the torso, and he was taken to Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in Grapevine with a life-threatening injury.
The man's girlfriend told police that the man had arrived at her apartment, forced his way into the front door and assaulted her, police said.
The girlfriend "was in fear of the [boyfriend]," and had armed herself with a gun for protection. When the boyfriend "advanced toward [her] in an aggressive manner," police said, she shot him one time in the torso.
More details about the man and woman were not released by police, who are still investigating the shooting. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fort-worth-texas-woman-shoots-boyfriend-who-broke-into-her-apartment-and-assaulted-her-police-say/287-4a986c2c-da74-4527-80f0-bea66aeba79c | 2023-07-12T14:29:36 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fort-worth-texas-woman-shoots-boyfriend-who-broke-into-her-apartment-and-assaulted-her-police-say/287-4a986c2c-da74-4527-80f0-bea66aeba79c |
John O. Hjelle, a Bismarck Tribune news staffer in his late 20s, enjoyed a horseback ride on Dec. 7, 1941. There’s no official record of the weather on that day, but it must have been pleasant enough for riding.
It heated up later that day as Hjelle’s life along with all Americans was changed by the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and the beginning of World War II. The Tribune employees no doubt scrambled like papers across the country to report the news from Hawaii. It had to have been both an exciting and scary time for the young journalist.
Sixteen months later the Tribune under Publisher Stella I. Mann and Editor Kenneth W. Simons made a commitment that had to be difficult for the small-town newspaper with a limited staff. They launched the “Special Edition for Burleigh County Men and Women in the Armed Services of the United States.” It was a separate, monthly newspaper.
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That was the subtitle under the Bismarck Tribune masthead. The paper was a tabloid, smaller than the daily Tribune, but still a lot of work. And the Tribune didn’t limit itself to Burleigh residents. If you were in the war and from North Dakota you were in the Tribune.
The Tribune donated the use of its plant and machinery; employees of the Tribune donated their labor; the Service to Servicemen’s committee of the Burleigh County Office of Civilian Defense paid for the newsprint needed to print the paper and the postage. The public library recruited a group of women, many military wives, to do the mailing and track addresses.
The monthly paper was free for members of the military and $2 a year for everyone else. The first edition was printed on April 17, 1943. It was a nonprofit venture with any money the Tribune made plowed back into the Service to Servicemen’s committee.
It contained some of the major local news that had been previously reported, wedding announcements and Nubs of the News. Nubs was a listing of births, deaths and marriage licenses. Mostly it was chock full of news related to the military and war.
Some of it was mundane: announcements of enlistments, promotions, transfers, citations and visits home by service members. Some of the stories are still compelling reading today. It provided the dreaded news on who was wounded, killed, missing in action or taken prisoner.
The stories often were brief because they were based on the limited information the military released to families in telegrams. Often they told families the death or injury occurred in a general location and timeframe, not much else.
There was a light side to the news even in war such as the photo of WAVE Ensign Mary Cave swinging a golf club and the caption explaining she had won a championship at a San Diego officers’ tournament. WAVE stood for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service.
When soldiers and sailors returned home on furlough they often recounted their “war stories” with the Tribune. In the Feb. 12, 1944, edition Jack Valentine Holzer, 19, describes the sinking of a destroyer he was on. He was one of 108 survivors out of a crew of 375 of the USS Brownson when it went down off New Britain. He told of suffering a left elbow injury and swimming fast to escape the burning oil.
Lt. Calvin J. Fallgatter, of Kintyre, a dive bomber pilot in the Pacific, explained some narrow escapes in a letter to his parents. He crashed one plane when landing on a carrier and ran out of fuel before another landing and had to be fished out of the water.
“Keep buying war bonds. I disposed of two good planes at $125,000 each,” he ended his letter.
There were numerous stories of multiple members of families, sons and daughters, serving in the war. Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Albrecht, Bismarck, had eight sons in the services and lost two.
Carl Herbert Albrecht, 24, a Naval hospital corps attendant, was killed on Iwo Jima. Harold Albrecht, also in the Navy, was killed near the Philippines.
Mrs. Lessie E. Pritchard of Braddock lost one son, Navy Lt. Bryant Pritchard, in the Pacific and her other son, Lt. Otis Pritchard, was a prisoner of war in Germany.
In a reverse of multiple sons serving, John A. Tschider, Bismarck, the father of six children, the oldest 10, didn’t seek a deferment. “I am ready to go when they want me,” he said, expecting a draft notice soon.
Women are featured prominently throughout the pages of the Tribune’s special edition papers. What has to be some of the strongest and graphic letters written to the Tribune came from Lt. Mary Fischer, a native of Strasburg and a nurse. She describes the horrors and difficulty of treating survivors of Dachau, giving Tribune readers a glimpse of the atrocities of the Holocaust.
Beatrice Casadont was another remarkable woman who appears on the pages of the Tribune. Her husband, Lt. Lawrence Casadont, was an Army Air Corps pilot who was killed. She decided to replace him as best she could and she joined the Air WACS. She was a native of Sterling.
The Tribune was well represented in the services.
Lt. John McEnroe, who had been the telegraph editor at the Tribune, was awarded a Bronze Star for action in the invasion of Leyte in the Philippines.
Marian Peterson, who served as society editor of the Tribune, joined the Red Cross and was stationed in England.
In the Nov. 13, 1943, edition the engagement of Helen Louise Rice and Cpl. Alton Glenn Sorlie was announced. Sorlie was attending officer school at the time. He appears again in the Nov. 18, 1944, paper. The Tribune reports the now-married Sorlie was recovering from being shot in the side during fighting in France.
Sorlie’s father had been governor of North Dakota and his aunt was Stella Mann. He recovered from the wound and after the war returned to the Tribune, later becoming publisher and owner.
As for Hjelle, he labored at the Tribune until 1945. That year Republican Sen. John Moses of North Dakota died. Milton Young, a longtime member of the state Legislature, was named by the governor to replace him. Young hired Hjelle as his administrative assistant.
Hjelle served in that job for three years until being named editor of The Bismarck Tribune, a job he held until 1979. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/free-bismarck-tribune-tabloid-served-wwii-military-families/article_691123d0-1cf3-11ee-b9ae-a3e98a242cf7.html | 2023-07-12T14:30:39 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/free-bismarck-tribune-tabloid-served-wwii-military-families/article_691123d0-1cf3-11ee-b9ae-a3e98a242cf7.html |
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Police Department on Wednesday morning released several bodycam videos of the deadly shooting of a 26-year-old man in downtown Orlando.
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Police said they were conducting proactive patrols July 3 at East Jefferson Street and North Orange Avenue when they approached Derek Diaz in a car.
Investigators said they believed Diaz was involved in drug-related activities in his car and they shot him because he reached for what they thought was a gun.
Police said they discovered drugs on Diaz, but they did not find a gun.
Diaz died at the hospital.
The tweet below included edited video of the shooting, but viewer discretion is advised as the material is graphic:
(1/3) Today, in full transparency & accordance with department policy, the Orlando Police Department is releasing body worn camera video of the officer-involved shooting that occurred on 7/3, in the area of Jefferson St. & North Orange Ave., resulting in the death of Derek Diaz. pic.twitter.com/3pjI1vjJZ3
— Orlando Police (@OrlandoPolice) July 12, 2023
Police also uploaded several other different angles of the shooting to its YouTube page, which you can access by clicking here.
Orlando police Chief Eric Smith provided Channel 9 with a statement Wednesday, saying in part:
“Our officers proactively patrol to remove illegal drugs and crime guns off our streets. At the intersection of this incident, there were 431 incidents in the last 18 months. Earlier this morning, the Orlando Police Department met with the Diaz family and their attorney to show them the body worn camera video before it was released publicly. I express my sincere condolences to the Diaz family on the loss of their loved one. We understand the need for answers. Maintaining the integrity of the investigation process is also needed so that the facts are provided fairly and transparently. An investigation not only involves body worn camera video of the incident but also includes the collection of witness testimony, evidence and other materials.”
Read: Police identify man killed in downtown Orlando officer-involved shooting
The agency said it is cooperating with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement as it investigates the police shooting.
Channel 9 expected to hear from Diaz’s relatives and their attorney, Benjamin Crump, Wednesday.
Watch Channel 9 Eyewitness News at Noon for live updates to this developing story.
See a map of the shooting scene below:
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OVIEDO, Fla. — A 70-year-old man died in a crash in Oviedo on Wednesday morning.
Troopers said the crash happened before 8 a.m. on State Road 426 at Via Loma Drive.
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It involved a 2019 RAM Promaster 1500 Van and a 2019 Ford Fusion.
Troopers said the driver of the van, a 70-year-old Winter Park man, died on the scene. The driver of the Fusion, a 31-year-old woman from Oviedo, was not injured and remained on scene.
Read: Orlando man charged after fight at Oviedo gas station leaves victim brain-dead
Troopers said the details of the crash are still under investigation.
Both lanes of State Road 426 are closed as the investigation continues.
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WINTER GARDEN, Fla. — People in Central Florida can help families in our community ahead of a new school year.
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The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is hosting its “Cram the Cruiser” school supply drive Wednesday.
Cram the Cruiser is happening TODAY! Do you want to help students in need? If so, meet us at Walmart-16313 New Independence Pkwy. between 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. We will see you there! pic.twitter.com/i52vGANRXb
— Orange County Sheriff's Office (@OrangeCoSheriff) July 12, 2023
The start of the school year is only about a month away.
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Organizers are looking for all sorts of items, including backpacks, pens, notebooks and more.
Anyone can donate an item at the Walmart on New Independence Parkway in Winter Garden from 9 a.m. until noon.
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Channel 9 will have a look at their efforts on Eyewitness News at Noon.
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ST. CLOUD, Fla. — Several law enforcement agencies are searching for a woman who was reported missing in St. Cloud.
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St. Cloud police said they are searching East Lake Toho after the woman’s vehicle and belongings were found nearby.
Watch: Toes in the sand, trespassers on the land: Volusia’s island life
The St. Cloud marina has been closed to the public as crews search for the woman.
St. Cloud police are being assisted by the St. Cloud Fire Department, Osceola County Sheriff’s Office and agents with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Channel 9 has a crew headed to the scene and will provide updates on Eyewitness News.
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BROOKLYN, Md. — After less than three years in business, Lidl is closing up its supermarket on Ritchie Highway in Brooklyn Park.
July 16 will be their last day in business at that location.
The European grocery chain said the decision was made due to the store underperforming.
"After a thorough review of the performance of our store network, we made the difficult decision to close our store in Brooklyn Park on July 16," a spokesperson for Lidl said in a statement. "This was an underperforming location, and we made the strategic decision to close this location so we can focus on the locations that are closer and more convenient to more of our customers and where we are seeing significant growth."
As for impacted employees, Lidl says they will be offered positions at other area stores.
"We appreciate the contributions team members in the store have made and want them to be part of our growing network of stores. We are offering all employees a position at another Lidl store in the area and are working closely with them on the transition."
Lidl currently has 20 other stores throughout Maryland. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/after-opening-less-than-three-years-ago-lidl-is-closing-its-brooklyn-park-grocery-store | 2023-07-12T14:44:26 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/after-opening-less-than-three-years-ago-lidl-is-closing-its-brooklyn-park-grocery-store |
Milwaukee looking for developers for historic Bronzeville building, but gets no takers
Efforts to attract developers to revitalize a century-old building on the corner of King Drive and Center Street may be hampered by the building’s landmark status.
Concerns about the long-vacant Hummel/Uihlein Building’s landmark status and its impact on potential developers topped the discussions at the Bronzeville Advisory Committee’s monthly meeting Monday.
The city wants to redevelop this architecturally significant building located at 2673-79 N. King Dr. The city-owned property has been on the market since January 2022 but has had no takers. The asking price is $10,000.
“There is a hope for something to happen for it (the building),” said LaShawndra Vernon, the committee’s chair. “But there are challenges that developers are articulating back to the Department of City Development that include that high cost of meeting the standards of historically preserved buildings.”
Designated as a historic landmark in July 2010, the building was constructed by prominent architect Charles Kirchhoff in 1889. The three-story cream city brick building is noted for its Romanesque revival style, a signature feature of Kirchhoff, who designed several taverns for the Schlitz Brewing Company.
These buildings were constructed only for a brief period in Milwaukee’s history, said Andrew Stern, a senior planner with the city’s Historic Preservation Commission. Few remain today.
Kirchhoff and his partner, Thomas L. Rose, designed some of the city’s renowned buildings, including the Schlitz Palm Garden on Third Street and Wisconsin Avenue, the Second Ward Savings Bank (now the Milwaukee County Historical Society Center) and the Empire Building (now the Riverside Theater).
Though Kirchhoff was known for designing taverns, the Hummel/Uihlein Building is a rare example of a building that didn't follow that form. The building was originally designed as a pharmacy but has had many uses over the years, including a beauty salon, a dentist's office, a shoe shop and a restaurant called the Fireside Lounge.
Stern noted the landmark status puts constraints on a developer going through the “certificate of appropriateness” process. Certain guidelines must be followed for any exterior work on the building to ensure it doesn’t harm its historic character, he said.
Amy Turim with the Department of City Development said the building has extensive interior damage, including missing floorboards. The city, she added, is offering a preservation grant of up to $50,000 to facilitate historical renovation requirements. She added investment in the building will bring it back to productive use and contribute to the vibrancy of the community.
Since this property is historic, Turim said similar materials should be used as the original for exterior work. If the property originally had wood windows, then the rehab work should also include wood windows, she said.
But she admitted that keeping like-for-like materials might be a challenge for novice developers. The building has cream city brick exterior walls and ornate detailing near the roofing line. To fix the roof alone, Turim said, could cost close to $234,000.
The developers who have viewed the property indicated the scope of work is too much, Turim said.
“I don’t know if that’s necessarily pertaining to the historical requirements or the condition of the building,” she said. “But the feedback has been consistent that the level of work that the property needs is too extensive for them to take on.”
Ald. Milele Coggs said the department should seek funding from the state’s pot of American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, funding to rehab historic buildings that have more challenging work. The state, she said, still has money it needs to allocate or return to the federal government.
“This could be a way to address some of the harder-to-develop properties throughout the community — and a quicker way,” Coggs said.
Turim said the preservation grant fund hasn't received any new money for quite some time. But potential developers could get additional funding from other city grants, including $75,000 from the commercial foreclosure renovation fund to help defray costs.
Vernon of the Bronzeville committee, said she hoped the city would look at partnerships between a seasoned developer and a novice to get the project going. The building, she said, sits in a catalytic intersection, which is part of the city transit-oriented development plan.
“It is an important spot to continue to spur that development,” Vernon said. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2023/07/12/milwaukee-cant-find-developers-for-historic-bronzeville-building/70399964007/ | 2023-07-12T14:49:15 | 1 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2023/07/12/milwaukee-cant-find-developers-for-historic-bronzeville-building/70399964007/ |
DA dismisses charges in daycare child abuse case, says not enough evidence to continue
Child abuse charges against a Las Cruces daycare manager were dismissed last week after the district attorney said there wasn’t enough evidence to push the case forward.
Angie Flores, 59, was charged with two counts of child abuse after an El Paso-based television station KFOX14 published a video showing Flores drop a student before carrying him out of a classroom in February.
“We are grateful that the Court held the DA’s Office accountable today,” Israel Chavez, an attorney representing Flores, said in a statement released to news media.
He also said that he believed that Third Judicial District Attorney Gerald Byers pursued charges because of public pressure. Roxanne Garcia-McElmell, public information officer for the DA’s Office, denied the claim.
“Once the intake process is completed, then it is determined whether the case will go to Grand Jury or proceed as business as usual criminal court case,” Garcia-McElmell said.“It is important to note that we receive the charging documents first, then all evidence, prior to pursuing any court actions. We are not influenced, nor do we pursue charges in response to public pressure. If we do not receive the necessary evidence in support of the charges, then the case is ‘Nolled’ giving law enforcement more time to finalize their investigation and get the evidence to our office.”
The case against Angie Flores
Before her arrest, Flores worked as a director of Discovery Child Development. According to an affidavit filed in the Doña Ana County Magistrate Court, a woman reported to police that Flores abused a mentally disabled three-year-old boy.
The employee told police that Flores slapped the hands of multiple students but often targeted the three-year-old boy in the video. The employee also accused Flores of body-slamming the boy. According to the affidavit, the employee said she was fired after reporting the incident.
The woman later came forward as a former employee of Discovery Child Development when she posted the seven-second video to Facebook and spoke on the record to KFOX14.
When interviewed by police, Flores denied hitting any children. When asked about the 3-year-old boy, Flores alleged he had behavioral issues and said he’d been kicked out of other daycares.
Justin Garcia covers public safety and local government in Las Cruces. He can be reached via email at JEGarcia@lcsun-news.com, via phone or text at 575-541-5449, or on Twitter @Just516Garc. | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/courts/2023/07/11/da-dismisses-charges-in-discovery-child-development-child-abuse-case/70400428007/ | 2023-07-12T14:52:32 | 1 | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/courts/2023/07/11/da-dismisses-charges-in-discovery-child-development-child-abuse-case/70400428007/ |
Woman pleads guilty in fatal Las Cruces DWI crash on Roadrunner
A woman awaits sentencing after she pleaded guilty on Monday to allegations that she drove drunk and killed a man.
Iliana Salayandia, 32, was indicted on one count of homicide by vehicle, attempt to commit tampering with evidence, driving on the wrong side of the road, and two other traffic charges. A judge dismissed the tampering charge in December 2022 before Salayandia pled guilty to the other charges, including the homicide charge, on July 10, 2023.
The incident took the life of John Signore Jr., 80, on Dec. 2, 2021. According to an online obituary, Signore was a Marine veteran born in Massachusetts. He and his wife moved to Las Cruces after retiring from running his own business for several years.
Police said Signore was driving a Lexus sedan southbound on Roadrunner when Salayandia's Dodge Nitro collided with him. Police said in the affidavit that Salayandia traveled northbound in the southbound lanes of Roadrunner Parkway near Mars Avenue when she hit Signore. Police also said that Salayandia got up to about 60 mph on Roadrunner, where the posted speed limit is 35.
When police arrived at the scene, they said they initially did not suspect Salayandia was intoxicated. They said she wore a face mask and told officers she'd had only one margarita a few hours before the crash. Later, a toxicology report administered six hours after the crash found Salayandia's blood alcohol content was at 0.10. The legal limit in New Mexico is 0.08.
Police also accused Salayandia of trying to obfuscate her blood alcohol content. They said she asked a first responder to administer an IV Bolus – which would introduce saline into her blood system diluting the amount of alcohol visible to tests.
Salayandia was arrested and charged in March 2022. Now, after more than a year, Salayandia's guilty plea will be followed by sentencing. That hearing is scheduled for September. It's unclear from court records whether Salayandia will face prison time. She could face up to 15 years for the homicide by vehicle charge.
Justin Garcia covers public safety and local government in Las Cruces. He can be reached via email at JEGarcia@lcsun-news.com, via phone or text at 575-541-5449, or on Twitter @Just516Garc. | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/courts/2023/07/11/woman-pleads-guilty-in-fatal-las-cruces-dwi-crash-on-roadrunner/70401410007/ | 2023-07-12T14:52:38 | 0 | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/courts/2023/07/11/woman-pleads-guilty-in-fatal-las-cruces-dwi-crash-on-roadrunner/70401410007/ |
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St. Louis County
April 18
- Thomas R. Andler, 72, Ely, fish and game violation - take fish without angling license, fined $100.
- Brady A. Barney, 19, Cloquet, shoplifting, continued for dismissal for one year.
- Amy S. Bendtsen, 26, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Brian S. Blake, 43, Virginia, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $2,000 and 180 days local confinement, time and $1,000 stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Taryn E. Bruce, 30, Duluth, possession of 50 grams or more of cocaine or methamphetamine, imposition stayed on five years probation with conditions, 70 days local confinement; driving while impaired, fined $50 and 73 days local confinement.
- Jeffrey J. Bushnell, 19, Duluth, driving 75 mph in a 50 mph zone, fined $70.
- Gerald D. Crest Jr., 41, Duluth, fugitive, extradition waived.
- Michael J. Egan, 38, Hibbing, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Tiffany M. Falk, 47, Laporte, Minnesota, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Douglas E. Harris, 59, Duluth, driving after revocation (offense dated: 10/16/12), fined $200.
- Casey N. Hinnenkamp, 30, Hibbing, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- William G. Houle, 51, Moose Lake, driving after suspension (offense dated: 9/12/15), fined $200.
- Dale D. Jones, 76, Duluth, hand-free law violation, fined $50.
- Nicholas A. Kallio, 33, Iron, criminal sexual conduct, adjudication stayed on five years probation with conditions, $900 fine.
- Jenifer M. Kerner, 36, Duluth, driving after revocation, fined $200.
- Carter T. Kozlowski, 22, Duluth, disorderly conduct, continue for dismissal for one year.
- John M. Labine, 26, Keewatin, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Nicholas E. Lierman, 25, Virginia, driving after suspension, fined $200.
- Adam R. Luecken, 46, Cook, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Jan M. Meierotto-Barrett, 52, Duluth, hands-free law violation, continued for dismissal for one year.
- Logan L. Nordby, 20, Mountain Iron, hands-free law violation - second or subsequent violation, fined $275.
- Kaden H. Postal, 19, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- David M. Schmidt, 49, Eveleth, predatory offender fails to fulfill registration requirement, fined $100, 23 days local confinement and 16 months in prison, prison time stayed on three years probation with conditions, pay $226 in restitution.
- Noah G. Singer, 39, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Samantha L. Skogquist, 22, Duluth, driving after suspension, fined $200.
- Mindy C. Stanaway, 40, Mountain Iron, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Jacob R. Swing, 29, Swan River, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Luke M. Thibault, 42, Eveleth, domestic assault - subsequent violation, fined $500 and one year local confinement, 362 days stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Rebecca A. Thompson, 32, Cloquet, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Sommer D. Thompson, 38, Brevator Township, driving after revocation, fined $200.
- Bradley W. J. Wing, 33, Duluth, three counts driving after suspension (offenses dated: 8/13/16, 10/7/16, 7/10/17), fined $200 per each count.
April 19
- Amanda J. Anderson, 43, Virginia, driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Thomas D. Anderson, 20, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Amanda J. Andrea, 34, Proctor, two counts hands-free law violation, fined $50 per each count.
- Sandy K. Bryant, 58, Gilbert, move over law violation, fined $50.
- Andre F. Buck, 23, Virginia, driving while impaired, fined $300 and 30 days local confinement, 28 days stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Andrew R. Castro, 27, Duluth, driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Madison S. Claviter, 18, Iron, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Joey J. Enger Sr., 53, Blackduck, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Brody J. Erickson, 19, Keewatin, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Angelo M. Garza, 39, Superior, fleeing a peace officer, fined $50 and one year and one day in prison.
- Devon J. Hanel, 20, Two Harbors, disorderly conduct, fined 50 and 90 days local confinement, 88 days stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Brian W. Karich, 70, Hibbing, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Michael B. Martin, 35, Duluth, driving after revocation (offense dated: 1/16/14), fined $200.
- Zander A. Monson, 19, Aurora, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $300 and one year local confinement, 362 days stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Kansas M. Neari, 21, Embarrass, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- William R. Nieters, 63, Cook, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Brenna K. Phinney, 53, Cloquet, careless driving, fined $1,000 and 60 days local confinement, time and $950 stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Rena J. Pugleasa, 45, Deer River, hands-free law violation, fined $50; child passenger restraint violation, fined $50.
- Courtney S. Rogers, 31, Proctor, driving after suspension, fined $200.
- Branden W. L. Schatz, 22, Ramsey, Minnesota, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Joseph T. Sullivan, 51, Silver Bay, assault, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, 88 days stayed on one year probation with conditions, 120 hours Community Work Service.
- Jerome B. Voorhees, 46, Duluth, assault, fined $50, one year local confinement, 74 months in prison and 100 hours Community Work Service, prison time stayed on five years probation with conditions.
- Phillip R. White, 31, Duluth, theft of a motor vehicle, fined $50, 113 days local confinement, 23 months in prison, pay $425 in restitution, prison time stayed on three years probation with conditions.
April 20
- Aliyah Raymond, 21, Mountain Iron, damage to property, fined $50.
- Shawon I. Biswas, 34, Eagan, Minnesota, driving 85 mph in a 60 mph zone, fined $70.
- Ella J. Bredahl, 18, Delano, Minnesota, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Blake M. Brenny, 28, Ely, forestry violation - failure to obtain consent to remove/cut decorative tree boughs, fined $100.
- Nastassia J. Brown, 32, Duluth, interfere with an emergency phone call, fined $50 and 91 days local confinement, 83 days stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Tyler W. Cameron, 33, Chisholm, driving while impaired, fined $100 and one year local confinement, 351 days stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Dwayne M. Chapple, 29, Duluth, possession of drug paraphernalia, fined $50.
- Eric C. Chilson, 43, Ely, driving while impaired, fined $500 and one year local confinement, 350 days stayed on two years probation with conditions; driving after revocation, fined $50 and one year local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions, concurrent.
- Frederick D. Christopher, 32, Duluth, domestic assault, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, 87 days stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Tristan D. Columbus, 22, Cloquet, assault, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, 71 days stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Andrew B. Copeland, 44, Angora, driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and 90 days local confinement, 87 days stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Arthur P. Dallum, 54, Duluth, driving after cancellation, adjudication stayed for one year, $500 fine.
- Bradley A. Deschampe, 44, Duluth, disorderly conduct, fined $50 and 60 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Ryan D. Dewey, 43, Esko, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Ronald W. Dianoski, 39, Duluth, driving after revocation (offense dated: 9/8/15), fined $200.
- Robert A. Dixon, 56, Hibbing, driving after suspension (offense dated: 10/17/17), fined $200.
- Justin A. Eckstrom, 32, Duluth, driving after revocation (offense dated: 10/31/18), fined $200.
- Jason M. Evans, 38, Hoyt Lakes, driving after revocation, adjudication stayed for one year, fined $50.
- Ezekiel I. Gavol, 44, Duluth, driving after revocation (offense dated: 4/19/16), fined $200.
- Rachel L. Hansen, 37, Duluth, theft, adjudication stayed on two years probation, $50 fine.
- Douglas E. Harris, 59, Duluth, driving after revocation (offense dated: 10/24/15), fined $200.
- Willie K. Harris II, 38, Duluth, four counts driving after revocation (offenses dated: 4/19/14, 1/12/16, 7/20/16, 5/31/17), fined $200 per each count.
- River R. Hietala, 22, Cloquet, possession of a controlled substance, adjudication stayed one day probation, 190 days local confinement.
- Marshawn R. Hill, 29, Duluth, possession of over 1.4 grams marijuana in a motor vehicle, fined $150; driving after revocation (offense dated: 12/22/19), fined $200.
- William H. Holz, 22, Byron, Minnesota, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Donna J. Jackson, 35, Floodwood, domestic assault, fined $50 and one year local confinement, 363 days stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Quinn D. Jones, 48, Hermantown, domestic assault, continued for dismissal for one year.
- Dana L. Jordahl, 41, Virginia, driving while impaired, fined $301; second count driving while impaired, fined $300 and one year local confinement, 335 days stayed on two years probation with conditions, concurrent; driving while impaired.
- Robert D. King, 35, Rochester, Minnesota, violation of a restraining order, adjudication stayed for one year, 11 days local confinement.
- Rocky E. King, 35, Orr, driving after revocation (offense dated: 12/3/18), adjudication stayed for six months, $100 fine and 11 days local confinement; possession of a controlled substance, fined $100 and one year local confinement, 354 days stayed on two years probation with conditions, concurrent.
- Samantha L. Klander, 23, Virginia, driving while impaired, fined $300 and one year local confinement, 335 days stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Kristian J. Koivisto, 46, Duluth, driving after suspension (offense dated: 5/1/11), fined $200.
- Samuel J. Lemieux Jr., 22, Duluth, give false information to a peace officer, 90 days local confinement, pay $10 in restitution.
- Stephanie A. Lockhart, 34, Hibbing, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Jolene D. Lund, 37, Chisholm, receiving stolen property, fined $100, 8 days local confinement and one year and one day in prison, prison time stayed on three years probation with conditions, pay $871 in restitution.
- Sydney J. McFarland, 32, Duluth, driving while impaired, fined $500 and one year local confinement, 335 days stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Joshua J. McNamara, 35, Rosemount, Minnesota, driving with canceled/revoked/stolen plates, fined $300; driving after revocation (offense dated: 2/8/15), fined $200.
- Douglas J. Miller, 32, Eveleth, carry/possess pistol without a permit in a public place, fined $50 and one year local confinement, 359 days stayed on one year probation with conditions; obstructing legal process, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, 84 days stayed on one year probation with conditions, concurrent.
- Joseph M. Muzzy, 46, International Falls, driving while impaired, fined $300 and one year local confinement, 335 days stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Bella R. Nelson, 19, Hutchinson, Minnesota, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Chelsey A. Orcutt, 32, Babbitt, disorderly conduct, fined $700 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Kyle T. Parendo, 30, St. Cloud, Minnesota, offering a forged check, adjudication stayed on two years probation with conditions, $50 fine, three days local confinement and pay $3,324 in restitution.
- Adrian L. Perkio, 27, Aurora, driving while impaired, fined $900 and one year local confinement, 335 days stayed on two years probation with conditions; carrying pistol while under the influence, fined $300 and 90 days local confinement, 87 days stayed on one year probation with conditions, concurrent.
- Tyler A. Peterson, 28, Hermantown, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $1,000 and 60 days local confinement, time and $950 stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Kim M. Pettinari, 65, Virginia, hands-free law violation - second or subsequent offense, fined $275.
- Mark D. Purcell, 64, Effie, driving 80 mph in a 55 mph fine, fined $70.
- Susan J. Przybylski, 74, Hoyt Lakes, driving after cancellation, fined $200.
- Jeffery T. Rider, 52, Park Falls, Wisconsin, vehicle violate forest products permit - exceed gross weight violation, fined $400.
- Sasha G. Santa, 32, Tower, driving while impaired, fined $300 and one year local confinement, 335 days stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Breanna L. Spicer, 28, Duluth, aiding an offender, imposition stayed on three years probation with conditions, fined $50 and 3 days local confinement.
- Theresa M. Venth, 21, Minneapolis, theft, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, 81 days stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Stephanie A. Vittorio, 36, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, driving after revocation (offense dated: 8/5/12), fined $200.
- Stirling T. Walden, 40, Shoreview, Minnesota, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $500 and one year local confinement, 350 days stayed on two years probation with conditions.
April 21
- Ralph L. Ainsworth, 73, Virginia, possession of drug paraphernalia, fined $50; marijuana in a motor vehicle, fined $50.
- Courtney J. Bartz, 46, Duluth, driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and 60 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Joe D. Benjamin, 23, Duluth, violation of order for protection, adjudication stayed on one year probation with conditions, 3 days local confinement.
- Lyric L. Bower, 19, Side Lake, shoplifting, adjudication stayed for one year, $100 fine.
- Deanna J. Ellison, 21, Tower, driving after revocation, fined $200.
- Michael C. Finstad, 35, Duluth, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $50, 6 days local confinement and 48 months in prison, prison time stayed on five years probation with conditions.
- Evan J. Fuhr, 29, Hoyt Lakes, driving while impaired, fined $500 and one year local confinement, 355 days stayed on two years probation with conditions.
- Michelle M. Hopkins, 51, Biwabik, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Brodey W. Jensen, 25, St. Cloud, Minnesota, aid and abet sale of a controlled substance, 51 months in prison.
- Mark D. Krhin, 34, Side Lake, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Joshua D. Larson, 47, Grand Rapids, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Joseph Marchese, 62, Bloomington, Minnesota, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Zykena C. McCurtis, 22, Duluth, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $1,000 and 60 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Irene M. McEntyre, 29, confidential address, driving after suspension, fined $200.
- Karen E. McLean, 65, shoplifting, continued for dismissal on one year probation with conditions.
- William Mullally, 59, Cloquet, forestry violation - careless or negligent fires, 90 days local confinement, 85 days stayed on one year probation.
- Geoff N. Nelson, 28, Duluth, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Cally K. Olson, 47, Duluth, driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and 60 days local confinement, time and $950 stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Rachel A. Ryberg, 30, Virginia, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Miranda J. Schulz, 27, Cloquet, hands-free law violation, fined $50.
- Jonathan T. Severson, 24, Lakeville, Minnesota, carrying a pistol with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $50 and 90 days local confinement, time stayed on one year probation with conditions.
- Matthew D. Stolp, 38, Nashwauk, vehicle violate forest products permit - exceed gross weight violation, fined $500.
- Austin J. Wenske, 23, Superior, operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content, fined $2,000 and one year probation with conditions, 363 days and $1,900 stayed on two years probation with conditions.
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PORTLAND, Maine — Virginia Oliver of Rockland has a story that’s irresistible. You may not recognize her by name, but chances are excellent that you know about her. She is, after all, one of a kind and still lobstering with her son at the age of 103.
Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs ought to know a good story when she sees one, given that she’s a middle school librarian. She’s also the author of children’s books, the latest of which is a story about Oliver entitled "The Lobster Lady."
"I found a way to contact her and when she said yes, please come. I met her the very next day," Hinrichs recalled. "That cemented it. I knew it was a story that needed to be told."
The illustrator of the book, Jamie Hogan, also wanted to spend some time with Ginny before tackling her part of the job.
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Laurel is making road improvements thanks to a $25M grant. Get the details here
Laurel is getting some "Home Town" love from Uncle Sam this year with a nearly $25 million investment.
The money is a grant from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity program. RAISE distributed more than $2.2 billion for projects nationwide.
"This is a real game-changer for the city," Mayor Johnny Magee said. "It is by far the largest single grant that the city has ever been awarded."
The third time was the charm for Laurel, as its first two attempts for the grant were unsuccessful, Magee said. As an added bonus, the RAISE grant does not require the traditional 20% match by the city.
Magee said the long-planned corridor connecting U.S. 84 East with U.S. 84 West tops the city's wish list. The corridor also will streamline a connection between the city's west and east sides that will allow motorist to travel through the city "in a swift and efficient manner," he said.
The dream of having an east-west corridor through Laurel began more than 30 years ago, Magee said. The city at that time applied for funding for the project and received roughly $3.5 million — far less than what was needed.
"Since we never received additional funding for this project, we transferred these funds to be used on the newly completed Leontyne Price corridor, which is a gateway into downtown," Magee said.
That project's final cost was around $5.3 million. Now with $24,882,500 to work with, that longtime goal will become a reality.
"One of the aims of the grant was to connect various communities in the city, and this achieves that goal by connecting a low-income community with the rest of the larger community," Magee said.
The city has a large tourism base thanks in part to Laurelites Erin and Ben Napier, stars of HGTV's "Home Town" show. Improving the city's streets will not only make it easier for visitors to tour the renovated homes or show downtown, it also will make daily travel better for residents in all areas of the city.
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Mandy Hegwood, an engineer with Neel-Schaffer and Laurel Main Street board member said the grant will help the overall economy of Laurel and make the city easier to navigate. Neel-Schaffer worked with the city on the grant application.
"The grant is a great opportunity for the city and a great accomplishment," Hegwood said. "The grant really will extend beyond the downtown imprint and open up economic opportunities for growth throughout the city."
The grant also will help the city improve pedestrian, wheelchair and motor vehicle accessibility along the east-to-west corridor and allow people get to the downtown area much more easily, Hegwood said.
"There are a lot more components to it than just streetscape and roadway, it has a lot of safety improvements," she said.
One area of concern is the periodic flash flooding under the Teresa Street overpass, Hegwood said. With the grant, the city is able to partner with the Mississippi Department of Transportation to improve the drainage pumps and pipes in that area.
"By repairing the pumps and upgrading the drainage culvert size to be able to handle more rainwater, (it would alleviate) the flooding that occurs at the railroad underpass that floods after heavy rains, which has traditionally separated the community on the east side of town from the rest of the city to the west," Magee said.
So what can Laurelites expect to see in the coming months? Magee explained:
- The project will begin at Cooks Avenue on the east, traveling west down Teresa Street, through the 5-Point intersection where five streets come together. Magee said the five sets of traffic lights will be replaced by a roundabout to make traffic flow smoother and faster.
- The next step in the project will be in a southerly direction on Magnolia Street and go westward to Sawmill Road in front of the main post office.
- On Sawmill Road, the project will continue through the downtown area past the courthouse and tax office before wrapping into the roundabout at the north end of the Leontyne Price project.
- From there, it will continue on Sawmill Road to the intersection of U.S. 84 West.
The length of the project is approximately 1.7 miles, Magee said, and will allow for easier access to downtown from every direction.
"Those who have been accustomed to traveling this route will notice the efficient movement from east to west and also from west to east," the mayor said. "They will be able to maneuver the length of the project, and instead of having to wait patiently on seven separate traffic lights, they will be able to travel with fewer lights that will be synchronized along with at least one roundabout that will move them swiftly from one side of town to the other."
The road and infrastructure projects could not have been done without the grant funding, which was made possible with help from the state's senators.
"We would like to thank our friends in Washington, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Sen. Roger Wicker for their support over the years in assisting the city in securing this very important grant, Magee said. "Laurel was among the select 15% of applicants nationwide to be awarded the RAISE Grant."
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Laurel was one of only two cities in Mississippi to receive RAISE grants this year. Meridian received $3.5 million to help complete the North Hills Street Project, which will include road widening and adding pedestrian and bicycle facilities and turn lanes. the project also will help the city reconfigure and realign existing intersections, install traffic signals, rehabilitate existing pavement and provide retaining walls.
The project is expected to improve safety, reduce congestion and promote walking and biking in Meridian.
“This round of RAISE grants is helping create a new generation of good-paying jobs in rural and urban communities alike, with projects whose benefits will include improving safety, fighting climate change, advancing equity, strengthening our supply chain and more,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a news release.
For more information on the RAISE program, visit transportation.gov/RAISEgrants.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A Birmingham toddler has died days after being found unresponsive in a pool on Saturday.
Damarion Henry, 2, was found unresponsive in the water of an above ground pool at his residence at 7:20 p.m. on July 8 in the 4500 block of 74th Place North.
Henry was taken to Birmingham Children’s Hospital and remained there until he was pronounced dead Tuesday morning at 1:57 a.m.
The circumstances surrounding his death are being investigated by the Birmingham Police Department. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/child-dies-days-after-being-found-unresponsive-in-birmingham-pool/ | 2023-07-12T15:23:36 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/child-dies-days-after-being-found-unresponsive-in-birmingham-pool/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Two Birmingham firefighters were seriously injured after being shot at a fire station Wednesday morning.
According to Birmingham Fire and Rescue, the firefighters were shot inside Fire Station 9 in the 1200 block of 27th Street North around 8:30 a.m. Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmand said the firefighters had likely just made a shift change and the back door was open, as it usually is for the public.
Both have been taken to a hospital in the area and law enforcement is on the scene. The shooter is still at large.
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Tucson Unified School District's property tax rate will drop in fiscal year 2024 because property valuations have risen.
In other words, if you own a home in TUSD, your tax rate per $100,000 of assessed valuation will decrease, but your assessed value very well may have gone up.
Property owners within TUSD will pay $20.74 less to the district for every $100,000 of their property's assessed value than they did in fiscal year 2023.
The owner of a home valued at $100,000 will pay a total of $397.53 in TUSD property taxes, down from $418.27 the year before.
Because overall property valuations in Pima County have gone up, TUSD's tax rate can drop and still cover the district's budget, TUSD chief financial officer Ricky Hernandez explained at a governing board meeting Tuesday night.
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It will be the second year in a row that TUSD has slightly lowered its tax rate.
TUSD's total budget for fiscal year 2024 will be $846.8 million (up from $808 million this year), including $394.9 million for maintenance and operations.
The district, Pima County's largest, serves more than 40,000 students at 87 schools.
TUSD will ask its voters on Nov. 7 to approve a $480 million bond package to update and renovate schools, add security systems, provide access for every student to computers/iPads, and buy buses.
If voters approve, the bond package's tax rate will be 69 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, meaning it would cost the average homeowner in TUSD, with a home value of $183,000, about $126 a year. | https://tucson.com/news/local/education/precollegiate/schools-property-taxes-tucson-unified-budget/article_182de148-204e-11ee-b07c-2bc3e291bc1a.html | 2023-07-12T15:26:25 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/education/precollegiate/schools-property-taxes-tucson-unified-budget/article_182de148-204e-11ee-b07c-2bc3e291bc1a.html |
GILBERT, Ariz. — A 20-year-old man in Gilbert is still recovering from a motorcycle crash that nearly ended his life.
“The whole situation was just absolutely awful.”
It was at the end of March when Chase Weltz said he was riding his motorcycle back to his Gilbert home. He was in the HOV lane on the US 60 when a driver cut through multiple lanes of traffic and into the HOV lane. As he was getting into the lane, Weltz said the driver immediately hit the brakes. Unable to stop, Weltz crashed into the back of the car.
“I ended up flipping over the car," Weltz said.
According to the crash incident report by The Arizona Department of Public Safety, the driver of the car told investigators he did not see the motorcycle.
Weltz was transported to the emergency room and underwent three surgeries. He said his pelvis shattered in eight places and both of his arms were broken. His 15-minute drive home became a month-long stay in the hospital.
Three months later, Weltz is back home but said he still has trouble walking and using his arms. Having to go to physical therapy two times a week and rely on his family to help him with simple tasks.
“I can’t experience my life as a 20-year-old anymore," he said.
Despite the pain he is in, he knew a situation like this was possible since he first got his license at 16 years old.
“It’s never are you going to get into a motorcycle accident, it’s when.”
What saved him that day Weltz said was his helmet and safety gear. Believing if he wasn't wearing it, he wouldn't be here now.
“I should have been dead," Weltz said.
While he wishes drivers would pay more attention on the roads, he said motorcyclists know the inherent danger and need to take precautions themselves.
"I don’t care how hot it is, you have to wear a helmet, you have to wear gloves,” he said.
Even though he still has a long road to recovery, Weltz said he plans on once again riding in the future.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Live Nation is known for having some amazing deals when it comes to concert tickets, and this Summer deal is no different.
The multinational entertainment company has started its Summer’s Live concert series that gives fans the opportunity to purchase 4 tickets for $80 all-in to select events.
Artists include The Chicks (formerly the Dixie Chicks), Lil Durk and Ne-Yo just to name a few.
“All-in” refers to the fact that there are no hidden fees associated with the purchase. The promotion will start July 19 and will end Aug. 1.
The promotion is available to over 2,500 shows at a range of venues. The full list of events will be available on July 19 at 10 a.m. | https://cw33.com/news/local/dont-miss-out-on-chances-to-groover-all-summer-long-four-tickets-for-80/ | 2023-07-12T15:40:20 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/dont-miss-out-on-chances-to-groover-all-summer-long-four-tickets-for-80/ |
LAUREL, Md. — The Department of Parks and Recreation in Prince George’s County has discovered a host of dinosaur bones at its Dinosaur Park in Laurel, Maryland. On Wednesday, the Department is expected to unveil new information about the bones themselves and the significance of their discovery. Paleontologists are calling this rare discovery of dinosaur bones from multiple different species in the same geologic layer, a “bone bed.”
This “bone bed” found in Maryland is historic for the state, as it is the first of its kind found in the area since 1887. However, it is also a milestone for paleontological research.
Because of this historic discovery, the Department of Parks and Recreation in Prince George’s County is holding a conference to disclose to the public its insights on the bones and the significance of their discovery. The conference will include remarks from various experts and representatives of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPCC), including chairman Peter A. Shapiro, and paleontologists JP Hodnett and Thomas Holtz.
The M-NCPCC owns the Maryland Dinosaur Park, home to fossils which date back to the early Cretaceous Period. For any and all Dino-lovers, the park provides a variety of educational experiences—helping park staff and acting as paleontologists for the day.
The park’s environment is reflective of an early Cretaceous period river and wetland, which is similar to the Patuxent River Park in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The park contains fossils that are 115 million years old, which predate the Tyrannosaurus Rex by 50 million years! Astrodon Johnstoni, the largest species of dinosaur found east of the Mississippi River — commonly called the Maryland State dinosaur — can also be found at the park.
The Department will reveal the new information about the recently discovered “bone bed” at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday at the Dinosaur Park. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/dinosaur-bones-found-in-maryland/65-55679e66-f9de-4ffc-ae51-6f832c204862 | 2023-07-12T15:40:40 | 0 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/dinosaur-bones-found-in-maryland/65-55679e66-f9de-4ffc-ae51-6f832c204862 |
Ex-contract worker's accomplice pleads guilty in Mich. unemployment insurance scheme
A Detroit man has pleaded guilty to helping a former unemployment agency worker steal more than $550,000 in a fraud and identity theft scheme, officials said Wednesday.
William Haynes, 26, entered the guilty plea Tuesday in federal court, according to United States Attorney Dawn Ison.
Haynes admitted to engaging in a criminal conspiracy with Autumn Mims, a former contract worker for the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency, Ison said in a statement. Mims was an examiner and her job was to review, process and verify unemployment insurance claims.
Haynes is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 28, 2023. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
Officials also said Haynes has agreed to pay $448,614 in restitution.
"William Haynes conspired with former Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency Examiner Autumn Mims to defraud the state of Michigan," Irene Lindow, Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General, Great Lakes Region, said in a statement. "Haynes worked with Mims to certify Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) unemployment insurance (UI) claims he knew were fraudulent. The proceeds from the fraudulent claims were deposited into bank accounts that Haynes and Mims controlled."
Authorities said shortly after Mims started working for the agency in August 2020, she began using her access to fraudulently process claims in the names of third parties without their knowledge or permission.
As part of the scheme, Haynes altered direct deposit information for the claims, accessed claim information without authorization, completed false and fraudulent certifications for benefits, opened bank accounts in the names of third parties, provided stolen identification information to Mims, and withdrew cash in the names of those third parties.
Meanwhile, Mims pleaded guilty in May to federal charges related to the scheme. Prosecutors charged Mims in 2021. She is scheduled to be sentenced in September and faces a mandatory two-year prison sentence for aggravated identity theft and up to 20 years in prison for wire fraud conspiracy.
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Suspect who shot at St. Clair Co. deputies Tuesday dead
A St. Clair County man is dead after shooting at sheriff's deputies Tuesday and barricading himself in a home, officials said.
A deputy attempted to conduct a traffic stop at about 8 p.m. on Lakeshore Road south of Shorewood Road, according to authorities. The deputy learned the registered owner of the vehicle, a 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer, was wanted on an outstanding felony warrant, they said.
The SUV's driver, identified as Jeffery Adams, 35, of Fort Gratiot Township, initially stopped for the deputy but then fled resulting in a slow car chase that ended at Adam's home, police said.
They said Adams got out of the SUV, ran into the home and fired a single shot at deputies through one of the house's windows. Deputies took cover and a second shot was heard.
Police used a drone to canvas the area and determined Adams was still inside the home. They set up a perimeter and asked nearby residents to shelter in place for their safety, officials said.
After investigators obtained a search warrant for the home, deputies used the drone to search inside the house.
Officials found Adams in the home deceased with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, they said. Deputies searched the rest of the home and confirmed he was the only person in it.
Authorities said deputies did not fire any shots during the incident and no other injuries were reported.
"This not the outcome that we hoped for, any loss of life is tragic," St. Clair County Sheriff Mat King said in a statement. "I would like to commend all of the deputies and departments involved and am relieved that no law enforcement was injured."
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U.S. Coast Guard, crews spur search for man, 21, who fell overboard on Lake Erie
Jakkar Aimery
The Detroit News
Authorities from multiple agencies are searching for a 21-year-old man who fell overboard from a boat late Tuesday near Lake Erie's South Bass Island, according to the United States Coast Guard's 9th District.
The unidenitfied man fell from a 27-foot boat around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday and was separated from the vessel because of winds and currents.
Crews from the United States Coast Guard's Station Marblehead in Ohio, Air Station in Detroit and other agencies' search and rescue crews are searching for the man, said the United States Coast Guard's 9th District in a tweet Wednesday morning.
The agency said it would provide updates once they became available.
No further details were released.
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LAUREL, Md. — The Department of Parks and Recreation in Prince George’s County has discovered a host of dinosaur bones at its Dinosaur Park in Laurel, Maryland. On Wednesday, the Department is expected to unveil new information about the bones themselves and the significance of their discovery. Paleontologists are calling this rare discovery of dinosaur bones from multiple different species in the same geologic layer, a “bone bed.”
This “bone bed” found in Maryland is historic for the state, as it is the first of its kind found in the area since 1887. However, it is also a milestone for paleontological research.
Because of this historic discovery, the Department of Parks and Recreation in Prince George’s County is holding a conference to disclose to the public its insights on the bones and the significance of their discovery. The conference will include remarks from various experts and representatives of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPCC), including chairman Peter A. Shapiro, and paleontologists JP Hodnett and Thomas Holtz.
The M-NCPCC owns the Maryland Dinosaur Park, home to fossils which date back to the early Cretaceous Period. For any and all Dino-lovers, the park provides a variety of educational experiences—helping park staff and acting as paleontologists for the day.
The park’s environment is reflective of an early Cretaceous period river and wetland, which is similar to the Patuxent River Park in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The park contains fossils that are 115 million years old, which predate the Tyrannosaurus Rex by 50 million years! Astrodon Johnstoni, the largest species of dinosaur found east of the Mississippi River — commonly called the Maryland State dinosaur — can also be found at the park.
The Department will reveal the new information about the recently discovered “bone bed” at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday at the Dinosaur Park. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/dinosaur-bones-found-in-maryland/65-55679e66-f9de-4ffc-ae51-6f832c204862 | 2023-07-12T16:05:12 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/dinosaur-bones-found-in-maryland/65-55679e66-f9de-4ffc-ae51-6f832c204862 |
TITUSVILLE, Fla. — The city of Titusville on Tuesday issued a precautionary boil water notice for some residents.
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Officials said that shortly before 3 p.m., workers shut off a water main that services more than 100 customers.
The shut-off was done so repairs could be made to a broken main on Raney Road.
Addresses impacted by the boil water notice are as follows:
- 3545 through 3790 Raney Road
- 770 through 806 Florencia Circle
- 565, 575, and 585 Shadow Wood Lane (all units)
- 420 through 595 Willow Green Lane
- 3485 Country Club Drive
Officials said while the notice was issued as a precaution, they advised customers to either use bottled water or boil their tap water for at least one minute when using for:
- Drinking
- Cooking
- Making ice
- Brushing teeth
- Washing dishes
The boil water notice will remain in effect until samples confirm that the water is safe to drink, which could be as soon as Thursday, the city said.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — (AP) — Record global ocean heating has invaded Florida with a vengeance.
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Water temperatures in the mid-90s are threatening delicate coral reefs, depriving swimmers of cooling dips and adding a bit more ick to the Sunshine State’s already oppressive summer weather.
Forecasters are warning of temperatures that with humidity will feel like 110 degrees by week’s end.
If that’s not enough, Florida is about to get a dose of dust from Africa’s Saharan desert that’s likely to hurt air quality.
The globe is coming off a week of heat not seen in modern measurements, the World Meteorological Organization said Monday, using data from Japan’s weather agency to confirm unofficial records reported nearly daily last week by the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer.
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Japan reported the global average temperature on Friday was half a degree warmer than its past record hottest day in August 2016.
Global sea surface temperatures have been record high since April and the North Atlantic has been off-the-charts hot since mid-March, meteorologists report as climate change is linked to more extreme and deadly events.
“We are in uncharted territory and we can expect more records to fall,” said WMO director of climate services Christopher Hewitt. “This is worrying news for the planet.”
Now it’s Florida’s turn.
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Water temperature near Johnson Key came close to 97 degrees Monday evening, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration buoy.
Another buoy had a reading close to 95 near Vaca Key a day earlier. These are about 5 degrees warmer than normal this time of year, meteorologists said.
“That’s incredible,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Andrew Orrison. “The water is so warm you really can’t cool off.”
While the 95- and 96-degree readings were in shallow waters, “the water temperatures are 90 to 93 degrees Fahrenheit around much of Florida, which is extremely warm,” said University of Miami hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy. He said his 95-degree pool doesn’t cool him — it just leaves him wet.
Read: Hurricane season: Are you ready? Survey says many Floridians are not
Water temperatures across the Gulf of Mexico and Southwest Atlantic are 4 to 5 degrees warmer than normal, Orrison said.
Because the water is so warm, the air in Florida gets more humid and “that’s making things tougher or more oppressive for people who are going to be out and about,” he said.
The heat dome that baked Texas and Mexico for much of the early summer has oozed its way to Florida with sunshine, little to no cooling clouds or rain, but humidity worsened by the hot oceans, Orrison and McNoldy said.
Not only will it stick around for a while as weather patterns seem stuck — a sign of climate change, some scientists contend — “it may actually tend to get a little bit worse,” Orrison said, with extra heat and humidity that has NOAA forecasting a heat index around 110 by weekend.
Read: NOAA forecasters release predictions for 2023 Atlantic hurricane season
It could be worse. Air temperatures of 110 are forecast for the U.S. Southwest, including Arizona, New Mexico and southeast California, Orrison said.
Death Valley should see highs of 120 to 125 by the end of the week, and possibly a highly unusual 130.
At Hollywood Beach, south of Fort Lauderdale, Monday’s 91 degrees were about average and Glenn Stoutt said the breeze made him fine to do lunges with a 15-pound weighted ball and calisthenics — though he wore shoes on the blazing sand.
“It’s funny to watch the new people and the tourists get about halfway out and realize their feet are getting scorched,” Stoutt said. “They start running, but it doesn’t matter how fast you run, you need to get them in the water.”
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Scientists worry about the coral in that warmed-up water.
“There’s a good chance of heat stress accumulating very early in the season so we could be looking at nasty bleaching,” said International Coral Reef Society’s Mark Eakin, a retired top NOAA coral reef scientist. Bleaching weakens coral; it takes extended heat to kill it.
“We are already receiving reports of bleaching from Belize, which is very alarming this early in the summer,” said scientist Liv Williamson of the University of Miami’s Coral Reef Futures Lab. She said global projections give a 90% chance for major bleaching on many reefs, including in Pacific Islands along the Equator, the eastern tropical Pacific in Panama, the Caribbean coast of Central America, and in Florida.
“This is only July, this heat will just keep accumulating and these corals will be forced to deal with dangerously warm conditions for much longer than is normal,” Williamson said in an email.
Coral bleaching and die-offs are becoming more frequent with climate change, especially during an El Nino, with Australia’s Great Barrier Reef losing half its coral during the last supersized El Nino in 2016, Williamson said.
Scientists say a new El Nino is part of the reason for the current heat, along with ever-increasing warming from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas.
Then there’s that Sahara dust.
With little rain to keep the soil grounded, it’s common this time of year for plumes of dust particles from the Sahara Desert to blow across the Atlantic on upper-level winds. It takes strong winds to push them all the way to Florida so it doesn’t happen often.
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One plume settled over South Florida on Monday, and the next plume was expected later in the week, said Sammy Hadi, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Miami. The plumes typically stay two to three days, and dry the atmosphere so there are fewer of the afternoon rains that are typical for Florida summers.
One plus: sunlight bouncing off those dust particles produces more vivid sunrises and sunsets.
“In general, it makes the sunrises and sunsets more vibrant and beautiful,” Hadi said.
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OSCEOLA COUNTY — Grab your cowboy hat and rustle up a pair of cowboy boots and you will be eligible for a free chicken meal on July 22nd in Kissimmee.
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In honor of the annual “National Day of the Cowboy,” the restaurant Kissimmee Chicken Cowboy is offering all guests that wear their cowboy gear a complimentary plate of a quarter white or dark chicken with one side.
Read: Orange County deputies host ‘Cram the Cruiser’ school supply drive Wednesday
Back in 2005, the organization National Day of the Cowboy (NDOC) sponsored a bill in the Wyoming House and Senate to preserve and celebrate cowboy culture and history in that state.
The bill passed.
Since then, since 15 other states had passed a similar bill.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — A Shetland foal born Tuesday morning at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground will one day help pull Cinderella’s pumpkin coach.
Theme park officials said the pony will follow in her sister Lily’s hoof-steps, helping to pull the coach at Walt Disney World.
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Officials said the foal was born at 4 a.m. on Tuesday, and at less than 24 hours old was already in the pasture bonding with her mom, Lady.
Soon, she’ll meet the two other Shetland pony foals who call Tri-Circle-D Ranch home, Sprout and Finn, who were born earlier this spring.
Photos: 2 zebra foals born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Newborn foals typically weigh around 35 pounds, and within the first three months grow to nearly three-quarters of their mature size.
Fully grown, the foals are expected to weigh in at approximately 450 pounds.
Photos: Twin cotton-top tamarin monkeys born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Officials haven’t shared the foal’s name yet, but said they plan to in the coming weeks.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In 2022, Florida lawmakers took the bold step of approving three non-Florida universities to have their own Florida license plates: Auburn, Alabama, and Georgia.
A year later, only the Dawgs have had enough fans in the Sunshine State to get their plates printed.
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According to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles’ 2023 July report of active specialty plates, 2,798 Florida drivers now have Florida license plates featuring the University of Georgia.
So, which counties love them some Dawgs? The top 5 are Duval (382), Nassau (256), St. Johns (249), Clay (123), and Hillsborough (96).
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Gilchrist and Washington only have one lone driver each honoring the two-time defending college football National Champion Georgia Bulldogs.
To get plates printed, a fan base of Florida drivers would need to pre-order at least 3,000 plates, something Georgia fans were able to do, even though not all have been delivered. Alabama and Auburn have not, yet.
Read: ‘They’ve got my money’: Consumers complain they paid for specialty tags they never got
While the University of Georgia can be proud of its accomplishment, the University of Florida, as you might expect, is still number one in the state with 92,042 active plates as of July 2023.
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Two people were hurt in an explosion while working inside a midtown Manhattan building, according to police.
The blast occurred around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday on the 34th floor of a building on Madison Avenue between 55th and 56th streets.
An acetylene tank was apparently involved, according to police, who added two contractors were using a torch that ignited and caused a small explosion and fire.
FDNY responded to the scene and extinguished the fire that broke out. Both contractors were taken to the hospital with minor burns and are expected to recover.
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No evacuations were issued and no one who lives nearby was displaced, police said.
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Wouldn't it be great if there were some cash just sitting out there with your name on it? There just might be.
The New York state comptroller's office is currently holding $18.4 billion in everyday people's "lost money" -- and it returns $1.5 million to those who file claims daily. However, a lot of people are missing out on lots of claim filings and there are over $7.2 billion in funds in June, according to the Office of Unclaimed Funds.
Manhattanites have the most unclaimed funds ($2.1 billion), while over $1 billion is owed to account holders in Brooklyn and Queens EACH. The numbers are stark on Long Island, too -- like 1.4 million accounts owed more than $887 million. Another billion dollars is owned in Westchester County. The list keeps going. You get the point.
Check this unclaimed funds map for a regional breakdown, or look below.
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It's also worth searching names of your relatives, especially those who have passed away. The accounts go back to the 1940s, and officials say you could be entitled to those funds.
New Jersey and Connecticut also have offices that handle unclaimed funds. The monies are usually checks sent to the wrong address that never got cashed. Most of them are in amounts of $50 or $100, but you never know. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nys-has-over-7-billion-in-unclaimed-funds-owned-to-10-million-accounts-in-june-see-if-any-is-yours/4498442/ | 2023-07-12T16:17:52 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nys-has-over-7-billion-in-unclaimed-funds-owned-to-10-million-accounts-in-june-see-if-any-is-yours/4498442/ |
SAN ANTONIO — A UTSA football player has been charged with driving while intoxicated in a crash back in December of last year.
Joshua Cephus, 22, was booked on a DWI charge on Monday, July 10, according to Bexar County Sheriff's Office. He was arrested after a warrant was issued due to having a blood alcohol content of 0.15 or higher from an incident last year. He was involved in a single vehicle rollover crash on December 9, 2022 close to the UTSA campus, where Babcock Road and UTSA Boulevard intersect.
Cephus told officials that he was driving south on Babcock about to turn left onto UTSA Boulevard when he lost control and rolled over multiple times before coming to a stop.
He had minor injuries, but didn't want any emergency medical assistance. Cephus' passenger, a former UTSA player named Emmanuel Odetola, also refused treatment from emergency workers, according to the incident report.
Cephus played four seasons for UTSA Roadrunners, from 2019-2022. He was named an honorable mention All-Conference USA two consecutive seasons. Following the crash, he was suspended from team activities and did not play in UTSA's bowl game.
Cephus was released on a $1,500 bond. He is scheduled to be arraigned in County Court 1 on August 9, according to court records.
UTSA release this statement regarding the incident:
"Joshua Cephus was suspended from team activities in December 2022 and did not play in the Cure Bowl. He was permitted to return to team activities in January following completion of the terms of his suspension. It would be up to a student conduct committee to determine if any further action is warranted."
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James Arthur Vineyards is moving forward on plans to build an event center and craft distillery on its Raymond acreage.
Co-owner Jim Ballard said the project, which involves rezoning the agricultural land to allow for a microdistillery, will come before the Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission in the coming weeks.
"There are a lot of hurdles that we have to get over, but we're taking our time and we're doing it right," Ballard said. "We're making sure that we cross all our T's and dot all of our I's and that the county is happy with what we're doing."
If everything were to fall into place, Ballard envisions the project breaking ground in October and being up and running by as early as May.
Ballard has been looking for ways to move the family business forward. An event center and adjoining microdistillery would accomplish that, while also enhancing the community.
"There's a need for nice events venues here in the Lincoln area," he said. "And at the same time, we've been toying with the idea of a distillery for quite some time."
It made no sense to do one without the other, he said.
"I thought that we might as well attach a distillery to make it really cool," Ballard said. "There's nothing quite like that around here."
The event venue, to be located east of the vineyard's headquarters on land it already owns, would be suitable for weddings, reunions, fundraising events and company retreats, Ballard said.
A driveway to the new building will be added and the parking area will be expanded, Ballard said.
Lincoln-based Schemmer is the architect for the project, while Ironhide Construction, also in Lincoln, will build it.
James Arthur has brought in a firm to do a traffic study on West Raymond Road to determine if a turn-only lane will need to be added at the facility's entrance.
Ballard said, amid the tree-line vineyard, the new structure would make for "a nice little wedding venue."
"Our hope is that we can make it a one-stop shop in terms of weddings," he said. "They could get married out here and then have the reception out here as well."
The microdistillery is an added bonus — something Ballard has been toying with even before he experimented earlier this year with aging some of James Arthur's wines in used spirit bottles to enhance their flavor profiles.
"It's something I've been thinking about for a while," he said.
So much so, that he went to Louisville, Kentucky, earlier this year and took part in an intensive weeklong seminar called Moonshine University that taught some of the finer points in distilling alcohol.
"I know that it's a little bit different than winemaking, which is a little bit different than beer-making," he said. "But there are some similarities."
And, at the end of the day, it all comes down to the ingredients. Ballard said great wines "are made in a vineyard." The same is true with the best spirits, he said.
"We're in the middle of the best corn-growing state in the world," he said. "A lot of the grains we're gonna have will be great."
Ballard said he wants to use locally grown grains — from rye to corn — and the plan is to make bourbon and brandy, while possibly experimenting with a rum made from sugar beets.
"We're just at the beginning stages, and I've scoped out a lot of the equipment — I've got it picked out," he said, adding that he is working with a consultant in Kentucky who helped to get Woodford Reserve up and running.
"We want to make sure this is done right. We want to make sure that it's just an incredible facility that people can really be proud of and that we can showcase another aspect of what we can do here in Nebraska." | https://journalstar.com/life-entertainment/local/food-drink/winery-near-lincoln-wants-to-expand/article_81a5b02c-201e-11ee-92e7-fb573374cd48.html | 2023-07-12T16:19:12 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/life-entertainment/local/food-drink/winery-near-lincoln-wants-to-expand/article_81a5b02c-201e-11ee-92e7-fb573374cd48.html |
The saga of Lincoln’s Fairness Ordinance has moved to the courts.
Kay Siebler, a leader of a group called Let Lincoln Vote, is asking Lancaster County District Court to order the City Council to enact an ordinance updating city discrimination protections to include gender identity, sexual orientation and veterans — or put it on the ballot.
The lawsuit is the latest move in a 17-month controversy over whether the city should update Title 11, the city code dealing with equal opportunity in housing, employment and public accommodation.
The lawsuit alleges that had city officials followed its charter, the Let Lincoln Vote ballot initiative to get the ordinance passed or on the ballot wouldn’t have been thrown out.
The group made the same argument to the City Council: That the city charter does not require the Lancaster County election commissioner to verify the signatures, and therefore doesn’t require — as state law says — a notification in red ink indicating whether circulators are paid or volunteer.
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That red ink notification, or the lack of it, led the election commissioner to throw out Let Lincoln Vote’s ballot initiative signatures last August.
That ballot initiative was just the latest turn in a process that began in February 2022 when the City Council passed an ordinance broadly updating Title 11 — a decade after a different City Council had passed a more narrowly worded ordinance.
In addition to adding protections for sexual orientation and gender identity, the 2022 ordinance included veterans and updated definitions of marriage, race and natural origins; strengthened definitions and updated disability protections.
Opponents, led by the Nebraska Family Alliance, mounted a successful referendum petition drive, gathering enough signatures to force the council either to rescind the ordinance or let Lincoln voters decide.
A decade earlier, following a similar referendum petition, the council had done nothing and the original Fairness Ordinance sat dormant. This council was determined not to let that happen.
Division among supporters on how best to proceed — some worried they didn’t have the organization or financing in place to successfully overcome well-organized, well-financed opponents and there weren’t sufficient supports for transgender people likely to be targeted — prompted a divided City Council to rescind the ordinance.
Siebler and other supporters then gathered signatures for its own ballot initiative, convinced voters would approve a Fairness Ordinance, given the opportunity.
The group collected more than 11,0000 signatures — well over the number needed — but in August the Lancaster County election commissioner threw them out, saying they were invalid because they didn’t include the notice in red ink as required by state law.
Let Lincoln Vote filed a second ballot initiative to get the question on the May ballot, but were frustrated by what they said was an inability to get city or county officials to ensure the petition forms were accurate and valid this time around.
Now they’ve asked the court to intervene. So stay tuned.
Aiming for synchronicity
If you thought there was no science to making traffic flow smoothly along city streets, think again.
The city got a $100,000 federal grant through the Nebraska Department of Transportation to use software designed by Iowa State University Professor Anuj Sharma. The grant will pay $80,000, the city the remaining $20,000.
Dan Carpenter, the city’s traffic engineering manager, said the city can collect lots of data about how many cars go through an intersection, how long they sit at red lights and how many go through an intersection on a green light. But analyzing all that data is time intensive.
Enter Sharma’s software, which can more effectively crunch all that data to show how the city’s timing of traffic lights is working and how it might improve.
The city has been working to make the lights more efficient through a $6.8 million initiative called Green Light Lincoln. In September 2021, city officials touted the work, saying it had reduced the time Lincolnites spent in cars by 1.2 million hours, meant 68 million fewer vehicle stops, a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and an annual saving of $23.7 million in fuel costs since the program began in 2016.
The professor’s software will continue that work.
“It’s another tool in our toolbox to do that,” Carpenter said.
It will also allow Lincoln to compare its system to cities of comparable size, he said.
Will it result in dramatic changes Lincoln’s motorists will notice?
No, though maybe noticeable to the very observant among us.
But Carpenter warns that motorists will still find themselves stopped at lights that drive them nuts, which, he noted, turn red for a reason. Even if it might not be immediately obvious.
Keeping the water flowing
Lincoln Transportation and Utilities wants to give a nearly 13% jump in the salary range for nine positions for two different jobs that help keep Lincoln’s water and wastewater systems up and running.
Both jobs are basically technicians, one an electrician who monitors the high-voltage motors that make water pumps and other large equipment run (or get restarted when a thunderstorm knocks one out), the other a computer tech who runs the centralized system that operates the city’s water and wastewater systems.
There are three of the technicians that handle the high-voltage electrical work and six of the computer technicians for Lincoln water and wastewater systems.
Steve Owen, superintendent of water production and treatment, said similar positions outside the city pay more, which resulted in the loss of several people. The city-county Human Resources Department did a study that bore out that theory and officials are now asking the City Council to make the jobs more competitive.
If the council approves the changes, the pay ranges would increase from $58,772-$75,055 to $66,310-$84,675.
With the possible change on the horizon, the city has been able to hire more people, Owen said, and is in the process of filling the last two open positions. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/government-politics/lincolns-fairness-ordinance-question-now-with-the-courts/article_4e80a2f2-2045-11ee-afa9-e332ddc9f32e.html | 2023-07-12T16:19:26 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/government-politics/lincolns-fairness-ordinance-question-now-with-the-courts/article_4e80a2f2-2045-11ee-afa9-e332ddc9f32e.html |
Strong thunderstorms moved through eastern Nebraska Wednesday morning, leaving thousands of people without power for several hours.
As of 8 a.m., Lincoln Electric System reported about 2,200 people were without power, the vast majority of them in an area bordered by 20th, 33rd and Van Dorn streets and Nebraska Parkway. LES said on Twitter that crews had been dispatched to that area and were working on restoring power. However, by 10 a.m., LES reported that the number of remaining power outages was below 100.
Lancaster County was among several counties in eastern Nebraska that were in severe thunderstorm warnings at some point Wednesday morning. The Lincoln Airport reported 0.16 inches of rain by 9 a.m.
Storms caused more havoc north of Lincoln. Nearly 32,000 people were without power in the Omaha area as of 10 a.m., after strong storms rolled through the area.
The National Weather Service said wind gusts reached up to 70 mph in Valley, 74 mph in Omaha and 82 mph in the village of Uhling in Dodge County. The Lincoln Airport reported a gust of 60 miles per hour.
Storms were expected to move out of the area later Wednesday morning and the temperature in Lincoln was forecast to reach the upper 80s to around 90 degrees. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/weather/strong-storms-lincoln-nebraska-power-outages/article_2002dff0-20b6-11ee-a932-c7f8c9075adb.html | 2023-07-12T16:19:31 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/weather/strong-storms-lincoln-nebraska-power-outages/article_2002dff0-20b6-11ee-a932-c7f8c9075adb.html |
INDIANAPOLIS — The fentanyl epidemic is the biggest problem the Drug Enforcement Administration is facing here in Indianapolis right now.
13News sat down with DEA Assistant Special Agent Michael Gannon in Indy following last month's city-wide raid. He said this only scratches the surface with several other cases they're working.
According to Gannon, chemicals from China go to Mexico. Then, two major cartels are mass producing fentanyl and flooding the U.S., including Indianapolis.
They're doing it in deceptive ways.
"What makes it so scary, it's not like the plant-based drugs that we've seen before. It's a synthetic opioid, and it has devastating effects on people. It's 50 times more potent than heroin," Gannon said.
Roughly six out of every 10 pills analyzed by the DEA has a potentially fatal dosage in it, according to Gannon.
"We have to have people in the community step up, talk about it and raise awareness and get people running away from drugs. I don't care if you say, 'I want to use cocaine, or I want to use heroin or I want to use methamphetamine or I want to use edible marijuana.' We've seen instances where fentanyl is being put into all those drugs," Gannon said.
Last year in Marion County, of the more than 800 overdose deaths, fentanyl accounted for more than 600.
Nationally, fentanyl is the number one killer for adults 18 to 45, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"If you could picture an airliner with 300 people on it crashing every single day, that's about what's happening in our country with losing people because of drug overdoses on a daily basis," Gannon said. "So, it's staggering numbers, and it's devastating. I mean, where would the outrage be if a plane crashed every day with 300 people? That's the type of focus and intensity people have to have with this epidemic that we're facing with fentanyl."
Now, the DEA's focus is to identify more suppliers. Gannon said the public can also play an important role.
"Talk to people in your community. Be a pillar strength and be a difference-maker because we'll go out and we'll work day after day to build cases on these individuals who are destroying our communities and hold them accountable by putting a significant investigation against them," Gannon said. "However, we need the community to come together to be the difference-maker to get out and help people."
Gannon said before the school year starts, now is the time to talk to your kids about the dangers of fentanyl and other drugs.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Registration is open for the Indianapolis Colts' 11th annual 5K run/walk. The route will start and finish at Lucas Oil Stadium and pass by scenic Indy landmarks like Monument Circle, the Convention Center, Victory Field, and the JW Marriott Hotel.
All in-person events are scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 19. Runners can register to participate in either an in-person, virtual, or fun run.
The "in-person" 5K has a registration fee of $45 and includes access to a post-race gathering with live music, food, and drinks. In-person registrants will also receive a finisher t-shirt, medal, and tickets to next year's Colts preseason game against the Chicago Bears.
A "fun run" will be held for children and has a registration fee of $40. Kids who participate in the fun run will also receive a finisher t-shirt and tickets to the aforementioned preseason game against Chicago.
For those not local to Indianapolis, the event will also feature a virtual 5K. Runners can record their 5K times and share them with other fans and Colts employees such as cheerleaders and mascot "Blue." The fee for the virtual run is $35 and includes a finisher t-shirt and medal, but not tickets to next season's preseason game.
Runners can register and view the course route at the Colts 5K website. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indianapolis-colts-hosting-11th-annual-5k-run-walk-august-19/531-a1859839-218a-46c6-a360-77266f1467c1 | 2023-07-12T16:24:29 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indianapolis-colts-hosting-11th-annual-5k-run-walk-august-19/531-a1859839-218a-46c6-a360-77266f1467c1 |
NAMPA, Idaho — Nampa Police have arrested the man they say kidnapped his child from a yard in May on an outstanding warrant for domestic battery with traumatic injury.
An AMBER alert was issued on May 18 for two-year-old Rudy Oziah Reyes. Police said his father, 36-year-old Rodolfo Reyes, took him from a yard on North Yale Street. The child has since been found safe, but Reyes was missing.
On Tuesday, the U.S Marshals Service arrested Reyes at a home in Nampa on South Ada Street near West Florida Avenue.
NPD said before the arrest, they approached the home and saw Reyes in the backyard. He went inside and refused to come to the door or come out of the home, NPD said.
When he still refused after negotiations, NPD said gas was released inside the home and police later found Reyes in a crawlspace. He was later taken into custody and remains in the Canyon County Jail on charges of resisting arrest, and additional charges are pending.
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Chesterfield County Police have identified and charged a suspect in relation to a hit-and-run crash that injured a 3-year-old in a driveway in the 6500 block of Walmsley Boulevard in April.
The victim, a 3-year-old boy, was taken to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries. He has since been released from the hospital and continues to recover at home.
At the time of the incident, the investigation indicated the suspect vehicle hit the child as it was leaving the property.
Surveillance cameras captured images of two vehicles leaving around the time the crash occurred; one was described as a white Acura sedan, and the second was described as a silver or gray Nissan sedan. Surveillance photos of both vehicles were released to the public.
Through extensive investigation, officers were able to locate the suspect vehicle, which was found to be a 2012 Nissan Altima.
At the time of the incident, the vehicle was driven by a 17-year-old male. Yesterday, the juvenile male was issued summonses for reckless driving, driving without a license and driving without insurance in relation to the crash.
Anyone with any information about this crash should contact police at 804-748-1251 or Crime Solvers at 804-748-0660 or through the P3 app.
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PITTSBURGH — The penalty phase in the trial against Robert Bowers, the man convicted of killing 11 people inside a Squirrel Hill synagogue in 2018, is starting to come to an end.
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At this point, both sides have rested their case and the jury has been charged by the judge.
The prosecution says it plans to take about 30 minutes with closing arguments, while the defense says it will take at least two hours.
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KeyBank on Tuesday announced $21 million in financing for the Letsche School Development in Pittsburgh.
KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment provided a $9.8 million construction loan and $11.8 million in low-income housing tax credit equity for the construction of the affordable multifamily property.
The project includes the reuse of the historic former Letsche School and new construction of four townhomes on two adjacent vacant parcels. It will create 46 mixed-income units and a community space for families and individuals earning no more than 60% of the area median income, of which 25 units will be subsidized by a Section 8 Housing Assistant Payment Contract and seven units will remain at market rate.
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A Duquesne man wanted for allegedly shooting another man in June is in custody after surrendering to law enforcement.
Bradley Middlebrook, 33, appeared at the Allegheny County Municipal Courts Building Wednesday to surrender, according to Sheriff Kevin Kraus.
Middlebrook allegedly shot the man after an argument in the 2700 block of Duquesne Place on June 25. The man, who was shot in the face, was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Middlebrook is charged with criminal attempted homicide and aggravated assault.
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AdVenture Development LLC plans to build a new hotel in the North Hills next year.
The Raleigh, North Carolina-based development company has received a Hampton Inn & Suites franchise from Hilton Hotels. Prospera Hospitality will manage the Hampton Inn once it’s constructed.
Construction is expected to begin in mid-2024. It will be located near McCandless Crossing, a mixed-use center that Adventure both developed and manages.
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CARNEGIE, Pa. — A winning Fast Play lottery ticket worth more than $263,000 was sold at a grocery store in Allegheny County.
The Shop’ n Save on Washington Pike in Carnegie will receive a $500 bonus for selling the ticket.
The winning ticket, Money Stash, is a Fast Play game, which is printed on-demand at lottery sales counters or at self-service vending machines.
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ABILENE, Texas — A fire at an Abilene recycling business Tuesday afternoon was contained with no damages to structures or other property of value, the Abilene Fire Department said Wednesday.
At approximately 4:08 p.m. Tuesday, crews responded to the fire in the 3900 block of Pine Street and arrived to find a large pile of cars and other scrap metal on fire.
The AFD said the property owner was on scene and said he was moving scrap cars with his crane when one of the vehicles “exploded” after he dropped it on to the pile.
The fire was determined to be accidental in nature with minimal monetary loss. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/no-property-of-value-damaged-in-abilene-recycling-business-fire/504-5bcf55df-d691-447a-bce1-e59ec4444d89 | 2023-07-12T16:31:30 | 0 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/no-property-of-value-damaged-in-abilene-recycling-business-fire/504-5bcf55df-d691-447a-bce1-e59ec4444d89 |
MITCHELL — The Mitchell Baseball Association board of directors has given the green light for Post 18 varsity baseball activities to resume, effective immediately.
The MBA's decision came in response to a statement issued by South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley earlier Wednesday morning regarding the ongoing investigation by the State Division of Criminal Investigation.
In the statement, Jackley said: "It is my hope that this work by law enforcement does not unnecessarily interfere with the opportunity for those team members who have worked hard, to continue participation in the baseball program this season. I encourage that it would be done safely and those authorities in charge have in place protections to avoid and ensure that the type of activities alleged do not occur."
“Based on the joint statement released from the SD Attorney General and the office of the Pennington County State’s Attorney, Mitchell Baseball Association is reinstating Legion baseball activities effective immediately with safeguards in place for the welfare of all players and coaches,” read a statement from MBA president Jason Christensen to the Mitchell Republic.
According to Christensen, the "safeguards" include actions such as providing a board-appointed monitor to all baseball activities and having all transportation handled by parents or guardians.
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Christensen said no players have been suspended as a result of the criminal investigation. However, he added that "there may be suspensions for other team rules," to which the MBA had no further comment.
Mitchell Post 18 — which has not played since June 20 and has had all baseball activities shut down for more than two weeks — had a home doubleheader against Pierre scheduled for Wednesday night at Cadwell Park and a road doubleheader at Brookings set for Thursday. The status of both series is pending, per Christensen.
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Standardized test results released today show just 31% of Hoosier students are at or above proficiency standards in both English and math.
Allen County ILEARN scores weren't much better – and were even worse in Fort Wayne Community Schools, where only 18% of test takers were deemed proficient in both subjects, according to test results the Indiana Department of Education released. Results were 30% in East Allen County Schools and 37% in each Northwest Allen County Schools and Southwest Allen County Schools.
The districts scored similarly last year.
ILEARN, which stands for Indiana Learning Evaluation and Readiness Network, tested grades three through eight in English and math. Exams in other subjects, including science and social studies, were administered to certain grade levels.
When looking at the subjects separately, the state agency said statewide results reflect a modest increase in math across all grade levels. The biggest increases happened in fourth grade – up 1.3 percentage points, sixth grade was up 2.8 percentage points and eighth grade by 1.6 percentage points.
Meanwhile, most grade levels remained relatively stable in English language arts, the education department said. Exceptions were sixth grade, which had a 1.8 percentage point increase, and seventh grade, which saw a 2.9 percentage point decline. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/test-scores-show-31-of-indiana-students-proficient-in-math-english/article_5efbb08a-20c8-11ee-9590-5744f308cc0a.html | 2023-07-12T16:35:38 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/test-scores-show-31-of-indiana-students-proficient-in-math-english/article_5efbb08a-20c8-11ee-9590-5744f308cc0a.html |
The westbound lane restriction on West Jefferson Boulevard between Park Drive and West Main Street remains in place, according to the Fort Wayne Traffic Engineering Department.
Emergency gas line repair crews are working in the area and should finish later today.
For more information, call 260-427-6155 or visit www.trecthefort.org. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/west-jefferson-blvd-lane-restrictions/article_fc5af3b6-20b6-11ee-b2d2-7bcd5cfe3b2b.html | 2023-07-12T16:35:42 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/west-jefferson-blvd-lane-restrictions/article_fc5af3b6-20b6-11ee-b2d2-7bcd5cfe3b2b.html |
MIDLAND, Texas — 27-year-old David P. David was arrested on July 10 for his involvement in a June ATV accident in Lubbock that sent himself and two minors to a hospital.
David was booked into the Midland County Detention Center for two counts of Endangering Children. David and the two minors were riding on an ATV when they attempted to cross the street and crashed into a pickup truck. The driver of the pickup truck was not injured during the incident.
According to the arrest affidavit, MPD Officers located ATV tire tracks near the scene and saw that at the location of the crash, there was no evidence that the ATV made an attempt to stop. There were no skid marks on the road or sliding skid marks in the dirt area that would make it seem like the driver of the ATV tried to stop.
On June 13, MPD also found out that the ATV involved in the crash was stole out of Potter County in Amarillo in 2021 based on the checked VIN number. Based on their investigation of the scene and the incident as a whole, MPD felt that David knowingly operated a stolen ATV in a reckless manner that led to two minors being injured in the process. These charges are second-degree felonies against David.
As of July 12, David is no longer on the current detainees list for the Midland County Detention Center. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/midland-man-arrested-for-endangering-child-during-june-atv-accident/513-506ad52a-e62a-4dd9-99bf-ae40efdaafef | 2023-07-12T16:36:15 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/midland-man-arrested-for-endangering-child-during-june-atv-accident/513-506ad52a-e62a-4dd9-99bf-ae40efdaafef |
NORMAL — Freshman U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen has helped secure funding for biological research on infectious microbes for Illinois State University' school of biological science.
Sorensen, a Democrat representing District 17, has partnered with the Department of Health & Human Services to secure $74,000 to fund microbiology research, according to a news release.
"Partnerships between universities and the federal government help Central and Northwestern Illinois realize its potential by investing in the talented minds at our local schools," Sorensen said.
The funds will help students and faculty research ways to prevent and treat Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacteria that causes infections primarily in post-surgery patients in hospitals. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/sorensen-hhs-isu-microbiology/article_02a591dc-2002-11ee-bc11-078c6ddbf59c.html | 2023-07-12T16:41:21 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/sorensen-hhs-isu-microbiology/article_02a591dc-2002-11ee-bc11-078c6ddbf59c.html |
BLOOMINGTON — Miller Park Zoo will be offering free admission Monday in honor of Kristian Philpotts, an Illinois State University alumnus who was killed last year while working as a rideshare driver.
Kristian "KP" Philpotts Day has been adopted by five Central Illinois cities — Bloomington, Normal, Charleston, Champaign and Urbana — to honor Philpotts and celebrate his life on July 17, which would have been his 31st birthday.
Philpotts was killed in January 2022 while working as a Lyft driver in Urbana. Police said three 17-year-old boys attempted to rob him and then shot him in the back. Two have since pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in the case; murder charges are pending against the third.
Mayors from both Bloomington and Normal will meet at Miller Park Zoo at 11:30 a.m. that day to make an official proclamation. Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin will also be in attendance along with Philpotts' family members, professors and fraternity brothers.
Zoo admission will be free for the first 300 visitors and an all-day discount will be offered for Illinois State University students, staff and alumni as well as members of the Iota Phi Thea Fraternity.
There will also be free carousel rides and free snow cones offered throughout the day.
Philpotts graduated in 2016 with a bachelor's degree from Illinois State University and obtained a master's degree from Eastern Illinois University in 2018.
He was studying to become a veterinarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign when he died. He was two years away from earning his doctorate in veterinary science.
While at EIU, he brought back the university's chapter of Iota Phi Theta Inc. Fraternity in 2021 after a 27-year hiatus. Philpotts had been a member of the fraternity at ISU while studying for his bachelor's degree in pre-veterinary medicine.
In all three locations Philpotts lived while attending school, he volunteered and participated in charities. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/kristian-kp-phillpotts-day-to-be-honored-at-miller-park-zoo/article_ee5e2a46-2005-11ee-a66e-ebe9a460b668.html | 2023-07-12T16:41:27 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/kristian-kp-phillpotts-day-to-be-honored-at-miller-park-zoo/article_ee5e2a46-2005-11ee-a66e-ebe9a460b668.html |
GARY — Gary police say when they arrived early Tuesday evening at the shuttered Emerson High School in response to a report of gunfire, officers could still hearing shots ringing out inside the building.
Officers set up a perimeter around the building at the northeast corner of 7th Avenue and Carolina Street on the city's east side and used a public address system to order the suspects to step out, Gary Police Cmdr. Samuel Roberts said.
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Three East Chicago men and a 17-year-old female exited the building and were taken into custody without incident, Roberts said.
"Police recovered a 10mm handgun from one of the men," he said.
"The men face trespassing charges and criminal recklessness charges," according to Roberts. "The juvenile faces a trespass charge, and she was released to a parent."
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The 6:30 p.m. call to the school came nearly eight years to the day from when a 17-year-old Chicago youth was found dead inside the building.
The Lake County coroner's office ruled Connita L. Richardson, of Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood, was killed by asphyxiation caused by strangulation in a homicide.
Police said they believed Richardson's body had been in the building no longer than a day or so when discovered after a concerned citizen reported seeing someone in the building.
PORTAGE — When a maintenance worker at a local apartment complex received no response after knocking on the door of one of the units late Mond…
Then-mayoral candidate Sy Smith called on Gary Community School Corp. leaders and city officials at the time to do something about the hundreds of abandoned buildings throughout the city.
The Times reported in the wake of the July 2015 homicide how the 21 abandoned school properties scattered throughout the city's struggling neighborhoods were providing sanctuary for crime and urban decay.
"At one time, these former public schools were the nucleus of thriving sections of the city, nearby residents and former students recalled," according to the report.
"But that's a bygone era. Now, vast swaths of school property are overrun with weeds, and the shuttered buildings, some in visible decline, display the territorial tags of gang graffiti."
The investigation done by The Times revealed that at least two of the 21 closed school buildings were openly accessible to gang activity and other crime. "A host of others sit moldering with broken windows, overgrown lots and in some cases crumbling exteriors."
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Frank Lopez
Age : 55
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306256
Arrest Date: July 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rashawn McClary
Age : 20
Residence: Riverdale, IL
Booking Number(s): 2306250
Arrest Date: July 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaden Melton
Age : 20
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306229
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Nava
Age : 41
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306226
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kelly Lee
Age : 40
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2306217
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Oscar Lerma
Age : 34
Residence: Chicago Ridge, IL
Booking Number(s): 2306220
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Derris Leblanc
Age : 24
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2306237
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jose Hurtado
Age : 36
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306253
Arrest Date: July 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sharee Johnston
Age : 38
Residence: Hobart
Booking Number(s): 2306242
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Terrence Jones
Age : 40
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306227
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: N/A
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaiden Guyton
Age : 20
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306234
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Heather Hillis
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306258
Arrest Date: July 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andraleen Draper
Age : 22
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306257
Arrest Date: July 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marcell Ellison
Age : 23
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306251
Arrest Date: July 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - FIREARM - MACHINE GUN - W/NO PERMIT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Francisco Dehoyos Jr.
Age : 46
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306236
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - RESULTING IN SERIOUSLY BODILY INJURY-ENDANGERED ADULT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tommy Childers
Age : 32
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306249
Arrest Date: July 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Deja Burrell
Age : 22
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2306260
Arrest Date: July 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Melvin Carr Sr.
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306228
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Eugene Brame
Age : 39
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306243
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Victor Becerra Jr.
Age : 25
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306219
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jose Romero-Avalos
Age : 41
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306037
Arrest Date: June 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: New Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Victor Macedo
Age : 44
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2306019
Arrest Date: June 25, 2023
Arresting Agency: N/A
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David McWilliams
Age : 35
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306031
Arrest Date: June 25, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Sonia Beeler
Age : 51
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306029
Arrest Date: June 25, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Alvaro Lopez-Serratos
Age : 51
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306026
Arrest Date: June 25, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Eva Thomas
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306146
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Richard Wilbourn
Age : 55
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2306114
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - ON A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Derek Zanfei
Age : 33
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306113
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FAILURE TO RETURN TO LAWFUL DETENTION; RESISTING - ESCAPE; HEALTH- POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Tracy Sizemore
Age : 57
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306127
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Javonte Roberson
Age : 37
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2306118
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Yuron Robinson
Age : 46
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306119
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ashlee Price
Age : 29
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306108
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Aarion Mosley
Age : 28
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306120
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Nagel
Age : 65
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306138
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Lapotka
Age : 56
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306107
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY; CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Brian Mejia
Age : 20
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306125
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Baldemar Montemayor
Age : 39
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306133
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - OBSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Karla Jenkins
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306147
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Samantha Kane
Age : 29
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306122
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS; INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Dionte Dortch
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306117
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lee Derkacy
Age : 46
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2306116
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HEALTH- POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Barron Arnold
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306110
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: N/A
Offense Description: STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kyle Bentley
Age : 31
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306115
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mercedes Cruz
Age : 28
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306124
Arrest Date: June 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ashley Sumpter
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306162
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tonya Wallace
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306179
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
John Santana
Age : 44
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306175
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Moore Sr.
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306165
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - USE - FIREARM - POINTING A FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Terrence Petty
Age : 40
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306174
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ricardo Pina Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306153
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Whiting Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Victoria Reed
Age : 42
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306170
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Shauntavia Meeks
Age : 32
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306169
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Deja Ta Johnson
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306180
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Timothy Lujano
Age : 41
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306184
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Chamier Bowman
Age : 42
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306181
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cameron Dotson
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306167
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anguel Anaya
Age : 24
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306154
Arrest Date: June 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Demetrius Thomas
Age : 21
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306206
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sean Rogers
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306188
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Luis Rodriguez
Age : 35
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306213
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alejandro Rios Sr.
Age : 42
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306198
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS W/DEADLY WEAPON (PERSON IS VICTIM)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gilberto Noriega Jr.
Age : 53
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306214
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lowell Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shianah Rainey
Age : 18
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306203
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gregory Hunter
Age : 45
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2306194
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Darrell Jackson
Age : 32
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306189
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Crisantema Navarro
Age : 43
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306210
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kane Hughes
Age : 23
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306205
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT - DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Dillman
Age : 26
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306201
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Blaize III
Age : 33
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306190
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH MINOR/FONDLING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Cilek
Age : 47
Residence: Lake Worth, FL
Booking Number(s): 2306204
Arrest Date: June 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Birchall
Age : 20
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2306212
Arrest Date: June 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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A missing 71-year-old man was found in the Calumet River by a group of volunteer divers.
The Chaos Divers, a group that searches for missing people across the country, recovered the body of James Jackson who went missing in August from his home in Calumet Park in the south suburbs. He was found in the Calumet River on Chicago's far South Side, just across the state line.
His daughter reached out to the Chaos Divers, who are based in downstate Illinois and conduct volunteer searches around the country.
"She had a wealth of information for us," said Lindsay Bussick with Chaos Divers. "She had his last known location, which way he left from there, cell phone pings, license plate readers, where they thought they had potentially saw him. We let her know we were in Texas at the time and would come up here to the Chicago area when we returned."
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The Chaos Diver searched the Calumet River from Interstate 94 to Kenzie Avenue, finding and clearing eight cars underneath the river to make sure no one was inside. They then searched from Interstate 94 to Lake Michigan, finding and clearing two more cars.
"Everything we had on Mr. Jackson put him in and around the Calumet,' she said.
The divers located two more vehicles in Calumet Lake, including the Ford Transit van Jackson drove.
"We began sonaring," she said. "It was within 20 to 30 minutes of us sonaring the water that we found two vehicles. One was an SUV and one was in our minds without a doubt a cargo-style van," which is what Mr. Jackson went missing in last August."
The divers marked both vehicles, confirmed Jackson was inside and removed the plates for confirmation.
"The vehicle was covered in Zebra Mussels but the windows were down and Mr. Jackson was inside," she said. "From there the process begins of law enforcement contacting everything they need to contact."
Police initially sent a helicopter and rescue dive team, but it was explained to them he disappeared 11 months ago and the confusion was cleared up.
"It looked like a SWAT team was there. The response time was amazing," Chaos Divers founder Jacob Grubbs said. "Hopefully they use us as a resource in future endeavors here if they ever need our help."
For more information, visit chaosdivers.com.
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Mi Tierra closing after 22 years; La Carreta, Flako's Tacos, Wendy's, Bulldog Ale House, WhoaZone, The Love of Arts and Illinois Dermatology Institute opening
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NWI Business Ins and Outs: Maple + Bacon, deli and Divalicious Desserts Bakery & Cafe opening | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/missing-71-year-old-man-found-in-calumet-river/article_52b40784-2021-11ee-bd91-5b856be43349.html | 2023-07-12T16:48:45 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/missing-71-year-old-man-found-in-calumet-river/article_52b40784-2021-11ee-bd91-5b856be43349.html |
VALPARAISO — Porter County Recycling is encouraging local businesses to reduce plastic consumption during the month of July.
The Recycling and Waste Reduction District of Porter County is partnering with Valparaiso University and the reusable straw company Mermaid Straw on a "Plastic Free July" campaign. Originally started in 2011 by several Australian environmentalists, the global Plastic Free July movement hopes to reduce single use plastics.
To participate in the local program, local businesses can adopt a number of sustainability practices including; providing straws to customers only upon request, switching to paper or reusable stainless-steel straws, eliminating plastic bags, providing biodegradable paper bags or reusable bags, and offering discounts when a customer brings a reusable container.
Businesses that take these sustainability steps and register for the initiative at portercountyrecycling.org, will be promoted as participating businesses and will receive a window cling. Businesses will also get a Mermaid Straw discount code.
Earlier this year, VU worked with Porter County Recycling on a campus-wide waste audit. The audit found that 42% of the campuses' waste was plastic and that 59% of the waste was non-recyclable.
The rise of single use plastics is a relatively new phenomenon; in 1950, the world produced about 2 million metric tons of plastic. While that number may seem high, it pales in comparison to the 8.3 billion metric tons produced in 2017; if the rate continues, the world is projected to produce 34 billion metric tons in 2050.
All this plastic will never truly go away, instead it just breaks down into smaller and smaller particles, often washing into lakes, rivers and oceans. According to the Rochester Institute of Technology, more than 22 million pounds of plastics pollution ends up in the Great Lakes every year.
According to a news release from Porter County Recycling, the Plastic Free July movement prevents 330,693 tons of plastic pollution each year. For more information, call 219-465-3694 or email info@PorterCountyRecycling.org.
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Ribbon-cutting ceremony for Lake George Canal remediation
Ribbon-cutting ceremony for Lake George Canal remediation
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Ribbon-cutting ceremony for Lake George Canal remediation
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Ribbon-cutting ceremony for Lake George Canal remediation
Ribbon-cutting ceremony for Lake George Canal remediation
Ribbon-cutting ceremony for Lake George Canal remediation
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Plastic pollution found in a Hammond wetland area. This month, Porter County Recycling is asking businesses to reduce their plastic consumption as part of the global "Plastic Free July" campaign. Plastic contamination can be dangerous for both humans and animals. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/porter-county-recycling-encourages-participation-in-plastic-free-july-campaign-10-inches/article_946f72c0-1ff0-11ee-b01e-6f6fc04562e1.html | 2023-07-12T16:48:47 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/porter-county-recycling-encourages-participation-in-plastic-free-july-campaign-10-inches/article_946f72c0-1ff0-11ee-b01e-6f6fc04562e1.html |
Big ideas have small beginnings.
The year was 1953. In a home located in a quiet neighborhood in Michigan City, Indiana, the idea for the Sinai Forum was conceived by a determined woman — Sylvia Bankoff, her husband Dr. Milton Bankoff, Rabbi Karl Richter and a small group of inspired community members. The mission was to provide affordable, exceptional programming on important issues of the day in a town hall setting. Their persistent efforts laid the strong foundation of the esteemed and long-running Sinai Forum in Northwest Indiana.
Seventy years later, and under the stewardship of Purdue University Northwest, the forum continues to draw audiences to listen and engage with speakers on the world’s contemporary issues.
“Our parents would be so proud that Sinai Forum has endured for 70 years,” the Bankoff family said in a statement. “Its success is a testament to the power of ideas and the pursuit of knowledge. They were indebted to Michigan City and wanted to give back to the community through the forum. May this milestone inspire us to shape a brighter future where we embrace intellectual curiosity and thoughtful discourse for many generations to come.”
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The forum has welcomed dignitaries to Northwest Indiana including Eleanor Roosevelt, Oprah Winfrey, Elie Wiesel, Jackie Robinson, Mae Jemison, Ralph Bunche, Prime Minister Clement Attlee and more recently, Charles Krauthammer, Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, Steve Wozniak, Bryan Stevenson, Anthony Rizzo and Gloria Steinem. Invited speakers have recalled key moments of their professional and personal journeys, highlighted their insightful discoveries and posed deep questions about the relevant topics that intrigue us.
“Growing up in Northwest Indiana, one of my earlier lasting memories was at 10 years old going to see Walter Cronkite at the Sinai Forum,” said Bob Cohn, a member of the board of advisers to Sinai Forum. “He had such a world presence and even today I am amazed by how many world influencers I have seen speak at the forum. Where else in our region can we go to listen and talk with individuals who have experienced life, sharing their stories from all over the world?”
From Nobel Prize recipients to former heads of state, Pulitzer Prize winners to professional athletes, scientists, nationally recognized media personalities and famous performing artists, Sinai Forum at Purdue Northwest offers topics appealing to various disciplines and interests.
“Sinai Forum at Purdue Northwest serves as a significant platform for distinguished individuals to share their lessons, insights, advice and predictions for humanity’s contemporary issues,” said Leslie Plesac, executive director of Sinai Forum at Purdue Northwest. “We are immensely proud to celebrate seven decades of conversations and inquiry allowing residents of Northwest Indiana’s communities to gather, listen and engage with some of the world’s most compelling minds.”
The upcoming season will kick off Sept. 17 with former Purdue University President and two-term Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. The fall series will also feature: Chicago Cubs manager David Ross; New York Times bestselling author Anthony Ray Hinton; journalists Jennifer Griffin and Benjamin Hall; Dr. Bruce D. Perry, teacher, clinician and researcher in children’s mental health and the neurosciences; and geopolitical strategist and author Peter Zeihan.
The Sinai Forum at Purdue Northwest stands as an invaluable resource to Northwest Indiana, Plesac said. The forum to this day meets the mission the pioneering members sought to provide — an avenue of reflection, intellectualism, imagination and adventure to invigorate a thirst for knowledge and help bring answers to life’s biggest questions.
The Sinai Forum at Purdue Northwest has long been supported by donors and individuals who value the programming offered by the series.
Tickets for the milestone 70th season are available at pnw.edu/sinai-forum. Seats are limited. Secure a spot to engage with topics on global affairs and politics, journalism, mental health, criminal justice and more, as several acclaimed personalities visit Northwest Indiana to share their wisdom and observations. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/sinai-forum-purdue-university-northwest/article_4331fe58-20ba-11ee-9438-a765f8654d8a.html | 2023-07-12T16:48:49 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/sinai-forum-purdue-university-northwest/article_4331fe58-20ba-11ee-9438-a765f8654d8a.html |
Plano-based JCPenney is doing #SomethingGood to get kids up and moving and learning at the same time.
The retailer announced a $300,000 donation to support The Walking Classroom.
The program from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation puts WalkKits in the hands of students so they can walk, listen and learn.
The Walking Classroom is an award-winning nonprofit program that gives students and teachers an innovative way to boost physical, mental, and academic health. Kids listen to standards-aligned educational podcasts while walking then talk about what they heard.
The three-year commitment from the JCPenney Communities Foundation will create 5,000 WalkKits to reach 30,000 students and 152 classrooms. Up to 20% will be distributed in North Texas where JCPenney is headquartered.
Teachers can use the devices to take students on a walk while listening to educational podcasts aligned with state curriculum standards that are supported by lesson plans, comprehension quizzes, and supplemental activities.
"Almost no place matters more to our communities than the classroom. A big part of JCPenney's efforts to support America's diverse working families is about making strides in health and wellbeing and inclusive access to education. The Walking Classroom does both with such a wonderful and simple concept," said Marc Rosen, JCPenney's chief executive officer, in a news release. "Programs like these can make an extraordinary difference for students, creating a healthy and engaging environment in and out of the classroom." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/something-good/jcpenney-investment-helps-kids-think-on-their-feet/3294306/ | 2023-07-12T16:49:18 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/something-good/jcpenney-investment-helps-kids-think-on-their-feet/3294306/ |
A third North Texas resident has won a $1 million prize in the Texas Lottery's Million Dollar Loteria scratch-off game.
The Texas Lottery said Wednesday a Fort Worth resident claimed a top $1 million prize on July 10.
The ticket was purchased at QuikTrip #881, located at 2800 Alta Mere Drive, in Fort Worth. The winner asked to remain anonymous.
With seven million-dollar winners so far, there is one $1 million top prize left in the game. As of this writing, there are two remaining $20,000 prize tickets and 10 remaining $5,000 prize tickets.
Two of the previous six $1 million winners were from North Texas, including a winning ticket bought on Jan. 25 at Quick Check Convenience Store 3 in Farmersville and on March 17 at Mo's Exxon in Lavon.
Other winning Million Dollar Loteria tickets were bought in Austin, Beaumont, Lamesa, and San Antonio.
The Texas Lottery said Million Dollar Loteria offers more than $254 million in total prizes. Overall odds of winning any prize in the game are one in 3.27, including break-even prizes.
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Last month, a Frisco resident claimed a top prize in the Texas Lottery scratch-off game $1,000,000 Crossword.
If you're feeling lucky, the Powerball jackpot jumped to $750 million for Wednesday's drawing after no winning ticket was drawn Monday. The Mega Millions lottery climbed to $560 million Wednesday after no winning ticket was drawn Tuesday night. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/fort-worth-resident-wins-1-million-in-texas-lottery-scratch-off-game/3294383/ | 2023-07-12T16:49:24 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/fort-worth-resident-wins-1-million-in-texas-lottery-scratch-off-game/3294383/ |
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Riders who rely on the SEPTA's Airport, Media/Wawa or Wilmington/Newark lines should prepare for significant changes to their morning commute in the near future as a construction project will impact service for as much as a month.
The mass transit company is set to begin the final phase of it's Southwest Connection Improvement Program which will focus on these lines.
Work and related service adjustments will start Saturday, July 22 and are expected to continue through Saturday, Aug. 26.
Along with service disruptions -- adjusted schedules will be in effect and shuttle busses will replace some trains -- the Penn Medicine Station will be shuttered for the duration of the project.
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Also, for five days -- Monday, July 24 through Friday, July 28 -- the Media/Wawa Regional Rail line will have no train service.
Shuttle busses will be used to provide service during this project.
SEPTA said the project will "rebuild the mainline infrastructure on the Media/Wawa Line between 30th Street Station and the Arsenal Interlocking, just below Penn Medicine Station, portions of which date more than 80 years."
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A full list of changes and details of the upcoming schedule adjustments for the duration of this project is available here.
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