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Family member creates GoFundMe for father, daughter, son killed in York City fire
A GoFundMe fundraiser has been set up for 49-year-old Roberto Soto-Ortiz and 3-year-old Cattleya Soto who died in a house fire Friday morning in the 500 block of Company Street in York City.
Also included in the GoFundMe is 4-year-old Isaiah Soto, who was also in the home during the fire and died two days later.
Rescued from the fire, the 4-year-old suffered from complications of thermal burns and smoke inhalation, and was taken to Lehigh Valley Cedar Crest hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries Sunday morning, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office and Forensics Center.
More:Coroner: Child, 3, and man, 49, died in York City house fire on Company Street
The fundraiser is being organized by Luis Soto, the brother of the 49-year-old victim, and said he is seeking help to pay for this unexpected tragedy.
"If you knew Roberto, you know he was a brother, a father, a friend, a loving partner. He loved cracking jokes, he enjoyed spending time with family and his children, and he was passionate about cars and motorcycles," the GoFundMe read. "I am writing this with the biggest hole in my heart, drowning in sadness and tears. I cannot believe that my brother and niece is no longer here."
Justin Grove, 33, who has lived in the neighboring house his entire life, said the family had lived there for three to four years.
"The dad was one of the nicest men around," Grove said. "He would bring me food. He would help fix people's cars. He would always sit outside and shake my hand."
The fundraiser has so far raised $4,271 of the $25,000 goal.
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BALTIMORE — More Baltimore neighbors are joining a growing rally against Baltimore Gas and Electric, opposed to their external regulators, the same night a new rebuke of BGE's multi-year infrastructure plan passed the City Council.
Residents of Greektown gathered Monday to announce they are among the latest to join a class-action lawsuit against Baltimore Gas and Electric.
Chris Angelopulos, a lifelong Greektown resident, described the company as "wanting to start digging at 1:30 in the afternoon with no consent whatsoever. I refused, they said, 'sooner or later you’ll have to join because otherwise your gas will be cut off.'"
Folks in other parts of the city have said something similar: the provider shut off their service when they refused one of these external regulators, which some describe as dangerous.
Attorney Thiru Vignarajah, who is leading the regulator suit, told WMAR-2 News that 400 total residents have signed on.
In a statement made after a similar concerns in another part of Baltimore, BGE said customers were notified in advance that the shutoff would happen if they refused access to its equipment.
READ MORE: Hundreds of people join lawsuit against BGE external regulators
Also on Monday, City Council resolved to urge the state Public Service Commission to reject the utility company’s multi-year infrastructure improvement plan.
Councilman Zeke Cohen, who submitted the resolution, said the check would be fronted by the provider's customers.
"I believe this plan is costly, and irresponsible at a time when our neighbors are struggling to pay the bills for their basic utilities," said Cohen.
The energy company has maintained the plan is within reason, and issued a direct response to some concerns laid forth by Councilman Cohen. BGE calls the escalating numbers used by Cohen "misleading and incomplete."
READ MORE: Council members opposing BGE’s plan to increase rates for consumers
To the contrary, the company says monthly bills would increase by an average of roughly ten dollars each of the three plan years.
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REFUGIO COUNTY, Texas — A Louisiana mother and her unborn baby are dead after a rollover crash involving an alligator just north of Corpus Christi.
Deputies said the crash happened early Sunday morning along State Highway 35 near San Antonio Bay in Refugio County.
According to officials, the woman was driving in the area when she hit an alligator on the highway, which caused her truck to roll over. Attempts to save the woman and her unborn baby at the hospital were unsuccessful. The alligator also died in the crash.
Deputies said another adult and three children were also in the vehicle at the time of the crash and are expected to be OK. Meanwhile, the identity of the woman has not yet been released.
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FAULKNER COUNTY, Ark. — After years of planning to build an animal shelter in Faulkner County, people who live there reached out to us expressing their frustrations about the status— mainly the fact that there still isn't one.
Meanwhile, the County Administrator explained that they've been making progress.
"We just need our animal shelter for all these animals," Faulkner County resident, DJ Eldredge said.
She rescues animals around Faulkner County and tries to take them to the Conway city shelter, but that one only accepts animals found in the city.
"So where do we take our county animals? I've called every rescue place that I can find around Faulkner County. Nobody has room for them," Eldredge explained.
She reached out to us with her concerns wondering when the Faulkner County shelter will open and said she's paid the voluntary tax for the shelter for at least three years.
"Where's the money at? What are they using it for," she asked.
We brought those questions directly to Faulkner County Administrator Randy Higgins who said they're currently waiting for bid documents from the architect to move forward with construction.
"That'll take 60 to 90 days to actually develop those, those documents will be able to utilize to actually go out for bid so that we can start getting actual prices of what it's going to take to remodel the facility that we have and have it prepared," Higgins said.
County officials plan to turn a Springhill flea market into a shelter.
Over the last 15 years, Higgins said the county has collected more than $2 million for the shelter through a voter-approved millage. Their current balance for the project is $1.5 million after buying the flea market building and funding a county-wide spay and neuter program.
Higgins explained that the county is still figuring out how much it will cost to actually operate the shelter.
He added that they're considering some proposed American Rescue Plan funding to build the shelter and use the $1.5 million collected through taxes to operate the shelter for a few years.
"There's been discussions about how long it would take, there's never been a cast iron definitive date on that," he said.
Higgins said their goal is to have the shelter completed next summer.
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HOUSTON — It sounds like the next "Indiana Jones" script but a real-life team of University of Houston researchers recently uncovered an ancient Maya city buried deep beneath the jungles of Mexico.
Flying high above the jungle canopy in the Yucatan Peninsula, they beamed hundreds of thousands of laser bursts each second to create a 3D map of what was hiding under the trees: a city believed to be over 1,000 years old.
“The interesting thing is that it was a total shot in the dark," Co-Principal Investigator with the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) at the University of Houston Dr. Juan Carlos Fernandez-Diaz said.
Researchers in Mexico then used their 3D map to find the city by foot, verifying several 50-foot tall pyramids, a sports field and even pottery dating the city back to the late Classic Period, between the years 600 and 800.
"That’s when they get to study these sites a little more closely, and that’s where they are able to make more meaningful discoveries," Fernandez-Diaz explained.
He said the airborne light detection and ranging -- or lidar -- equipment allows them to explore areas that are very difficult to reach on foot.
“You can compare us to ultrasound technicians. We are the first to see the baby, but the doctor will tell you all about it and confirm the findings,” Fernandez-Diaz said.
They're calling the hidden city in the Yucatan Ocomtún, which means stone column in the Mayan language.
While rare and remarkable, the experts at NCALM have made other fascinating finds. Their track record includes ruins in 2012 in an area of Eastern Honduras where centuries-old legends talk of a “lost white city”; the 2016 mapping of more than 80,000 Maya structures including many previously unknown Maya settlements; and agricultural and defensive structures in the Guatemalan Peten jungle.
The Mayan Civilization was one of the most dominant indigenous societies of Mesoamerica.
Today, tourists can visit some of their more famous pyramids, like Chichen Itza and Tulum, not far from Cancun.
But researchers know many more of their secrets are still hidden.
“Finding the city is just the tip of the iceberg," Dr. Fernandez-Diaz said.
He said nothing beats opening a window and peering into another world, century or civilization.
"When we see it on the computer we think, ‘Wow!’ We are seeing these things for the first time in 1,000 years. It’s like time travel to see under the vegetation, to the roads, canals and ponds as they were that long ago,” he said.
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MITCHELL — Monday’s Mitchell City Council meeting took a somber turn when Police Chief Mike Koster informed city leaders that the Department of Public Safety’s drug dog died earlier this month.
While council members mourned the loss of the Mitchell Police Divison’s lone K-9 officer, Shadow, the squad received the green light Monday to begin its search for a new drug dog.
“Unfortunately, two weeks ago our drug dog had a fatal illness,” Koster said of the late Shadow, a German Shepard that joined the police division in 2015. “Our dog was reaching the end of its useful period prior to this unfortunate incident.”
Koster said the police division is seeking an $18,000 grant through the South Dakota Attorney General’s Drug Control fund to purchase and train a new K-9 officer. However, Koster indicated there is no guarantee the Department of Public Safety will secure the grant.
To ensure the police division can welcome a new drug dog in a timely manner and eliminate the threat of funding uncertainty, the Mitchell City Council unanimously approved dedicating $18,000 in contingency funds for the replacement of Shadow.
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“If we wouldn’t get it done very soon, it’s entirely likely we would have to wait an entire year to put that team back on the streets,” Koster said.
The funding support for the K-9 officer positions the police division to have a drug dog on the squad within a year.
Koster pointed to the prevalence of drug crimes in the city, specifically methamphetamine and opiates, as a key factor for the urgency in bringing a new drug dog into the Department of Public Safety.
Council member Tim Goldammer asked whether a second drug dog is needed for city police officers to handle the drug crimes in Mitchell.
“I’m sure you all see the newspaper and court dispositions on drugs and the amount of drugs that go through our community, I would dare hazard to guess just anecdotally that a vast majority of crimes in Mitchell are either directly related to drugs or somehow drug-tied,” Koster said, noting two K-9 officers would help combating drug-related crimes. “That problem is not going away, nationally.”
Deeming there is a drug problem in Mitchell, Council President Kevin McCardle didn’t hesitate to approve funding.
“I’ll make a motion to approve with the drug problem we have going on,” McCardle said.
Mitchell Police Officer John Badker was the handler of the late Shadow. Koster said he intends to keep Badker as the officer who handles the new drug dog on the force.
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“John (Badker) has had a very good run with the dog. He has quite a bit of experience,” Koster said of Badker.
According to Koster, the state has a drug dog camp that trains police dogs and the officers who handle them.
“It’s a 240-hour minimum training for the handler of the dog. The training is currently nearly full. To get ahead of that, we still have to find a suitable dog,” Koster said.
A kennel in Alabama that other law enforcement agencies utilize to purchase drug dogs is where Koster said the police division is intending to pursue a new K-9 officer. The dogs are then trained and paired with a handler.
“Generally, the handlers will go down and do a selection process with Kasseburg (the Alabama dog kennel) to try and pair the demeanor of the dog with the demeanor of the handler,” Koster said of the purchasing process.
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DUPONT, Wash. — A group of garage truck drivers made one child's day in DuPont on Monday.
Leo Kemper has always loved garbage and recycling trucks. On trash day, he would greet the garbage collection workers, and his mom, Chelsea, even made Leo his own Waste Management truck costume.
Leo has a rare epileptic syndrome and doesn't respond well to medications. He missed the last week of school, and to help cheer him up, his nurse reached out to LeMay Pierce County Refuse.
"She explained to us that his dream is to be able to see a bunch of garbage and recycle trucks and is absolutely crazy about them," said Katie Colvin, LeMay Pierce County Refuse operations supervisor.
The company decided to throw a parade for the boy on his street, and 13 garbage trucks joined.
The family lives on Ridge View Drive, and the garbage trucks came off Interstate 5 at Exit 119. The parade route traveled down McNeil Street before turning on Ridge View to pass in front of the family's house. The trucks honked as they rounded the corner, announcing their arrival.
Workers presented Leo with a superhero mask and cape, gifted him a toy garbage truck and came loaded with candy to give away to Leo and others.
“What we love to do is give back to the community and what a better way to do that than to show up and give him a little parade,” Colvin said.
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SEATTLE — King County voters will decide on a levy that will impact veterans, seniors and human services. In the past, voters said yes to the six-year levy three times. It was approved in 2005, 2011 and 2017.
King County is leaning on a levy, and once again asking voters to approve a measure to make sure veterans and seniors continue to receive key services.
"Because our general fund continues to shrink relative to inflation and population growth, we are having to make $50 million dollars in cuts to our general fund,” said King County Executive Dow Constantine.
The levy is being renewed at the rate of 10 cents per $1,000 evaluation on a home.
"For an $830,000 home, which has been about the average around here, that comes out to $83 a year,” said Constantine.
In the past, the levy served more than 27,000 veterans, service members and their families; funded 39 senior centers; and helped build more than one thousand units of affordable housing, according to King County. It also supported survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence and provided funding for the Elder Abuse Multi-disciplinary team's mission of making sure people are not victimizing seniors.
If voters approve the levy, it will begin January 1, 2024, and the total revenue is estimated at $564 million over six years.
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Following $15 million settlement, what's next in legal matters involving Beach family?
While settlements have been reached in the 2019 Beaufort County boat crash that took the life of 19-year-old Mallory Beach and injured several other boaters, legal matters involving this high-profile boating under the influence incident are far from over.
Claims against co-defendant Gregory M. Parker and his Parker's Corporation have been settled by Parker's insurance carriers, while claims against jailed and disbarred lawyer Alex Murdaugh remain ongoing.
Mark Tinsley, attorney for the Beach family and estate, and other attorneys say they are still winding up the remaining claims against Murdaugh with the court-appointed receivers who have taken control of all of his assets.
While the Parker's defendants were sued over allegations they illegally sold alcohol to the underaged boaters, Murdaugh was named in these civil suits over allegations that he allowed his underaged son Paul to consume alcohol to excess and operate watercraft recklessly.
Murdaugh, now a convicted murderer who stands accused in a string of financial crimes and civil suits, had his assets seized by the courts and frozen to create a potential settlement fund for all of his alleged victims or plaintiffs.
While insurance carriers for the Parker's defendants sat for mediation negotiations Sunday, neither Murdaugh's attorneys nor his insurance carriers participated in the negotiations, nor have they officially agreed on any settlements, said one of Murdaugh's attorneys.
"We are still amenable to settling, we just haven't worked out the details yet," said M. Dawes Cooke Jr., civil attorney for Murdaugh. Criminal attorneys for Murdaugh did not respond to an email seeking comment.
Murdaugh saga:Boaters' attorneys, Parker's respond to Beach wrongful death suit settlements
Cooke added that he expects an agreement to be reached soon, and any settlement involving Murdaugh will likely be a combination of insurance payouts combined with Murdaugh's receivership funds in the hands of the court.
Tinsley also said Sunday's settlement does not stop the parallel civil conspiracy and harassment case he has filed against Parker’s for the Beach family. No trial date has been set in this case.
"We have not settled the conspiracy case against Greg Parker and the other people involved with their vile attacks against the Beach family and their quest to get justice. We intend to hold Greg Parker personally responsible in that lawsuit," Tinsley added.
Follow Michael DeWitt's reporting as The Hampton County Guardian/Greenville News and the USA Today Network continue to follow this developing legal case, and you can follow DeWitt on Facebook and on Twitter at @mmdewittjr for the latest updates.
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Clemson Starbucks workers file petition to unionize, seeking more hours, health insurance
Clemson Starbucks workers at the 1082 Tiger Blvd. location have officially filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize alongside Starbucks Workers United.
The paperwork was filed on Monday morning, and an adjacent letter was sent to Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan to announce their organizing, detailing complaints of discrimination of race and illness, drastic hour cuts, favoritism shown in the workplace, and more.
"I know first-hand that it is possible to love this job," said Kale Hilley, barista at the Clemson location. "But as long as we are in these conditions, it will never be possible. I'm speaking up and voting to unionize because my partners and I deserve better."
The letter also detailed: "We risk losing eligibility for health insurance because our hours are being continually cut. We repeatedly see the destruction of our partner experience occurring due to unrealistic customer demand."
The nationwide union includes more than 8,500 workers looking for better working conditions, fair wages and consistent schedules. Since December 2021, more than 335 stores across the country have successfully unionized, according to workersunited.org.
In response, Starbucks Press issued the following statement:
"We recognize that a subset of partners feel differently and we respect their right to organize and to engage in lawful union activities without fear of reprisal or retaliation," a Starbucks media correspondent said. "As a next step, we welcome the opportunity for our partners at our Tiger Blvd. and College Ave. store to vote in a neutral, secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board."
The vote would allow the employees and partners to make their own informed decision regarding union representation.
According to Starbucks officials, their company offers employees an average of $17.50 hour, medical/dental and vision benefits and 100% tuition reimbursement.
If successfully unionized, the Clemson Boulevard and Tiger Avenue Starbucks location would join three other sites in South Carolina, including Interstate 85 and Pelham Parkway in Greenville, Millwood Avenue and Butler Street in Columbia, and I-85 and Clemson Boulevard in Anderson.
– A.J. Jackson covers the food & dining scene, along with arts, entertainment and more for The Greenville News and Anderson Independent Mail. Contact him by email at ajackson@gannett.com, and follow him on Twitter @ajhappened.
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Murdaugh saga: Boaters' attorneys, Parker's respond to Beach wrongful death suit settlements
- Agreements have been signed approving a total of $18 million in settlement in Murdaugh-related boat crash lawsuits.
- The family of Mallory Beach to receive $15 million, Connor Cook and Anthony Cook to receive $1 million each.
- Settlements come from insurance carriers: Gregory Parker pays nothing, admits no wrongdoing.
- While Beach wrongful death case is settled, the Beach's civil conspiracy/harassment lawsuit against Parker's still stands.
Attorneys for all parties in a high-profile boat crash that left a young woman dead and helped launch the discovery of the Murdaugh crime saga in South Carolina have responded to the recent $18 million in multiple lawsuit settlements reached over the weekend in the 2019 fatal boating incident involving notorious convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh and his late son, Paul.
Attorneys for multiple plaintiffs confirmed that, after a nearly day-long mediation session on Sunday, July 16, a number of settlement agreements totaling $18 million were signed and await court approval.
After a circuit court judge denied motions to change venue and sever defendants Alex Murdaugh and Gregory M. Parker/Parker's Corporation, a mediation meeting was held at 10 a.m. Sunday at the law offices of mediating attorneys Clawson and Staubes, LLC, in Charleston.
The settlements were signed off for the wrongful death suit filed by the family and estate of Mallory Beach, who died in the February 2019 Beaufort County boat crash, as well as the subsequent personal injury lawsuits filed by the surviving boaters, Anthony Cook, who was Mallory's boyfriend at the time of her death, Connor Cook, Miley Altman, and Morgan Doughty.
Beach family attorneys confirmed that their settlement was $15 million, and other attorneys involved in the case confirmed that the total of all settlements was $18 million.
Now, attorneys for all parties have issued statements in response to the settlements.
What's next?Following $15 million settlement, what's next in legal matters involving Beach family?
Attorneys for Parker's say they are 'disappointed' in disclosures
Gregory M. Parker and his Parker's Corporation were named as co-defendants in these lawsuits, and were accused of illegally selling alcohol to Paul Murdaugh and the underaged boaters.
After the mediation, which took most of the day, PK Shere, attorney for the Parker's defendants, issued a statement around 10 p.m. Sunday through a spokesperson.
“It is disappointing that the contents of settlement discussions have been disclosed today counter to the mediation agreement that was signed by all who participated.
"Recently, the court ruled that Parker’s would be tethered to Alex Murdaugh at the upcoming trial. The fact remains that Tajeeha Cohen made a legal and valid sale, as was determined by SLED. This case was never about that legal and valid sale nor was it about the repeated bad decisions that these young adults made that night. For Mark Tinsley, it was all about using the Murdaughs’ bad actions and the unfair law of joint and several liability in South Carolina to make Parker’s pay for a verdict intended to punish the Murdaughs. Given the outsized publicity this case has received, being tethered to a convicted murderer all but ensured Parker’s would not receive a fair trial.
"The application of the joint and several liability law in South Carolina meant that, if Parker’s was found even 1% at fault, it would have paid for the entirety of any verdict rendered against the Murdaugh family. The unfairness of that caused Parker’s insurance carriers to resolve these suits to avoid paying the likely award intended to punish Alex Murdaugh.
"This marks the conclusion of all the boat crash cases. We sincerely hope that all involved parties will find some measure of closure.”
A spokesperson for Parker's added that they were disappointed due to the fact that details of the settlements were disclosed early Sunday afternoon, despite the fact that as of 9 p.m. not all parties had signed off on the agreement.
According to the statement, Parker's insurance carriers paid the settlements. Gregory M. Parker personally has not paid anything to resolve these cases, nor has he admitted fault in the matter.
Mark Tinsley, attorney for Beach, other victims, responds
According to Beach family attorney Mark Tinsley, the family will receive a settlement of $15 million in their wrongful death suit against Parker's convenience store.
The settlement halts the wrongful death civil trial scheduled for Aug. 14 in Hampton County.
Tinsley said the Beach family purposefully wanted the details of the settlement to be made public. The Allendale attorney issued a statement Sunday night, then issued a follow-up statement on Monday:
“The settlements with the gas station demonstrate, to use Parker’s word, an 'exoneration' of the young people in the boat that Parker so readily blames. Underage drinking is a serious and costly problem. Blaming the kids won’t solve the problem. The people who enable underage drinking must be stopped. It’s shameful that nearly 2 people per week die in this state alone as a result of underage drinking. The Beach family believes this settlement will serve as a warning to all the Parker’s of the world, who might make an illegal sale of alcohol to a minor, that they will be held to account for their wrongful conduct if they do. These settlements won’t bring Mallory back, but we hope they do save someone else’s son or daughter. "
"The sun is much brighter in Hampton County for several people this morning."
Joseph M. McCulloch Jr., attorney for Connor Cook
Tinsley also represents two of the surviving boaters, Miley Altman and Morgan Doughty, who both filed parallel personal injury lawsuits after the crash. While both Altman and Doughty received settlements Sunday, the amounts were undisclosed.
"All of those kids have been put through a lot, and they are happy and relieved that they are done with this case," said Tinsley.
Beach died in February 2019 after a boat owned by convicted family killer, Alex Murdaugh, and allegedly piloted by his intoxicated son, Paul Murdaugh, crashed into bridge structures along Archers Creek in Beaufort County.
Mallory's mother, Renee Beach, filed the first version of a wrongful death suit against Murdaugh and other parties they felt were responsible for her daughter's death in March of 2019. While Paul Murdaugh was criminally charged, he was murdered, along with his mother, Maggie, before he could stand trial.
Attorney for Connor Cook confirms $1 million settlement, responds
Attorney Joseph M. McCulloch Jr., who represents surviving boater Connor Cook, confirmed that his client's share of the $18 million was $1 million.
"Seeing this case settled was a tremendous relief for Connor and his family, and a tremendous relief for Miley Altman and her family," said McCulloch. "Connor and Miley, who were dating at the time of the boat crash, are now the proud parents of a two-month-old child. They are so pleased to have this burden relieved, and now having this nest egg is a wonderful benefit to both of them. The sun is much brighter in Hampton County for several people this morning."
Attorney for Anthony Cook says suit was about supporting Beach family
Patrick Carr, attorney for surviving boater Anthony Cook, who was dating Mallory at the time of her death, confirmed that Anthony will also receive a $1 million settlement.
"For us the case was never solely about money," said Carr. "Our mission from Day One was to support the Beach family and do everything possible to foster civil justice for Mallory Beach, but no amount of money will ever bring Mallory back or replace the harms and losses of these young people. We hope that the conclusion of these cases will be a signal to alcohol retailers that they have a responsibility to sell alcohol in a safe and responsible manner, and if they fail to do that they will be held accountable for their wrongdoing."
Follow Michael DeWitt's reporting as The Hampton County Guardian/Greenville News and the USA Today Network continue to follow this developing legal case, and you can follow DeWitt on Facebook and on Twitter at @mmdewittjr for the latest updates.
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An Arlington man is in custody after police say he threatened to shoot his wife and her co-workers at Miller Brewing Company in Fort Worth on Saturday.
According to Fort Worth police, an employee of the plant called 911 Saturday around 8:00 p.m. and stated a man was possibly on the way to her workplace.
“My understanding is they might be going through some type of divorce,” Fort Worth Police Department spokesman Officer Jimmy Pollozani said. “Detectives were able to determine that there were specific and direct threats made towards the individual employee. During that time, there were over 500 employees that were currently working, so, we had a large contingency response.”
South patrol officers secured the perimeter of the plant and ordered a lockdown.
“Just like any other company, any other business, anybody wants to protect their employees. So, they fully cooperated with our request,” Pollozani said.
The lockdown lasted approximately four hours.
“People were nervous,” Rick Miedema said. Miedema represents members of Local Union 997. "It was kind of a shocker when the police did come through the facility, had a lot of people calling me and texting me of what was going on. People were a little shaken up.”
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Police finally gave the all-clear after midnight after 39-year-old Michael Valadez was located in Arlington.
“We were able to obtain an arrest warrant,” Pollozani said. “In the course of the investigation, we also contacted Arlington Police Department, where the individual was residing in an apartment complex.
Homeland Security and Arlington police tracked Valadez who was seen walking out of his apartment located in the 300 block of Owl Creek Drive. Valadez was detained by Arlington officers.
Officers with the Fort Worth Police Department arrived at the location shortly after, arrested Valadez, and transported him to jail. Inside the apartment, officers made a significant discovery.
“During the consent to search the detectives and officers located 16 long guns and boxes of ammunition,” Pollozani said. “Anytime we have these types of threats, our officers take these things very seriously and we investigate to the fullest.”
In a statement to NBC 5, Molson Coors Beverage Company, which owns Miller Brewing Company said, “We’re grateful for the quick action to ensure the safety of our people.”
Valadez remains in jail and is charged with a felony of the third degree for a terroristic threat causing the public or a group to fear serious bodily injury. It is not known if he has a lawyer.
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The long-awaited civil trial for four Dallas police officers in the death of Tony Timpa was delayed Monday morning just as jury selection was scheduled to begin in federal court, according to attorneys.
Seven years ago, officers pinned Timpa to the ground and mocked him as he became unresponsive. He died within about 20 minutes of police arriving.
The case is expected to be reset to September and to remain in Dallas, said Susan Hutchison, the attorney for Joe Timpa, Timpa’s father. Court staff said attorneys discussed a possible change in venue because of publicity.
U.S. District Judge David Godbey was upset over media coverage of the case, according to people with knowledge of the proceedings. Godbey’s office declined to comment when reached Monday. A judicial assistant in his office said she believes there’s now a gag order imposed on the case. No order forbidding attorneys from talking about the case could be found Monday in the case file.
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Vera Del Mar died Friday, July 7, 2023, in Boise. Arrangements are under the care of Relyea Funeral Chapel, Boise.
Sara Lynn Sterling Strough, 64, of Twin Falls died Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at home. Arrangements are under the care of White-Reynolds Funeral Chapel, Twin Falls.
William "Bill" Johnson, 80, of Hansen died Sunday, July 16, 2023. Arrangements are under the care of Rosenau Funeral Home, Twin Falls.
Brian Blevins, 52, of Hansen died Thursday, July 13, 2023. Arrangements are under the care of Parke's Magic Valley Funeral Home, Twin Falls.
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Residents who don’t want Family Service Lincoln to build affordable housing, a neighborhood center and community gardens on a nearly vacant lot near 52nd and Holdrege streets appealed to the City Council on Monday to deny a special permit.
They’d expressed similar concerns to the Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission, which nonetheless approved a special permit necessary for FiftyOne Commons, a project that's known as a community unit plan.
The neighbors appealed the Planning Commission’s decision to the council, which will vote on the special permit, and a change to the ordinance dealing with neighborhood centers at its July 24 meeting.
Family Service, a nonprofit that has been operating in Lincoln for more than a century and provides youth, housing and family support services, would run the neighborhood center, work with Community Crops to oversee the community gardens and lease the 10 affordable row-style duplexes and triplexes.
The housing will be affordable units aimed at families and will accept Section 8 housing.
The neighborhood center would also be available for community meetings, neighborhood association events and offer training space for Family Service, and could be used by other nonprofits, said Dennis Hoffman, Family Service executive director.
There will be surface parking on the lot for the community center patrons and apartment residents. The apartment residents can use the green space and community gardens also would be available for neighborhood residents.
Neighbors worry about the project increasing existing flooding problems in the area, increased traffic and parking concerns.
The land is in the floodplain and is one of the first projects in the city’s core neighborhoods that will need to comply with controversial new floodplain regulations passed in March.
Those regulations will mean the duplexes and triplexes will need to be raised an extra foot — so 2 feet instead of 1 — above the base floodplain elevation. Given the floodplain levels in that area, the duplexes and triplexes will have to be raised a total of 5 to 6 feet.
Neighbors who testified Monday said they worried about the height of the duplexes and triplexes, and whether it could create traffic hazards for drivers.
Robert Schlamann, who lives across from where the duplexes and triplexes will be built, said the height of the buildings, especially with the extra rise to comply with floodplain regulations, will mean he won’t get sunlight until late morning.
“These 35-foot-tall buildings are not going to look good from our bedroom window,” he said.
Tim Gergen, the design firm working with Family Service, acknowledged the regulations present challenges but said the development meets requirements so that it doesn’t create a traffic hazard.
“It’s an unfortunate part of it, but as a development in an infill property with these new floodplain regulations that existing homes don’t have to abide by, this is what we’re left with and what we have to do,” he said. “So that’s what we’re abiding by.”
Schlamann said a manhole cover by his home overflows regularly, and he worried the project would exacerbate the problem.
But city officials say the storm sewers in the area have the capacity to handle additional runoff because the project accounts for any additional runoff it will create by adding a detention pond on the lot. The pond will briefly hold water and divert it through an underground pipe to a 52nd Street stormwater sewer, which is larger than the one on 51st Street.
On Monday, residents pointed out existing ordinances — including those dealing with child care — they believe the project violates, though city officials said the neighborhood center doesn’t qualify as a child care facility and the community unit plan gave the project more flexibility.
The city also wants to change an ordinance dealing with neighborhood support services — needed for this project but that city officials would like to apply to such situations citywide.
The changes would remove the requirements that such neighborhood support services be located near a park, school or church and in an existing building.
City planners told the Planning Commission that similar issues have arisen with other social service agencies that want to be a part of the neighborhoods they serve but have found those requirements create unnecessary barriers. The requests for neighborhood support services would still need Planning Commission approval.
Hoffman said the FiftyOne Commons project will find a better use for a lot that has prompted complaints by neighbors and has been on the city’s list of neglected properties. As part of the project, he said, an abandoned house will be torn down.
“Family Service, I feel, is taking a bold move to take a chance on a tough property and taking on floodplain regulations to make a nice neighborhood for 10 families and a support center others can take advantage of."
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Weather experts are predicting another scorcher of a summer for many parts of the country.
That means now is the time to make sure your AC is running as efficiently as possible.
Summer is here! That means like it or not, the heat is on.
That’s especially true inside Consumer Reports’ specially designed testing chamber where the heat is cranked to 90 degrees Fahrenheit followed by the all-important test: How fast can each air conditioner cool the space by ten degrees?
“Most air conditioners will cool your space but the best will do it quickly and quietly,” Chris Regan with CR said.
Performance matters when it comes to window air conditioners. But before you buy, it’s important to size up your space.
CR says an AC that’s too small will be underpowered and it will never keep up on those hot days.
However, if you go too large, it might cycle too quickly and not dry out the air, leaving your space a little humid.
The LG earns top scores from CR for cooling rooms under 250 square feet in under 15 minutes.
For medium-sized rooms - the Midea is a great option.
And for larger rooms, consider a Frigidaire.
What about central AC?
“We have survey data from thousands of our members where we look at how reliable certain brands are and how satisfied our members are with those brands,” he said.
Several brands stand out in the survey for reliability and owner satisfaction, including, Armstrong, Ducane, American Standard, Bryant, Carrier, Lennox, and Trane.
But even the best AC can struggle to keep cool when outside temps soar!
To save energy and money, Consumer Reports has some tips …
“Use the weather stripping and the foam panels that are supplied with that unit,” Ragen said.
About once a month remove the filter, vacuum it gently, and then wash it with soap and water.
CR says when your central AC filter needs to be replaced, the Filtrete fits most HVAC systems.
And – enlist the help of a ceiling fan.
It allows you to raise your AC by a couple of degrees and still feel just as cool.
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GARDEN CITY — Roads in the Treasure Valley are not nearly as crowded as those in neighboring states like California, but congestion concerns have mounted as the valley’s population continues to grow.
Last week, the Ada County Board of Commissioners and Ada County Highway District met in a joint meeting to discuss, among other topics, the legislative direction on congestion mitigation.
Toward the end of the meeting, which was held Wednesday afternoon at ACHD headquarters, discussion turned to House Bill 237, a bill that limits the power of the ACHD. The bill came from Rep. Megan Blanksma, R-Hammett, the majority leader, and restricts all state funding to highway districts and locally collected property taxes to benefit primarily motor vehicles. The bill was approved by the Senate in March.
“ACHD is a special purpose district, we don’t have the constitutional powers that the county does. We are a creature of the state Legislature and they can control many aspects of the highway district, one of the big ones is funding,” ACHD General Counsel Steven Price said. “The Legislature took it upon themselves to try and limit the way that we spent our funding so that it was for the primary benefit of motorists.”
In the bill, the Legislature wrote that “all highway-user revenues,” like the ACHD, will be spent on administration, construction, operations and development of “bridges and highways that benefit primarily motor vehicles.”
HB 184 defines congestion mitigation as “transportation road projects for the primary benefit of motor vehicles designed and constructed to reduce traffic congestion, travel delays, engine idle time, and unproductive fuel consumption.” According to the bill, congestion mitigation includes improving travel times and traffic flow by lane expansion, adding turn lanes and improving signal operations.
“They were trying to focus on everything on the roadway for motor vehicles,” Price said. “They excluded any attempt or any recognition that you can reduce congestion by other means, including pedestrians and bicycles. In any event, that’s what the law says and we’ll go forward from there.”
The ACHD does not control densities or connectivity, which ultimately makes it difficult to work to eliminate the congestion some areas experience, ACHD Commissioner Jim Hansen said.
“The biggest impact on congestion, given the limited tools we have, is just across the street. Our traffic management center is managing the movement of vehicles on that system,” Hansen said.
But, the ACHD can only manage traffic so much, Hansen said. As areas in the Treasure Valley have become more densely populated and bills like 237 are passed, there will inevitably be system delays, Hansen said.
And the answer to relieving the congested roads may have been outlawed by bill 237, ACHD Commissioner Kent Goldthorpe said.
According to Goldthorpe, a few years ago the ACHD spent around $3 million to fill sidewalk gaps by putting temporary sidewalks made out of asphalt next to several schools.
“The effect of spending a little bit of money to take mothers or fathers that take their kids to school in the morning off the roads so their kids can walk or ride their bikes made a huge impact,” Goldthorpe said. “And that is such an infinitesimally small percentage of what it costs to widen roads.”
The roads near those schools were far less congested because of the asphalt sidewalks, and schools in the area needed more bike racks to accommodate for more students riding their bicycles to school, Goldthorpe said.
“It upset me greatly to hear the Legislature say that the only way that we could solve congestion was to make every arterial with the county five lanes with no facilities for kids,” Goldthorpe said. “We know better than that, so we have to work with them to make the right things happen.”
Not everyone agreed with Goldthorpe’s opinion.
“I think we all agree on we should be mitigating congestion,” Ada County Commission Chair Rod Beck said. “I do believe that we should follow free market principles. And what free market principles are, is if there’s a huge demand for bicycles and pedestrians, then of course we ought to be recognizing that demand. I don’t see that demand yet, but it might surface.”
Emily White is a reporter for the Idaho Press. She covers Boise and Ada County with an emphasis on education. Follow her on Twitter @EmilyWhite177 and email her at ewhite@idahopress.com
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Originally published July 16 on KTVB.COM.Triple-digit temperatures made last weekend a scorcher, with Boise hitting 105 degrees on Sunday.
The extreme heat can be dangerous. Heat is the No. 1 cause of weather-related deaths in the U.S., according to the National Weather Service. The NWS forecasts temperatures to reach 100 degrees Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday this week.
Many of us have a roof and air conditioning to keep us out of the extreme heat, but those aren’t a luxury that everyone has.
“This is really dangerous, particularly for our elderly, and we have a lot of unhoused seniors right now,” Jodi Peterson-Stigers, executive director of Interfaith Sanctuary, said. “It’s heartbreaking.”
To help one of the most vulnerable populations beat the heat, Our Path Home has collaborated with several organizations to identify and establish cooling locations throughout Boise.
The cooling spaces include:
Corpus Christi House525 S Americana Blvd.
Hours: Monday-Saturday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Cathedral of the Rockies717 N 11th St.
Hours: Sunday 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
River of Life Shelter (Boise Rescue Mission)575 S 13th St.
Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (weather dependent)
Boise City Hall150 N Capitol Blvd.
Hours: Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Idaho Harm Reduction Project
2717 W Bannock St.
Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 2 p.m.-8 p.m.
YMCA Downtown, West Boise, and South Meridian
- Downtown: 1050 W State St.
- West Boise: 5959 N Discovery Way
- South Meridian: 5155 Hillsdale Ave.
Hours: Monday-Friday 5 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday 7 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Boise Downtown Public Library715 S Capitol Blvd.
Hours: Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Interfaith Sanctuary1620 W River St.
7 days a week, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
“Anytime during the day, anyone can come onto the property to get their body cooled down,” Peterson-Stigers said. “We have the misters that help to get them wet, and also astroturf so that they’re off of that black asphalt. We have the covered area with the picnic benches. We have water available all day long. They can get their meals here. Then as the day goes on, we actually rotate people inside the building.”
The city of Nampa also invites the community into its public buildings to cool off during the extreme heat. Nampa’s cooling stations will be open as follows:
Nampa Public Library215 12th Ave. S
Monday-Thursday 10- a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Hugh Nichols Public Safety Building Lobby820 2nd St. S
Daily 10 a.m.-7 p.m. (until further notice)
Nampa City Hall lobby411 3rd St. S
Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Harward Recreation Center131 Constitution Way
Monday-Friday 5 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Interfaith Sanctuary also hands out popsicles and bottles of cold water, and the shelter is looking for donations of those items.
“The donations, really they are lifesaving,” Peterson-Stigers said.
Interfaith Sanctuary is asking for donations of bottles of water and popsicles — specifically Otter Pops and similar popsicles that don’t come frozen. Donations can be dropped off at their location on 1620 W River St.
Interfaith Sanctuary is also in need of volunteers during these hottest — and most dangerous — months of the year.
“What we’re seeing is more need, and not enough staff, and not enough eyes to make sure that everyone is safe,” Peterson-Stigers added.
The shelter is especially in need of volunteers on the weekends, who can help make sure that people get aid quickly.
Anyone interested in volunteering at Interfaith Sanctuary can email matt@interfaithsanctuary.org.
Interfaith is renting a nearby building for projects and daytime services. With more volunteers, they say that location could also help get more people inside.
“We’ll open up that building during the hottest part of the day if we can get some volunteer support,” Peterson-Stigers said. “We don’t have enough staff to do it on our own. But I think that’s our best option. It’s a lovely space, it’s air conditioned.”
Interfaith Sanctuary also suggests making “Summer Loving Kits” to keep in your car and hand out to those in need during scorching summer days.
Idaho Press staff contributed.
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There are posters and stickers all over W/REST’s office, from the walls to the water cooler. “No,” reads one, quoting Rosa Parks. “Your fight is my fight,” reads the one on the water cooler, blaring a bright yellow “warning.”
W/REST is made up of three lawyers who are working on introducing a new model to the Boise area. Its Instagram describes it as the Rest Cooperative and the Wrest Collective, a two-in-one community cooperative and collective law firm.
Their goal is to bring together legal skills with community wealth and need, allowing the community legal cooperative to have influence on things like the kind of cases the collective takes.
They want to practice law without top-down restrictions on who they can help depending on who is funding them.
“Our community has to realize that justice depends on us,” said attorney and co-founder Ritchie Eppink, sitting in the office in front of a pale pastel wall. “We can’t wait for someone else to do it.”
Already, the collective has taken on several high-profile cases since opening its doors eight months ago. The lawyers are involved with litigation against H.B. 71, which banned transgender care for minors. The collective is also representing the tenants of the Cambridge-Dorchester apartments, which made headlines earlier this year for giving residents three days to move out after the heat stopped working.
Most recently, W/REST Collective announced it is representing Avalon Hardy in her case against the Idaho State Police. Hardy was arrested at an abortion rights protest last year for allegedly shoving a sergeant. The sergeant later testified at trial that he didn’t remember her shoving him, and the judge acquitted her.
“We took on all these cases, knowing their significance,” Eppink said. “Where we can be involved in litigation and legal work that can put a stop to things that shouldn’t be happening, we absolutely want to be involved in those cases.”
But the work of these lawyers isn’t just on the big, splashy cases. The W/REST Collective also works on eviction cases and with families who were evacuated to Boise from Afghanistan.
“We’re not trying to take these cases that are getting a lot of attention because they’re getting a lot of attention,” said Casey Parsons, another attorney and co-founder. “We’re taking those cases because they’re important and we’re taking other cases, because they’re also very important.”
The third attorney and co-founder is David DeRoin. He has worked as a public defender and represented tenants at the Concordia Housing Clinic, according to the W/REST website. The housing clinic was part of the Concordia University School of Law, where students were able to represent clients.
The story of W/REST collective begins during the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the pandemic, the three attorneys, along with others, would meet and talk about different things, said Eppink, who uses any pronouns.
“We each had our own visions and dreams along with our own frustrations, and there was a lot of overlap between those things,” they said.
Some of those frustrations include how the legal system is currently set up and the limitations of organizations that want to help. Parsons said they want to develop an approach to law that is not paternalistic.
“The core principle of it is just starting from a place of the community telling us what kind of work we should be doing,” Parsons said.
Parsons and Eppink took different paths to get to this point in their lives. Neither of them necessarily thought they would end up in the legal profession or as lawyers.
Parsons, an Idaho Falls native who uses they/she pronouns, got their undergraduate and law school degrees from the University of Idaho. In the fall of 2016, they were navigating their own identity in terms of their queerness and gender and watching as Donald Trump was elected president.
“That was just a moment where I felt especially disempowered,” Parsons said. They felt they lacked the institutional knowledge and means to make change and decided on law school.
In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, they graduated with their law degree and moved to Boise to study for the bar exam. They worked with Eppink at the ACLU of Idaho while studying for the bar before moving on to Idaho Legal Aid Services.
Throughout their career, Parsons said they’ve seen how in eviction court and in landlord-tenant law that landlords have more advantages and support than tenants. Parsons said they’ve also seen how some organizations can’t help certain people, like undocumented or incarcerated Idahoans, in order to comply with federal regulations from federal funding.
Many people who work for such organizations do effective work with good intentions, Parsons said. But Parsons said part of the point of the collective is taking control away from groups like the federal government or wealthy grantholders.
“It seems that many of the most vulnerable populations in our state are explicitly divorced from those services,” Parsons said.
And personally, Parsons said as far as they know, they are the only openly transgender attorney in the state.
“The kinds of laws the Legislature is passing right now and potentially considering passing are things that affect me and people like me on a daily basis,” Parsons said. “I think it’s important for there to be people here doing the work to make being in Idaho safe and not a place where people are forced to flee.”
For Eppink, they went through college but then struggled with mental health issues in their 20s and ended up homeless.
“I realized that I, even with a college degree, couldn’t navigate the things that the government was doing, including at some point my car was taken when I was living in the car,” Eppink said.
Eppink said they began thinking about how there are far too few people who offer their skills to those who are struggling with the government and legal system. They put that together with the question of “what I was going to do with myself?” and went to law school.
“It turned out to be exactly the right thing for me,” Eppink said.
The W/REST Collective has also tried to make access to its services affordable.
In February, an Instagram post said it had charged clients $0 for almost 55 hours of billable time. There are sliding-scale fees based on financial means and other factors, Eppink said. Some cases they take on a contingency basis, or the clients don’t pay unless a court order or settlement in the case recovers money.
The cost is one element of what they describe as the law leaving people out.
“If I were facing a felony charge, for instance, I could not afford the cost of an attorney,” Eppink said. “And I myself work as an attorney.”
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FRENCH LICK, Ind. — One of Indiana's most majestic sites is nearly back open for business.
French Lick Resort announced Monday that the atrium of the West Baden Springs Hotel will reopen in the coming days. Several glass panels in the 12,000 square foot roof over the atrium were damaged by hailstones during a storm on June 25.
While the rest of the resort remained open, the atrium has been closed while crews work on repairs.
In a social media post Monday, the resort said the atrium's reopening would happen while repairs continued, sharing photos of coverings created by engineers and the facilities team that will allow cosmetic repairs to continue once the atrium is opened.
The resort's golf courses also saw significant damage from the hailstorm, with the fairways and greens at both the Donald Ross and Pete Dye courses pocked with holes from the hail.
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MUNCIE, Ind. — A 19-year-old is charged with the attempted murder of three Delaware County deputies.
Tarron H. Conwell is also charged with unlawful carrying of a handgun and resisting arrest for the June 23 shooting.
According to court documents, deputies had been searching for Conwell on a prior alleged crime. Conwell was also said to be sought on warrants from Madison County
Deputies claim they came across Conwell outside his Muncie home in the 3000 block of Mock Avenue. According to the court documents, Conwell ran and pulled a 9mm gun and fired at the deputies chasing him.
Indiana State Police claim Deputy Carter Smithson of the Delaware County Sheriff's Office "returned fire with his department issued sidearm."
The ISP report said Sgt. Tim Mitchell "utilized his department issued police vehicle to stop the deadly and aggressive actions of Conwell and to protect the other officer on foot. The police vehicle was also struck by gunfire from the suspect."
One of the deputies' cars was hit but the deputies were not injured.
After getting medical treatment at the scene, an ambulance took Conwell to a Muncie hospital. He was later transferred to a hospital in Indianapolis for treatment.
A search of Conwell's home allegedly turned up marijuana and other guns.
A trial date has not yet been set.
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Moe’s employees say they haven’t been paidPolice: Orlando man set apartment on fire, blocked door & air vents, removed smoke detectorsInvasive rabbits released by homeowner has a Florida suburb searching for answers2 brothers accused of killing Winter Park man released on own recognizanceFlorida couple arrested after child left in car-seat overnight suffers ‘torturous death’
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DES MOINES, Iowa — A Polk County judge has placed an injunction on Iowa's latest law banning abortions, meaning the latest efforts to curb the procedures by Gov. Kim Reynolds and Iowa Republicans have been placed on hold.
The new legislation prohibits almost all abortions once cardiac activity can be detected, which is usually around six weeks of pregnancy and before many know they are pregnant. That’s a dramatic shift for Iowa women; abortion had been legal up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
To clarify, Monday's ruling means abortion is once again legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy while the courts assess the new law’s constitutionality.
In a Monday ruling, Judge Joseph Seidlin wrote:
"The court will grant the temporary injunction requested here. In doing so, it recognizes that there are good, honorable and intelligent people - morally, politically and legally - on both sides of this upsetting societal and constitutional dilemma. Patience and perseverance are also hallmark traits on both sides, traits that continue to deserve respect. The court believes it must follow current Iowa Supreme Court precedent and preserve the status quo ante while this litigation and adversarial presentation which our Supreme Court has invited moves forward."
"I will fight this all the way to the Iowa Supreme Court where we expect a decision that will finally provide justice for the unborn," Reynolds said in a statement following the ruling.
“The argument from state is the rational basis test applies," said Daniel Johnston, the lawyer representing Reynolds and the state of Iowa. "We’re not arguing under undue burden test. If that were to apply, we would do a record on it."
Planned Parenthood North Central States has said they will refer patients out of state if they’re scheduled for abortions in the next few weeks. The organization, the largest abortion provider in Iowa, will continue to provide care to patients before cardiac activity is detected.
“If House File 732 takes effect, Iowans will suffer. So, your honor, for those reasons we ask for a temporary injunction, and we would respectfully request, that your honor, rule from the bench on the issue," argued Peter Im, the lawyer representing the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated with more information. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Last month, Teddy, our 9-year–old Lab, came up to me demanding scratches behind his ears. Obviously, I complied. But as I was scratching him, my usual comment of “Teddy, you’re a good boy” was replaced with “Teddy, you stink.”
I turned to my husband, Teddy’s all-around go-to-guy, and said, “Ed, your boy needs a bath.”
The next evening, I watched Pip, our 4-year-old cat, walk past Teddy lounging in the living room, stop and sniff both of the dog’s ears before moving on to the porch.
It took me about 60 seconds to realize my “bath” assessment from the day before was wrong.
“Ed, please check Teddy’s ears,” I said. “I think he has an ear infection.”
A quick examination revealed my new assessment was correct — and entirely predictable.
Noted vet Elizabeth Racine, writing for the American Kennel Club, says, “Ear infections are common conditions in dogs, especially those with floppy ears such as Basset Hounds and Cocker Spaniels. An estimated 20% of dogs have some form of ear disease.”
Another vet, Amanda Simonson wrote for PetMD that Labs and Golden Retrievers are prone to allergies and underlying predispositions, which can lead to chronic or recurring ear infections.
So Teddy, simply by nature of his breed, is susceptible. And, come to think of it, last month wasn’t the first time he’s had an ear infection.
Racine explains that Teddy’s ear canals are more vertical than ours, “forming an L‑shape that tends to hold fluid. This makes dogs more prone to ear infections. Ear infections are typically caused by bacteria, yeast or a combination of both. In puppies, ear mites can also be a source of infection.”
Some reasons Teddy could develop an ear infection include wax buildup, allergies or excess moisture.
Getting to the source of our beloved pooch’s ear infections was easy. Teddy loves dunking, walking, floating, splashing and swimming in water.
Whether it is the pond at Francis Kennels in Xena, where he goes weekly to play with his canine pals, or his summer vacation swims in Lake Michigan’s cool water, the size of the body of water makes no difference. He thoroughly enjoys water.
Teddy’s floppy ears are perfect for trapping and holding excess moisture and gunk he can get from playing in the pond or the lake, creating a fertile area for bacteria and yeast to grow.
From reading a pile of research on dog ear infections and my family’s own experiences with Teddy, a trip to his vet is called for when we first notice the possible ear infections signs. This is one health issue we can try to prevent but can’t cure.
At Teddy’s appointment, his vet examined both ears, gently cleaned them and administered the first round of medicine. We finished the seven-day course of medicine at home.
To try and lessen the number of ear infections Teddy has, Ed routinely cleans the dog’s ears, particularly in the warmer months when the pooch is enjoying the pond and the lake more.
Ed uses an over-the-counter liquid. When finished with an ear, Dad closes the earflap and massages the base of the ear, Teddy’s favorite part of the routine.
Ed finishes up by gently wiping the clean ear for any excess liquid.
A silver lining from this experience? Pip has been added to our medical team. The cat’s nose diagnosed the potential health problem faster than either human involved.
SOME SYMPTOMS OF DOG EAR INFECTIONS
Head shaking
Scratching at the affected ear
Dark discharge
Odor
Redness and swelling of the ear canal
Pain
SOURCE: https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/dog-ear-infections/
Karin Spicer is a member of The Dog Writers Association of America. She lives in Greene County with her family and two furry pets who inspire her. She can be reached at spicerkarin@gmail.com.
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PHOENIX — The 988 hotline, the nation’s suicide prevention lifeline and mental health crisis line, reached its first anniversary Sunday.
Since July 2022, 60,000 people in Arizona have called in for help, according to Solari Crisis and Human Services. Solari is the state’s primary vendor for the 988 hotline.
About 200 crisis agents answer calls from Arizonans, picking up the phone in nine seconds on average.
“We’re seeing a lot of folks that it’s their first time accessing crisis services,” said Cassie Villegas, Solari’s Senior Director of Contact Center Operations and Clinical Services.
In Arizona, roughly 5,000 people a month are calling 988. Over the year, the most common reasons people are calling are for suicidal or self-harm thoughts, anxiety and social concerns, according to Solari.
“Coming out of the pandemic, social media, ease of access to information, it is hard, it is hard on a lot of Arizonans to really be able to be comfortable in their own skin to really be able to cope with so many stressors,” Justin Chase, Solari’s President and CEO said.
While people call from all ages and demographics, Chase said the most frequent callers are women ages 24 to 55.
There’s been a 45% increase in call volume as the state switched over from the 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to the 988 hotline, Chase said. Adding, that increase shows a need for more awareness about the 988 hotline.
“What it really shows is that mental health is not - We aren't meeting and reaching everyone that we should be,” Chase said.
Nationally, a poll done this summer by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) found 82% of Americans aren’t familiar with 988.
“What we really need to see is increased awareness, knowledge, conversations around 988 and its accessibility,” Chase said. “We look for a marketing campaign at the state level from a national level and a local level.”
Chase expects call volume to increase again over the next year by as much as 25%, believing an investment in 988 would help.
“Funding towards 988 would be vital and critical,” Chase said. “We're relying right now on grants and relying on federal supports, but really having that local and state level funding stream to really be able to create sustainability to ensure that 988 is there, not just for our generation, but for our children and their children.”
When people call the 988 line in Arizona, Chase said 87% of the time, crisis agents can help someone on the phone without additional support.
“Mental health, suicide, and substance use deserve the same level of treatment and accessibility as any other critical emergency service,” Chase said. “And so 988 is and should be viewed at the same level as 911 and is a critical aspect of our community safety net.”
Solari also offers any caller a follow-up call to check in and make sure the caller can get to the recommended services.
“We’ve gotten a lot of feedback that just that was enough to kind of keep them stable,” Villegas said.
Villegas said that the program has helped staff help know some of what happens after they take calls on the job day in and day out.
“It’s hard, and we don’t always know the outcomes, right?” Villegas said.
The line also takes calls from family and friends of those struggling with mental health. Those make up about 15 to 20% of call volume, Chase said.
Villegas said crisis agents can help not only with just in-the-moment crisis but prevention too.
“If you know that a certain situation that you're coming upon is going to be triggering to you or that you're going to have anxiety over it, you can call us before it gets to that point, and we can help with that,” Villegas said.
If you or someone you know are struggling with mental health, there is help, and there is hope. You can contact a counselor via call, text or chat 24/7 by dialing 988.
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DALLAS — The sun is creating punishing temperatures across Texas, but it’s also helping to fuel the state’s power grid -- and even cars.
A group of North Texas high school students is two days into a cross-country solar car race and is already making history.
The Greenville High School Iron Lions are piloting a solar car named Invictus that left the Texas Motor Speedway and is headed 1,400 miles to Palmdale, California. The car itself will log about 930 miles.
The car is the result of a 4-year-old design and building process.
“My first ever meeting for solar car, we actually laid the carbon fiber of our car down,” team captain Anika Escobar said. “Slowly and slowly, you start seeing all the pieces come together. We put all our mechanical aspects in, our electrical aspects in.”
Anika Escobar just graduated in May but has been driving some of the segments during the team race.
“It was an amazing feeling knowing that something that you started off doing your sophomore year, now it’s driving high speeds,” she said.
Their team hit another gear yesterday. With Escobar driving, the team hit 72 miles per hour, a record speed in high school, according to the Solar Car Challenge Competition.
“Normally you’re driving between 30 and 35,” faculty advisor Joel Pitts said.
Pitts said there have been huge improvements in solar tech in the decade they’ve had a team.
“Electric mobility and solar has jumped leaps and bounds in the last 10 years,” he said. “The students built their own solar panels from scratch for this car.”
On Monday, the team had a setback and needed repairs which slowed them down after a record-setting day Sunday.
The more than 20 teams competing are allowed to drive from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. When the time stops for the day, the car is put on a trailer and taken to a checkpoint at night. The team that has the most miles driven at the end of the week wins.
The $100,000 car is extremely light and low to the ground but passes a rigorous safety inspection before starting.
“You have to be focused and straight on the steering wheel because anything could happen because, you know, it’s a solar car that high school students built,” Escobar said.
Half the team isn’t old enough to drive. Pitts said just getting to this point was a goal, but regardless of the outcome this week, they have dreams of competing in the World Solar Challenge in Australia in 2025.
“They’ve done a fantastic job with it,” Pitt said.
“I love our team and I love our teamwork,” Escobar said.
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TEMPE, Ariz. — Dozens of people have been displaced following a fire at a mobile home park in Tempe, according to the Tempe Fire Medical Rescue Department.
Fire crews were called to the mobile home park near McClintock Drive and Apache Boulevard around 5 p.m. Monday afternoon.
The department said the fire started out as a tree fire and spread to one of the homes and then quickly moved to a neighboring home.
Because of the damage to the power pole, 12 mobile homes with approximately 30 people have been displaced.
No injuries were reported.
Those displaced are being helped by Care7, Red Cross, and the City of Tempe Health and Human Services.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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TORRANCE, Pa. — The U.S. may be out of the COVID-19 pandemic, but workers are still in short supply, including in the healthcare industry. In the coming years, Western Pennsylvania and the country could see a shortage of nurses that could put a strain on the healthcare system.
To help fill the need, the Department of Human Services hosted a job fair for Torrance State Hospital at the Chestnut Ridge Golf Resort and Conference Center in Blairsville Monday.
At the age of 42, Carlo Parkinson is making a major career jump - from working at a local hardware store to healthcare.
“Just seeing how the world’s going right now, a lot of people need help through,” Parkinson said.
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Hoping to become a psychiatric aid, Parkinson found himself at the job fair for Torrance State Hospital.
“How do you think you can help?,” Channel 11 News Reporter Antoinette DelBel asked him.
“Just a listening ear sometimes helps,” Parkinson said.
The state hospital in Westmoreland County is looking to fill a total of 60 positions - everything from maintenance workers to social workers, therapists and nurses, which is a profession facing a shortage across the board.
Stress, burnout and scrutiny are just some of the reasons why not as many people are becoming nurses or quitting the profession altogether. It’s a big concern economists say could eventually affect treatment.
Torrance State Hospital CEO Stacey Keilman said they’re working to close the gap.
“Every vacancy we have, we feel at some level,” she said. “Being able to fill any of those positions today is really going to help the hospital and the individuals we serve.”
Nationwide, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a shortfall of more than 200,000 registered nurses each year for the next several years. That could potentially create a rise in so-called “nurse deserts” in rural areas, such as the Town of Torrance. It means some rural areas of the region might not have immediate access to a registered nurse.
Keilman, however, said by investing in the profession and offering more programs and growth opportunities, they’re getting more nurses through the pipeline.
“We’re actually taking candidates that are willing to become nurses; we’re paying for their nursing, and they can go through the program with us,” she said. “We’re really excited. We’re growing nurses internally in our own hospital system.”
For current and future openings at Torrance State Hospital and other DHS offices, visit www.employment.pa.gov.
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PITTSBURGH — Quinn Priester and Endy Rodriguez had rocky major-league debuts Monday night as the Pittsburgh Pirates were routed by the Cleveland Guardians 11-0 at PNC Park in the opener of a three-game series.
Priester, the 22-year-old right-hander, retired the first nine batters he faced. However, he ended up allowing seven runs and seven hits in 5.1 innings while striking out two and walking two.
Rodriguez, the 23-year-old catcher, went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts. The Pirates were blanked on three hits by six pitchers in a bullpen game for the Guardians.
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MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. — Days after a deadly fire tore through a wildlife center in Madeira Beach, the owner is already taking steps to rebuild.
Owner Sonny Flynn has barely slept since the fire.
"I've been here every day," said Flynn. "This is my life."
On Monday, she sees her life in ashes and feels her family has been ripped apart.
"[These animals] are my babies and they will always be my babies," said Flynn.
Alligator and Wildlife Discovery Center was home to roughly 250 animals, each one with a name.
"Chi-Chi was my first mammal. He was a chinchilla," said Flynn. "They're all going to be missed."
Investigators are still working to determine how the fire started, but Flynn said she was told it started at the far end of her business.
"The point of origin was that first unit and that is where the snakes and mammals were," said Flynn.
As the question of how the fire started weighs on Flynn, she says there's no question of what's next for the business.
"We will be back open. We will rescue more animals," said Flynn. "I have outreach from several other rescues that have said, 'When you're ready, we have surpluses. We would love to share our animals with you.'"
Flynn said while the center saves animals, she has also seen those animals save people, from connecting with children to the disabled veterans she employs.
"I feel that my mission is to give back. I'm a cancer survivor. I was put on this earth to do something," said Flynn.
She said she is a cancer survivor, four times over. Now, her new fight to rebuild is one she's not shying away from, no matter how long it takes.
"We're going to survive this. No doubt," she said.
Flynn said she and her workers held a small memorial for the animals over the weekend and are planning a public one.
The business was insured, but Flynn said she is trying to keep all of her 16 workers paid as they work to rebuild. Funds raised through this Chamber of Commerce page will go towards that effort.
The investigation has been turned over to the Pinellas County Arson Unit and State Fire Marshal's Office.
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SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. — Neighbors are challenging rezoning and development plans going on in northeast Sarasota County.
A hearing started Monday on whether to dial back the zoning changes that allowed Lakewood Ranch to expand from Manatee County into Sarasota County.
The administrative challenge was filed in November by Michael Hutchinson and his wife Eileen Fitzgerald of Keep The Country Inc. They are leading the challenge for the neighbors who say Sarasota County's decision to amend the comprehensive plan for Lakewood Ranch Southeast was unlawful.
The two residents who live in the Bern Creek Ranch community argue that further expansion of Lakewood Ranch into rural Sarasota County will hurt the ecology of the area.
Around October, an amendment to change the development's comprehensive plan to "a village transition zone" made way for developers to expand and add more homes.
Following that was when the county commission approved the construction of 5,000 single-family homes for a development called Lakewood Ranch Southeast as part of that expansion.
Hutchinson said the Northeast corridor of the county was full of various wildlife that would be impacted.
"The amount of species I photographed there is tremendous. From bobcat families to Cara Cara and so forth and so on. I suspect when we put in 5,000 homes there, some of those animals are going to move out," said Hutchinson.
The area in question covers about 4,100 acres in northeast Sarasota County between University Parkway and Fruitville Road.
Residents say inviting such density to the area will not only affect the natural environment but their quality of life.
Hutchinson said it would increase traffic, noise and pollution in the area and change the landscape and horizon with more lights.
"Right now, Lakewood Ranch dominates the northwest sky at night. Now, they'll move it to the east as well, which is the best dark sky we have because Sarasota is to the west," he said.
At the hearing before a county administrative judge, representatives from all sides, including attorneys and planning staff, were present to discuss the issues.
A county spokesperson said no official statement could be made yet due to this being an active litigation.
The neighbors said they hope for a ruling in their favor to help stave off what they call another example of urban encroachment in the area.
"It's going to change the whole character of the area, impact us in quite a different way. I don't feel most of the rural residents feel we have been listened to," said Hutchinson.
The hearing is expected to last through the week after which the judge will take a few more days to review the case before deciding.
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FOOD for Lane County needs volunteer drivers to deliver meals
FOOD for Lane County is in dire need of volunteers as demand for food assistance continues to rise and the organization struggles to find staff for its Meals on Wheels program, a meal delivery service for homebound individuals.
Meals on Wheels of Lane County served more than 1,200 people last year, relying on 56 volunteers a day to pull it off. On July 13 alone, FOOD for Lane County's Bailey Hill Road location delivered 457 meals.
"This program is one of the most valuable things that we can do, besides shelter," said volunteer Laura Cole.
Lately, FOOD for Lane County is having a hard time getting much-needed volunteer drivers. According to program manager Amber Friedman, the shortage comes as the organization has added more routes and regular volunteers take vacations.
"Meals on Wheels is starving for volunteers," Cole said.
Meals get delivered even with a shortage of drivers
The organization gets the meals delivered regardless of volunteer numbers, but it comes at a cost, said Amber Friedman, senior food programs manager.
Staff have to turn their focus from receiving applications and onboarding to making deliveries themselves.
"I was out delivering meals today because we didn't have enough drivers," Friedman said on July 13. "It just means that our staff doesn't have time to work on other things that are important, and it slows our ability to add new clients to the program."
Human contact as important as the delivered meal
Besides having an impact on peoples' lives, volunteers often make friends with other drivers and the recipients along the delivery route.
"We've developed relationships with the people that we deliver to. We go to birthday parties. We go see them in care facilities when they have to leave their home," said Cole, who has been delivering meals one day a week for two years.
"The human contact is as important as the meals in some respects," she said. "We go to houses where people have a pet, and if they didn't have that they would be alone all the time. So our little 10-minute stop puts a twinkle in their eye."
Things to know about being a volunteer driver
Driving for Meals on Wheels is unpaid and purely volunteer-based. A monthly mileage reimbursement is offered to drivers to help offset the cost of gas.
Delivery shifts span from 90 minutes to 2.5 hours.
Delivery drivers must be 18 years or older, possess a valid drivers license, pass a DHS background check and be able to get in and out of their vehicle 15-20 times per route.
Other volunteer opportunities are available, including helping out at the GrassRoots Garden, packing produce boxes and mobile pantry distribution.
More information on the Meals on Wheels program and other volunteer opportunities with FOOD for Lane County can be found at foodforlanecounty.org/volunteer/.
Charles Gearing is a breaking news reporter for the Eugene Register-Guard. You may reach him at cgearing@gannett.com
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BOA closing its only Brockton branches — but building brand new bank at mall. What we know
BROCKTON — While Bank of America is building a brand new building on Westgate Drive near the mall, the bank announced on its website that it will be closing two branches in the city later this year.
The West Brockton branch at 826 Belmont St. is scheduled to close on Oct. 13, 2023, and the East Brockton branch at 695 Crescent St. will close on Oct. 24, 2023, according to a notice on the bank's website.
According to the plans Bank of America submitted to the city, the branch on Westgate Drive calls for a 4,600-square-foot, free-standing building to be used as a bank with a drive-thru and ATM.
Bank of America did not respond to repeated requests for comment about its plans for the building.
The bank has ATM only locations at 683 Belmont St. and 200 Westgate Drive.
Bank of America also has branches and ATMS locally in Abington, Bridgewater, Easton, Hanover, Holbrook, Randolph, Raynham, Rockland and Stoughton.
Customers can make arrangements to close their safe deposit boxes during regular business hours, according to the bank's website.
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HarborOne also closed its Brockton branch
Bank of America is not the only bank closing a branch in the city.
HarborOne Bank closed its Montello branch on North Main Street on July 7. HarborOne — which at the time was called Brockton Credit Union — opened that branch at 820 North Main St. more than 30 years ago, in 1992.
Harbor One Executive Vice President of Retail Banking Brenda Diepold told The Enterprise in April the move to close the Montello branch was made "purely because customers have been taking advantage of digital transactions."
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South Shore Bank opened a new branch in Brockton
While some banks are closing, another bank is opening in the city.
South Shore Bank celebrated the opening of its new location in Brockton with a ribbon-cutting and reception in June. The event was organized in partnership with the Metro South Chamber of Commerce and held at the new South Shore Bank Brockton Banking Center at 1280 Belmont St.
“We are very excited to be here in Brockton,” said South Shore Bank Chief Executive Officer Jim Dunphy. "We see a lot of upside in the Brockton community and we see tremendous potential here," he said.
This new banking center is a modernized full-service location managed by a local team, providing clients with the "best possible" in-person experience and access to the "most updated banking technologies," including virtual tellers, according to Dunphy.
"We are very excited for the future in this great city,” he said.
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Two eastbound Beltline ramps begin closures tonight for up to seven weeks
The Oregon Department of Transportation is closing two eastbound OR-569 on-ramps beginning at 7 tonight as construction crews start work to replace bridge rails.
The eastbound Beltline Highway on-ramp from Prairie Road and the eastbound Exit 7 ramp onto the Northwest Expressway will be closed 24/7 during the project, ODOT said Monday.
The bridge is located on the Beltline highway, where the highway crosses over the Union Pacific Railroad and the NW Expressway in Eugene.
The work will include:
- Replacing the bridge railing, which is outdated and needs to be brought up to current standards
- Replace any joints that are leaking or damaged
- Install a concrete overlay to replace the driving surface and give road users a smoother ride
The bridge work will complete many elements that were not able to be done on previous, recent Beltline Highway construction projects.
Those improvements have included:
- A new bus pullout at Green Hill Road
- Repaved and repaired highway surface
- Sign replacements that meet current standards
- Modified traffic signals at various intersections
- ADA improvements to meet current standards
- Bridge repairs
- Replace the concrete median from Roosevelt Boulevard to Coburg Road
- Camera, traffic sensor, and variable message board sign installations at various locations.
ODOT's project page is at oregon.gov/odot/projects/pages/project-details.aspx?project=21261
Charles Gearing is a breaking news reporter for the Eugene Register-Guard. He may be contacted at cgearing@gannett.com.
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Raynham man killed in double fatal dirt bike crash. What we know
WAREHAM — A 20-year-old man from Raynham and his 17-year-old friend were killed when their dirt bike crashed into an SUV on Saturday, WCVB is reporting.
Brady Petrucci, 20, of Raynham, and Robert Stalker, 17, of Woburn, were found unresponsive in the roadway suffering from serious injuries when first responders arrived. They were transported to Tobey Hospital in Wareham, where both men were pronounced dead.
Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said the initial investigation suggests the dirt bike crashed into a 2017 Buick Envision around 10:50 p.m. in the area of 121 Marion Road in Wareham.
According to Cruz, the driver of the Buick immediately stopped following the crash.
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Stalker and Petrucci were not wearing helmets at the time of the crash and there were also no front or rear lights on the Kawasaki dirt bike they were riding, Cruz said.
Yajaira Gonzales saw the crash happen and stayed at the scene until help arrived, she told WCVB.
"I got out of my car. It was just a horrifying scene. It was just horrifying. They were just laying there, asking for help," Gonzales said.
The crash is being investigated by Wareham police, Massachusetts State Police troopers, and the Plymouth County district attorney's office.
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MOUNT POCONO, Pa. — From lines of cars in the parking lot to the dozens waiting for tickets.
Monday night saw the beginning of the 97th Pocono Mountain Carnival.
"First of all, we have live bands every night free of charge, free parking, free admission," said Randy Altemose, the Pocono Mountain Carnival Committee Chairman. "We are here to raise money, obviously, but we aren't looking for a handout. We hope everybody comes out, has a good time, enjoys themselves."
Altemose says the oldest carnival in the Poconos is the biggest and only fundraiser for the Pocono Mountain Volunteer Fire Company.
Although the carnival has been going on for almost a century, like other departments across Pennsylvania, getting volunteer firefighters is an issue.
"We've been able to raise enough money through all those years through the carnival to pay for the vehicles themselves. I don't know how much longer we can do that," said Altemose.
A study by the University of Pittsburgh shows that in the 1970s, there were 300,000 volunteer firefighters across Pennsylvania. Flash forward to 2018, and that number is closer to 38,000.
Making staffing at events like the carnival harder and harder every year.
"That's absolutely phenomenal that you have the people up here that are willing to give their time to the community and to help people, said George Garnier.
"I think it takes a lot of work and dedication by not only the community but the fire company itself," said Joelette Garnier.
The couple have been enjoying the fire company's food and carnival rides for decades.
They hope that community members realize just how important its volunteer department is.
"These are your neighbors that are doing this for you to help you in a time of need or if you need anything," said George.
All the fun, food, and games are happening at the Pocono Mountain Volunteer Fire Company's carnival grounds.
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VALPARAISO — Valparaiso Police is conducting training exercises at Flint Lake Elementary during the next two weeks.
The police training will take place from 1 to 9 p.m. on July 17, 18, 24 and 25.
The training is in conjunction with Valparaiso Community Schools and will consist of multiple exercises of emergency responses to an active threat, according to Capt. Joe Hall.
There will be an increased number of police cars in the area, and police-related activities inside the school, according to a press release.
Valparaiso Police ask the public not to be alarmed by the training drills, as emergency services will be aware of the drills taking place.
Valparaiso Community Schools faced multiple threats directed at Valparaiso High School in January that resulted in multiple lockdowns and early dismissals. A 16-year-old boy from Ohio was ultimately arrested in connection with the threats.
GALLERY: The Times Photos of the Week
Craig Zandstra leads the way on a tour of Hatcher Park in Gary.
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Harry Kuttner (from left), Emily Glover and Jessica Fernandez join Daniel Suarez on a tour of the wooded area of Hatcher Park in Gary.
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America in Bloom adviser Laurie Lafferty (right) chats with Pat Rosenwinkel, president of Dyer in Bloom, and Dyer Operations Director Bryan Lane at Town Hall.
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America in Bloom advisers Galen Gates and Laurie Lafferty take photos inside the Dyer Historical Society Museum.
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America in Bloom adviser Galen Gates (left) and Dyer Operations Director Bryan Lane discuss Hart Ditch near Town Hall.
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America in Bloom adviser Laurie Lafferty (left) chats with Dyer Town Council member Mary Tanis in the council chambers.
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Kate Buckley, 17, of LaPorte snuggles with Charlotte (left) and Nugget while using her cellphone Wednesday at the LaPorte County Fair.
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Merle Miller demonstrates a trick Wednesday to LaPorte County Fair Queen Jaxzee Marks (left) and first runner-up Samantha Wilson at the fair.
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4-H'ers wrangle their pigs at the start of judging Wednesday at the LaPorte County Fair.
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New Valparaiso University basketball coach Roger Powell Jr. (right) takes on volleyball coach Carin Avery in a free-throw shootout at Zao Island in Valparaiso.
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Roger Powell Jr. (right), Valparaiso University's new basketball coach, and Vincent Walker, director of cross country and track and field, play a game of Connect 4 Hoops at Zao Island in Valparaiso.
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New Valparaiso University basketball coach Roger Powell Jr. signs an autograph for Kameron Williams, 8, at Zao Island in Valparaiso.
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New Valparaiso University basketball coach Roger Powell Jr. autographs a T-shirt for Brody Rees, 11, at Zao Island in Valparaiso.
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Carl Wodrich, a deputy assistant commissioner with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management; Debra Shore, EPA regional administrator and manager of the Great Lakes National Program; Col. Paul Culberson of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Indiana Rep. Carolyn Jackson; and U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, cut the ribbon Monday for the Lake George Canal remediation project.
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Guests head out for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday for the Lake George Canal remediation project.
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Stephen Bell, director of the Chicago Park District's Ford Calumet Environmental Center and Big Marsh Park, talks about the Calumet Region history.
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MORGAN TOWNSHIP — A male pilot landed a 2013 Lanceair ES plane into a rural field in Morgan Township on Monday evening after experiencing engine trouble.
The pilot made a successful landing at approximately 4:37 p.m. in the area of West County Road 694 E 400 S in Valparaiso, Porter County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Benjamin McFalls said.
The pilot experienced no injuries, but there is damage to the aircraft, McFalls said. The cause of the crash is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.
This is an ongoing investigation. The Porter County Sheriff's Department has no further comment at this time.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into the Porter County Jail
Samuel Schneemann
Arrest date: July 13, 2023
Age: 23
Residence: Fort Wayne, IN
Booking Number: 2302931
Charges: Strangulation, felony
Jack Sedivy
Arrest date: July 13, 2023
Age: 26
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302929
Charges: OWI, felony
Thomas Gross III
Arrest date: July 13, 2023
Age: 34
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number: 2302930
Charges: Dealing in methamphetamine, felony
Ethan Wyszynski
Arrest date: July 12, 2023
Age: 21
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number: 2302918
Charges: Aggravated battery, felony
Joshua Odell
Arrest date: July 12, 2023
Age: 44
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302919
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
Iesha Gibson
Arrest date: July 12, 2023
Age: 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2302924
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Sherri Harris
Arrest date: July 12, 2023
Age: 48
Residence: Calamus, IA
Booking Number: 2302927
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Chad Chalfant II
Arrest date: July 12, 2023
Age: 37
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302915
Charges: Possession hypodermic syringe or needle, felony
Amanda Deutscher
Arrest date: July 12, 2023
Age: 37
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number: 2302914
Charges: Obstruction of justice, felony
Max Smith Jr.
Arrest date: July 11, 2023
Age: 44
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302906
Charges: Invasion of privacy, felony
Leanna Williams
Arrest date: July 11, 2023
Age: 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2302910
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Tristan Peterson
Arrest date: July 11, 2023
Age: 28
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302907
Charges: Habitual traffic offender, felony
Benito Pedraza-Lizama
Arrest date: July 11, 2023
Age: 36
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number: 2302892
Charges: OWI, felony
Ryan Beck
Arrest date: July 11, 2023
Age: 30
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302890
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
Joseph Chase
Arrest date: July 11, 2023
Age: 54
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302896
Charges: Burglary, felony
Kimberly Giorando
Arrest date: July 11, 2023
Age: 57
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302893
Charges: Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug, felony
Michael Yahkind
Arrest date: July 10, 2023
Age: 34
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number: 2302886
Charges: Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug, felony
Matthew Yurechko
Arrest date: July 10, 2023
Age: 37
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302888
Charges: Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug, felony
Shykeena Smith-Mohammed
Arrest date: July 10, 2023
Age: 23
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number: 2302873
Charges: Theft, felony
Nizah Westbrooks
Arrest date: July 10, 2023
Age: 19
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number: 2302861
Charges: Resisting law enforcement, felony
Nathaniel Wilson
Arrest date: July 10, 2023
Age: 18
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number: 2302863
Charges: Theft, felony
Trevon Robinson
Arrest date: July 10, 2023
Age: 21
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302872
Charges: Neglect of a dependant , felony
Jonathan Noort
Arrest date: July 10, 2023
Age: 41
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302868
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Tymmia Kimp
Arrest date: July 10, 2023
Age: 25
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number: 2302862
Charges: Theft, felony
Michael Mavrogeanes
Arrest date: July 10, 2023
Age: 59
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302878
Charges: Possession of a controlled substance, felony
Dontarius Garrett
Arrest date: July 10, 2023
Age: 34
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number: 2302867
Charges: Possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, felony
Ronald Arceneaux Jr.
Arrest date: July 10, 2023
Age: 46
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302887
Charges: Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug, felony
Michele Clark
Arrest date: July 10, 2023
Age: 45
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302881
Charges: Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug, felony
Lourdes Zavala
Arrest date: July 9, 2023
Age: 22
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302853
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jason Napier
Arrest date: July 9, 2023
Age: 49
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302857
Charges: Burglary, felony
Matthew Sirko
Arrest date: July 9, 2023
Age: 30
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302851
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
William Jared
Arrest date: July 9, 2023
Age: 36
Residence: Texas City, TX
Booking Number: 2302858
Charges: Auto theft, felony
Pamela Jones
Arrest date: July 9, 2023
Age: 51
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number: 2302852
Charges: Auto theft, felony
Michael Wagner
Arrest date: July 8, 2023
Age: 85
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302842
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
Robert VanDrunen III
Arrest date: July 8, 2023
Age: 34
Residence: Boone Grove, IN
Booking Number: 2302848
Charges: Habitual traffic offender, felony
Brooke Leonard
Arrest date: July 8, 2023
Age: 37
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302850
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Teresa Thorne
Arrest date: July 8, 2023
Age: 57
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302843
Charges: Possession or use a legend drug or a precursor, felony
Jack Garner
Arrest date: July 8, 2023
Age: 63
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number: 2302838
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Hannah Holloway
Arrest date: July 8, 2023
Age: 24
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302836
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Kyle Douglas
Arrest date: July 8, 2023
Age: 18
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number: 2302839
Charges: Resisting law enforcement, felony
Amy Becker
Arrest date: July 8, 2023
Age: 31
Residence: Chesterton, IN
Booking Number: 2302835
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
David Bowman
Arrest date: July 8, 2023
Age: 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2302844
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
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GOLDEN, Miss. (WTVA) — Authorities charged a man with capital murder in the death of his mother in Itawamba County.
Deputies responded Friday, July 14 to a home on Brown Road where they found the burned remains of a mobile home and two cars.
No one had reported the fire to 911.
They found the body of Flora Walden inside the mobile home, according to the Itawamba County Sheriff’s Office.
The investigation led to the arrest of her son William Walden who also lived there.
William Walden was out of prison on early release at the time of the fire, according to the sheriff’s office. He will remain in jail pending trial.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) — Twenty-year-old Bébé Rayborn is not your typical college student.
She’s a double major in religion and public relations at Mississippi State University.
The Brandon native is also a model for big-name companies like Elle UK, Giorgio Armani and American Eagle. She’s also an extra in the upcoming “Barbie” movie.
Her modeling career has led her to many opportunities and has given her a platform to help others.
She’s an advocate for victims of human trafficking and interns with the Mississippi Human Trafficking Council.
Rayborn also joined No Longer Bound at MSU; the group's mission is to educate students about human trafficking.
"Some of those things feel so out of touch and far away from us,” she said. “We think it's happening in a small remote village in another country where it's like, there are children and adults being sex and labor trafficked in the state of Mississippi."
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation reported more than 360 human trafficking victims in 2021. Approximately 300 victims were children and teenagers.
If you or someone you know is a victim of human trafficking, call the National Human Trafficking hotline at 1-888-373-7888.
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Hazel was WTVA’s Pet of the Week for July 14, brought to you by Cloverhaven Animal Hospital in Tupelo.
Do you want to adopt her?
Call the Tupelo-Lee Humane Society at 662-205-4221 or visit TupeloLeeHumane.org.
Hazel was WTVA’s Pet of the Week for July 14, brought to you by Cloverhaven Animal Hospital in Tupelo.
Do you want to adopt her?
Call the Tupelo-Lee Humane Society at 662-205-4221 or visit TupeloLeeHumane.org.
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GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — Greene County has become the latest locality to raise property tax rates.
County commissioners voted 12–9 on Monday night to raise the tax rate by 38 cents, a 30% increase, for parts of the county outside Greeneville.
County Mayor Kevin Morrison cited inflation and employee pay as reasons why the increase was necessary.
“Inflation had caught up to us and it was our turn to decide whether we were going to try to compete and retain our employees because at the rates we were paying, we were not going to be able to get people to come in and fill those jobs at the rates that we were paying,” Morrison said.
But that doesn’t mean county leaders made the decision lightly, the mayor said.
“We don’t do things in a vacuum and we’re not without compassion for the people that are paying the bill,” Morrison said. “Unfortunately, there’s only two ways, really appreciable ways to bring in the amount of recurring revenue required to fund the budget.”
Those two ways: raise the property tax rate or wheel tax rate.
“But the good thing is, is that with the great sigh of relief, our first responders, the folks in the jail, and again, we had to do the same thing, basically that every jurisdiction around us has had to do.”
Greene County is not alone. Johnson City, Jonesborough, Greeneville, and Unicoi County are just some of the localities that have raised taxes recently.
“There’s a lot of consequences that we don’t want to experience. We can’t run around saying the sky is falling, for instance, but we also have to know there are serious consequences if we can’t keep our jails certified and we can’t respond in an emergency,” Morrison said.
In addition to the tax levy, commissioners passed a budget for the next fiscal year.
They also approved a resolution encouraging state and federal elected officials “to uphold the Second Amendment” and to refuse to consider “any legislation that restricts the unalienable rights guaranteed by the Constitution.”
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — A months-long study of the Lynn Garden Drive corridor was presented to Kingsport city leaders Monday evening.
The study, which has not been finalized, analyzed the short and long-term potential for the area.
It was conducted by the consulting firm Kimley-Horn and Associates of Nashville.
“We spent several months talking to people, looking at existing conditions, and then we developed a plan and we presented it to the community last month and got overwhelmingly positive feedback and today we got to share the results of the plan and the public feedback to the Board of Mayor of Aldermen,” Kevin Tilbury of Kimley-Horn and Associates said.
The study identified issues like the perception of crime, lack of investment, and vacant properties. It also noted a lack of “middle” or multi-family housing and proposed the development of “walk-up townhomes” along Lynn Garden Drive.
However, the study also identified opportunities, such as Lynn Garden being a “gateway to downtown” and the existence of stable neighborhoods and anchor institutions.
“The community is betting on Lynn Garden, the city is betting on Lynn Garden so now we have to convince the development community to bet on Lynn Garden by bringing new investment into the community,” Tilbury said.
According to Tilbury, the final plan will be developed over the next couple of months.
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NORMAL — Grace Church soon will see solar panels installed on its grounds to cut its utility costs after the Town of Normal approved the project.
The Normal Town Council on Monday rezoned the church's property at 1311 W. Hovey Ave. and approved a site plan. The vote was unanimous except for trustees Chemberly Harris and Andy Byars, who were not in attendance.
The church asked to have the land rezoned from single family residential (R1-B) to public lands and institutions (S-2), which includes land uses like religious institutions, schools, hospitals, nursing homes and parks.
"I just want to applaud the church for implementing a solar panel project to help with their energy production," said Trustee Karyn Smith. "It really is very timely."
The solar panel array will be installed in a mowed area west of the church facility with an evergreen screen to mask the view from residences to the north and west of the church, according to council documents.
The array also will be approximately 9 feet tall and cover about 14,000 square feet as well as be tilted toward the south to avoid reflecting glare onto nearby residences.
Town Planner Mercy Davidson said that about half of the churches in Normal are located in S-2 zoning, but all would required to have a site plan approved through a public process, regardless of the zoning.
"If they have an R-1 zoning and a special use permit, they would go through the zoning board of appeals. If they have an S-2 zoning, they go through the planning commission," Davidson said. "Anytime they do anything significant to their property, they're gonna go through a public process and go to the council."
The planning commission had a public hearing for the proposed plan on July 6.
Grace Church has been subject to special use permits in the past with its most recently amended permit in 2011 allowing it to operate a on-site day care and preschool and expand its parking lot, according to town documents. The town previously approved another amendment in 2007 to allow the church to build an addition.
The change to S-2 zoning eliminates the need for special use permits it has required with residential zoning.
Davidson said First Presbyterian Church, 2000 E. College Ave., also received approval from the town for solar panels two years ago but have not installed them yet.
Normal Mayor Chris Koos said he would like to see the town do more with solar panels and possibly use surface parking lots around the community for them.
"Some of the impediments on that are how you get it connected to the grid but in a situation like Grace Church, they're obviously putting it into their building and it's a lot easier," Koos said. "A broader solar initiative in the community would be a good idea."
The council also approved paying $144,180 to Garneau Construction of Normal for repairs and maintenance to the historic bell tower at Broadview Mansion, 1301 S. Fell Ave. The town has a maintenance agreement with the Immanuel Bible Foundation, which is based at the mansion.
The project will focus on mitigating water infiltration and the renewal of deteriorated exterior, according to town documents. The work will include selective demolition, masonry repairs on the parapet, tuckpointing and mechanical ventilation.
There were three bids in total with Garneau's bid the lowest. The other bids were from Otto Baum of Morton for $599,365 and River City Construction of East Peoria, for $695,505.
Trustee Kathleen Lorenz commended the staff for their report but questioned why the other bids came out so much higher and why the town ultimately choose Garneau for the contract.
City Manager Pam Reece said the other two companies may have had higher bids because they already have other projects and that Garneau has a "means and method" strategy in their contract that will get the work done in a more efficient manner.
"The architect that worked with us to prepare the bid package has reviewed the bid and feels it's in confidence that they can move forward as they proposed with their means and methods strategies to get the work done," Reece said.
The 3-acre property includes the mansion, built in 1906, and the tower, completed in 1939. It was designated a local historic landmark by the town in 2015 and later was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
The bell tower work was included in a larger building envelope repair and maintenance project that also included work on the mansion; Sprague's Super Service gas station, a Route 66 landmark at 505 Pine St.; and Hewett House, an 1860s house that now houses the Ecology Action Center at 202 W. College Ave., according to the town documents.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — Dozens participated in a Tuscaloosa City Schools hiring event on Monday.
The job recruitment event took place at Central High School from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. As part of the event, mini-interviews were conducted on-site and participants were asked to bring resumes.
Applicant Logan Smith got a chance to meet with administrators from different Tuscaloosa City Schools. She wants to get a job teaching 9th and 10th grade students.
“This event is great and it’s also nice to get your name out there for opportunities you might not normally take,” Smith said. “It might not be something that works out for today, even though there are an abundance of job opportunities here, but it’s still something that could happen for you down the road.”
TCS said it has roughly 37 classroom teacher vacancies and 37 support vacancies, which include positions such as bus drivers, instructional aides, custodians and child nutrition program roles.
Dr. Deron Cameron is the director of human resources for TCCS and says the job fair was a great way to look for new employees.
“Opportunities are a win win for the school system and for those in our area even if they thought about joining city schools, we invite them to come out and we can answer any questions they have,” Dr. Cameron said. “Maybe it’s a question about a job or about our benefits, we are hoping to find the best people possible.”
TCS says candidates will be able to learn more about different offerings ranging from state retirement to extensive health insurance and summers off. Those interested in coaching were also welcomed to attend.
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BALTIMORE — Baltimore topped the list for having one of the highest populations of people suffering from Alzheimer’s dementia over the age of 65 in the United States.
The data was released Monday, as well as, the announcement of a potential new drug.
The pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has created the drug Donanemab, which has shown great results in its clinical trials.
If approved by the FDA, there will be three types of treatment available to patients.
“It's amazing, yeah, it,s very hopeful, and the fact that all three of these are anti-amyloid monoclonal antibodies attacking that amyloid protein that's kind of known as a hallmark in the disease gives evidence that clearly getting rid of that getting rid of the protein plaques that amyloid protein forms is, makes a change in the trajectory of the disease," said Megeen White, program manager, Greater Maryland Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.
READ MORE: Study ranks Baltimore City's older population with nation's highest rate of Alzheimer’s dementia
If approved, the company could start manufacturing the drug for the public by the end of the year.
“We would presume as soon as that approval occurs, they usually are ready to go to market," White said.
Donanemab is not a cure, but it is showing the highest rate of preventing the cognitive and functional decline of people with early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease and may provide another option for treatment.
“Having a third option as well as knowing that there is a lot more in the pipeline is also really good,” White said.
This new drug was created specifically to treat early signs of Alzheimer’s dementia, a time when the drug can be most effective since there is minimal damage to the brain.
“If we catch it earlier than, we can start treatment earlier and have better results right if you could slow down the progression by 60 percent," said White.
The demographic data released shows people with the highest chance of having the disease are Blacks and Hispanics.
Women are also more likely to have it than men.
Although the clinical trials were successful, the participants may not accurately represent the population most affected.
White says they are hoping to change this in future trials.
“So we're working on that, and we hope that you know as a nation, we can continue to address it because we want those results to be representative of our true population," she said.
If the FDA approves the new drug, it will be available right away, but the Alzheimer’s Association says they hope the centers for Medicare and Medicaid and private insurance companies will provide coverage to cut the cost for people getting treatment.
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. — For the past two years, school leaders say they've had some trouble with hiring and keeping teachers, because affordable housing in the city is hard to find. So they're going to try something you don't see many school districts do.
"I know that if you've been within the community within the last two years then you've probably heard of the challenges with housing and many of you work in markets where you personally feel that," said the Bentonville Schools Superintendent, Dr. Debbie Jones said.
The early stages of a long process began on Monday night— the district has been working with several community partners and entities to make workforce housing for teachers possible. One of the main partnerships is with the Excellerate Foundation.
"About a year ago the schools made offers to teachers, [but the] teachers would say, 'I won't be able ... to live in the school district where I'm going to teach,'" said CEO and President of the Excellerate Foundation, Jeff Webster.
And after the constant trend of candidates rescinding their offers... Bentonville superintendent Dr. Jones hopes this project can improve recruitment and retention.
"Through this year's hiring... I've personally approached it differently. If we're narrowing the search, my question before any job offer goes out is 'have you looked at housing in this area? do you realize what options are available?'" Webster recalled.
With this initiative, the developer says teachers would be benefitted in the long run by building equity through homeownership and building wealth.
The properties will be built on the land the school district already owns... with a total estimated cost of up to 25 million dollars.
Some school board members raised concerns about who will own the homes at the end of the day, but Webster says the district controls who lives there.
"We're planning about 100 units ... 20 [of those] are one bedroom and two bedroom [units that staff] can purchase ... So if they buy into one of these houses that are maybe $200,000, and it goes up in value, they receive that increase in equity."
As of now, the school board is waiting on the Arkansas Attorney General's opinions and then once they get that, they will plan out a timeline for this development. The school board also unanimously voted to approve the rezoning plan for the 2024-2025 school year, which will affect all grades below high school.
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ROGERS, Ark. — According to a post by the Rogers Fire Department (RFD), authorities responded to a fire off of Horsebarn Road around 7:30 p.m. on July 17.
RFD has stated that they were able to get the fire under control around 8 p.m.
There are currently no confirmed injuries or answers as to what has caused the fire.
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HOUSTON — Another set of formerly conjoined twins are back home after a remarkable journey at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston.
When Lucas and Mateo Villalobos Barrera were born on Jan. 18, 2022, at TCH, they were connected at the lower abdomen and pelvis. The boys shared multiple organs, including small intestines and a single colon, a condition known as ischiopagus twins.
Last August, a team of 25 experts, including eight surgeons, successfully separated the babies during a 17-hour procedure.
After spending their first nine months in the hospital, Lucas and Mateo were discharged from the NICU at TCH last October.
The family remained in Texas for several months for post-op care before one more operation on each brother on June 28.
Now, the baby boys are home in Las Vegas with their parents and three older brothers. They're about to celebrate their first birthday and are starting to walk.
“I don’t know what else we can ask for in life,” mom Lorena Barrera said. “We have our boys here, and that is God’s gift to us. We are eternally grateful to the specialists at Texas Children’s. It is from the hand of God that my children are here."
Before the separation surgery
Lorena and her husband, Alejandro Villalobos, were surprised but excited when they found out they were expecting twins, according to TCH.
After they learned the babies were conjoined, the family decided to temporarily relocate from Vegas to Houston so they could receive prenatal care from world-renowned experts at Texas Children’s Fetal Center.
Lorena underwent extensive prenatal imaging to determine if the boys could be separated after birth.
At 31 weeks, the delivery team conducted a labor and C-section simulation to prepare for the complex delivery.
“Every set of conjoined twins poses unique anatomical challenges that require extensive planning for a safe delivery for both mom and babies,” OBGYN in-Chief Dr. Michael Belfort at TCH explained.
The babies weighed a combined 8 pounds and 4 ounces at birth and they spent the next seven months in Texas Children's l level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in preparation for the separation surgery.
“Throughout their NICU stay, the boys had nearly 30 different teams taking care of them, including urologists, orthopedists and other surgical specialists; neonatologists, radiologists and numerous other medical specialists; nurses, occupational and physical therapists; Child Life specialists; and chaplains," TCH neonatologist Dr. Rita Shah said.
Separating Lucas and Mateo
The first step before the separation surgery was a procedure to place tissue expanders, similar to balloons that allow the skin to stretch gradually, which gave the twins additional skin.
Two months later, pediatric surgeon Dr. Alice King led the team that separated Lucas and Mateo.
• 4 pediatric surgeons
• 2 plastic surgeons
• 2 orthopedic surgeons
• 1 neurosurgeon
• 4 anesthesiologists
• 8 registered nurses
• 5 surgical technicians
“This incredibly complex case utilized nearly every single surgical subspecialty at Texas Children's Hospital,” King said. “The size and scope of the teams involved with Mateo and Lucas’s care was vast, and there are very few hospitals that could perform a procedure this multifaceted."
Following their successful separation surgery, which included extensive orthopedic reconstruction to their hips that would allow them the chance to walk, the boys returned to the NICU for two more months.
“The success of this separation can be attributed to the tireless dedication and unparalleled work ethic of our team,” said Dr. Larry Hollier, Surgeon-In-Chief at Texas Children’s Hospital and Vice Chair of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. “Countless hours of preparation went into this incredibly intricate surgery, and we are beyond grateful with the result: two healthy, happy boys.”
The family stayed in Houston until recently for follow-up care.
"The nurses and the specialists were excellent. We are very grateful indeed. This may be a long journey, but we ask that life and God give us the strength to keep looking after them and doing all the hard work," Lorena said.
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LA MARQUE, Texas — In the race called life, there are plenty of things that can hold you back.
"They just be like, 'Oh, my god, you're so small,'" Janeshia Dixon said.
Janeshia, also known as "Tiney," proves that nothing is going to slow her down.
"I proved them wrong ... they thought I would be slow," Tiney said.
At just 4 feet, 6 inches tall and 13 years old, she lives up to every bit of her name.
"I'm in the body of a 9-year-old," Tiney said.
Often -- if not always -- she’s facing bigger and stronger competition.
"I went to a meet and I’m just looking around, looking around and I see this small, small kid," H-Town Hurricanes Coach T said. "By the end of the race, it was, like, yeah, that kid’s special."
But for Tiney, who just started the sport in the spring, beating the odds is all she’s ever known.
"A lot of people know her story ... but they don’t know her story," Tiney's great aunt Shylece Seymore said.
Seymore had already raised two kids when Tiney -- whose mom wasn’t able to care for her -- arrived at her door.
"It was something that I never thought I'd be doing again at 40, 50, 60," Seymore said.
"I was like, what is that? Who's that?" she said.
Earlier this month, Tiney qualified for the Junior Olympics in Des Moines, Iowa, in four events running three different distances. Remarkably, she qualified for 4x100M, 1600-meter relay, 200 and 100-meter distances.
"It's just mind-boggling," Seymore said.
Seymore, whose health has had her in and out of the hospital, is trying to get Tiney to Des Moines, but money is tight.
"It's a lot for one person, you know, a single person. But some kind of way, I know God's gonna make sure that she goes," Seymore said.
With the chance to line up against some of the top runners in the country and the visibility that goes along with it, she’s hoping others will help make Tiney’s big dreams a reality.
"I think she has a God-given talent that she hasn't yet tapped, really, really tapped into. And once she figures out that she has really tapped into it and she's got it, there's no limits," Seymore said.
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SAN ANTONIO — It's been the Alamo City's most common summer refrain: Keep the water bottles handy, the AC on and the umbrellas at the ready.
And it's set to continue for at least the next few days.
Another Excessive Heat Warning is in effect for San Antonio to start the week as a string of triple-digit highs stretches on. Monday marked the 10th straight day of 100-degree weather in San Antonio, putting us on track to experience one of the city's hottest-ever Julys.
The newly issued Excessive Heat Warning impacts several South Texas counties along the I-35 corridor and elsewhere, including Bexar, Comal, Medina and Guadalupe. The alert from the National Weather Service is set to last until 9 p.m. Tuesday – but could be extended – and indicates heat indices, or the "feels-like" temperature, of between 106 and 109 degrees early this week.
Other Hill Country communities like Kerrville and Fredericksburg, along with Del Rio and Eagle Pass, are under a Heat Advisory.
San Antonio is approaching historic territory when it comes to prolonged 100-degree weather. Last year saw 14 straight such days, a mark 2023 can reach by the weekend. We've tallied 23 total days of triple-digit highs so far this year, so far well below last year's total of 58.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on Monday set a new all-time record for power demand for the fourth time this summer. In Bexar County, CPS Energy is making it easier for San Antonians to know where to set their thermostats when heat and power usage is high, and officials are reminding residents never to leave pets and children in cars during extreme heat.
It's important to hydrate often if you find yourself outside for an extended period of time in this dangerous heat. Make sure to wear light-colored and loose-fitting clothes, and check in on loved ones who don't have air conditioning.
Find more information here, including how to differentiate between heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
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DALLAS — Days after the news that a Houston airport staffer helped a girl hiding in a terminal for 10 days, human trafficking awareness advocates are reminding the public of what to look out for.
Human trafficking is a form of modern slavery that occurs in every state. It is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing or soliciting of a person for labor, sex and organs through force or coercion.
According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, a third of the calls received is from Texas.
In the state, human trafficking is believed to be highest within the “Texas Triangle” that connects the Houston, San Antonio and Dallas-Fort Worth metro areas. According to Human Trafficking Courts, the Dallas-Fort Worth region accounts for 35% of the state’s commercial sexual exploitation cases even though they only have 26% of the state’s entire population.
Lontage Woods is the CEO and founder of FOCUS, and is also a family and youth consultant. She teaches the public about human trafficking awareness.
Woods said human trafficking often starts online. Other times, people are kidnapped.
"It happens to both children and adults," said Woods.
Trafficking does not only affect women and foreigners. Victims of trafficking are of all genders, ethnicities, nationalities, ages, races and sexual orientations -- and, in turn, traffickers can be anyone.
"Some of the common victims are women and children, but also homeless individuals," Woods said. "People who have mental illness, struggling with drug abuse...".
Woods said certain red flags can indicate that a person is a victim of human trafficking.
Many victims of sex trafficking live within the community and may frequently visit hospitals. Victims may be overly fearful, submissive, tense or paranoid. They may also dress inappropriately and are overly sexual, even at a young age.
According to the United States Department of Justice, human trafficking can be classified into two major categories, sex trafficking and labor trafficking.
In the case of labor trafficking, victims typically live within the premises of the business and cannot leave. Victims may work in environments with high-security features such as opaque windows, bars, locks and guards.
Victims of labor trafficking may lack proper documentation and tend to defer to another person before giving information, and work long and unusual hours.
Traffickers mainly use their victims in various industries such as hotels, restaurants, factories, farms, massage parlors and sexually-oriented businesses.
Sex trafficking occurs when a person is forced to engage in a "commercial sex act." Commercial sex acts can include working in strip clubs, massage parlors, brothels, street prostitution or internet prostitution.
Woods said there are cases in which a victim may try to subtly indicate to you that they need help. She said it can be a repeated tug of their hair or ear or lightly scratching their neck. Woods said they may also make strong eye contact with you to send a message.
"It’s really up to the general public to help with human trafficking, to be aware of the signs, to aware that it is a problem that can happen to anyone, anywhere, at anytime," said Woods.
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DALLAS — The sun is creating punishing temperatures across Texas, but it’s also helping to fuel the state’s power grid -- and even cars.
A group of North Texas high school students is two days into a cross-country solar car race and is already making history.
The Greenville High School Iron Lions are piloting a solar car named Invictus that left the Texas Motor Speedway and is headed 1,400 miles to Palmdale, California. The car itself will log about 930 miles.
The car is the result of a 4-year-old design and building process.
“My first ever meeting for solar car, we actually laid the carbon fiber of our car down,” team captain Anika Escobar said. “Slowly and slowly, you start seeing all the pieces come together. We put all our mechanical aspects in, our electrical aspects in.”
Anika Escobar just graduated in May but has been driving some of the segments during the team race.
“It was an amazing feeling knowing that something that you started off doing your sophomore year, now it’s driving high speeds,” she said.
Their team hit another gear yesterday. With Escobar driving, the team hit 72 miles per hour, a record speed in high school, according to the Solar Car Challenge Competition.
“Normally you’re driving between 30 and 35,” faculty advisor Joel Pitts said.
Pitts said there have been huge improvements in solar tech in the decade they’ve had a team.
“Electric mobility and solar has jumped leaps and bounds in the last 10 years,” he said. “The students built their own solar panels from scratch for this car.”
On Monday, the team had a setback and needed repairs which slowed them down after a record-setting day Sunday.
The more than 20 teams competing are allowed to drive from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. When the time stops for the day, the car is put on a trailer and taken to a checkpoint at night. The team that has the most miles driven at the end of the week wins.
The $100,000 car is extremely light and low to the ground but passes a rigorous safety inspection before starting.
“You have to be focused and straight on the steering wheel because anything could happen because, you know, it’s a solar car that high school students built,” Escobar said.
Half the team isn’t old enough to drive. Pitts said just getting to this point was a goal, but regardless of the outcome this week, they have dreams of competing in the World Solar Challenge in Australia in 2025.
“They’ve done a fantastic job with it,” Pitt said.
“I love our team and I love our teamwork,” Escobar said.
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HOUSTON — It sounds like the next "Indiana Jones" script but a real-life team of University of Houston researchers recently uncovered an ancient Maya city buried deep beneath the jungles of Mexico.
Flying high above the jungle canopy in the Yucatan Peninsula, they beamed hundreds of thousands of laser bursts each second to create a 3D map of what was hiding under the trees: a city believed to be over 1,000 years old.
“The interesting thing is that it was a total shot in the dark," Co-Principal Investigator with the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) at the University of Houston Dr. Juan Carlos Fernandez-Diaz said.
Researchers in Mexico then used their 3D map to find the city by foot, verifying several 50-foot tall pyramids, a sports field and even pottery dating the city back to the late Classic Period, between the years 600 and 800.
"That’s when they get to study these sites a little more closely, and that’s where they are able to make more meaningful discoveries," Fernandez-Diaz explained.
He said the airborne light detection and ranging -- or lidar -- equipment allows them to explore areas that are very difficult to reach on foot.
“You can compare us to ultrasound technicians. We are the first to see the baby, but the doctor will tell you all about it and confirm the findings,” Fernandez-Diaz said.
They're calling the hidden city in the Yucatan Ocomtún, which means stone column in the Mayan language.
While rare and remarkable, the experts at NCALM have made other fascinating finds. Their track record includes ruins in 2012 in an area of Eastern Honduras where centuries-old legends talk of a “lost white city”; the 2016 mapping of more than 80,000 Maya structures including many previously unknown Maya settlements; and agricultural and defensive structures in the Guatemalan Peten jungle.
The Mayan Civilization was one of the most dominant indigenous societies of Mesoamerica.
Today, tourists can visit some of their more famous pyramids, like Chichen Itza and Tulum, not far from Cancun.
But researchers know many more of their secrets are still hidden.
“Finding the city is just the tip of the iceberg," Dr. Fernandez-Diaz said.
He said nothing beats opening a window and peering into another world, century or civilization.
"When we see it on the computer we think, ‘Wow!’ We are seeing these things for the first time in 1,000 years. It’s like time travel to see under the vegetation, to the roads, canals and ponds as they were that long ago,” he said.
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PORTLAND, Maine — It's been more than three months since a group of neo-Nazis paraded through downtown Portland yelling hateful slurs.
The event ended with a physical altercation between the group and a counter-protester. It was broken up by police, but no charges were ever filed.
During a city council meeting Monday night, Portland city staff shared what has been and will be done in response to the march after a full review by the city council.
A full report is considered confidential because it's possible criminal charges could still be filed, according to city staff. But staff were able to share recommendations for the Portland Police Department included in it.
The recommendations include specialized first amendment training and documenting hate and bias incidents, not just crimes.
"This information will better inform the police department in terms of deployment of resources and community policing initiatives," Portland City Manager Danielle West explained.
The department also plans to update guidelines on how officers should respond to first amendment incidents and have a renewed focus on community policing.
"It was scary for our community and we all wanted to act immediately," Portland City Councilor Andrew Zarro said. "I think we have a roadmap in front of us now that’s showing that we’re going to do everything we can to make sure this doesn't happen again in our community."
Click here for more information on the recommendations for the Portland Police Department.
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FRYEBURG, Maine — Nearly a dozen people are safe after being rescued from a remote section of the Saco River in Fryeburg while canoeing Monday afternoon.
Just before 4:30 p.m., Fryeburg first responders were called to the river for a group of 11 people in distress after falling into the water while renting canoes amid high river conditions, according to Fryeburg Fire Chief Andrew Dufresne.
Dufresne said the group was inexperienced.
Multiple local agencies responded to the scene including specially-trained Conway Swiftwater Rescue Team technicians.
The incident happened at a portion of the river near mile marker 7 where there is "limited access and poor communications," according to a Facebook post from the Fryeburg Fire Department.
A Swiftwater raft crew was able to reach the group once police made verbal contact, and found about half of the group still in the water clinging to debris, the fire department said.
Many people were pulled from the water and brought to shore, and once all were out of the water safely, the group was taken away by boat.
All 11 people were rescued after approximately two hours.
"This incident could have had a very different outcome," the fire department said. "We remind everyone that the river remains high, please check conditions prior to departing on your trip, life jackets save lives."
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GODDARD, Kan. (KSNW) — Goddard Public Schools is hosting a job fair from 7-10 a.m. Thursday, July 20, at Eisenhower High School, 1230 S. 167th St. W.
The come-and-go job fair will have on-site interviews. Childcare will be provided.
Open positions include:
- Para professionals
- Bus drivers
- You can test drive a school bus at the job fair
- Maintenance workers
- Custodians
- Mechanics
- More
Goddard Public Schools says they offer competitive salary and benefits packages, as well as paid training.
For questions, call Goddard Public Schools at 316-794-4000.
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AT&T cellphone customers unable to reach Stark County non-emergency numbers
CANTON AT&T cellular customers were still unable to reach at least some Stark County non-emergency phone numbers Monday night about 13 hours after the Stark County Sheriff's office reported the technical issue on its Facebook page.
Calls by an AT&T cellphone customer around 9:30 p.m. to the Stark County Commissioner's office, the Stark County sheriff's office, the Stark County coroner's office, the Stark County Auditor's office and the Stark County Emergency Management Agency were leading to a recorded message that said, "We're sorry. All circuits are busy now." The vast majority of Stark County government phone numbers start with the digits (330) 451.
At 8:27 a.m. Monday, the Stark County Sheriff's office posted on Facebook this statement:
"Anyone who has AT&T for cellular service attempting to contact Stark County services by phone including the Stark County Sheriff’s Office non-emergency line will experience difficulties connecting. This is reported to be a regional AT&T issue only.
"AT&T Customer Service is aware and is currently working to resolve the issue. Please be advised, all 911 emergency services are fully operational. All emergency calls are being received as normal.
"More information will be released as it is made available. Thank you for your patience and understanding as AT&T works to resolve the issue."
A reporter with an AT&T cellular plan encountered a busy signal trying to reach the Stark County Coroner's office at around 3:32 p.m. He employed a workaround by using the Google Voice app to connect with the office.
It's not clear how long before the issue with AT&T cellphones reaching Stark County office numbers is fixed. It's not clear what's causing the problem.
Reach Robert at robert.wang@cantonrep.com. Twitter: @rwangREP.
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AUSTIN, Texas — A big question some city leaders have to ask this summer is whether residents should have drinking water or a nice lawn. Of course, drinking water is the only answer.
So, at least four cities in our area have increased water restrictions for infrastructure issues or drought impacts in the past few days.
The city of Georgetown was under a Stage 3 water restriction enacted on Friday, July 14. On Monday evening, leaders allowed an area of the city to drop to Stage 2, allowing outdoor watering once a week.
But the western part of Georgetown has to stay in Stage 3 water restrictions until Sept. 4. Those customers cannot do any outdoor watering. All city splash pads are closed for the season.
Over the weekend, the city of Blanco entered its highest level of water restriction, Stage 6. City leaders said their provider, Texas Water Company, barely kept up with demand, but a small pipe break led the water to stop pumping altogether. Industrial and commercial businesses in Blanco had to close for a couple of days, but City officials dropped restrictions down to Stage 5 on Monday evening. This allows some companies to gradually come back online, but residents still can't wash their cars or water their lawns.
Round Rock is currently asking its residents to voluntarily conserve water until Tuesday due to a water main break. Leander is in Phase 3 of its water conservation measures, which limits outdoor watering.
Shannon Hamilton with the Central Texas Water Coalition said our area is on its way to seeing one of the driest summers on record.
"The amount of water we have flowing in is record lows, but we have record high temperatures, so due to evaporation and water usage, we are dropping every day," said Hamilton. "We are releasing more water than we have and this is all the water we have at this time. So we have to ration what we have, or it will get more strict going forward."
In November, voters will have the option to approve the Texas Water Fund. It would add language to the Texas Constitution to authorize a billion-dollar fund to develop new water supplies and improve aging water infrastructure. It's a measure nonprofit Texas 2036 is hoping will pass.
"We know that water is essential to life, and Texas runs on water," said Jeremy Mazur, Texas 2036 senior policy advisor. "If we don't have the water infrastructure that we need or the water supplies that we need for a growing developing state, then our future economic growth and development is in danger."
The City of Austin is under a Stage 1 water use restriction, but that has been the case since 2022.
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ODESSA, Texas — During a press conference Monday, Odessa Mayor Javier Joven stated the city was made aware of a breach by a public information request for documents dated after an employee's termination.
“There was a public information request by a new source that had requested a wide range of documents, and in releasing and gathering that information it was then city personnel saw a document that was dated after the termination," said Joven. "So that was what opened their eyes and decided 'why is this email active, and why is this here? Why are we seeing activity in an email that should have been enabled right after December 13th?'"
When the mayor was asked about a person of interest. He said that he can’t comment at this time due to the active investigation.
However, during a briefing with councilmembers, a staff member with the IT department did mention the account accessed after termination was under N. Brooks.
You’ll remember former City Attorney Natasha Brooks was fired back in December 2022.
According to mayor Joven, this breach was made from a former city attorney account, where there’s been a transfer of emails to a private account and number of systems accessed.
“The former city attorney's account was used to access the City of Odessa’s network," said Joven. "As recently as last week, sensitive information had been accessed, there's been a transfer of emails to a private account. Also, an ongoing investigation reveals the number of systems was accessed. To this date a preliminary investigation has been launched.”
Joven also mentioned that when the investigation concludes, the city will look into charges if laws were broken.
“Once this investigation concludes, the City of Odessa will use all its means available, which will be including criminal charges if any laws were broken,” said Joven.
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ATLANTIC CITY — Chief James Sarkos highlighted actions by police in the previous two weeks during a CitiStat meeting last week.
On July 5, officers responded to the 300 block of Rosemont Place after getting reports of a woman being held there against her will, Sarkos said. Police also had information that the suspect holding her was having a mental health crisis, and had pointed a gun at her.
Officer Jonathan Walsh engaged him in conversation, the suspect surrendered and was taken into custody, Sarkos said. After obtaining a search warrant, Sgt. Michael Tracy found two handguns in the apartment, Sarkos said. The suspect also was found to be in possession of cocaine, according to a previous police report.
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Troy Williams, 45, was charged in that incident with unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, aggravated assault, terroristic threts, certain person not to possess a weapon and possession of a controlled dangerous substance. He was sent to the Atlantic County jail.
On July 6, Sarkos said detectives arrested three men after a drug investigation in the 2500 and 2600 blocks of Pacific Avenue and confiscated a large amount of cocaine and two illegal handguns.
One of the guns had been reported stolen in Georgia, Sarkos said.
Nasi Donaldson, 24, and Daniel Smith, 24, both of Atlantic City, were charged in that incident with possession of CDS, possession with intent to distribute, conspiracy, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon while committing a drug offense, certain person not to possess a weapon, receiving stolen property and possession of a high-capacity magazine. John Bonds, 55, of Atlantic City, was charged with possession of CDS. All three were sent to the Atlantic County jail.
Detectives Nicholas Berardis and Christopher Smith, and Officer Adrian Nunez-Santos and his K-9 partner Narco were credited with the action.
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Police statistics
Calls for service year-to-date are up 29% in 2023 over the same time in 2022, Sarkos said, and arrests are up 120%
There were 914 arrests at the same time last year, and 2,010 arrests to date this year.
In 2022 there were 56,650 calls for service at this time, and this year there have been 73,189, the chief said.
Firearms recoveries are up 55% year-to-date, with 93 firearms taken off the street by police so far this year. Of those, 77 have been handguns, four rifles, five shotguns and seven ghost guns with no serial numbers.
Last meeting’s concerns
The sidewalk is being redesigned and changes in perimeter landscaping considered for an area of Connecticut Avenue where residents complained at the previous CitiStat meeting that there is no access to their buildings for first responder vehicles, Planning Director Jacques A. Howard said.
“We should be completed by the end of July or sometime in August,” Howard said. “The purpose of the project is to facilitate emergency vehicles’ and first responders’ access to a development impeded by landscaping.”
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Fire Department
Atlantic City firefighters responded to 397 calls for service from June 26 to July 9, including 184 rescue/emergency medical calls, 85 false alarms, 69 good intent calls, 22 other service calls, 21 hazardous conditions and 16 fires, fire Chief Scott Evans said.
The Junior Fire Academy is in full swing with more than a dozen students ages 12 and older, Evans said. The two-week academy teaches kids about firefighter drills and what it means to be a firefighter.
The Fire Department is also issuing new safety equipment called a bailout kit to its firefighters, Evans said. The kit has safety tools to use should a firefighter be trapped in a building.
CitiStat statistics
From June 28 to July 12 the CitiStat “Report a Concern” system received 160 complaints, IT Director Pat Quinlan said.
In the same period, 304 cases were handled and closed (42 from this period and 262 from prior periods), and 118 are still in progress.
The most common complaint was about high grass and weeds, followed by reports of abandoned buildings and debris on properties, Quinlan said.
An Atlantic City man was arrested and two handguns were recovered after he pointed a firearm at a woman Thursday, police said.
New concerns
Residents and business people brought new concerns to the CitiStat meeting Wednesday, asking for help controlling trash and unsafe parking conditions at short-term rental properties in the Bungalow Park neighborhood, and for help dealing with the homeless and drug problems in various neigborhoods.
City officials will tell the public how they are addressing those concerns at the next CitiStat meeting, 10 a.m. July 26 in the Fannie Lou Hamer meeting room in Stockton University’s Atlantic City academic building.
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ATLANTIC CITY — Police seized two guns in separate arrests Sunday.
Armando Rodriguez, a 42-year-old city resident, was caught with a loaded handgun in his waistband at a vacant home in the 100 block of South Massachusetts Avenue, police said Monday in a news release. Officers were called there at 10:14 a.m. after Rodriguez allegedly threatened to shoot a woman.
Rodriguez initially refused to come down from the building's second floor but was eventually apprehended.
Hours later, at 7:32 p.m., Freddie Williams Jr., 24, of Mays Landing, was stopped driving a vehicle wanted in an investigation in Stafford Township, police said. He was arrested after being found with a handgun.
Rodriguez and Williams Jr. were each charged with unlawful possession of a weapon. Rodriguez was additionally charged with possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, possession of a large-capacity magazine and terroristic threats.
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Both men were brought to the Atlantic County jail.
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ATLANTIC CITY — A shooting injured a man in the city late Sunday night, police said.
Officers were called to the 1000 block of Brigantine Boulevard after the city's gunfire detection system alerted them to the shooting at 11:21 p.m., police said Monday in a news release.
The 19-year-old was taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Campus. Police said his gunshot wound was not life threatening.
A suspect has not been identified.
Anyone with information about the shooting can call police at 609-347-5766 or send an anonymous text to tip411 (847411), beginning messages with "ACPD."
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Hundreds of criminal cases in Las Cruces could be dismissed this summer. Here's why.
LAS CRUCES – Dozens of cases will likely be dismissed in the Third Judicial District Court over the coming weeks amid the implementation of new rules crafted by the state Supreme Court.
The rules come amid several factors, but stem primarily from a New Mexico State Supreme Court order on June 14. The high court's directive created a Case Management Order commonly called a CMO. The CMO is meant to decrease the load of criminal cases and stimulate quicker resolutions, according to the Supreme Court order.
The Third District was also chosen as a pilot district to study the effects of the CMO for potential implementation in other districts. While it is a pilot program, officials do not expect it to end.
"This is a sea change," Third Judicial District Attorney Gerald Byers said. "I've been doing this for over 25 years, and it's different. But different isn't necessarily bad. It just means it's different."
The CMO will likely lead to dismissals, Byers and other judicial officials interviewed by the Sun-News acknowledged, as the court continues efforts to reduce a backlog that's led to cases taking years to resolve.
Murder charge dismissal is an early indicator of what's to come
In the early weeks of implementation, the CMO has already resulted in prominent dismissals.
Voluntary manslaughter charges against David Aguilar, accused of killing a woman during a domestic violence incident, were dismissed on June 23. The judge cited the CMO as the reason for the dismissal and said prosecutors did not meet the deadlines imposed by the rule change. In a statement, Byers said he intended to bring the case back to the judge in the coming weeks.
Byers also shared a letter with the Sun-News suggesting as many as 500 cases could be dismissed (with an opportunity to be refiled) as the order is implemented.
"The Third Judicial District Attorney's Office is committed to formally re-charging in this matter," the letter reads.
The letter is marked as a notice to inform someone involved with a case that the case was dismissed. It also provides an argument as to why the case was dismissed.
Why is the CMO implemented?
The Third Judicial District is the third district to be placed under a CMO. The first was the Second Judicial District in Albuquerque in 2015. The process in that district was contentious, news reports show, as then-district attorney Raul Torrez called the order "arbitrary, unpredictable and unjust."
But the order remained in place. Defense attorney's practicing in Albuquerque who spoke to the Sun-News credited the order with reducing the caseload until the pandemic in 2020.
But 2020 was a difficult year for processing criminal cases in New Mexico.
Public health orders allowed for more delays in cases and fewer trials, contributing to a backlog across the state. For some defendants, that meant dismissals or years-long delays. For others confined to jail by court order, it meant indefinite detention without a conviction.
Data provided by the Third Judicial District Court to the Sun-News shows that over a dozen people charged in Doña Ana County spent over a year in jail while awaiting resolution after 2020. Four people (all accused of murder) each spent over 1,000 days in jail waiting for trial. Three of those cases remained unresolved as of the publication of this article.
Conrad Perea, the Chief Judge of the Third Judicial District Court, said the Third Judicial District Court's list of confined people waiting for resolution is concerning. He added that the list was one of the reasons the Supreme Court picked the Third Judicial District Court for the pilot program in August 2022. Since then, Perea said the three judges overseeing criminal cases worked to reduce the caseload independently.
"Now we're in a prime position to be able to inherit this case management rule, to be able to say, let us now futuristically control our dockets and control the time it takes to bring cases to trial," Perea said.
What does the CMO do?
In the simplest terms, the CMO is a set of rules regarding time limits in the district court. The rule applies to all criminal cases in the district court. It does not affect civil cases or Doña Ana Magistrate court cases. The CMO also does not apply to probation violations.
The CMO forces prosecutors and defense attorneys to meet sooner and begin plea bargain negotiations faster. The meeting is called a mandatory status hearing. The process also places new deadlines on prosecutors before the mandatory status hearing, including:
- Providing discovery (legal information regarding the facts of the case) to the defense at least five days before the hearing.
- Presenting the defense any plea offers to consider.
- Meeting in person for the hearing.
According to the CMO, missing these obligations could result in the dismissal of the case.
A change for those jailed ahead of trial
Another of the CMO's biggest changes affects pretrial detention.
After New Mexico voters overwhelmingly approved bail reform in 2016 via constitutional amendment, the legislature created a system referred to in the courts as pretrial detention.
Before the amendment, a judge could order that a defendant pay cash to leave jail. This process was called a bond. Typically, the judge would place a higher cash total on more severe charges or allegations. That means a person charged with murder would have to pay more money to leave jail than a person charged with burglary.
After the amendment, this practice was ended. Now, all defendants can leave jail ahead of trial, and instead of a bond, the defendants are ordered to participate in a program called pretrial services. That program sometimes comes with ankle monitors and requires defendants to check in with court staff regularly.
But for the most serious charges, prosecutors can request a judge order a defendant to remain in jail until trial. But it's never that easy. The judge must find that prosecutors proved two prongs before jailing the defendant. They must show that:
1. The defendant is dangerous to the public or people involved in the case. Once that's established, they must show,
2. No conditions of release (like an ankle monitor or a threat of owing the court money if they miss a hearing) can reasonably protect the public.
Judges in Doña Ana County typically hold people accused of murder in jail via this process. Otherwise, most defendants await resolution outside of jail. But for those in jail, the wait for trial is sometimes years. For example, police charged Antonio Perez, 39, with murder on Aug. 23, 2020. His trial did not occur until June 25, 2023.
The CMO seeks to make cases like Perez' a top priority in Las Cruces. The CMO dictates that these cases will have a six-month deadline under a special docket unless the defendant's competency is an issue or for "exceptional circumstances." The CMO did not define exceptional circumstances, meaning a judge has discretion as to decide what qualifies.
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.
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BRIDGETON — Two teenagers are believed to have shot at a parked car Friday afternoon, police said.
At 4:39 p.m., a 27-year-old city woman reported that her car was damaged by gunfire while it was parked in the 200 block of North Pearl Street, police said Monday in a news release.
The woman saw two teenagers, about 15 to 17 years old, pick up pieces of a handgun from the ground before fleeing the area, police said.
The teens were estimated to be between 5 feet, 5 inches and 5 feet, 7 inches tall.
Anyone with information can call police at 856-451-0033. Anonymous tips can be shared at bpdops.com/tip/new.
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STAFFORD TOWNSHIP — A car spun off the Garden State Parkway on Saturday, killing a passenger, State Police said.
Jessica Molina Colmenares, 19, of Egg Harbor Township, was ejected from a Honda Civic traveling south that left the road, overturned and rolled down an embankment near milepost 64.4 about 6:30 p.m., State Police Sgt. Philip Curry said Monday.
The Honda driver's injuries were not life threatening, Curry said.
At 7:18 p.m. Saturday, a township police officer in a marked Ford Explorer responding to the fatal crash was struck by a Jeep Grand Cherokee heading north on the parkway.
The officer was at the parkway's on-ramp from Route 72 and attempted to access an "authorized vehicle only" turnaround to reach the scene, at which time it was hit by the Jeep, which was in the center lane and struck the police car's left side, Curry said.
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A rear passenger inside the Jeep sustained serious injuries. Three other passengers reported minor injuries, and one other person was uninjured, Curry said.
The police officer sustained minor injuries.
Both the parkway's northbound center and left lanes were closed for about six hours, causing heavy traffic congestion, Curry said.
Both crashes remained under investigation Monday.
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SEA ISLE CITY — Hockey fans caught a glimpse of the Stanley Cup, the NHL’s top prize, as it made a brief trip through the city Monday morning.
Melissa Bell and her colleagues at the city’s post office on John F. Kennedy Boulevard heard last week the trophy would be brought to the building. As a lifelong hockey fan, getting a photo with the sterling-silver trophy and touching it fulfilled a lifelong dream for her.
“I’m just thrilled,” Bell, a postal worker, said from behind the post office’s counter minutes before the trophy arrived.
John Stevens, an assistant coach for the Vegas Golden Knights and part-time resident of the city, brought the cup around. As part of the tradition of the Stanley Cup, each player and coach from the winning team is allowed to spend a day with it.
During his 13-year playing career, Stevens was a defenseman with the Philadelphia Flyers. Stevens was also head coach of the Flyers for 3½ seasons.
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“I think the biggest thing when you win a Stanley Cup (championship) is the ability to share it with so many other people,” Stevens said. “It’s a tough trophy to win. There are a lot of great teams out there.”
Monday wasn’t the first time he brought the cup into town, having done so as a member of the 2014 champion Los Angeles Kings.
Stevens, who was born in Campbellton, New Brunswick in Canada, has owned property in the city since 2009.
SEA ISLE CITY — Donna Kelce says raising two sons is sometimes rough.
“This (Sea Isle City) is home for us now, and this is where we want to be,” he said.
Stevens and two Stanley Cup keepers brought the trophy to the post office, followed by a trip down JFK Boulevard to City Hall and lastly to the Welcome Center.
“This is the first time I’ve gotten this close to it,” Bob Baldini, a 44-year-old city resident, said after seeing the cup at City Hall. “I’m a huge hockey fan.”
At each stop, hockey fans were in awe of the trophy, walking up to it for photos and running their fingers over the inscribed names that go around the trophy.
The cup also turned heads inside passing cars headed in and out of town across the Sea Isle Boulevard Bridge.
The Flyers last won the trophy in 1975.
“We hope that our beloved Flyers would be bringing the cup to Sea Isle City, but it’s great that coach Stevens and his wife, who are residents of Sea Isle City, brought the cup here for everyone to enjoy,” Mayor Leonard Desiderio said. “It brought out a lot of enthusiasm and community spirit.”
Standing at about 36 inches tall, it weighs about 36 pounds, said Howie Borrow, one of the cup keepers from the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
This year marks its 131st birthday, having first been presented to a winning hockey team in 1893, Borrow said as he accompanied the trophy around the city.
It was commissioned as the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup when it was first presented to the amateur hockey championship team in Canada, Borrow said.
“Nobody really owns it, but the NHL uses it as its trademark trophy,” Borrow said. “When you think back to all the guys that have held the same trophy, it’s pretty special.”
Stevens won the Stanley Cup with the Los Angles Kings’ coaching staff in 2012 and 2014. He brought the cup to where he grew up in Turkey Point, Ontario, Canada, in 2012.
When Stevens last brought the cup to town in 2014, it was placed at the 57th Street beach for a photo opp. Thousands of fans came from throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania to glance at it. Stevens also brought the cup to Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City that year for a viewing.
Desiderio said the city has a great sports culture. It has various connections to professional sports besides being Stevens’ home.
Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce purchased a home in town, and he hosts a charity event every summer at the Ocean Drive Bar & Restaurant. Angelo Cataldi, a former broadcaster on WIP-FM 94.1, also owns a summer home there, Desiderio said.
Former Philadelphia Flyer Jeff Carter previously owned a home in town, too.
Nuncie Sacco was old school when it came to sports.
“We are a sports community, and we root on our beloved Philadelphia teams,” Desiderio said.
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Canadian wildfire smoke returned to South Jersey Monday. While most of the smoke will not reach the ground, an air quality alert is in effect through midnight Tuesday, Meteorologist Joe Martucci says. Joe also times out the showers and storms expected during the rest of the week.
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WILDWOOD — John Murphy, the operations captain for the Wildwood Police Department, has been named to lead the department following the retirement of Chief Robert Regalbuto.
The city's Board of Commissioners appointed Murphy as the provisional chief at its most recent meeting. Mayor Pete Byron expects the appointment to be permanent.
“He’s a good man with lots of experience,” Byron said Monday.
Murphy had served as deputy chief and was named captain in 2019. A posted description of his career indicates he started in Wildwood as a Class II officer in 1997 and became a full-time police officer in 1999. He attended the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
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Murphy could not immediately be contacted for an interview Monday.
Regalbuto retired this summer after 35 years with the department.
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WILDWOOD — Atlantic City Electric has brought a spare transformer into the city that it hopes will provide reliable service amid ongoing repairs following a power outage earlier this month, officials said Monday.
"We have installed a significant amount of temporary equipment, including mobile transformers and large generators, that are now being utilized to power our customers," utility spokesperson Frank Tedesco said.
The spare transformer was being placed on Pine Avenue.
Equipment was being brought onto the island Monday, causing potential traffic delays and temporary road closures on West Pine, Susquehanna and Spicer avenues, Tedesco said. Those traffic changes were expected to continue throughout Monday, he said.
The equipment was being put into place about a week and a half after a fire at the Susquehanna Avenue substation knocked out power to 24,000 customers, affecting the entirety of the Wildwoods.
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Customers, large attractions and businesses were without power most of the afternoon on July 7, while some had electricity return that evening.
Mayor Pete Byron said last week the outage likely resulted in the loss of millions of dollars for businesses in town at a point in the summer where they earn most of their yearly profits.
More work on the island's energy infrastructure was expected.
"As our investigation continues, we will have a better understanding of the full extent of the necessary repairs and will then work to install more permanent devices and equipment at the substation and to the local energy grid," Tedesco said.
An investigation into the fire remains ongoing. The probe includes support from third-party experts, Tedesco said.
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Sue Marx, Oscar-winning filmmaker from Michigan, dies at 92
Sue Marx found a calling as a filmmaker and professional photographer.
She turned her skill into an award-winning run that had her touting Michigan's name on a national stage.
“She had this curiosity about people and the world, and expressed it artistically through the lens,” said her daughter, Terry Marx.
Mrs. Marx died Monday, July 17, 2023, at her home. She was 92.
The longtime Birmingham resident produced more than 200 films, relatives said.
She perhaps is best known for “Young at Heart,” a 29-minute 1987 documentary film that chronicled the relationship between her father, Louis Gothelf, and his second wife, Reva Shwayder, who were both artists and had lost a spouse.
It won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short in 1988.
"From Hollywood, hooray for Michigan,” Mrs. Marx said to end her acceptance speech.
While the piece earned much praise for its depiction of the couple and was considered a crowning accomplishment, Mrs. Marx had merely hoped to highlight an inspiring relationship, her daughter said.
“It wasn’t just a movie. It was a movie about her father, which made it particularly special. She followed it more than just an interested filmmaker. It was her father’s life, and the storyline was meaningful to her.”
Also significant were the many subjects behind the pieces the filmmaker helmed over the years through her company, Sue Marx Films, which launched in 1980.
It specialized in documentary films while also producing marketing, political, educational and fundraising videos, according to the website.
Productions included “AIDS 101: Tammy Boccomino Talks With Teenagers,” a one-hour TV special on a Warren woman who tested HIV-positive after contracting the illness from her first husband; “Encore on Woodward,” a documentary on the restoration of the Fox Theatre; 10 films centered on the Detroit Zoo; and “Detroit Remember When: The Jewish Community.”
Her client list featured big names such as General Motors, Cranbrook Educational Community and former Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young.
Mrs. Marx’s success owed to her constant collaborations and friendly nature, relatives said.
“She was a people person,” Terry Marx said. “The films that were about people, and where she could learn their story and tell their story were important.”
The road to stardom was an unconventional one.
Born Nov. 17, 1930, to immigrants in Yonkers, New York, Suzanne Elaine Gothelf was raised in Wisconsin and Indiana.
After graduating from Indiana University in 1952, she relocated to Detroit to live with relatives and taught in Oak Park.
She soon met Stanley “Hank” Marx, who owned a lead smelting company. They wed on Dec. 19, 1953.
While raising their three daughters, Mrs. Marx earned a master’s degree in social psychology at Wayne State University and started working as a model, according to her obituary.
She then pursued photojournalism. As she recounted to The Detroit News in 2020, a friend, Hubert G. Locke, who wrote books including "Detroit 1967,” had been launching a neighborhood newspaper during the 1964 city newspaper strike.
"Hubert said, 'Just go shoot stuff in Detroit,' and a lot of the pictures in the show are those free-to-do, just-get-neighborhood stuff," she said.
Mrs. Marx spent about a year with Locke before working for area publications and as a freelance photographer.
Capitalizing on her close connections, Mrs. Marx shot two historic figures: civil rights icon Rosa Parks and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at Grosse Pointe South High School weeks before his assassination in 1968.
Her portraits were featured in an exhibit, "Photographs by Sue Marx — Images from History: People Who Defined Detroit in the 1960s,” at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center.
She also photographed the Kennedys and a young Bob Seger, her family said.
Mrs. Marx went on produce "Profiles in Black” in the 1970s for what is now WDIV-TV (Channel 4). The program sought to illustrate the lives of Metro Detroit Black residents.
After founding her company, she went on win more than 20 Emmys, 11 CINE Golden Eagles, honors from many film festivals as well as an Award of Excellence from what is now the Alliance for Women in Media, relatives said.
She has been named a Detroit News Michiganian of the Year, and some of her films on art and artists are in a collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Mrs. Marx was a lifelong voting member with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.She also served on the Michigan Film Office Advisory Council, joined the Friends of the Detroit Film Theatre advisory committee and judged for the Kresge Foundation’s Artist Fellows program.
“She was very accomplished,” Terry Marx said.
Besides her daughter, other survivors include two children, Jane Marx and Liz Marx; and three grandchildren. Her husband died in 2007.
A funeral service is scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Ira Kaufman Chapel, 18325 W. Nine Mile, Southfield. It also will be live-streamed.
Interment is at Clover Hill Park Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Wayne State University Math Corps, 656 W. Kirby, Room 1311, Detroit, MI 48202, or the Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, MI 48322.
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Man sentenced to prison for fraud scheme targeting Michigan tribe
A 69-year-old man has been sentenced to 78 months in prison for his role in a fraud scheme that led to a federally recognized American Indian tribe in Michigan losing more than $1 million, authorities announced Monday.
Chester Randall Dunican, most recently of Fort Pierce, Florida, was first indicted in 2021 and reached a plea agreement last year on conspiracy to commit wire fraud, U.S. District Court records show.
Between December 2015 and December 2016, he served as CEO of an entity focused on developing economic opportunities to benefit the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, according to the filings.
Dunican "represented to the tribe that he obtained exclusive distributorship rights with a proprietary water filtration company, R.O. Distributors, and that the tribe would benefit by investing in R.O. Distributors and leasing water coolers that used this proprietary technology to various businesses in Michigan and Florida," federal officials said in a statement Monday.
However, it was a shell company created and controlled by him and a co-defendant, attorney Britan Douglas Groom, according to the release.
The tribe invested nearly $1 million dollars and Dunican ordered others to send most of the investment to another shell company, Evergreen Distributors LLC, before that entity transferred more than $700,000 to his personal bank account and Groom's, investigators said.
“Every member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians was impacted by this fraudulent scheme,” said Mark Totten, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Michigan. “... Mr. Dunican’s conduct is particularly egregious given that he served in a fiduciary capacity as the chief executive officer of the Tribe’s economic development corporation. My office is committed to holding fraudsters fully accountable for their crimes, especially those that exploit a position of public trust.”
When tribal members resisted his requests for more funding, Dunican told them a company named High Sierra Distributors, LLC, acquired R.O. Distributors and was a multi-billion-dollar business that could expand the water filtration outfit nationwide, according to the release.
Dunican asked Groom to recruit someone to pose as a corporate representative of High Sierra at a meeting with the tribe to pitch an additional $2 million in funding; the attorney's friend from Illinois did so, but members learned he was a teacher, uncovered the scheme and fired Dunican.
“Mr. Dunican and his co-defendant stole money earmarked for investment opportunities, the income from which is designed to provide various forms of assistance to members of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,” said Devin J. Kowalski, acting special agent in charge of the FBI in Michigan. “His behavior was an affront to those who trusted him to act in the Tribe’s best interest and is precisely why the FBI works with our partners to investigate those who knowingly defraud organizations and bring them to justice.”
Groom earlier was sentenced to 30 months in prison, federal court records show.
U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker ordered Dunican to spend three years on supervised release, pay restitution of $1,124,290, and to forfeit $430,350, representing proceeds he received through the scheme.
“Today’s sentencing is a reminder that there are detrimental consequences for this type of criminal behavior," said Charles Miller, special agent in charge of IRS-Criminal Investigation, Detroit Field Office.
Dunican's sentencing was delayed after a February incident in Virginia that led to multiple charges, records show.
An investigation determined he "shot himself and tried to make it appear as though an attempted robbery had occurred," the Arlington County Police Department said in a statement.
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Lincoln has a plan to boost and support local food production.
The plan, announced by Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird at a news conference Monday, is the culmination of a yearlong process to come up with specific ways to make the city less dependent on the global food system and strengthen the economy by promoting urban agriculture projects.
The plan has four main goals: to increase and ensure access to healthy food, increase local food production, promote environmentally friendly food production methods and reduce food waste.
“Lincoln’s new Local Food System Plan will position our community to reap the benefits of a thriving local food system — supporting local farmers, expanding markets, creating jobs, increasing food security, improving health outcomes, reducing carbon emissions and instilling a sense of pride in our community,” Gaylor Baird said.
The plan was developed by a 10-member community committee that connected with 800 area residents and food producers through public meetings and surveys to identify local food-based priorities.
A grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields grant paid for the committee’s work.
The plan creates a framework to increase access to land and capital for farmers, offer technical assistance and training.
By 2035, city officials hope to double the acres farmed in Lancaster County, triple the number of community gardens and institutions that source local food and cut the number of census tracts with little healthy food access in half.
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission and City Council will vote on whether to adopt the plan, and if they do, the city will try to secure grant funding to begin implementing some of the goals.
The report recommends 26 action steps to take first. They range from exploring incentives to attract grocery stores to neighborhoods with little access to healthy foods and creating a directory of where fresh produce can be donated to expanding the leasing of city-owned properties for commercial growing operations and asking other governmental subdivisions to do the same.
Megan McGuffey, Community Crops program coordinator and co-chair of the committee, said over 90% of the food Nebraskans eat comes from outside the state.
“We can secure Lincoln and Lancaster County’s future by planning for a better and more localized food system today.”
Herd manager Justin Orem empties a wheelbarrow full of hay to feed to goats on Monday at Shadow Brook Farm, where Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and local officials announced a plan on Monday to make Lincoln’s food system more resilient, enhance supports for farmers and producers who sell to the Lincoln market, and increase access to fresh, affordable and nutritious foods.
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LYNCHBURG, Va. – Some Lynchburg City Schools parents are growing worried their child’s school might close.
Lynchburg City Schools is looking into improving its facilities and it wants community members to be a part of the conversation. The district held the first of four open houses on Monday to discuss with parents some of the options.
The district has come up with four different scenarios. While the goal is to try and improve some of their facilities, it could come at a cost.
Each scenario is different but depending on the route chosen, some elementary schools could close.
Fort Hill Community School, Sandusky Elementary, T.C. Miller Elementary, Dearington Elementary, and Paul Munro Elementary are all at risk of closing.
Calvin Milam has two kids who go to Paul Munro Elementary. He says the school is the flagship of Lynchburg.
“This school can not be recreated anywhere else within the city of Lynchburg,” Milam said.
Reid Wodicka is the Deputy Superintendent for Operations and Strategic Planning for LCS. One thing he wants to be clear about is there is no final decision on which way to move forward.
“These are not final recommendations. These are simply an opportunity for people to react and respond to certain ideas. We’ll use that feedback to craft more final recommendations as we move forward,” Wodicka said.
In August, the Facilities Master Plan recommendations will be presented to the Lynchburg City School Board and City Council based on input received in the coming weeks.
“At the end of the day, you’re going to own this. People will look back and this is the inflection point. This is what really changed public education in Lynchburg for the better or the worse,” Milam said.
The upcoming events will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the following dates:
- Tuesday, July 18: Sandusky Elementary at 5828 Apache Lane
- Wednesday, July 19: Heritage Elementary at 501 Leesville Road
- Monday, July 24: Dearington Elementary at 210 Smyth Street
You can also provide additional feedback on the LCS Facilities Master Plan Survey if you wish to do so.
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MODESTO, California — No one is hurt in what the Modesto Fire Department described as a fire between two homes.
Fire crews responded to the fire along the 1100 block of Haron Lane.
Officials say the fire got into one of the homes and did "moderate" damage, but the current cost of damages isn't known at this time.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif — A Placer County Superior Court judge granted an convicted sex offender conditional transient release into Placer County.
According to a statement from the Placer County District Attorney's Office, William Stephenson will be placed into an RV provided by Liberty Healthcare, who said in the release that "money is no object."
Stephenson, 66, was originally expected to be relocated to Amador County but ultimately a ruling from a judge had officials search for a location in Placer County. On July 17, Stephenson was granted conditional transient release. The decision came after a three-hour hearing with the district attorney's office in opposition.
Concerns from the district attorney's office included the judge's original decision in 2022 to grant Stephenson conditional release despite public safety concerns, Stephenson's crimes that put him in the sexually violent predator program not taking place in Placer County, the failure rate for transient status with sexually violent predators and Stephenson's traditional release in 2014 that failed.
"The Placer County District Attorney’s Office will continue to oppose the transient release of Mr. Stephenson. The Placer County District Attorney’s Office will also pursue legislation prohibiting the transient release of individuals deemed to be sexually violent. Additionally, the Office will request to participate in the current state audit of the state Sexually Violent Predator program authored by California State Senator Brian Jones," the district attorney's office told ABC10 in a statement.
According to the online legal research tool Casetext.com., Stephenson has a long criminal history, including convictions of sexually assaulting two women at a nude beach while threatening them with a knife.
The location of Stephenson’s placement will be addressed during a hearing on Sept. 1, 2023.
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STOCKTON, Calif. — Comcast has confirmed that there is an Xfinity outage near the Stockton area.
"It seems like an oversized truck broke one of our aerial lines and clipped our main fiber lines in French Camp, which has currently caused the outage in the surrounding areas," said Jon Koriel, spokesperson with Comcast.
Crews are currently working to restore access to the service and fix any damages.
"We understand these power and service outages are a painful inconvenience to our customers and want to assure them that our teams are committed to restoring their services as quickly and safely as possible," said Koriel.
Comcast customers can visit the services outage map to learn more, click here.
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COLWICH, Kan. (KSNW) – The Monday night City Council meeting in Colwich was packed with area residents protesting a proposed solar project that could be built east of town.
“We just have eyesore after eyesore, and we are going to add another mile and a half onto that all the way into Maize,” said one resident to the council.
The proposed solar project would be built between Colwich and Maize.
Another resident, Jeff Hardin, says he does not like the look of an industrial size solar farm, and it would change the landscape.
“Because I grew up on a farm,” said Hardin. “And I love the land. And as you can tell, that’s not going to happen anymore.”
City councilmembers heard from several Invenergy energy representatives about the company and its proposal to add the wind project that could add power to the grid for up to 25,000 homes.
Some residents questioned where the power would go. They were told by one Invenergy representative the power would be added to the grid and could be part of the Southwest power pool. One spokesperson from Invenergy also said after it would build the solar project, it would turn it over to a company based out of Oklahoma.
“We are studying this proposal,” said Colwich City Councilmember Beth Bryan. “But we are listening to the community. And we are listening to Invenergy as well. We have to hear all sides and listen carefully.”
Bryan said the council will give a recommendation on the solar project to Sedgwick County commissioners. It’s the Sedgwick County Commission that could ultimately make a yes or no decision on the proposal.
“The feel with Colwich is that the farmland around it, the country feel, the living out here that (Solar project) could really change the way it looks, the way it feels,” said Bryan.
The next step for the proposed solar project, called the Chisholm Trail Solar Energy Project, would be to send a conditional use permit to the planning and zoning of Sedgwick County.
County commissioners in Sedgwick County tell KSN there will be at least three chances for public comment on the issue.
Invenergy also tells KSN they plan to turn in a conditional use permit in the third quarter of this year to get the ball rolling on the county level.
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TACOMA, Wash. — Javan Runnels was a football player, an accomplished athlete and student.
Runnels had just arrived in Tacoma on Friday. A few days later, he was on the way to a convention when he was tragically killed in an accident on state Route 509 in Tacoma.
Runnels was loved by so many, according to family members.
"He was just like, he was literally, he was the family superstar," Lisa Campbell, his mother, told KING 5 by phone.
Runnels was 22 years old. Campbell says he was a star on the field and off the field.
Runnels grew up dancing and winning competitions as a kid. He had many passions and was accomplished at a young age.
"He accomplished more than most people accomplish in 20 years, and Javan Runnels was the best version of all humanity," said Jason Vincent, his uncle.
He was awarded multiple scholarships to play football and eventually, he signed with the Arizona Rattlers, an indoor football team.
"He was a quadruple threat talent-wise, and so very caring, thoughtful, and impeccable with his words when you spoke to him," Vincent said.
"I know he's gonna be something one day, he's gonna be something one day. Man, he's just the wrong, this was the wrong kid. This should never happen," Campbell said.
Campbell said her son was visiting Tacoma from Arizona for a convention over the weekend with World Wide Group/Amway. He was in a car with six other people when the tragedy occurred Sunday morning.
"Somebody ran a red light. And that was it," Campbell said. "My son still had a pulse and everything. They took him to the hospital. And he lost his pulse at the hospital."
A Kia Forte, the car Runnels was riding in, was traveling eastbound along Alexander Avenue when it was struck by a BMW SUV traveling northbound along SR 509 around 11 a.m. on Sunday.
Washington State Patrol Troopers said the crash happened because one of the drivers ran a red light, but did not say which driver. Troopers said speed was also a factor in the crash.
Runnels and five others in the Kia Forte were killed in the crash. They were all between the ages of nineteen and 25. One survivor is in the hospital in critical condition. All the victims were from the Phoenix area.
"I'm just trying to get them home really. And try to keep my sanity at the same time," Campbell said.
Campbell and other family members are raising money to get her son's remains back to Arizona to hold a memorial service for him. A GoFundMe was set up to help with the costs of transporting Runnel's body and to help Campbell financially through this time.
"There's so many people that need to be able to pay their respects. Right? And see him for the last time," Campbell said.
Campbell never got the chance to say goodbye to her superstar.
"This should never have happened," Campbell said.
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A look at Arizona's 2023 monsoon seaon: Dust storms, lightning, hail and flash floods
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Monsoon rain finally comes Flagstaff, Tucson amid heat wave
FLAGSTAFF — A short burst of monsoon rain fell across parts of northern Arizona and the Tucson area Monday afternoon, offering some communities a brief respite from a heat wave that has been unrelenting across the state.
In the Flagstaff area, the monsoon was small, with most areas recording generally less than a tenth of an inch of rain while isolated areas measured between half an inch and one inch, National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Stubblefield said.
Areas that saw some of the highest measurements were the Blue Ridge Reservoir outside of Payson, which recorded 0.7 inches and Flagstaff's San Francisco peaks, where 0.55 inches of rain fell throughout the afternoon.
The rain also brought with it a considerable cooling off of Flagstaff, where temperatures reached into the mid-90s over the weekend breaking multiple records. As the storm passed through, the temperature dropped to 82 degrees, nearly a 10-degree difference from today's high in the city.
This marks Flagstaff's first rain of the monsoon season, which officially starts July 15, though it is not uncommon for the Flagstaff area to start seeing storms around Independence Day, Stubblefield said.
Looking ahead, warm temperatures are here to stay for the foreseeable future with the chance for "scattered showers and thunderstorms with the potential for heavy rain in a few areas but not necessarily widespread," he said.
Southern Arizona drenched, too
Tucson experienced its first thunderstorm of the monsoon season early Monday evening.
Winds came through the Tucson metro area ahead of the storm, and the area saw gusts as high as 60 mph with most gusts between 40 mph and 50 mph, according to the National Weather Service in Tucson.
Recorded rainfall varied across Tucson with 0.4 of an inch recorded near the airport, south of Tucson, and 1.42 inches on the north side at Catalina Foothills.
The National Weather Service has been monitoring power outages, and said the winds caused power outages throughout Tucson.
The agency has not received many flooding reports but did issue flash flood warnings, said Julia Tetrault, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
Tetrault said there could be storms later in the week.
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Dust storm moving northwest through Phoenix, National Weather Service warns
The Phoenix branch of the National Weather Service issued a "special weather statement" on Monday warning residents of strong gusts blowing dust at 30 to 40 mph.
The agency said the gusts are moving northwest throughout the Valley and would continue to do so for a few hours. It added that the weather event would affect portions of interstates 10 and 17 as well as State Route 51.
It tweeted that the gusts were nearing Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in downtown Phoenix at around 7:30 p.m.
Ryan Morley, a meteorologist with the weather service, said the weather event doesn't constitute as a haboob or large dust storm as the level of visibility isn't less than a quarter of a mile. Morley said visibility is about 2 miles at Sky Harbor, but the agency has received reports of visibility around a quarter of a mile to a half mile in some areas.
What should I do in a dust storm if I am driving?
The Arizona Department of Transportation has helpful tips for drivers who may get stuck in a dust storm while driving. The "Pull Aside, Stay Alive" campaign aims to save drivers from dangerous situations by providing tips to survive a blowing dust event.
- If you encounter a dust storm, immediately check traffic around your vehicle (front, back and to the side) and begin slowing down.
- Do not wait until poor visibility makes it difficult to safely pull off the roadway — do it as soon as possible. Completely exit the highway if you can.
- Do not stop in a travel lane or in the emergency lane. Look for a safe place to pull completely off the paved portion of the roadway.
- Turn off all vehicle lights. You do not want other vehicles, approaching from behind, to use your lights as a guide and possibly crash into your parked vehicle.
- Set your emergency brake and take your foot off the brake. Stay in the vehicle with your seat belt buckled and wait for the storm to pass.
- Drivers of high-profile vehicles should be especially aware of changing weather conditions and travel at reduced speeds.
Terminology:This is why dust storms are called 'haboobs' in Arizona
More information on dust storm safety can be found at PullAsideStayAlive.org and safety tips for driving in rainstorms can be found at azdot.gov/monsoon.
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Here are the numbers for the Powerball drawing for July 17, 2023
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The Powerball jackpot stands at an estimated $900 million. The cash value is $465.1 million. The winning numbers were drawn on Monday, July 17, 2023.
Powerball winning numbers
The winning numbers for Monday's drawing were 5-8-9-17-41 and the Powerball is 21. The Power Play is 4.
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Hundreds are without power across the Miami Valley as a line of severe thunderstorms push through the area.
At around 9 p.m. on Monday over 600 power customers were without electricity. By 9:15 p.m., that number rose to over 4,000.
The City of Hamilton Electric Department announced that there was an outage on the Franklin Street circuit, knocking out power to several areas, but the outage has since been resolved.
As of 12:09 a.m. on Tuesday, the number of customers without power are listed below by county, according to outage maps from AES, Duke Energy and Ohio Edison.
- Montgomery: 1,468
- Warren: 1,336
- Butler: 910
- Greene: 579
- Preble: 122
- Darke: 1
- Clark: Less than 5
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MORROW, Ga. — A 17-year-old boy was shot multiple times in the parking lot of Southlake Mall Monday afternoon, Morrow Police said.
Authorities responded to the mall parking lot at 4:35 p.m. after receiving a report of a person shot. When officers arrived, they found the 17-year-old shot.
He was taken to the hospital for medical treatment and is currently in stable condition, the police department said.
11Alive SkyTracker flew over the scene and saw police investigating near a maroon car. At least a dozen evidence markers were spotted in the parking lot.
Investigators said they're still working to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting. Anyone with information is asked to call the Morrow Police Department at (770) 961-4006.
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An 18-year-old has been arrested in connection to a deadly hit-and-run in the parking lot of Cumberland Mall over the weekend, Cobb Police said.
Authorities said the incident happened Sunday evening. Paige Jenkins, 25, was critically hurt after she was hit by a car in the parking lot, the police department said. Jenkins was taken to the hospital for medical treatment but Cobb Police said she died there from her injuries.
Cobb County Police Department's Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) unit and crimes against persons unit responded to the scene.
Investigators said they were able to identify the driver of the car as 18-year-old Vanessa Robinson. She was taken into custody with the help of Fairburn Police, the Cobb Police Department said. Jail records list her charges as murder during the commission of a felony and aggravated assault.
Authorities said their investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call the police department at (770) 499-3945.
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HOUSTON — Another set of formerly conjoined twins are back home after a remarkable journey at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston.
When Lucas and Mateo Villalobos Barrera were born on Jan. 18, 2022, at TCH, they were connected at the lower abdomen and pelvis. The boys shared multiple organs, including small intestines and a single colon, a condition known as ischiopagus twins.
Last August, a team of 25 experts, including eight surgeons, successfully separated the babies during a 17-hour procedure.
After spending their first nine months in the hospital, Lucas and Mateo were discharged from the NICU at TCH last October.
The family remained in Texas for several months for post-op care before one more operation on each brother on June 28.
Now, the baby boys are home in Las Vegas with their parents and three older brothers. They're about to celebrate their first birthday and are starting to walk.
“I don’t know what else we can ask for in life,” mom Lorena Barrera said. “We have our boys here, and that is God’s gift to us. We are eternally grateful to the specialists at Texas Children’s. It is from the hand of God that my children are here."
Before the separation surgery
Lorena and her husband, Alejandro Villalobos, were surprised but excited when they found out they were expecting twins, according to TCH.
After they learned the babies were conjoined, the family decided to temporarily relocate from Vegas to Houston so they could receive prenatal care from world-renowned experts at Texas Children’s Fetal Center.
Lorena underwent extensive prenatal imaging to determine if the boys could be separated after birth.
At 31 weeks, the delivery team conducted a labor and C-section simulation to prepare for the complex delivery.
“Every set of conjoined twins poses unique anatomical challenges that require extensive planning for a safe delivery for both mom and babies,” OBGYN in-Chief Dr. Michael Belfort at TCH explained.
The babies weighed a combined 8 pounds and 4 ounces at birth and they spent the next seven months in Texas Children's l level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in preparation for the separation surgery.
“Throughout their NICU stay, the boys had nearly 30 different teams taking care of them, including urologists, orthopedists and other surgical specialists; neonatologists, radiologists and numerous other medical specialists; nurses, occupational and physical therapists; Child Life specialists; and chaplains," TCH neonatologist Dr. Rita Shah said.
Separating Lucas and Mateo
The first step before the separation surgery was a procedure to place tissue expanders, similar to balloons that allow the skin to stretch gradually, which gave the twins additional skin.
Two months later, pediatric surgeon Dr. Alice King led the team that separated Lucas and Mateo.
• 4 pediatric surgeons
• 2 plastic surgeons
• 2 orthopedic surgeons
• 1 neurosurgeon
• 4 anesthesiologists
• 8 registered nurses
• 5 surgical technicians
“This incredibly complex case utilized nearly every single surgical subspecialty at Texas Children's Hospital,” King said. “The size and scope of the teams involved with Mateo and Lucas’s care was vast, and there are very few hospitals that could perform a procedure this multifaceted."
Following their successful separation surgery, which included extensive orthopedic reconstruction to their hips that would allow them the chance to walk, the boys returned to the NICU for two more months.
“The success of this separation can be attributed to the tireless dedication and unparalleled work ethic of our team,” said Dr. Larry Hollier, Surgeon-In-Chief at Texas Children’s Hospital and Vice Chair of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. “Countless hours of preparation went into this incredibly intricate surgery, and we are beyond grateful with the result: two healthy, happy boys.”
The family stayed in Houston until recently for follow-up care.
"The nurses and the specialists were excellent. We are very grateful indeed. This may be a long journey, but we ask that life and God give us the strength to keep looking after them and doing all the hard work," Lorena said.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — Newly released 911 calls give a terrifying glimpse into the moments after a young woman was kidnapped from her job at a Fayetteville Wingstop overnight, eventually being shot and killed by the suspect, her ex-boyfriend.
In one 911 call, the victim's aunt was heard contacting police.
"My niece works there and her friend is up there and he's harassing her on her job and she needs some protection... He's making her get in his car," she told the operator.
In the background, another person, who was not identified, can be heard shouting "Don't get into the car."
As she continues to provide information to 911, the aunt identifies the suspect as the victim's ex-boyfriend.
"He keeps harassing her, he keeps calling her... he was beating on her and he made her get in his car," she said. "She already has a restraining order against him."
In another 911 call, the victim's manager at Wingstop described the hectic situation at the store.
"A guy just came in here for one of my employees, he came here with a gun and he just dragged her out," she said.
When the 911 operator asked about the weapon allegedly used by the suspect, the manager replies, "I didn't see it but I heard him cock it."
She continued, "He walked behind the counter, I said 'You can't come back here,' and he pushed past me and he walked up to her and I heard the gun pop... he was walking out and I saw the gun pointed at her side."
More on the case
The Fayetteville Police Department said in a release the call came in around 11 p.m. on Sunday night about a kidnapping in progress from the Wingstop on North Glynn Street in Fayetteville.
Calls to 911 said a "male subject had entered the restaurant and took his ex-girlfriend, an employee of the restaurant, at gunpoint."
According to the department, the suspect is 20-year-old Cameron Ja'Michael Hopkins of Albany, Ga. The victim was identified later Monday morning by Clayton County Police as 19-year-old Khaliyah Jones.
The kidnapping set off a chase, with Fayetteville officers spotting a Red Chevrolet Camaro reported by callers leaving the restaurant with the victim.
"The vehicle began to flee from officers in the area of Banks Road in Fayetteville and a vehicle pursuit was initiated. The pursuit left Fayette County and entered Clayton County via McDonough Road," Fayetteville PD said.
The car eventually reached Lovejoy High School, with Fayetteville PD saying officers used a PIT maneuver to stop the car.
According to police, it was at this moment that the suspect began shooting, with "several shots inside the vehicle and additional shots at officers striking their vehicle multiple times with officers still inside."
Hopkins so far has been charged by Fayetteville PD with kidnapping and aggravated assault, noting that the Clayton County Police Department has jurisdiction over the killing of Jones.
Lovejoy Police reported a nearly identical incident with Hopkins last year, in which he was accused of "dragging a female out of the vehicle at gunpoint" at a Walmart parking lot and "forcing her into his vehicle before fleeing the scene."
In that incident, he allegedly made contact with family members over the phone and "expressed his rage over the relationship ending and threatened to shoot and kill (the woman) if police attempted to pull him over."
Jones was also the victim of the previous kidnapping.
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BELL COUNTY, Texas — A three-way transplant chain involving six people across three hospitals recently took place in Texas, and it's a sign of how doctors are now taking a different approach to kidney transplants and finding living donors.
The transplant chain was made possible through Baylor Scott & White Health's partnership with three of it's Texas hospitals.
These hospitals include Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Temple, Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas and Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth.
While these three-way chains are considered rare, Surgical Director for Baylor Scott & White Temple Dr. Debra Doherty said these transplants could make a dramatic difference in how many people are waiting for kidneys.
"I think that's the beauty of it is that we're not having to rely on sending our kidneys across the country," she said. "We all know that getting kidneys in as fast as possible -- they're going to work better and they're going to work faster. This is a game changer because it makes it easy for us and it makes it possible to do more matches."
There are around 90,000 people in the United States waiting for a kidney transplant, according to Dr. Doherty.
Daniel Madron, who was diagnosed with a polycystic kidney when he was in his 30s, was on dialysis for years.
"I started to accept my fate," he told Baylor Scott and White Health.
However, one day Madron got a call that he had been waiting for. It wasn't that he was getting a kidney transplant, but it was from a living donor.
"I get emotional still," Madron added. "You couldn't ask for better kidney. I knew the second they put it in. It's so life changing."
Madron would be part of a historic three-way paired Texas based kidney chain. His new kidney came from a woman in North Texas whose husband needed a transplant as well.
They weren't a match, so that husband received a kidney from a woman also in North Texas who tried to donate to a friend.
That friend received a kidney from Donor Erica Turner who decided to become an altruistic donor, offering one of her kidneys to a stranger. She was the one who started the chain.
The Living Donor Program created by Baylor Scott & White is helping people find matches for transplants faster than ever before, and programs like this can make larger transplant chains more common.
According to Baylor Scott & White, patients receiving living donor kidney transplants live longer, recover faster and have a better quality of life.
"If we had 90,000 people who were as generous as the woman who started this chain and the other people involved the donors -- we'd wipe out the waiting list," Dr. Doherty said.
These donors could be family members, friends or even strangers. They just have to be healthy and willing to lend a helping hand.
To learn more information about the Living Donor Program, visit here.
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HENRY COUNTY, Ga. — The Henry County Sheriff's Office identified its deputy injured by a suspected mass shooter over the weekend.
Sheriff Reginad Scandrett said Cpl. Daniel Podsiadly had a successful surgery at Grady Hospital and is now resting comfortably.
"We are asking for your continued prayers for the 30-year veteran law enforcement officer," the sheriff said.
Two Clayton County officers were also injured as the situation unfolded with the suspect, 40-year-old Andre Longmore. The police department said its two officers are both out of the hospital.
Longmore was killed by law enforcement on Sunday. He was accused of shooting and killing four people in the Dogwood subdivision in Hampton on Saturday. After a days-long manhunt, officers spotted the vehicle Longmore was driving.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, as officers approached Longmore in the area where he parked the car, he fired at authorities in an "ambush-type situation," injuring the deputy.
"Longmore entered a Henry County Sheriff’s Office K-9 vehicle and drove across the street to Mount Zion High School. Longmore abandoned the patrol vehicle at that location, traveled through the woods, and entered the Carriage Place neighborhood," the GBI said in a news release.
They said he went into a home; law enforcement officers went through the front door and that's when two cops were injured. Authorities returned fire, killing him.
The police shooting is still under investigation and the community remembers the four people killed on Saturday.
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