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Proposal to reduce parking requirements in Phoenix sparks heated debate
Tempers are flaring in Phoenix as neighborhood leaders across town push back against the city's proposal to reduce parking requirements at new residential developments.
The proposed city law would change the city's formula that calculates how many parking spaces an apartment complex needs. Most 100-unit developments would go from 150 required spaces to 125 spaces, plus there would be lower requirements for unreserved parking.
Affordable apartments and developments near light rail would see steeper reductions, but the steepest cuts of all would be for affordable apartments near the light rail, which in most cases would require zero parking spaces.
The proposal is intended to improve rental affordability and the environment by reducing costs associated with building parking spaces and steering residents toward public transit. Reducing building costs should result in lower priced apartments, plus more of them, the argument goes. The benefits of reduced car dependence is twofold: fewer cars to contribute to emissions and less asphalt to contribute to the urban heat island effect.
But so far, the proposal has only sparked controversy and fiery debates from members of the city's 15 Village Planning Committees. Seven of the 10 committees that have heard the idea rejected it. Three voted yes and the rest have yet to vote.
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Committee members, advocates and residents sent testy emails reacting to the policy in early and mid-July.
"It's disappointing — but not surprising — that some of our VPCs are putting their heads in the asphalt," one Phoenix resident wrote in an email.
Another replied the city needs a solution that doesn't turn Phoenix "into New York City, Los Angeles or Chicago."
Some believe the city's public transit system isn't robust enough yet, and that fewer parking spaces won't work. They also question the logic underpinning the policy that low-income renters need less or no parking. Some even worry it could do economic harm to low-income renters.
But supporters of the proposal say it's an opportunity to lead Phoenix into the future, improve housing supply and affordability and reduce emissions and the urban heat island effect by using less asphalt.
At the heart of the debate is a skepticism about free market policies and a concern that quality of life and residents' needs will take a backseat to developer's preferences and profits.
"Follow the money," said JoAnne Jensen, a south Phoenix resident. "Money is not a bad thing. Development is not a bad thing. But my concern is that over and over again those who live in affordable housing are not given the same consideration and amenities as those who live in market values."
The debate also puts into focus questions about the city's order of operations: should it wait to enact policy that aims to reduce car dependence until the public transportation system is fully built out, or should it enact policy that puts public transit in higher demand, which would validate the need for its expansion?
Village planning committees are city-sanctioned groups that review and vote on proposed developments and land use regulations that affect their neighborhoods. Their perspectives are provided to the City Council so that the elected leaders may take them into consideration when voting, but the votes bear no extra weight.
Village committee votes are typically not a strong barometer of council outcome, but the emotional response from village members to the proposed policy change ricocheted through City Hall in mid-July.
Councilmember Kevin Robinson of District 6 in the Biltmore, Sunnyslope and Ahwatukee areas said July 17 he took multiple meetings to discuss the policy. Derrik Rochwalik, chief of staff to Councilwoman Ann O'Brien, who represents District 1 in northwest Phoenix, also heard about the response.
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Mayor Kate Gallego, who has advocated for a Phoenix that builds up and not out, told The Arizona Republic in a statement, "we must weigh all options to create a denser and more dynamic Phoenix, including reducing parking minimum requirements."
She said she looks forward to hearing community input as the city strives for "a more innovative community design that will support transit-oriented development and affordability."
The council is slated to vote on the proposal in early September. So far, only Councilmember O'Brien has expressed concern, through her chief of staff, although a few council members did not indicate how they leaned.
Seven of the 10 village committees that have heard the policy proposal so far have voted no. The three that voted yes — Central City, Encanto and Camelback East — are located in or near downtown where the most significant requirement cuts would occur. Camelback East is located in Robinson's district. Multiple committees in or near O'Brien's district had opposed the policy.
The village members deliberated the merits of the proposal in testy email exchanges in early and mid-July. The email chains appeared to violate Open Meeting Law and were curtailed after employees from Phoenix's planning department sent warnings.
Policy support focuses on walkability, heat, affordability, cutting red tape
Advocates for fewer parking requirements began emailing village committees in early July. Their comments focused on how cutting red tape would allow more building to flourish, reducing costs for developers and renters alike.
Nicole Rodriguez, an Encanto Village Planning Committee member who urged other committees to vote yes, said the policy change would allow small-scale developers to enter the market. She emphasized how the cost to build parking falls on renters.
Dan Klocke, former director of Downtown Phoenix Partnership, said it would open the door to build apartments on smaller parcels of land. More apartments would mean more property tax revenue to the city, he wrote.
Ryan Boyd, from Urban Phoenix Project, a group that advocates for "non-auto mobility," emphasized that the change would set a minimum, but not prohibit developers from building apartments with more parking. He added that parking minimums force individuals who can barely afford housing to subsidize parking for others.
Boyd also focused on walkability aspects, saying parking ratios were designed for suburban lifestyles and "kill any semblance of walkability." He pointed to Disneyland, saying no one wants to walk around the parking lots in the heat but they'll happily stroll Main Street stores.
Others focused on the policy as an opportunity to advance the city.
"Serving on these committees is an opportunity for us to lead Phoenix into the future—not to fight for the status quo simply because the proposed changes aren't perfect," said Shane Gore of the Shaw Butte Neighborhood Alliance.
Policy opposition puts spotlight on 'substandard' public transit
Committee member Louis Lagrave from the north Phoenix Desert Ridge area said his group voted no primarily because:
- The city's public transit system isn't developed enough.
- "Faulty logic in assuming that affordable housing doesn't need as much parking."
- Concerns about walking in the heat.
- "Poorly crafted plans for residents to park on streets."
Lagrave said there were potential negative consequences by relying on the city's "substandard public transportation" and urged supporters of the proposal to "look for a workable solution ... without turning Phoenix into New York City, Los Angeles or Chicago."
Jensen, from the Laveen committee, said she lives in an area surrounded by farms with owners interested in selling. One of the proposals includes a 1,700-unit residential complex. In her mind, she figures each unit could bring two cars to the area — a prospect she said the streets simply aren't equipped to handle.
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She'd approve the policy only if it applied exclusively to downtown and light rail corridor apartments and without creating a separate, steeper reduction for affordable units. No complex should ever see zero parking required, in her view.
"Mass transit may not get the person to his or her work conveniently or in good time. They may already have a vehicle. What do they do with it? I think it's unrealistic they would sell it," Jensen said. "It's not going to decrease the number of cars, it's just going to displace parking."
Tamala Daniels, a South Mountain committee member, also voted no. Daniels has worked in real estate for three decades, and she spent eight years as a regional apartment manager. It's that background, she said, that informs her view.
The way Daniels sees it, the conversation requires confronting the reality that most people in Arizona have cars and most don't live where they work.
Without adequate parking, Daniels said, apartments will charge exorbitant amounts for the spaces. Some already do, she added. This puts a lower-income person in a situation where they park outside their apartment complex because they can't afford to park inside.
Depending on where they park, Daniels said, their car risks getting towed, vandalized or broken into. That's a cost, not a benefit, she argued. If they get home from work late, parking outside their complex endangers them as they walk home in the dark.
If pro-urbanization and walkability advocates want less car dependence, Daniels said, then they need to install the public transit infrastructure first.
"At this point, people don't have options. And now, you're going to force people to give up a car, which means you can't get to a doctor's appointment (for example)," Daniels said.
"I'm a big proponent of different housing types, but I think this is an overreach," she added.
Some question the premise that affordable renters need less parking
A group of residents from the Neighborhood Coalition of Greater Phoenix wrote a lengthy response to the policy, saying that any sweeping approaches to parking reductions were ripe for problems and that the policy was being rushed through the approval process without careful consideration.
Parking requirements should only be based on proximity to public transit and never on whether an apartment in considered luxury, low-income or subsidized, the coalition said.
"It is discriminatory to believe that people who live in lower-priced housing do not have or do not want personal vehicles," the group members wrote.
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David King, a professor of urban planning at Arizona State University, acknowledged, "It is incorrect to think just because you're low-income you don't have a car. And honestly, there are a lot of people who are lower-income who would be better off if they had access to a car. Access to an automobile is a huge predictor of success in the economy."
But, King said, lower-income people are less likely to have multiple cars, "so having one parking space per unit may be enough."
The nuance to consider, he added, is that this policy change would be for new construction and therefore wouldn't replace all existing units and parking spaces. Plus, the proximity to public transportation matters.
If an individual who is low-income needs a more affordable place to live, and they're someone who already takes the bus, this policy would create housing ideal for that tenant.
Audra Koester Thomas, a transportation planning manager at Maricopa Association of Governments, told The Arizona Republic that historically "67% of (the Valley's) transit users don't have any other option. They don't own their own car to be able to get to school or to work."
According to Valley Metro, the regional transportation agency serving Maricopa County, there were 65 million public transit boardings in fiscal year 2019. That figure was 32 million in fiscal year 2022. The majority were in Phoenix, at 66% for 2022.
The greater Phoenix neighborhood coalition also expressed concerns about:
- How calculations don't take into account that more people are choosing to have roommates.
- Parking minimum reductions are less accepted outside the downtown core.
- More density could lead to less visibility at intersections, causing safety issues.
- Parking for individuals with disabilities "should always be required and maintained."
- Lower-income individuals shouldn't be expected to never have guest visitors with personal vehicles.
The coalition said it understands the need to make changes to parking rules but that neighborhood input beyond just village committees should be sought.
They pointed to a meeting the city's planning commission held with leaders from the housing industry. The commission called it a stakeholder meeting, but it included no neighborhood groups, which were obviously affected and involved, they said.
The coalition's letter ended, "Does the City of Phoenix think that simply vetting these proposals—changes that can have a vast impact on the existing population—should only be presented to VPCs?"
What City Council is saying
Vice Mayor Yassamin Ansari, who has long pushed for parking requirement reductions and eliminations, already said she would vote yes.
Councilwoman Debra Stark, of District 3 in the Moon Valley area, also said she's leaning in favor of the proposal.
Councilmember Betty Guardado, of District 5 in the Maryvale area, called the changes "important steps to address the rising cost of housing" and that it was vital to provide working families places to live near the transit system.
Councilmember Laura Pastor, who represents the midtown area, did not reveal which way she leaned, saying only that she appreciates the public input process and is preparing to make her decision. Pastor has in the recent past advocated for increased walkability.
Rochwalik, O'Brien's chief of staff, said O'Brien is concerned the policy sends a message to non-downtown residents that they are not welcome downtown, and that the policy perhaps inappropriately ropes in suburban areas.
Councilmember Robinson said he hadn't determined his position yet.
Councilmembers Jim Waring and Kesha Hodge Washington, of District 2 in northeast Phoenix and District 8 in south Phoenix and parts of downtown, could not be reached.
Reporter Taylor Seely covers Phoenix City Hall for The Arizona Republic. Reach her at tseely@arizonarepublic.com or by phone at 480-476-6116.
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Is someone from Cumberland a millionaire? Winning lottery ticket sold at local gas station
Paul Edward Parker
The Providence Journal
CUMBERLAND — A ticket sold at the Mobil station at 3 Pine Swamp Rd. won $1 million in Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing, according to a state lottery spokeswoman.
The winner, who has one year to claim the prize, would collect about $700,100 after state and federal taxes, according to spokeswoman Nicole Mineau.
According to Exxon Mobil, the gas station is operated by F&Z LLC.
The $1 million prize is minuscule compared to the jackpot for Wednesday's Powerball drawing, which is estimated at $516.8 million in cash, which is marketed as $1 billion, the nominal value of annuity payments spread out over 29 years, without subtracting for inflation, if the winner selects to be paid that way.
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After grading and sifting the sand, East Matunuck Beach has reopened after syringes found
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — East Matunuck State Beach is open to swimming on Wednesday after the discovery of syringes washed up in the surf forced closing the beach for Monday and Tuesday.
Officials had hoped to reopen on Tuesday, but more syringes were discovered.
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"We’ve had the beach sifted and graded," Mike Healey, spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Management, told The Providence Journal in an email Wednesday morning. "We haven’t found any syringes today so far."
Earlier, Healey said that the syringes were believed to be "litter" discarded on land and washed out to sea during recent heavy rain storms, that washed up at high tide.
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The DEM has also taken down the purple flag warning at East Matunuck after finding no signs of Portuguese man-of-war, a jellyfish-like creature whose tentacles deliver painful, dangerous stings.
Meanwhile, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recommends closing several beaches because of high bacteria levels.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Editor's note: The above video was published in May, when Austin Radio Network returned to the airwaves after it was briefly off-air.
Longhorn fans will soon have one less place to hear about their team.
The Horn, previously the official broadcast partner of the Texas Longhorns, will no longer air on 104.9 FM starting on Aug. 2. However, The Horn programming will continue to air 24/7 on AM 1260, 101.9 FM, hornFM.com and The Horn app.
The Horn said that the change will also include a reduction within its "incredibly talented and dedicated staff" and will bring changes to its weekday and weekend on-air lineups.
"Austin Radio Network is a locally owned & operated Radio & Media company. Current economic and market realities, combined with rising operating costs, have forced us to make extremely difficult decisions that we believe will allow for immediate stability," The Horn said in a blog post.
The Horn said on Aug. 2, its programming lineup will consist of live local sports shows, national sports talk and local and national play-by-play.
This latest announcement from The Horn comes shortly after Texas Sports announced that iHeartMedia Austin will become the new radio home for the Texas Longhorns. The Horn responded to the announcement on July 13, saying that it, KOKE FM and the Austin Radio Network were fortunate to be a partner of the University of Texas at Austin athletics since 2015 and that they "enjoyed a long run and were honored to carry the torch."
Austin Radio Network, also known as Genuine Austin Radio Broadcasting, also recently announced the cancelation of its annual KOKE-FM "KOKEFEST," which was scheduled for Aug. 4 and 5.
Back in May, KVUE reported that the radio group – which operates The Horn, KOKE FM (99.3) and The Bat (105.3) – couldn't run local programming for a full weekend because it was in a dispute over paying rent.
The radio network's managing partner, Jason Nassour, told KVUE the previous landlord and the radio group had an agreement where the group was supposed to be given tens of thousands of dollars to fix the place up in April 2020. During the pandemic, the new owner, OakPoint Real Estate, purchased the property. Nassour claimed the new landlord had been trying to collect the money back by increasing the rent, culminating in the landlord locking out radio show employees and shutting off power.
Nassour is currently facing evidence tampering charges, along with former Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody, in connection with the death of Javier Ambler in 2019.
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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — A driver was killed Tuesday afternoon when their car crashed into a Lemay home.
The crash happened at around 2:30 p.m. near the intersection of Kingston Drive and Telegraph Road. The car could be seen lying upside down in the wreckage of the home's front wall.
The St. Louis County Police Department said a vehicle was traveling northbound on Kingston Drive toward Telegraph Road at an "extremely high rate of speed," veered off the roadway, hit an embankment, and went airborne.
The vehicle crashed into a home, causing significant damage. A second home was also damaged.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Police have not released the driver's identity as of Tuesday evening.
"This only happens in the movies," Diane Wentzel said.
She rushed to the scene to see about her adult son.
"I wasn't sure how bad it was and when I got here and saw how bad it was I was like, I guess they'll be staying with us tonight," she said.
The family says the car crashed into the home as a 2 to 3-year-old was sitting on a bed in the bedroom. The impact pushed the bed into the wall so the child was not hit.
"Could've totally hit him, yes. Missed him by inches," Derek Wentzel said.
He says the child belongs to his friends who were visiting the home. They were inside as well as his girlfriend. He's saddened to hear the driver died.
"I just hope she didn't even know what was happening as it happened," Diane said.
Now her son is trying to salvage what he can and return to some type of normal.
"They said we may not be able to enter our home at all. It may be a total loss," he added.
The St. Louis County Police Department said that accident reconstruction investigators have been called to the scene.
Contact the St. Louis County Police Department at 636-529-8210 to speak with investigators if you have any information regarding this incident.
A neighbor shared doorbell camera footage that captured the moment the car went airborne and crashed into the house at a high rate of speed.
This is a developing story. It will be updated as more information becomes available.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Some new rules aimed at protecting seabirds could soon be in place for the Skyway Fishing Pier.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission is holding its quarterly meeting in St. Pete this week and plans to make a final decision on those rules.
It's something bird advocates have been wanting for months.
Each year nearly 2,000 seabirds, many of them pelicans are injured or killed near the Skyway Pier. Most of them get entangled in fishing lines or hooks. FWC has had several public hearings about this issue and on Wednesday they are planning to make a decision.
According to the meeting's agenda, the recommended changes from staff are:
- Educating anglers about the dangers to the birds
- A seasonal ban of sabiki rigs or fishing rigs with more than one hook — from Mid-November to Mid-March
- Limiting anglers to no more than two sets of of fishing gear
Bird Advocates say these rules don't go far enough to protect the birds. Kim Begay is with the Friends of Pelicans.
"They can't lose sight of the fact that they are required by law to protect the birds under the federal migratory bird treaty act," Begay said. "All of the compromising is great, but the bottom line is it's their responsibility and they need to keep sight of that."
Some anglers like Captain Dylan Hubbard with Hubbard's Marina say making it too restrictive could be a problem.
"People access the fishery out there on this PR for their sustenance," Hubbard said. "And in order to catch those mackerel and kingfish they really need the sabiki rigs, these double rigs, these treble hooks."
If the new rules do pass today, FWC staff is also recommending that they review them within 2 years to see if they've been effective. Then they can consider either expanding or repealing them if needed. Any new rules that pass would start on October 1.
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TACOMA, Wash. — On Sunday morning, a two-car crash on state Route 509 took the lives of six people visiting from Arizona. Another person that was in the car with them remains in critical condition.
Around 11:15 a.m., the passengers and driver were riding in a gray Kia forte going eastbound on Alexander Avenue when the car was struck by a white BMW SUV that was going northbound on SR 509.
The Kia Forte rolled and came to rest on an embankment on the right side of the roadway. The BMW was blocking the intersection. At least one of the cars caught fire.
The driver and passenger in the BMW were also injured in the collision, but they are expected to be ok.
The Washington State Patrol said the crash was caused by speed and one of the drivers failing to stop for a red light, but did not specify which driver. The collision is still under investigation.
Here's what we know about the victims of the crash.
Javan Runnels remembered as accomplished athlete, dedicated son
Javan Runnels was a 22-year-old from the Phoenix, Ariz. area. He is remembered by family as an accomplished athlete and student.
"He was just like, he was literally, he was the family superstar," Lisa Campbell, his mother, told KING 5 by phone.
Runnels grew up dancing and winning competitions as a kid. He had many passions and was accomplished at a young age.
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," Jason Vincent, his uncle 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.
"I'm just trying to get them home really, and try to keep my sanity at the same time," Campbell said.
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.
Cerra Corner was 'full of energy, always smiling'
Javan Runnels and Cerra Corner, 19, had been in a relationship when the crash happened. Both traveled to Washington for the Amway convention.
Corner's older sister Mersadies Vanlier said her sister was also an athlete. Corner played several sports and even became homecoming queen while attending Alhambra High School in Phoenix in her senior year.
“She was just full of energy, always smiling, always making you laugh," Vanlier said.
Corner graduated high school in 2021 and attended Arizona State University briefly before her sister said Corner wanted a change.
Vanlier said her family learned of Corner's death on Monday. She claimed Amway officials told her family about the situation.
“It felt like someone just kind of punched you in the chest," Vanlier said. "It took my breath away."
The last time both sisters saw each other was on Independence Day. Vanlier said Corner and Runnels celebrated together. Vanlier remembered them all having fun and laughing together.
Now all Vanlier can think about is how her sister's life was taken too soon.
“She was just so young. She was 19 years old. She didn’t get to live any of her life," Vanlier said.
A GoFundMe has been created to raise money to help return Corner's body to Arizona.
Erick Tsosie had aspirations of starting a business, caring for his family
Erick Tsosie, 25, was born on the Navajo Nation and lived in Kayenta Arizona.
His family received the news of his death on Tuesday morning. Now they’re making plans to bring him back home.
Erick was a marine and had just launched his career as an entrepreneur. He was in Washington to attend a leadership conference.
One of Erick’s relatives told KING 5 that he had big plans before he died.
"A lot of us struggle on the Navajo Reservation and one of the things he told his mom was, you don't have to worry about money anymore,” relative Carmen Tsosie said. “‘I'm almost there,’ and this conference was something that he was going to bring, you know, get all the knowledge he can and just exercise, initiate something to make a business and become something bigger."
He has five sisters and two brothers. He also leaves behind two children.
“Cherish those you have really close,” Carmen said. “Take the extra time to go visit those who are close to you.”
Carmen says her family’s hearts go out to everyone who was impacted by the crash.
“It’s very unfair, they’re very young. Our hearts are with them as well, nobody should have to go through that."
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The lodge on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon will officially begin its 2023 seasonal operations on Sunday, park officials announced.
Since June 2, limited visitor services have been available due to a break in the North Rim water pipeline that led to water conservation measures. The water pipeline has been fully repaired, and water conservation measures for the North Rim are no longer in effect.
The Grand Canyon Lodge North Rim operations, including lodging, food and beverage services, and shower and laundry, will also open July 23. The lodge dining room will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with reservations required for dinner service. The last day of the 2023 season for most commercial services will be Oct. 15, 2023.
The National Park Service will continue its operations including the Backcountry Information Office through Oct. 31. Once Highway 67 is closed for the season, the North Rim is only accessible to the public via non-motorized travel.
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Overnight lodging reservations for North Rim facilities may be made by contacting Aramark Destinations at 877- 386-4383 or by visiting its website at www.grandcanyonnorth.com. For information on Grand Canyon Trail Rides, please call 435-679-8665 or visit their website at www.canyonrides.com.
For more information on visiting the North Rim during the 2023 season, please visit www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/north-rim.htm.
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SALEM, Va. – A rail equipment manufacturer company is expanding its facility in Salem, bringing 38 new jobs to the area.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin made the announcement on Wednesday and said Wabtec Corporation is slated to invest $2.7 million in the expansion.
“Wabtec Corporation’s expansion of its Salem facility fuels the resurgence of high-quality manufacturing jobs in Virginia, and we thank the company for its long-term commitment to the Commonwealth as a valued employer,” said Youngkin. “The Roanoke Region offers the skilled workforce and custom solutions to support Wabtec’s continued growth, and we are confident they will thrive for the next 100 years in Virginia.”
We’re told Virginia competed against Missouri, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Mexico for the project.
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Marijuana growers will converge near Arthur Ashe Boulevard on Saturday in hopes of taking cannabis somewhere it isn't usually found – a public setting.
It's called the East Cost Connoisseur Cup, where roughly 80 contestants will enter their own marijuana flower, brownies and gummies in a contest to be considered by a panel of judges.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will have music, food and vendors. But it serves a greater purpose, its organizer said: proving cannabis growers and users can come together in a safe environment.
"It starts by coming out of the shadows and showing there is nothing to hide," said James Hastings, a local resident organizing the event.
In Virginia, there's still a level of discomfort toward marijuana, where possession is legal, but buying and selling is not. And a legal market for marijuana likely isn't coming anytime soon. Gov. Glenn Youngkin recently said he's not interested in greenlighting such a measure.
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Saturday's competition, which runs from 1-8 p.m., will be held at a specialty gardening store, HomeGrown VA, at 1704 Arlington Road, just off Arthur Ashe Boulevard.
About 80 contestants have entered from the Richmond area and beyond Virginia, and 350 spectators have RSVP'ed. Contestants can enter a number of different categories, including the two main varieties of marijuana – indica and sativa – plus baked goods, candies and more.
Indica, a shorter and bushier plant, is known for its more intense effect on the user and is typically chosen for medical use. Sativa, a taller, thinner plant that takes longer to grow, provides a lighter effect.
It generally takes eight to 12 weeks to grow a marijuana plant, and the type of seeds, the soil and how consistently the grower cares for the plant affect the ultimate product.
Andrew Houghton, a 32-year-old contestant from Northern Virginia, uses coconut husks as soil. Judges will consider the product's appearance, color, smell, flavor when consumed and the effect on its user, Houghton said. They'll name one winner per category.
Houghton has his own business selling hemp plants, which is legal in Virginia, unlike marijuana. But hemp has come under scrutiny, too, and Virginia changed its law this year.
Now, hemp must have a 25-to-1 or higher ratio of CBD to THC. Houghton said his plants have less than 0.3% of THC – the component of marijuana that provides a high – meaning they have no psychoactive effects.
There's still fear among marijuana enthusiasts, Houghton said, who worry they'll run afoul of the law, which is detailed and specific. In Virginia, residents 21 and over can consume marijuana in private. (While Saturday's event is open to the public, it's occurring on private property.) They can grow up to four marijuana plants at home and carry up to one ounce.
But many say the law makes no sense, because people can use, grow and share marijuana. But they can't buy or sell it.
And aspects of the law seemingly are going unenforced. Marijuana delivery services have sprung up in Richmond and generally have avoided being arrested or charged. One federal prosecutor in Virginia said her office would pursue large-scale marijuana sellers, not local dealers.
But people shouldn't have to deal with high prices or shady hand-to-hand deals, Houghton said, who suggests people grow their own plants. It's not as hard as it looks. He tells people to ditch the dealer.
To some degree, cannabis still has a bad reputation, Houghton added. He hopes Saturday's event can work to change that reputation. Marijuana, he said, has fewer negative effects than alcohol and can be used to treat anxiety and sleep deprivation.
"It's a whole lot more than just getting high," Houghton said.
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PHOENIX — A man is dead after he was hit by a train in west Phoenix early Wednesday morning, city police said.
The man, who is currently unidentified, was found with "obvious signs of injury," lying on the railroad tracks near 35th Avenue and Indian School Road.
First responders pronounced the man dead at the scene and detectives stepped in to handle the investigation. Police don't expect to have more updates until later in the day.
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How to save on utilities in summer
We’re all looking for ways to cut costs anywhere it’s convenient, and consumption of energy in our homes is a great place to look for energy- and cash-saving strategies.
As temperatures begin to rise, so does our energy consumption, which leads to higher utility bills as our air conditioning system becomes a refuge from soaring temps and as we begin doing more hiking and swimming, which can lead to more showers. The results can be costly.
Here are tips to save energy and money this summer while staying cool, comfortable and enjoying the summer activities you love.
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Use fans instead of air conditioning
Fans are a small investment that can save you a lot over time. While an air conditioner is a surefire way to cool down your space, a fan uses about 1/60th of the energy and can drastically cut down your bill.
Fans don’t actually cool the air, but rather circulate it, which makes a room feel several degrees cooler by banishing stagnant heat. You can use a fan in combination with your AC to turn your thermostat up and still keep your space cool.
Your best bet for keeping a large space cool using fans is a ceiling fan, which provides powerful cooling to your most-used living spaces without monopolizing floor space. Alternatively, consider a window fan to pump cool air in and hot air out of your space, or even an oscillating tower fan for a portable cooling solution.
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Spend time outside
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Much of the energy used during the summer comes from time spent in the house with the lights on, AC cranked and devices plugged in and in use. Give your utilities a break by spending one or two nights (or more) a week cooking on the grill, lounging by the pool, walking in the park or sipping drinks in your own backyard. Remember that any time you spend outside and unplugged, however brief, translates to money saved.
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Open your windows to keep cool at night
Take advantage of the physics of temperature flow and save cash by turning off your AC at night and opening up the windows.
During the day when it’s typically hotter outside, keeping your windows and blinds closed is the best way to keep cool air in and hot air out. At night, however, the temperature outside drops and is likely cooler than your home’s internal temperature. Use this to your benefit by cutting off the AC and cooling your home for free at night by opening the windows. Just don’t forget to close them back up when you wake up in the morning.
Swap your incandescent bulbs for LEDs
Incandescent bulbs make rooms hotter by converting the energy they use into heat. LEDs such as Philips LED bulbs create electricity savings by using up to 80% less energy and producing about half as much heat.
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Unplug devices
Devices that aren’t in use but are still plugged in could be sucking up energy. Unplug chargers, lamps, computers, TVs and other electronics when you’re not using them to reduce your consumption.
Smart power strips are a clever way to decrease your utility bill because they detect when devices are using energy in standby mode and cut their power off to save energy. Try the Kasa Smart Plug Power Strip for its versatility, multiple outlets (including USBs) and high reviews.
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Use less hot water
Water usage tends to increase in the summer months as we begin watering our gardens and enjoying other outdoor activities, like hiking, which leads to more showers. You can cut down on your water usage while still enjoying your typical summer activities in a number of ways.
Garden smarter
If you’re watering your plants in the middle of the day when the sun is highest in the sky, much of the water you’re spraying on your plants is evaporating before it has a chance to reach their roots.
To prevent wasted water, try watering your plants early in the morning or late in the evening. If that doesn’t work for your schedule, you can also utilize a timer for your garden sprinkler to be sure you’re watering your plants at the optimal time of day without having to get out of bed at the break of dawn.
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Invest in low-flow water fixtures
Heating water accounts for up to 20% of an average power bill. Much of the hot water we use is used for showering. A low-flow showerhead cuts the amount of water you use, so you can continue taking long showers without the guilt or the high energy bill.
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Wash your clothes in cold water
Your washing machine consumes the most energy heating up water. An easy cost-saving fix is to simply wash your clothes in cold water. Not only does it save you a lot of money on utilities — up to $200 a year — it also extends the life of your clothing.
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Other ways to cut laundry costs include maximizing your load size so that you’re doing laundry less often and hanging up your clothes to dry on a drying rack rather than in the dryer.
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Products to help save money on utilities in the summer
Google Nest Learning Thermostat, Third Generation
Smart thermostats prevent mistakenly blasting your AC when you aren’t home by automatically going into “away” mode when you depart. They also offer energy usage reports to give you tips on where you can cut costs. A sizable initial investment, but pays off in energy savings.
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Eclipse Fresno Modern Blackout Curtain
A high-quality blackout panel recommended for superior heat and light blocking. Extreme blackout ideal for blocking out all light. Aesthetically pleasing rod pocket design. Available in a variety of colors. These blackout curtains are sold in individual panels, so you’ll likely want to order two to complete the window treatment. Also, be sure to purchase hanging hardware.
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Flash Furniture Nantucket 6-Piece Patio Garden Set with Umbrella
Stay cool this summer by having dinner outside on your patio. This set includes an umbrella to keep you shaded and brings functionality and ease to household meals, cookouts and casual drinks. Lightweight, compact and easy to transport. An all-in-one set with a table, chairs and an umbrella makes it easy to get set up for patio meals right away.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Avelo Airlines announced a new direct route from Orlando International Airport to the Midwest on Wednesday.
The airline said it will be the only one flying nonstop from MCO to Central Wisconsin Airport (CWA).
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Flights on the route are set to start on Oct. 5 and operate twice weekly on Thursdays and Sundays.
The airline said one-way flights will start at $49.
Read: Avelo Airlines adds two new nonstop flights to Central Florida
Central Wisconsin Airport is in the heart of Wisconsin, in Mosinee, between Stevens Point and Wausau.
This new route makes Wisconsin the 25th state served by Avelo, and the 14th nonstop destination from MCO.
Read: Avelo Airlines launches 2 new nonstop routes from Daytona Beach International
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Law enforcement officials in Osceola County responded to a crime scene at a motel Wednesday morning.
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Osceola County deputies and Kissimmee police responded to reports of a possible shooting near the Arlington Inn motel on U.S. 192.
Several police officers and deputies have been seen in the area.
No official information has been released by law enforcement.
Channel 9 has a crew working to gather more information and will provide updates on Eyewitness News.
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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — Do you have space in your “dream house” to make room for Barbie, Ken or one of their other four-legged friends?
Dogs named Barbie, Ken and Stacie, and cats named Chelsea, Kelly and Skipper are up for adoption at Seminole County Animal Services.
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After the shelter neared capacity earlier this month, officials announced that dog adoptions would be only $5 through the end of July. You can meet some of the adoptable dogs here.
Seminole County Animal Services is located at 232 Eslinger Way in Sanford.
Read: Seminole County Animal Services offering $5 dog adoptions this month
You can learn more about how to adopt here.
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — If you’re looking for lunch plans, Nathan’s Famous is offering 5-cent hot dogs on Wednesday in honor of National Hot Dog Day.
The offer runs until 1 p.m.
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Officials said 5 cents was the original price of a hot dog when the first Nathan’s Famous opened in 1916.
There is a limit of two hot dogs per order.
Photos: 2023′s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest
There is one Nathan’s Famous location in Central Florida, located at 5770 W Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy Suite 135, Kissimmee. The only other location in the state is in South Florida, located at 12801 W Sunrise Blvd Space 211, Sunrise, FL 33323.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Job seekers, listen up! Today you could land a job at Amway Center in Orlando.
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Orlando Venues is holding another hiring event on Wednesday.
Organizers said prospective candidates will have the opportunity to land a part-time position catering to guests who attend Orlando Magic and Solar Bears games, concerts, and countless other events.
READ: In-N-Out Burger tells employees they must have a doctor’s note to wear masks
There are roles in guest services, security, food and beverage, cleaning, and parking.
The hiring event runs from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
And if you apply, you’ll get two free tickets to a future event.
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Amway Center is located at 400 W Church Street, Orlando, FL 32801.
READ: Four-legged Barbie and friends looking for next ‘dream house’ in Central Florida
If you can’t make it on July 19, Amway Center plans to hold another job fair on Aug. 16.
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Signs of Life? Daytona Beach oceanfront condominium project working to get back on track
DAYTONA BEACH — A month ago, city Chief Building Official Glen Urquhart was losing his patience yet again with an unfinished oceanfront condominium tower that's been stalled out over the past few years.
Urquhart said in mid-June that if he didn't see a real attempt to get the $100 million project back on track, he was probably going to hit the construction site with a condemnation and demolition order.
But after a few meetings between city and project officials, Urquhart is seeing developer Protogroup make moves toward restarting construction on the proposed 31-story tower at the eastern tip of Oakridge Boulevard.
Urquhart has decided to give the beachside venture a stay of execution, the same thing he did last fall after slapping the project with a condemnation and demolition order, and then withdrawing the order.
Readying for more construction?
The condo site still only has a cluster of concrete columns poking out of the sand at 500 N. Atlantic Ave. That lack of progress, and the rusted rebar that's been on top of those columns for about three years now, are what have had Urquhart concerned.
A week ago, Protogroup got to work sandblasting the rust off the rebar. Urquhart expects the sandblasting to wrap up in about a week, and then he wants Protogroup to have two engineering firms do an assessment of the thickness of the rebar.
After that, Urquhart wants to see plans showing how Protogroup will tie the column tops that have been exposed and weathered to the first two floors they'll need to support.
Those plans, which will be drawn up by structural engineers and design professionals, will determine whether the city grants Protogroup a new building permit to replace the one that expired while construction screeched to a halt.
"It'll all feed off the engineers' reports, which I expect to get in the next few weeks," Urquhart said. "Construction won't move forward until all this happens."
Urquhart said he's much less concerned about the structural integrity of the building stories that will go on top of the first two floors. He's also not worried about the foundation.
"The foundation is one of the best built I've ever seen," he said. "It's just a matter of what's exposed to the elements."
To steer the condo project back where it needs to be, two weeks ago Urquhart met with the construction superintendent, design professionals, and Alexey Lysich, the registered agent for the property owner. Deputy City Manager Jim Morris also met recently with top Protogroup officials.
Tower completion could be seven years late
The city pulled the project's work permit in April because so little work had taken place. Then the site permit for the 500 Atlantic Condominium project expired on June 2.
The condo tower was originally slated for completion in 2020, but the city has agreed to several extensions.
It could be up to four more years before people will be closing on their condo sales and moving in. Buyers who've made deposits had been told the new building completion date was December 2024, but at the beginning of June, they were informed they could be waiting until the spring of 2027.
The Protogroup condo building was promised to be the tallest structure ever built in Volusia County.
The unfinished condo tower is part of a $192 million twin-tower hotel-condominium project on a 4.6-acre site that launched about 10 years ago.
Protogroup project struggling:Unfinished Daytona Beach condo project could get second condemnation and demolition order
Excavation work began in March 2017, with an initial projected completion date of summer 2019 for the 28-story hotel south tower. The 455-room Daytona Grande hotel had its construction deadlines extended several times, and it finally opened in June last year.
Work on the north tower's foundation began in December 2018, and it now has piles driven 100 feet down into the sandy oceanfront property.
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'I never thought it would happen to me': Surfer recounts shark bite in New Smyrna Beach
Surfer said shark was biting down on his left foot so he kicked it with his right foot.
Chris Pospisil, a member of the UCF surfing team, said he was familiar with sharks while surfing at New Smyrna Beach.
“That's the shark bite capital the world, so you see the sharks there, like every time you go surfing, you see them all the time,” Pospisil, 21, said. "I’m always seeing them, but never really gave it too much thought that it could actually be me getting attacked and I never really thought this would happen to me. And sure enough, it did.”
A shark took aim at Pospisil Friday as he rode his surf board at New Smyrna Beach, which has been the scene of all three shark bites so far reported this year in Volusia County.
“It came up from the underneath the left side of my board and chomped down on my left foot and I was able to see my foot in its mouth as it bit down and pulled me under the water,” Pospisil said.
Pospisil then fought.
“I was just kinda, just blank, it was just immediately like fight or flight and I just kind of I kicked it with my right foot and it let go. I kind of just like surfaced up and immediately just screamed for my friend."
His friend got Pospisil on his board, helped him to shore and found a lifeguard.
“If he wasn't there, it would have been very bad,” Pospisil said of his friend. ”I don't think I could have gotten into the shore in time.”
The shark bit through seven tendons and an artery.
Pospisil’s wound required surgery. He said the doctor told his mother that he lost count at 40 stitches.
He lost a lot of blood. The GoFundMe account to help raise money for his recovery describes the loss of blood as enough to fill a large Chik-fil-A cup.
Shark bit:Florida is the shark bite capital of the world, but attacks are down in 2023
Pospisil will surf again
Pospisil is expected to make a full recovery but said it will take a long time.
Pospisil lives in Palm Bay and is a senior at the University of Central Florida working on a criminal justice degree. He plans to join the Air Force.
Pospisil said he also plans to continue surfing. He said he should be able to start surfing again in eight months.
“I have to. I’ve been surfing since I was like a little kid. And I can’t imagine not surfing. So I definitely don’t want to this hold me back from that."
Will he surf again at New Smyrna Beach?
He laughed and said, “I don't know about that one. I mean I’d like to say yes, but I don’t know. Shark attacks are very frequent there and it’s going to have to take some time to get over that ‘cause it was pretty traumatic.”
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BALTIMORE — The Chesapeake Bay is vital to the Mid-Atlantic region, from fisheries to recreation and everything in between. This makes tracking any changes important, which is why the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is replacing some buoys throughout the bay.
The NOAA Chesapeake Bay office has returned to service a few new buoys in spots that have been missing them along with three new buoys to help gather bay data.
We find one of the newly replaced buoys about 10 miles out from the key bridge, where the Patapsco river meets the Chesapeake Bay, a location that has been missing a data collecting buoy since 2017.
It is part of a larger network known as the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System. This network of buoys consists of 8 buoys that collect data from different locations in the bay tracking things like air and water temperature, wave height, and even water salinity for public and research consumption.
“Scientists and members of the general public can use this data. So think about anglers, anglers can get data from these buoys and decide whether the conditions are right to go out and try fishing that day. Scientists can look at a season’s worth of data and assess the conditions and see how they might have been good for fish and crabs. We even put scientific instruments on our buoys that can detect fish that have been tagged by scientists up and down the east coast,” says Kevin Schabow, Deputy Director of the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office.
These buoys not only let us know if the weekend boat ride may be a little rough due to some chop but have detected a tagged fish that migrated from the Florida coast to the Chesapeake Bay.
While the buoy sitting in the mouth of the Patapsaco River is replacing an older one, the bay office has also dropped three new buoys that track oxygen levels.
“We’ve also recently put out a new kind of buoy at three locations through the Chesapeake Bay and these buoys measure the oxygen content of the water at various depths from the surface down to the bottom of the bay,” says Schabow.
These new oxygen-tracking buoys add tremendous value as they help us track a vital sign of the bay’s health at a much finer scale of detail than previously done.
The data collected by the newest oxygen-tracking buoys are also used by VIMS to produce the Dead Zone forecasts that we highlighted back in June.
Another benefit of the new replacement buoy at the mouth of Patapsaco, is that it is between two shoals that anglers fish, giving them important data to use in optimizing their catch.
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BALTIMORE — A newly released study ranks Maryland second in the nation for highest amount of student loan debt.
According to ChamberofCommerce.org, there are approximately 808,600 student loan borrowers in the state.
Combined they owe around $34.5 billion, leaving each individual about $42,666 in debt.
Only Washington D.C. residents were found to be in more debt.
The study comes after the U.S. Department of Education said it would forgive more than 804,000 federal student loan borrowers "to ensure all borrowers have an accurate count of the number of monthly payments that qualify toward forgiveness under income-driven repayment (IDR) plans."
That announcement followed the Supreme Court ruling against President Joe Biden's plan to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt for all borrowers making less than $125,000 a year.
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Rep. Sara Innamorato announced her resignation from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Wednesday.
The announcement comes on the heels of Innamorato’s winning the Democratic primary for the next Allegheny County Executive.
“It has been an honor of a lifetime to serve as your Representative for the 21st Legislative District,” said Innamorato in a news release. “Throughout my time as a Representative, my constituents’ stories inspired and drove my legislative priorities around creating safe and healthy communities where we can all thrive. Together, we’ve done amazing things to improve our region, and I am excited to continue serving our neighbors for years to come.”
Innamorato’s decision to resign now allows her the opportunity to work with the next representative and fully transition them into the role before the general election in November, according to Sam Wasserman, her director of communications.
Speaker Joanna McClinton signed a writ for a special election to be held in 21st Legislative District on Sept 19.
“Sara is an unwavering advocate for her neighbors and a strong voice for all working families,” McClinton said, “Her tenacity and commitment are admirable, and she will be missed in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.”
The 21st Legislative District Office at 5154 Butler Street in Pittsburgh will remain open and the staff will continue to be in place to assist constituents with state-related issues.
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PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) is joining the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) in inviting public comment on a recent proposal that will increase rates for water, wastewater conveyance and stormwater services.
In May 2023, PWSA filed a three-year rate request with the PUC to support infrastructure improvements, meet more stringent regulatory requirements and address increasing costs related to the treatment and distribution of drinking water services.
The request would include enhancements to PWSA’s Customer Assistance Programs and would go toward the modernization of our region’s water systems, PWSA said.
PWSA said the rate proposal would allow the organization to build upon recent accomplishments, including removal of lead service lines, modernizing and replacing old infrastructure, providing financial relief to income qualified customers, meeting environmental and regulatory requirements and improving stormwater management.
Public comment can be provided in person or telephonically.
The in-person meeting will take place on Tuesday, July 25 at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the Jerron X. Grayson Community Center located in the Hill District.
The telephonic meetings will take place on Thursday, July 27 at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. To register, you you may contact the Office of Consumer Advocate (OCA) to obtain the call-in information by 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 26.
If you want to speak at the meetings, you can pre-register by doing either of the following:
- Contact OCA at 1-800-684-6560 or by emailing consumer@paoca.org.
- Visit PWSA’s website at https://www.pgh2o.com/news-events/events-meetings, choose the public input hearing and submit your registration.
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A Monaca man who worked as a bartender at Rivers Casino is facing a theft charge for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from his cash register while on the job.
Video surveillance at the casino captured Owen Kiggans, 51, of Monaca, removing $4,450 from his cash register over a 24-day period, according to the complaint.
He told police he had a gambling problem and admitted to taking the money, according to court documents, and told an officer he probably stole around $10,000 since Dec. 2022.
Kiggans is scheduled to appear in court later this month.
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PITTSBURGH — Westinghouse Electric Co. and JAVYS, the state-owned nuclear company in Slovakia, have signed a memorandum of understanding to potentially build and deploy modular reactors in the country.
The MOU involves the potential expansion of nuclear power in Slovakia, which could occur with the building of Westinghouse AP1000 and AP300 small modular reactors. Westinghouse and JAVYS will work together on technology and development.
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Ohio is part of a nationwide collaboration aimed at cracking down illegal robocalls and telemarketers.
Operation Stop Scam Calls is an initiative with the Federal Trade Commission and law enforcement officers across the country targeting those who deceive consumers to their collect phone numbers and then provide them to robocallers, according to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.
“Our collective efforts – from this sweep to the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force and beyond – help us to expand our playbook, allowing us to outwit and defeat these perpetrators in their own arena,” Yost said. “Our secret weapon is consumers – whom we urge to continue reporting illicit robocalls, so we can sever these unwanted illegal robocallers’ connection once and for all.”
The initiative also focuses on Voice over Internet Protocol providers that enable billions of robocalls each year.
“Government agencies at all levels are united in fighting the scourge of illegal telemarketing. We are taking action against those who trick people into phony consent to receive these calls and those who make it easy and cheap to place these calls,” said Samuel Levine, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “The FTC and its law enforcement partners will not rest in the fight against illegal telemarketing.”
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HALLAM, Pa. — An orchard in Hellam Township, York County is growing more than just food.
Every Wednesday during the summer, Flinchbaugh's Orchard is growing the minds of kids interested in learning about farm science.
Their "Digging into Farm Science" program provides hands-on lessons and projects for kids to learn about agriculture and the environment in a relevant and engaging way.
Kids will learn about the importance of pollinators and soil, as well as the different types of farm crops and animals.
The summer camp is for kids between the ages of 8-12 and runs from noon to 2 p.m.
Flinchbaugh's Orchard offers the program from June 28 to Aug. 2.
To register, click here.
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FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. — A Franklin County woman died in a two-vehicle crash involving a tractor trailer in Antrim Township Monday night, State Police said this week.
Pamela M. Scott, 69, of Greencastle, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred at about 8:20 p.m. Monday on Williamson Road, near the intersection with Craig Road, according to State Police.
Police say Scott's 2004 Jeep Wrangler was traveling east on Williamson Road when it drifted across the double-yellow lines and into the opposing lane, where it struck a 2023 Kenworth TJ tractor trailer truck. The impact caused the tractor trailer cab to roll onto an embankment and overturn onto its side, according to police.
Scott's vehicle sustained disabling damage in the crash, police said.
The driver of the tractor trailer was uninjured.
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YORK, Pa. — If you're looking to visit the York State Fair later this week but would like to avoid the hassles of traffic and parking, rabbittransit has the perfect solution: take a bus.
The transportation company said it has fixed-route and paratransit/shared ride services available to help get visitors to the Fair, which kicks off Friday and runs through July 30.
Fixed routes 1W and 5W can take riders directly to the fairgrounds, located at 334 Carlisle Avenue, rabbittransit said. Fare for a one-way trip is $1.60. Seniors 65+ who possess a free fare ID card ride free.
Shared ride users must schedule a trip reservation by 12:00 p.m. the business day prior to travel, rabbittransit said. Co-pays may apply. To schedule a reservation, riders may call Customer Service at 1-800-632-9063.
Additionally, rabbittransit said it will participate in the Salute to Heroes Parade on Sunday, July 23.
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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – The beginning of the new school year is fast approaching, with the first day back in class scheduled for Aug. 10.
But not every student has the supplies they need to get them started going into the 2023-2024 school year. That’s why numerous groups around the county are working with community members to collect back-to-school supplies to distribute to kids in need before the start of school.
Here are the items kids need, where you can donate and where you can get supplies if your child is in need.
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What do kids need?
Here’s what you’ll find on most back-to-school supply lists:
- Backpacks without wheels
- #2 pencils
- Colored pencils
- Mechanical pencils
- Erasers
- Red, blue or black pens
- Highlighters
- Wide and college ruled loose-leaf notebook paper
- Scissors
- Glue sticks and white school glue
- Pocket folders
- Composition books
- 24-count crayons
- Basic four-function calculators
- Washable markers
- Wide and college ruled spiral notebooks
- Three-ring binders
- Rulers
- Pencil boxes or pouches
- Ballpoint pens
- Pencil sharpeners
- Thesauruses
- Pocket dictionaries
- Student planners
- Notebook dividers
- Lysol wipes
- Tissues
Where to drop off supplies
- Thursday, July 20, Brevard Schools Foundation will hold a supply drive at the Avenues in Viera from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with live music by Tru Phonic and complimentary snacks.
- Friends of Children of Brevard is collecting backpacks and school supplies to distribute to foster kids through all of July. Supplies can be dropped off at Sports Clips in Viera off Colonnade Avenue, or at Sports Clips of Hammock Landing in West Melbourne. Cash donations are also welcome, and checks should be payable to Brevard Schools Foundation.
- Launch Credit Union is accepting school supplies through July, which will be donated to Brevard Schools Foundation. Items can be dropped off at all branch locations in Brevard.
- The Space Coast Women’s Club is holding a back-to-school drive through July on behalf of three local nonprofits: Friends of Children of Brevard, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and the Sharing Center of Central Brevard. In addition to typical school supplies, they’re also asking for new sneakers in girls’ sizes 1-6 and boys’ sizes 1-6. Club members are collecting items throughout the community. Email gfwcspacecoast@gmail.com to find a drop off location near you.
- Brevard Family Partnership is collecting backpacks and back-to-school supplies through July 26. Items can be dropped off at their administrative office in Melbourne Monday through Friday, or items can be purchased through their Amazon Wishlist.
- Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Palm Bay is collecting supplies for Turner Elementary School students through July 24. They are asking for school supplies but no backpacks. Items can be dropped off at the church at 300 Malabar Road.
- Through July 29, Lather and Steel Barber Shop and Beard Parlour in West Melbourne is collecting school supplies for American Legion, which will distribute the supplies to children of local veterans. Call 772-359-8057 prior to dropping off supplies.
- Acceptance Insurance of Merritt Island is collecting donations for the Boys and Girls Club of Central Florida through July. Back-to-school donations can be dropped off at their location at 235 Crockett Blvd.
- Cocoa is collecting supplies to give to local students at various locations throughout the city. Supplies can be dropped off at Cocoa City Hall, Cocoa Police Department and any Cocoa fire stations. They will also have a collection event on July 29, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Walmart located at 2700 Clearlake Road.
Where to get supplies
- Saturday, July 22, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 2547 Grant St., Melbourne. Sponsored by Play Melbourne Parks & Recreation. Children in elementary school through high school will receive free backpacks and school supplies; first come, first served. Child must be present to receive backpack; one per child. Information: 321-608-7460.
- Saturday, July 29, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Eddie Lee Taylor, Sr. Community Complex in Melbourne. The all-day event will include a cancer awareness walk, health fair, educational workshops and a kids’ zone, with back-to-school supplies being given away.
- Saturday, July 29, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Clearlake Education Center, the Supply Zone is giving away backpacks, school supplies, dental kits, eye screenings, diabetes tests, hygiene products and more to the first 2,000 students from under-resourced communities. No registration is required.
- Saturday, July 21, 10 a.m. until supplies run out, Dot’s Angels will host a backpack and school supply giveaway at the Twisted Birch in Rockledge. Students must be present to receive a backpack.
- Saturday, July 29, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., Young Black Entrepreneur will hold a back-to-school event at RFM Christian Academy in Cocoa. There, kids can pick up school supplies and enjoy bounce houses, live music, food trucks, giveaways, face painting and more.
- Saturday, July 29, 2 pm. to 5 p.m., kids can attend a slip ‘n’ slide back-to-school bash at Isaac Campbell Park in Titusville, hosted by Mayor Gary Gray and Unity within a Community. There will be 2,000 backpacks with supplies available, five “golden tickets” inside five backpacks, free food, live music, water bounce houses, water slides, vendors, giveaways and more.
- Friday, Aug. 4, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., haircuts and school supplies will be available at the Natural Shades of Beauty Salon in Palm Bay. The Salon, in partnership with Right on Junk Removal, will have refreshments and a bounce house available for kids.
- Friday, Aug. 4, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., the city of Cocoa will distribute backpacks and back-to-school supplies at Provost Park, located at 400 South Varr Avenue.
- Saturday, Aug. 5, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in Palm Bay is hosting a drive-up backpack and school supplies giveaway at the church.
- Saturday, Aug. 5, 10 a.m. until supplies run out, Family of Faith Christian Church in Melbourne will host a back-to-school supply giveaway. They will also be giving away free haircut certificates.
- Saturday, Aug. 5, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Sand Point Park’s main pavilion, Titusville. “Back to School BBQ and Backpack Giveaway” event includes free backpacks, haircuts, food and entertainment. Children must be present to receive backpacks.
- Saturday, Aug. 5, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Merritt Square Mall is hosting a back-to-school bash. There will be a reptile petting zoo, arts and crafts, a balloon twister, an obstacle course, meet and greets, face painting, video games, stage demos, giveaways and more. It’s free to attend, though guests are asked to RSVP prior to the event.
Other ways to donate
- Donate at your local Publix when you go to check out through July 23 on behalf of the Supply Zone to help students get school supplies.
- Visit Andretti Thrill Park in Melbourne with a coupon posted to their Facebook page that’s good through Sept. 9. Admission is $25.23 per person instead of $40, and coupon also saves you $5 on an arcade game card. Andretti will donate $2 from every wristband purchased to Brevard Schools Foundation.
Finch Walker is the education reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Walker at 321-290-4744 or fwalker@floridatoday.com. Twitter: @_finchwalker.
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MELBOURNE, Fla. – After a seven-month stay, the Brevard Zoo is releasing a green sea turtle named Opal into the sea at Lori Wilson Park in Cocoa Beach.
The turtle arrived at the Zoo’s Turtle Healing Center back in December after being found floating in a construction zone with algae and barnacles. Opal was then transported to the healing center riddled with health conditions like caryospora, anemia, hypoglycemia and more.
After care, Opal was eating on its own and enjoying the diet prepared by the commissary staff fit with fish, clam, lettuce, bell pepper and zucchini.
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The staff at the center and volunteers will remember Opal as a fun little turtle who loved to hide under its itchy, shed shell in its tank.
Opal is set to be released Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. on the shores of Cocoa Beach. This event will occur rain or shine.
For more information, you can visit the Brevard Zoo’s website.
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. – A shooting is under investigation in Osceola County, deputies said.
The shooting was reported around 8 a.m. at 4657 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, also known as U.S. Highway 192, near Kissimmee.
The sheriff’s office has not released any other details.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Third time’s the charm for Samuel Ings, a 30-year veteran of the Orlando Police Department and a former city commissioner who’s in the race once again to become Orlando’s next mayor.
Ings, running primarily on a public safety platform, claimed in a news release that crime is rising and homeless camps are spreading throughout downtown and the neighborhoods. He promised his leadership would boost neighborhood policing and “foster an inclusive Orlando where residents do not feel threatened by hate-crimes and human trafficking.”
The former city commissioner for District 6 hopes to unseat incumbent Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, who rolled out a campaign for a sixth term in office last month. It will mark the third time to date Ings has taken on Dyer for the office, having lost to the incumbent in 2004 and 2019. In the meantime, Ings won the race for District 6 city commissioner in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012 and 2015, records show.
“Orlando is on the verge of a social and economic collapse,” Ings said in the release. “Don’t think that Orlando cannot turn like other cities where crime is rampant, drug use is public, and homelessness is at an all time high (...) it can!”
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We spoke with Ings in 2019 during his last shot at becoming mayor, hearing about his family history as the son of Orlando’s first Black detective and as the police department’s first Black graduate of the FBI National Academy himself.
Then and now, it’s Ings’ opinion that Orlando has had enough of Dyer, who has been the city’s mayor since 2003.
“That’s why I support term limits. Orange County has term limits. Florida has term limits to prevent career politicians,” Ings said in the release. “Orlando is way overdue for new ideas and new leadership.”
Ings pledged in the release to diversify Orlando’s economy and boost wages by attracting skilled trade jobs and emerging industries to the area, mentioning artificial intelligence.
The following six mayoral candidates have been approved for Orlando’s next general election, set for Nov. 7, which will otherwise include votes on commissioners for districts 2, 4 and 6:
- Safraaz Alli (website)
- Moliere Dimanche (Instagram)
- Buddy Dyer (Facebook)
- Samuel Ings (website)
- Gertrude Pierre
- Ky Velez (website)
Only those living within city limits can vote in the general election. Early voting will take place from Oct. 30 to Nov. 5, with voters allowed to request a vote-by-mail ballot up until Oct. 28.
Learn more and consider running for mayor yourself at the city’s website.
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FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - Two Flint City Council members and four residents are taking their campaign against Mayor Sheldon Neeley's ARPA Advisory Committee to court.
Councilwoman Tonya Burns, Councilman Eric Mays and four unnamed residents announced a lawsuit will be filed Wednesday afternoon in Genesee County Circuit Court seeking a ruling that invalidates the committee as illegal.
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit claim Neeley established the committee without following the proper protocol of obtaining a measure from the Flint City Council allowing it and appointing members without approval from council members.
Neeley set up the ARPA Advisory Committee to develop plans for how to spend part of Flint's $94 million allocation from the American Rescue Plan Act, which President Joe Biden signed as an economic stimulus during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The plaintiffs claim that ARPA committee meetings are not subject to the Open Meetings Act and its deliberations are conducted in public. They will ask the court to end the committee or require Neeley to seek council approval for it to continue meeting.
A press conference was scheduled for 3 p.m. to explain the lawsuit in more details.
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City of Salina budget set for approval soon. Here's how council plans to use excess funds
While the details have yet to be finalized for it, the 2024 budget for the city of Salina is set to be voted on next month.
The Salina City Commission voted Monday to set Aug. 28 as the date for a public hearing about the budget, with the commission voting on the adoption of the budget that day as well.
Debbie Pack, the city's director of finance, said the state of Kansas requires a public hearing on taxing entities that intend on "exceeding the revenue neutral rate," and also as a way for the public to have an opportunity to comment on the budget before it is passed.
"The city commission has directed staff to budget exceeding the revenue neutral rate," Pack said.
That commission is choosing to designate the excess tax revenue to the city's debt service fund.
The excess revenue can be used for different things, but Pack said using it to help pay off some of the city's debts would open up opportunities for the city to do projects that have been part of strategic planning.
"Those include, but aren't limited to, the Magnolia (Road) East and West street projects and the (Magnolia) bridge," Pack said.
The Aug. 28 date will be preceded by a published notice in The Salina Journal and on the city's website at least 10 days before. After the notice is published, the amounts set for the budget cannot be increased but can be reduced.
The commission voted 5-0 to set the Aug. 28 hearing date and to publish a notice of that date.
If the commission votes to adopt the 2024 budget on the first reading Aug. 28, a second reading will be scheduled for the commission's next meeting, which will be Sept. 11.
Finally, after final adoption of the budget, the city will submit it to Saline County, and has until Oct. 1 to do so.
Other city commission business
In addition, the Salina City Commission discussed and approve the following items during its Monday meeting:
- Awarding a bid to Morgan Brothers Construction for minor concrete and pavement repair in the city.
- Approve on second reading an ordinance to change the zoning of a 12.64-acre tract of land along N. Ohio Street to light industrial.
- Rejecting bids for the 2023 Broadway Medians project and directing staff to rebid the project.
- Discussion of Essential Air Service for the Salina Regional Airport ending in the authorization of a letter to be sent to the U.S. Department of Transportation for community comment on the request for proposals for the service.
- An executive discussion with legal counsel involving summary judgment of a case against the city.
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Saline County votes against budget appeal, prepares to adopt $66 million spending plan
Proposed budget would mark a 7.8% property tax increase
Saline County's Board of Commissioners voted against an appeal to add staff in the Saline County Clerk's Office ahead of publishing its proposed fiscal year 2024 budget.
Last week, the commission heard a request from Saline County Clerk Jamie Doss for an additional full-time position to be added in her department. Doss cited an increase in workload on her department as the main reason for the request.
"I believe it is necessary to maintain the quality of our operations and to meet our statutory requirements and goals efficiently and effectively," Doss wrote in her appeal to the commission.
After more discussion on the appeal this week, the commission unanimously voted against it. Much of the discussion July 18 was weighing an increased burden on the taxpayer and noting the position was not part of the county administrator's recommended budget.
The additional full-time staff member would have added $49,968.80 in salary and benefits to the more than $66 million spending plan.
"I studied this over and ... is there any chance that, in looking at what the workload that the county clerk is going to have ... would there be any way looking at instead of a full-time position, maybe a part-time position and then using shared services from other departments during that election time?" Commissioner Joe Hay asked.
County Administrator Phillip Smith-Hanes said Doss' request for a full-time position was driven by hefty training needs for those working in the county clerk's office. A full-time position would provide for more expertise in those areas and continuity year to year.
Commissioner James Weese said he acknowledges the needs of the county clerk's office but would not support an additional staff member at this time.
"I appreciate the needs of the county clerk, but I also appreciate the needs of the citizens," Weese said. "I think the administrator believes this is the best budget possible for 2024. I would encourage the clerk to knock on our door again next year in the process."
Commissioner and Chair Bob Vidricksen was not present at the time of the vote and Monte Shadwick led the discussion as vice chair.
More:Proposed Saline County 2024 budget would mark a 7.8% property tax increase
Public hearings on increased taxes scheduled for August
The unofficial budget for fiscal year 2024 marks a slight overall decrease from the 2023 budget because of lower expenditures in capital project funds. However, the amount of property tax necessary to support expenditures in the budget is proposed to increase by 7.8%.
As proposed, budgets for the county and Rural Fire Districts 2, 5, 6 and 7 would exceed the revenue neutral rate for 2024. Budgets for Rural Fire Districts 1, 3, and 4 would not exceed the revenue neutral rate.
Public hearings for the increased tax rate are scheduled for 9 a.m. Aug. 22 at the City-County Building, 300 W. Ash St., Room 107.
Kendrick Calfee has been a reporter for the Salina Journal since 2022, primarily covering county government and education. You can reach him at kcalfee@gannett.com or on Twitter @calfee_kc.
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BANGOR -- A Penobscot County man has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy.
Court records show between January 2018 and December 2021, 33-year-old Matthew Catalano and others trafficked methamphetamine and fentanyl in Penobscot and Aroostook Counties.
Catalano was arrested by Orono Police in February 2021 following a traffic stop, during which he was found to be in possession of large amounts of methamphetamine and fentanyl, as well as a loaded 9-millimeter handgun and drug paraphernalia.
Catalano is the seventh person involved in the northern Maine conspiracy to be sentenced. Eight of the remaining 14 defendants related to the case have pleaded guilty.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Wichita police have identified a woman who was struck and killed by a vehicle Monday night near Kansas Highway 96 and North Meridian.
Police say 53-year-old Phylicia Carter was walking her bike in the traffic way in the 4400 block of N. Meridian shortly before 7 p.m. Monday when she was struck by a red Ford Explorer. She was taken by EMS to the hospital, where she later died.
Police say they don’t believe the driver was speeding or that drugs or alcohol played a role in the accident. They say they are still speaking to everyone involved and continue to investigate what exactly happened.
They are still asking anyone who may have witnessed anything related to the accident to contact investigators at 316-350-3686.
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Police are investigating after a man was hit and killed by a car Tuesday night on Aramingo Avenue in Philadelphia, police said.
At approximately 11:11 p.m. a car hit a man at the intersection of Aramingo Ave. and E. Ann Street in Port Richmond.
Investigators said that an unknown car was traveling northbound on Aramingo Avenue when it hit James Panno, 69, at E. Ann Street.
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The victim sustained severe injuries and was transported to the hospital by paramedics. He was pronounced dead at 11:30 p.m., police said.
At this time police are not sure if the driver of the car that hit the victim stopped and attempted to help the victim or just drove off. When police arrived they were no longer at the scene, police said.
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Amtrak is working to provide improvements to track and switches all along the Northeast corridor this summer, to the tune of about $130 million worth of renovations.
According to Amtrak, the project is part of a "long-term effort to ensure the railroad operates at a level of peak performance."
“Updating railroad infrastructure is a fundamental component of our plan to deliver a new era of rail by modernizing the Amtrak fleet, building new bridges and tunnels, revitalizing stations and redefining the customer experience for the modern era,” said Amtrak's Laura Mason, in a statement. "We’re grateful to our partners for their cooperation and flexibility as we advance these critical projects to achieve a state of good repair and enhance the overall Amtrak customer experience.”
This effort is part of Amtrak's "New Era of Rail" initiative. The mass transit system's Mid-Atlantic region includes tracks connecting to Philadelphia, as well as New York, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
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Because of this work, officials said riders "may experience minor delays in various locations throughout the New England and Mid-Atlantic Regions" through the end of September.
As part of this $130 million project -- of which $124 million will be invested this summer -- the tass transit company plants to replace 40 track throughout the New York and Mid-Atlantic regions, update 25-miles of track in the Mid-Atlantic region and complete over a million feet of surfacing work all across the Northeast corridor high-speed rail.
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Pickleball players win big, bring gold medals home to Eastern Shore of Virginia
Two pickleball players from the Eastern Shore of Virginia won gold medals at the National Senior Games in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this past weekend.
Andy Hiller of Chincoteague and George Brown of Onancock partnered up for the skill level Men's Pickleball doubles for the 60-64 age bracket in the 3.5 skill level, and brought home gold medals. They competed against the best players in the country, and the duo from Virginia's Eastern Shore stood alone at the top at the end of the tournament.
Brown also brought home a silver medal in the singles competition for the same skill level and age bracket. Brown and Hiller, along with their spouses Leilani Brown and Kim Haig, qualified for the Senior Games 11 months ago in August of 2022 when they brought home gold medals at the Delaware Senior Olympics. The group also placed in the top 20 in women's doubles and mixed doubles for their age groups at the National Senior Games.
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Convenience store brings a bit of New York to Gastonia
When Paul Jones and Eric Johnson left Brooklyn, New York, they decided to bring a little bit of home with them.
The brothers opened a convenience store, Gastonia E&P Marketplace, at 201 West Main Avenue in Gastonia in May.
"We're from the city of convenience stores," Johnson said. "We're used to seeing corner stores on every corner you walk."
Stocked with snacks and essentials like deodorant and toilet paper, the store is in the heart of downtown. Johnson, 19, and Jones, 22, live in Fort Mill, South Carolina, and they decided to open their store in Gastonia after hearing someone speak highly about downtown development and the future of the city.
They noticed that while downtown had restaurants, there was no place to simply grab a soda, snacks, or to buy basic necessities like hygiene products. They also want to build relationships.
"In New York, you can go to the same corner store every day, and the person in there will remember you, know your usual things that you get, have a conversation with you and speak to you about things that you may not speak to anyone else," Jones said.
Jones and Johnson come from an impoverished area of Brooklyn, and they say the store also is a fresh start.
They would have liked to have opened a convenience store in New York City, but real estate in the city is far more expensive than it is in Gaston County, and there's far more competition. In Gastonia, they're also planning to open a juice bar and a shipping service.
They also intend to go to college while operating the store.
Johnson isn't sure yet what he wants to study, but Jones wants to study social work. He said that he wants to help people.
"I for some reason feel like people gravitate towards me," he said. "Also, my grandmother is a licensed social worker, and from the work that I see that she does, I feel like I have a strong urge to help others."
Jones said that they're grateful to those they have met in Gastonia for welcoming them.
"We want to be a part of the story Gastonia is creating," he said.
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Rabid bat found in Belmont home
A rabid bat was found in a Belmont home Tuesday morning, according to Gaston County Police Animal Care and Enforcement.
The department responded to a call around 10 a.m. from a person in the 100 block of Maple Circle in reference to a juvenile bat found inside a residence.
Animal Care and Enforcement specialists investigated the incident and sent the bat to N.C. Laboratory of Public Health in Raleigh. Lab results received later that day indicated that the bat tested positive for rabies.
Animal Care and Enforcement completed a neighborhood canvass of the Maple Circle area to notify the community of the positive rabies results and verify rabies vaccinations for family animals in the area.
Gaston County Animal Care and Enforcement also notified Gaston County Department Health and Human Services about this incident, so they can complete their regular follow up investigation.
The Gaston County Police Department Animal Care and Enforcement unit stresses the importance of having a valid rabies vaccination for all pet's health and safety as well as the health and safety of their owners and community.
This is the second confirmed rabies case in Gaston County this year.
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See how Gaston County restaurants ranked in recent inspections
Here are the North Carolina Department of Health’s restaurant and food stand inspection scores for Gaston County conducted June 12 through June 18, 2023.
The North Carolina Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Section conducts regular restaurant inspections to help keep residents and visitors safe.
Disclaimer: On any given day, an establishment may have fewer or more violations than noted in their most recent inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term conditions at the establishment. A few more recent, follow-up inspections may not be included here.
The latest inspections include:
All-Star Hot Dog Shack, 130 S. Main St., Stanley, 100
Barrister’s at the Esquire Hotel, 168 W. Main Ave., Gastonia, 100
Bessemer City Diner, 128 W. Virginia Ave., Bessemer City, 97
Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen, 2051 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia, 98.5
Chipotle Mexican Grill, 2501 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia, 97
Cocina Hidalgo, 516 E. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia, 96
Cracker Barrell, 1821 Remont Road, Gastonia, 98.5
El Lorito, 1002 Gastonia Hwy., Bessemer City, 93
Enzo’s Pizza, 117 N. Myrtle School Road, Gastonia, 99
Fuse Ballpark, 800 W. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia, 95
Heirloom, 33 Glenway St., Belmont, 98
Joe’s Touch of Italy, 503 S. Central Ave., Belmont, 98.5
Little Caesars, 1925 Davis Park Road, Gastonia, 88
Logan’s Roadhouse, 2840 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia, 95.5
Long Horn Steak House, 405 N. New Hope Road, Gastonia, 99
Mayworth’s Public House, 115 Center St., Cramerton, 96
Nellie’s Southern Kitchen, 36 N. Main St., Belmont, 96.5
Old Stone Steakhouse, 23 S. Main St., Belmont, 98.5
Ole Carolina Barbecue, 1011 Union Road, Gastonia, 97
Outback Steakhouse, 501 N. New Hope Road, Gastonia, 98
Sammy’s Pub, 25 S. Main St., Belmont, 98.5
Showmars, 1900 Broadcast St., Gastonia, 96.5
Showmars, 3908 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia, 95
Tannin Wine, 113 Center St., Cramerton, 98.5
The Bearded Buffalo, 16 N. Main St., Belmont, 97.5
The Juicy Crab, 3628 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia, 96.5
The Smoke Pit, 421 Cox Road, Gastonia, 97
VIPizza, 202 Market St., Cramerton, 96.5
Viva Chicken, 2205 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia, 98.5
Word of Mouth, 6329 Nature Walk Drive, Charlotte, 97.5
Zaxby’s, 3460 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia, 100
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Check out what Bessemer City's new park has to offer
Bessemer City’s $8.9 million park is finally open after years of planning and construction.
On Friday, June 30, the North Carolina Dixie Youth Baseball AA D2 State Tournament began at Stinger Park.
The Dixie Youth Baseball Tournament is only the beginning for Stinger Park, which has already been selected as the location of the North Carolina Dixie Softball Tournament taking place next year.
The 2024 softball tournament is set to bring 50 teams to the area, according to Bessemer City Parks and Recreation Director Jo D Franklin.
Early projections show that the park is set to field upwards of 40,000 visitors annually, according to Bessemer City Manager Josh Ross.
“This is based off projected use from local citizens, neighboring schools, tournament ball and events,” Ross said. “This is a park for the community, but it is also a park that can be utilized by various tournaments and events."
“It helps to bring outside visitors to the community,” he added.
Although the tourism that will come from the field plays a large role in its conception, Ross also hopes it will benefit Bessemer City families.
"We're hoping it creates a positive environment for athletics and helps to create a better recreation environment for children," Ross said.
Initial planning for the park included many amenities, like baseball diamonds, pickleball courts, a splash pad, and more. Those amenities came to life in the construction.
Planning also originally included an update to downtown Bessemer City’s sidewalk system that would better connect the park to the city’s heart, and connection of the park to the Carolina Thread trail, according to a 2021 interview with former Bessemer City Manager James Inman.
Ross said the sidewalk updates were ultimately pulled due to lack of funding.
While the park is not currently connected to the Carolina Thread Trail, it does have a walking trail that will allow for future connectivity to greenways and the Carolina Thread Trail, though the city does not have a timeline yet.
Stinger Park was initially planned to open in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to Ross.
Due to construction and material shipment delays, the opening date was pushed back to July 2023.
An official grand opening celebration for Stinger Park is set to take place at 6 p.m. on Aug. 11. Many of the details have yet to be finalized, but Ross says there will be a ribbon cutting and a variety of activities for the community.
Current park hours are 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. for general use.
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El Niño will likely change Wisconsin's weather. Here's how.
Wisconsinites could see a warmer than average winter as El Niño is expected to gradually strengthen into the winter, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
There's a greater than 90% chance El Niño will continue through the winter as of July 13, according to NOAA. Here's how it could impact you:
What is El Niño?
During an El Niño, the ocean warms to above-average sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the opposite of a La Niña when the sea surface temperatures are cooler than normal.
El Niño occurs because the polar jet stream shifts north and limits cold air coming from the north. The weather pattern usually causes above average temperatures to the northern parts of the country and below average temperatures to parts of the southern U.S.
How long does a typical El Niño episode last?
Episodes of El Niño usually last nine to 12 months, but can also last for years. El Niño events typically occur every two to seven years on average, but don't occur on a regular schedule, according to NOAA.
Does this mean Wisconsin will have a warmer winter this year?
Wisconsinites can generally expect warmer conditions during the winter, said meteorologist Cameron Miller at the National Weather Service office in Sullivan.
These conditions are for the winter season average and there will still be days during the season with below normal temperatures and a lot of precipitation, according to NWS.
How does this El Niño compare to others?
Currently, this El Niño is on track to be one of the strongest on record dating back to 1950, according to the National Weather Service.
What happened during the last strong El Niño?
During the last strong El Niño in 1997-98, temperatures were six to 8 degrees above averages and precipitation was up two inches above average and snowfall was very close to average, according to the National Weather Service.
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Could the Domes become the Dome? Idea floated for cash-strapped county to save Mitchell Park landmark
Here's a radical way to save the Mitchell Park Domes — demolish two and keep one.
This was one idea floated about the future of the Domes located on the city's near south side during a meeting of the Milwaukee County Board's parks and culture committee Tuesday.
The future of the Domes has been a hot-button topic, causing a decades-long debate about how to preserve the historic site amid safety concerns, a decline in visitors, lack of donations and struggling finances. County Executive David Crowley has previously said that the fate of the Domes is "still up in the air," as the county may potentially run out of property tax money to support the non-mandated parks services as soon as 2027.
Among the options discussed included demolishing all the domes and focusing solely on Mitchell Park, carrying out repairs to address deferred maintenance, rebuilding or building a new conservatory facility.
All of these options come with a big price tag.
Milwaukee County Parks Deputy Director James Tarantino explained to supervisors that collaborating with the nonprofit Friends of the Domes, the Domes could possibly generate $20 million through a fundraising campaign. But donors and community members were against simply fixing the Domes and wanted a more "compelling project."
Tarantino said a "reasonable estimate" for a fundraising campaign to just fix one of the domes through smaller individual donors would bring in $3 million.
"Three million dollars would obviously go a longer way to fix one third of the domes rather than the whole complex," Tarantino said.
Supervisors did not discuss which of the three domes — tropical, desert or seasonal — would survive, if this plan moved forward.
The idea of saving just one dome appealed to the chairman of the parks and culture committee, Supervisor Sheldon A. Wasserman.
"Save a dome versus save the Domes and save Mitchell Park," Wasserman said.
He told the Journal Sentinel ahead of the meeting that the idea depends on donors.
"The Milwaukee community has to step up to the plate. There's no money to write a blank check for the Domes."
The committee discussed the latest report, but took no vote.
Key supervisor changes position
Since his appointment to the County Board in 2022, Supervisor Juan Miguel Martinez has pushed for preserving the Milwaukee landmark that is in his district. But Tuesday's meeting marked a turning point in his stance.
"I still think that they should be repaired, but I'm sort of on a different wavelength now after talking to people in the neighborhood," he said. "I don't know if historic preservation is the greatest way to go with the Domes anymore, because it's simply not sustainable anymore."
Martinez prefers saving Mitchell Park as opposed to the Domes. He would like to transform the lagoon, create new basketball courts, bring back the sunken garden and install a cultural center for the Latino communities.
"More than anything, I want money for Mitchell park itself," Martinez said.
Over the years, many supervisors, including those on the parks committee Tuesday, have bemoaned the on-going use of funds to study and produce reports, but not make a decision.
The county had previously considered demolishing the Domes and co-locating its exhibits with the Milwaukee Public Museum after a 2019 study commissioned by the Milwaukee County Museum Task Force. The plan faced opposition from both officials and residents.
In 2019, the Domes Task Force submitted a $66 million restoration plan to the County Board, which was ultimately not adopted. In late 2022, the county's American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Task Force unanimously rejected a proposal to allocate $19 million of the county's $183 million ARPA funds for restoration purposes.
A petition to nominate and register the Domes on the National and State Register of Historic Places for its historic status was vetoed last-minute by Crowley in early November, 2022. Supervisors unanimously abstained on voting an override of the veto during last year's budget cycle.
"We did nothing for years...we finally need to address this," Supervisor Steve F. Taylor said.
"So, let's be prepared to make a decision one way or the other in this term," he added.
The Parks Department will present a final report, including construction cost estimates and other remaining information requested, about the next steps for the Domes at the Sept. 12 parks and culture committee.
Contact Vanessa Swales at 414-308-5881 or vswales@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @Vanessa_Swales.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — A fire burning since Tuesday at the Weyerhaeuser paper manufacturing plant in Longview, Washington, has created smoky skies and hazardous air quality conditions Wednesday morning in Portland and Vancouver.
A large fire that started Wednesday morning at an abandoned Kmart building in Northeast Portland "isn't helping matters," said KGW meteorologist Rod Hill.
As of 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Portland's air quality was "unhealthy" and in Washington, air quality levels east of Vancouver, near Orchards and in the Mill Plain area, was also categorized as "unhealthy."
When air quality is "unhealthy," the DEQ states on its website that "everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects."
"That industrial fire [in Longview] has sent smoke down through Clark and into Multnomah counties, and at times, various reporting sites for air quality from DEQ have been reported as moderate to unhealthy, especially over parts of near downtown to eastern Multnomah County and then up through Clark County," Hill said Wednesday morning.
The fire at the paper plant in Longview started around 6 p.m. Tuesday and is still burning Wednesday morning. Hill said because the fire in Longview is expected to continue to burn through much of the day Wednesday, smoke should continue to filter south into Portland throughout the day.
"If poor air quality tends to bother you and that's a particular concern for you, you'll want to keep yourself sheltered as best you can," Hill said.
How to check the air quality in your neighborhood
The DEQ reports how clean the air is at a specific location and provides information about any possible health risks. The agency's AQI map uses a color-coded system ranging from "Good" (labeled by green dots), which means air pollution poses little to no risk, to "Hazardous" (labeled by maroon dots), meaning air quality is unhealthy for everyone.
To check the air quality in your area, go to the DEQ's Air Quality Index website. In the search box, type in your your city, state or ZIP code. You can also use the interactive air quality map
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Indiana 1 will be closed between Railroad and Willow streets in Butler from Thursday to July 25 during work on the railroad tracks, the state Department of Transportation said today.
A detour uses Indiana 8, Interstate 69 and U.S. 6, INDOT said in a statement.
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Lake Avenue between Hobson Road and Laverne Avenue will have lane restrictions today, according to the Fort Wayne Traffic Engineering Department.
A gas line crew will be working in the area and should finish Friday.
For more information, call 260-427-6155 or visit www.trecthefort.org.
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Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash that left a 38-year-old Hudson man with serious injuries early today.
DeKalb County officers said he was southbound about 2 a.m. in the 600 block of County Road 27 when his Chevrolet Silverado swerved to avoid a deer.
The motorist careened off the road hitting a large tree, possibly suffering a broken leg and cuts to his face and other scrapes, police said.
Paramedics took the man to a hospital for treatment.
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EUREKA — The Eureka Church of Christ is seeking items for their annual free giveaway day on Saturday, Aug. 6.
Church members donate and accept household donations from communities in Woodford and Tazewell counties for free distribution. Items from previous years included appliances, furniture, clothing, household items and school supplies.
Items should be in good working condition. This will mark the 15th year the Eureka church has sponsored the event.
Those who are interested in donation can call the church at 309-467-4673 or contact one of the ministers at 309-394-2451, or 309-657-7488.
The giveaway day will run from 8 to 11 a.m. and is open to the public.
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ROANOKE, Va. – A juvenile was injured after a shooting in Roanoke early Wednesday, according to the Roanoke Police Department.
Authorities said police were notified at around 5:45 a.m. of a person with a gunshot wound.
We’re told the juvenile was self-transported to LewisGale Hospital for treatment of a non-life-threatening wound.
According to police, the location of the incident is likely to be 2600 Salem Turnpike, occurring at around 4:30 a.m.
Authorities said the investigation is in its early stages and is ongoing.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call (540) 344-8500 and share what you know. You can also text 274637; begin the text with “RoanokePD” to ensure it is properly sent. Both calls and texts can remain anonymous.
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DALLAS — More big changes are reportedly coming to 96.7 FM/1310 AM "The Ticket" in Dallas.
Multiple outlets, including D Magazine and Barrett Sports Media, are reporting that mid-afternoon hosts Dan McDowell and Jake Kemp have exited the iconic station.
McDowell and Kemp have hosted "The Hangzone" in the station's noon-3 p.m. slot since 2020, and McDowell has long been a fixture on The Ticket's early afternoon programming, going back more than 20 years.
D Magazine, where Kemp also contributes as a basketball writer, was among the outlets reporting the departures Tuesday, but more details were not disclosed.
Barrett Sports Media, an industry publication, cited a report from Radio Insight, which reported that contract talks broke down between The Ticket, which is owned by Cumulus, and McDowell and Kemp.
The Ticket's programming director Jeff Catlin did not respond to a request for comment from WFAA. The station has not made a formal announcement about the reported departures.
The pair's last day on air was June 30.
The departure of McDowell and Kemp would be another major change at The Ticket, which has long been the top sports radio station in Dallas.
Longtime host Norm Hitzges retired last month. And last year, producers Mike Sirois and Danny Balis made the move to 97.1 FM The Freak, which was started in October by former Ticket host Mike Rhyner.
Rhyner, who now hosts "The Downbeat" on The Freak on afternoon drive, was a staple of The Ticket for more than 25 years and helped found the station in 1994.
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DANVILLE, Va. – The PRA Group call center in Danville is set to close, and as many as 123 workers will be affected.
The financial services company opened its Danville call center in 2019, and the location will permanently close, effective Oct. 20, 2023.
In a warn notice addressed to Danville Mayor Alonzo Jones, the company stated that employees affected have been notified of their separation dates and were informed in writing.
Below is a copy of the warn notice, which details the positions impacted.
Warn Notice to Danville Mayor Jones by WSLS on Scribd
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INDIANAPOLIS — Following postponement of its July 15 date due to inclement weather, Crew Carwash has announced that the "Crew for Kids" fundraiser's new date is Saturday, July 22.
Crew Carwash has partnered with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana for the fourteenth year to donate 50% of the proceeds from Ultimate Wash purchases to the foundation.
The fundraiser takes place at all 44 locations across Central Indiana. Donations can be made in either cash or credit.
Notable guests will also be in attendance to help increase awareness of the fundraiser. Their appearance times and locations are listed below:
- Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett, 4280 Lafayette Road, 10-10:30 a.m.
- Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard, 10580 N. Michigan Road, times TBA.
- Nitro, Indy Fuel mascot, 9550 Corporation Drive, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
- Q95 radio, 9550 Corporation Drive, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
- Rowdy, Indianapolis Indians mascot, 14837 Thatcher Lane, noon-1 p.m.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana is an organization that has helped provide children with a professionally supported one-on-one peer mentoring program for over 100 years.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett has announced the city is filing a lawsuit against the manufacturers of Kia and Hyundai automobiles following a rise in thefts.
The lawsuit seeks reimbursement for public safety expenses associated with the recent spike in thefts from Kia and Hyundai vehicles due to a lack of anti-theft safeguards.
According to the mayor's office, Kia vehicles have seen a 400% increase in thefts while Hyundai vehicle thefts have spiked 250%. The stealing of Kia and Hyundai vehicles accounts for more than 25% of cars stolen in Marion County this year.
“Indianapolis has seen year-to-date declines in most forms of crime this year, but we have seen auto thefts buck that trend with a 24% increase, due almost exclusively to Kia and Hyundai models,” Hogsett said.
The mayor's office claims that these cars are hot targets for thefts because they lack basic and industry-standard immobilizer technology. The cars have reportedly not included this technology for more than a decade and the crimes related to this have spiked nationwide after a series of social media videos demonstrating how to "hot-wire" these cars went viral in 2020.
"Today's announcement is a positive step in the right direction to ensure the safety of our constituents in every neighborhood," Hogsett said.
Indianapolis' lawsuit joins other cities' ongoing litigation against Kia and Hyundai on behalf of consumers and insurers.
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Ember Music Hall, a new music venue from the LX Group, is set to open at 309 E. Broad St. this week.
The music hall will host a wide range of music and genres, featuring live bands, nationally renowned DJs and singers. It will have a standing-room capacity of 370, with an additional 72 VIP elevated seats available.
“Ember is our passion project,” said Kunal Shah, managing partner at LX Group. “We always had a plan to build a live music venue in Richmond.”
Shah and Neal Patel own the LX Group, which operates Kabana Rooftop, Nama and Switch. They also have part ownership in Juan’s Rooftop and Cantina, Wok This Way, Botanya Restaurant and Bar and Casta’s Rum Bar.
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“We began as talent buyers and promoters in D.C. from the late ‘90s to the early 2000s,” Shah said. They booked shows at the 9:30 Club and U Street Hall in D.C. before moving to Richmond to launch Kabana.
Shah and Patel grew up in Richmond, with Shah graduating from Collegiate School and Patel graduating from Godwin High School. They moved back to Richmond in 2013, when they felt the D.C. music scene was getting saturated.
“We decided to move our whole company down here,” Shah said. “We’ve been waiting for the perfect time, getting our feet on the ground here in Richmond, understanding the market. This was the perfect year to do it.”
They partnered with their longtime friend Aditya Mehta, from Kabana, to launch Ember.
Patel said the group was looking to find a space in the heart of downtown in the Arts District that struck “the right balance between size and intimacy. After nearly two years of searching, we finally came across this space at 309 E. Broad St.”
Ember is across the street from Mike Lindsey’s ML Steak and a few blocks away from The National, another prominent downtown Richmond music venue with a capacity for 1,500.
The space will have a box office, green rooms, an A/V lighting room, elevated VIP seating, a standing room area, multiple bars and a stage. The vibe is dark and industrial, with two rose-gold steel-plated bars that can handle sound vibrations. Teal banquettes line the perimeter of the room for additional and VIP seating. Ember has invested in sound and lighting with the ability to host a high-end LED visual experience.
“We can also do a 360 experience. The new trend at a lot of concerts (is that) DJs play in the middle. The crowd has a more up-close experience with the artist,” Shah said.
“Electronic DJs are very particular about venues,” he said. “If you don’t have certain visuals and tech specs, they won’t perform in your room.”
Ember has invested in more than 90 units of intelligent lighting and DMX lighting, plus 80 LED screens behind the stage, for electronic DJs and performers.
For frame of reference, The Broadberry has a capacity for 550, Richmond Music Hall at Capital Ale House is 300, and The Camel is 150.
Ember Music Hall is designed for a standing experience, with VIP banquettes also available. Standard American fare will be served, such as flatbreads and chicken fingers, plus mixed drinks, frozen drinks and VIP bottle service.
Ember is scheduled to open the week of July 17. Opening week lineup includes country, Southern rockers Texas Hill on July 19, Charlottesville rock ‘n’ roll band The Barons on July 21 and Ookay, a California DJ, on July 22. Tickets for local performers will run $10 to $25, and national touring artists are expected to cost $20 to $40.
Ember expects to hire 30 to 40 staffers and is currently in the hiring process.
“We are extremely excited to return to our roots of organizing shows and owning our own live music venue,” Patel said. “Ember has always been our dream project, driven by our unwavering passion for the live music scene.”
For more details, visit the Ember Music website at embermusichall.com.
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Rick Edwards is "acting" police chief no longer.
In a statement on Wednesday morning, spokesperson Petula Burks announced that the city has officially hired him to helm the Richmond Police Department.
Edwards is a 24-year veteran of the department.
Lincoln Saunders, the city's chief administrative officer, said that Edwards "brings decades of experience to this role and has a solid reputation throughout the region. We are excited about his leadership and his commitment to further improving our community," Saunders said.
Courtesy of Petula Burks, spokesperson for the City of Richmond
Burks' statement lauded Edwards leadership over the past nine months, which include an effort to increase transparency around police shootings and body-worn camera footage.
Under Edwards, the city has begun releasing "critical incident briefings" when officers use their firearms.
Interim Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards provided updates during a news conference after the Huguenot High School graduation shooting on June 6. A news conference scheduled for Friday was canceled.
Margo Wagner, Times-Dispatch
Most recently, Edwards led the police force through a mass shooting event in June outside of the Altria Theater , which saw a man and his stepson attending a Huguenot High School graduation ceremony killed.
“As interim chief, Rick Edwards has been an incredible leader for the City of Richmond."
His almost 24 years with RPD have prepared him to meet the challenges our community faces,” said Mayor Levar Stoney. “Rick understands that public safety is at its best when it involves members of the community and law enforcement. I can think of no one better suited for this role at this time than Chief Rick Edwards.
A look back at recent Richmond police chiefs
Gerald Smith
Served: June 2020-October 2022
Where from: He was deputy police chief in Charlotte-Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
What happened: As angry protests at Richmond’s Confederate monuments and at police headquarters escalated, Mayor Levar Stoney cut short a vetting process , picking Smith and calling him “a reform-minded change agent.”
But violent crime kept rising. Police left and vacancies went unfilled. When Smith set up an advisory committee to foster trust between the force and city residents, he declined to say who’d be on it, except for one person and he opposed moves for Citizens Review Board. The Richmond Coalition of Police said officers had no confidence in his leadership, council members complained he paid little attention to concerns of their communities.
And what sounded like a triumph of police work – that the RPD prevented a mass shooting at the Dogwood Dell July Fourth fireworks – turned out to be tale backed by no evidence, but that Smith never retracted.
Finally, after months of controversy over that false claim, he resigned. He will be on administrative leave through the end of the year and will receive a payment of $15,427.93, equivalent to four weeks of pay.
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William “Jody” Blackwell
Served: June 2020
Where from: Richmond Police Department, last post as chief of staff.
What happened: Blackwell was interim chief for 11 days after Stoney asked Chief William Smith to resign as police clashes with protesters that summer grew ever fiercer.
But almost immediately after Stoney’s announcement that Blackwell was stepping up, criticism erupted over his fatal shooting of a Richmond man in 2002. Blackwell was cleared of any wrongdoing in that death, but because of the controversy, he asked to be relieved.
Afterward: He sued Stoney and Gerald Smith, saying they violated state law and policy when, he alleges, they fired him “because he refused an order of Stoney that Blackwell have his officers stand guard over the emergency removal of Richmond's city-owned Confederate monuments” in 2020.
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William Smith
Served: August 2019-June 2020 (interim chief from December 2018-August 2019)
Where from: Richmond Police Department, which he joined in 1995. He had just been promoted as deputy chief.
What happened: Smith pushed for internal meetings to focus more on crime trends, and implemented a beat system, to make officers more accountable to the neighborhoods where they work.
But more than 90 consecutive days of protests in Richmond, beginning four days after George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police, racked the city. Protesters burned and looted buildings, police responded with rubber bullets, tear gas and flash bangs.
He received $85,477 in severance pay.
Afterward: Smith has not returned to police work.
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Alfred Durham
Served: 2015-2018
Where from: Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police (with a stint from 2005-2007 in Richmond as chief of staff to Chief Rodney Monroe).
What happened: He expanded the number of RPD sworn officers, equipped officers with body-worn cameras and community programs including as RVA League for Safer Streets, a basketball league for young adult men in the city's housing complexes, and LIFE, or Law enforcement Intervention Focusing on Education, a nine-week program that diverts youths from the juvenile court system.
Violent crime continued to decline, decreasing 8% in his last year in the post. But 2018 also saw police fatally shoot Marcus-David Peters, a 24 year old high school teacher suffering a mental health crisis after a car accident.
“What really took its toll on me this year was the shooting death of Marcus-David Peters,” Durham said, after announcing his retirement.
“I wish that, like everyone else we come into contact with, that we could have helped Mr. Peters that day …But at the end of the day I have to be held accountable for that,” he said. “I've lost a lot of sleep at nights thinking about that.”
Afterward: Durham retired, keeping his home in Richmond.
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Ray J. Tarasovic
Served: 2013-2015
Where from: Another longtime Washington Metropolitan Police Department officer who first came to Richmond with Chief Rodney Monroe, Tarasovic serve as assistant police chief here before following Monroe to Charlotte, North Carolina.
What happened: Tarasovic pushed initiatives aimed at firearms and fugitives, saying that would be a more effective crime-fighting strategy than simply stepping up patrols in hope of ensuring officers are in the right place at the right time.
“It is our express desire to remove as many illegal firearms from this city as we can," he said. Under his command, officers were to target people with histories of firearm violations and robbery arrests or convictions.
He also added "environmental officers" in each of the city's precincts, directing them to focus on such problems as poor lighting and derelict parks, which create high risk areas. He also stressed a cooperative effort with Henrico County to reduce crime along the county line.
Tarasovic was seen by some officers as a tough taskmaster.
Afterward: Tarasovic retired.
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Bryan T. Norwood
Served: 2008-2013
Where from: Police chief in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
What happened: Norwood launched an undercover Street Crimes Unit to target some of the most violent criminals across the city and won praise for his youth outreach programs, as well as for building community partnerships and collaboration with the area’s religious leaders.
But Los Angeles prosecutors said that under Norwood’s watch, the RPD's accounting of R&B singer and Tappahannock native Chris Brown's court-ordered community service for assaulting the singer Rihanna was "at best sloppy" and "at worst fraudulent."
Norwood was named to the post by outgoing Mayor Doug Wilder, but took office under Mayor Dwight Jones who was never the former governor’s biggest fan. That their relationship was strained was an open secret. His resignation, which Jones said was brokered by mutual agreement, came shortly after he applied to be chief in Raleigh, North Carolina, but failed to win that post.
Next: After setting up as a consultant, he became vice president of public safety at the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority.
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Rodney D. Monroe
Hired in 2005, former Richmond Police Chief Rodney Monroe helped drop the violent crime rate with a focus on community policing.
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Andre Parker
Served: 2002-2004
Where from: No. 3 at the Illinois State Police.
What happened: Parker succeeded high-profile Col. Jerry Oliver , whose term as chief saw homicide numbers decline from staggering total of 160 in one year to range around 70 around the turn of the century, even as tensions with the council and city manager rose.
But as Oliver, who came to Richmond from Pasadena, California, headed on to lead the Detroit force, Parker faced another rise in homicides, which moved closer to the 100 a year pace during his term.
Parker’s style was military, and many rank and file officers hadn't spoken with him even after he'd been in Richmond a full year – few fences were mended after Oliver’s house-cleaning.
“I've been under attack from the first day I came here as chief," he said after Wilder, shortly after his election as mayor, announced he would fire Parker.
Afterward: Parker went back to the Illinois State Police to become commander of the agency's training academy. In fact, they said, he had never officially left this job. He left his $141,000-a-year post in Richmond with roughly $100,000 in combined severance and unused vacation pay.
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The Mandan City Commission is moving forward with drafting an ordinance to allow cigar lounges in the city.
The city in December began allowing the mobile sale of cigars with a permit, after a request from Big Stick Cigars, which opened in March 2022 and is owned by Josette Dupree in the same location as Dupree Firearms Training. The shop sells cigars, pipe tobacco and accessories but not cigarettes, vapes or rolling papers, according to a letter sent to the City Commission.
Dupree is now asking the commission to change city ordinance to allow her shop to open a cigar lounge following a change in state law approved by the Legislature earlier this year. She also wants to sell her product at golf courses, where a tobacco-free policy is in place.
Rep. Dan Ruby, R-Minot, brought forth House Bill 1229, which amends the state's smoking restrictions to allow for cigar lounges. Gov. Doug Burgum signed the bill, and it takes effect Aug. 1.
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The bill allows for indoor smoking of cigars at licensed lounges that are enclosed on all sides and equipped with a humidor and a ventilation system that does not move air into nonsmoking areas. Pipe tobacco is not permitted under the legislation.
"The community support of Big Stick Cigars has been tremendous. Overwhelming requests at our shop is to to take our humidor to the next level and have a cigar lounge," Dupree wrote to the commission.
She also requested the ability to sell at Prairie West and Mandan Municipal golf courses, citing numerous requests.
"Today I am asking on behalf of myself and the many cigar smokers in our community for your support to allow for the sale of cigars at controlled, outdoor tournament celebrations," Dupree said in her letter.
City Administrator Jim Neubauer said that decision will have to be made by the Mandan Park District.
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ROLAND, Okla. — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported a fatal crash that happened three miles south of Roland in Sequoyah County around 11 p.m. that left one injured and one dead.
The highway patrol report states that the vehicle involved was a four-wheeler 2019 Kawasaki Mule driven by a 61-year-old man who sustained injuries from the crash. He was reportedly transported to a hospital in Arkansas, officials say he's in "stable condition."
The victim, 51-year-old Bobbi O'Bryan of Muldrow was pronounced dead on the scene by Pafford EMS, according to the report.
The cause of the incident is still under investigation by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
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Historian and IUN professor Ken Schoon has started a unique project bringing local history to people's doorsteps. He's been researching street names, writing reports on them and delivering door hangers to people's doors so they learn more about the history of the street they live on.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Historian and IUN professor Ken Schoon has started a unique project bringing local history to people's doorsteps. He's been researching street names, writing reports on them and delivering door hangers to people's doors so they learn more about the history of the street they live on.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Historian and IUN professor Ken Schoon has started a unique project bringing local history to people's doorsteps. He's been researching street names, writing reports on them and delivering door hangers to people's doors so they learn more about the history of the street they live on.
MUNSTER – People drive past the street sign on their block countless times and fill their address out countless more times, often without ever pausing to contemplate what that oh-so-familiar street name means.
An Indiana University Northwest professor, author and historian aims to change that.
Kenneth J. Schoon, a geologist and professor emeritus of science education, is bringing local history home for Munster residents with a project that tells them the backstory behind the street they live on.
“The Northwest Indiana region contains a number of streets named after its former residents. Years after the naming is done, the street name is well known, but the person for whom it was named is not,” Schoon said. “Munster is one of those communities with several streets named after its early citizens. One of them is Kooy Drive. So what I did was to tell the story of why it was named Kooy and put that on hang-tags. And with the blessing of the Munster Historical Society, distributed them to every house on the street.”
Schoon, who’s also a Munster town councilman, plans to follow up with projects explaining the history behind the Kraay, Schreiber, Fisher, Lambert and Ada streets in Munster.
“I made 100 copies and walked down the road putting one on each door knob explaining where the street name came from,” he said. “I hate to say it’s an original idea but I’ve never heard of anything like it anywhere in the country. As a teacher, I like to get the word out about local history.”
Schoon and the late Purdue University Northwest Professor Lance Trusty co-wrote “Munster Indiana Centennial History,” which the town has been giving away copies of to residents interested in the history of the Lake County suburb just south of Hammond.
Schoon, whose other books include “Calumet Beginnings” and “Pullman,” was inspired to pursue the project because he’s related to the Kooys and often hears their name mispronounced. It’s correctly pronounced like “coy.”
“I had a personal interest in writing the first history because it’s cousins of mine,” he said. “It’s an interesting history.”
He researched the Kooy family history at the Munster Historical Society, got them to sign off on the account he assembled and provided a copy for their records.
Kooy Drive was named after one of the first five pioneer families to settle in Munster. Peter and Guurtje (Gertrude) Kooy were born in Holland and immigrated to Chicago’s South Side Roseland neighborhood in 1855 before it was even part of the city. They moved into a barn where they gave birth to their son Gerbrand, leading to his wife subjecting him to a lifetime of jokes about whether he was born in a barn whenever he passed through a door without closing it.
Gerbrand Kooy married Mary Schoon in 1871 and they built a home on the corner of what’s now Ridge Road and Jackson Avenue down south in Munster, where they raised their 14 children. A carpenter and farmer, he built violins, coffins and many of the older farmhouses that still stand today along Ridge Road, raising them with the help of his brothers and sons.
“I’m a geologist and I’ve always been fascinated that Ridge Road was once the shoreline of Lake Michigan,” he said. “It created a perfectly flat sandy path east to west that was an Indian trail for 12,000 years. It was a stagecoach route and then U.S. Highway 6. When the Borman Expressway was built, Route 6 was moved to the expressway. Now most of it goes through town streets. 169th in Hessville and U.S. 30 were also shorelines of Lake Michigan that ended up becoming roadways allowing people to get through the Region.”
Gerbrand Kooy was one of the first three residents appointed to the Munster School Board after the town was incorporated in 1907. The times were changing as modernity encroached on the then-rural area. Their son Jacob G. Kooy became the second resident in town to own an automobile in 1909 and later one of the first to own an electric washing machine.
The horses that traveled down Ridge Road were gradually replaced by cars so an initial speed limit was set to eight miles an hour. Like his father, Jake Kooy was also a self-employed carpenter who built many of the houses on Columbia Avenue, building his own house on Ridge Road and Kooy Drive just north of Bieker Woods.
Jacob Kooy and neighbor Lawrence Monaldi subdivided their properties and built more houses, leading the street to be called Kooy Drive. Jake Kooy lived in Munster his whole life, dying at the age of 84 in 1964.
His parents sought out the more rural atmosphere they were accustomed to, ultimately moving further south.
In 1919, Gerbrand Kooy and Mary Schoon sold their land in Munster and bought a larger farm near DeMotte in Jasper County. Some of his family stayed in Munster and many of his descendants still live in town.
Schoon believes street names provide an insightful portal to local history.
“Everyone knows the Borman Expressway was named after Frank Borman,” he said. “But there was also a road in Tolleston named after his grandfather before it was annexed into Gary. When Gary annexed Tolleston they extended the east-west street system and it became 10th Avenue.”
He plans to next tackle Schrieber Drive, which is named after a family that owned businesses in Hammond and moved south to Munster. He’s interviewing Paul Henry’s Art Gallery owner Dave Mueller as the Scheibers were involved with the 19th-century hardware store that was recently turned into an art gallery.
“Many streets were named after pioneers,” Schoon said. “In Munster, after the farmers came to town, Ridge Road was the east-west road and Columbia was the north-south road. They only built roads as the need arose. Most roads were unpaved boundary lines and didn’t have names in the early days.”
He hopes the project will inspire people to think more about their surroundings and take an interest in what happened there.
“Street names are like wallpaper,” he said. “When you put it up it’s a fascinating pattern but once it’s there for several years you don’t see it anymore,” he said. “All the street names have reasons behind them. Greenwood was named because of the amount of forest in that area and Elmwood because of all the elm trees.”
Local streets have fascinating backstories that most people are aware of, Schoon said. The Kraay family for instance who Kraay Drive is named after offered to donate property to the town for a park along the Little Calumet River, a plan that fell apart after none of their neighbors followed suit.
“I try not to just list birthdays and dates. I try to tell the stories about the families to bring the history to life,” he said.
Once he’s written up the histories of several streets in Munster, he’s considering putting out a pamphlet collecting the hyper-local histories. He hopes it might inspire people to learn more about local history and potentially get involved with the Munster Historical Society.
“A lot of streets are named after developers. Fran Lin for instance was named after a daughter. Don Powers named Margo after his wife,” he said. “There are a lot of streets and a lot of stories to keep this project going. People get a different view of history when it’s of a street they’re living in. I hope they get to know more about Munster, that it adds more to the community spirit and they know more about the town.”
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Historian and IUN professor Ken Schoon has started a unique project bringing local history to people's doorsteps. He's been researching street names, writing reports on them and delivering door hangers to people's doors so they learn more about the history of the street they live on.
Historian and IUN professor Ken Schoon has started a unique project bringing local history to people's doorsteps. He's been researching street names, writing reports on them and delivering door hangers to people's doors so they learn more about the history of the street they live on.
Historian and IUN professor Ken Schoon has started a unique project bringing local history to people's doorsteps. He's been researching street names, writing reports on them and delivering door hangers to people's doors so they learn more about the history of the street they live on.
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Canton's ICAN Garden Apartments waiting list closed
The Repository
CANTON − As of July 20, the ICAN Garden Apartments waiting list for this HUD Section 811 affordable housing program is temporarily closed because it exceeds three years, according to ICAN Housing Director of Housing and Development Natalie McCleskey.
Applications are not currently available.
A notice will be posted on the ICAN Garden Apartments Facebook page when the wait list is open, community partners and service providers will be notified, and a notice will appear in the newspaper with the update.
When the list is open, you may request a paper application by mail at ICAN Housing, 1214 Market Ave. N, Canton, OH 44714, phone at 330-455-9100, email at applicationsreferrals@ican-inc.org, or fax at 234-360-1194.
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Rock the Lot: Concert & Cars event to feature J.T. Hodges, Buck Naked Band
CANTON − The Pro Football Hall of Fame has added free entertainment to fill the gap of time between the enshrinement and the Concert for Legends on Aug. 5.
Rock the Lot: Concert & Cars is a country-themed concert and car show. The event will begin at 3:30 p.m. Aug. 5 in the Hall of Fame's main parking lot at 2121 George Halas Drive NW. Admission is free.
J.T. Hodges, nominated as a semifinalist for New Artist of the Year at the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, will headline the event. The event also will feature performances and entertainment from the Buck Naked Band and 94.9 WQMX.
The car show will display dozens of European sports cars, Trans Ams and other cars.Food trucks will be on site. VIP Tickets, which include beverages and an opportunity to mingle with Hall of Famers, also are available for purchase.
More information is available at www.profootballhof.com/events/2023/08/rock-the-lot-concert-cars-featuring-j-t-hodges/.
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ADA COUNTY, Idaho — A decomposed body found the night of Thursday, July 13, in the Boise River in Eagle was that of a Boise man who was reported missing earlier this year, the Ada County Coroner announced Wednesday.
Ada County Sheriff's deputies began investigating after some people playing on the river reported finding the body south of East Whitby Lane. That was at about 6:40 p.m. last Thursday. The sheriff's office said the body was along the bank, partially submerged.
The office of Ada County Coroner Richard Riffle identified the body as that of Eric Jorgensen, 65, and a resident of Boise. The coroner's office said Jorgensen had been reported missing on April 26.
The cause and manner of death are pending, the coroner said, and any further information is pending investigation. The Ada County Sheriff's Office continues to look into Jorgensen's death.
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KILLEEN, Texas — A Central Texas motorcyclist says he is lucky to be alive all thanks to a random bystander who witnessed how he was struck by a car at high speeds while parked on the side of the road earlier this month.
Khalir Chacon was headed to work from Killeen to Temple on July 7 when he noticed his bike emergency shut off sensor went off. The biker immediately pulled over into the emergency lane and turned on his emergency signals.
After he called his girlfriend to pick him up and informed his work he was running late, Chacon was struck by someone crossing over to merge from US 190 into I-35 in Belton at 90 mph, according to a GoFundMe.
"My shoes flew off, my helmet hit the hood," Chacon recalled. "My leg was pinched between the bumper of his vehicle and the front of my motorcycle. I instantly started bleeding out."
Though Chacon remembers very little about what happened that day, he said he remembers Daniel Seamons.
"I saw that there was a man lying on the ground," Seamons said.
Seamons' military training kicked in and he rushed to help Chacon as he noticed his right leg bleeding out.
"I took off my belt and I wrapped it around, probably about mid-thigh to his, the injured leg that was there, his right leg, and essentially just held it there cinched down as tight as I can get it," Seamons recalled.
Chacon was rushed to Baylor Scott and White in Temple where he lost his leg. He was later transferred to Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Waco. He also ended up fracturing his arm during the incident.
From riding in the ambulance and checking up on Chacon's recovery status, Seamons was right by his side through it all.
Seamons said, "I still couldn't stop thinking, you know, Is he okay? Did he make it? Did he not make it?"
"I'm so grateful to Daniel," Chacon said. "Just the heroism and kindness to, you know, pull over and decide, 'Hey, I'm going to try and do whatever I can for this person, regardless of my situation, means the world to me.'"
"Some of his family considered me a hero or a savior, I don't see it that way," Seamons said. "I'm just a man that knew what to do and did it."
His sister, Valeria Lugo, created a GoFundMe to try and raise $11,000 to help in her brother's prosthetic and medical bills, as well as raise awareness of motorcycle accidents and deaths.
"I hope that any other motorcyclists or motorcycle enthusiasts will continue to be safe as they ride and also consider the statistics that 80% of motorcycle accidents end in death compared to the 20% of car accidents that do," Lugo wrote.
More stories by Reporter Sydney Dishon:
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BONNEVILLE COUNTY, Idaho — This story originally appeared on EastIdahoNews.com.
A 9-year-old girl from Idaho Falls is recovering at home after she was bitten by a rattlesnake while swimming.
July 9 started out as a typical day for Tasia Noyes and her 18-year-old brother Joseph. They were boating, like they have done many times before, in the Blacktail, Ririe Reservoir area of Bonneville County.
“We were wakeboarding with my dad. His girlfriend had just finished wakeboarding and Tasia jumped in to swim around for a minute,” Joseph told EastIdahoNews.com.
They had been on the lake all day and were getting ready to go home as Tasia swam around. Then something scary and surprising happened.
The bite
“When I was ready to get out, I just tried to climb back up on the ladder, and I felt a sting in my knee, so I swam away. I looked where the ladder was, and then I saw a snake and I like… yelped!” Tasia recalls.
Joseph heard his little sister yelling and remembers her saying she thought there was a snake that had bitten her.
“I looked down in the water. I don’t see anything but once she gets out of the water all the way, I see a smaller snake swimming away. I flicked it away with a stick, and then the snake was gone,” Joseph said.
Tasia was back on the boat and bleeding. Sure enough, there was a bite on her right knee. Her dad took her to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center to get checked out.
“It hurt a ton! The first hour I could walk. I was just limping a little bit. After that first hour, it was really painful to walk. I couldn’t even like … Put any pressure on it. My mom had to carry me around,” Tasia said.
Admitted to the hospital
Danielle Noyes, Tasia and Joseph’s mom, met them at the hospital. She said Tasia arrived at EIRMC within 35 minutes and was given a dose of antivenom, also referred to as antivenin – an antibody therapy that can disable toxins within a specific venom if injected quickly into a patient after a bite.
“We didn’t know exactly what kind of snake bite it was but they looked at it and could see that it was already discoloring. … Tasia had symptoms like throwing up,” Danielle said. “They also ran her blood work. They could tell it was in the rattlesnake family.”
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, symptoms from venomous snake bites include redness, swelling, bruising, bleeding, severe pain, nausea, vomiting, and rapid heart rate.
Danielle said Tasia’s leg was swelling significantly. Hospital workers measured her leg every couple of hours. After checking how she was doing on the first dose of antivenom, they decided she needed a second dose because she wasn’t doing well.
She began to improve after the second dose.
“All of my doctors and nurses, they were all really nice,” Tasia said.
Recovery
Tasia was in the hospital on Sunday, July 9 and Monday, July 10, then released. She is recovering at home and is doing well.
“It is healing. It will take her body some time to help rebuild all the damage that happened from the venom that did affect her leg,” Danielle said.
Tasia said she is able to use her leg and says she can even jump on the trampoline.
She told EastIdahoNews.com she is not afraid of snakes and would go back and swim but will be careful.
“I am still going to be a little cautious about them but I am not really scared of them. I would just look around first and make sure there is nothing there,” she said.
Danielle is glad that Tasia is okay and for the medication given to her.
“We were so grateful that we were able to access medication so quickly. The staff at EIRMC was fantastic and so kind. We expect she will make a full recovery,” she said.
Danielle wants people to be safe and aware of the possibility of being bitten by a rattlesnake.
“When you think of a rattlesnake, you think of it coiled on a trail. You don’t think about it swimming under the water,” she said. “If it happens to you, just be aware that there are venomous snakes here in Idaho…and if you get bit, seek treatment as quickly as possible.”
An increase of rattlesnake bites?
Posts on social media over the past week suggest an increased number of rattlesnake bites under the water in the Blacktail area. Several EastIdahoNews.com users forwarded a post circulating on Facebook in regards to people being treated at Mountain View Hospital. It referenced a boy that would lose his leg because of a bite.
Hospital spokesman Brian Ziel said there is nothing to support the claim and no rattlesnake bite patients have been treated at Mountain View Hospital and Idaho Falls Community Hospital.
EIRMC spokeswoman Coleen Niemann said they haven’t had any patients matching the description on the Facebook post but told EastIdahoNews.com the hospital generally treats several rattlesnake bites each year. Typically, those patients are admitted for evaluation and treatment.
The Bonneville County Parks Manager said the social media post was a rumor and not confirmed.
Rattlesnakes are common in the Blacktail area and other parts of eastern Idaho, Idaho Fish and Game spokesman James Brower said. The snakes can swim, he said, but it’s not common.
“They do this typically just to travel from one side to the other,” Brower said in an email to EastIdahoNews.com.
Rattlesnakes generally are not aggressive, according to the US Forest Service. They strike when threatened or deliberately provoked. Most snake bites happen when a rattlesnake is handled or accidentally touched by someone.
What to do if you get bitten
If you are bitten by a rattlesnake, EIRMC Emergency Room Physician Scott Cross said do the following:
- Stay calm!
- Elevate the injury
- Avoid exertion to the injured site (ie- if bitten on the wrist, avoid over usage of the arm)
- Most important: seek medical attention as quickly as possible
“Do not try any interventions like tourniquets or cutting and sucking to get venom out. Additionally, if you can take a picture of the snake, it will help ensure that you get the correct antivenom,” Director of EMS Services at EIRMC Eric Day explained.
Safety tips
While outside, the US Forest Service said following these tips can help prevent rattlesnake encounters:
- When hiking, stick to well-used trails if possible.
- Avoid tall grass, weeds and heavy underbrush where snakes may hide during the day.
- If a fallen tree or large rock is in your path, step up on to it instead of over it, as there might be a snake on the other side.
- Never grab “sticks” or “branches” while swimming in lakes and rivers. Rattlesnakes can swim.
- If you hear the warning rattle, move away from the area and do not make sudden or threatening movements in the direction of the snake.
- Remember, rattlesnakes do not always rattle before they strike.
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OLA, Idaho — A wildfire spotted Tuesday evening in northern Gem County has grown from an estimated 50 acres to an estimated 700 to 800 acres, the Idaho Department of Lands reported Wednesday morning.
The IDL also said low humidity and erratic winds overnight fanned the fire's growth, and the fire, dubbed the Goldrun Fire, is likely to grow Wednesday due to hot, dry, windy conditions. The fire is burning in grass and timber about three miles northeast of Ola, which is about an hour north of Boise. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The fire was burning east toward High Valley Wednesday morning, and structures are threatened, the IDL said, but no evacuations have been ordered. High Valley is home to summer cabins, ranches and homes.
Firefighters were dispatched to the Goldrun Fire just after 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) sent fire engines and a dozer, the Forest Service sent hand crews, and the IDL sent an engine and fire crews. Helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and air tankers are working on the fire as well.
A Great Basin Type 3 Incident Management Team has been ordered "due to the chance that the fire will continue to grow," the IDL said in its news release. An in-briefing is scheduled for Thursday morning in Ola to transition fire management to that team, and the number of firefighters assigned to the Goldrun will increase from 80 to as many as 150.
The fire is not contained and weather could keep the fire moving. However, the IDL said area roads and containment lines created by fire crews not immediately at the fire's edge should help hold the fire in place.
This is a developing story. KTVB will provide updates as they become available.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Ballad Health’s Community Mobile Health Clinic is making a series of visits to one of the region’s behavioral healthcare providers.
The mobile unit, which provides general medical services, was parked at ReVIDA Recovery Centers’s Johnson City location Wednesday to provide care. The mobile unit provides services regardless of a patient’s insurance status, according to Ballad Health.
ReVIDA Recovery Centers provide care to people who are battling opioid use disorder and works with state and local partners.
The mobile clinic’s services include acute disease management, cancer screenings and referrals to primary or specialty care. Women’s healthcare is also offered through the mobile unit, with services like cervical cancer screenings, Pap smears and family planning services.
The mobile health clinic is staffed by both a nurse practitioner and a community health navigator, who travel through both Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.
“Being able to take it to locations will provide resources to patients, such as transportation, that patients may not have,” said Ballad Health nurse practitioner Teresa Roache.
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'I forgive you': 2 sisters move past grief to help Manatee County man who killed their brother
Five miles north of Palmetto, a black 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee came to a screeching halt after rolling over six times. Shattered windshield glinted on the roadway, a car battery and part of the front bumper were strewn behind the car, and the smell of burnt metal wafted from the engine. Florida Highway Patrol investigators found an empty 12-pack of Bud Light beer nearby.
Earlier that day, Jabe Carney and his good friend, Jason Gibson, walked out of their substance abuse rehabilitation center in St. Petersburg. They headed south into Manatee County, stopping by a store to pick up the beer before heading to two bars, including Woody’s River Roo in Ellenton.
After a day of drinking and downing one last Long Island Iced Tea, 22-year-old Carney got behind the wheel in the early afternoon of Feb. 5, 2006.
The decision still haunts him.
Gibson died at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg 11 days after the crash. Carney was charged with DUI manslaughter and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
A letter from Gibson’s mother was read before the judge during Carney’s sentencing hearing.
“When Mr. Carney got behind the wheel and chose to drive after drinking, he took my son’s life. As I understand it, this was not the first time he chose to drive after drinking. But this time he killed my son, Jason,” her letter said. “When my son died, a part of me died, too, and I’ll never get that back.”
Gibson’s mother has yet to forgive her son’s friend. But less than two years into Carney’s 25-year sentence, Gibson’s sisters, Daynel “Dee” Musser and Katherine “Kate” Duffey, chose forgiveness.
The forgiveness didn’t come easy for the then 19-year-old Musser and 16-year-old Duffey, but they realized Carney's mistake could have happened to anyone, including their own brother.
At first, the sisters reached out through hand-written letters which morphed into regular correspondence detailing daily life, big milestones, and sharing stories about Gibson.
It wasn’t until 10 years into Carney’s prison sentence that they decided to work to get him out. By 2018, the sisters felt Carney paid his debt to society while taking total blame for the death of his best friend, even creating a podcast with a Florida professor, all in an effort to highlight Carney’s growth.
Musser and Duffey’s, as well as Carney’s own sister’s forgiveness, marks an example not often heard or seen in reports about the justice system: a lifeline many inmates never see while serving their own sentences.
“Now it’s time for him to get out and be the example they wanted him to be,” Musser said.
The letter that started it all
Carney, now 40, gently slid a neat stack of lined paper from a manilla folder he’d brought with him for his interview one early May afternoon in the visiting area of the Moore Haven Correctional Facility filled with murals of children’s cartoons.
The first sheet was covered in bright neon, the words rounded and compressed together. Among a vibrant pink paragraph towards the bottom of the first page, one lime green word stood out: forgive.
“I don’t know if you need this, or you don’t, but I forgive you,” the line reads in Duffey’s first letter to Carney.
The next letter from Musser included doodled flowers and smiley faces.
Through Carney, Musser and Duffey discovered parts of Gibson they didn’t know.
There were days when they could only feel the anger and pain that came with the sudden death of their older brother. They were just teenagers learning to make sense of a tragedy, but Carney would become a crucial part of their grieving process.
For Carney, their forgiveness has been a catalyst — he’s owned his guilt, he’s become a law clerk and helped many other inmates with their cases, and he’s been a model inmate.
“I’m grateful for their forgiveness obviously, but I mean it's more than that,” Carney said. “I don’t feel like I deserve their forgiveness, much less their friendship and their love, but that’s what they’ve given me.”
It’s not every day that victims’ family members can forgive the person who took their loved one away from them. Yet, Musser and Duffey have chosen to look beyond Carney’s worst decision and focus on his best efforts for improvement.
Otherwise, the world and the justice system seem a pretty bleak place, the sisters said.
Life in prison
Carney sits at a counter checking court documents as a law clerk on behalf of other people who are incarcerated, offering legal expertise and writing legal documents he’s learned through civic courses in prison.
The room is about the size of any grade school classroom, and it’s split in half by a counter that acts as a divider between law clerks on one side and inmates on the other.
The walls are stark white with little relief visually aside from a painted portrait of a judge on the wall near the entrance. It smells like instant coffee and disinfectant.
Six computers line the back wall, giving the law clerks access to Microsoft Office and LexisNexis to help in researching case law to write appeals and other official documents for those seeking help.
On any given day, those in the library will discuss or debate landmark decisions from SCOTUS, the Florida Supreme Court, politics, or theology.
Two long tables sit across from the counter, filled with people fighting for their freedom, looking up the latest law news out of leisure or just looking for a sanctuary from prison life.
It was about 15 years ago when Carney sat at a similar table working on his own appeal to Florida's Second District Court of Appeals, which was shot down in 2009. It’s when he first found his passion for being a law clerk.
He never considered working in the library when his masonry teacher told him that if he wanted to work on his case, he had to learn the law.
Most certified law clerks have their own areas of expertise. For Carney, it’s criminal post-conviction and criminal appeals. For others, it’s civil rights litigation, divorce proceedings, or child custody disputes.
Most law clerks work on two cases a day, but Carney has a caseload of 10 to 20 people.
While waiting to be released, Carney watched those he’d helped get released through his legal services. Even those who are already on the outside write to him for advice.
“To me, freedom is precious,” Carney said. “It is a fundamental, God-given right that we should all cherish and never take for granted. If a person’s freedom has been taken in an unjust manner, then I feel it is my duty, as a law clerk and a man of God, to assist them in their fight for freedom.”
Sean Reilly worked alongside Carney at the law library and saw firsthand how stressful it can be. There’s no shortage of questions or people who need help, and the law clerks try their best with the resources they have. Carney’s humility and quiet strength stood out to him.
In the law library, Carney is reserved, calm, and laid back. He researches painstakingly and speaks only when he has something worthwhile to say. He keeps his word and goes above and beyond to offer help to those desperate for solutions to their legal case.
Carney’s willingness to help everyone was what earned him the respect of many other inmates, Carney’s friend and former fellow inmate Stanley Kropiewnicki said.
“I know, 100%, if I had only trusted him from the beginning, I would have gotten out five years earlier,” Kropiewnicki said, adding it had been too late for Carney to help Kropiewnicki’s appeal case.
Kropiewnicki, 70, remembered the first time he’d met Carney at the Taylor Correctional Institution.
The two had been assigned to the same cell block and had discussed their cases with each other — it struck Kropiewnicki how similar, yet different their cases were.
Kropiewnicki, who is from Poland, was convicted of DUI manslaughter in 2008 in St. Johns County and sentenced to 14 years in prison and one year of community control, according to court documents.
He was shocked when he heard Carney had received a 25-year sentence. Kropiwnicki couldn’t remember a time when Carney had cursed or raised his voice.
During the course of speaking with the Herald-Tribune, Kropiewnicki had trouble expressing himself in English but expressed in Polish how he believes Carney should be released from prison as he no longer sees him as a danger to anyone.
Kropiewnicki was released in 2019, and since then, he and his wife have sent money monthly to help support Carney, who Kropiwnicki has come to see as his best friend and even like a son in the eight years they were incarcerated together.
His early life plagued by the beginnings of the pharmaceutical drug party scene
When he was 13 years old, Carney moved to Florida after his parents divorced. His dad and 15-year-old sister Haley Boyd stayed in Ohio.
The new student at Palmetto High School was quiet and reserved, but he had a magnetism to him that made him popular.
It was 1997, and the opioid epidemic had just hit the area. Friends in high school were excited to try the latest drugs and were experimenting with opioids. It was easy access for Carney, especially following his mom’s surgery for an injury.
Carney was no stranger to the ripples of addiction. Both his mother and father were alcoholics, and his mother had a pill addiction.
David Coughlin grew up with Carney and around the area’s party scene. A whole generation was plagued with this disease of addiction, and Carney was one of the first in their friend group to see its effects.
“Pretty much anybody and everybody I went to high school with has passed away from overdose or is in and out of jail,” David Coughlin said.
He and his brother, Brian Coughlin, were close with Carney during high school. They, too, were not exempt from the epidemic with David Coughlin attending a young adolescent rehab program for oxycontin in his teens and his brother who’s currently experiencing homelessness while battling addiction.
Brian Coughlin and Carney clicked, immediately becoming friends. Brian Coughlin was the class clown and was always goofing around in the three or four classes he had with Carney.
They had completely different families. Brian Coughlin had the TV mom and dad. Carney came from an abusive home riddled with addiction.
But Carney’s mom did her best. She was working hard all the time as a nurse to provide for her kids. She wanted them to be happy and let Carney have free reign on whatever he wanted to do, whether it was video games or other vices.
“She would basically let us have anything we wanted,” Brian Coughlin said. “It was kind of just the idea of, ‘Well if you're going to do it, do it here at the house. So at least I know where you're at.’”
They started smoking cannabis. Then trying whatever was the newest party drug. A nearby pill mill in Tampa opened, making opioids all the more accessible.
They’d pull up to the parking lot of this pharmacy, and there would be 13 different state license plates parked. Brian Coughlin had an MRI that affirmed his back pain, so he didn’t have to pay a couple of hundred dollars for the pills.
“We call them elephant doctors because they literally gave you more pills than anybody else — enough pills for an elephant,” Brian Coughlin said.
The opioids became difficult to stop.
The stigma of addiction built a certain shame inside them, and there was a hunger to feel better. The readily available drugs provided a quick fix for withdrawal effects.
“It was kind of an escape from your problems, but at the same time, you know, the revolving door was like using itself,” Brian Coughlin said. “Nobody thought highly of themselves while they were using.”
Brian Coughlin and Carney stayed best friends from 9th grade up until the crash. He and his mother, Marilyn, would visit Carney once a year for the next five to 10 years. Although he’s happy for Carney and the progress he’s made, Brian Coughlin can’t help but feel like he’s trailing behind the progress Carney’s made while in prison.
“I dread the day when I get to see him because I don’t even know what to say to him,” Brian Coughlin said. “You’re completely reformed and a Christian man and I’m a piece of shit drug addict. This is what you could have had if you just stayed home.”
He’s tried his best to keep his life together, but it’s been a series of ups and downs because of the addiction. He’s kept and lost jobs, been unhoused, and has felt a canyon build between his family and himself because of the disease. But every once in a while the thought of Carney will pop up, and Brian Coughlin is taken aback by how long he’s been in prison.
“I can't believe that his whole life has been wasted,” Brian Coughlin said. “His whole life has been taken away from him. I have lived my entire life, and he’s been in prison.”
Following high school, Carney had his fair share of party benders and run-ins with the law. His family hoped his court-mandated rehab visit at Bridges of America would help him break habits wrought by addiction.
It was there that Carney first met Gibson who had come into the program with little more than the clothes on his back, he said. Carney recalled Gibson had stood alone and it was then that Carney approached Gibson, their friendship starting from that first greeting.
The two moved into a room together and while Gibson took Carney, who was about four years younger, under his wing, the two wrestled with their own addictions as they progressed through the program.
'I wanted him to hurt as bad as he hurt me'
Jason Gibson calls his younger sister Musser from prison. She’s in the 5th grade, and it’s become a routine for her. Every time he gets locked up, he’ll give her a call.
Musser picks up the home phone and hears the prison voice recording buzzing on the line. She hangs up the phone and walks into the other room. Gibson would write her letters, but she didn’t dare write him back. She punished him with silence.
“I wanted him to hurt as bad as he hurt me,” Musser said. “Every time he does this — every time he’s high or in prison and I don’t get to see him — I’m trying to hurt him back.”
It was the era of war on drugs — the era of D.A.R.E. — and Musser and her family were taught to believe that those using drugs were the enemy, including Gibson. They hoped the tough love would help bring back their older brother, their son.
“Instead of trying to help people heal and instead of looking at the reasons why he was doing drugs — what drove him to that, what hurt him to make him turn to drugs to feel like a person worth something, like a human being — we just said no,” Musser said. “You chose that over us, and we’re done with you.”
It took a lot of unlearning and time for Musser to get it. If she didn’t lose him the way that she did, she probably would’ve never understood, she said. She started working at a juvenile placement facility and started trying to save kids. It was her way of trying to make up for not saving Gibson.
As Musser and Duffey got older, they understood how difficult it must’ve been. It was an issue deeper than addiction. It was a mental health issue, and it wasn’t until the last few months of his life that Gibson began healing. It was the closest that he was to his family. Musser would talk to him every night while he was in prison.
He started healing from the hurt of his past and began doing the 12 steps of addiction recovery. He had a difficult upbringing and a lot of truama from the first seven years of his life — things that Musser and Duffey still don’t know because nobody in the family talks about it. As the sisters have gotten older, they’ve pieced together the circumstances that led up to Gibson’s drug abuse.
“Hurt people, hurt people, and that was the cycle he was living in,” Musser said. “I call it generational curses. It started up here, and it just works its way down.”
The sisters have pieces of Gibson scattered throughout their homes. In Duffey’s living room hangs a framed 3-D drawing of a colorful castle Gibson sent her when he was in prison. He was incredibly smart and loved drafting and drawing 3-D buildings. The drawing makes her smile to this day. In Musser’s dining room, Gibson’s hat hangs on a moose rack. Throughout the holiday seasons and decorations, it’s incorporated into everything.
They hold space for the good and the bad — the one Christmas he slept through because of drugs, his teddy bear hugs, the countless times Gibson was in and out of jail when he was kicked out of every school in Venango County, Pennsylvania, the countless times he made them laugh. He was always hilarious. Duffey can hear it now — Gibson’s snicker that would turn into a full belly laugh.
Whenever Duffey is feeling sad, she’ll message Carney and ask him to share one thing about her brother that she doesn’t know. She savors the new memories that are added to Gibson’s legacy. Every once and a while, Carney will ask her for a story about Gibson. It’s harder for Musser to remember good stories of Gibson. She was older. She had a different relationship and couldn’t retain positive memories while the bad ones were overshadowing. Through Carney, she’s been able to remember the good things and pour that into Gibson’s memory. They’ve all been able to preserve Gibson’s memory while also growing closer.
Carney makes it clear that his intention is to never take over the role Gibson had; he couldn’t.
It was through Carney that the sisters were able to begin their own healing process. Duffey said that Carney taking full responsibility for the accident has helped them move toward forgiveness.
Duffey and Musser said that their mom still has her own peace to make with Gibson’s death and Carney’s hand in that.
“She doesn’t have ill will for him,” Duffey said. “She just doesn’t know how to move forward in her grief and anger.
'Always been a good guy'
The first thing Carney remembers after the crash was his girlfriend Angela Doak’s piercing screams.
Gibson swam into Carney’s vision, his face pale and his fists clenched as he laid on his back, Carney recalled, the sunlight filtering lazily into the prison’s visiting area as his leg jostled with nerves.
Prior to the crash, Carney said he had been reaching for his wallet to hand Doak gas money and when he looked up, the car in front of him in the left lane had slowed as it approached the Sunshine Skyway south toll plaza. He instinctively pulled the wheel to the right.
Carney lost control of the vehicle as it went into a counterclockwise spin before its tires “dug into the soft shoulder” causing it to overturn before stopping against a signpost, according to a FHP report.
Because all three occupants weren’t wearing their seatbelts, they were ejected from the car. Following the crash, Gibson was airlifted to Bayfront Medical Center. While at the hospital, Carney was interviewed by an investigator.
“I really messed up this time,” the investigator noted that Carney spontaneously said during an initial conversation with him. The investigator observed that Carney had bloodshot and watery eyes, was slurring his words, and could smell a strong alcoholic odor.
A blood sample taken from Carney after the crash and later tested indicated his blood alcohol level was 0.111, or nearly 1.4 times above the legal level.
Carney spent 11 days in the Pinellas County Jail, calling his mother every day to inquire about Gibson, who remained in critical condition. Carney’s injuries included a concussion and torn cartilage in his right knee, he said.
On the 11th day, when he asked his mother about Gibson, she grew quiet.
“I never really talked about this,” Carney said, tearing up as he recalled the moment he learned that Gibson died.
Gibson was one of 1,099 alcohol-related fatalities in 2006, according to a FHP report.
Carney was charged with DUI manslaughter, driving while license suspended and causing serious bodily injury or death, driving while license revoked - habitual traffic offender, and two counts of driving while under the influence which resulted in property damage or personal injury, according to court records.
For almost a year, Carney was held in the Manatee County Jail until he posted a $50,000 bond. It was during that time Carney tattooed Gibson's name onto his right bicep, a permeant reminder of the close friend he lost when he lost control of the car. A little less than seven months later, a bench warrant was issued for Carney after he failed to appear for a docket sounding, according to court records.
Carney said that when he was released, he began to abuse drugs again to cope with the stress of the impending trial. When the judge pulled his bond, meaning he would have to go back to jail, Carney ran.
When he was arrested less than a month later, new charges were added and in March 2008, Carney was found guilty by a jury of charges that included DUI manslaughter and fleeing to elude a law enforcement officer, according to previous Sarasota Herald-Tribune reporting.
At his sentencing, his mother, uncle, sister, and friends asked the judge for compassion in her decision.
Many testified to Carney’s positive characteristics, saying that he’d always been “a good guy,” and would help anyone when he could.
Challenges posed: Why keep Carney locked up?
While Carney has been described as a model inmate and his record shows he’s received only one disciplinary report for disrespect in 2008, he’s faced obstacles with getting released early.
In Florida, prisoners must serve at least 85% of each sentence imposed before they can be considered for early release. In Carney’s case, the earliest he can be released is in September 2026.
To reduce their sentence, inmates can earn up to 10 days of “gain time” per month. Once their gain time reaches what would equal the 15% reduction in their sentence, they can no longer apply the gain time to their sentence.
Carney’s obstacle could also stem from the fact that under Florida law, the primary purpose of sentencing, and the criminal justice system in general, is punishment.
In 2020, there were more than 81,000 individuals incarcerated in Florida prisons, according to research released from Levin College of Law’s Race and Crime Center for Justice. Of those, approximately 15,000 are serving time for murder or manslaughter offenses.
“The system is designed to make people suffer, and it is designed that way because — quite frankly — there are bad actors in the system who have mal intent and want to impose that on other people,” said Kenneth Nunn, a University of Florida law professor at the Levin College of Law.
Nunn expanded that the public expects those convicted of a crime to suffer because they’ve been trained to fear crime by politicians and news outlets who profit by stirring up the public.
Florida is one of 16 states that does not have parole, according to a report by Right on Crime, a conservative criminal justice reform initiative started by the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
In 1983, the Florida Legislature abolished parole for most offenders who were sentenced on or after Oct. 1 that year. As of May 2022, there were 3,670 inmates eligible for parole consideration, according to The Florida Commission on Offender Review’s website. However, Carney is not included in that number.
Another avenue, which can oftentimes be the only way to get early release, is through clemency.
However, for an inmate to even be considered for clemency, they must first submit an application which is first reviewed by the Florida Commission on Offender Review, explained Molly Gill, the vice president of policy for Families Against Mandatory Minimums. After a thorough review, the commission writes a recommendation to the Florida Board of Executive Clemency.
If the commission writes a recommendation denying clemency, and the board doesn’t reverse that decision within 60 days, then the inmate’s request is denied. Gill said many people are often denied without getting a hearing in front of Gov. Ron DeSantis and the rest of the board.
Additionally, the clemency board only meets a handful of times a year. In 2023, the board met twice so far.
Carney applied for clemency in 2019 and five years later in February 2023, his application was denied.
Even if there are officials at state prisons that believe an inmate is deserving of being released, maybe they’ve shown growth or have a good character and could be perceived to be a model inmate like Carney, or maybe they are perceived as no longer being dangerous, current Florida laws prevent them from being released early.
Instead, keeping inmates incarcerated past the point of them being dangerous can become a burden on taxpayers, said Ashley Nellis, co-director of research for The Sentencing Project.
“They're also not contributing productively to society through getting a job, which many of them would like to do if they were to be released,” Nellis said.
The FY 2021-22 Florida Department of Corrections annual report shows it costs $28,298 to house an inmate in a state prison, or about $77.53 per day per inmate.
“There's a lot of people in prison who are more than ready to be released,” Nellis said. “I don't think everybody is, of course, but I think his story is not that uncommon. … That's the problem with these mandatory sentences, or with this sort of erroneous belief that a certain term of years means you're repaired, but sometimes that happens sooner than others.”
Future beyond bars: A light of hope
Carney recently found two cases that could be the key to his release from prison.
In a motion he wrote to correct his illegal sentence, Carney states that the trial court “was statutorily mandated to impose a probationary period following any prison sentence” he received for DUI manslaughter.
However, his 15-year sentence didn’t include a probationary period, thus making it illegal, he states. Since the sentence improperly extended the overall sentence length to 25 years, and he has the support of the victim’s family, a lesser overall sentence should be favored, he adds.
An attorney filed a notice of appearance on May 12, indicating he’s taken on Carney’s case. Two motions to correct his illegal sentence were filed 18 days later.
Carney hasn’t yet fully forgiven himself and he definitely wouldn’t say that he’s deserving of being released early, he said. He hopes to be released so he can do right by those close to him.
He’s nervous about adjusting to life beyond bars but said the first thing he wants to do is see his family and those who stood by him. Kropiewnicki and his wife have already invited Carney to visit so they can take him to an island they recently visited.
As far as a job, Carney said a law firm in Florida has potentially offered him a job, but he wants to move closer to Boyd and her family, maybe work at his brother-in-law’s business.
Duffey hopes that Carney is released soon so that he can live a life her brother in his sobriety would have been proud to see, which she feels Carney has done and then some.
She knows that it won’t be easy and that Carney will surely have tough days — but she and her sister won’t let him fail.
“No one needs to release a black balloon anymore because addiction took another loved one,” Musser said. “We do recover. They will recover. There's a support system out there, and honestly, the best support systems come from the most unlikely places.”
Duffey looks forward to seeing Carney in person, watching him smile and laughing together as he tells her another story about her brother that she hasn’t heard yet.
“Get out. Go live your life,” Duffey said. “Whatever you do, just make us all proud. Make Jason proud.”
In the years he corresponded with Musser and Duffey, Carney had never heard from Gibson’s parents.
He did send a letter to Gibson’s mother at one point, but he never got a response back. He says after re-reading it countless times, it feels too still, too formal, and not personal at all. He added he doesn’t blame Michelle Gibson for not forgiving him, but he’d like the opportunity to one day apologize to her, face-to-face.
“I’ve always wanted to tell her I’m sorry and I’ve read her letter countless times,” Carney said, his breath catching on the last word, “I’m sorry.”
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Seeing a spike in energy bills? Here are 6 ways to save in Florida's record-breaking heat
Florida has seen some of its hottest summer days this year, and with record-breaking heat temperatures often comes high-cost energy bills.
Here's how to save money on your energy bill this summer. Spoiler, parents may be onto something with their incessant need to turn off fans and unplug devices.
Why is my energy bill higher in summer months?
Summertime in Florida means higher temperatures, and this could include higher-than-usual energy bills. As the days get longer and hotter, your air conditioner needs to run longer to keep you cool. Taking up on average 60% of bills, it’s the biggest consumer of energy in the home.
What can I do to save money?
Katarina Alvarez, a senior communications strategist for Florida Power & Light, gave some tips on how to save money this summer.
Keep the thermostat at a reasonable temperature. For energy efficiency, FPL recommends keeping thermostats between 74 to 78 degrees. Alvarez said that a one-degree increase in thermostats could save between 3-5% on cooling costs.
Change the AC filter once a month. Replacing a clogged filter can help minimize energy use and shave money off your monthly bill.
Reducing the temperature of the water heater. If you’re comfortable enough, reduce the temperature on your water heater to save energy.
Use FPL’s Energy Manager. This is a free tool to customize tips for saving at home. It’ll give you a breakdown of how and where your home is using the most energy so you can make adjustments as needed.
Pay attention to price hikes in bills. A sudden increase in your bill could be a sign that equipment is broken and in need of repair. Old windows that need resealing, broken AC units, and poor ceiling insulation could all be culprits in a sudden bill increase. If you’re unsure what’s wrong, FPL offers free consultations on their website. They also offer rebates and tax credits if you need financial assistance for repairs.
Opt for 12-budget billing. Instead of paying more during summer months, FPL offers a payment plan that can be split up over a 12-month period.
Yes, unplugging devices can actually save energy.
Plugged-in devices can actually use "phantom energy," energy that's used by devices even when they're turned off. Current in the devices continues to flow, keeping them ready to operate at all times. That’s why adapters plugged into the wall feel slightly warm even when not in use.
Does turning off my AC unit when I'm away save money?
No. If you’re going away on vacation or having a long workday, your first instinct may be to turn off your AC unit, but it could actually cost you more in the long run.
The AC unit will have to work harder when it’s turned back on, and there’s a possibility of mold building up without proper air circulation.
FPL recommends bumping your AC to 82 degrees if you're leaving home for an extended period of time. When you come back, try to slowly decrease the temperature to avoid overworking your AC unit.
Contributing: Mark H. Bickel, Naples Daily News
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Manatee County assures earthy tasting drinking water is safe to consume, despite concern
Manatee County is assuring local residents that an earthy, musty, taste in drinking water caused by an algal bloom in Lake Manatee is safe to consume, despite ongoing concern by environmental advocates.
The county announced last week that a blue-green algal bloom in Lake Manatee has caused residents to receive odd-tasting drinking water, although Manatee officials say the water is safe to drink.
Environmental advocates called the situation "yet another blue-green algal bloom in an ongoing series of ecological hits to local water quality." In a press release issued last week, they contend that the drinking water could still be harmful, despite reassurances by Manatee County.
"Though officials from the Manatee County Utilities Department have stated that the drinking water is not harmful, it is crucial to remember that there is currently no Safe Drinking Water Act limit for the cyanotoxins produced by blue-green algae," Suncoast Waterkeeper Director Abbey Tyrna wrote in a news release.
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"So while the water may not be 'harmful' to drink from a regulatory perspective, we have no idea whether the water is harmful according to health standards," she said.
In response, Manatee County announced the results of independent drinking water quality testing on Tuesday by GreenWater Laboratories that confirm the ongoing blue-green algal bloom at Lake Manatee has not produced algal toxins.
"The county would like to assure the public that the compound responsible for the taste and odor is identified as geosmin, and it is not an algal toxin," Manatee County spokesman Bill Logan said Tuesday in a news release.
The county is using a drinking water treatment process that includes the use of powdered activated carbon to mitigate the geosmin levels, but Manatee County residents may still experience an earthy, musty taste or odor for most of our residents. The county emphasizes that the water remains completely safe for consumption.
"While certain blue-green algae can produce toxins, it is important to note that not all blue-green algae blooms are toxic," he said. "Rigorous independent testing by GreenWater Laboratories has been conducted during this bloom for a variety of cyanotoxins, and none have been detected in the drinking water."
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Sarasota City Commission appoints panel to consider alternative plans for Van Wezel hall
As development and planning for a new performing arts center on the Sarasota Bayfront moves forward, the Sarasota City Commission has selected seven people to serve on a long-discussed panel that will help determine potential future uses for the existing Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall once it no longer operates as the main home for touring concerts, comedians and Broadway shows.
The city, which owns the Van Wezel and will also own the new facility, has an agreement with the Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation to split the estimated $300 million cost of building a new 2,250-seat hall, with a smaller secondary performance space, education facilities, rehearsal rooms and offices.
The building is intended to be the dominant feature in the new Bay Park Conservancy that is being built in stages in and around the parking lot for the Van Wezel.
There have been heated community debates about the need for a new performing arts hall and whether the 1,700-seat Van Wezel, which opened in 1970, could continue to serve the community’s needs. Proponents for a new facility say a hall needs more seats to attract top Broadway touring productions. They say the Van Wezel itself is prone to damage from sea level rise and requires costly improvements, among other issues.
Supporters of the Van Wezel say any building issues can be addressed more cheaply through renovations than what it would take to build a new facility, and that the Van Wezel is capable of continuing to serve the community for years to come. And the hall has booked the biggest Broadway musical on the road, “Hamilton” for next season.
The Sarasota Orchestra, a major local tenant of the Van Wezel for its Masterworks concerts, has announced plans to build its own music center outside the city limits on land just west of Interstate 75.
A separate panel recently selected the renowned international design firm Renzo Piano Building Workshop as the lead architect for the new center. The firm has previously designed the Whitney Museum, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Sarasota appoints "purple ribbon" panel
Over the last few months, the city advertised for volunteers to serve on what is referred to as a “purple ribbon” committee to determine the future for the hall with its distinctive purple color, assuming it will not be used for the kind of performances for which it is known. It requested volunteers with expertise in five specific categories: architecture and the design of performing arts centers; historical preservation; structural engineering; the performing arts; and climate adaptation and experience with FEMA floodplain. Two other members would represent the citizens of Sarasota.
Lee-en Chung, the first woman in Florida to be licensed as both a Certified General Contractor and a Registered Professional Engineer, was the only applicant in the civil structural engineering category. Morris (Marty) Hylton III, the president of Architecture Sarasota, was appointed in the historical preservation category. David Rovine, a consultant who works on special events, live concerts and other performing arts ventures, was chosen for the performing arts category.
Robert Bunting, CEO of Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Center, was selected for the climate adaptation and experience with FEMA, and Charles Cosler was approved in the architecture category. Melissa Gissinger and Selma Goker Wilson, who each applied in two categories, were selected as citizen members representing city residents.
“Gosh, this was so hard,” said Commissioner Jennifer Ahearn-Koch. “Everybody I talked to and interviewed, I would take notes and say, 'yes.' I had 19 great candidates.”
City Manager Marlon Brown said he would work with city staff to “make sure that everyone is open minded” to the potential future uses of the Van Wezel.
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There is no set time frame for how long the panel will have to make decisions or recommendations.
Potential to 'double down' on culture
When the city approved its initial agreement with the Sarasota Performing Arts Foundation in 2022, there was an understanding that the Van Wezel would not compete with the new venue. But the Foundation has been expressing a different tone in recent months.
“We wouldn’t want two performing arts centers competing for programming and audiences,” said Jim Travers, the Foundation chairman who is also serving as its interim director, said in a recent interview. “We wanted to protect the Foundation, which will be responsible for operating the new performing arts center.”
Travers, who promised commissioners in April that the Foundation will do a better job of communicating its message to the public, said the Foundation wants to be flexible in alternatives for the Van Wezel.
“We’re very much behind the committee to look at alternative purposes, as long as it wasn’t presenting and competing of Broadway and other things,” he said. It is possible that performing arts programs, possibly by smaller local organizations, could be part of the future of the Van Wezel.
The Foundation is searching for a new executive director to replace Cheryl Mendelson, who resigned earlier this year.
Nanci Weaver, a Foundation board member and chair of its arts education and community engagement committee, said the organization has always thought of the project as one big campus.
“I was hoping, truthfully, for Lincoln Center South, and that we can connect this beautiful park and the buildings that are already culturally vested, like the Van Wezel, Holly Hall, the Art Center, with a new and improved performing arts facility,” she said. “We could double down on the culture we’re delivering to the community.”
Weaver said she would like to see the Van Wezel become “an arts facility that is complementary to what we’re building.” She mentioned the possibility of smaller performing arts groups using the building for its own programs, arts education, music, arts libraries and rehearsal spaces.”
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ORLANDO, Fla. — There’s a new attraction coming to the Orlando Science Center next year.
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“Life” will be an expansion of the center’s current nature exhibit and will include new environments and animals.
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Visitors will go through three environments: The Ocean, The Rainforest and The Swamp.
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Guests will also get to see new animals, including monkeys and sloths.
The goal is to encourage families to think about conservation.
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“There’s a really big need to educate folks on the ultimate challenges that are out there,” said Brandan Lanman with Orlando Science Center. “What really touches people the most is recognizing who it impacts or what it impacts.”
The exhibit will open next spring.
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Sarasota Babe Ruth baseball sends three teams to Southeast Regional tournament
SARASOTA – George Herman Ruth, no doubt, would be rooting for Sarasota Babe Ruth.
“The Sultan of Swat” wore No. 3 during his legendary career with the New York Yankees, the number of teams Sarasota is sending to the Babe Ruth Southeast Regional tournament.
By winning their state tournaments, the 13-year-old, 14 and 15 squads moved a step closer to the Babe Ruth World Series. The 14s begin play Wednesday in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, the first of four games in four days. The 13s and 15s start next Tuesday in, respectively, Clemmons and Greenville, North Carolina.
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Since Sarasota Babe Ruth started in 1955, it’s the first time three teams in the same season have qualified for regionals.
“We’ve had two teams,” said president Todd Williams, who sits on the league’s board with vice president Pete Orser, secretary Carl Luer, and treasurer Don Gardner. “Sometimes it was one, and sometimes none. Never had three. But Sarasota is a baseball town.”
The 13 and 14 teams took the hard way to regionals, forced to win their state crowns coming through the losers’ bracket. All three are all-star teams, the players on each having been voted on by the league’s head coaches.
“No, I didn’t see (three advancing),” said Williams, the league president since 2016. “I knew we were deep in the 14s and 15s. I didn’t know what to expect. It was a good job by all the coaches.” Former Sarasota Sailor and Cincinnati Red Scooter Gennett coaches the 14s, while Michael Marquez heads the 15s, and Jimmy Smith the 13s.
The Sarasota 14 team begins play on Wednesday against host Lawrenceburg. After that are games on Thursday against Marshall Company from Tennessee, Friday against Tallahassee, and Saturday versus Greenville. A team must win its bracket to advance to the Babe Ruth World Series.
The 14s play in Stafford/Fredericksburg, Virginia starting August 3. The 13s and 15s begin August 10 in, respectively, Glen Allen, Virginia, and Jamestown, New York.
Lockhart holds her own
The 14 team will feature a girl, Olivia Lockhart, who batted .500 during the state tournament. In the early 1990s, Sarasota Babe Ruth had one girl who played baseball for a year before switching to fast-pitch softball.
“I was 4 when I started playing baseball,” said Lockhart, who also plays fast-pitch softball and intends to continue that next year when she enrolls at Cardinal Mooney. “I like softball. It’s a lot faster and more strategic.”
After Lockhart played on Gennett’s regular-season Babe Ruth team, the Black Sox, he knew she was good enough to make the all-star squad.
“She just looked like one of the (guys) out there,” Gennett said. “In the infield, she’s just as good as anybody out there, so I took her. She surprised me with her instincts. She’s a damned good player.”
“She’s the only female I’ve had since I’ve been here,” Williams said. “And she is legitimately better than most of the kids. I wasn’t sold, because I didn’t see her enough. Then we sat and watched her whole tournament, and she just stood out. She stood out with everything she did.”
And what does an opposing batter say when struck out by a girl? “Usually they are kind of embarrassed,” Lockhart said. “They still say, ‘Oh, you got struck out by a girl.’ ’’
“She makes all the plays, she throws strikes, and puts together good at bats,” Gennett said. “She’s just a great player.”
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ATLANTA — A budding social media influencer and professional from metro Atlanta who'd been interning with radio company Dickey Broadcasting this summer has died at 22 years old, her family announced on her Instagram page.
Annabelle Ham was described by 680 The Fan, the Dickey sports radio channel in Atlanta, in a post on Facebook as "an amazing young woman that would light up a room when she entered it."
Her family's post to her page said she had "experienced an epileptic event and has gone on to the gates of heaven."
"She struggled with this for a long time and wanted to raise awareness for it, which we will do in honor of her," the post stated.
Her family described her as "beautiful and inspiring" and said she "lived life to the fullest."
"Everyone she met was inspired by her energy and the light inside her soul that shined so bright. She was, and will forever be, so so loved," the Instagram post stated. "We’re asking for your prayers of peace for her family and friends during this difficult time, and to allow all of us the chance to grieve and work through this as a family."
The Fan's post said her "creativity, enthusiasm, and pure joy for life was infections."
Ham's family also asked for people to not "post or spread speculation or details that are unfounded."
"There will be a time to share more details and to go deeper into her life. Her accounts will be used to share what she went through and the joys she brought to all of us. Unnecessary comments only serve to hurt us all, this is a time for remembrance and mourning. Thank you," the post stated.
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Q: I rented a car from Budget at Los Angeles International Airport recently. I returned the vehicle with a full tank of gas after stopping at a station a few blocks away.
After I dropped off the car, I received a receipt that indicated they would charge me a $90 fuel service fee. I immediately called Budget, and they agreed to reverse the charge.
Today, I received a letter from Budget stating that they will charge me $125 for a cleaning fee. I absolutely dispute this.
I contacted Budget again and asked them to remove the cleaning fee. Budget refused. Supposedly, they had to send the car to a detailer for cleaning. They sent pictures of the car, but I am still disputing the charge. I feel as though I am being scammed. Can you help me get rid of this $125 cleaning fee? — William Houck, Prince Frederick, Maryland
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A: If I didn't know any better, I'd say Budget was trying to make a little extra money off your rental — first with the refueling charge, then with a cleaning fee.
I'm glad you could get the refueling fee removed. Always remember to keep the gas station receipt and to take a picture of the gas gauge on "full," which will help prove that you returned your rental car with a full tank.
But the cleaning fee is a mystery. Budget sent you photos, but you say they are not of the car you rented. I'm reluctant to intervene in disputes like this. It's difficult to advocate in a "he said, she said" circumstance where no proof is available.
It looks like you did your best to resolve this in writing using the proven Elliott Method for resolving consumer complaints. You also reached out to the Budget customer service executives I publish on my consumer advocacy site, Elliott.org.
I was on the fence about your cleaning bill until I read your invoice. According to Budget, you returned your car on the day you picked it up. Since you had rented the car for a week, that was impossible. Maybe Budget confused you with another customer?
I asked Budget about your cleaning fee. In response, Budget told me it would waive your cleaning fee.
Christopher Elliott is the founder of Elliott Advocacy (elliottadvocacy.org), a nonprofit organization that helps consumers solve their problems. Email him at chris@elliott.org or get help by contacting him at elliottadvocacy.org/help/.
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Santa Cruz County officials got an earful on Tuesday from opponents of possible mine-related development in Rio Rico.
Several dozen residents spoke out against a sweeping rezoning proposal they fear would turn the community into the operations hub for a zinc and manganese mine that Australian company South32 wants to build in the nearby Patagonia Mountains.
During about two hours of public comment, the county’s Board of Supervisors heard concerns over health risks, contamination, water depletion, heavy truck traffic and the destruction of natural areas in the Santa Cruz River community about 60 miles south of Tucson.
At issue is a request from prominent local landowner Andrew Jackson for major zone changes along a 9-mile swath of Interstate 19 through Rio Rico to allow mixed-use commercial, residential and industrial development on vacant property currently used for ranching and farming near the river.
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“There’s something special about Rio Rico,” one local resident told the county supervisors, “and you will destroy it if you let South32 and Andrew Jackson destroy it.”
The barrage of negative feedback came ahead of a presentation by Pat Risner, president of South32’s Hermosa Project in the Patagonia Mountains.
Risner said he was there Tuesday to provide an update on the project and clear up some misconceptions about the company’s plans in Rio Rico and elsewhere.
The “next-generation mine,” as he called it, would be the only operation of its kind in the U.S. and the only place outside of China capable of producing the kind of manganese needed to make batteries for electric cars and other renewable energy initiatives.
“This project is about creating a domestic supply chain for that,” Risner said.
South32 intends to build two offsite facilities to support its $1.7 billion mine: an office building on about 5 acres to house a remote operations center for the mine’s automated equipment and a processing plant on as much as 250 acres for making battery-grade manganese.
The company has committed to locating both facilities somewhere in Santa Cruz County to maximize the employment and tax benefits for the mine’s host county, but Risner said the facilities can go elsewhere if residents don’t want them there.
“We haven’t made the decision to site these anywhere, much less Rio Rico,” he said.
As for Jackson’s rezoning proposal, Risner said South32 had no part in it. “It’s not something we asked for, and it’s not something we need,” he said.
Risner pledged to host a community meeting in the coming months to address questions and concerns about the mining operation and the material it will produce.
He said Rio Rico is the company’s preferred location for its remote operations center, namely because that’s where the people they hope to train to work in the facility currently live. The battery-grade manganese facility, on the other hand, is not the sort of thing “we could put right next to the Santa Cruz River” or near homes or schools, Risner said.
He added that South32 will not select a site for the processing plant without a “dialogue with the community, and the reason that hasn’t happened yet is we’re too early in the process.”
An artist’s rendering of the facility displayed during Tuesday’s meeting included three enclosed processing structures, a warehouse, an electrical substation, an administration building, a product bagging plant and an “emergency services center.”
Risner said ore would be delivered to the facility in sealed containers built to remain intact in the event of a truck crash. Manganese processing would take place inside buildings sealed off from the outside air, though the rendering shows an outdoor “dry stack tailings” pile running the length of the facility.
Risner said South32 is committed to a range of environmental safeguards, including dust monitoring along transportation routes to and from the mine.
Actual mining at the site in mountains above Patagonia is still years away, assuming the project survives a host of legal challenges already underway.
In May, the Hermosa Project was accepted into a federal program designed to streamline reviews for critical infrastructure, but the permit process for the mine is still expected to last into 2026.
On Friday, eight environmental groups asked a federal judge for an injunction to halt exploratory drilling in the Patagonias by South32 and another mining company while their lawsuit over the work is heard.
The groups, most of them from Tucson, are suing the U.S. Forest Service for approving the exploration work, which they say could result in up to 7 years of around-the-clock drilling in sensitive habitat used by threatened Mexican spotted owls and Western yellow-billed cuckoos.
"Road construction and drilling should not go forward in the Patagonia Mountains before we get our day in court,” said Scott Stern, associate attorney for Earthjustice’s Biodiversity Defense Program, which is representing the eight groups. “We are asking the judge to prevent environmental damage that threatens imperiled wildlife and irreplaceable natural areas."
Conservationists have also filed a notice of their intent to sue the Biden administration for violating the Endangered Species Act unless approval of the exploration projects is revoked within 60 days.
Only one commenter at Tuesday’s county supervisors meeting in Nogales spoke in favor of South32’s proposed mine, which she said would bring much-needed job opportunities to young people in Santa Cruz County, particularly in the Hispanic community.
Several speakers argued that no amount of economic benefit was worth the risk to the health and safety of residents.
Many Rio Rico residents have complained about being blindsided by Andrew Jackson’s massive rezoning plan, which was reviewed by the county’s Planning and Zoning Board on June 22, less than a week after a lot of people said they heard about it for the first time.
The supervisors were slated to consider Jackson’s proposal on July 11, but that hearing has since been postponed until Aug. 15.
That’s still far too soon for some county critics.
One speaker at Tuesday’s meeting said the speed at which county officials seem to be pushing the proposal is “nothing short of criminal.”
“Please slow your roll,” the man said.
Contact reporter Henry Brean at hbrean@tucson.com or 573-4283. On Twitter: @RefriedBrean
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It rarely makes sense to stand for hours alongside the hot pavement on a 110-degree Tucson day.
That held true Sunday afternoon when around 100 people gathered in the heat to protest against alleged sexual “grooming” of children.
It might have made a little sense Sunday morning, when history tells us that real grooming has taken place — and the air is cooler. But not that afternoon and especially over this non-issue.
The protesters, organized by The Bridge Christian Church, gathered outside a northwest-side Bookmans store to protest a drag story hour taking place at a secret location at that time. They carried signs that said things like “Bookmans is grooming kids with drag.”
Bookmans, the local bookstore chain, has held many drag story hours in the past, but it had to postpone this event in March, when it was initially organized, because protests instigated by The Bridge had made the event potentially unsafe, President Sean Feeney said at the time. Around the country, members of the right-wing fight club the Proud Boys and others had been interrupting similar events, intimidating participants and hosts.
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After the March postponement, a group of local congregations and others had assembled to help Bookmans hold the event. The upshot was that this time, instead of holding it at a Bookmans store, they made it an RSVP-only public event at a location only disclosed to participants.
It turned out to be at St. Francis in the Foothills United Methodist Church, near North Swan Road and East River Road.
“The decision was made before I got here, but I was fully on board,” the new pastor of the church, Rev. Michael Wilkerson, told me. “This is an open and affirming congregation.”
Beyond the intricate registration process, there were security guards on site to protect participants, Wilkerson said. About 60 people showed up, maybe 40 percent of them children.
The performer — who wore a top hat, suit, makeup and a tail — read three stories all with the theme of inclusion and tolerance, Wilkerson said.
“There was no sexual allusion of any kind,” he said.
From the beginning, the protest made little sense. Bookmans had hosted these events for years without any known negative consequences.
Theoretically, at the store, a child could have wandered into a drag story hour session without their parents and seen it on their own. But then what harm would have come the child? And on Sunday, the event would not have been accessible to any child without a parent.
So why would anyone protest? Parents have a right to think differently from members of The Bridge and other conservative evangelical churches.
Kimberly McAllister, the wife of The Bridge’s lead pastor David McAllister, told radio host Garret Lewis in March that she and friends started the protest.
Bookmans’ drag story hour, she claimed, represented “grooming.”
“They just want to push their adult agenda on children,” she said.
But let’s be real: This is part of a much bigger culture-war political push. In a backlash to changing social norms about sexual identity and gender expression, some conservative Christians have invented a reason for hatred: They say sexual minorities are trying to groom our children into becoming trans or gay or to victimize them.
You know, drag isn’t for everybody. I’ve seen performances a couple of times but never go out of my way for them and probably wouldn’t have brought my children when they were younger.
But I ought to have a right to do that without threat or intimidation and going through an elaborate registration process to visit a secret site. To use the phrase this group likes to use, we can be “mama bear” and “papa bear” to our own children — we don’t need them to butt in.
There’s something else here, though, that is especially annoying: The objections of activists from churches like The Bridge feels so much like projection.
If there’s anywhere we’ve seen “grooming” behavior, it has been in churches. The Roman Catholic Church, of course, has been a notoriously protective home for abusers. In 2004, the Diocese of Tucson was the second in the country to file for bankruptcy protection as a result of judgments in sexual abuse cases.
But Protestant churches have also been a longtime home for sexual abusers and sometimes acted as their protectors. An investigation into the Southern Baptist Convention found repeated abuse and protection of abusers throughout that network of churches, the largest Protestant denomination in the country.
One of the Southern Baptist cases was that of Chris Decaire, a youth minister at East Side Baptist Church in Tucson, who was sentenced to 79 years in prison in 2009 for sexually molesting a 13-year-old girl.
Another huge denomination, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, told a Cochise County bishop not to report ongoing sexual assault of his children by a church member, Paul Douglas Adams.
But at least those mega denominations have governing boards that grudgingly started to take the problem seriously in recent decades or years. At non-denominational churches like The Bridge, the degree of governance will differ from church to church, as will the degree of welcome for grooming and abuse.
For those who care about real-life grooming, not the pretend stuff they protested Sunday, that should be good news. They can carry out their anti-grooming activities on Sunday mornings in the air-conditioned comfort of their own church.
Tim Steller is an opinion columnist. A 25-year veteran of reporting and editing, he digs into issues and stories that matter in the Tucson area, reports the results and tells you his conclusions. Contact him at tsteller@tucson.com or 520-807-7789. On Twitter: @senyorreporter
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SEATTLE — The King County Council on Wednesday will consider "fast-tracking" the re-hiring of employees who were fired for declining the COVID-19 vaccine.
The proposal is part of a push to fill hundreds of vacant positions across departments like King County Metro, the sheriff's office and the parks department.
The proposal, sponsored by Council Member Reagan Dunn could potentially help fill those roles by prioritizing the rehiring of employees impacted by those mandates.
Last month, metro drivers reached a union deal that would fast-track rehiring employees if they were fired for not getting vaccinated.
Dunn hopes to make that the standard for anyone who works for the county.
“They'd be offered employment again, in the agencies that they were with, with all the seniority they had,” Dunn said.
The county's vaccine mandate expired on Feb. 6 after nearly two years. King County's vaccine mandate was in place since mid-2021. All county and city employees, contractors and volunteers were required to show proof they received the initial COVID-19 vaccination series.
“Now that vaccination requirements have been rolled back, this is our opportunity to bring back those public servants — especially our first responders, including law enforcement and emergency personnel— who lost their jobs,” Dunn said in February. “Especially as the County continues to struggle to hire enough deputies to fully staff our Sheriff’s Office, we should focus on bringing back and retaining the high-quality, experienced employees that we very much need to fully staff our work.”
Officials said more than 98% of King County’s nearly 15,000 employees provided proof of vaccination at the time the mandate launched, along with nearly 4,000 employees hired since the mandate was instituted. Less than 2% were separated at that time due to the requirement.
According to the Department of Human Resources, 281 county employees were separated due to noncompliance with the vaccine mandate, including 33 in the King County Sheriff’s Office. As of August 2022, Dunn said 120 deputy positions remain vacant.
King County Metro had the most terminations of any department, losing 110 employees to the requirement. The agency is still working to hire nearly 40 vehicle maintenance staff and 100 bus operators, Dunn said.
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EAST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Two people are facing charges in connection with a body found along state Route 403 in Indiana County over the weekend, Pennsylvania State Police said.
According to state police, Daryl Vincent Lee, 44, from Johnstown, was found along state Route 403 in East Wheatfield Township in the early morning hours of July 14.
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Officials said Lee had a fatal gunshot wound and is believed to be the victim of a homicide.
Justin Allen Green, 41, and Brooke Ashley Pullin, 30, both from Johnstown, are facing charges in connection with the homicide case.
Green is facing charges of criminal homicide and first degree robbery as well as misdemeanor charges of abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, false ID to law enforcement and receiving stolen property.
Pullin is facing misdemeanor charges of abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, false ID to law enforcement and receiving stolen property.
Green is being held in the Cambria County Prison without bond. Pullin is being held in the Cambria County Prison on a $150,000 bond.
Both preliminary hearings are scheduled for Aug. 1.
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PITTSBURGH — The Borough of Braddock is leaving the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Act 47 distressed municipality status program, 35 years after it first was placed there.
The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development made the announcement Wednesday, saying the Allegheny County borough has taken steps to boost its financial situation.
Braddock’s time in Act 47 began on June 15, 1988, when the borough couldn’t pay employees and liabilities following the implosion of its tax base and economy.
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PITTSBURGH — Jurors returned to the courtroom Wednesday morning as the final phase of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial continues.
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In the final phase of the trial, family members have the opportunity to speak for the first time about their loss and grief.
Ten witnesses spoke in court on Tuesday, and lots of tears were shed.
Robin Maher, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center Director, told Channel 11 it’s likely we will see some repeat witnesses from the defense as they dive deeper into Bowers’ mental health.
The judge anticipates about two to three weeks before the jury makes its final decision on whether Bowers will be sentenced to life in prison or death.
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The first witness to take the stand Wednesday was Sharyn Stein, Dan Stein’s wife.
Sharyn said that Stein was a humble person who lived his life simply. He didn’t ask for a lot but people gave him a lot and he responded to that.
On losing her husband, she said, “My world has fallen apart. Danny and I were a team. We were together for 46 years and a part of me is not there now.”
The second person to take the stand was Joseph Stein, Dan’s son, who said he was testifying for himself and his sister.
Joseph said his father taught him right from wrong, responsibility and a good work ethic.
“It’s all a constant reminder,” he said about losing his father. “Today is my birthday. It was always a tradition for us all to have dinner together. Now my dad is not here. I never really realized what true loss is until that person is not there anymore.”
The third witness was Officer Tim Matson, who talked about his injuries.
“At first it was hard to grasp. Seeing all the hardware, I was just wondering, “Will I ever be normal again?’” he said.
He said that at one point, he was so depressed, he didn’t know if he wanted to live.
The next witness was Michele Rosenthal, a sister of David and Cecil Rosenthal.
They were her older brothers and they looked out for her, Michele said.
Her brothers embraced Judaism from a young age, she said. Michele testified that David and Cecil couldn’t read, but knew the hymns by heart and would lead services at the synagogue.
A video statement from Elie Rosenthal, their father, was played in the courtroom.
“I am convinced that losing a child is the most painful and unnatural experience any parent would have to endure. We as parents would have given our lives over a thousand times to have them back with us today,” he said, in part.
The fifth witness to take the stand was Andrea Wedner, Rose Mallinger’s daughter and a survivor.
Wedner said she was a dental hygienist for over 40 years but could not return to work after the shooting due to her injuries.
The doctors described her injuries as severe and non-life threatening but to her, they were devastating and her life would never be the same
Wedner said there was shrapnel throughout her body, which can still be seen on x-rays and remains in her body today.
Wedner said she does not go to services regularly, because can’t go without her mom.
“I’m haunted by what happened to me and what I saw and heard that day,” she said.
If you or someone you know is experiencing mental health effects from the trial, go to 1027healingpartnership.org to find help resources. As always, call 911 to report threats.
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PITTSBURGH — There’s no word yet on demolition going forward in Shadyside.
But according to a Tuesday filing in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Judge Alan Hertzberg has denied a filing by the East Liberty Valley Historical Society and a group of neighborhood residents lead by architect Rob Pfaffmann petitioning the court for an emergency stay on demolishing the former Shady Avenue Presbyterian Church at 241 Shady Ave., a former church dating to early in the 20th century.
It’s a church property owned by the Lardo family of Icon Building and Development that neighbors what is now a fully cleared site where the former Shady Hill Center will soon be replaced by the new Meridian mixed-use project by Echo Realty.
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BALTIMORE — While there's still no Mega Millions jackpot winner, two people in Maryland have become millionaires in the process.
The next drawing is Friday with a $720 million jackpot at stake.
Meanwhile here in Baltimore someone purchased a ticket at Lobby Shop on N. Charles Street for Tuesday night's drawing.
For an extra dollar the buyer decided to add a Megaplier, which if lucky would quadruple their winnings.
The low-risk gamble certainly paid off, as the ticket turned out to be worth $1 million.
Yet, because the player bought the Megaplier, the total prize increased to $4 million.
That wasn't the only lucky Mega Millions ticket sold in the area.
Over in Catonsville another player walked away with a million bucks from a ticket purchased at National Pike Fuel on Baltimore National Pike.
In this case the winner chose not to go with the Megaplier, that would have made them $3 million richer.
Last night’s winning numbers were 19, 22, 31, 37 and 54.
Both local winners had tickets matching all five numbers, but missed on the Mega Ball which was 18. Each has 182 days to claim their prize.
The Mega Millions jackpot was last hit in Maryland in March 2014, when someone in La Plata split $414 million with other winning players in Florida.
Mega Millions tickets are sold in 47 states and jurisdictions. Odds of winning a $1 million prize are 1 in 12 million.
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EUSTIS, Fla. – Eustis police are asking for help locating a missing 15-year-old girl.
Police said Candace Braddock was last seen on Monday around 10:15 p.m. in the Lakeview Avenue area wearing a dark-colored shirt and ripped jeans.
Anyone with information on the location of Braddock is asked to contact the Eustis Police Department at 352-483-5400.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Supporters and critics filled a meeting Wednesday as the Florida Board of Education gathered to approve new rules for the upcoming school year.
The meeting was held at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando.
The first action item on the agenda was approving new course standards for social studies covering African American History.
The move received backlash from some and it came after the state rejected an AP African American history test earlier in the year.
“We don’t see how our founding fathers wanted to continue some of the slave actions. How the people of the south, the civil war, how they demanded we keep slavery in America,” one commenter said.
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Among the other agenda items were topics that included student pronouns and bathroom choices.
The board is set to approve the prohibition of using pronouns outside of a student’s biological sex in schools. That means male students will be referred to as “he/him,” and female students will be referred to as “she/her.”
Governor DeSantis supports the rule changes and spoke about them at a presidential campaign event in South Carolina earlier this week.
“It is wrong to tell a second grader that they may have been born in the wrong body, or that their gender is a choice,” DeSantis said.
State representative Anna Eskamani spoke against the new rules and said they would be harmful to the families of LGBTQ students.
“As people perpetuate this philosophy of parents rights, we should respect the rights of every parent, not push our perspectives and ideologies onto everyone else,” Eskamani said.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – The first day of school is Aug. 10 in many Central Florida counties, which means it’s time to start thinking about what the kids need for class.
Florida’s back-to-school sales tax holiday starts Monday, July 24, and runs through Sunday, Aug. 6.
For that two-week period, Floridians will not pay sales tax on certain clothes, shoes, school supplies, learning aids and even computers.
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Most stores will be involved with the sales tax holiday, but stores can opt out of the holiday if less than 5% of their gross sales is on products that would be affected.
In addition, theme parks, airports, entertainment complexes and public lodging establishments do not take part in the sales tax holiday.
Clothing
Clothes, footwear and accessories will be tax-exempt during the sales tax holiday, provided they have a sales price of $100 or less per item.
This includes not only standard clothing, but also uniforms, formalwear, graduation caps and gowns and athletic or fitness clothes. It does not include fishing or ski boots, swim fins, skates or athletic padding.
All items must be purchased, they cannot be rented.
Also included are certain bags, including handbags, backpacks, fanny packs and diaper bags. It does not include duffel bags, luggage, cosmetic bags or briefcases.
It also does not include jewelry, watches, umbrellas or handkerchiefs, nor does it include any non-prescription glasses like sunglasses, goggles or safety glasses.
Wigs are also not part of the sales tax holiday.
School supplies
No sales tax will be due during the holiday period on any school supply item sold for $50 or less.
That includes binders, calculators, notebooks, crayons, markers or colored pencils, pens or pencils, lunch boxes, folders or scissors.
However, computer or printer paper, books, correction fluid and masking tape will all incur sales tax.
Learning aids
Learning aids priced $30 or less will be exempt from sales taxes during the holiday period.
That includes any educational game, such as matching or memory games, stacking blocks, toys that teach reading or math skills, flashcards and puzzles or puzzle books.
Personal computers and accessories
Computers and accessories priced $1,500 or less are exempt from sales tax during the holiday period.
The items purchased must be used for personal and noncommercial reasons.
Examples of accessories include cables, car adapters, tablets, computer batteries, computer parts, printers, ink cartridges, headphones, microphones and web cameras.
It does not include regular batteries, cases or computer bags, paper, digital cameras, gaming systems, smartphones or televisions.
For a complete list of all items included and not included in the sales tax holiday, head to the Florida Department of Revenue website.
A second back-to-school sales tax holiday will take place Jan. 1-14, 2024, before students return to school from the winter holidays.
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A father was killed and two other people left injured after a stabbing outside a Brooklyn bodega, according to police.
Police responded to a 911 call at the corner of Roebling Street and South 9th Street in Williamsburg around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. When officers arrived, they found a 36-year-old man stabbed in the neck, a 45-year-old man slashed to the neck and back, and a 27-year-old woman with a cut to her wrist.
The man who had been stabbed in the neck, later identified as Severiano Reyes, was rushed to the hospital, where he died, police said. The other two victims were also taken to the hospital and are expected to recover.
Witnesses said some kind of heated argument broke out in the leadup to the stabbing. It was not clear if the victims knew each other. Those who live in the area said Reyes used to live in the neighborhood, and a family member at the scene said the slain father was married with two children.
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No arrests have yet been made. An investigation is ongoing.
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- The gunman who rode on a scooter while opening fire in multiple New York City neighbors earlier this month, seemingly at random, ultimately killing one man and injuring three others, was charged Wednesday in a 14-count indictment with murder and five counts of attempted murder, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office.
- Thomas Abreu, 25, a Brooklyn resident, was charged with murder in the second degree, five counts of attempted murder in the second degree, two counts of assault in the first degree, three counts of attempted assault in the first degree, two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
- If convicted, Abreu faces up to life in prison.
The gunman who rode on a scooter while opening fire in multiple New York City neighbors earlier this month, seemingly at random, ultimately killing one man and injuring three others, was charged Wednesday in a 14-count indictment with murder and five counts of attempted murder, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office.
Thomas Abreu, 25, a Brooklyn resident, was charged with murder in the second degree, five counts of attempted murder in the second degree, two counts of assault in the first degree, three counts of attempted assault in the first degree, two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. If convicted, Abreu faces up to life in prison.
The shooting spree began at Ashford Street and Arlington Avenue around 11 a.m. in Cypress Hills on July 8. A 21-year-old man was walking when he was shot once in the shoulder. He was transported to Brookdale Hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injures, police said.
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"Detectives from the 75th precinct responded to the scene with patrol. As they began to process the scene, they came across video that shows a male Hispanic approach our victim from behind on a scooter, raises his hands one time and fires one time striking our victim," NYPD Assistant Chief Joseph Kenny said at a subsequent press conference.
Then, around 11:26 a.m., an 86-year-old man was walking on Jamaica Avenue near 108th Street when he was shot multiple times in the back. According to the district attorney's office, Abreu was observed by video surveillance cameras and an eyewitness on 108th Street and Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill riding a scooter and wearing a green shirt and a fanny pack on his shoulder. It was in this area that he approached 86-year-old Hamod Saeidi and shot him in the back, according to the charges. Saeidi was transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and pronounced dead, police said.
At approximately the same time and at the same location, Abreu, still riding a scooter, fired at a pedestrian walking a dog on the sidewalk and at another pedestrian crossing the street, the district attorney's office said. Neither was struck, but the shootings were captured on video surveillance.
"Numerous witnesses described the male on a scooter randomly firing at a group of people that was standing on the corner of 108th St and Jamaica Avenue," the assistant chief said.
Around 11:35 a.m., the suspect shot a 44-year-old man at 126th Street and Hillside Avenue on the Kew Gardens-Richmond Hill border. According to the charges presented by the district attorney's office, Abreu pulled his scooter up next to a parked minivan and shot the driver at close range once in the head. The victim was taken to a hospital and is currently in serious condition. video surveillance showed Abreu on 126th Street and Hillside Avenue.
Minutes later, the suspect shot a 63-year-old man in the shoulder at 134th Street and Jamaica Avenue. He was transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center with serious, non-life threatening injuries.
Abreu was arrested at around 1 p.m. after NYPD officers saw him at Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue on his scooter wearing a green shirt and fanny pack -- arresting him after a foot pursuit. Subsequently, cops allegedly found a loaded pistol with an extended clip and a fanny pack with additional ammunition.
Additionally, according to the district attorney citing the charges, Abreu is alleged to have also shot a pedestrian in Brooklyn earlier that same day.
At a media briefing following the harrowing events, police said the suspect had at least one prior arrest in the city.
What prompted the suspect's daytime rampage across multiple boroughs is not yet clear. NYPD officials said footage obtained in the hours immediately following the shooting appear to show "randomly shooting."
Attorney information for Abreu was not immediately known.
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5 people exposed to possible fentanyl contamination at Tucson jail
A jail in Tucson was forced to pause operations for two hours on Tuesday morning after five people were exposed to a "possible fentanyl contamination," the Pima County Sheriff's Department said.
According to a statement, the Pima County Adult Detention Complex booking area closed from 9:10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. due to the incident.
The Sheriff's Department said that a corrections officer had been performing a search on a female inmate and found "controlled substances" on her person.
"The substances were tested and were positive for xylazine and fentanyl. Xylazine, also known as 'tranq,' is a sedative that is used on animals for veterinary procedures and is known as a substance of abuse," the sheriff's office said.
Five people in total were exposed, three of them being corrections officers. All were eventually medically cleared, officials said.
Officials said the Marana Police Department had arrested the woman on suspicion of two counts of drug possession and a failure to appear for a warrant. Following the situation on Tuesday, charges of narcotics possession and promoting prison contraband were added.
The booking area was reopened after proper decontamination efforts were taken.
No other information was released.
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When is the next Mega Millions drawing? No big July 18 winner. Jackpot cracks $720 million
Another lottery jackpot is growing in size, the Mega Millions has now climbed to an estimated $720 million, with a cash option of $369.6 million for Friday night's drawing.
The pool of prize money has been growing since April, when a lucky lottery player in New York won the Mega Millions jackpot.
Lottery players looking to be America's next millionaire will have their shot at the prize during the next Mega Millions drawing later this week on July 21.
Before you go out and purchase your ticket, here is everything you need to know about playing the Mega Millions, where to purchase a ticket and how to watch the results of the next draw.
What were the Mega Millions winning numbers for July 18, 2023?
The winning numbers for Tuesday night's drawing were 19, 22, 31, 37, 54 and 18. The Megaplier was 4X.
Did anyone win Mega Millions July 18, 2023?
No one matched all six numbers for the estimated $640 million jackpot for Tuesday night's drawing. However, you do not need to match all six white balls to win a prize on the Mega Millions.
There were eight tickets that matched five of the white balls winning the $1 million prize and more players who won smaller prizes.
How much is the Mega Millions jackpot now?
Because no one hit it big on this last draw, the jackpot has now grown to an estimated $720 million, with a cash option of $369.6 million.
When is the next Mega Millions drawing?
The next opportunity to win the Mega Millions jackpot is on Friday, July 21.
When are Mega Millions drawing days?
Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. ET or 8 p.m. Arizona time.
What time is the next Mega Millions drawing in Arizona?
Mega Millions drawings are at 11 p.m. ET or 8 p.m. Arizona time.
How to watch the next Mega Millions drawing in Arizona
You can watch the drawing of the next Mega Million live by streaming at MegaMillions.com.
Where to buy Mega Millions tickets in Arizona
Mega Millions tickets are sold in 47 different jurisdictions across the U.S., including most states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with the exception of Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah.
You can buy a ticket at your local gas station, convenience store or grocery store. You can find a retailer using the Arizona Lottery's finder tool.
Mega Millions tickets are sold in 47 different jurisdictions across the U.S., including most states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with the exception of Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah.
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Another Phoenix heat record has been broken. Here's our tally of all the records broken during heat wave
The list of broken heat records in the Phoenix area keeps getting longer with another record broken on Wednesday morning and three more on Tuesday.
Arizona's current heat wave is different from all the ones in the past because of how long it has extended, said meteorologist Matthew Hirsch with the National Weather Service in Phoenix. The heat event seems unlikely to let up anytime soon with temperatures forecast to be above 110 degrees through the weekend.
Valley residents were advised to take the heat "very seriously," and to stay indoors and hydrated as much as possible, Hirsch said. Cooling and hydration stations are open across the Valley at nonprofits, churches, libraries and recreation centers. The map of locations can be found at azmag.gov/Programs/Heat-Relief-Network.
Here are all the records Arizona's heat has broken this month.
Wednesday: All time warmest low
On Wednesday morning, Phoenix broke the all-time record warm low, with 97 degrees recorded at Sky Harbor International Airport. The new record surpasses the previous one, set in 2003, by one degree.
We've also marked the tenth day that Phoenix has not fallen under 90 degrees at night. Kenneth Kunkel, atmospheric scientist at North Carolina State University, said Tuesday "that's a record for larger U.S. cities."
'Painful to experience':Unhoused population faces brunt of scorching heatwave
Tuesday: Consecutive days at 110 or higher, highest daily record in Phoenix, warmest daily low
On Tuesday, Phoenix broke the record for most consecutive days at 110 degrees or higher. The previous record was 18 days, set in 1974. Wednesday was on track to mark the 20th day at or above 110 degrees.
Temperatures in Phoenix reached 118 degrees, breaking the daily record of 115 degrees set in 1989.
Another record was broken Tuesday morning in Phoenix with the daily low reaching 94 degrees, 9 degrees hotter than normal and breaking the record-warm low for the day.
Monday: Longest stretch of days with lows at 90 or above
Monday marked the eighth day in a row with a low temperature above 90 degrees, breaking the record for the longest stretch of consecutive days with lows 90 degrees and above, which was seven days.
Over the weekend: Record lows and highs, days with overnight temperatures over 90
Nine locations in northern Arizona, including Flagstaff, Payson and Page, set new daily record highs on Sunday. The Flagstaff Airport was only one degree short of tying its all-time record high temperature of 97 degrees.
On Friday, the Tucson airport recorded a low temperature above 85 degrees for four days in a row, breaking the previous record of three days.
Tucson also broke a daily record high on Sunday, reaching 111 degrees and surpassing the previous record by one degree.
Saturday tied the record high of 118 degrees for that date in the Phoenix area.
Last week: Record highs, longest stretch under an excessive heat warning for Tucson and Phoenix
- Thursday broke another record. The high temperature at Sky Harbor Airport was 114, seven degrees above normal.
- On July 8, the Phoenix area broke the record for the most days under an excessive heat warning, which started on July 1 and was still in place as of July 19. The number of days of the current warning has doubled Phoenix's past record, which was eight days.
- On July 10, Tucson also broke the excessive heat warning record by a few hours, with a warning that lasted close to seven days — six days, 16 hours — from July 2 through July 9. The past record was set in August 2020 with a warning that impacted the area for six days and 10 hours.
Hot weather tips
The Arizona Department of Health Services provided tips to prevent heat-related illness:
- Drink water: It is recommended to drink at least 2 liters of water per day if people are staying inside all day. Those who spend time outdoors should drink 1 to 2 liters per hour they are outside.
- Dress for the heat: wear light-weight and light-colored clothing. Sunscreen should always be applied to exposed skin and it is recommended to wear a hat or use an umbrella when outdoors.
- Eat small meals and eat more often: They recommend avoiding foods high in protein that increase metabolic heat
- Monitor those at risk: Check on friends, family or others for signs of heat exhaustion or heat stroke.
- Slow down and avoid strenuous activity: It is recommended to only do strenuous activity during the coolest hours of the day, between 4 and 7 a.m.
- Stay indoors
- Take breaks when engaged in physical activity: Take a break in a cool place when doing activity outside on a hot day.
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3 detained after search near East McDowell Road and North 64th Street, roads reopened
Three people were detained on Wednesday following an early morning shooting that prompted a Phoenix and Scottsdale police search, resulting in short closures near East McDowell Road and North 64th Street.
Phoenix police spokesperson Sgt. Phil Krynsky said the incident began at around 3:45 a.m. when officers received a call from someone who said they had been shot near 7th Street and Desert Lane and were following the shooter's vehicle.
A responding officer located the two people in the car and attempted to pull them over, but the pursuit continued until they reached an apartment complex near 64th Street and McDowell Road.
Krynsky said both occupants got out of the car as air units patrolled overhead, and one was taken into custody while the second remained outstanding. It is unclear how the second suspect got away. Police have not identified anyone involved.
Just before 9:30 a.m., Krynsky told The Arizona Republic that three people had since been detained and no one else is believed to be outstanding.
According to the statement, the person who reported the incident was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
As the search continued, westbound McDowell Road was closed at 68th Street and eastbound McDowell was closed at 64th Street from East McDowell Road to Hubbell Street.
The roadway has since reopened.
Police advised people to avoid the area.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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