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INDIANAPOLIS — 13Sports Director Dave Calabro was on the north side this week, taking his search for your positive, uplifting stories to the Kroger in Nora.
One young man stopped by to share his excitement about this year's Special Olympics.
"Oh cool! Are you on the Special Olympics team?" Dave asked
"Yeah, softball, bowling and track!" he replied.
Dave's next visitor was happy to share some positive medical news.
"I just left the doctor's office and I have a clean bill of health," she said. "When you get as old as I am, that's really good news," she said, laughing.
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Nathaniel said he was grateful for golf.
"Yes sir, my game has gotten better," he said. "I was out practicing yesterday. My putting's up, my chipping's up. I'm gonna break 80 this year!"
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Dave also ran into an excited pro hockey fan.
"My Avalanche brought home the Stanley Cup, baby!" she said.
You can see all of Dave's Nora visit in the media player above and check out some previous good news stories in the links below. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/good-news/tell-us-your-good-news-nora-positive-uplifiting-calabro/531-94e9807d-3565-42e9-99ae-c6f19cc0d16a | 2022-07-01T01:02:52 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/good-news/tell-us-your-good-news-nora-positive-uplifiting-calabro/531-94e9807d-3565-42e9-99ae-c6f19cc0d16a |
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A Seminole County judge was suspended after cursing at a defendant and filing consecutive wrongful contempt orders in two separate cases earlier this year, a recommendation filed Wednesday shows.
Court records indicate Seminole County Judge Wayne Culver was suspended for a 60 days without pay, given a public reprimand and mandated to complete anger and stress management courses by The Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission as a result of an Investigative Panel of the Commission looking into the January and February incidents in court.
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These disciplinary decision come months after Culver swore at a defendant whom he believed was interrupting his proceedings on Feb. 10, 2022.
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A video shows the defendant walking into the gallery to prepare for his hearing later that day before Culver says, “Sir, I’m doing something. Can you shut up and sit down?” and interrupts the man when he explains he is trying to find a seat.
“”That’s not shutting up. You want to be held in contempt and go to jail?” Culver continued before subsequently shouting, “I asked you a f------ question, a------.”
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The judge later apologized “for using profanity,” explaining that was the first time he had lost his temper in the courtroom.
A month prior on Jan. 25, court documents show Culver gave improper jail sentences and made comments “lacking the dignity and courtesy expected and required of judges” toward a man representing himself in a dating violence hearing.
The commission said Culver told the litigant to listen to him because his words were the most important “you’ll ever hear as long as you live as (an) organism on this planet.”
“Every time you interrupt her, or any time you interrupt me-- and you’re not even letting me finish my sentence...every time you do it, I’m going to hold you in contempt and I’m gonna give you 179 days in jail,” Culver said. “And every time you do it, I’m gonna add a consecutive six-month sentence-- you keep on interrupting us, you’re going to have to have the jail renamed after you.”
Culver then proceeded to wrongly file three consecutive contempt sentences, which would result in a total of 537 days in jail for the litigant.
According to the commission, Culver later recognized the imposing consecutive sentences were “legally improper” and initially decided to sentence the man to only 179 days in jail before vacating the order completely in May.
The commission found Culver’s actions “represent a concerning pattern of failing to uphold the high standards of conduct expected of judges.”
Despite the findings, court documents also added, “Judge Culver has cooperated fully, accepted full responsibility, and acknowledged that such conduct should have never occurred. Judge Culver regrets that his actions have cast a negative light on the judiciary and the judicial system.”
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Judge Wayne Culver Disciplinary Findings by Sam Dunne on Scribd
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INDIANAPOLIS — A law banning transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams in schools goes into effect Friday.
The American Civil Liberties Union has asked for an injunction on the law. Thursday, they filed their reply in support of their motion. The case now goes to a judge.
"I'm not sure why the state has chosen to pick on kids who are just trying to live their lives and who are really adversely affected when society refuses to treat them according to their gender identity," said ACLU Indiana legal director Ken Falk.
Falk and the ACLU are fighting for one 10-year-old girl to play softball. The ACLU filed the injunction on girl's behalf.
"This law makes no sense. Why deny a fifth grader the right to play softball?" said Falk.
Falk said the law won't apply to the child until August when her softball season starts. They hope to have a decision by then.
"She certainly isn't the best on the team, but she gets a lot of social support by playing with the other girls," said Falk.
Thursday, the ACLU filed their reply in support of their motion so the case will be ready for the judge. They didn't expect a ruling by Friday.
Regardless, Falk said the evidence doesn't show there has ever been a problem.
"The IHSAA does have a policy that allows transgender students to play if they meet certain standards, but only one transgender girl has ever applied in the five years since the policy has been in effect and that person withdrew," said Falk.
Falk said this is about more than sports.
"I think the idea that we are going to tell a 10-year-old not only you can't play softball, that's one thing, but you have to admit to people who have no idea that your gender assigned at birth was not female. That's really cruel," said Falk.
Falk hopes things are resolved quickly in their favor so the girl can get back to having fun with her team. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/aclu-case-against-indiana-law-banning-transgender-girls-girls-sports-teams/531-c5b8016e-2157-4d6b-aacc-89184f7f280a | 2022-07-01T01:02:58 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/aclu-case-against-indiana-law-banning-transgender-girls-girls-sports-teams/531-c5b8016e-2157-4d6b-aacc-89184f7f280a |
ORLANDO, Fla. – With Roe v. Wade back in the hands of individual states, your health and cell phone data could find itself in the hands of law enforcement should they decide to prosecute under illegal abortion statutes.
“This is how crimes are prosecuted in the modern age,” News 6 legal expert Steven Kramer said. “How many cases do we see where people are searching about how to commit a crime or how to cover up a crime, and that search comes into evidence?”
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Kramer says, depending on individual state law, prosecution could also extend to anyone who helps someone get an abortion, and he contends that texts, location data, Google searches, social media posts and phone calls are all digital paper trails law enforcement could access if they get your phone or computer.
“If they get to it quickly enough, sometimes they can even get to deleted data,” said Paul Debogorski, a digital forensic expert who is called in by investigators when they need phone data dissected.
According to Debogorski, health data collected by apps like fertility trackers could also fair game when it comes to gathering evidence.
“A lot of people assume that, ‘Oh, it’s medical data, you know, it is covered under H.I.P.A.A.,’ and it is not,” Debogorski told News 6.
H.I.P.A.A, otherwise known as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is a federal law that requires doctors to protect a patient’s health information. However, experts argue that an app is not your doctor.
“There are ways that this information can be weaponized against you,” said Deven McGraw, a health privacy expert with more than 15 years of experience who previously served as the head of the Health and Human Service’s H.I.P.A.A. department.
Point blank: McGraw says H.I.P.A.A. protections do not historically extend to apps and websites.
“The overturning of Roe v. Wade has really brought it into sharper focus, that this kind of data does not have sufficient protections,” said McGraw.
“And it is not just limited to abortion data. It is really any kind of sensitive data that you’re trying to preserve for your private life or to keep from being prosecuted and thrown in jail.”
Fertility tracking apps, like BellaBeat, have announced privacy encryption features that will provide “protection of their users’ data so the company will never be hacked or forced to turn over readable versions of their consumers’ cycle and fertility data,” a company spokesperson told News 6 in a statement.
However, incognito or anonymous mode still does not completely protect your identity, according to McGraw.
“It definitely helps, but being anonymous on the internet is a really hard concept,” he said. “While they might not be revealing your name, they probably have the device ID on the phone that you are using, and all the data is usually linked to that ID.”
So how can you make your data more secure? Debogorski says to turn off your location services, and only use it when you have to.
“If you leave it on at all times, then basically it keeps track of everywhere you go, and everywhere you have been,” said Debogorski.
He says to be careful what you post online, since that digital paper trail could later be used against you.
When it comes to prosecution of individuals or accomplices who help someone get an illegal abortion, Kramer advises folks to proceed with caution since every case has its own nuances, and to know the laws of whatever state they are currently in when an incident happens.
“What you do in Florida is going to be enforceable under Florida and federal law,” said Kramer. “What you do in Texas, is going to be enforceable under Texas and federal law.” | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/01/can-police-use-health-data-to-investigate-an-illegal-abortion-what-experts-say/ | 2022-07-01T01:02:58 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/01/can-police-use-health-data-to-investigate-an-illegal-abortion-what-experts-say/ |
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – When the Disney Wish sets sail on its maiden voyage in July, guests will take part in a number of magical new experiences from the worlds of Star Wars, Frozen, Marvel and so much more.
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Among the exciting additions on the Disney Wish are some special new cabins and categories for families to choose from. For the first time ever, a suite will be found inside the ship’s iconic red Mickey Mouse funnel near the front of the ship.
“It’s beautifully themed after the film ‘Moana,’ and what is very unique about it is that it’s in one of the ship’s funnels, a first in the industry, and the first time we have done that,” said Pilar Arroyos, Senior Manager of Marketing and Sales for Disney Cruise Line.
During a tour on the christening cruise, media and a select number of guests were allowed inside to see the Wish Tower Suite.
The two-story stateroom can sleep up to three people comfortably and includes four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, kitchen, dining area and beautiful staircase with gold accents.
The suite provides a stunning wow factor unlike any other stateroom onboard the new ship. Each room, with their subtle hints to the Polynesian-inspired film “Moana,” simply proves that Disney Imagineers looked at every detail when designing it.
“It’s a dream and a wish come true,” Arroyos explained. “When you walk in for the first time, when I walked in for the first time, it was an emotional moment.”
In addition to the Wish Tower Suite, Disney Cruise Line is also introducing staterooms that celebrate the world of Disney Animation’s “Sleeping Beauty,” with two Princess Aurora Royal Suites and two Briar Rose Royal Suites.
Each pair includes a single-floor option and a two-story configuration, the first of their kind for the Disney fleet.
The two-story staterooms sleep up to six people and include two bedrooms, three bathrooms, kitchen, dining room, double sleeper sofa in the living room, veranda with a pool and a beautiful spiral staircase.
New for the Disney Wish, Walt Disney Imagineers have created every stateroom with the soft, dreamlike worlds and restful imagery of enchanted Disney fairytales through glittering gold-leafed headboard murals and framed pieces commissioned exclusively for the Disney Wish.
Some staterooms themes include Princess Tiana, Cinderella, Frozen, Ariel and others.
Quick room tour on the Disney Wish. #DisneyCruise #DisneyWish #DisneyChristening pic.twitter.com/uOV3PDxv1A
— Landon McReynolds (@LandonProducer) June 29, 2022
“I hope families take home a wow factor, and memories that live with them for a lifetime and a huge desire to come back and to take in the beauty of the Disney Wish, and all of our ships in the Disney Cruise Line,” Arroyos concluded. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/01/inside-look-at-the-magical-suites-on-the-disney-wish/ | 2022-07-01T01:03:05 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/01/inside-look-at-the-magical-suites-on-the-disney-wish/ |
WINTER PARK, Fla. – It’s the Sonic Prep Player of the Week, and this week, News 6 is hitting the waters of England with the Winter Park crew team.
The ladies are competing in the famous Henley Royal Regatta this week, and they’re tearing it up.
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They won their heat Wednesday and followed that up with Thursday’s huge win over the reigning champs in the Prince Phillip Cup challenge.
News 6 caught up with these young ladies before their trip, and they could not wait for this royal opportunity.
“Now that we get to compete at the actual Henley and not just the women’s side of it, I think it’s really special,” said Winter Park coxswain Delaney Gardner. “And just to be able to have that level of competitiveness over at England — I mean, you’re side-by-side with two crews. It’s gonna be head-and-head, and I’m just, I’m really amped up.” | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/01/sonic-prep-players-of-the-week-winter-park-crew-team/ | 2022-07-01T01:03:11 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/01/sonic-prep-players-of-the-week-winter-park-crew-team/ |
The nation’s highest court handed down another big decision on Thursday.
The U.S. Supreme Court is giving the Biden administration the ability to end the so-called "Remain in Mexico" policy that has forced thousands of migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. to wait in Mexico for their hearings.
Immigration advocates are claiming victory but also demanding action.
“We need the Biden administration to act swiftly and for not a single person to be added into the Remain in Mexico program following this decision,” said Adrianna Quiroga, policy and government affairs strategist for RAICE, a legal services provider and Texas immigrant advocacy nonprofit.
RAICES says they’re prepared to help any of the estimated 70,000 migrants who have been waiting to claim asylum in the U.S.
The migrants, mostly Central American and Haitians, have been living in filthy makeshift camps along the U.S. Mexico border awaiting the opportunity to come into the U.S. and wait for their court proceedings.
The court’s decision allows the Biden administration to move forward with ending the policy officially known as Migrant Protection Protocols, or MPP.
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President Donald Trump launched the program in 2019 to deter a wave of asylum seekers at the border.
President Joe Biden vowed to end the program during his presidential campaign, but once he was in office and tried to end the program, two states including Texas filed a lawsuit.
The case, Biden vs. Texas, ended up in the U.S. Supreme Court which handed Mr. Biden the victory with a 5-4 vote.
“It is important to understand that the decision that the Supreme Court made today does not open the door, the floodgates, for the border,” said immigration attorney Haim Vasquez.
Vasquez says there are countless policies still in place that immigration authorities use to determine whether undocumented migrants are to be allowed into the country or turned away immediately, including Title 42.
Title 42 is the CDC public health policy that has allowed for the immediate expulsion of migrants back to their home countries or to Mexico in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19.
The controversial policy remains in place as the issue winds its way through the court system.
“Remain in Mexico and Title 42, we see them targeting mainly Black and brown migrants at the border,” said Quiroga. “We see them hindering folks’ ability to properly seek asylum in this country. So, they do go hand in hand and they’re both incredibly inhumane policies.”
Asked if she believes the Biden administration will move quickly to end MPP before the midterm elections, Quiroga did not appear sure.
“We were going to fight until it does, and we're prepared to continue to advocate and push the Biden administration on the promises that he's made to voters,” she said. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/details-in-ruling-against-texas-over-immigration/3004847/ | 2022-07-01T01:03:30 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/details-in-ruling-against-texas-over-immigration/3004847/ |
DALLAS — Inside the Dallas County Jail, there are more than 360 prisoners found incompetent to stand trial who are awaiting a bed in a state mental hospital.
On average, a male prisoner found incompetent to stand trial waits about 795 days to get a bed in a maximum-security state hospital. The wait time for a female prisoner in the same situation is about 230 days.
“The wait is just incredibly long,” said defense attorney Stara Roemer.
A judge ruled one of her clients incompetent in February 2021. The judge ordered that he be sent to a state mental hospital for treatment. He is still waiting in jail more than 460 days later.
“There's no end in sight,” Roemer said. “And that's another one of the problems... you have literally no idea when their number’s gonna finally be called.”
WFAA first detailed the lengthy wait times for state hospital beds in 2016, highlighting the case of Thomas Johnson.
Johnson, a former Texas A&M football player, ambushed and hacked to death a White Rock Lake jogger in 2015.
A judge had found the diagnosed schizophrenic incompetent to stand trial and ordered him to be sent to a mental hospital, but there was no available bed for months.
“When there's not enough beds, that's a crisis that I think we all need to be concerned about,” his then-attorney, Jennifer Balido, said in a 2016 interview.
Johnson eventually got a bed in a state mental hospital and eventually stood trial for murder. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 2019.
For years, wait times have been lengthy, but state officials say those wait times have been exacerbated by the pandemic.
In 2020, the wait time for a maximum-security bed in Texas was 270 days. It’s now 514 days, state officials said.
The wait time in 2020 for a minimum-security bed was about 3-and-a-half months. It’s now 230 days, or 7-and-a-half months, according to state officials.
Currently, there are more than 2,300 people waiting for a state hospital bed in county jails across Texas.
While those prisoners await a bed, it’s left to county taxpayers to pay the bills while they languish in jail.
“That’s unacceptable,” said Dallas County Commissioner Theresa Daniel. “I don’t care how you cut it.”
Daniel told WFAA it costs about $67 on average a day for the county to house a prisoner. But if a prisoner needs health care or mental health services, the cost jumps to about $120 a day.
“Do the math,” she said. “It’s very expensive.”
In the Bexar County jail, there are more than 220 prisoners waiting on a state mental hospital bed. That’s almost double the number from a year ago, said Mike Lozito, director of the county’s Office of Criminal Justice Policy, Planning & Programs.
Lozito said the state is failing in its responsibility to “restore individuals back to competency so they can stand trial.”
“The person is waiting” for treatment, Lozito said. “Sometimes they’re waiting longer than what their sentence would be...Because of their mental health issues, they're not getting their fair day in court.”
He says it’s the state that has the responsibility to fix the problem.
State officials say they have been working to increase the number of beds. Seventy maximum-security beds are being added in Kerrville, and there are plans to build a mental hospital in Dallas with about 25 beds.
However, that number will come nowhere close to fixing what has been a systematic problem for years, critics say.
“This is not a good situation for all the counties and it's really putting everybody in a crisis,” Lozito said. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/investigates/shortage-of-beds-in-state-mental-hospitals-delays-treatment-in-dallas-county/287-e6c07fb2-b19a-46ad-9078-503da316a5dd | 2022-07-01T01:06:39 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/investigates/shortage-of-beds-in-state-mental-hospitals-delays-treatment-in-dallas-county/287-e6c07fb2-b19a-46ad-9078-503da316a5dd |
SAN ANTONIO — The alleged driver of the tractor-trailer involved in the deadliest human smuggling incident in U.S. history made his first court appearance in federal court in San Antonio.
He and another U.S. citizen could face the death penalty for their role in the deaths of 53 people.
Court documents reviewed by KHOU 11 News provide a better picture of the moments leading up to that gruesome discovery in San Antonio.
Text messages sent by the alleged driver, Homero Zamorano, helped federal investigators track down those responsible.
According to the criminal complaint, Zamorano was caught on CBP cameras driving the 18-wheeler through a checkpoint near Encinal, TX. Hours after that photo was taken, law enforcement discovered 48 dead in the semi-truck. Five would later die at local hospitals including several children.
Zamorano was spotted by police in a nearby field pretending to be one of the survivors. He's now charged with smuggling leading to the deaths of 53 people.
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Christian Martinez is also in federal custody. He's the man who investigators say repeatedly texted Zamorano that day.
At 12:17 p.m. Martinez sends Zamorano a photo of a truck manifest.
Two minutes later at 12:19 p.m., Zamorano responds, "I go to same spot".
Martinez then sends him GPS coordinates of a location near Laredo, TX.
By 1:40 p.m. Martinez texts Zamorano, "Way bro", believed to be a typo for "where you at."
Martinez never hears back from Zamorano, repeatedly following up with "call me bro" and "wya" around 6:17 p.m.
By that time first responders had descended on the scene and Zamorano was under arrest.
RELATED: Authorities: Big rig driver in deadly human smuggling case pretended to be among the injured
Court docs reveal Martinez admitted to his role in the smuggling event. He told a confidential informant the driver did not know the A/C unit was not working on the truck.
The medical examiner's office in Bexar County is still working to ID victims but some families have already been notified in their home countries, including seven Guatemalans.
Manuel Tulul lost his 13-year-old son Wilmer in the trailer. He says they were charged $6,000 by smugglers to get his son to the U.S. He begged his son not to go.
"I told him, you stay here, I work and feed you, but he told me he needed to go struggle. He wanted his house, he wanted something," Manuel said.
Martinez and two other Mexicans charged in the smuggling cases are expected in court by the end of the week. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-human-smuggling-deaths-text-messages-lead-to-drivers-accomplice/285-5f2eac0c-b6bd-4aa6-82c2-99cde8c5c1ad | 2022-07-01T01:06:45 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-human-smuggling-deaths-text-messages-lead-to-drivers-accomplice/285-5f2eac0c-b6bd-4aa6-82c2-99cde8c5c1ad |
Fireworks, races, concerts: A guide to celebrating 4th of July in the Upstate
Concerts, food trucks and bounce houses— the Upstate has no shortage of entertainment this weekend and Monday for Independence Day.
Most events are free and across many parts of the Upstate to reduce travel time to and from the events.
Here's a span of 4th of July activities in Greenville, Anderson, Pickens and Spartanburg counties:
July Fourth gas prices:How much will gas cost? When should I get gas for my road trip?
Fireworks on the Fourth at Unity Park in Greenville
- 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.
- Fireworks will go off at 9:45 p.m.
- Fireworks show at the new 60-acre park.
- "Come early, bring a blanket and picnic dinner, and enjoy a memorable evening as we honor our great country," the city said on its website.
Click here:Full event details at Unity Park
Red, White, & Blue Picnic at Fluor Field
- Sunday at Fluor Field from 5 - 7 p.m.
- a Greenville Drive game at Fluor Field and the all-you-can-eat buffet from hot dogs to mac & cheese
- Firework show after the game
- Tickets start at $25
Greenville Drive:How to get tickets, more details
Red White and Brew 5K
- Friday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Brewery 85 at 6 Whitlee Court in Greenville
- Walker, dog and stroller friendly
- $30 Race Fee + $2.74 Sign-up fee
More:Sign up here
4th Annual Family, Fun, & Fireworks Celebration at Hartness
- Friday at Greenville’s Hartness Community
- Bring your lawn chair or blanket and go to the Hartness Grand Lawn
- Food trucks, music, kids activities, music by DJJB and more with a fireworks finale
More:Register for the free event here
Independence Day Celebration in Fountain Inn
- Friday from 6 - 9:30 p.m. in Fountain Inn
- Free event at 200 N. Main St., Fountain Inn
- Live performance by Cravin Melon, food trucks, kids entertainment and fireworks at dusk
Hosted by the city:Details on their website
Celebrate Simpsonville
- Sunday in Simpsonville
- Celebrate Simpsonville will begin at 6 p.m. and gates open at 5:30 p.m.
- Held at the CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park
- Free live music and fireworks show
- Concessions and adult beverages will be available for purchase
More:Info and details
America’s 5K in Anderson
- Saturday in Anderson
- Race at the Anderson County Courthouse
- Two race options are available:
- 5k run -$25, 8:30 a.m.
- 1-mile fun run-free, 8 a.m.
More:Register for the race here
Annual Freedom Dream Walk/Run in Anderson
- 1 Mile or 5k Walk or Run on July 4 at 7:30 a.m.
- Participants-$25 includes event shirt
- Grady’s Great Outdoors, Anderson, South Carolina
Event Facebook page:View here
Party in the Park in Anderson
- Hosted by the Homeland Park Volunteer Fire Department
- Saturday Saturday
- BBQ plates, hot dogs, nachos, funnel cakes, shaved ice, boiled peanuts, cotton candy
- Live DJ, free bouncy houses
- New station open for all to visit
Follow along:Check out their Facebook page
Fireworks on Lake Hartwell
- Saturday at Big Water Marina
- Celebration starts at 11 a.m., fireworks at 9 p.m. by the marina
- Monday at Gignilliat Field, Seneca
- Fireworks at 9:30 p.m. by the city of Seneca
More info:Big Water Marina's Facebook Event
A Pickens 4th of July Celebration
- Monday, 6 - 10 p.m. at The Market at the Mill - Free Event
- The event features:
- Live Music
- Food Vendors
- Drink Vendors
- Kids Rides
- Kids Bounce Houses
- Fireworks Show
More info here:City of Pickens Facebook
Historic Easley 4th of July 2022 Festival
- On Saturday, Sunday and Monday hosted by the City of Easley & Ingles
- Line-up includes free performances by:
- Edwin McCain
- Ashland Craft
- Joe Lasher
- Kaitlyn Baker
- Carter Lybrand
- Randomonium
- Split Shot
- Blake Weinbach
- Adjacent Hays
- Easton Gowan Music
- Easley Community Band
- Eaglewing
- Carolina Highway Band
- Commodore Fox
- Mark Webb Jr
- Dixie Grey Band
- The Flashbacks
Community Fireworks Show in Travelers Rest
- Saturday at 6 p.m. with Renfrew Church, Grace Church, and UpCountry
- 951 Geer Highway in Travelers Rest
- Food Trucks will open at 6 p.m. and fireworks will start at dusk
More info:Event's Facebook page
Kids’ Bike Parade at the Travelers Rest Farmers Market
- Saturday in Travelers Rest
- Around the festival lawn at Travelers Rest Farmers Market at 10 a.m.
- All parade participants are encouraged to decorate their bikes in red, white and blue
- Cash prizes of $50 will be awarded to the Most Creative and Most Patriotic bikes
- All participants will receive a free Common Pops popsicle sponsored by the Mayor's Office of Travelers Rest
- This event is free and no registration is required
Details:TR Farmer's Market Website
Red, White and Boom in Spartanburg
- Hosted annually by the city of Spartanburg
- Begins at 6 p.m. Monday with food and music and will end with a fireworks show at 9 p.m.
More details:What to expect at Red, White and Boom
Star-Spangled Splash in Duncan
- Will be held at Shipwreck Cove, 119 S Spencer St. in Duncan. Cool off swimming in the water park and finish the night with a fireworks display
- Runs from 7 - 10 p.m. Saturday. Cost is $15 per person
Watermelon Crawl Festival in Duncan
- Will be held from 6 -9 p.m. Saturday at the Duncan Event Center, 119 S. Spencer St., Duncan
- Kids Zone ($5), food and entertainment. The fireworks start at 9:20 p.m.
Live music at Spartanburg's Fr8yard
- Will have live music featuring Angela Easterling, Hot Yoga and Run Fox Run.
- The Barnet Park fireworks display can be viewed from the open-air venue.
Lake Bowen Fourth of July parade
- Will be held from 2-4 p.m. Monday. If you don't have access to a boat, you can watch the parade at the Lake Bowen Landing.
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They took puppy along for the ride. Then they were held up at gunpoint in Romulus.
Romulus police are seeking tips to find three people accused of stealing a puppy from its owners this week.
Officers were called to the 15000 block of Plain Way around 8:40 p.m. Wednesday and met with a mobile locksmith, who told them she and her husband had been robbed at gunpoint by three males, the Police Department said in a statement.
"It is alleged that one of the suspects called for the locksmith service claiming to be locked out of his vehicle," according to the release.
When the couple arrived with their French bulldog puppy in a van, the armed suspects dressed all in black and wearing masks approached and demanded money, investigators reported.
"The victims did not have any money but were robbed of their tools and puppy," police wrote.
The suspects fled on Eureka Road in a silver Ford Fusion, authorities said.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Romulus Police Department at (734) 941-8400. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2022/06/30/romulus-police-are-seeking-tips-to-find-three-people-accused-of-stealing-a-puppy-from-its-owners/7783447001/ | 2022-07-01T01:09:21 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2022/06/30/romulus-police-are-seeking-tips-to-find-three-people-accused-of-stealing-a-puppy-from-its-owners/7783447001/ |
SAN FRANCISCO — A California agency on Thursday has cleared the way for the Oakland Athletics to continue planning a $12 billion waterfront ballpark project.
The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission voted 23 to 2 to reclassify a 56-acre terminal at the Port of Oakland as a mixed-use area where a new ballpark could be built. The vote is the first in a series of legal hurdles the team would have to overcome before it gets permission to break ground for the project.
The commission followed the recommendation of its staff, which found the team demonstrated removing the terminal from port use "would not detract from the region's capability to handle the projected growth in cargo."'
The Athletics have also been working on plans to relocate to Nevada and find a spot for a new stadium in Las Vegas.
Last year, the Oakland City Council approved preliminary terms for the project but A's President Dave Kaval said the financial terms didn't work for the team. Kaval said the team was proceeding with "parallel paths," planning new ballparks in Oakland and Las Vegas.
The A's proposal includes a $1 billion privately financed 35,000-seat waterfront ballpark at Howard Terminal, which is currently being used as overflow parking for containers and trucks. The project also would include 3,000 residential units, office and retail space, hotel rooms and an indoor performance center.
The team's lease at the aging RingCentral Coliseum runs through 2024. The league has said rebuilding at the current location is not a viable option. In May, Major League Baseball instructed Oakland's brass to explore relocation options if no ballpark agreement could be reached.
The A's are the last professional franchise remaining in Oakland after the NBA's Golden State Warriors relocated to San Francisco and the NFL's Raiders to Las Vegas in recent years. The defections weigh heavily on the Bay Area city of roughly 400,000 people, some of whom pleaded with the council Thursday to work harder to keep the team and accompanying coliseum jobs.
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EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. — El Dorado Sheriff's Office officials announced on Thursday Jia Huang, 32 of San Francisco, was found dead near the shore of Lake Aloha in the Sierra.
Huang was initially declared missing on Monday after officials found a United States Forest Service Wilderness Permit and driver’s license when investigating reports of an abandoned tent at the lake.
A ground search on Wednesday led to the discovery of the San Francisco resident beneath the water.
"The cause of death was determined to be drowning and the manner of death is accidental," said a spokesperson for the El Dorado Sheriff's Office. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/san-francisco-man-imissing-backpacker-dead/103-a8540680-27be-4e41-b8d8-b50b7cfb95dd | 2022-07-01T01:09:54 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/san-francisco-man-imissing-backpacker-dead/103-a8540680-27be-4e41-b8d8-b50b7cfb95dd |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Happy Independence Day! Looking for a way to celebrate? If so, look no further, there's something for everyone this weekend in Northern California.
The weather this weekend is cooling down and giving us the break we need, reaching highs in the low 80s with a light breeze, so gather up some friends, maybe family members or even go solo, but head out and enjoy.
Whether you'd like to go out, stay in or a bit of both, here are some events for your Fourth of July weekend!
Catch some waves at the Sacramento River and watch decorated boats cruise north up the Sacramento River, and pass through Old Sacramento. The boats will be decorated in the theme "Stars and Stripes Forever", so grab a chair, find a comfortable spot to relax, and enjoy watching local boaters cruise by!
- 1 p.m., Saturday, July 2
- Located at Old Sacramento's Waterfront (1014 2nd St. #200, Sacramento)
- Organized by The Sacramento Yacht Club and Old Sacramento Waterfront
- More information about this event HERE.
Hang out with your community and shop local vendors, listen to all the best tunes, eat and drink as much as you want, and enjoy activities both for kids and adults!
- 12:30 p.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday, July 2
- Located at Oak Park Brewing Co. (3514 Broadway, Sacramento)
- Organized by Charmed By Lyric and Oak Park Brewing
- More information about this event HERE.
Time to grab the cowboy boots and dress head to toe in everything red, white, and blue because the Folsom Pro Rodeo is returning for its 61st annual event! The Folsom Pro Rodeo features nightly fireworks, the Flying Cowboys Motocross, the infamous American Flag Skydiver and fair food for all to enjoy.
- 6 p.m. – 10 p.m., Saturday, July 2, and Sunday, July 3
- Located at the Dan Russell Rodeo Arena (403 Stafford St., Folsom)
- Organized by Folsom Pro Rodeo and The Folsom Chamber of Commerce
- More information about this event HERE.
This show is to capture the look, the sound, and the vibe of the best groups and performers of the Motown times. This is a one-of-a-kind tribute show Motown fans can't get enough of, featuring all the favorite Motown hits in one night.
- 7:30 p.m. – 11 p.m., Saturday, July 2
- Located at Thunder Valley Casino Resort's Outdoor Amphitheater (1200 Athens Ave., Lincoln)
- Organized by Thunder Valley Outdoor Amphitheater and Thunder Valley Casino Resort
- More information about this event HERE.
B Street Theatre’s New Comedies Festival is back! 200 submissions and several rounds of review later, they’ve chosen the top four to receive live staged readings in their theatre. Attend a reading of all four plays and vote for your favorites!
- 2 p.m. – 10 p.m. July 1 - 3
- Located at The Sofia, Home of The B Street Theatre (2700 Capitol Ave., Sacramento)
- Organized by The Sofia, Home of The B Street Theatre
- More information about this event HERE.
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There will be 15+ top-notch vendors from Los Angeles and the Bay Area participating with their new collection for Eid-Ul-Adha . Consider this a one stop shop for all your needs. Shop casual, formal, bridal wear, jewelry, and more!
- 12 p.m. – 8 p.m., Sunday, July 3
- Located at Hilton Sacramento Arden West (2200 Harvard St., Sacramento)
- Organized by Couture by Kiran
- More information about this event HERE.
Summer Vibes is an opportunity to support local and shop at 20+ locally owned businesses, listen to all the best 90s, r&b, hip hop and cookout classics music spun by DJ Brandon Jones, learn more about community organizations, watch live painting, live performances, and come hungry and thirsty so you can eat and drink!
- 5 p.m. – 10 p.m., Saturday, July 2
- Located at Esther's Park (3408 3rd Ave., Sacramento)
- Organized by The Night Market Series
- More information about this event HERE.
Shop a selection of vintage, vinyl, and handmade every first Sunday of the Month at Solomons, a community gathering place celebrating culture, cocktails, and music.
- 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Sunday, July 3
- Located at Solomon's (730 K St., Sacramento)
- Organized by River City Marketplace and Solomons
- More information about this event HERE.
It’s summertime so break out those flip-flops and tank tops, grab a chair, taste delicious specials from their outdoor grill, and listen to local DJs spin it up.
- 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. Saturday, July 2
- Located at The HIVE Tasting Room and Kitchen (1221 Harter Ave., Woodland)
- Organized by The HIVE Z Specialty Food
- More information about this event HERE.
No 4th of July plans? Join The Clubhouse for some family barbecue fun where you can enjoy music, games, and activities like bounce houses, face painting,. balloon making, and more.
- 12 p.m. – 4 p.m., Sunday, July 3
- Located at Clubhouse at Rancho Solano (3250 Rancho Solano Parkway, Fairfield)
- Organized by The Clubhouse at Rancho Solano
- More information about this event HERE.
Small businesses and nonprofits in Sacramento ranging from clothes, shoes, crystals, handmade products, self-care, food, and more! Happens every first Sunday of the month.
- 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Sunday, July 3
- Located at Sacramento Sports Center Indoor Facility (1600 Tribute Rd., Sacramento)
- Organized by Sactown's Finest Market
- More information about this event HERE.
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STOCKTON, Calif. — With just hours left before the City of Stockton's contract expires with its police force, tensions have flared between the city and the Stockton Police Officers' Assocaition.
The SPOA, a union that represents around 340 of the Stockton Police Department's 398 officers, rejected a last-minute contract proposal from the City of Stockton Thursday. The current three-year contract between the city and the union was slated to expire on Thursday.
In a statement to ABC10, the union said that in a 237 to 71 vote, members decided to reject the city's latest contract offer which they say falls significantly short of their demands for better pay and officer retention measures.
"Our officers are leaving for neighboring agencies where they can make over $30,000 a year more, and work half as much, as referenced by our already having lost multiple officers to the newly formed Lathrop Police Department," the statement says in part. "Stockton has an exceptionally high call volume rate, and we are coming to a point where we do not have adequate numbers of officers to staff the shifts and protect our city."
ABC10 reached out to a spokesperson for the City of Stockton who declined to comment saying, "Because we are involved in active negotiations, it would not be appropriate to comment at this time."
According to the union, during contract talks, the city and the SPOA agreed to compare the salaries of the Stockton Police Department to the salaries of a dozen other similar-sized departments.
The comparison, which included cities such as Sacramento, Modesto, Tracy, Fresno and Riverside, reportedly found that Stockton's officers are paid 34.79% below the average pay for those 12 departments.
The union says that the city's most recent contract proposal offered a 10% pay raise for officers during the first year and 3% raises in the second and third years.
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"The city of Stockton is bleeding money on the front end by hiring and training officers, but they are doing nothing to retain them," the union's statment said. "If the city would simply pay a comparable wage upon hiring, our officers would not leave for better working conditions, safer working conditions, and higher pay."
While the current contract expires Thursday, union representatives say their officers will continue to go to work under the guidelines of the city's current contract, in some cases, while actively seeking employment at other departments.
According to the SPOA, the Stockton Police Department is 87 officers short of the department's maximum of 485 budgeted positions.
Since August, 41 officers have left the Stockton Police Department leaving an average of 127 officers to patrol the streets of Stockton and protect its 322,000 residents, the union says.
"Unfortunately, we have come to a point where we are, at times, operating each district with only one patrol unit for the large district area," the statement says. "The city's leadership puts the safety of our officers and this community in jeopardy with every passing day."
The Stockton Police Department confirmed to ABC10 that there are shifts when only one patrol unit is assigned to each of the city's six police districts.
ABC10 reached out to a spokesperson for the City of Stockton who declined to comment saying, "Because we are involved in active negotiations, it would not be appropriate to comment at this time."
The SPOA says they plan to meet with the City of Stockton's negotiators again on July 6.
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BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. — The Butte County Sheriff's Office issued an evacuation order due to the so-called Sandra Fire.
The evacuation order was issued for people living in Forbestown Zones 684, 685, and 831. The sheriff's office also issued an evacuation warning for Hurleton Zone 855 due to the fire.
Cal Fire said the Sandra Fire is in Robinson Mills and they are requesting more resources to combat the blaze. According to Cal Fire, the fire is around 35 acres in size. Additional details about the fire have not been released at this time.
Links to follow:
Evacuation Map
For up-to-date information on evacuations and evacuation warnings, view the evacuation map from Butte County below.
Fire Map
This wildfire map was created using data from NASA, NGA, USGS and FEMA.
WILDFIRE PREPS
According to Cal Fire, the 2021 fire season started earlier than previous years, but also ended earlier, as well. January 2021 saw just under 1,200 acres burned from nearly 300 wildfires. Fires picked up in the summer when the Dixie Fire burned in five Northern California counties — Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama. The Dixie Fire started on July 13 and wasn't contained until Oct. 25, burning nearly 1 million acres. It has since become the second-largest wildfire in state history and the largest non-complex fire.
Overall, 2.5 million acres were burned in 2021 from 8,835 wildfires. Over 3,600 structures were destroyed and 3 people were killed.
If you live in a wildfire-prone zone, Cal Fire suggests creating a defensible space around your home. Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris are completely cleared. At least 100 feet is recommended.
The Department of Homeland Security suggests assembling an emergency kit that has important documents, N95 respirator masks, and supplies to grab with you if you’re forced to leave at a moment’s notice. The agency also suggests signing up for local warning system notifications and knowing your community’s evacuation plans best to prepare yourself and your family in cases of wildfires.
Some counties use Nixle alerts to update residents on severe weather, wildfires, and other news. To sign up, visit www.nixle.com or text your zip code to 888777 to start receiving alerts.
PG&E customers can also subscribe to alerts via text, email, or phone call. If you're a PG&E customer, visit the Profile & Alerts section of your account to register.
What questions do you have about the latest wildfires? If you're impacted by the wildfires, what would you like to know? Text the ABC10 team at (916) 321-3310.
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BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. — The Butte County Sheriff's Office issued an evacuation warning due to the so-called Nelson Fire.
The Nelson Fire sparked between Nelson Road and Cottonwood Road between Highway 70 and Highway 99. According to Cal Fire, the blaze has already burned around 200 acres. Officials said the fire has 40% containment at this time as firefighters use air and ground resources to slow the spread.
The sheriff's office issued the evacuation warning for north of the Afterbay for Zone 737.
Links to follow:
Evacuation Map
For up-to-date information on evacuations and evacuation warnings, view the evacuation map from Butte County below.
Fire Map
This wildfire map was created using data from NASA, NGA, USGS and FEMA.
WILDFIRE PREPS
According to Cal Fire, the 2021 fire season started earlier than previous years, but also ended earlier, as well. January 2021 saw just under 1,200 acres burned from nearly 300 wildfires. Fires picked up in the summer when the Dixie Fire burned in five Northern California counties — Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama. The Dixie Fire started on July 13 and wasn't contained until Oct. 25, burning nearly 1 million acres. It has since become the second-largest wildfire in state history and the largest non-complex fire.
Overall, 2.5 million acres were burned in 2021 from 8,835 wildfires. Over 3,600 structures were destroyed and 3 people were killed.
If you live in a wildfire-prone zone, Cal Fire suggests creating a defensible space around your home. Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris are completely cleared. At least 100 feet is recommended.
The Department of Homeland Security suggests assembling an emergency kit that has important documents, N95 respirator masks, and supplies to grab with you if you’re forced to leave at a moment’s notice. The agency also suggests signing up for local warning system notifications and knowing your community’s evacuation plans best to prepare yourself and your family in cases of wildfires.
Some counties use Nixle alerts to update residents on severe weather, wildfires, and other news. To sign up, visit www.nixle.com or text your zip code to 888777 to start receiving alerts.
PG&E customers can also subscribe to alerts via text, email, or phone call. If you're a PG&E customer, visit the Profile & Alerts section of your account to register.
What questions do you have about the latest wildfires? If you're impacted by the wildfires, what would you like to know? Text the ABC10 team at (916) 321-3310.
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This photo of a pamphlet distributed by the National Park Service to people entering Yellowstone National Park warns visitors not to get too close to bison, also known as buffalo, which can weigh up to 2,000 pounds and sprint three times faster than a person.
The natives are restless in Yellowstone National Park.
And by natives, we mean bison, big, bushy, occasionally belligerent bison. Park officials reported Thursday that for the second time this week and the third time since Memorial Day a bison has gored a park visitor.
In the latest incident, which occurred Wednesday, a 71-year-old woman from West Chester, Pennsylvania, was gored by a bull bison near Storm Point at Yellowstone Lake, a park news release said.
The woman and her daughter inadvertently approached the bison as they were returning to their vehicle at the trailhead, causing the bull bison to charge, the release said.
The woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported by ambulance to West Park Hospital in Cody, Wyoming.
In the prior two incidents the injured park visitors knowingly got too close to the animals. On May 30, a woman approached within 10 feet of a bison near a boardwalk at Black Sand Basin before she was gored and tossed 10 feet into the air, and on Tuesday a man and his family approached a bison near a boardwalk at Giant Geyser on June 28. The bull bison initially charged the family, but they did not leave the area, and it charged at them again and gored the man, a park news release said.
If you're planning a visit to Yellowstone, know this: Bison are wild and unpredictable.
Park officials advise visitors to stay more than 25 yards away from bison. Why? Because bison have injured more people in Yellowstone than any other animal. They can weigh up to 2,000 pounds and can run three times faster than a human.
When humans approach bison, it threatens them and they may respond by bluff charging, head bobbing, pawing, bellowing, or snorting, the release said. These are warning signs that you are too close and that a charge is imminent, the release said.
If you see a bison acting in this manner, do not stand your ground. Immediately walk or run away from the animal, the release said. The release also advised spraying bear spray as you are moving away if the animal follows you. | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/second-visitor-gored-by-bison-in-three-days-in-yellowstone-national-park/article_b3bc6621-c439-5b3e-877f-4f414fa546bc.html | 2022-07-01T01:14:11 | 1 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/second-visitor-gored-by-bison-in-three-days-in-yellowstone-national-park/article_b3bc6621-c439-5b3e-877f-4f414fa546bc.html |
United Way of Idaho Falls and Bonneville County is doubling the amount of grant funds it distributes to eastern Idaho nonprofit organizations and schools compared to previous years, totaling more than $1 million.
The nonprofit announced on Wednesdayit had distributed more than $700,000 to its partner organizations. United Way President and CEO Christine Wiersema said there is still an additional $250,000 it will grant during the coming months and the organization received additional funds from the Idaho Community Program Grant to address COVID-19 related learning loss and basic needs for students.
“We’re trying to create equity in the classroom,” Wiersema said. “We want those kids to come to school feeling as proud as they do so they can learn with full bellies, clean socks, new shoes and clean clothes so they’re ready to learn.”
United Way funds 47 programs at 34 nonprofits and schools in its service area which includes Bonneville, Clark, Fremont, Jefferson, Lemhi, Madison and Teton Counties.
Wiersema said grant awards are determined by community members who review organizations’ grant applications, who then make recommendations to United Way’s board of directors.
United Way Community Investment Coordinator Alyssa Sherwood said United Way couldn’t provide a full list of how much the organizations received, but awardsranged from around $5,000 upto $30,000, depending on the size of the program and the community need for it.
These programs provide many services including preparing meals to vulnerable community members and homebound seniors, funds for no-cost after-school programs, and rental assistance for families to stay in their homes, Sherwood said.
Among the programs are United Way’s SOAR After School, Kindergarten Bootcamp, Ready, set, Go!, Ready. Set. READ! and Backpack Program. United Way partners with several schools in eastern Idaho and organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Museum of Idaho, Idaho Falls Salvation Army, Idaho Art Lab and senior centers, among others.
Sherwood said United Way was initially focused on serving Idaho Falls and the immediate area around the city but since the COVID-19 pandemic began, United Way has expanded into every county of the eastern Idaho service area.
“The reach (of United Way and its partners) is huge. We're in every single county that we serve,” Sherwood said. | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/united-way-awards-1-million-to-eastern-idaho-nonprofits-and-schools/article_2b7c653e-b77f-552b-b360-b8d52f32a14c.html | 2022-07-01T01:14:18 | 1 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/united-way-awards-1-million-to-eastern-idaho-nonprofits-and-schools/article_2b7c653e-b77f-552b-b360-b8d52f32a14c.html |
South Tucson police took hours to respond to a report from employees at an elementary school reporting a confrontation across the street that possibly involved an armed man as well as threatening text messages involving the school that followed, officials say.
Staff at Mission View Elementary, 2600 S. Eighth Ave., made the first call to police at 7:11 a.m. on June 21, according to information provided by a Tucson Unified School District governing board member. Police records show that a South Tucson Police officer arrived at the school at 10:32 a.m., more than three hours later.
“It’s very disappointing,” said TUSD governing board member Sadie Shaw. “You’d think that something as serious as it was would be addressed immediately.”
At the time of the incident, Shaw said, there were teachers, students and staff on campus for summer school.
Fortunately, she said, the TUSD school safety team arrived six minutes after the first call. She said they immediately took to locking down the campus. District officers then stationed in front of the school, directly across from where the armed man had been seen.
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South Tucson Police Chief Danny Denogean said there was no excuse for the delayed response.
“I’m not going to make any excuses. We needed to get there in a better time frame,” Denogean said. “We need to get there in an appropriate amount of time and we didn’t get there in an appropriate time. We know that.”
He said the delayed response was partly due to not realizing the severity of the situation in the initial call, as well as being short-staffed with only two officers on shift at the time.
Timeline
The first call related to the incident came in about 7:05 a.m. from a man reporting that he had found his stolen box truck across the street from the school and needed police retrieving it. That call was classified as low priority by the department based on its staffing, Denogean said.
A few minutes later, Mission View staff called police to report that a custodian saw an argument at the same property, and that one of the men had pulled a gun on another man.
But the South Tucson Police had already directed the only two officers on shift to handle another call.
Mission View staff then placed a second call to police to report that a parent alerted the school to threatening text messages that their child had received, in which someone said they would “shoot the school security if they were to talk to him next door.”
Denogean said the first officer arrived on scene of the altercation about 9:05 a.m., two hours after the first call. The second officer, according to police reports, arrived at Mission View Elementary at 10:32 a.m.
He noted there was reason to suspect the threatening text messages were related to the altercation across from campus, but officers were unable to gather evidence to confirm that.
He said that police officers did not find anyone matching the description of the alleged gunman, and were unable to confirm who sent the threatening texts. Officers conducted interviews related to both incidents as part of the investigation, but no charges were presented to anyone involved.
“I can’t change what happened in the past, but the goal is to provide education for our officers, to re-train people and to make sure that this doesn’t happen in the future,” Denogean said.
For the district’s part, according to information provided by Shaw, school safety officers kept watch on campus for the remainder of that week as a precaution.
“We should all be proud of the quick action of TUSD’s school safety team who did not hesitate to protect the people inside those buildings,” Shaw said in a Facebook post about the incident.
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OLD TOWN, Maine — Blueberries are a celebrated crop here in Maine.
This afternoon, the University of Maine celebrated its future three-acre research center dedicated to wild blueberries on Farm Road in Old Town.
University officials say the research and education center will be unlike anything in the world, allowing students to work on scientific breakthroughs within the world of agroecology.
Research will focus on wild blueberry production and the effects of heat stress, erratic rainfall, and pollinator diversity on the fruit.
Wyman's provided the university with a gift to make this project possible.
"Wyman's is not just investing in research because it benefits their company. They are really investing in it for the health and well-being of the wild blueberry industry as a whole and we are really excited to be able to concentrate our focus at this site in a way that we hope will benefit growers throughout the state of Maine" said Rachel Schattman, a professor at the University of Maine.
The UMaine research teams will begin their studies in the field starting in 2024. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/umaine-celebrates-wild-blueberry-research-center-old-town-maine-university-of-maine/97-3c653f80-68d5-4a41-b994-df186bcd1dd0 | 2022-07-01T01:20:13 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/umaine-celebrates-wild-blueberry-research-center-old-town-maine-university-of-maine/97-3c653f80-68d5-4a41-b994-df186bcd1dd0 |
MIDLAND, Texas — The Yzarra family is all smiles now that every member is reunited.
This family was left panicking on Tuesday after their two dogs got out. That's when their pursuit for their pups started.
“He goes on my bicycle; my husband goes running. I go in the car and only we find Lara I think two streets from here," said Karen Yzarra.
With their other dog Wilbur still on the loose, the children were distraught.
"I was crying and I wish he’d sleep with me again," said their son, Gabriel.
"He’s always the captain so all the times they have escaped he’s always been in the front," said Paula, their daughter.
Karen then took to social media asking for help.
"I post the picture and my phone number. I say he has a microchip and everything. He has the tag with the number with everything but nobody called in the night," Karen aid.
It wasn't until the next day that they received some news on Wilbur, and they were in for a surprise.
"I think four or five people called me and said 'Hey your dog's in the drain'," said Karen.
Wilbur was stuck in the storm drain up the street from the house.
"Me and my dad came to the house and we got some ropes and a basket and we started throwing food in it and we put it down and we were hoping he’d get in and pull the rope up," said Gabriel.
After an hour, Wilbur finally made it out with only a scratch or two.
Now the Yzarra's are grateful for their neighbors who helped make their family whole again.
"I am really glad we live here right now because the people here helping a lot to find him. I think if that lady not take the time to come here knock on the door and post on Facebook then we cannot find him," said Karen. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/family-rescues-dog-storm-drain/513-bbbd211c-1aa5-477f-ab8c-fb8778cc4bb5 | 2022-07-01T01:23:24 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/family-rescues-dog-storm-drain/513-bbbd211c-1aa5-477f-ab8c-fb8778cc4bb5 |
Star Trak: Find out which 5 planets are visible in Bloomington this July
The shorter nights of summer will still offer a variety of events for skywatchers, with all five major planets on display.
Mercury will drop quickly from the morning sky, so try to spot the little planet 30 minutes before sunrise on July 1, when it will be 6 degrees above the eastern horizon for observers at mid-northern latitudes. Then it will pass around the far side of the sun and move into the evening sky. Mercury may be spottable on July 25, when it will be 10 degrees east of the sun and set 40 minutes after sunset. On July 31, Mercury will be 5 degrees to the lower right of Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation Leo, about 20 minutes before the two descend into the evening haze.
Saturn will rise in the east just before 11 p.m. local time July 1. The ringed planet will offer a spectacular view through any telescope with its rings tilted 13 degrees to our line of sight. Saturn's largest moon, Titan, will be north of the planet on July 4-5 and 20-21, and south on July 11-12 and 27-28.
Jupiter will be easy to spot, rising nearly an hour after midnight on July 1 and an hour before midnight by July 31. The best views will be closer to dawn, when the planet will be high in the southern sky. Its four Galilean moons orbit the planet every couple of weeks, offering a constantly changing display in a small telescope.
Mars will rise among the faint stars of the constellation Pisces shortly before 2 a.m. on July 1. By month's end it will rise soon after midnight.
Venus will be 4 degrees north of Aldebaran, the brightest star in the constellation Taurus, before dawn on July 1. It will be clear of the horizon by 4:30 a.m., adjacent to the stars of the Hyades star cluster. The glowing white planet will spend three days — July 16 to 18 — crossing the northern edge of the constellation Orion before moving into the constellation Gemini the Twins just as Gemini's two bright stars, Castor and Pollux, rise to greet it.
Meteor shower on July 30
The Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower will peak before dawn on July 30. In a dark sky observers may see as many as 25 meteors per hour at the peak, though some meteors will appear from mid-July to mid-August. The long bright streaks will seem to come from a point in the constellation Aquarius in the southern sky.
Aphelion
Earth will reach its greatest distance from the sun for the year, called aphelion, on July 4. Those sweltering in summer heat in the Northern Hemisphere may find it hard to believe they are about 3% farther from the sun than they were in January. But the actual cause of the high temperatures is the tilt of Earth's axis. The part of the planet tilted toward the sun (in this case the Northern Hemisphere) is much warmer than the part tilted away, because more sunlight reaches the ground instead of being absorbed by the atmosphere.
Moon phases
The moon will be at first quarter on July 6, full on July 13, at last quarter on July 20, and new on July 28.
Hal Kibbey is a retired science writer for Indiana University and is an amateur astronomer. Email him at hkibbey@gmail.com. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/06/30/5-planets-visible-july-night-skies-meteor-shower-peaks-july-30/7777546001/ | 2022-07-01T01:28:45 | 1 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/06/30/5-planets-visible-july-night-skies-meteor-shower-peaks-july-30/7777546001/ |
Piedmont Lithium sets sights overseas, but Gaston mine still planned
Piedmont Lithium says they are still aimed at establishing a lithium mine in Gaston County, despite news that the company is moving forward with investments in Quebec of Ghana.
The pivot, according to Reuters, came as a North Carolina regulatory review delayed the company's plans to establish a mine in Gaston County.
Piedmont Lithium had said in a February interview that they would turn to partnerships with companies in Canada and Ghana that produce spodumene concentrate if Gaston County tells the company no. Now, they appear to be turning to those companies anyway.
In a statement, Piedmont Lithium President and CEO Keith Phillips said that the company's goal is to be the leading American producer of lithium hydroxide, and Carolina Lithium Project is their "flagship project."
Still, he said, establishing a mine in Gaston County is a long process, and in the meantime, Piedmont Lithium is moving forward with investments in Quebec and Ghana, as well as a U.S.-based lithium hydroxide processing facility.
"These are strategically timed projects that will allow us to provide the U.S. electrification market with much needed lithium products in the near term, while generating revenue for Piedmont Lithium," Phillips said.
Production in Quebec is expected to start in the first half of 2023 and in Ghana in 2024.The U.S. processing plant is expected to be operational in 2025.
But Piedmont Lithium hasn't given up on Gaston County.
Piedmont signed a deal in 2020 to begin supplying Tesla Inc with lithium between July 2022 and July 2023 from the Gaston County mine, but that timeline has been extended, Reuters reported.
The company's goal is now to be fully permitted and rezoned in 2023, with construction underway in 2024 and production beginning in late 2025 or 2026, Philips said.
To Rich and LeAnne Pembleton, the company turning their sights abroad is good news. The mine, if established in Gaston County, would be about a mile northwest of the Pembletons' property, which sits in Gaston County near the Gaston-Lincoln county line.
The couple is dependent on well water, and whether or not the mine would affect the quality of their water is their chief concern.
"Water is what gives life," LeAnne Pembleton said. "If we lose that, we lose a lot."
The property the Pembletons owns is their "dream come true," Rich Pembleton said.
They moved to North Carolina from Atlanta around seven years ago in order to return to a more "rural lifestyle." They have bees, donkeys, chickens, and a goldfish pond that their golden retriever, Ginger, likes to play in.
"If you lose water, you lose it all," Rich Pembleton said.
Reporter Kara Fohner can be reached at 704-869-1850 or at kfohner@gannett.com. Support local journalism by subscribing here. | https://www.gastongazette.com/story/news/local/2022/06/30/piedmont-lithium-sets-sights-overseas-but-gaston-mine-still-planned/7699247001/ | 2022-07-01T01:29:18 | 0 | https://www.gastongazette.com/story/news/local/2022/06/30/piedmont-lithium-sets-sights-overseas-but-gaston-mine-still-planned/7699247001/ |
COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — Annette Rush's son said he waited for his mother to call him when he got off of work Thursday morning, but the call didn't come. Lernard Rush said his cousin notified him that a car crashed into his mother's home, giving her life-threatening injuries.
"I was shocked that in. I ain't believe it... When he called me it caught me way off guard," he said.
According to the sheriff's office, a Coweta County deputy was attempting to stop a car for not diming its brights when the car took off at 130 miles per hour. The deputy eventually lost track of the car but then came across a man standing in his front yard.
The deputy asked the man if he saw a car traveling at a high speed. When the man responded that he had, he showed the deputy the car that crashed into the house.
Annette was inside the home at the time. Her family said they initially thought she would be fine. When she was being taken away in an ambulance for treatment, she gave a thumbs up.
Later, Lernard and the rest of Annette's family learned she died from complications due to injuries that were sustained in the crash. The sheriff's office said a 14-year-old boy was driving the car. He is now in custody.
All morning long, Annette's family gathered at the house while work crews tried to stabilize what was left of the duplex where she lived with her husband and son.
Family members said she was active in her community, particularly her church, and that she was known for her kindness towards others.
"She the rock, and she had a heart of gold. She could help you. She would help you. And she's a God-fearing woman. She would help anybody. She got a good heart," Lernard told 11Alive.
Neighbors mentioned a curved road near where the car veered off course. Skid marks in the grass show where the vehicle eventually hit the house. Annette's aunt, Betty Dennis, said car crashes on that road are a common occurrence, but she never imagined her niece would be a victim. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/family-mourns-woman-killed-coweta-county-car-house-police-chase/85-decc5631-1de6-400d-9e9b-289ac901f65d | 2022-07-01T01:29:59 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/family-mourns-woman-killed-coweta-county-car-house-police-chase/85-decc5631-1de6-400d-9e9b-289ac901f65d |
ATLANTA — As immigration continues to make national headlines, there's a group of young immigrants who say they don't fit the narrative and are working to highlight why.
They call themselves documented dreamers -- and Vatsala Bajpai is one of them.
What is a documented dreamer?
"We are very similar to the DREAMER population, the only difference is that we came here on a visa and stayed here legally," she explained. "The United States is our home but once we turn 21, we are kicked out of our parents' visa status - so we are no longer dependents of our parent's visas."
The Alpharetta resident came from India at two years old and has lived in Georgia ever since. She came on her father's long-term work visa, but as she gets older, she says she's at risk of getting too old to qualify for her father's visa. She's one of 7,000 immigrants in Georgia facing a similar fate, according to Improve the Dream.
"They basically just think that we would be covered by DACA -- but we're not," she said.
Challenges documented dreamers face
Bajpai was not always aware of what her documentation status meant. By the time she was ready to get her first job, she learned the true limitations of being a documented dreamer.
"A lot of my friends were applying for a summer job just to get some cash and stuff, so I wanted to do that too," she said. "My parents sat me down and told me that because of the visa that you're on, you're not allowed to work. You won't be able to vote, you won't be able to do a lot of stuff."
That would not be her only hurdle.
Without a social security number, she had difficulty getting a driver's license and struggled to get financial aid. Even pursuing higher education has proven to be a challenge.
"This was one of the hardest challenges that I had to face when I was applying to colleges. I had to apply as an international student," she said. "So when I was applying on the Common App, I was being asked questions like 'What is your home country?', which felt really weird answering those questions because America is my home."
Now Bajpai is entering her sophomore year at Georgia State University studying computer science, and because of her immigration status, she's technically listed as an international student, which removes options for federal loans, grants and excludes her from many state scholarships as well. Because of GSU's policies, she was able to sign a waiver to pay in-state tuition, but not all documented dreamers get that privilege and each institution handles immigration status differently.
She said her waiver is a temporary fix compared to the decision she's facing as she approaches 21 years old.
Few options to stay
"We either have two options," she said about documented dreamers at risk of aging out of their family's visa. "Which is we have to switch to a student visa or we have to self-deport back to our country."
She calls it a catch-22.
"The issue with getting a student visa is that one of the requirements is to have nonimmigrant intent. But a lot of our parents have applied for green cards for permanent residency in the U.S., which shows immigrant intent, and since we have been living here for most of our lives, we don't really have a home or family back in our home country," she explained.
These policies make it to where many student visas end up getting denied, and for the few that are approved, their journey to green card status, or permanent residency, becomes twice as long.
Improve the Dream: Vatsala Bajpai
"Once we are off our parent's visas and we are on a student visa, we're basically kicked out of the line. And once we do find an employer that will be willing to sponsor our green card, we will be put back all the way back into the line, which is currently it's like 100 something years away," Bajpai said, noting the country's backlog.
That's why this Immigrant Heritage Month - which runs through June - she's honoring her roots and working with the youth-led organization Improve the Dream to fight for herself, and 200,000 other documented dreamers like her, to stay in the U.S.
Legislation that could improve the dream
In May, Bajpai along with other youth advocates took their fight to Washington D.C. to speak to Congress and shed light on the bill they believe is the best solution to the many hardships that come with being a documented dreamer.
Bajpai went to her congresswoman Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux to make sure Georgia lawmakers would support America's Children Act.
"The immigration issues are extremely frustrating," Bourdeaux said of her conversation with Bajpai. "On a positive side, this is a bipartisan bill."
Bourdeaux is a co-sponsor of the bill and she also believes it's a stepping stone for many students who are running out of options.
“Basically, once these young people turn 21, then they have no way of applying for a green card. And so we need to make sure that they can at least apply for one after that point as well," Bourdeaux said.
The bill will provide documented dreamers with work permits, keep them in the green card line and protect them from aging out of the U.S. visa system.
But it won't be easy.
America's Children Act is part of a bigger immigration package that focuses on immigrants brought to the country at a young age, among other loopholes. Though the package has received pushback from Republicans, this particular bill has seen support from both sides of the aisle. Documented dreamers hope this will be enough to create change as they sit in legal limbo, but it has yet to come up for a vote.
How to help
Bajpai said the legislation is half the battle when so many people don't realize that thousands of children fall within this gap in the U.S. immigration system. She's shared ways for people to amplify Improve The Dream's message.
Raise awareness
Bajpai said to share articles and videos, especially personal testimonies of people who consider themselves documented dreamers.
Take action
The GSU student said people can visit AmericasChildrenAct.com to gain resources and act on the issue. People can learn how to call their U.S. Senators and local lawmakers to support legislation that will help bring solutions.
Education
The nation's immigration laws change every day as the green card backlog grows more extensive. Bajpai said people can visit Improvethedream.org to learn about such changes and follow them on social media. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/georgia-documented-dreamers-improve-the-dream/85-7f9eacf0-2e80-4fd3-b2f0-715e2712f162 | 2022-07-01T01:30:05 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/georgia-documented-dreamers-improve-the-dream/85-7f9eacf0-2e80-4fd3-b2f0-715e2712f162 |
ATLANTA — Nearing the close of its session, the Georgia Supreme Court has reversed the conviction for felony murder of former high-profile Buckhead attorney Claud Lee "Tex" McIver. He was accused of killing his wife in 2016 and convicted in her death two years after.
It's the latest move in a winding murder trial that made national headlines. McIver's attorneys appealed his 2018 conviction to the state's highest court earlier this year and now have another chance at clearing his name.
Here's a timeline of the case.
Sept. 25, 2016 - Diane McIver's death
Diane McIver, 63, died after being shot while riding in an SUV near Piedmont Park. Her husband, a prominent attorney, said he was dozing in the backseat of the vehicle when his revolver fired. He called the shooting "a terrible accident."
The couple was traveling home from their Eatonton ranch with their best friend, a woman known as Dani Jo, behind the wheel. Diane was in the passenger seat. Tex was in the back seat.
After the shooting, the group went to Emory University Hospital where Diane went into surgery. She did not survive.
December 2016 - Estate sale nets nearly $68,000
Peachtree Battle Estate Sales and Liquidations hosted more than 2,000 items from Diane McIver's estate a few months after the businesswoman's death.
The sale, which spanned multiple days in early December, sold much of her designer clothing and belongings. After paying the estate sale company's commission, Tex McIver made nearly $68,000.
No charges had been filed in her shooting death up to this point.
PHOTOS: Diane McIver's items up for auction
Dec. 22, 2016 - Tex McIver booked into jail
Tex McIver turned himself in to the Fulton County Jail on a felony involuntary manslaughter charge. In his first court appearance following, a judge granted him $200,000 bond.
He was required to surrender his passport and to wear an ankle monitor. McIver was ordered to have no contact with people employed at Diane McIver’s workplace or the woman who drove the SUV when the shot was fired. He was not allowed to carry any weapons.
January 2017 - Auctioning more of Diane's items
Between Jan. 14 and 17, 2017, the rest of his late wife's belongings were auctioned. Those items were more valuable in nature than the estate sale, and included things like fur coats and expensive jewelry. The auction netted around $119,000 for McIver. Combined, the estate sale and auction brought in about $187,000 for Tex.
April 26, 2017 - McIver's bond revoked
A judge revoked McIver's bond after a gun was found inside his Buckhead condominium.
April 27, 2017 - McIver indicted on more charges
A day after his bond is revoked, a Fulton grand jury indicts McIver on new charges as part of the district attorney's investigation into the shooting.
McIver, at this point, was facing murder, felony murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and three counts of influencing a witness.
According to the indictment, Tex McIver is accused of instructing the woman driving the SUV at the time of the shooting, Dani Jo Carter, to tell authorities that she was not present when Diane was shot.
PHOTOS: Diane McIver
October 2017 - Trial delayed
A Fulton County judge delays McIver's trial which was scheduled to begin at the end of the month.
December 2017 - McIver out
With his trial delay, McIver posts bond and leaves the Fulton County Jail.
March 5, 2018 - Jury selection begins
More than two years after Diane's death, and after a nearly five-month trial delay, jury selection begins in Fulton County.
April 17, 2018 - Jury begins deliberations
For weeks, prosecutors argued McIver had a financial motive for shooting and killing his wife, a wealthy businesswoman. However, defense attorneys for McIver contradicted these allegations saying that the shooting was nothing more than a tragic accident.
After weeks of testimony, including allowing jurors to sit in the vehicle to recreate the alleged murder scene, the jury was left to decide if McIver was guilty of intentionally killing his wife.
PHOTOS | Tex McIver Murder Trial Evidence
April 23, 2018 - McIver convicted
After days of deliberating, a jury found McIver guilty of intentionally killing his wife two years ago.
McIver faced four charges connected to her death including:
- Count 1: Malice murder
- Count 2: Felony murder
- Count 3: Aggravated assault
- Count 4: Possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony
The jury found him guilty on all counts except count one. He also faced a fifth count of witness influencing involving an exchange he had with family friend Dani Joe Carter. The jury found him guilty on that count, as well.
In a statement to 11Alive, McIver's legal team said they planned to appeal the ruling.
He was scheduled to be sentenced a month after his conviction.
May 21, 2018 - Wrongful death lawsuit filed
Days before McIver would be sentenced, the administrator of his wife's estate, Mary Margaret Oliver in DeKalb County filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the him. It also lists Dani Jo Carter, a friend of the married couple as a defendant in the lawsuit.
The lawsuit claimed McIver and Carter were negligent in Diane's death.
May 23, 2018 - Sentenced to life
A judge sentenced McIver to life in prison with the possibility of parole.
During the sentencing hearing, prosecutors asked that four people be allowed to come forward to deliver victim impact statements -- including Dani Joe Carter, the woman driving the SUV on the night that Diane was killed.
"Tex McIver lied to me," Carter said as she began her statement. She expressed how upset she was to have Diane, her friend of more than 40 years to die in front of her.
As she concluded her brief statement, she looked pointedly at McIver and said, "I stand for Diane."
January 2022 - McIver's attorneys appeal to Georgia Supreme Court
McIver's legal team kept to their word and appealed his conviction to the state Supreme Court on the grounds "that "the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter," which impacted his sentencing.
Attorneys also faulted the trial, saying the court permitted the prosecution to introduce what he and his legal team call improper evidence. Such evidence relates to racial bias and unfounded theories related to McIver's motive, according to court records.
June 30, 2022 - Georgia's Supreme Court overturns conviction
The highest court in the state granted McIver a new trial and overturned his conviction nearly five years after Diane's death.
McIver's legal team argued the jury was not properly instructed to consider a less charge of involuntary manslaughter and the high court sided with this reasoning.
"We conclude that the trial court erred in refusing McIver’s request to charge on the lesser grade of involuntary manslaughter, because the charge was authorized by law and some evidence supported the giving of the charge," the Court ruled. "We further conclude that the failure to give the charge was not harmless error, because we cannot say that it is highly probable that this error did not contribute to the jury’s verdicts. We therefore reverse McIver’s convictions for felony murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony."
Read the court's full opinion here. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/tex-mciver-trial/tex-mcivers-timeline-trial/85-ead96bef-8c40-412d-8aab-d04dcced026d | 2022-07-01T01:30:11 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/tex-mciver-trial/tex-mcivers-timeline-trial/85-ead96bef-8c40-412d-8aab-d04dcced026d |
ATLANTA — After the Supreme Court of Georgia announced Thursday it would overturn the felony murder conviction against Tex McIver for the 2016 killing of his wife Diane, it is now possible he could soon leave prison.
While Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could put McIver on trial for a second time, as of Thursday afternoon she hadn't signaled how her office will move forward.
A“The District Attorney will evaluate the case and make a decision on how to proceed in the near future," an office spokesperson said in a statement to 11Alive.
The state Supreme Court unanimously overturned the murder conviction because at trial the jury wasn't given the option by the judge to find McIver guilty of a lesser involuntary manslaughter offense.
In a summary of its unanimous opinion released Thursday, the Supreme Court of Georgia wrote, "Because the jury in McIver’s case reached its verdicts 'without a complete instruction on the grades of culpability between accident and felony murder' and the State’s evidence of McIver’s intent to shoot Diane was 'weak,' the trial court’s refusal to instruct the jury on the lesser involuntary manslaughter charge deprived the jury of the necessary tools to reach a verdict and thus constituted a harmful error.'"
11Alive legal analyst Page Pate said McIver's attorneys requested the jury be given the option to consider that lesser charge during its deliberations at trial.
"After the trial before the case went to the jury they requested a specific jury instruction be given by the judge saying that if you believe Tex McIver may have been holding his firearm in a lawful manner but in a careless way, you can find him guilty of the lesser crime of involuntary manslaughter and not murder. That carries a much, much less significant sentence," Pate said.
A misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter charge comes with a maximum sentence of up to one year in prison. McIver had been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for his felony murder conviction.
So far, McIver has already served nearly four years and 10 months in custody, according to Fulton County jail and state prison records.
Throughout the trial, McIver's attorneys argued he unintentionally shot his wife on September 25, 2016.
The two were riding in an SUV when he discharged a gun while traveling down Piedmont Road in Atlanta, court records show. Diane died after being shot in the back with a handgun while in the passenger's seat of the SUV. Tex was riding behind her and had a loaded revolver in his lap, evidence showed.
PHOTOS | Tex McIver Murder Trial Evidence
Pate says Fulton County could decide to put McIver on trial again, but the jury would need to be given the option to consider the involuntary manslaughter charge and that might be one of several reasons that lead to the case being dropped.
"Given his age and the fact that he is serving a sentence for another charge in the indictment they might decide not to do that. It was a lengthy trial, the jury was obviously having difficulty with this case. It took them days to reach a decision, they had a lot of notes and a lot of questions," he said. "So this is one of those cases where I could see the DA saying, 'Look it is just not worth the time and effort to bring this old man back to trial,' when he is already convicted of a lesser offense."
At trial, the jury also found McIver guilty of influencing a witness and the judge sentenced him to five years in prison for that crime. Based on the time served in custody already, he has nearly completed that sentence.
McIver's attorney Don Samuel told 11Alive Thursday he will now try to get McIver out of prison as soon as possible. Based on his time served in custody for his remaining conviction he would be considered eligible for parole. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/tex-mciver-trial/what-happens-next-tex-mciver/85-54ae6dd6-e3da-4182-aa81-28c3563753a6 | 2022-07-01T01:30:17 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/tex-mciver-trial/what-happens-next-tex-mciver/85-54ae6dd6-e3da-4182-aa81-28c3563753a6 |
BARBOURSVILLE, WV (WOWK) — The community continues to grieve the loss of the last living World War II Medal of Honor recipient and West Virginia native Woody Williams.
Residents continued to honor Woody by placing flags, wreaths and flowers at the Barboursville Gold Star Families Memorial Monument.
“We love Woody,” said Marilyn Coleman and Easter Miller with the United Daughters of the Confederacy. “We think he’s the true American hero. I get teared up when I talk about him. We just needed to come out and put up a flag.”
Several residents came through to pay their respects, saying they are heartbroken over the loss of their local American hero.
“He was just a wonderful person and down to earth,” said Miller. “He never thought that he was special, but he was.”
Many who stopped by were emotional as they shared their favorite memories with Woody. They say they will always remember him as a humble, kind and courageous hero.
“There’s nobody like Woody,” said Coleman. “He always was patriotic, he was everything for veterans, he was just Woody, a true hero.”
Residents say it is not easy saying goodbye to their beloved hero, but they are grateful for everything he has done for this community and their country.
“It’s sad, but we’re honored to have him for 98 years,” said Ona resident Lucian Williamson. “He was just an amazing guy. He’s from our community and lived here, and he’s one of us, so it was really special to have. He’ll never be forgotten. There’s no way.” | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/community-honors-local-american-hero-hershel-woody-williams/ | 2022-07-01T01:37:57 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/community-honors-local-american-hero-hershel-woody-williams/ |
ALLEN KY, (WOWK) — Police are on the scene of what radio station WMDJ is calling an active shooter situation.
The incident began around 5 p.m. on Main Street in the Floyd County Community of Allen as a domestic dispute.
Kentucky State Police is on the scene. Dispatchers in the area have not been able to confirm any information to 13 News at this time.
State Route 1428 between Citizens Bank of Kentucky and Allen Curve is currently closed at this time.
13 News has a crew headed to the scene and will bring you updates as soon as possible. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/possible-active-shooter-reported-on-main-street-in-allen-ky/ | 2022-07-01T01:38:03 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/possible-active-shooter-reported-on-main-street-in-allen-ky/ |
LEWIS COUNTY, Wash. — The January floods that destroyed homes and shut down sections of I-5 nearly ended a 30-year tourist attraction in Lewis County.
Floodwaters submerged and damaged a quarter-mile section of railroad tracks used by the Chehalis Centralia Railroad and Museum.
During the spring and summer months, train cars typically host school field trips, Easter outings, dinner trains and Polar Express rides in the winter, complete with visits from Santa Claus.
But after storms caused nearly $500,000 in damage to the tracks, the non-profit’s cars have not been able to operate.
Volunteers said they refuse to let the railroad go out of business.
“We just want to be sure the community knows we’re still here,” said railroad event planner Toni Nixon.
She and other volunteers are planning a series of stationary train events this summer and fall on July 16, July 30, August 27, September 10, and October 8.
Food will be served in the dining cars before the areas are turned into escape rooms.
“Even if the train cannot move, it’s still a very unique venue,” said Nixon.
Organizers hope the funds raised will help pay maintenance bills until federal funding and loans can repair the tracks by October, just in time for the annual Pumpkin Train ahead of Halloween. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/flood-damage-chehalis-centralia-railroad-museum-events/281-b1221f67-c59c-458f-8bb4-608dc5b4798e | 2022-07-01T01:41:11 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/flood-damage-chehalis-centralia-railroad-museum-events/281-b1221f67-c59c-458f-8bb4-608dc5b4798e |
SEATTLE — A Norwegian Cruise Line ship was forced to return to Seattle after it hit an iceberg during a voyage in Alaska.
On June 25, while transiting to Hubbard Glacier in Alaska, the ship Norwegian Sun "made contact" with an iceberg known as a growler - an iceberg less than 6.6 feet across with just a few feet that shows above water.
According to Norwegian Cruise Line, the ship sailed to Juneau, Alaska for further assessment. The decision was made to shorten the voyage and the cruise scheduled to embark on June 30 was canceled.
The United States Coast Guard and other maritime authorities cleared the ship to return to Seattle at reduced speed, according to Norwegian Cruise Line.
All guests onboard disembarked in Seattle as originally planned, according to the cruise line. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/norwegian-cruise-ship-iceberg-seattle/281-5fc8ed2a-2c34-4939-b39a-57a3837e2b54 | 2022-07-01T01:41:17 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/norwegian-cruise-ship-iceberg-seattle/281-5fc8ed2a-2c34-4939-b39a-57a3837e2b54 |
SARASOTA, Fla. — Among the new Florida laws that go into effect on July 1 is "Ethan's Law," a law that would help improve boating safety during instruction.
The bill, HB 701, is named after a 10-year-old Sarasota boy, Ethan Isaacs. He was killed in a sailing accident on Nov. 21, 2020.
"Ethan was sailing and the instructor fell overboard and it took off in an uncontrolled spin and struck Ethan, and he was killed," Ethan's dad, Greg Isaacs, said.
The 6th grader had just started learning how to sail with his now-16-year-old brother, Tanner.
"He really enjoyed the challenge of learning how to control the boat and being independent," Ethan's mom, Mindy Isaacs, said.
Greg and Mindy Isaacs said since the accident, they've had to learn how to be a family of three and have turned their loss into a benefit for society at large through meaningful action.
"We've tried to become engaged in the effort with boating safety that we have been working on," she said.
Once in effect on July 1, the new Florida law would require boating instructors and coaches to wear an emergency kill switch while they are operating any motorized water vessel 26 feet and smaller. This can either be connected with a lanyard, by a harness or through a wireless device.
Local law enforcement officials are spreading the message and boating dealerships are installing them on boats. They're encouraging everyone, not just boating teachers, to use them.
"You should be wearing the kill switch to a safety jacket or to a belt loop, that way if you were to get thrown out of the boat it would pull it out and it would kill the engine," Matt Davis of Marine Outlet Center in Osprey said.
Davis and his team say they have been upgrading some older boats to have the kill switch function and setting up the wireless technology for boat owners who don't want the inconvenience of a lanyard or harness.
"Anybody can fall out of the boat," Davis said. "A lot of stuff can happen out there between waves and other traffic. Then you throw in bad weather and, unfortunately in boating, if you throw in alcohol and stuff like that. There's a lot of variables out there and you want to make sure you're safe."
"Safety in the water is priority in any event and setting the example for whoever you're coaching is very important," Michael Skinner of the Sarasota Police Marine Unit said.
"It's important because not only as a coach, the younger ones look up to you for teaching them the correct way to do things," Skinner added.
The U.S. Coast Guard already has – for many years – required a kill switch on most boats and water vessels, but under the law using it is optional for recreational boaters.
The Isaacs family hopes as awareness about "Ethan's Law" spreads, it will become common among boaters.
"We just didn't want this to happen to anybody else and we know that we're doing our part to make sure that it won't," Greg Isaacs said. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/ethans-law-boating-accident-safety-law/67-606bbfac-67d4-4757-a4ed-287f04c0afa7 | 2022-07-01T01:41:46 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/ethans-law-boating-accident-safety-law/67-606bbfac-67d4-4757-a4ed-287f04c0afa7 |
TAMPA, Fla. — The son of a Tarpon Springs Police officer who was killed in the line of duty honored his father’s legacy Wednesday when he was sworn in to the Tampa International Airport Police Department as an officer.
"I grew up in law enforcement and I grew up in front of my dad...so I feel like I got a head start on this law enforcement career," Andrew Kondek said.
Andrew's father, Charles 'Charlie K' Kondek, was a 21-year veteran of the Tarpon Springs Police Department. He was shot and killed in December 2014.
"He was always kind to people, always caring, always trying to help everybody," Andrew said remembering his father.
Tarpon Springs Police Chief Jeffrey Young, who served alongside Charlie Kondek, attended the swearing-in ceremony to show his support for Andrew and the entire Kondek family.
"[I] couldn't be prouder as a friend, family member," Young said. "I know your dad's looking down with pride and I was just telling your mom, she said, 'you know, his dad should've been here pinning the badge on him,' and I said, 'he was here with you and with your mom and he's looking down on you every day with pride.'"
Andrew Kondek said he chose the Tampa International Airport Police Department because he believes it will mold him to his highest potential and give him the chance to carve his own path.
"If I can make a difference in a single person's day, it's a good day for me," Kondek said.
June 30 is not only significant to Andrew because of the swearing-in ceremony, but it's also his birthday. The department recognized the milestone by bringing out a cake after the ceremony and singing to him.
"It is coincidental, I don't know how it happened," Andrew said. "Good birthday present."
After graduating from law enforcement academy in 2019, Andrew Kondek told 10 Tampa Bay that he never intended on going into law enforcement until after his father was shot and run over by a man trying to avoid arrest in December 2014.
“I’ve finally accomplished something I’ve been working really, really hard towards and now I’m nervous to actually complete it and move on,” Kondek said, hours before the graduation ceremony. “It’s been a long time coming but it’s just weird to finally finish it and actually be able to move on and be able to start a career.”
He said seeing everybody come together in the aftermath of the tragedy is what pushed him to pursue a law enforcement career.
“I’m just here to basically finish out my dad’s legacy and be the best police officer I can, just like he was," Kondek said. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/tarpon-springs-police-officer-son-swearing-in-tampa-aiport-police/67-ef5344fe-ecb6-4963-bffa-ea8fb312c683 | 2022-07-01T01:41:47 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/tarpon-springs-police-officer-son-swearing-in-tampa-aiport-police/67-ef5344fe-ecb6-4963-bffa-ea8fb312c683 |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued a Silver alert for a Johnson City man.
The TBI is asking for public assistance finding Dale Covington, 77. Covington is 5 feet 11 inches and weighs 170 pounds, has gray hair and blue eyes.
Dale has a medical condition that may impair his ability to safely return without assistance, according to the alert.
The TBI says Covington was last seen wearing a blue, plaid, button-down t-shirt with blue/gray pants. He may be traveling in a 2014 white Toyota Prius with Tennessee plate T2599B.
Anyone with information is asked to call Johnson City police at 423-434-6125 or the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/silver-llert-issued-for-77-year-old-jc-man/ | 2022-07-01T01:42:39 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/silver-llert-issued-for-77-year-old-jc-man/ |
Nine people were shot in Newark Thursday evening in the vicinity of a grocery store, according to Newark's acting public safety director.
Five victims, including one child, are being treated for gunshot injuries at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Raul Malave said. Four other adults are being treated for gunshot injuries at University Hospital.
The shooting occurred at about 6:19 p.m. ET. Malave said all victims are reportedly in stable condition but did not elaborate further.
According to two law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation, the shooting appears to have happened outside a grocery store in the 200 block of Clinton Place; some of the victims may have run into the store after being shot.
Please check back for updates on this developing story. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/9-people-shot-hospitalized-in-newark-official/3757865/ | 2022-07-01T01:44:23 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/9-people-shot-hospitalized-in-newark-official/3757865/ |
OLYPHANT, Pa. — A couple from Lackawanna County is facing charges after a fireworks bust.
Last month, hundreds of illegally stored fireworks were removed from a vacant business in downtown Olyphant.
Police now say John and Angelo Bilski of Peckville owned the building and were selling the illegally stored explosives.
The seizure of the materials happened at their storage place, a former bridal shop.
A local explosive disposal team was concerned because they seemed like homemade devices which could easily have been ignited.
They are both facing reckless endangerment, risking a catastrophe, and related charges.
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SCRANTON, Pa. — It's a day graduating seniors have anticipated for a long time.
Thursday night, hundreds of students received their high school diplomas at Scranton High School and at West Scranton High School, with Scranton police officers staged at every entrance.
Moments of reflection, gratitude, and celebration for senior students in the Scranton School District.
After four years of hard work, their families packed into the West Scranton High School auditorium and the Scranton High School gymnasium to watch the graduating class of 2022 receive their diplomas, the next step to adulthood.
"We can actually go out and work now, make some money, go to college, get that degree and do your dream job," said Gavin Henderson, a new graduate of Scranton. "It's crazy, honestly."
For these students, it was a longer wait than most.
A weeks-long teacher strike pushed back the start of classes and graduation with it.
"It was fun in the moment, three weeks off of school, but then in the long run it sucked being in this late," Henderson said. "You see all of the other schools in the area graduating already. I have family members in other schools. They already started their summer. I wish I could've too."
"It's nice to know that we're finally done and that we can enjoy summer finally," added Braden Neeson, another graduate.
Amber Goodeliunas, who came to watch her stepson walk across the stage, admired his resolve in the face of obstacles; many of them, brought on by the pandemic.
"It was not easy for any of them," she said. "My heart goes out to them, but we're going to try to look forward rather than back."
This wasn't a normal graduation day in the eyes of the district, which announced increased police presence in a post on social media.
There were also security screenings and an enhanced bag policy.
It comes after an 18-year-old was stabbed to death last week in a parking lot across the street from Scranton High School.
Police officers were stationed at each entrance, with cruisers surrounding the school grounds.
Parents and students welcomed the additional security.
"It definitely makes us feel more comfortable in light of recent events, but I don't think anything would've stopped us from getting together and celebrating tonight," Goodeliunas said.
"I do feel very secure," Neeson said. "As you can see, there's many officers here protecting us, making sure nothing happens."
"It was really sad to see that stuff happen, but I'm glad that they're here and they're keeping us safe tonight," Henderson added.
Ceremonies went on without issue and the graduates are looking to the future with optimism.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/security-increased-at-scranton-school-district-graduations-scranton-high-school-and-at-west-scranton-high-school/523-bc95323e-81d8-4178-84a8-73a0b6d4e6f3 | 2022-07-01T01:52:35 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/security-increased-at-scranton-school-district-graduations-scranton-high-school-and-at-west-scranton-high-school/523-bc95323e-81d8-4178-84a8-73a0b6d4e6f3 |
BOISE, Idaho — The backyard of Idaho captures the imagination of outdoors enthusiasts: the beautiful trees, the crisp water flows, and a diverse wildlife population. Places like the Boise National Forest are picture perfect for summer activities, but they are also prime locations for research projects.
“It is actually. I'm very excited and very happy to be part of this field because we are studying how the physical environment impacts the ecosystems,” said Dr. Daniele Tonina, a professor and researcher at the University of Idaho in the Center for Ecohydraulics Research.
Dr. Tonina is part of a research team that just published findings about the impact of climate change in salmon habitats in Idaho.
“What we really wanted to understand is how much of this climate change impacted the habitat of some settlements,” Tonina said.
The research looked at Chinook salmon habitats on Bear Valley Creek, a headwater stream of the Salmon River in central Idaho. The team’s findings include points that many Idahoans would raise their eyebrows to.
“What we found out is that as the climate is expected to get a little bit dryer in our system. So what do we expect? It's not only the temperature to be warmer of the water, but also the summer volume. The summer volume of water will be smaller. And that means also a smaller volume of habitats in the streams for the summer months for both spawning but also rearing. And that is two aspect has been very and appreciated on aspect of climate change on fish habitat,” Tonina said.
Meaning, as climate change continues, the impact to Idaho salmon habitat could be threatened in a significant way.
“It’s equal to a 20% reduction on rearing habitat and another 23% reduction on spawning habitat, which is actually very large compared to what it was in the 1960s. So it's a strong reduction and it will be even stronger when we do projection of behind the 24th and we get to 2090,” Tonina said.
So, why should Idahoans care?
“Well, it's very important for all of us. I think first is because salmon are such an iconic species for us for the Pacific Northwest and they have been living here for thousands of years. And climate change is continuing with the pressure, these are populations we might see a decline on the size of this population, which eventually means that the fish in them will be extremely limited and in the most extreme cases or scenarios we can expect some of the species, some population of the species may disappears and not even trace any longer. So that's why it is extremely important for us,” Tonina said.
To be clear there is not one simple action to reverse the reality, but that does not mean there is nothing that can be done. Dr. Tonina explains the scale of climate change, from a global scale to our own backyard.
“The first part is awareness. The fact that most of the times when we think about the impact of climate change, we think in areas where humans have a make a disturbance or some activity. But if we think in the central part of our state where we do have pristine and wilderness streams, even those streams now feel the effect of climate change. So even where humans are not present there now, climate change is so global that that impact them as well. And it's important for us to recognize that,” Tonina said.
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BOISE, Idaho —
The Meridian and Boise Fire Departments held a joint firework safety demonstration Thursday afternoon to remind residents of the importance of celebrating safely during Fourth of July.
The fire departments said that while families may be planning on purchasing and lighting off fireworks, it is important for people to keep in mind that the fireworks must be legal and used with caution. Firework ordinances vary among cities and some areas in the Treasure Valley may be selling fireworks that are illegal in Meridian and Boise city limits.
The event demonstrated how to safely use different types of fireworks, discussions on what fireworks are permitted in Boise and Meridian, along with tips on of to safely dispose of used fireworks.
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Hundreds of people attended the “Building Blocks Housing Summit” Thursday hosted by Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and the Department of Public Housing and Community Development.
The summit was advertised in a news release as an effort to "find solutions to the housing affordability crisis currently affecting county residents." It took place between 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., at LoanDepot Park stadium, including a string of panel discussions and several workgroup sessions.
Those in attendance ranged from tenants, service providers, and civic groups to builders, national and local experts in housing and community development, and government officials.
During the summit, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced a new goal to have at least 18,000 units of affordable and workforce housing in financial closing by the end of 2023, to add to the 14,000 units already in the pipeline.
She also announced a partnership with the Miami-Dade County Public Schools to develop new workforce housing projects for teachers at three properties owned by the School Board, as well as a commitment of up to $100 million from the Healthy Housing Foundation to invest in affordable housing.
“Seeing leaders from across sectors come together to work side-by-side on solutions gives me renewed hope that together, we will build a more equitable Miami-Dade where all people can afford to live, work and thrive,” Said Mayor Levine Cava.
The summit came on the heels of a two-day visit by HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, who called Miami the "epicenter of the housing crisis."
Look for an in depth report on the daylong summit in next week's Miami Times. | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/mayors-housing-summit-brings-promises-and-announces-deals/article_85ab15e0-f8ba-11ec-a319-77aec219a73b.html | 2022-07-01T01:54:57 | 0 | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/mayors-housing-summit-brings-promises-and-announces-deals/article_85ab15e0-f8ba-11ec-a319-77aec219a73b.html |
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A suspect who allegedly shot and killed a driver in Delaware County in a road rage attack was arrested Thursday night, law enforcement sources told NBC10.
The shooting during rush hour Wednesday morning was reportedly prompted by the suspect's anger at the victim apparently driving too slowly, police said previously. Police have not yet identified the suspect.
The shooting happened on State Road (Route 1) near Meetinghouse Lane in Springfield, Pennsylvania, around 9 a.m. Wednesday. The Springfield Police Department said on Facebook that the victim was a 54-year-old man who was in his car with his wife.
Springfield Township Police Department Chief Joe Daly identified the victim as King Hua, a resident of Springfield. Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said Hua and his wife immigrated to the U.S. from Vietnam and were apparently "living the American dream" before Hua was gunned down.
Witnesses told investigators that the pair were in the curb lane traveling southbound on State Road when another car being driven by a woman passed them on the shoulder of the road and stopped. That's when a man partially exited the second car and fire shots toward the victim's car, penetrating the windshield, the SPD said.
Hua, who was in the driver's seat, was struck, and his car hit a van after the shooting, Daly said. The DA's office said the victim was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
“A man lost his life today over driving his car too slow in rush-hour traffic. It’s just not acceptable. It’s not acceptable here in Springfield Township and it will not be tolerated," Daly said.
Road Rage Incidents
A witness told NBC10 that she was in her home getting ready for work when she heard two loud pops and a crash. She said she went outside since the street is known for traffic accidents.
“I had just gone outside to make sure the person was all right and a woman had come out of her car and she was saying, ‘Help me. My husband’s dead,’” the witness said.
The suspect left the scene in a dark-colored SUV, police said.
Law enforcement officials are asking for the public's help in locating that vehicle. There wasn’t an immediate description of the driver, the DA said.
The SPD tweeted that although the suspects left the shooting scene, “there is no current danger to the community.”
“This is Springfield Township. This kind of stuff will not be tolerated here. Our community is a very peaceful community and if you come out here to commit a crime, we’re going to find you, we’re going to arrest you, we’re going to prosecute you," Daly said. "If you flee, we’re going to aggressively pursue you, we’re going to hunt you down and we’re going to lock you up.” | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/suspect-arrested-in-deadly-delco-road-rage-shooting-sources-say/3287592/ | 2022-07-01T01:56:56 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/suspect-arrested-in-deadly-delco-road-rage-shooting-sources-say/3287592/ |
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. — Crews are responding to the scene of a crash after a detached tractor-trailer drove into a home in Dauphin County.
Dauphin County 911 dispatchers say they received reports of the crash on the 1400 block of East Derry Road in Derry Township just before 6 p.m. on Thursday.
Officials say one person was transported to a local hospital after the crash.
It's still unclear what caused the crash. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/tractor-trailer-crashes-derry-township-home/521-2c027c73-6b6a-4508-96c9-09fe62d0abf7 | 2022-07-01T01:58:33 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/tractor-trailer-crashes-derry-township-home/521-2c027c73-6b6a-4508-96c9-09fe62d0abf7 |
Fireworks displays, parades and patriotic flare will highlight the Fourth of July in the Treasure Valley.
Boise, Caldwell, Meridian and Star are among the towns hosting Independence Day celebrations on Monday. Here's a rundown of what's going on around you.
BOISE
Fireworks celebration
A free fireworks show at Ann Morrison Park will begin at dusk (approximately 10:15 p.m.). The show will be synced to music on 107.1 FM.
Ann Morrison Park will be closed to vehicles all of Monday; people who plan to watch the fireworks show may walk or ride bikes into the park. Outside food and drinks are permitted in the park, but glass bottles are not allowed. Neither are drones, pets or personal fireworks.
Following the fireworks show, Americana Boulevard will be closed for about 45 minutes to allow pedestrians to exit Ann Morrison Park.
“Boise’s Fourth of July fireworks celebration is an important community tradition that brings our residents together,” Boise Mayor Lauren McLean said in a press release. “Bring a blanket, some chairs and enjoy the holiday safely while watching a world-class show in Boise’s backyard.”
Other festivities, including food and drink vendors, will begin at Ann Morrison Park at 6 p.m.
River float
A pick-up and drop-off loading area will be available for Boise River floaters from sunrise until 7 p.m. on Monday. The loading zone is located in the large parking lot at 1104 Royal Blvd.
The Barber Park shuttle service will also be in service from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. That shuttle will pick up floaters and equipment every 20 minutes at Ann Morrison Park. The Americana Boulevard entrance will be closed all day.
More information is available on the city of Boise's website.
CALDWELL
Fourth of July at Memorial Park
Memorial Park will be Canyon County's Independence Day hub.
An array of events will take place beginning with a 5K run at 7 a.m. and ending with fireworks at Brothers Park at sundown.
There will also be a 1K run (7:15 a.m.), parade (9 a.m.), car show (11 a.m.-3 p.m.), kids activities (11 a.m.-3 p.m.), watermelon contest (11:30 a.m.), and live music (noon-3 p.m.), among other activities.
More information is available on the city of Caldwell's website.
MERIDIAN
Fireworks, food trucks and music
Storey Park and the Meridian Speedway are home to this year's Fourth of July celebration in Meridian.
Food trucks featuring corn dogs, tacos and frozen custard, among other treats, will be onsite from 4 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
The Billy Blues Band Featuring Michele Eastland & Becky B will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. and play until 10:30 p.m.
And to end the night, fireworks will be set off from the back (east) side of Meridian Speedway at approximately 10:20 p.m.
No personal fireworks or glass containers are allowed in the park. The limited parking within Storey Park will be reserved for people with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) needs; there will be a drop-off zone off of Franklin Road.
More information is available on the city of Meridian's website, or by calling 208-888-3579.
STAR
Hometown Celebration
Independence Day goings-on can be seen all over Star on Monday.
The day will start with the Firecracker Fun Run at Hunter's Creek Park 7 a.m. and include a parade at 10 a.m., a pie auction at noon, a Yankee Doodle kid's zone at 3 p.m., and will conclude with a fireworks show at 10:15 p.m. at Hunter's Creek Park.
No smoking or pets will be allowed in the park. Additionally, the park's west parking lot will be closed to vehicle traffic; the park bathrooms and south parking lot will also be closed. Porta potties will be available throughout the park.
Outside food and drink is permitted, but food trucks and refreshment vendors will be available beginning at 3 p.m. and throughout the evening in the west parking lot.
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RHODODENDRON, Ore. — A camp that helps disabled adults and children is struggling to find lifeguards. The Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp is in need of eight more lifeguards for the summer.
Executive Director Dave McDonald said they have no lifeguards to work the pool for the next camp session, which starts July 4.
"If we don't have a certified lifeguard we simply can't operate the pool, which would be a huge disappointment for our campers because it's gorgeous out here and the pool is set to a therapeutic temperature for our campers out here," McDonald said.
The camp needs two lifeguards a week, but they can operate the pool with one.
Lifeguards have the option of living at the camp and getting free meals or they can drive back and forth. Lifeguards have to be certified, and the camp is willing to pay for that certification. The job pays $750 per session, and each session is two weeks. There's also a $50 signing bonus.
McDonald said the pandemic has affected their ability to find lifeguards.
"We had a lot of closed pools," McDonald said. "I think teenagers weren't getting certified to be lifeguards and that has left a gap in lifeguards for this year."
Cole Mosteller, 17, has been coming to the camp and using the pool for years.
"The pool helps you a lot," Mosteller said. "It gets your muscles going, it gets your legs going, it gets you pumped. We do need more lifeguards out here."
If you are interested in applying for the job, email savannah@MHKC.org. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/mt-hood-kiwanis-camp-lifeguard-shortage/283-a5d90ceb-cee7-4639-851a-f2dd1615ca5d | 2022-07-01T02:09:04 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/mt-hood-kiwanis-camp-lifeguard-shortage/283-a5d90ceb-cee7-4639-851a-f2dd1615ca5d |
PORTLAND, Oregon — David Yandell has lots of pictures of happy children being gifted bikes that their families couldn't otherwise afford.
They're among the recent success stories from the grassroots "free bikes for kids" program that the Portlander has been spearheading for 20 years. The initiative has given out more than 2,000 bikes in that time, often teaming up with Portland police and firefighters to deliver them.
But the latest round of bike-giving has been tougher, Yandell said, because Walmart couldn’t sell all the bikes the program needed.
"In the past what they've done is brought in some bike builders who are independent, and they would build the bikes for us," he said. "This year, no such luck."
Instead of delivering a planned 200 bikes to kindergartners and 1st graders before the end of the school year, he and his crew had to scramble to find half that number. Supply chain disruptions and staffing problems appear to be to blame, he said.
"We bought various bikes at various prices we just took whatever we could," Yandell said.
Years ago, the grassroots effort got the attention of Pearl District developer-turned-philanthropist Homer Williams, who became a friend to Yandell and a partner on the program.
It was Williams who got on the phone this year and quickly raised $16,000 to buy 200 bikes. The program still has a lot of that money left to spend, but Yandell and Williams are still waiting for more bikes to appear on store shelves.
"We're told they don't have them," Williams said. "And if that's the case, when they get some, we'll just keep on trucking."
Yandell is also eager to keep on trucking — or more accurately, biking — as soon as possible, to fulfill the promise to 100 kids who have yet to receive a bike.
"I'd like to implore Walmart, Target, Fred Meyer, any of these places, just sell us a hundred bikes; it's not brain surgery," he said. "We just need bikes to buy, that's all we need, nothing more nothing less, just sell us the bikes."
KGW contacted Walmart to inquire about the issue, and a local representative responded Thursday afternoon. She said the company wants to help Yandell get what he needs, and said she believes there are enough bikes available. The representative added that partnering with positive community causes is important to Walmart.
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Great Falls now a major center of biodiesel development
Montana farmers are well acquainted with oilseed production. Crops like canola, flaxseed and safflower are widely grown across the state, harvested and processed to produce cooking oils for human consumption. However, a different oilseed crop, camelina, is making new inroads into Montana agriculture - not as a food crop, but as a source of renewable diesel fuel.
On June 23, Sustainable Oils, a global leader in the development of camelina varieties for biodiesel production, held the grand opening of its North American headquarters in Great Falls. The new facility firmly establishes northcentral Montana as a focal point of biodiesel development, and carries with it the opportunity for farmers to add a new crop to their rotation that’s both drought tolerant and compatible with wheat production.
“Camelina is a crop that farmers can feel good about growing,” said Sustainable Oils President Mike Karst at last week’s grand opening. “It protects the soil while it's growing in their fields, but it also protects the air after it’s harvested and processed, creating benefits for the environment throughout its entire lifecycle.”
“We at Sustainable Oils are proud to be opening our North American Headquarters here in Great Falls,” Karst added. “Montana is the perfect region for us to do our camelina operations, to educate growers in this beautiful facility on the benefits of our crop, and to develop the crop and establish it as the premier renewable diesel feedstock in North America.”
“With the grand opening of Sustainable Oils today we’re welcoming a company that fits perfectly in our community profile; agriculture, science and opportunity. Sustainable Oils will be on the leading edge of research and marketing and breeding of a crop we can all get behind," said Great Falls Mayor Bob Kelly. "We’re proud to have you join our community. We look forward to creating relationships that go beyond the workplace.”
Camelina is a distant cousin of canola. The plant produces a tiny seed, roughly the size of a sesame seed, that contains between 30% and 40% oil. Sustainable Oils has been developing new varieties of camelina from in Great Falls for the past 15 years, with the initial intent of developing the crop for jet fuel production.
Several years ago, the company was purchased by Global Clean Energy Holdings, a California-based renewable energy company with facilities in Spain, Mexico and Argentina. The research being done at Sustainable Oils now has a global reach, and its parent company, Global Clean Energy, is on the verge of opening a refinery in Bakersfield, Calif. capable of producing 210 million gallons of biodiesel annually.
“We’re building this global breeding program, but it all starts right here in Great Falls, Montana,” Karst said.
Global Clean Energy CEO Richard Palmer said the proprietary varieties of camelina developed in Montana are a perfect fit for Montana farmers because they require little water and can be grown on land that is typically left fallow.
“Many people think that fallow land doesn’t cost farmers anything,” he said. “Well, anybody in farming knows that to keep land fallow, it costs you money. You don’t get a return on it. Some are paying land rent on it, some are just paying for the chemicals to chem-fallow or to take care of it. There’s not really an appreciation for the third or quarter of your land that’s fallowed every year.”
“What we’re trying to do is bring some rural development in as an opportunity for the farmers and the communities that support them,” Palmer continued. “We’ve developed a crop that grows on fallow land and plots of land that are not being used. We’re not asking somebody to plant our crop instead of another crop. We’re saying plant our crop instead of no crop.”
“We’re doing this without the farmers having to invest any additional capital,” he added. “We grow our crop on the fallow land with the exact same equipment; the tractors, the seeders, the sprayers, the harvesters, their storage facilities, their trucks – everything they already own. Our crop generally goes in around or before wheat and it comes out before wheat.
“All that equipment that’s already being used now gets extra benefits. They can depreciate it over more acreage, and they get a lot more benefit out of it. The farmers are going to grow it, they’re going to get paid for it, and they’re going to make a profit off of it. It does work, and it does provide a lot of economic development.”
Camelina has been grown in relatively small quantities in Montana since the mid-2000s. With its refinery in California scheduled to begin operations in late 2022, Global Clean Energy is preparing to ramp up their camelina production. Palmer said the company will be targeting up to five-million acres in Montana to grow camelina. He added Montana is the perfect location to serve as its center for crop production.
“If you begin to map where the varieties fit - with a short growing season and the low water need from the crop, the climate is great here,” Palmer said. “Plus, the BNSF Railroad is here, and you have a wide range of shuttle loading facilities that can load 100 train cars at a time. We started this process by asking ourselves - when we grow to maturity where has the logistics infrastructure that we can utilize? This is it.”
Currently most biofuels produced in the United States are made food-stocks such as corn oil and soybean oil. One of the advantages of camelina is that is does not compete with food production.
“Almost all of the renewable fuels that are produced today in the United States is primarily sourced from vegetable oil,” Palmer said. "By growing stuff as a non-food crop on non-food land, we’re not affecting food availability or security or price.”
Sustainable Oils President Mike Karst said that when the Bakersfield refinery begins operations, all the biodiesel produced there will be sold in California, which has established financial incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. He added that the oil company giant Exxon Mobil is a partner in the development of camelina-based biodiesel.
“Exxon Mobil buys all our renewable diesel, so our supply chain is backed by Exxon Mobil all the way back to the grain that these growers provide. When we have farmer meetings here in Montana, Exxon Mobil comes with us. They’re a regular part of our normal farmer meetings.”
Karst would not disclose the current number of producers Sustainable Oils has contracted with to produce camelina, or the number of acres currently planted. Sustainable Oils is currently soliciting for additional farmers to begin growing the crop. Karst emphasized that Sustainable Oils works with its producers every step of the way to help them begin production.
“If a grower is growing wheat and you ask them to plant this - there is going to be a learning curve,” he said. “We provide all the assistance on how to set the equipment up. We will be there when they start planting, we will be there when they start harvesting. For first-time growers we go out, we help them set that combine, we’re in the field with them a lot. It’s not one of those things where you sell them the seed and then you disappear. We’re not that kind of a company. We are partners with these growers. We are here for the long haul. We’re not going to leave people stranded, either in lacking agronomic support or in lacking a market. We have a guaranteed market for this, and they cannot produce too much for us. We will take everything there is.” | https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2022/06/30/great-falls-montana-to-become-leading-center-for-camelina-bio-diesel/65363240007/ | 2022-07-01T02:09:10 | 0 | https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2022/06/30/great-falls-montana-to-become-leading-center-for-camelina-bio-diesel/65363240007/ |
WATERLOO — The following weekly events are planned in July at the Waterloo Public Library:
- Mondays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., shop the basement for books at Friends Used Book Store prices; open to all ages, proceeds benefit special events and programming at the library.
- Tuesdays, 10:30-11 a.m., Virtual Storytime Club. Register to view live, virtual story times from home. A link will be emailed to view each week’s story time and instructions to pick up a “take-and-make” craft for each reading. Program appropriate for toddlers and preschoolers. Register at
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- Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m—11:30 a.m., in-person Preschool Storytime in the youth department’s Storytime Corner for stories, singing and a craft. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers.
- Thursdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m., in-person Mother Goose Storytime in the youth department’s Storytime Corner for stories, singing and a craft. For newborns up to age 2 and their caregivers
- Saturdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m., in-person Family Storytime for all ages in the youth department’s Storytime Corner. There will be stories, singing and a craft.
- First and third Saturday, 10 a.m.–1 p.m., shop the basement for books at Friends Used Book Store prices; open to adults, teens, youth with proceeds benefiting special events and programming at the library.
People are also reading…
In addition, a special event happening Friday, 10 a.m.–noon, is the First Friday Flick monthly movie, in Meeting Room AB for “Blinded by the Light” (2019). Popcorn and soda provided free of charge. Sponsored by Friends of the Waterloo Public Library. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waterloo-public-library-announces-weekly-july-events/article_40e8f5a4-9f3f-52cf-a0a4-5999034fa685.html | 2022-07-01T02:13:24 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waterloo-public-library-announces-weekly-july-events/article_40e8f5a4-9f3f-52cf-a0a4-5999034fa685.html |
GREENSBORO — City officials are giving residents a four-month grace period before they begin imposing a $25 fee for not retrieving their emptied trash cans from the curb in a timely manner.
“The intent of this program is not to punish people,” Field Operations Director Julio Delgado said at a City Council work session on Thursday. “It’s not to go against that person that put the trash can five, six hours (early) because they got to go to work. This program itself is honestly to make our community better without trash cans in the streets.”
The issue arose after the City Council voted to put teeth into a 20-year-old ordinance that requires residents to take their trash cans curbside after 7 p.m. the night before pickup, at the curb by 7 a.m. and removed by 7 p.m. the day it’s picked up.
The “7-7-7 rule” is intended to keep the city looking cleaner as well as minimizing the safety hazard garbage cans pose to motorists and children, who may dart out from behind them.
People are also reading…
The council voted unanimously on June 21 to changes in the solid waste ordinance that included a $25 “cart roll back fee,” that was to begin today. The city would issue a warning on the first complaint, but the fee could be imposed on subsequent complaints.
Delgado said most residents retrieve their cans after they’ve been emptied, but there’s a small percentage who do not.
“Every time I get a person to call and say, ‘Hey, somebody didn’t roll their can back, I got to send somebody there to pick it up,” he explained. “We pay for it — gas, time, everything else.”
Councilwoman Sharon Hightower asked why residents needed four months before the grace period ended.
Delgado said that will give the department time to educate residents and make some flyers explaining the new fee.
“If we waited 20 years (to impose a fee), we could wait four months and give people a chance to comply,” he said.
For residents who aren’t physically able to roll back their cans, Delgado said the city offers a “backdoor service” where crews will collect and return trash cans from the resident’s home. He said about 530 people already participate in the program, which requires a form signed by a doctor verifying their disability.
Councilman Hugh Holston wondered if the $25 fee is worth the city’s effort to enforce it.
“I just hope it’s not a burden on the system or staffing,” he said.
Councilwoman Marikay Abuzuaiter suggested the city’s branding for the regulation — the “7-7-7 rule” — is confusing and suggested dropping it.
Delgado agreed. “I think we have to have something that is user-friendly,” he said.
But other council members liked the 7-7-7 concept.
“I think it’s critical that we have a time ... that people have their cans out by,” Councilwoman Tammi Thurm said. She said sometimes people claim their garbage pickup was missed — when they actually were late getting the trash out — and city crews will swing by a second time to pick it up.
Solid waste collection has 14 unfilled positions and setting strict pickup times could decrease some of the workload employees are juggling, she said.
In other news, Delgado said:
- The Field Operations Department, which handles street and stormwater maintenance, environmental compliance and the landfill, is down 71 positions. The department also is seeing rising costs associated with the labor shortage and gas crisis.
- The department’s staff also is considering ways to make money off the closure of the 986-acre White Street Landfill. Proposals include selling methane gas produced by the landfill and installing an air curtain burner, which would burn yard waste in a closed environment to produce biomass. This biomass could be sold as fertilizer.
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ARIZONA, USA — The fight over abortion access in Arizona rages on after two announcements from Attorney General Mark Brnovich posted to Twitter this week.
The first tweet came Wednesday night, saying Brnovich's office determined that a century-old Arizona abortion ban from 1901 should be in effect now that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. He stated his office plans to file in court to lift an injunction on that old law out of Pima County.
On Thursday, Brnovich posted another tweet saying that the Supreme Court ruled in his favor, lifting an injunction on a law that bans abortion based on gender, race or abnormalities passed last year in Arizona. The decision called for vacating the injunction while a legal fight continues playing out in court.
When it comes to the 1901 law, Arizona Democrats and doctors held a press conference calling out Arizona's top prosecutor outside his office Thursday.
"This extreme, draconian law criminalizes abortion at all stages of pregnancy with no exception for rape or incest," said Sen. Rebecca Rios (D). "And mandates jail time for anyone who facilitates an abortion."
Rios and Attorney General hopeful Kris Mayes called on people to keep responses to the 1901 abortion law top of mind when they go to the polls in November.
Two doctors also spoke out with Rios and Mayes at the press conference. Under the 1901 law, doctors and other care providers could face 2-5 years in prison for providing an abortion.
"All people deserve high-quality care and should not fear that speaking about abortion with their healthcare providers will land either them or their physician in jail," said Dr. Viktoria Krajnc.
There is confusion, though, over whether this law is the one in effect.
Earlier this year, Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill that would allow for abortion up to 15 weeks. It won’t go into effect until September, however, this new law does not repeal the 1901 law banning all abortions, unless a mother’s life is on the line.
The governor’s team told 12 News he was not available to clarify on Thursday.
When it comes to Brnovich’s take, ASU law professor Paul Bender said it’s just that – his take. But it's one that might give pause.
"What he says is his opinion and only his opinion," Bender explained. "But when the Attorney General says a law is in effect and you’re a doctor, are you going to take that chance?"
Planned Parenthood and other doctors told 12 News they already stopped abortions last Friday when the Supreme Court's decision was revealed.
Then there’s Dr. Ronald Yunis, who as of Monday was still providing abortions. When 12 News called his office Thursday, a day after Brnovich’s tweet, we were told he stopped giving abortions, and wouldn’t take any more questions.
So, what now?
Bender sees a few options.
He believes it will be up to the courts to determine which parts of which abortion bans are in effect.
A change can also possibly come from the state legislature when they’re back in session or a ballot initiative protecting abortion that's gaining traction, so long as it gets enough signatures to qualify for a vote.
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YARNELL, Ariz. — The past nine years have not been easy for Leo Theokas and his wife Marcie.
Like they do every year, the couple visited Granite Mountain Memorial State Park Thursday to honor their son Garrett, one of 19 hotshots who died nine years ago in the Yarnell Hill Fire.
The fire began on June 28, 2013, sparked by lightning near the town of Yarnell. Two days later, the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a team of 20 firefighters on the frontlines of the flames were cut off from their escape route. Twenty-one-year-old Brendon McDonough was the sole survivor.
“We talk about what could have been and what's not going to be. We lost the future, they all lost," Leo said.
On Thursday, the community of Yarnell came together to remember the fallen firefighters. At the end of the ceremony, Leo and Marcie read the names of the 19 firefighters that were killed, including their son, Garrett.
“People like that leaving impression and then when they're gone, they leave a void. That's, you know, we wish that had been more Garrett in our lives," Leo said.
The 19 men who died were:
- Joe Thurston, 32
- Travis Turbyfill, 27
- William Warneke, 25
- Clayton Whitted, 28
- Kevin Woyjeck, 21
- Garret Zuppiger, 27
- Sean Misner, 26
- Scott Norris, 28
- Wade Parker, 22
- John Percin, 24
- Anthony Rose, 23
- Jesse Steed, 36
- Andrew Ashcraft, 29
- Robert Caldwell, 23
- Travis Carter, 31
- Dustin Deford, 24
- Christopher MacKenzie, 30
- Eric Marsh, 43
- Grant McKee, 21
The Granite Mountain Memorial State Park was built a year ago to honor the fallen firefighters.
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ARIZONA, USA — The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the Biden Administration to end the Trump-Era "Remain in Mexico" policy.
It's a policy that affected 75,000 migrants, according to the International Rescue Committee
What this means for Arizona
The "Remain in Mexico" policy or Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) requires some asylum seekers to wait in Mexico as U.S. Immigration Courts process their cases.
In the 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court said the Biden Administration can now end the policy that took effect in 2019.
"It was a policy that really created a lot of extra paperwork, extra processing. That was very difficult for all sides involved," Beth Strano, the Asylum Seekers and Families Engagement Manager for the International Rescue Committee in Phoenix said.
Strano said she expects the Biden Administration to end the policy following the high court's decision.
However, even under the Trump Administration, Strano said the protocols weren't really implemented in Arizona given the geographical differences of the state compared to other border states.
Arizona's desert, Strano said, is much different than other states where rivers or other geographical barriers force people to go cross in specific areas.
"For the reinstatement, it had not been rolled out in Arizona. So the good news, too, is that this does not mean any changes at all, for the Arizona border," Strano said.
Advocate concerned for what this means in Mexico
Gilberto Gonzalo Pacheco Aguilar sees it differently south of the border in Mexicali.
"The truth is that people keep coming," Pacheco Aguilar said.
Pacheco Aguilar is a legal representative for Grupo de Ayuda para el Migrane de Mexicali.
He believes crime will get worse in Mexico with cartels who take advantage of migrants getting paid to smuggle them across the border.
"What this is doing is putting money in the pockets of organized crime, I can’t call it a different way. The organized crime is waiting for this to happen and then they’ll keep benefiting off people in need who are arriving to the Mexico-US border," Pacheco Aguilar said.
Since the policy went into effect, Pacheco Aguilar said the number of people coming to the border hasn't really changed, but where they come from has changed.
"The only time we’ve seen a decrease was with the pandemic," Pacheco Aguilar said.
What's next
Strano believes Title 42 should be the next policy to end so asylum seekers can go through ports of entry and be processed instead of being immediately turned away.
"Title 42 has actually created a bigger backlog and made it harder for people to get through and so there's just bigger and bigger numbers," Strano said.
The Biden Administration tried to end that, but courts have continued to block it.
Immigration attorney Ray Ybarra Maldonado said Thursday's Supreme Court ruling could affect Title 42.
"I do think this decision directly impacts that case that we can expect a new ruling in that in the very near future," Ybarra Maldonado said.
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MESA, Ariz. — The Mesa Fire and Medical Department has appointed its first Black firefighter to serve as an assistant fire chief in the agency's decades-long history.
Deputy Chief Forrest Smith will be replacing Assistant Chief Mike Dunn after Dunn retires from the city in July, the fire department announced Thursday.
“Forrest has established great relationships with our Mesa community as well as with our sworn and civilian staff. I look forward to what he will accomplish in this new role,” Mesa Fire Chief Mary Cameli said in a statement.
Smith started out working as a paramedic for the agency in 1999 before he gradually rose through the department's ranks. As deputy chief, Smith currently oversees the agency's community education and social services divisions.
Mesa's fire department was originally established in 1898 and currently consists of 20 fire stations, according to the city's website.
Four assistant fire chiefs report to Cameli and help to oversee the agency's hundreds of employees.
Smith is a graduate of California State University at Fullerton and additionally serves as an instructor for the Arizona Department of Military and Emergency Affairs.
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State officials on Thursday ordered local school districts across Texas to audit and correct security deficiencies at their schools before the start of the next school year.
The Texas Education Agency issued directives requiring the districts “to support the safety and security of public schools.”
State lawmakers have targeted school security and mental health issues without further regulating firearms access.
The TEA order especially targets how secure each school’s exterior doors are with weekly exterior door sweeps to ensure they are closed and locked.
The directives come more than a month after an 18-year-old gunman entered a Uvalde elementary school’s unlocked door and shot and killed 19 children and two teachers.
Districts also must review their multi-hazard emergency operations and active threat plans. All campus staff, substitutes, and district threat assessment teams must be trained in emergency procedures. All mandatory drills for the school year must be scheduled before the school year.
District officials must then complete and submit a survey to the Texas School Safety Center by Sept. 9 to certify that the directives’ measures have been completed. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-school-districts-ordered-to-audit-fix-security-issues/3004942/ | 2022-07-01T02:30:24 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-school-districts-ordered-to-audit-fix-security-issues/3004942/ |
Thomas E. Venable, 63, of Coos Bay, passed away on June 24, 2022 in Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the care of North Bend Chapel, www.coosbayareafunerals.com, 541-756-0440.
Joyce Marie Seaman, 73, of North Bend, passed away on June 23, 2022 in North Bend. Arrangements are under the care of North Bend Chapel, www.coosbayareafunerals.com, 541-756-0440.
Taunya Marie Ring, 58, of North Bend, passed away on June 25, 2022 in North Bend. Arrangements are under the care of North Bend Chapel, www.coosbayareafunerals.com, 541-756-0440.
Barbara J. Baughman, 78, of Coos Bay, passed away on June 26, 2022 in Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the care of North Bend Chapel, www.coosbayareafunerals.com, 541-756-0440.
Maryann Theresa Montgomery, 91, of Bandon, passed away June 23, 2022 in Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131 www.coosbayareafunerals.com
Frank Samuel Linford Sr., 68, of North Bend, passed away June 15, 2022 in North Bend. Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131 www.coosbayareafunerals.com
Joseph Aaron Smith, 46, of Coos Bay, passed away June 20, 2022 in Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131 www.coosbayareafunerals.com
Denise Parfitt Lewis, 87, of Coos Bay, passed away June 20, 2022 in Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131 www.coosbayareafunerals.com
Dolores Ann Mayea, 95, of North Bend, passed away June 20, 2022 in North Bend. Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131 www.coosbayareafunerals.com
Jack Wayne Hemple, 62, of Allegany, passed away June 16, 2022 in Allegany. Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131 www.coosbayareafunerals.com
Eva Adell Johnson, 97, of Coos Bay, passed away June 25, 2022 in Coos Bay. Cremation Rites are under the direction of Nelson's Bay Area Mortuary, 405 Elrod Ave., Coos Bay, Oregon 541/267-4216
Michael Peter Youngblood, 79, of Coos Bay, passed away June 27, 2022 in Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131 www.coosbayareafunerals.com | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/july-1-2022-death-notices/article_e6ae5dfe-f660-11ec-8984-a3ea54069e13.html | 2022-07-01T02:30:57 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/july-1-2022-death-notices/article_e6ae5dfe-f660-11ec-8984-a3ea54069e13.html |
A memorial service for Jack Wayne Hemple, 62, of Allegany, will be held at 1pm, Saturday, July 2, 2022 at the Cornerstone Church of the Nazarene, 886 S. 4th Street in Coos Bay. A bonfire memorial will follow the service at the Allegany Community Center, 10361 Hwy 241 in Allegany. Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131 www.coosbayareafunerals.com
A memorial service will be held for Rhoda Hatch Lusk, 57, of Coos Bay, at 4:00 pm Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at Nelson's Bay Area Mortuary. Arrangements are under the direction of Nelson's Bay Area Mortuary, 405 Elrod Ave., Coos Bay, Oregon 541/267-4216 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/july-1-2022-service-notices/article_46ea9d9e-f72a-11ec-bcad-2fe37416306c.html | 2022-07-01T02:31:03 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/july-1-2022-service-notices/article_46ea9d9e-f72a-11ec-bcad-2fe37416306c.html |
FORT MYERS, Fla. (WBBH) – Friday kicks off more than just a holiday weekend. Several new sales tax holidays go into effect in Florida as well.
Michael Quirrenbach, the manager of the Home Depot store in The Forum in Fort Myers, is expecting a busy weekend.
“It’s gonna be huge for us for a category that’s already explosive,” he told NBC2.
Among the items included in the tax holiday are Energy Star appliances. Everything from washers, to dryers, to refrigerators – except for the most high-end versions – can be bought tax-free for an entire year.
“It’s absolutely fantastic,” Quirrenbach said. “We just gotta make sure that we’re here to serve.”
Impact-resistant windows, doors and garage doors are also tax-free starting on Friday. That lasts for two full years.
You also won’t have to pay taxes on diapers or clothes for kids 5 and under. That deal runs one year.
“Nowadays with the price of gas, right, what’s going on in the world and the economy and inflation, I think it’s a great time to take advantage,” Quirrenbach said.
“In many ways, Florida is an enviable state,” economist and FGCU professor Victor Claar told NBC2. “Because right now they have sufficient funds in state coffers that they can afford to give Floridians a tax break.”
Claar said people should take advantage – no matter the reason for the tax holidays.
“Maybe they’re political gimmicks, maybe they’re not. But if they result in more money after taxes in the pockets of southwest Floridians, I think that’s a win,” Claar said.
Some places, like Storm Smart, have never charged sales tax on windows. That’s because they’re a home fixture and because the company offers full service.
“When a consumer goes into a store, they’re buying it from a retail store so therefore they’re going to be charged sales tax,” Brian Cassell told NBC2. “We don’t or never have passed on the sales tax to our customers for impact resistant windows.”
Storm Smart also doesn’t charge sales tax for other fixtures, like screens or shutters.
Here’s a full list of the items that are tax exempt in Florida right now. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/06/30/heres-what-you-can-buy-tax-free-starting-tomorrow/ | 2022-07-01T02:31:51 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/06/30/heres-what-you-can-buy-tax-free-starting-tomorrow/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — As gas prices climbing higher with few signs of relief at the pump coming soon, many around Indiana are turning in their gas-guzzling cars in favor of electric vehicles they can charge and go.
Now, the real estate agents at F.C. Tucker have an easier option to make the switch, partnering with Motor to offer realtors and clients a subscription service for electric vehicles, an all-inclusive monthly payment to help avoid the pain at the pump.
(Note: The video in the media player is a previous 13News story about how local police departments budgets have been impacted by rising fuel prices.)
"Everybody who's a realtor should have an electric vehicle," said Kelly Huff, an agent at F.C. Tucker and owner of Huff Homes.
Working in real estate for the past 13 years, Huff is constantly behind the wheel, driving to meet clients and checking out listings. Recently, she's made the switch from gas over to electric.
“We love it because we are driving in two, three counties a day and I start every day with a "full tank" because I plug it in at my house,” said Huff.
Huff works with her husband in the real estate business, so when F.C. Tucker began offering realtors and clients the option for an electric car subscription service, she signed right up.
“My husband and I work together in this business and we also have some gas-powered vehicles. And we’ve pretty much given them up for most projects, we’re running people around, showing houses, that sort of thing. So we are saving per car, probably about $400 to $500 a month, so about $1,000 in just gas expense,” Huff said.
They're not the only ones.
Since starting the Charging Ahead program with Motor in February, dozens of F.C. Tucker agents have signed on.
"The average American drives between 10,000-12,000 miles a year. The average realtor drives 18,000-20,000 miles a year, so we're almost double what most people are doing right now," said Connor Simonson, F.C. Tucker's corporate marketing director.
As gas prices rise, so does interest.
"Yeah, when you see it tick past $5 (per gallon), the electric car seems more and more friendly," Simonson said.
"It is very popular. We were taking off before we saw a hike in gas prices," said Rhett Barker, Motor's Indiana market lead. "But it's certainly been a pretty intense catalyst these last couple of weeks."
Barker said they're fielding calls from businesses around Indy, looking to start similar subscription services for electric vehicles and helping more Hoosiers save at the pump.
With the housing market staying hot across the country, agents and clients have to act fast, constantly hitting the road to see new listings.
For Huff, she said this small change lets her spend her days focusing on the housing market, not gas prices.
"This has changed the way we do business," Huff said.
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MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Crews are trying to figure out what sparked a bus fire in Marion County Wednesday night, fire officials reported.
Marion County Fire Rescue responded to the bus fire on Interstate 75 near mile marker 341 in Belleview at approximately 10:45 p.m., reports show.
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Photos of the scene show fire crews dousing the bus as flames and smoke came pouring out.
According to the agency, the driver was the only person aboard the bus at that time. Crews stated no one was hurt.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Check back with News 6 for further updates. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/01/crews-fight-marion-county-bus-fire-in-belleview-officials-say/ | 2022-07-01T02:34:06 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/01/crews-fight-marion-county-bus-fire-in-belleview-officials-say/ |
WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – Orange County’s Garden Theatre is set to perform its rendition of the Broadway jukebox musical “On Your Feet!” which tells the story of Grammy Award-winning Cuban-American couple Emilio and Glorida Estefan.
According to the Garden Theatre’s website, the musical will feature several songs from the singer-musician duo, including “Rhythm is Gonna Get You,” “Conga,” “Oye Me Canto” and the eponymous “On Your Feet!”
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Before she captivated the world as Grammy Award-winning Latin pop icon Gloria Estefan, she was Glorita. Coming of age in 1970s Miami, young Gloria breaks from family expectations and embarks on a musical journey with bandmate Emilio. On Your Feet! tells the story of this power couple’s rise from humble beginnings to international sensation.
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The show is set to run from July 8 - 31 with several matinee and evening performances. For more information or to book tickets, visit the theatre’s website here. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/01/garden-theatre-to-perform-july-latin-pop-musical-on-your-feet/ | 2022-07-01T02:34:12 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/01/garden-theatre-to-perform-july-latin-pop-musical-on-your-feet/ |
The U.S. Supreme Court vacated a lower court’s ruling Thursday in a case regarding an Indiana law that requires parents to be notified when a minor seeks an abortion.
The high court sent the case back to the federal Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals “for further consideration in light of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization” – last week’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
In 2017, the Indiana General Assembly passed Senate Bill 404. The law would alter the judicial bypass procedure, which at present is confidential, requiring a parent to be notified if a minor attempts to seek an abortion.
Following a lawsuit filed later that year by the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana granted a temporary injunction preventing the statute from taking effect. The court ruled the parental notification law would create an “undue burden.”
The “undue burden” standard, a central tenet of abortion law, was established by the Supreme Court’s 1992 ruling in Casey, which declared abortion restrictions invalid “if its purpose or effect is to place a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman seeking an abortion before the fetus attains viability.”
After appeal, the Seventh Circuit Court upheld the district court’s ruling in 2019.
When the state appealed that judgment to the top of the judicial pyramid, the U.S. Supreme Court returned the case to the Seventh Circuit. However, the lower court upheld its original decision, based again on the precedent set in the Casey decision and other subsequent cases.
By Thursday, though, the legal landscape surrounding abortion had seismically shifted as the Dobbs decision provided a new lens through which the Seventh Circuit could view Indiana’s parental notification law.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita anticipated some abortion-related court decisions could be affected by last week’s Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs case. He filed a motion Tuesday requesting the U.S. District Court lift injunctions against the parental notification law and other abortion restrictions.
Rokita issued a statement Thursday in response to the Supreme Court’s decision returning the case to the circuit court.
“Following the landmark Dobbs decision, we eagerly anticipate clearer paths for Indiana’s commonsense laws protecting unborn children and their mothers,” he said. “We are grateful for the new day that has dawned, and we will remain steadfast in our fight for life.”
The ACLU of Indiana and Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates of Indiana also released a joint statement in response to the decision, calling the law “cruel and misguided.”
“This law is an unconscionable intrusion into patients’ lives and will force health professionals to delay care and disregard their patients’ confidentiality – even when that could be dangerous for their patient’s safety,” the organizations said.
Their statement went on to say: “State laws that mandate parental consent contradict the ethical and professional training of medical professionals, and, in some terrible cases, expose a young person to dangerous situations like abuse.... This is just the beginning of attempts to further restrict abortion access in Indiana, and we will continue to evaluate every avenue available to defend abortion access in the state.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/supreme-court-sends-indiana-abortion-law-back-to-circuit-court/article_2d34c8fc-f8bf-11ec-b0dc-bbf6b3fd71e4.html | 2022-07-01T02:35:12 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/supreme-court-sends-indiana-abortion-law-back-to-circuit-court/article_2d34c8fc-f8bf-11ec-b0dc-bbf6b3fd71e4.html |
Community Transit Network this month will dedicate a new 15,000-square-foot garage for its vehicles in New Haven.
A private nonprofit organization, CTN provides rides to seniors, people with disabilities, low-income families and children. In a typical year, the service provides about 100,000 rides to about 9,000 people.
The new garage at 3401 Maplecrest Road can house up to 18 accessible vans, said Justin Clupper, CTN’s executive director.
The new Memmer Family Garage will make a significant impact during colder months, he said.
“This will make service more reliable in the winter months for people with mobility challenges – cold temperatures can cause the vans’ attached hydraulic lifts to freeze up overnight” if stored outdoors, he said.
The garage’s location also is expected to help CTN save on fuel costs and provide more timely service for riders in southeast Fort Wayne and east Allen County, Clupper said.
He added there’s room for expansion of the garage to 52,000 square feet, giving CTN the space to house triple its current fleet.
The Memmer family donated the 6 acres the garage sits on. The family owns Truck Maintenance Inc., CTN’s vehicle maintenance service, which is next door to the new garage.
CTN will continue to operate its current facility at 5601 Industrial Road in north Fort Wayne, giving the group the ability to dispatch vehicles from either location.
Lead donors for the garage’s construction include the English Bonter Mitchell Foundation, AWS Foundation and the McMillen Foundation. The cost of the facility was $2.1 million Clupper said.
Work on the project began in 2019. CTN broke ground in August. Felderman Design Build, a local firm, served as builder.
A ribbon-cutting for the new garage is scheduled for 4 p.m. July 12. Those wishing to attend are asked to email Molly Graves at mollyg@ridectn.org. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/new-bus-garage-to-open-soon-aiding-mobility-of-seniors-disabled-riders/article_1c4c7f52-f8b1-11ec-8495-ef8ea2db19fe.html | 2022-07-01T02:35:18 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/new-bus-garage-to-open-soon-aiding-mobility-of-seniors-disabled-riders/article_1c4c7f52-f8b1-11ec-8495-ef8ea2db19fe.html |
Lutheran Hospital has a new leader – an executive from two hospitals in North Carolina.
Clyde Wood will become Lutheran’s latest CEO on July 26, hospital officials said in a news release.
He has experience as a market chief executive at Lake Morgan Regional Medical Center in Mooresville, North Carolina, while also responsible for leading Davis Regional Medical Center in Statesville, North Carolina.
Before that, Wood worked for Tennova Health in Tennessee. He has a background in the U.S. Army Reserves and started his medical career in physical therapy.
“I am looking forward to creating an environment and culture that will support our providers, patients and team members,” Wood said in a statement.
Scott Teffeteller, Lutheran Health Network’s market chief executive, said Wood brings “exceptionally strong leadership skills and strategic vision” to Lutheran Hospital. Wood will report to Teffeteller.
“I anticipate that he will work well with his colleagues across Lutheran Health Network to positively impact the care and services we provide,” Teffeteller said of Wood.
Lutheran has been led by several CEOs and interim CEOs in recent years, since Brian Bauer was ousted in 2017 amid a failed hospital buyout plan by some local doctors. Among them were Paula Autry, Tony Degina, Aaron Hazzard and Brady DuBois.
During his time at the North Carolina hospitals, Wood recruited more than 25 providers, led an expansion of primary-care locations and oversaw improvements in patient experience scores. His Tennessee accomplishments include building expansion and renovation projects, clinical services expansion and improved quality ratings.
Wood has a master’s degree in physical therapy from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and a master’s degree in health care administration from Missouri State University in Springfield. He also is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Wood praised Lutheran for its “extremely strong reputation” and said he feels “very honored to be selected to become a part of the Lutheran team and set down roots in Fort Wayne.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/new-ceo-to-join-lutheran-hospital-this-month/article_b2c097a2-f8a2-11ec-bd1d-4f6245bbf62f.html | 2022-07-01T02:35:24 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/new-ceo-to-join-lutheran-hospital-this-month/article_b2c097a2-f8a2-11ec-bd1d-4f6245bbf62f.html |
A local man facing drug charges was arrested Thursday after barricading himself in a home just north of downtown for about four hours.
Police arrested Mario R. Madrid, 59, after he surrendered without incident in the 1000 block of Huffman Street, near Spring and Sherman streets.
Madrid previously was arrested Saturday on preliminary charges of felony methamphetamine possession and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. He was released from jail on his own recognizance Monday and his initial charges were dismissed Thursday. Officials didn’t specify whether the dismissal was before, during or after the barricade situation.
Prosecutors filed formal charges Thursday, giving police authority to arrest him again on the Saturday incident.
A woman called police about 10:30 a.m. Thursday, saying a man, later identified as Madrid, was walking around with knives and scissors and acting erratic, said Sgt. Jeremy Webb, Fort Wayne police public information officer.
Madrid had gone inside the Huffman Street home when officers arrived. The police department’s emergency services and crisis response teams were called as investigators tried for several hours to get Madrid to come out. Drones were also used to monitor his whereabouts, Webb said.
Madrid walked out of the house about 2:30 p.m. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/suspect-arrested-after-barricading-himself-4-hours/article_27c15f4e-f8aa-11ec-9990-379a48a0b193.html | 2022-07-01T02:35:30 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/suspect-arrested-after-barricading-himself-4-hours/article_27c15f4e-f8aa-11ec-9990-379a48a0b193.html |
Tristen Figueroa, a recent graduate from Flagstaff High School and a multiyear starter on the Eagles baseball team, signed his letter of intent to play for the Oklahoma Wesleyan Eagles.
The NAIA school in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, gained a skilled catcher, as Figueroa signed his letter surrounded by friends, family and coaches at his house on Wednesday. Already a successful team -- Oklahoma Wesleyan went 38-11 in 2022 -- Figueroa figured he could make an impact and help win even more games.
“I was looking through the roster and I saw that they needed another catcher. They’re a good team and I want to be playing for somebody who wants me,” Figueroa said. “I didn’t want to go somewhere super big, so being in a small school was nice. It’s great baseball, and I want to improve myself as much as I can and see where it takes me.”
Figueroa led the Flagstaff Eagles, who went 11-9 and reached the first round of the 4A Conference playoffs in May, in hits (33) and caught 22 runners stealing.
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Despite his success in high school and club baseball, Figueroa had not yet figured out his college plans upon graduating from Flagstaff. He joined the Flagstaff Star Chasers, a collegiate summer wooden bat team in its first year that plays home games at Coconino High School. The opportunity garnered him further development against college-level opponents and more exposure.
The coaching staff at Oklahoma Wesleyan saw videos of him playing through social media and reached out to make the connection.
Now he’s happy to be past that phase, secured with a new home.
“I reached out to all kinds of NAIAs and a bunch of schools. They saw the video and reached out, and that’s how it got done,” Figueroa said. “But it was definitely stressful at first trying to get everything done. I only had two months to decide what I was doing after summer. Now I’m just glad to be done with it and now I can focus.”
Figueroa is now on a regular lifting schedule, and continues to play with the Star Chasers to aid in his development.
His goal is to be in top shape when he makes the move to Oklahoma in the fall, both as an athlete and a student.
“I want to get bigger and stronger for college. And then I want to improve, get better and make new friends and enjoy myself at my new school,” he said. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/eagles-graduate-tristen-figueroa-signs-with-oklahoma-wesleyan-baseball/article_1c6e992c-f8b4-11ec-a322-e7e8e022e923.html | 2022-07-01T02:38:20 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/eagles-graduate-tristen-figueroa-signs-with-oklahoma-wesleyan-baseball/article_1c6e992c-f8b4-11ec-a322-e7e8e022e923.html |
An iconic Kenosha lakeside cafe soon to celebrate 22 years in business will also serve its last customers at the end of August.
According to a post on its Facebook page Thursday night, Harborside Common Grounds, 5159 Sixth Ave., will celebrate its 22nd anniversary in Downtown on Aug. 21. Ten days later, however, it will close for good.
Like many businesses, the cafe had struggled during the height of the pandemic and their challenges have continued thereafter.
"While we are humbled by this accomplishment and thankful for the many people who have helped us achieve this milestone, our celebration will be bittersweet. Due to the rising costs, lack of quality products, and challenges finding qualified help, Harborside Common Grounds will be locking the doors for the last time on August 31, 2022.
"I would like to extend huge thank you to my amazing staff who have become family and the customers who have become our friends. The hard work and dedication of our staff and support of our customers has kept the coffee brewing for 22 wonderful years," according to the post.
The business is open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday - Thursday and 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday to Sunday and patrons are encouraged to stop by until the end of next month to celebrate and bid them farewell.
This story continues to develop. For more details check back later at www.kenoshanews.com
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Fronz Metallo plays the sitar along the Kenosha harbor in Downtown Kenosha on Saturday, July 3, 2021.
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HOLIDAY FIESTIVITIES
Jersey jumps after a toy his owner, Brad Scharfenorth, of Elkhorn, throws in to the water during the Dock Dogs Big Air Competition in Downtown Kenosha on Saturday.
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HOLIDAY FIESTIVITIES
Brody jumps over 20 feet in to a pool during the Dock Dogs Big Air Competition in Downtown Kenosha on Saturday, July 3, 2021.
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HOLIDAY FIESTIVITIES
Crowds of people walk along the harbor between booths filled with food and goods in Downtown Kenosha on Saturday, July 3, 2021.
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POPS FOURTH OF JULY
Conductor Craig Gall looks to the crowd as he conducts the Pops Band at the bandshell in Pennoyer Park on the Fourth of July. The band’s July 21 program features a women’s suffrage celebration.
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POPS FOURTH OF JULY
Liz Snyder plays the piccolo while performing with the Pops Band at the bandshell in Pennoyer Park on the Fourth of July.
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POPS FOURTH OF JULY
Conductor Craig Gall claps after a song during a performance of the Pops Band at the bandshell in Pennoyer Park on the Fourth of July.
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POPS FOURTH OF JULY
The Pops Band plays at the bandshell in Pennoyer Park on the Fourth of July.
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Midlanders are paying $1.35 more for a gallon of gasoline heading into the July Fourth holiday compared to one year ago, according to AAA Texas.
The organization shows that drivers in Midland are paying an average of $4.38 a gallon, which is the 13th lowest average of the 27 larger metropolitan areas and 11 cents lower than the state average. This week’s report also shows that the current average in Midland is 14 cents lower than the record set on June 11 ($4.52).
AAA Texas also reported that the average in Midland was down 8 cents compared to one week ago. That decline was 3 cents less than the 11-cent drop statewide. The organization also reported that more than half of the metropolitan communities reported a weekly decline of 10 cents or more.
Despite gas prices being $1.69 more per average gallon compared to last year and the most expensive ever for the holiday, Texans will travel by car in record numbers this July Fourth weekend, according to AAA Texas.
“The increase in volume, due to pent up demand for travel, will put more pressure on demand for fuel,” the organization reported in its weekly report. “This is occurring as supplies remain tight around the globe for crude oil and refined products. While gas prices have been dropping over the last two weeks, it is possible they could reverse course and begin climbing again in July. Before 2022, the most expensive July Fourth gas prices were in 2008, when the Texas statewide average was $3.96 per gallon.”
AAA Texas reported the following averages across the region -- $4.29 in San Angelo (a decrease of 8 cents), $4.33 in Abilene (a decrease of 19 cents), $4.35 in Odessa (a decrease of 7 cents), $4.36 in Lubbock (a decrease of 5 cents) and $4.37 in Amarillo (a decrease of 11 cents).
The lowest average in the state was $4.11 in Laredo. The highest average was $4.68 in El Paso.
The average in Midland is up $1.35 compared the same time in 2021 – the third lowest increase of the 27 larger metropolitan areas. The state average is up $1.69 during the same period.
This week
Laredo $4.11
McAllen-Edinburg $4.15
Brownville-Harlingen $4.17
Corpus Christi $4.21
San Angelo $4.29
Also
T-8. Odessa $4.35
13. Midland $4.38
Texas $4.49
National $4.86
Last week
Laredo $4.24
Brownsville-Harlingen $4.30
McAllen $4.31
San Angelo $4.37
Corpus Christi $4.39
Also
7. Odessa $4.42
9. Midland $4.46
Texas $4.60
National $4.94 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Midland-drivers-head-into-July-Fourth-paying-less-17277465.php | 2022-07-01T02:48:50 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Midland-drivers-head-into-July-Fourth-paying-less-17277465.php |
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CENTREVILLE, Ala. (WIAT) — Many in Bibb County are heartbroken and shocked about the tragic events that unfolded in their community after two Deputies were shot Wednesday.
Deputy Brad Johnson passed away Thursday afternoon. Investigator Chris Poole was released from UAB Hospital Thursday morning and is recovering at home.
CBS 42 stopped by City Cafe in downtown Centreville Thursday where many residents like Mike Nichols are grieving the death of Deputy Johnson. Nichols knew the fallen officer and his family personally.
“Johnson lived next door to me for seven years with his family and small children. so you can imagine the hurt that I am feeling and everyone is feeling,” Nichols said. “This is a small community and our hearts are broken.”
Centreville Mayor Mike Oakley is praising deputies Johnson and Chris Poole as heroes.
“The community is totally devastated because these are two gentlemen who were not only good law enforcement officers, but they were good citizens of the community, dads, husbands, friends and church goers,” Mayor Oakley said. “This is a community type pain that’s being shared today.”
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'Plainly grossly inadequate': Arizona prison health care system ruled unconstitutional
In an emphatic rebuke of Arizona's privatized prison health care model, U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver found that Arizona is denying the constitutional rights of people in state prisons by failing to provide minimally adequate health care.
In a ruling issued Thursday, Judge Silver also condemned the state for improperly detaining a subset of prisoners in solitary confinement.
"While this case involves an unusually large amount of evidence, there are only two
basic questions," Silver wrote. "Are Defendants violating the constitutional rights of Arizona’s prisoners through the existing medical and mental health care system? And are Defendants violating the constitutional rights of a subset of Arizona’s prisoners by almost round-the-clock confinement in their cells? The answer is yes to both questions."
Silver ordered injunctive relief in a form that is yet to be determined.
The ruling comes after Silver rescinded a long-standing settlement agreement reached in the Jensen v. Shinn prison health care lawsuit between prisoners and the state of Arizona.
In 2012, the federal court recognized a group of people in Arizona prisons who claimed their Eighth Amendment rights, against cruel and unusual punishment, were being violated. The class-action lawsuit was then named Parsons v. Ryan, after plaintiff Victor Parsons and then-director of the Arizona Department of Corrections Charles Ryan agreed to settle the case in 2014 and the settlement was certified in 2015.
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Since that time, federal courts overseeing the settlement have found the state has not been living up to the terms of the settlement agreement. Federal judges have twice held the Department in contempt, fining the agency millions of dollars. The case has outlasted judges, named plaintiffs and prison administrators. It is now known as Jensen v. Shinn, after plaintiff Shawn Jensen and current Arizona prisons Director David Shinn.
After rescinding the settlement agreement, Judge Silver presided over a weeks long trial in the fall of 2021, which featured damning testimony from prisoners describing a lack of proper health care, and contractors who said the state resisted attempts to properly staff the prisons.
"Defendants have failed to provide, and continue to refuse to provide, a constitutionally adequate medical care and mental health care system for all prisoners," Silver wrote. "Defendants’ health care system is plainly grossly inadequate. Defendants have been aware of their failures for years and Defendants have refused to take necessary actions to remedy the failures. Defendants’ years of inaction, despite Court intervention and imposition of monetary sanctions, establish Defendants are acting with deliberate indifference to the substantial risk of serious harm posed by the lack of adequate medical and mental health care affecting all prisoners."
Additionally, Silver wrote that Arizona keeps thousands of prisoners in restrictive housing units "where they are not provided adequate nutrition, nor are they provided meaningful out-of-cell time for exercise or social interaction."
"Defendants’ treatment of prisoners in restrictive housing units results in the deprivation of basic human needs," Silver wrote, again stating that Arizona showed deliberate indifference "to the substantial risk of serious harm posed to prisoners in restrictive housing units."
The impact of Silver's order on a recent five-year contract finalized between the Arizona Department of Corrections and correctional health care provider NaphCare remains uncertain. The contract was estimated to be worth more the $280 million annually, generating an estimated profit for NaphCare of nearly $10 million.
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ACLU national prison project Deputy Director Corene Kendrick said the ruling is a victory for the constitution and the rule of law and for the people in Arizona's prisons.
"This is really a landmark and groundbreaking decision," Kendrick said. "Because Judge Silver has affirmed the fact that people in Arizona prisons have a right to minimal health care and that a prison sentence should never be a death sentence for people with treatable medical and mental health conditions."
Kendrick said she and attorneys for the prisoners will now nominate the names of correctional health care experts, per Silver's ruling, who will advise her on crafting a remedial order which would address the violations incarcerated people are enduring.
"Judge Silver completely repudiates the state's repeated claims that solitary confinement is not harmful to incarcerated people in her ruling," Kendrick said. "She also did not find credible the defense by the states hired experts of the indefensible conditions in maximum custody housing units."
Kendrick said attorneys for the prisoners have previously asked Silver to appoint an independent receiver to take over the care in state prisons, and they will continue to advocate for that outcome. Receivership would mean the entire Arizona prison health care system would be taken under control of the federal government.
The Arizona Department of Corrections did not immediately return a request for comment about the ruling.
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How did receivership work in California?
In 2005, a District Court judge established receivership for the prison health care system in California after the state failed to comply with a settlement agreement — the result of a class-action lawsuit over prison health care neglect similar to the Jensen suit in Arizona.
"The judge appointed one person who was charged with all the authorities that the Secretary of corrections had under state law to provide medical care," said Don Spector, a founder of the Prison Law Offices in San Francisco. "And so that person, the receiver, had the authority to develop policies and procedures and to hire the staff that's necessary, and to monitor the conditions to ensure that the care is being provided."
Spector represents the people incarcerated in Arizona prisons in the Jensen lawsuit. The law firm also represents people in California prisons.
He said all of the receiver's actions were subject to review by the district court, as would be the case in Arizona.
Control over the prison health care system in California was transitioned back to the state in 2012.
Spector said receivership resulted in "much better care" for prisoners in California.
"It's off the charts better care than they would have ever had before," Spector said. "And that's because the care was so bad. And now, the care in many places is decent. "It's not Cadillac care or anything like that, but it's decent care."
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He believes this is due to the receiver offering higher pay rates and hiring more qualified health care professionals to work in the prison system. The receiver was also able to bring the time it took to be seen by a nurse down from several days to less than 24 hours.
"He hired a lot more people of all categories," Spector said of the California receiver. "And he developed contracts with outside hospitals. And if those didn't work out, you know, he changed them."
Despite having many disagreements with the receiver over the years, like what he should focus on and how fast new policies should be implemented, Spector said the results were clearly beneficial.
"Over time, the death rate, instances of medical malpractice, and preventable deaths dropped significantly. So that was really strong evidence that the receiver his ship has been effective," Spector said. "It's been a remarkable turnaround. I'm certain he's saved hundreds if not thousands of lives."
Spector said he believes receivership is the only way prisoners in Arizona would ever get constitutionally adequate healthcare, because no other judicial remedy has worked.
"The state has shown over the last almost decade, that it really isn't committed to providing people with decent care," Spector said. "And so contempt hasn't been enough of an incentive, even when it's in millions of dollars. Orders telling them to comply with the promises that they made when they settled the case haven't been enough. Hearings haven't been enough in front of the court. And as we saw in the trial, they don't believe that there's anything inadequate about the care that my clients are receiving."
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What happens next
"Because the Court has determined by a preponderance of the evidence that Defendants are deliberately indifferent to a substantial risk of serious harm, it must fashion an appropriate remedy," Silver wrote in her ruling. "In this case, there is no question remedial measures are necessary to correct constitutional deficiencies and the Court will meet its constitutional obligations. Thus, the Court will employ an expert to assist with crafting an injunction that remedies the constitutional violations—no more and no less."
Attorneys for the state and for the prisoners have 14 days to nominate experts who will assist the court with crafting an injunction. Judge Silver said she would consider the nominees and appoint an expert on or before August 15th.
Have a news tip on Arizona prisons? Reach the reporter at jjenkins@arizonarepublic.com or at 812-243-5582. Follow him on Twitter @JimmyJenkins.
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WOODLAND, Calif. — An LGBTQ+ pride event was canceled Thursday afternoon after the restaurant said violent threats made toward them hosting the event in Woodland.
The Drag Queen Happy Hour pride event was set to take place at Mojo’s Lounge and Bar Thursday evening in honor of the last day of Pride month.
However, Mojo’s posted on Facebook saying they were facing mounting violent threats from anti-LGBTQ+ groups leading up to the day of the event.
The business announced Thursday in a Facebook post that after working with the Woodland Police Department and local security services to ensure safety, the organizers did not feel comfortable proceeding with the Drag event.
Drag Queen Happy Hour has now been scheduled for a later date later in the summer that will be announced through Mojo’s social media platforms.
ABC10 reached out to Woodland Police with request for comment, but the inquiry was not immediately returned.
More information can be found on Mojo's Lounge and Bar Facebook.
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If the Nebraska Legislature ever decides to allow casinos at new horse racing tracks, Ogallala is ready.
The Ogallala City Council and Keith County Board of Commissioners earlier this week approved plans for a $100 million project that would be built by the same gaming company that's building a casino at Fonner Park in Grand Island.
Elite Casino Resorts says the proposed project, which would be called Lake Mac Casino Resort & Racetrack, would have a casino with 650 slot machines, 20 table games, six poker tables, a sportsbook and a show lounge that would provide local and regional entertainment on the weekend.
It also would include a racetrack with a 5/8-mile oval, a 120-room hotel, 10,000 square feet of convention and event space, an RV park and a "high-end" truck stop.
The proposed project is similar in size and scope to one Elite plans to build at the Grand Island track.
“We are excited about this partnership. This project will be a catalyst to help additional economic development in our community," Jeremy Smith, president of local nonprofit LMRC Inc., said in a news release. "We feel we have the full package with our location, the quality of the project to be developed, and the experience in gaming and racetracks with our partners."
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Those partners include both Elite and Fonner Park, as well as casino developer Kehl Management.
Whether the partners can build a casino in Ogallala is up in the air, however.
Voters in 2020 approved an initiative that allows casino gambling only at authorized horse racing tracks, and the Legislature earlier this year passed a bill that puts a moratorium on developing casinos outside of the six existing tracks until a market study can be performed, something that must happen no later than Jan. 1, 2025.
All six existing tracks have announced plans for casinos, but only three -- Fonner Park, Lincoln Race Course and Horsemen's Park in Omaha -- have so far submitted applications to the Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission. In addition to Ogallala, five communities -- Bellevue, York, Norfolk, North Platte and Gering -- have expressed interest in building new racetracks with casinos.
Operators of the existing tracks, including Fonner Park CEO Chris Kotulak, have questioned whether the state can support more than six casinos.
Kotulak could not be reached Thursday afternoon on the decision to partner on a potential Ogallala casino.
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On May 17, Lincoln Police Department officers were dispatched to an apartment complex in north Lincoln on the report of a missing child.
A 9-year-old boy had walked away from the complex and could not be found by their parent.
Through utilizing Project Lifesaver, a tracking technology that police use in a cooperative effort with the Autism Family Network of Lincoln, officers were able to locate the boy safe in a different apartment building that he'd wandered into.
It's the fifth time in four years that Lincoln police have been able to locate a missing person through Project Lifesaver.
After working on a wandering persons case in 2015, LPD Sgt. Cassi Nissen began researching what other cities were doing in similar instances.
She learned about Project Lifesaver from a captain at the Omaha Police Department.
"For most young children, they don't happen to be carrying a phone with them when they wander, which is why the focus is on them," Nissen said.
After meeting with the Autism Family Network and discussing logistics, the ultimate deciding factor in bringing it to Lincoln was money.
The equipment for the program cost $50,000, which the Autism Family Network and LPD didn't have available.
But in 2018, through a $50,000 donation by the Jullia Rose Foundation, Project Lifesaver was made possible at no cost to families in Lincoln.
Those enrolled in the program receive a medical-style, nonremovable wristband that comes with a small battery-powered transmitter.
The wristband transmits a signal up to 3 miles, and officers use directional receivers to locate individuals, former Sgt. Todd Beam said.
Initially, LPD officers trained for a week on the program and were certified as electronic search specialists.
Now, their training includes a four-hour training session on Project Lifesaver, autism awareness and working with individuals with disabilities.
Through this training, officers learn how to communicate with those who are nonverbal and how individuals with autism often have no sense of danger or fear of consequences. That's often cited as a reason why the No. 1 cause of death in individuals with autism is drowning.
A big feature of the wristband is that it's waterproof, unlike other tracking technologies.
“As a mom of a child with autism, it was important to have that sense of security that whatever device we chose for him would be waterproof,” said Cathy Martinez, president of the Autism Family Network.
In addition to the tracking technology, LPD also collects information from caregivers of individuals enrolled in the program who have a history of wandering. That allows the department to have records including the history of their transmitter and a photo of the individual in case that person is reported missing.
So far, 22 individuals in Lincoln have been enrolled in the program. Nationwide, nearly 4,000 people reported missing have been found through Project Lifesaver technology.
According to LPD's Nissen, they’d like to expand the program to include those with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, but need additional funding to make that possible.
Evelyn Mejia is a news intern and current sophomore at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She covers breaking news and writes feature stories about her community.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — On Saturday night, June 25, while Devin Topf was at work, someone broke into his car around 5 p.m. to 4 a.m. and stole his bagpipes.
Topf, who can be seen playing his instrument in the Fayetteville Square, says the pipes are his most prized possession and that his love for the instrument started when he was 14 years old.
“I saved up all my money to those back when I was 18 and it’s just really hard to see someone run off with those," said Topf.
He says his family history on his mom’s side is what inspired him to start playing on a large scale.
“After learning that I had a little bit of Scottish heritage it really encouraged me to want to learn something within that category, so I went ahead and took lessons with the band here in Fayetteville," said Topf.
Topf says he is waiting for security footage to be downloaded and has filed a police report in Fayetteville but most importantly he hopes for help from the community.
“It hits really hard because that’s a second income for me and I provide all these services across Arkansas for families who lost their loved ones," said Topf.
In the meantime, he’s hoping the police find the instrument before two performances he has scheduled in September.
“It’s hard but right now it’s just me pushing through it and moving on and trying to be a better person,” said Topf.
Devin says the replacement price is about $2,000.
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ROGERS, Ark. — Shooters from around the country gathered in Rogers for the 2022 Daisy Nationals.
Lawrence Taylor, Public Relations Director of Daisy, said that the Daisy Nationals were the most prestigious BB gun competition in the world. The competition comes after a two-year break due to Covid.
Competitors shoot 10 shots each from the standing, kneeling, sitting and prone position at a target placed 5 meters away.
James Eberwein, Flint Hills Jr. Shooting Coach, says he's been coming to the competition for around 30 years. The Daisy Hall of Famer traveled from Alma, Kansas with his team and their family members.
"For some kids, this is the only opportunity they ever get to attend a national function," said Eberwein.
Andy Faulkner traveled from Conway, Arkansas to bring his team, the Central Arkansas Blackhawks.
Coaches and competition officials explained that because of the eight to 15 age requirement, some children missed their chance with the past two years of cancellation.
"Some of the kids who were looking so forward to coming to the last couple of years they aged out and they don't they just they don't get to come," said Taylor. "They've got to go to do some other competitions"
"We had some really good shooters that did not have the opportunity to compete this year just because they aged out of the program over the whole covid break," said Faulkner.
Taylor said that 55 teams registered for the competition spread through 16 states. Coaches say they have a diverse group of shooters in this year's competition.
"I get a lot of youth in my program that cannot play contact sports because of health reasons," said Eberwein. "This is their sport."
"You don't have to be a certain athletic ability to be able to shoot," said Andy Faulkner, Central Arkansas Blackhawks Youth Shooting Coach. "You can have people who have various kinds of disabilities that can still shoot, you have people who are small in stature that- you don't have to be big in stature be able to shoot, some of our best shooters are our young females"
Before shooting starts, the competition begins scoring with a written test which makes up 25% of their final score. It covers gun safety, marksmanship, and competitive shooting.
"I try promoting to the kids that that's just as important as their shooting score," said Eberwein
Competition officials said spectators were welcome to watch. For those not able to attend in person, there will be a Livestream of the competition starting with the opening ceremony on Friday at 4. The competition wraps up on Sunday.
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'Times they're a chain-gin': A guide to today's coastal economy
Supply chains. Blockchains. Chain reactions. As singer-songwriter Bob Dylan might have observed: The Times They Are A Chain-gin’.
Of the three, supply chains, as in shortages, seem to be impacting our lives the most. Time was when only economists understood that concept. Now, most lay people (and a few clergy) have a handle on it.
As defined, it is “the network of all the individuals, organizations, resources, activities and technology involved in the creation and sale of a product”. That’s what is known at Agave as the “whole enchilada”.
On the coast, there are a number of well-known supply chain issues. For instance, there is the cost of waterfront property, which increases daily for the simple reason that they are not making any more of it — not even in China. Trust me on that, folks.
In addition, certain types of ethnic food restaurants don’t seem to be multiplying as they should. For instance, Russian cuisine is found locally only at the Red Square Caviar Bar in Rehoboth. Rumor has it that their desire to expand is being blocked by the Beach Borscht Bistro chain (there’s that word again), which insists that they first remove Chicken Kiev (or Kyiv, if you want a more contemporary version) from their menu.
A final supply chain issue involves the beloved Chesapeake Bay blue crab. A late May report concludes that the number of crabs leaving their claw prints on the ocean floor has hit a new low.
If that weren’t enough, there is an uptick in the perennial challenge of finding workers, foreign temps usually sourced from overseas (as opposed to underseas), to work in the crab processing facilities of the region. This latter phenomenon is compounded by a shortage of the bamboo-infused paper on which the official H-2B visas are printed.
In a different vein, I was prepared as a senior citizen to become more forgetful as I aged. It was like certain persons, places, and things didn’t exist — at least momentarily, or weren’t where I thought they should be.
What I was not prepared for was the introduction into my life of objects that don’t exist in a physical sense, things that are virtual and/or digital and, if I ignored them, might undermine my economic security. Enter the world of blockchains and non-fungible tokens. Say what?
Blockchain issues are hard to grasp, certainly more so than block and tackle ones. So, we will leave a discussion of them to another column.
Non-fungible tokens, NFTs for short, are easier to understand, as long as one does not confuse them with fungible tokens — something I’m sure you would wish to avoid.
A good example of a fungible token, an object that has identical sisters and brothers, are the coins that were used to travel on the New York City (NYC) subway system until 2003.
Today, however, those coins are neither fungible nor non-fungible, but rather worthless. Unless, of course, they are offered for sale on eBay, or used by fish to get onboard any one of the 714 submerged NYC subway cars that help compose the artificial Redbird Reef off the coast of Slaughter Beach.
But I digress.
A non-fungible token, on the other hand, is an investment in a one-of-a-kind item that can’t be replicated. Although there are many vehicles for such investments, including motor cars themselves, one of the more common areas of NFT speculation is fine art.
For instance, investors might be given an opportunity to own a piece of the Mona Lisa, say . . . her smile. Obviously, I joke. No part of her is for sale — at least not yet.
But, Lewes sculptress Kristen Visbal, the creator of the iconic Fearless Girl statue, now located opposite the New York Stock Exchange, has released a set of NFTs reflective of that sculptural symbol of female empowerment
Visbal may be on to something. Cape Spirit, a 20-foot high, free flowing sculpture has been proposed for placement in Canalfront Park. Designed by Rick Rothrock, one of the more alliterative artists of our age, it would be a striking addition to a Lewes skyline that is currently dominated by the wind turbine on the UDel campus.
Perhaps the current debate regarding the installation and maintenance of Cape Spirit would be viewed differently if the City of Lewes had the mettle to sell NFTs based on that stainless steel sculpture.
The city could use some of that revenue to purchase, place, and preserve the sculpture, which in turn could be a model for future public art. The remaining revenue could be used to secure available farmland, thus protecting Lewes from further residential sub-divisions. And, this land preservation would help maintain the historic character of the First Town in the First State.
In short, it would set in motion a chain reaction!
Mike Berger is a freelance writer and retired university administrator with a home in Lewes. Contact him atedadvice@comcast.net.
More:Delaware meets ‘Jurassic World’: Children fight for First State to get its own dinosaur | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2022/06/30/times-theyre-a-chain-gin-a-guide-to-todays-coastal-economy/65364382007/ | 2022-07-01T03:28:43 | 1 | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2022/06/30/times-theyre-a-chain-gin-a-guide-to-todays-coastal-economy/65364382007/ |
23-year-old man charged with attempted murder in Ocean City stabbings
A 23-year-old Ridgely, Maryland, man has been charged with attempted murder and other offenses after three people were stabbed in Ocean City last week.
Just before midnight June 20, police saw multiple people fighting in the area of Wicomico Street and Atlantic Avenue, according to the Ocean City Police Department. As officers arrived on the scene, police said, the suspects ran north on the Boardwalk and three males were discovered to be suffering from stab wounds.
An 18-year-old and a 21-year-old, both of Wye Mills, Maryland, were flown to hospitals, while a 17-year-old from Centreville, Maryland, was transported by EMS. All three have since been released, police said.
A 17-year-old was arrested at the scene and charged with affray. Ocean City Police said they used camera footage, social media and witnesses to identify Paul Baynard as an additional suspect.
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Baynard was arrested Wednesday in Queen Anne's County without incident and charged with attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault and reckless endangerment. He is being held without bond. | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2022/06/30/man-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-ocean-city-stabbings/65365515007/ | 2022-07-01T03:28:49 | 1 | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2022/06/30/man-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-ocean-city-stabbings/65365515007/ |
RANGELEY, Maine — Jamie Eastlack lives in Rangeley as a life-long resident but said issues surrounding Canada geese just started a few years ago.
"It can do some damage pretty quickly... The town beach has been through some problems in recent years," Eastlack said.
He's talking about the population of Canada geese increasing to the point where their poop is causing health concerns, according to Rangeley town officials and the USDA.
Eastlack said he adopted his terrier, Wilson, as a deterrent for the geese, installed fences and tried out chemical sprays to keep the geese off his lawn.
"We fought it for 5 years and have tried thousands of dollars worth of chemicals, fences... sprinklers... it's a constant battle," Eastlack said. "They show up every year and it just seems like they're a bit of a nuisance."
Another lifelong resident, Alice Smith, told NEWS CENTER Maine the increasing goose population worries her about childrens' safety.
"This is a vacation area, this is all we have as far as supporting the town. So, yes indeed, I think it's important for our vacationers and for the local folks," Smith said. "I would consider it an issue for the children, for the guests in town."
NEWS CENTER Maine did not see a single Canada goose during reporting Thursday, though neighbors report the flock travels in groups up to 50.
This may be because the USDA has already euthanized a lot of the population residents were planning on.
Out of 93 geese the USDA said lives in town, it removed 79, according to an email.
Due to increasing cases of avian flu, the USDA said the birds would be composted away from humans and wildlife, though no avian flu cases have been reported in Franklin County.
Without avian flu, the birds due pose another risk, according to biologist Brad Allen.
"Their feces carries E. coli, salmonella... stuff you don't want in your drinking water," Allen said.
Allen said the efforts to reduce the Canada geese population to more manageable numbers will be a years-long effort. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/rangeleys-goose-population-to-be-trimmed-due-to-health-concerns/97-8c789a3b-d344-4ee7-9897-b67dd31cd130 | 2022-07-01T03:30:38 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/rangeleys-goose-population-to-be-trimmed-due-to-health-concerns/97-8c789a3b-d344-4ee7-9897-b67dd31cd130 |
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LEBANON, Va. (WJHL) — Virginia officials are seeking an additional $7 million in federal funding for the Coalfields Expressway project.
The Coalfields Expressway Authority is working with federal legislators on a funding request of $7 million for paving additional lanes at the U.S. 121/460 intersection and Hawk’s Nest sections. The request was submitted for consideration in the upcoming federal budget.
A budget bill released by the House Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee only includes $3.5 million for the project. However, officials with the CFX Authority hope continued negotiations by Virginia’s federal lawmakers will result in additional funding for the project.
Rep. Morgan Griffith joined CFX Authority members on Thursday to hear an update on how the Virginia Department of Transportation plans to use nearly $2 million in funding allocated to the expressway under the current federal budget. The funds will go toward pre-engineering the proposed section of expressway between Grundy and the West Virginia state line.
According to the CFX Authority, pre-engineering will be used toward identifying roadway considerations such as:
- Conceptual alignments, grades and profiles;
- Surface and mineral owners;
- Surface mines and deep mine works;
- Selection of typical sections, design speed and number of lanes;
- Evaluation of climbing lanes and truck escape ramps needs;
- Calculation of potential earthwork volumes;
- Development of pavement design; and
- Development of scoping level estimates.
Environmental impacts will also be examined.
During Thursday’s meeting, CFX Authority Executive Director Jonathan Belcher gave an update on VDOT’s estimated timeline for the completion of the Corridor Q (US 460) and the overall project:
- Kentucky state line to Route 744 (Southern Gap) – early fall 2023.
- Route 744 to Route 604 (Poplar Creek) – early 2025.
- Route 604 (Poplar Creek) to Grundy – late 2027.
The remaining sections of the proposed Coalfields Expressway in Virginia remain unfunded.
The proposed 57-mile highway is expected to boost economic development in the coalfields of Southwest Virginia. Once complete, it will run through Buchanan, Dickenson, and Wise counties to the West Virginia state line. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/additional-7-million-in-federal-funding-sought-for-coalfields-expressway/ | 2022-07-01T03:42:19 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/additional-7-million-in-federal-funding-sought-for-coalfields-expressway/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A game store in downtown Johnson City is preparing to offer something new in addition to gaming: food.
Mulligans Gaming Pub, located at 308 E. Main St., will hold a soft opening of its new food service on Friday. The menu will include traditional Irish food, such as fish, beef, and potatoes.
“One of the things that myself and the other owners has spoken about was we wanted a place that was open, had plenty of room, and also had the chill factor which was anybody from any background could come in and just relax,” owner Sean McCoy said.
McCoy hopes to serve alcohol in the future as well.
The restaurant part of the business will be located on the first floor while the gaming part will be on the second floor.
The restaurant will open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/mulligans-gaming-pub-in-downtown-johnson-city-to-launch-food-service-friday/ | 2022-07-01T03:42:25 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/mulligans-gaming-pub-in-downtown-johnson-city-to-launch-food-service-friday/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Five days after a cyberattack left Tennessee’s unemployment benefits system offline, some non-profit organizations said they can help individuals unable to receive their payments.
Geographic Solutions Inc. said they took down the Tennessee unemployment site after “anomalous activity” was found in their network. The company said no personal data was accessed.
The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development said they cannot access unemployment claims as a result, meaning the 12,000 Tennesseans on unemployment will have to wait for their next payment.
Aaron Murphy, CEO of Good Samaritan Ministries in Johnson City, said they’ve heard from several people locked out of unemployment.
“They’ve called us to see how we can step in and help them meet their needs,” Murphy said.
Geographic Solutions Inc. provides unemployment services to several states. They said three dozen states and territories are without online unemployment services.
Tennessee’s site has been down since Sunday. Geographic Solutions Inc. anticipates a fix by July 4.
It’s bad timing as July begins Friday, and rent and bills are due.
“Anytime that you’re waiting on a paycheck or a source of income, and something happens and it’s delayed, then your world seems like all is crashing down,” said Johnson City Salvation Army Captain Benny Carringer.
State Department of Labor and Workforce Development officials said those eligible for unemployment benefits must wait until the site is fixed to file certifications for the missed weeks, which will be paid in a lump sum.
Tennessee state Sen. Paul Bailey called the situation “unacceptable” and said the state needs to do “whatever it takes” to get people their benefits.
But organizations like Salvation Army and Good Samaritan want those not receiving their unemployment on time to know they can get help.
“Helping out with groceries, water bill, power bill, rent assistance. We want to make sure that we can come alongside them to aid them in these challenging times,” Murphy said.
The Upper East Tennessee Human Development Agency can also help with rent or utility assistance.
Both organizations provide free food and assistance with bills and rent.
That could be vital for those going without their benefits, as inflation makes budgets even tighter.
“We are here to help bridge the gap as much as we can, especially during this holiday weekend and tough time as it is,” Carringer said.
Carringer said assistance is open to anyone that needs it. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/organizations-say-theyre-here-to-help-during-unemployment-benefit-delay/ | 2022-07-01T03:42:31 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/organizations-say-theyre-here-to-help-during-unemployment-benefit-delay/ |
TACOMA, Wash. — If you want to know about bridges in Tacoma, engineer Steve Carstens is the man to call.
Born and raised in Tacoma, Carstens still remembers riding his bike over the East 11th Street bridge to buy fireworks.
Now he’s working on a project to break down one of the city’s most well-known bridges.
“I thought, at first I wanted to be this big building guy, but then I go, I love bridges, I think they’re so cool,” he said. “This has been around since the 20s, and it’s a focal point and a guidance point. People tell me all the time, ‘I go down to Milwaukee, and it’s weird not to see this structure here,’ you know? They’re like, ‘This used to be here.”
During Tuesday’s meeting, the city council approved $3.5 million to be spent on an Interlocal Agreement with the Port of Tacoma for the emergency removal of the East 11th Street viaduct.
Carstens said the project opens up around five acres of space for the Port.
Matthew Mauer, who serves as the Port of Tacoma’s local government affairs manager, said the Port is eager to have the extra room.
“Being able to utilize that space for port purposes can definitely have a big impact on our ability to move freight more efficiently,” Mauer said. “We need to have some conversation internally on what the best use of that land is, but it’ll definitely be put to productive use.”
The project also sets up safeguards to catch debris that may fall off the bridge, protecting Puyallup Tribe members when they launch boats and hold fishing ceremonies.
“We don’t want anyone to lose their life or get injured ... just for doing what they’re allowed to do and supposed to do on their own property, which is go fishing,” Carstens said.
Carstens said Tacoma has plans to update and repair some of the city’s other bridges.
He can’t wait to get started.
“Any time I take a career change, I always come back to bridges. So now I’m sticking with it until I die…”
Carstens said the part of the project that serves the Port should be wrapped up by mid-July. The safeguards on the underside of the bridge is expected to be wrapped up by mid-August. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/tacoma-east-11th-viaduct-removal/281-e3b5b168-f505-4e83-a430-b3531ef396ad | 2022-07-01T03:48:11 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/tacoma-east-11th-viaduct-removal/281-e3b5b168-f505-4e83-a430-b3531ef396ad |
CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — One person is receiving treatment at a hospital after being shot twice in what appears to have been a road rage incident Thursday evening. According to the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, the shooting took place in front of a law enforcement officer.
Deputies responded to the scene on Highway 92 just before 7:20 p.m. along Woodstock Road.
"A Woodstock Police officer witnessed the incident and conducted a traffic stop in which the suspected shooter was detained," deputies said.
The victim was taken to the hospital.
The Criminal Investigation Division at the sheriff's office is investigating the incident. No other details were immediately made available.
News happens fast. Download our 11Alive News app for all the latest breaking updates, and sign up for our Speed Feed newsletter to get a rundown of the latest headlines across north Georgia. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/road-rage-cherokee-county-woodstock-road/85-005e00ce-d5d0-4f53-9add-1af4f3e5ee96 | 2022-07-01T03:49:24 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/road-rage-cherokee-county-woodstock-road/85-005e00ce-d5d0-4f53-9add-1af4f3e5ee96 |
GREENSBORO — Nora Carr’s father often recounted with pride the baseball scholarship his dad earned and how their Irish-immigrant clan pooled resources to get her grandfather into college — the first in the family.
“The family ethos was you can argue and fight within the family, but outside the family you are loyal and support each other,” Carr said in 2012 while then chief of staff for Guilford County Schools, the third-largest district in the state. “That idea of teamwork and loyalty is something I’ve carried all my life.”
Carr, 63, died Thursday after suffering a heart attack on Tuesday, and is being remembered for her dedication to children.
Superintendent Sharon Contreras recalled that Carr was the first person she met when she came to Greensboro in 2016 and instantly connected over what they wanted for children. Carr would come to her weeks later saying that she was prepared to resign because a new superintendent deserved to hire her own chief of staff.
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“But she ‘had me at hello,” said an emotional Contreras. “There was no way I was going to let her go. She was an equity warrior and fought so diligently and passionately for children.”
Carr, who served as interim superintendent during the search that lead to Contreras, had a particular passion for LGBTQ children and those with exceptional needs and wanted to make sure policies and practices addressed students that others forgot about, Contreras said.
“She just fought so hard for children and it seems so incredibly unfair,” Contreras said. “What I’ll remember her most for is the humanity she saw in every person she interacted with.”
Carr retired from Guilford County Schools after being recruited to the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation in 2021 as assistant director with the Winston-Salem-based group, which awards grants across the state with a mission to improve the quality of life for all North Carolinians.
There she teamed up with former Superintendent Maurice “Mo” Green, the foundation’s executive director.
Carr once recalled how her dad didn’t shoo his kids out of trees, but pressed them to climb higher. He not only taught the boys how to throw a football with a spiral, but his girls, too. He told them they never had to have all the answers.
Carr, on a athletic scholarship, was the first female All-American at St. Louis University.
“I think I learned how to be fearless,” she said.
Winston McGregor, vice-chair of the county school board and president of the Guilford Education Alliance, saw Carr as incredibly courageous and willing to put in the work to make change happen.
“Of course, she would get weary and frustrated, but she never said, ‘I’m not going to do the work,’” McGregor said. “She always got back up, climbed higher or found a new solution. She was never the person to say let’s just do what we’ve always done.
“She often said: ‘If I could have one wish it would be that every child had at least one caring adult in their life.’”
Carr’s tenure with Guilford County Schools included tough budget years, where she followed her father’s lead.
A child of the Depression and a B-24 bomber pilot during World War II, her father oversaw the construction, staffing and opening of Missouri’s first nuclear plant. So when the sputtering economy forced millions in cuts from the district’s budget during Carr’s early time here, she responded just as her dad had: by working to scrap unfilled jobs and reducing workdays.
“Dad was very much about holding people accountable,” Carr once said. “By the same token, if people were working hard and doing the job, he did everything he could to keep them employed.”
Contreras last saw Carr during a community celebration for the departing superintendent, who is leaving to take a job with The Innovation Project, an education-related nonprofit.
With her voice choked by tears, Contreras shared that three years ago, she had an anaphylactic reaction to an antibiotic. Few knew about it.
“I collapsed and wasn’t breathing,” said Contreras, who was rushed to the hospital.
When she was revived, the first face leaning over her was Carr.
“I said, ‘Am I in heaven?’” Contreras said with a bit of a laughter through her tears. “She said, ‘Not yet, Sharon.’ Nora came every day to hold my hand. I couldn’t really talk. I was in a great deal of pain and I didn’t know if I was going to live or die, and she held my hands for eight days.
“That was Nora Carr — forever holding each of our hands.”
Contact Nancy McLaughlin at 336-373-7049 and follow @nmclaughlinNR on Twitter. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/equity-warrior-nora-carr-remembered-for-fighting-passionately-for-children/article_2f8ffd26-f8bd-11ec-8168-f3ae00a0b545.html | 2022-07-01T03:53:03 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/equity-warrior-nora-carr-remembered-for-fighting-passionately-for-children/article_2f8ffd26-f8bd-11ec-8168-f3ae00a0b545.html |
GREENSBORO — City officials are giving residents a four-month grace period before they begin imposing a $25 fee for not retrieving their emptied trash cans from the curb in a timely manner.
“The intent of this program is not to punish people,” Field Operations Director Julio Delgado said at a City Council work session on Thursday. “It’s not to go against that person that put the trash can five, six hours (early) because they got to go to work. This program itself is honestly to make our community better without trash cans in the streets.”
The issue arose after the City Council voted to put teeth into a 20-year-old ordinance that requires residents to take their trash cans curbside after 7 p.m. the night before pickup, at the curb by 7 a.m. and removed by 7 p.m. the day it’s picked up.
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The “7-7-7 rule” is intended to keep the city looking cleaner as well as minimizing the safety hazard garbage cans pose to motorists and children, who may dart out from behind them.
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The council voted unanimously on June 21 to changes in the solid waste ordinance that included a $25 “cart roll back fee,” that was to begin today. The city would issue a warning on the first complaint, but the fee could be imposed on subsequent complaints.
Delgado said most residents retrieve their cans after they’ve been emptied, but there’s a small percentage who do not.
“Every time I get a person to call and say, ‘Hey, somebody didn’t roll their can back, I got to send somebody there to pick it up,” he explained. “We pay for it — gas, time, everything else.”
Councilwoman Sharon Hightower asked why residents needed four months before the grace period ended.
Delgado said that will give the department time to educate residents and make some flyers explaining the new fee.
“If we waited 20 years (to impose a fee), we could wait four months and give people a chance to comply,” he said.
For residents who aren’t physically able to roll back their cans, Delgado said the city offers a “backdoor service” where crews will collect and return trash cans from the resident’s home. He said about 530 people already participate in the program, which requires a form signed by a doctor verifying their disability.
Councilman Hugh Holston wondered if the $25 fee is worth the city’s effort to enforce it.
“I just hope it’s not a burden on the system or staffing,” he said.
Councilwoman Marikay Abuzuaiter suggested the city’s branding for the regulation — the “7-7-7 rule” — is confusing and suggested dropping it.
Delgado agreed. “I think we have to have something that is user-friendly,” he said.
But other council members liked the 7-7-7 concept.
“I think it’s critical that we have a time ... that people have their cans out by,” Councilwoman Tammi Thurm said. She said sometimes people claim their garbage pickup was missed — when they actually were late getting the trash out — and city crews will swing by a second time to pick it up.
Solid waste collection has 14 unfilled positions and setting strict pickup times could decrease some of the workload employees are juggling, she said.
In other news, Delgado said:
- The Field Operations Department, which handles street and stormwater maintenance, environmental compliance and the landfill, is down 71 positions. The department also is seeing rising costs associated with the labor shortage and gas crisis.
- The department’s staff also is considering ways to make money off the closure of the 986-acre White Street Landfill. Proposals include selling methane gas produced by the landfill and installing an air curtain burner, which would burn yard waste in a closed environment to produce biomass. This biomass could be sold as fertilizer.
Contact Kenwyn Caranna at 336-373-7082 and follow @kcaranna on Twitter. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/remains-of-the-day-greensboro-holds-off-imposing-fee-for-delinquent-trash-cans/article_90ab0fe0-f8b5-11ec-8aa0-9b6b6846ae32.html | 2022-07-01T03:53:09 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/remains-of-the-day-greensboro-holds-off-imposing-fee-for-delinquent-trash-cans/article_90ab0fe0-f8b5-11ec-8aa0-9b6b6846ae32.html |
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A new program in Dallas aims to change lives by removing barriers in the workforce.
It’s called Workforce Dallas, and it’s starting in some of the city’s ZIP codes most at risk for poverty. The program’s leadership said the goal is to bring a holistic, hands-on approach to workforce training, upskilling and job matching.
Felicia Miller said she knows the impact of a stable job and steady income. She’s the chief talent officer at Parkland Hospital's Office of Talent Management.
She said career opportunities in health care aren’t limited to frontline workers. Keeping a health system going takes a village, and it takes skilled people to fill a variety of positions.
“One of the best ways of improving the health, wellness and life of people is full employment,” Miller said. “That adds stability to people’s lives, economic stability, health stability.”
It’s why she’s optimistic about Workforce Dallas and its mission to train and match under-served communities with solid, sustainable jobs. She said within the health care system, workers are needed in transportation, nursing, pharmaceuticals and culinary departments, just to name a few.
“Hospital systems like this are like mini-cities. We have everything you can think of,” said Miller.
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Lynn McBee is Workforce Czar for the city of Dallas. Mayor Eric Johnson appointed McBee to the position at the beginning of the year. She’s tasked with leading a strong, equitable workforce throughout the city, starting with the most vulnerable communities.
“It’s about plugging someone into a job that’s going to be forever and that's going to have upward mobility,” said McBee.
She said the people targeted by the program are people who often work multiple jobs and still find it difficult to make ends meet. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the "working poor" are people who spent at least 27 weeks in the labor force, but whose incomes still fell below the official poverty level.
“They’re not sitting back saying, ‘Oh, I’m resigning from my job.’ They’ve never been given the opportunity to have those jobs or be a part of this greater narrative about workforce,” McBee explained.
Between July 1 and Labor Day, the goal is to have 50 to 100 people successfully complete the program and begin work. McBee said they want to more than quadruple that number within the year.
Workforce Dallas will focus primarily on four industries for job training and placement: Transportation logistics, health care, construction and IT.
In November of last year, Johnson commissioned a report to examine the condition of Dallas’ workforce. The report found a need for more resources for working adults between the ages of 25 and 65.
McBee said Workforce Dallas was designed to provide wraparound resources for those adults throughout the entire process.
“It’s intensive case management, if you will, to find what you need. And then there’s that matching piece,” she said.
Beyond landing the job, she said it’s about making a lasting positive impact on the overall quality of life.
“If you can give someone one job and then they can spend time with their job out at the park or whatever, that’s a game-changer,” McBee said.
For information on opportunities with Workforce Dallas, visit their website by clicking here. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-new-workforce-czar-announces-launch-of-comprehensive-program/3005001/ | 2022-07-01T04:06:12 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-new-workforce-czar-announces-launch-of-comprehensive-program/3005001/ |
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As thousands move into North Texas, the need for more housing continues to grow.
That’s often led to contentious conversations about where multi-family housing fits into the equation and what it should look like.
That’s why neighbors from East Dallas’ Lochwood neighborhood came together Thursday evening with tape, string and helium-filled balloons.
“We’re trying to get a visual display, a three-dimensional visual display of what this complex will look like,” said Thomas Buck, communications chair of Lochwood Neighborhood Association.
With a team of volunteers, Buck floated balloons 60 feet into the air where a proposed four-story development would top out along the busy Garland Road corridor and right in Lochwood’s backyard.
“We’re not anti-development or anti-affordable housing. I think we’re anti-four stories,” said Buck.
The proposal by developer Ojala Holdings would replace the old Shoreline City Church, which is relocating, with The Standard at Shoreline, a 300-unit, mixed-use, mixed-income development.
"There's a housing shortage here in town and the rental rates over the last two years have gone up by over 25%. Not only is it an affordable housing crisis for those at the bottom or the middle, it’s crept up so high that middle earners and high earners are feeling it,” said Managing Director Daniel Smith.
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Smith said that’s why Ojala wants to develop a class A luxury complex.
If approved, he said 49% of the units would be rented at the market rate. The other 51% would be reserved for residents who make 80% of the area's median income.
"Those are working-class folks like teachers, city employees, policemen, etc. that earn between $50,000 and $70,000 per year,” he said.
But those pushing back argue, that their opposition is about density.
"It's noise and trash and water runoff, light, and the fact that the height would actually impose on my neighbors,” said Lochwood resident Sher Ladieu.
Ladieu said she’d prefer to see the church building saved, whether for another congregation or a new purpose. But if the site does become apartments, she, like her neighbors, believes a three-story complex, rather than four, would be less intrusive.
Smith said Ojala has already changed its proposal dramatically to appease those who live nearby, including creative art space, a public arts plaza and townhomes that will serve as a buffer for those whose homes back up to the property.
Still, those who’ve called the neighborhood home for years fear the project’s impact on their community in the future.
“It would act like an open-door policy for the rest of Garland Road to be developed, and I think you'd start seeing higher buildings, and we'd start to look like Uptown,” said Brad Rogers.
Ojala is scheduled to present its proposal to Dallas’ Zoning Commission on July 21.
In September, it will go before the city council to see if it can get approval to move forward.
Both Smith and his project’s neighbors said they hope to find a compromise that can serve East Dallas residents today and in the future. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/east-dallas-neighbors-float-concerns-over-proposed-apartments/3004971/ | 2022-07-01T04:06:24 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/east-dallas-neighbors-float-concerns-over-proposed-apartments/3004971/ |
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Relatives of a young couple found murdered in their Northeast Dallas apartment Wednesday are raising questions about the police response.
The victims were identified Thursday as 24-year-old Jimena Sandoval and 27-year-old David Stewart.
Family members say the couple may have been dead inside the apartment for two days with their two young daughters inside the entire time.
“It’s heartbreaking,” said Lizette Faz, Sandoval’s sister-in-law.
Faz said Sandoval and her 3-year-old and 8-month-old daughters attended a family gathering Sunday.
Later that night at Sandoval & Stewart’s complex, a neighbor called 911 to report hearing gunshots around midnight.
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Police arrived about two hours later.
”Responding officers knocked on the door several times and announced themselves as police. Officers also listened at the door for sounds coming from inside the apartment but did not hear anyone inside," said a Dallas Police Department spokesman.
The spokesman added that areas surrounding and below the apartment were searched and that the reporting party did not answer their door.
“With officers not hearing or seeing any signs of anyone inside the apartment or a sign of a disturbance, officers cleared the call and went back into service,” the spokesperson said.
Wednesday, officers returned to the apartment.
“The oldest daughter's the one who opened the door,” Faz said.
They made the gruesome discovery along with the children who may have been unattended for more than two days.
“If gunshots were heard, why not try to break the door down? There's two babies in there. They were left alone for that long,” Faz said tearfully.
Thursday, Dallas detectives discovered the couple's car, a 2014 Black Nissan Sentra, Texas License Plate HNT9708, was missing from the parking lot which the suspect, they say, may be driving.
Family members, Faz says, are now taking care of the couple's daughters. It should be a time of celebration. The oldest daughter turns 4 years old on Saturday.
“We need to remind her daughters what a beautiful person she was,” Faz said.
Anyone with information regarding this offense is encouraged to contact Detective Yahir Perez at yahir.perez@dallascityhall.com or 214-671-4735. Reference case # 116917-2022.
Crime Stoppers is offering up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest and indictment for this or other felony crimes. If you have information about this offense and wish to remain anonymous, please call 214-373-TIPS, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/young-children-found-alive-in-dallas-apartment-with-deceased-parents/3004951/ | 2022-07-01T04:06:45 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/young-children-found-alive-in-dallas-apartment-with-deceased-parents/3004951/ |
Floyd N.Y. – A truck caught fire following a two-vehicle crash on Route 49 in Floyd Thursday evening.
Authorities were called to the scene just after 5 p.m.
Upon arrival, Oneida County Sheriff's Deputies determined that Jonathan Jackson Jr of Utica, was operating a grey 2010 Ford sedan Westbound in the passing lane on Route 49. Jackson's vehicle was passed in the driving lane by a red 2002 Dodge pick-up operated by Erin Archer of Taberg.
After passing the sedan, Archer entered into the passing lane and due to aggressive driving and following too closely, Archer applied his breaks and Jackson was unable to avoid a collision, striking the pick-up truck in the driver side rear bumper with the front passenger side bumper of the sedan causing the pick-up to lose control.
The collision caused Archer's pick-up to spin completely around exiting the southern shoulder of the roadway backwards striking the guide rail and several sign posts with the rear-passenger corner causing the vehicle to flip end-over-end three times. Archer's pick-up came to rest upright facing Eastbound after landing on and striking the front driver side fender of Jackson's sedan which was facing Westbound with the rear driver side tire of the pick-up.
Archer, Jackson, and the front passenger of Jackson's sedan, Shannon Baker of Rome, were able to exit their vehicles with assistance from a witness before Archer's pick-up became engulfed with flames, ultimately causing both vehicles to catch fire. Witness's to the accident stated both vehicles were driving at a high rate of speed and were operating erratically prior to the collision.
Archer was transported to St Elizabeth Hospital for facial injuries, Jackson was transported to St Elizabeth Hospital for a hand injury, and Baker was transported to St Elizabeth Hospital for complaint of leg pain. Archer was issued citations for Reckless Driving, Speed Not Reasonable or Prudent, and No Seat Belt returnable to Floyd Town Court at a later date. Jackson was issued citations for Reckless Driving, Speed Not Reasonable and Prudent, Aggravated Unlicensed Operation, and Following Too Closely returnable to Floyd Town Court at a later date. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/three-injured-in-two-car-fiery-crash-on-route-49-in-floyd/article_6da08ae2-f8c0-11ec-9263-2bb796148d98.html | 2022-07-01T04:07:44 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/three-injured-in-two-car-fiery-crash-on-route-49-in-floyd/article_6da08ae2-f8c0-11ec-9263-2bb796148d98.html |
TIPTON COUNTY, Ind. — State police are investigating a fatal crash in Tipton County.
INDOT reports SR 28 is closed in both directions just west of Elwood due to the crash, which involves a semi. The crash happened around 11 p.m. Thursday.
No further details about the crash are available at this time.
This story will be updated as more information is confirmed. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/police-investigating-fatal-crash-in-tipton-county-elwood/531-a0e3697d-ae53-4569-af7e-cfa4edbffd19 | 2022-07-01T04:07:45 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/police-investigating-fatal-crash-in-tipton-county-elwood/531-a0e3697d-ae53-4569-af7e-cfa4edbffd19 |
INDIANAPOLIS — State lawmakers start their special session on July 25 where they are expected to pass tighter abortion restrictions. Several other states plan to pass similar abortion bans.
Also, some national companies have already announced they’ll offer travel or relocation costs for employees in need of abortion care.
But for small businesses, that's not always an option.
“It’s scary to talk about, but it’s definitely things small business owners need to be considering,” said Sarah St. Aubin.
St. Aubin co-owns Futuro, a small pizza shop in downtown Indianapolis, with her husband. She said when the news of Roe v. Wade being overturned came out, her team was devastated.
“The whole entire staff was crushed because it means a lot to their wives or their partners or our female staff. Everybody knows a female and it impacts them greatly,” St. Aubin said.
It was also personal for St. Aubin. At 21, she lost her baby at 19 weeks, but decided not to terminate her pregnancy.
“My situation is very unique, of course, because my child would have not made it past birth, but it was my choice to do that. I can’t imagine making a woman feel those things that I felt every day,” St. Aubin said.
It’s why she made a post on Facebook last week addressing the issue as a business owner, mother and Hoosier.
She said it adds new challenges for small businesses, especially those who don’t have as many resources.
“We would have to continue to become more than just food servers. We would have to become mental health experts and there is already a crisis happening in our nation for that. I am not equipped to do that,” she said.
She’s not alone. Other local businesses have weighed in on the issue, including Milktooth, Silver in the City and King Dough.
With the decision now up to state lawmakers, St. Aubin is preparing for the “what if,” knowing her employees will always come first.
“I will do anything I can to support my staff in any decision that they make, anything that they need if this becomes illegal in our state,” she said.
She also invites Gov. Eric Holcomb to sit at her table and have a conversation about the potential impact of an abortion ban.
“I love this town. I’m here for a reason and so are the rest of my friends who are business owners and feel the same way I do. We are not here to make demands on people. We just want safe healthcare for everybody to have access to in Indiana,” she said.
Most big companies across Indiana have not made an announcement on plans to offer resources for workers if Indiana passes an abortion ban.
However, Salesforce says it will continue covering travel and relocation costs for employees. That includes people at the regional headquarters in downtown Indianapolis. Latest numbers show Salesforce employs roughly 2,300 people in the city. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/small-businesses-grapple-with-how-to-help-employees-after-roe-v-wade-reversal-abortion-womens-health/531-c435581a-f44c-4546-af58-7dfe29981ec7 | 2022-07-01T04:07:51 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/small-businesses-grapple-with-how-to-help-employees-after-roe-v-wade-reversal-abortion-womens-health/531-c435581a-f44c-4546-af58-7dfe29981ec7 |
BOISE — Under a brand-new Idaho law, patients in Idaho hospitals, nursing homes or other facilities now have a right to visits from designated “essential caregivers” — even when visitation is otherwise restricted.
The move came in reaction to the state’s experience during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many sick or dying patients couldn’t receive visitors at all, leaving the patients lonely and their families heartbroken.
It’s one of an array of new laws now taking effect. The Idaho Legislature passed 338 bills this year that were signed into law, and while many of the highest-profile ones, including a record income tax cut, already have taken effect, 151 of those new laws take effect on July 1, the start of Idaho’s new fiscal year.
“I had been getting a lot of calls from constituents and also my own family members,” said Senate Minority Leader Michelle Stennett, D-Ketchum, lead sponsor of the bill, who worked with hospitals, nursing homes and other interests to craft the consensus bill. It passed both houses unanimously. “The health care sector understands the best care you can have is when people feel supported by people who love them and care for them.”
Stennett knows from first-hand experience. She took over her Senate seat after her husband, longtime Sen. Clint Stennett, D-Ketchum, died of brain cancer at age 54 in 2010 after a long battle against the disease, with his wife by his side. Recently, Stennett’s relatives have turned to her as the lead person on dealing with issues involving ill family members.
During legislative hearings on the bill, Idahoans told of loved ones who were largely incapacitated and couldn’t understand their doctors’ questions, or who suffered from dementia and provided inaccurate information about their conditions to caregivers. Under the new law, the designated essential caregiver doesn’t need to be a family member; some patients don’t have family members available.
Stennett noted that some patients are in comas and can’t advocate for themselves or their wishes. “If they’re not able to speak for themselves, then who’s making decisions for that patient?” she asked.
At the height of the pandemic, she said, “People were dying without family members there.”
Toni Lawson, vice president of the Idaho Hospital Association, said, “We appreciate her approach to it. And we think it will benefit everyone.”
Said Robert Vande Merwe, executive director of the Idaho Health Care Association, the trade association for Idaho’s nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other care facilities, “We support the new law.”
“Visitation is important for the mental health and quality of life of the residents of our member facilities,” he said. “We of course are very careful and do all we can to keep COVID out of our facilities, but we support a balance between infection prevention and a resident’s right to have their loved ones visit them.”
Lawson said during the height of the pandemic, Idaho hospitals struggled with federal directives forbidding visitation even as families begged to be with their dying loved ones.
“It was ever-changing,” Lawson said. “It was all new; nobody knew. … At one point, one hospital in just a few-month period revamped their visitation policy a dozen times.”
It’s much different today. “I think there may be a few hospitals that still have some limitations on the number of people that can visit at a time,” Lawson said, but she doesn’t believe any Idaho hospital forbids visitors now. “I’m 99.9% sure,” she said. “I think everyone is relaxing visitation to the point they think they can.”
Stennett said coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, “Everybody was doing something different.” Rules varied; some facilities required visitors to have medical power of attorney to speak for their loved one. Others took other approaches.
“I heard stories from other legislators,” said Stennett, who is retiring from the Senate this year when her term ends in December. “I just said, ‘Enough is enough. We need a clean bill.’”
Her idea was to set a consistent standard that every facility could follow. “It doesn’t need to be a family member,” Stennett said. “It is who the patient wishes, if the patient has an ability to choose.” If not, it could be a patient advocate.
“They have to comply with the facility’s protocols,” Stennett said, such as masking or specific hours when visiting is allowed. “You can’t bring the mob in, unmasked and unvaccinated, if the facility says, ‘These are our protocols.’”
She added, “Hospitals have always had protocols we’ve had to comply with. This is nothing new. You have to follow their rules, but they have to allow you in.”
Stennett said based on her experience, visits from loved ones are an essential part of a patient’s care. “Talking in the parking lot from a phone is not patient care,” she said.
Lawson said the bill’s requirements won’t require big changes at any Idaho hospitals at this point. Consistency in regulations is something Idaho hospitals support, she noted.
“We’re very appreciative that she took this up,” she said of Stennett, “and came up with what we thought was a really workable, fair piece of legislation.”
The bill, SB 1353, is one of an array of new Idaho laws taking effect. Some are just minor or technical adjustments to existing laws, like one removing a requirement to file certain court records in triplicate now that they’re filed electronically. Others are more far-reaching.
The new laws can affect Idahoans’ lives in ways large and small. “Some of them will have potentially wide-ranging effects, but people may not notice it in their everyday life unless it’s something that particularly affects them,” said Jaclyn Kettler, Boise State University political scientist.
This year’s passel of new laws is right in line numerically with recent years; last year, 364 bills were signed into law; the previous year, 341, and the year before that, 329. The high in the past 10 years was 377 in 2016; the 10-year average is 350.
While there are 151 new laws taking effect Friday, some of the other bills passed this year don’t take effect until later. Nearly 120 of the 338 successful bills were appropriation bills, setting or adjusting budgets for state agencies or programs; those expire each year, running from July 1 to July 1.
Here are some of new laws that are now taking effect:
SMOKING AGE: As of July 1, Idaho’s state minimum age for smoking or vaping now matches the federal law: 21. Congress raised the age to 21 in 2019 and President Trump signed the bill into law, but Idaho lawmakers balked at following suit for two straight years. Idaho stores are subject to the federal law and have been required to sell only to those who are at least 21 since 2019.
DOWN SYNDROME: Under the new Down Syndrome Diagnosis Information Act, prospective parents who receive a Down syndrome diagnosis will be provided with evidence-based information about the syndrome and contact information for support groups; the state Department of Health and Welfare is required to develop the information sheet and provide it to practitioners to give to expectant parents. Idahoans with Down syndrome, their families and advocacy groups backed the bill, which passed both houses unanimously. Its lead sponsor was Sen. Fred Martin, R-Boise.
DUPLICATE EXEMPTIONS: Under bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Michelle Stennett, D-Ketchum, and House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, when anyone applies for a new homeowner’s exemption, the county assessor would first need to investigate whether the applicant already has an exemption in another county. The bill also eases access to that information between agencies.
WWAMI PAYBACK: Moyle was the sponsor of legislation that requires new doctors educated through the state’s cooperative medical education programs with the states of Washington and Utah to sign a contract committing to practice in Idaho for four years, or pay back the cost of their medical education.
RACIAL COVENANTS: Legislation sponsored by Sen. Melissa Wintrow, D-Boise, allows Idahoans to formally file corrections to archaic racially restrictive covenants in property deeds. The bill passed both houses unanimously and had 21 co-sponsors from both parties and both houses. Though the covenants haven’t been enforceable since the 1968 Fair Housing Act outlawed them, they still exist in many Idaho property deeds.
RURAL EDUCATORS: Bipartisan legislation long pushed for by retiring Rep. Sally Toone, D-Gooding, will set up a new “Rural and Underserved Educator Incentive Program.” Qualified teachers in rural or disadvantaged Idaho schools could apply for funds toward educational loan repayment or additional degrees or certification; they’d be eligible for up to $1,500 in the first year, $2,500 the second year, $3,500 the third year and $4,500 the fourth year they continued teaching in the school. Lawmakers appropriated $775,000 in annual funding for the program.
FREE STATE IDs FOR HOMELESS IDAHOANS: Homeless individuals will now qualify for a free state identification card, good for four years, under legislation co-sponsored by Senate Transportation Chair Lori Den Hartog and House Transportation Chair Joe Palmer, both Meridian Republicans. The bill also covers one free replacement card; backers said it’ll help homeless people qualify for housing and employment. Applicants would need an attestation from a relief agency or shelter.
PRISON JOBS: Prison job-training programs that place inmates with private employers will expand from just agricultural employers to also include call centers. Inmates receive stipends for their work; a portion can be deducted for court-ordered restitution and fines, and costs of incarceration. Backers said the bill, which passed both houses unanimously and was co-sponsored by Senate State Affairs Committee Chair Patti Anne Lodge, R-Huston, and House Judiciary Committee Chair Greg Chaney, R-Caldwell, follows similar programs that have been successful in multiple other states.
MISSING PERSON ALERT: Idaho will expand its Amber Alert system to also include an Endangered Missing Person Alert that would apply to cases that don’t strictly fit the Amber Alert guidelines – which require that a child has been abducted and is in danger. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Abby Lee, R-Fruitland, was inspired by the case of 5-year-old Michael Vaughan, who went missing in July of 2021, but there was no initial evidence of abduction. He’s still missing.
CHARTER TEACHING CREDENTIAL: Charter schools will be able to issue their own teaching certifications to teachers not otherwise credentialed, if they have a bachelor’s degree, are at least 18, pass a criminal background check, and receive mentoring and professional development from the charter school. The certificates couldn’t be transferred to any other school. Sen. Carl Crabtree, R-Grangeville, and Rep. Ryan Kerby, R-New Plymouth, co-sponsored the bill.
WORKERS COMP SETTLEMENTS: When injured workers and their employers agree to settle a claim and both are represented by attorneys, the settlements no longer will need approval from the state Industrial Commission, unless they involve minors or people deemed legally incompetent. Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, sponsor of the bill, said it will streamline the settlement process. Settlement information still would be required to be submitted the commission.
HOME BREWING: Idaho’s state law authorizing home brewing of wine or beer will expand to include mead or cider, and also to authorize display and competition for home brewers of those products. Rep. John McCrostie, D-Garden City, sponsor of the bill, said home brewers in his district requested the change in hopes of launching adjudicated competitions in Idaho. The products could be brewed only for personal consumption.
BALLOT NAME ROTATION: Candidates in races where the number of registered voters exceeds 100,000 would have their names randomly rotated on ballots, rather than in fixed order. That already happens in city, county, state and federal races, but hadn’t applied to large special district elections, like the countywide Ada County Highway District. Rep. Colin Nash, D-Boise, the bill’s sponsor, said the bill, which passed unanimously, was an example of a small but appropriate law change. “I think our job should be kind of tinkering in the margins,” he said, “with a state that is run well and the folks don’t want to see the Legislature mess it up.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/no-more-isolation-new-idaho-law-guarantees-patients-can-receive-visits/article_5baa54f1-5171-5412-9790-627fc4aa9d37.html | 2022-07-01T04:09:38 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/no-more-isolation-new-idaho-law-guarantees-patients-can-receive-visits/article_5baa54f1-5171-5412-9790-627fc4aa9d37.html |
MIDLAND, Texas — The Supreme Court of the United States has sided with President Joe Biden on a key immigration issue. The high court cleared the way for the Biden administration to end the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy.
In a 5-4 vote, the court overturned a federal appeals decision requiring the president to restart the program. The justices ruled that the Biden administration followed all the necessary guidelines when it tried to shut down the policy.
The policy required people arriving at the southern border seeking asylum in the U.S. to wait in Mexico while they were being processed. Under the program, tens of thousands of people were returned to Mexico, resulting in tent cities along the southern border.
However, not everybody believed this was a good decision. Texas State Representative Brooks Landgraf and U.S. Congressman August Pfluger believe that giving Biden the ability to reverse the policy threatens American and migrant lives here in Texas.
"This ruling frees up Congress and the Biden administration to reverse the policy that’s been in place for a number of years, and shift to a policy that has even more open borders, and I think that can be disastrous for Texas and country," Landgraf said.
Pfluger took it a step further, calling the decision a catastrophe.
"His policies have created an environment of weakness along our southern border that emboldens drug cartels, human traffickers, suspected terrorists and criminals to break our laws and put American and migrant lives in danger," Pfluger said.
Landgraf said that if the federal government isn't going to work to protect the southern border, Texas will.
"We are going to step up here in the state of Texas and do it," Landgraf said. "That’s what we’ve done. The border wall is under construction in south Texas right now. We are devoting billions, literally $4 billion to the effort to deploy state troopers and national guardsmen to do the job that the federal government is supposed to be doing."
Landgraf also believes this decision sends the wrong message to Americans and migrants alike.
"You’re basically sending a message to them saying 'hey look, the United States is the place for you to come,' but it’s obviously not a safe way to get here," Landgraf said. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/texas-leaders-scotus-remain-mexico-policy/513-c8a4b804-8cc7-4264-b837-c653ebebf0b0 | 2022-07-01T04:10:01 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/texas-leaders-scotus-remain-mexico-policy/513-c8a4b804-8cc7-4264-b837-c653ebebf0b0 |
ROANOKE, Va. – The deadline is here for people who live at English Gardens Apartments in Roanoke to move out of their home.
10 News previously reported residents were first told about the need to move back in March.
The company who bought the complex, Gardens at Grandin, LLC. says they have plans for major renovations, which would make it unsafe for residents to continue living there.
The company says they then plan to register the site on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic.
Although the deadline to move out before facing penalties is Thursday, June 30, 10 News learned there are still 10 remaining residents in the complex.
A representative for Gardens at Grandin, LLC. released the following statement to 10 News:
“Renovations will not immediately begin on July 1st and we will continue to work with residents on their transition to new homes. The number of residents that remain is difficult to pinpoint as move-outs have been occurring daily and some residents have not notified us of their departure. However, we have move-out plans for all but approximately 10 of the remaining residents. Hall Associates will continue to support those residents by sharing information on available apartments or rental homes in the local area.”
Representatives of Gardens at Grandin, LLC. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/01/deadline-arrives-for-roanoke-apartment-residents-to-move-out-ahead-of-major-renovations/ | 2022-07-01T04:20:12 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/01/deadline-arrives-for-roanoke-apartment-residents-to-move-out-ahead-of-major-renovations/ |
COVINGTON, Va. – It’s the end of an era for two school districts in the region.
Covington City Public Schools and Alleghany County Public Schools will combine forces and create a new district, Alleghany Highlands Public Schools.
The consolidation comes after decades of attempts.
“We have been discussing this in this community for a very long period of time, it actually predates my lifetime. So this is a very exciting moment for us to come together and team up and celebrate each other as neighbors,” said Alleghany County Superintendent Kim Halterman.
Thursday night was the beginning of the end for the two schools.
“This merger is done for the benefit of the kids and the students of both schools. One school system offers more opportunities. Better opportunities for academics, more classes offered, hopefully we can add programs both academically and athletically,” said Alleghany County Board of Supervisors Chairman Matt Garten.
They hosted a carnival to kick off this new chapter.
This year, only administration will merge. Next year, will be students and staff.
“Change is hard and change is hard in this community, and I understand that but this will bring good results for our community and our students,” said Covington City Superintendent Melinda Snead-Johnson.
Although the two original districts are becoming an idea of the past, people are looking ahead at what the future will hold for the community.
“It’s bittersweet. As a Covington alumni I recognize the fact that there won’t be Covington high school anymore. But I’m a glass half full type person and I’m optimistic for what a consolidated division can do together,” said Covington City School Board Vice-Chairman Jonathan Arritt. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/01/the-end-of-an-era-two-local-school-districts-merge-to-create-alleghany-highlands-public-schools/ | 2022-07-01T04:20:18 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/01/the-end-of-an-era-two-local-school-districts-merge-to-create-alleghany-highlands-public-schools/ |
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