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Alderman-at-Large June Trisciani officially joined the mayor’s race in Manchester on Thursday.
Maxine Mosley filed for Ward 6 alderman and Constance Spencer will challenge Sean Parr in the Ward 2 school committeeman race.
Mosley sought a seat on the Board of Aldermen in a special election in May. She was defeated by Crissy Kantor, who garnered 725 votes to Mosley’s 561. Kantor is also seeking reelection.
Trisciani — who had never run for elected office — topped the ticket citywide for an at-large aldermanic seat in 2021, pushing board Chair Dan O’Neil out of his 30-year seat and also handing former Fire Chief Dan Goonan a defeat.
“I will put politics aside and fight to ensure that Manchester has housing that is affordable for our families, ensure our streets are safer, create more opportunities for people to start and grow their businesses, and invest in our schools. With the right leadership and common-sense approach, I believe that together we can overcome the challenges Manchester faces and create a stronger, more affordable, equitable and vibrant Manchester,” Trisciani said in a statement.
Trisciani joins Kevin Cavanaugh, Jay Ruais and Will Stewart in the race for the open mayor’s seat after Joyce Craig announced she would not seek reelection.
As of 5 p.m. Thursday, 101 Manchester residents had submitted paperwork to run in the city’s Sept. 19 non-partisan primary election. The general election will be held on Nov. 7.
The two-week window for candidates to file papers to run for office in the 2023 Manchester municipal election opened July 10. Declarations of candidacy will be accepted at the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall during regular business hours until the filing period ends at 5 p.m. on Friday, July 21.
The following candidates all filed paperwork to run for office as of 5 p.m. Thursday, July 20:
Citywide races
Mayor: Jay Ruais, Will Stewart, Kevin Cavanaugh, June Trisciani
Alderman At-Large: Dan O’Neil, William Infantine, Joseph Kelly Levasseur
School Committeeman At-Large: Jim O’Connell, Peter Argeropoulos
Ward 1
Alderman: Chris Morgan, Kevin Sheppard, Bryce Kaw-uh
Moderator: Aaron Losier
Clerk: Calley Milne
Selectmen: Paul Allard, Jim Townsend. Michael Goonan
School Committeeman: Suzanne Potoma, Julie Turner
Ward 2
Alderman: Daniel Goonan
Moderator: Nicholl Marshall, Philip Garang Aguot
Clerk: Ryan Richman
Selectmen: Ronald Rose, Karen Hegner, Tyler Chase, Shannon Welsh
School Committeeman: Sean Parr, Constance Spencer
Ward 3
Alderman: Patrick Long, Scott Elliott
Clerk: Karen Soule
Selectmen: Stephen Meno, Michael Soule, Glenn RJ Ouellette, Molly McGee
School Committeeman: Karen Soule
Ward 4
Alderman: Christine Fajardo, Mark Flanders
Moderator: Craig Donais
Clerk: Marcelle Termini
Selectmen: Vanessa Blais, Brian Blanton
School Committeeman: Leslie Want
Ward 5
Alderman: Kathleen Paquette, Marcus Ponce de Leon, Richard Komi, Tony Sapienza
Selectmen: Sandy Eisenbach, Angela Eisenbach
School Committeeman: Jason Bonilla
Ward 6
Alderman: Crissy Kantor, Maxine Mosley
Moderator: Louise Gosselin
Selectmen: Roger Gosselin, Donald Provencher, Susan Lord, Ernesto Pinder
Ward 7
Alderman: Ross Terrio, Patrick Long
Moderator: William Cote
Selectmen: Claire Roy
School Committeeman: Christopher Potter, Brian Cole
Ward 8
Alderman: Edward Sapienza
Moderator: James Gaudet
Clerk: Lisa Johnston
Selectmen: Angel Brisson
School Committeeman: Jessica Spillers
Ward 9
Alderman: James Burkush
Moderator: Anne Burkush
Clerk: Nancy Deol
Selectmen: Joan Flurey, Sat Deol
School Committeeman: Bob Baines
Ward 10
Alderman: Bill Barry, James Mara
Moderator: Marie King
Clerk: Heidi Hamer
Selectmen: Daniel Charlebois, Debora Petrowski, Donna McQuade
School Committeeman: Gary Hamer, Joy Senecal
Ward 11
Alderman: “Norm” Vincent, Russell Ouellette, Nicole Leapley, Andre Rosa
Moderator: Lisa Ouellette
Clerk: Michael Wolf, David Recupero
Selectmen: Pauline Janelle
School Committeeman: Gordon Haner, Elizabeth O’Neil
Ward 12
Alderman: Erin George-Kelly, Kelly Thomas
Moderator: Verna Perry-Beliveau
Selectmen: Carlos Gonzalez, Deborah Coyne, Jason Constant
School Committeeman: Carlos Gonzalez
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MONACA, Pa. — Police said Raymond Laforest and Edward Olshanski went to a laundromat in Monaca on the night of the Fourth of July, robbed it and it was all caught on camera.
In an exclusive surveillance video, police said you see the two men playing on the poker machines inside and leaving shortly after.
Then, they came back almost two hours later.
Police said Laforest walks in with different clothes on, covering his face, and used a crowbar to pry open the machines’ ATM, taking the cash box that had nearly $7,000 inside. Police said they did it in about 90 seconds.
Meanwhile, Olshanski was outside on the lookout. Both men left in their getaway car that was parked two blocks away.
“It was a combination of surveillance video from businesses and residences and traffic cameras we have in town to piece it all together,” said Chief David Piuri, the Monaca Police Dept.
The chief said license plate readers helped his officers arrest and charge both men.
“There’s technology available to the police officers today that we didn’t have 25 years ago when I started makes it easier to catch criminals,” said Chief Piuri.
The very next night, police said a poker atm at a laundromat in Hopewell was also hit. Right now, police are working to see if the crimes are connected.
“There is a chance this crime could be related couple other crimes that took place in the county,” said Chief Piuri.
Police said Laforest who’s from New Hampshire agreed to a plea of two to four years in state prison. Meanwhile, Olshanski’s preliminary hearing was continued.
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WASHINGTON — It’s not science fiction -- lawmakers on Capitol Hill are discussing how artificial intelligence can help on the battlefield. This week, one congressional committee weighed how the military can safely and effectively use AI.
When you think about artificial intelligence and the military -- your mind might wander to a scenario described by a few lawmakers.
“We might envision ai with future wars being fought by robots and such,” Rep. Pat Fallon (R) Texas, said.
Why send someone’s son or daughter into a war zone where they can be hurt or killed when a mission can be completed by machines? Experts told representatives artificial intelligence and national security go hand-in-hand.
“The country that is able to most rapidly and effectively integrate new technology into warfighting wins,” Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, said. “If we don’t win on AI, we risk ceding global influence, technological leadership and democracy to strategic adversaries like China.”
Congress is looking to people like Wang and Klon Kitchen, of the American Enterprise Institute, to answer questions that may be on the public’s mind, as well.
“What keeps you up at night about the military use of AI,” Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D) Michigan asked. “If China is investing three times and in some cases ten times that we are, what is the number 1 thing that you feel like you know, kind of worst case scenario?”
“The most acute challenge that we’re likely to encounter in the near term is a simply more effective and efficient enemy,” Kitchen responded.
Much of this week’s conversation revolves around how the Chinese military is already spending money on AI.
“It’s for autonomous drone swarms, whether that be aerial, subsurface or ground, they’re investing across all fronts,” Wang described. “They’re investing into adaptive radar systems, which jam and blind U.S. censors and information networks. So, they’re investing across the whole spectrum.”
Those in the industry said this isn’t only about war fighting. They believe it’s also about your tax dollars -- the technology can help build a more efficient force that wastes fewer resources.
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WASHINGTON — For Domonique Howell, finding a place to live that she can afford and access with her wheelchair has been a lifelong struggle.
“It’s always been a challenge,” said Howell.
It’s a challenge that she says too often strips people of their dignity.
“In every house or apartment I’ve ever lived in up until this point, which is only the last five years, I’ve had to either leave my chair outside of the bathroom or leave it in a hallway or another room and either be carrying it in the bathroom or have a commode-like toilet in my room, which is inhumane,” said Howell.
Howell balances caring for her nine-year-old daughter at their home in Philadelphia and being a longtime disability advocate.
She was even named Ms. Wheelchair Pennsylvania for 2023.
On Thursday, Howell was in Washington D.C. to testify before the Senate Special Committee on Aging about her experiences.
“My entire life, I had to make the decision between accessibility and affordability as so many other Americans with disabilities do,” Howell testified.
Lawmakers on the committee discussed potential solutions.
A Democrat-backed bill called the Visitable Inclusive Tax Credits for Accessible Living Act, or VITAL Act, would increase funding for the Low-income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program and aims to ensure developers are building more accessible housing units.
Our Washington News Bureau spoke with Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), the sponsor of the bill in the Senate.
“What we want to do is take the existing low-income tax credit and strengthen it, add more funding so that we can up the dollar amounts for the credits and also to help developers in their efforts to develop more of these properties that have accessible features to them,” said Casey. “This hearing gave us a chance to spotlight the fact that sometimes as simple as having doorways that are wide enough for a wheelchair or other features in a home can provide that kind of accessibility that everyone should have a right to expect.”
Republicans on the committee argued the federal government should implement spending cuts and pass fiscal policies to help drive down inflation in order to make housing more affordable.
Republicans also cautioned against too much government red tape for housing developers.
“We ought to minimally have a guideline of regulations that are going to help, not make it even worse,” said Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN).
Disability advocates also pointed to housing barriers due to local zoning rules that sometimes stop developers from building more housing units accessible to people with disabilities.
They urged Congress to consider financial incentives for local governments to revise zoning rules in those instances.
Howell, meanwhile, said she’s grateful to raise awareness about an urgent need.
“I think it’s important to have people with disabilities at the table to understand our stories, understand what the lack of accessibility has done to our quality of life,” said Howell.
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PITTSBURGH — The person accused of shooting and killing a woman near a Brighton Heights pool last week may have been acting in self-defense, sources tell 11 Investigates.
PREVIOUS COVERAGE >>> 1 woman killed, 1 injured in shooting near park in Brighton Heights; suspect in custody
According to sources, a lifeguard who works at the pool fired his gun after a woman pulled a gun on him.
>>> Family of 2 women shot near Brighton Heights swimming pool asking for answers
At the time of the shooting, the pool had just closed and the lifeguard was off duty. It’s unclear what led to the shooting, but sources tell us there was a fight involving juveniles.
At one point, a woman allegedly pulled a gun on that lifeguard, and then he pulled his gun and fired.
RELATED >>> Jack Stack Pool in Brighton Heights reopens after deadly shooting
Ten shots were recorded on ShotSpotter at that time.
One woman was wounded in the shooting and another one was killed.
Sources said one of the kids outside the pool told police, “The lifeguard saved us.”
Police have said very little about the investigation.
Initially, police said they were questioning a 26-year-old man and that there was no danger to the community.
The pool reopened Wednesday with a security guard and extra patrols.
Police said they are consulting with the district attorney to determine if any charges should be filed.
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NORTH HUNTINGDON, Pa. — Crews spent most of the day Thursday cleaning up the Waffles, INCaffeinated restaurant in North Huntingdon after a car jumped the curb and drove straight into the window and into a seating area of the restaurant on Wednesday.
RELATED >>> Waffles INCaffeinated in North Huntingdon closed Thursday after car hit building
It shattered the glass, plowed through tables and chairs, and hit the wall before coming to a stop. Surveillance video obtained by Channel 11 shows the driver quickly backed out of the building after impact.
“Caused quite a bit of damage as you can see, we’re getting it pretty well cleaned up,” said Gordon Sheffer.
Sheffer, the restaurant’s managing partner, said he’s thankful no one was inside when this happened. The crash happened just before 5 p.m. The restaurant closes at 2 p.m.
“I think it’s very, very fortunate and we’re very very happy about it,” Sheffer said. “When you just have property damage, that can all be mended quickly.”
One of the most important things the restaurant needed to do before they could reopen was bracing the kitchen wall for a temporary fix. That’s all done, and employees were cleaning the kitchen Thursday. They plan to be open again on Friday morning at 8 a.m.
They also want to clean up the glass, but that section will remain closed for seating.
Sheffer told Channel 11′s Andrew Havranek it wasn’t too ambitious of a goal to reopen Friday.
“Oh no, we’re well under control,” Sheffer said. “All the contractors we use have been very cooperative and have responded today. We appreciate everyone’s efforts to get us cleaned up and able to open tomorrow.”
Sheffer said they believe the man driving the SUV had it in the wrong gear.
“I think he was just confused as to what gear he had it in,” Sheffer said. “Those things happen. Like I said you just pick up and keep trying to move forward.”
Sheffer said the driver of the car is expected to be okay.
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SANFORD, Fla. – An 80-year-old Sanford man is locked up after he killed his wife and then called 911 on himself, according to police.
Officers arrested Nicholas Coulantes in the front yard of his home in the 200 block of S. Summerlin Ave. on Thursday morning.
Investigators said they received a 911 call from Nicholas Coulantes at 8 a.m. saying he had just shot a person in his home. Police said Nicholas Coulantes stayed on the phone with dispatchers until officers arrived and found him waiting in front of the house.
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Investigators said they found Alexandria Coulantes, 78, dead inside the home.
Police said Nicholas Coulantes has been cooperating with the investigation, but added they are still trying to determine what prompted the shooting.
Nicholas Coulantes faces a charge of second-degree homicide.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call Sanford police or Crimeline at 1-800-423-8477.
Victims of domestic violence can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline, available 24 hours a day, at 800-799-7233. In Central Florida, the Harbor House offers a 24-hour confidential crisis hotline at 407-886-2856.
Victims of sexual assault and abuse can also call RAINN, 24 hours a day, at 1-800-656-4673.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – The onePULSE Foundation announced Thursday it will not renew the lease for the nightclub property, which hosts the memorial site for those killed in the shooting on June 12, 2016.
The nonprofit, established in the wake of the Pulse shooting to honor and preserve the legacy of the 49 killed, said the lease has now been turned over to the property owners. A statement issued by the foundation said this is due to the fact that the nonprofit’s founder Barbara Poma, who stepped down from her position in April, did not renew the permit on the site.
“We only recently learned that the Temporary Use Permit allowing for use of the leased property as an interim memorial had expired more than a year ago, on May 5, 2022,” the foundation said in a statement. “We were unaware of this development because the permit was granted to the property owner(s) and issued under Barbara Poma’s name.”
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The nonprofit went on to say “the permit is the responsibility of the property owners.”
This comes after the onePULSE Foundation announced in May that the National Pulse Memorial would be built on a different site after the nonprofit was unable to reach an agreement with Poma over the full donation of the property.
Due to this termination, onePULSE Foundation said it “has no legal authority to manage the site, nor handle its day-to-day care, and security.”
“As a courtesy, and to ensure a smooth transition in management, the Foundation has agreed to continue to pay the monthly operating expenses until August 31, 2023 and will also pay a pro rata share of the property tax for the current year,” the statement continued.
News 6 has reached out to the Pomas for a response and will update the story once we receive it.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Thousands of campers are expected to head to Lake Afton this weekend for Dam Jam, and Sedgwick County is warning people about blue-green algae.
A news release says Lake Afton is currently under a blue-green algae warning by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). The warning prohibits swimming and other contact with the water.
Sedgwick County said in a news release it encourages anyone who plans to attend Dam Jam to stay informed and healthy.
The KDHE issues blue-green algae warnings when there is a harmful algae bloom that is expected or now present. The release says this is what the public needs to know:
- Signage should be posted at all public access locations.
- Water is unsafe for humans and animals.
- Avoid all contact with water.
- Inhalation of spray or aerosols may be harmful.
- Do not let pets eat dried algae or drink contaminated water.
- If fish are caught, clean well with potable water and eat fillet portions only.
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SEARSPORT -- A historic building in Searsport has become a potential risk to the community. Over the years the Captain Joseph Loomis Park house has been a beloved staple for the community and it has become a popular tourist attraction. However the town has been working to have it removed given its current state.
"People will walk right up to it and it is scary because you never know when its gonna fall," said Searsport resident Jenna Keach. "Slowly it started coming down on its own, the roof has always been in-tact and there used to be these pretty stained glass windows that just started coming down too."
Keach and her family own Greg's Auto Sales on Route 1 directly across the street from the historic house. Keach says they have observed it falling for years and many locals say it has become one of the most photographed buildings possibly in the state of Maine.
"A lot of people will stop in they'll take so many different photos and sometimes I've even seen the same car come in year after year looking at it taking new updated photos," said Keach.
The building has sat in its place for over a century, but given how bad its gotten recently the town is now making further efforts to have it demolished.
"Somebody might go in there thinking that there's something of value and get hurt because it'll fall down on them," said Town Manager for Searsport James Gillway.
The town manager says although it does mean a lot to the community they cannot risk anyone getting hurt.
"Its way beyond preservation I was in the house personally about 25 years ago and it was at that point probably still able to be righted and set right but it couldn't now be salvaged in any way," said Gillway.
Despite the risks, community members are still sad to see it go.
"To me its this house I see every day you don't think of it as this historical thing that means so much to so many people but it really does," said Keach.
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CASTINE -- As Maine Maritime Academy students returned home from a voyage at sea, one longtime mariner looked back on his legacy.
"I've spent thirty years at sea, and this culminates my career."
The training ship State of Maine brought Maine Maritime Academy students home from the vessel's 26th training expedition Thursday. For many, the end of the 68-day journey marked the start of a career at sea.
However -- for the ship's retiring Chief Engineer Sandy Cameron, this was the last voyage.
"I've been sailing deep-draft, ocean-going vessels since 1993. I'm retiring," said Cameron.
Cameron graduated from Maine Maritime Academy in 1984. Since then, he's worked on a number of vessels and commercial ships, and sailed on missions with the Marine Corps -- before returning to the academy for the final five years in his profession.
During this time, Cameron says the people he's worked with have kept the wind in his sails.
"Most people who sail for a long time... it just becomes a way of life. It's something we're very familiar with, and it's a lot of hard work but there's some rewards," said Cameron. "The worst ship in the world can be the best experience -- it's all in the crew."
As Cameron looked back on his final voyage with the ship, some students shared their favorite memories they made while learning from him.
"I was part of a group when I was on watch one day when the governor broke, and I was able to work with chief Cameron to help fix the governor and that was a really amazing opportunity. It was one of the turning points that made me want to become an engineer," said MMA student Rebecca Caron.
"That opportunity was one of the most important and lucky that I've had on cruise," said MMA student Cody Hanscom.
Cameron says -- while a life on the sea isn't for everyone -- it's meant a lot to him.
"The job's just amazing. I've seen and met a lot of good people, sailed with a lot of really good people, and seen a lot of really cool things. It's been hard work, but it's been a good experience," said Cameron.
Cameron says sharing his final trip with the academy that kick-started his career has been a memorable experience.
"Pretty much the highlight was this cruise. Perfect finisher," said Cameron.
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SURRY -- Every summer since 2011, the Magic Food Bus has served communities fresh vegetables from local farms free of charge.
"Magic Food Bus was started by Margret Bixby... She was the librarian at Sedgwick elementary school, and she wanted all of her students to have access to fresh local produce and books during the summer, so she started driving around in her own car that first summer, and then it expanded from there," says Kate Mrozicki, one of the program's volunteers and farmers.
Now the program has expanded to over a dozen locations which can be found all over Deer Isle and the Blue Hill Peninsula.
Even though there is no actual bus, Mrozicki says the Magic Food Bus Stands become an interesting part of each community they set up shop in.
"There are people that come and bring the food- whatever they have extra of," says Mrozicki, "There are people that come just to chat sometimes. There are people that come because they need food. There are people that come because they're curious and want to learn more about vegetables."
To find a stand near you or just learn more about the program, check out the Magic Food Bus' page on healthypeninsula.org.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. (WJHL) — Bristol Motor Speedway released renderings showcasing the planned restoration of the Nashville Fairground Speedway.
The speedway signed an agreement with the Nashville mayor’s office last year to restore and operate the historic Nashville speedway.
An independent assessment identified numerous necessary safety fixes, including resurfacing the track, rebuilding and expanding the track’s outside barrier and catch fence, and installing a SAFER barrier system, according to BMS.
Other parts of the facility will also require modernization, BMS said.
“We are thrilled to unveil our vision for the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, a venue that embodies the heart and soul of racing history in this remarkable city,” BMS President Jerry Caldwell said in a release. “We continue to be committed to the opportunity to provide an unforgettable racing experience for fans and racers alike.”
Bristol said the project will preserve history, bring NASCAR racing back to Nashville, and generate millions of dollars for local businesses.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — An attorney helping a former prosecutor in her whistleblower complaints against the Johnson City Police Department says a newly released report on how the department handled sexual assault investigations buttresses his client’s claims.
“What this report does is actually establish a pattern and practice of misconduct and investigative misconduct by the Johnson City Police Department (JCPD),” Andrew Bakaj of the national non-profit Whistleblower Aid told News Channel 11.
“That very well could affect how the Department of Justice and the federal government can look at and consider whether or not to open up its own investigation into this matter.”
Bakaj was referring to findings from Daigle Law Group’s (DLG) highly critical report that the city released Tuesday.
The city hired DLG weeks after former federal prosecutor Kat Dahl filed a federal lawsuit claiming she was terminated by then-JCPD chief Karl Turner in retaliation for pressing JCPD to further investigate multiple sexual assault allegations against downtown business owner Sean Williams.
After Dahl filed that suit in late June 2022, Whistleblower Aid stepped forward to help Dahl make what founder John Tye called “lawful disclosures” to the DOJ’s Office of Inspector General and the Public Integrity Section of its Civil Rights Division. The group’s senior counsel, Bakaj, is now working that end of Dahl’s multi-pronged legal battle against the JCPD and Johnson City. He said the findings suggest the real possibility within JCPD of discriminatory behavior — precisely the type of actions that sometimes result in federal government involvement.
“What I found that was really disturbing in this particular report was how certain stereotypes about women and victims were affecting how the police department, how officers were handling those investigations,” Bakaj said.
Among the report’s findings was a discovery of “certain practices that discourage female victims of sexual assault from collaborating with law enforcement, ultimately damaging the investigative process.”
DLG wrote that “no legitimate law enforcement purpose, or any other reason, justifies these inadequacies.”
It looked at 325 sexual assault cases over a five-year period that started in 2018, and the report also concluded “these investigative shortcomings seem to stem from misconceptions and stereotypes about women and victims of sexual assault.”
‘Pattern and practice’
As it relates to whistleblower claims, the report opens up a new front, Bakaj said. Prior to its release, the claims about JCPD and sexual assault primarily surrounded Williams, in whose apartment police discovered a list of more than 20 names with the word “raped” written at the top. Williams, who is now in prison facing federal weapons charges, was never charged with any sexual assault.
Dahl’s lawsuit claims she learned of more than a half dozen alleged victims, and a recently filed separate lawsuit requests damages from the city on behalf of nine of them. Daigle’s report broadens the claims of investigative misconduct.
“Now we have multiple victims and multiple suspects, and I do believe that this really could change the dynamics of how things can proceed … that can reignite interest on part of the federal government to look into this as far as the pattern and practice issue with the local police department in Johnson City,” Bakaj said.
He hopes the Department of Justice (DOJ) or some office within the federal executive branch “would take a close look at this report and assess ‘how have victims been historically treated or mistreated by the department.
“If there has been discrimination and disparate treatment because somebody is female, that has to be addressed one way or the other.”
Bakaj doesn’t know of any movement by DOJ or any other entity regarding Dahl’s whistleblower claims. But the attorney for an organization that has made big headlines representing people such as Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen said he “wouldn’t be surprised if this new Daigle report would change the dynamics on that.”
‘Healing’ and change the ultimate goals
Regardless of the ultimate outcome at DOJ or in civil court with Dahl and the alleged Sean Williams victims’ lawsuits, Bakaj said the light shone on JCPD will have been worth it if the department becomes exemplary in its handling of sexual assault investigations and other cases involving women.
“It’s not that this report vindicates (Dahl) as much as it establishes why she did it,” he said. “It’s to get to the truth of what did or didn’t happen, so that way the victims can be afforded not just justice, but an opportunity for closure, understanding that closure is different for every single individual.”
While the report is highly critical and quite exhaustive, Bakaj said the city deserves some credit for having it done. City Manager Cathy Ball has refused to directly link it to the Dahl/Williams case, but that lawsuit brought citizens to City Hall in protest and she has said those “citizen concerns” drove the city to seek an independent audit.
“The goal here is to help the victims of the past who have been mistreated, but it’s also about ensuring that there is a process for those in the future,” Bakaj said.
“Because the sad truth is, crimes of this nature occur, and we have to have law enforcement in place that can handle and do the best job that they possibly can in the best interest of those who have been physically harmed.”
He said if the city moves forward and does the work necessary to enact major changes, the report’s release can be the beginning of a healing process.
“It’s a healing process for the victims, it’s a healing process for the community, and I would even go as far as to say it’s a healing process for the police department.
“Because it is not a good report. The question is, how can you take this information as difficult as it may be, and make things better? There’s only one way to go after a report like that, and it should be up.”
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JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) — Washington County Schools is proud of its recent TCAP results, earning the highest proficiency rate of any county in the area. But, school officials say there’s still room for improvement.
Data released this week from the Tennessee Department of Education shows this year’s English/language arts (ELA), math, social studies, and science for all grade levels.
This data shows the district scoring proficient in ELA with 45.9% compared to the state’s average of 38.1%. In math, students scored 39.2% while the state average is 34%.
“We’re certainly excited and very proud of the work our educators and our students have done in continuing to improve achievement in Washington County,” Superintendent Jerry Boyd said.
But Boyd says while they celebrate their success, the data shows that this is only the beginning of their work. Math is one area needing improvement.
In 2019, the district scored 44.6% proficient, dropped to 24.5% proficiency in 2021 and climbed to 39.2% this year.
Boyd says improvement specifically needs to be made in high school Algebra I classes.
“But that’s a continuum of starting early and building off successes of our other grades and working together to see those improvements in the high school math courses and the outcomes,” said Boyd.
Boyd says this year the school district will be adopting and implementing new math materials. That implementation begins at the start of this school year on Aug. 2.
As the school year approaches, another area of improvement Boyd believes the school system should work on is “chronic absenteeism”. He says this is a problem in the school system.
You can read about results from other school districts in the area by following this link.
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Bedford's Regal movie theater closes for good
Attention cinema fans: the Bedford, Indiana, Regal movie theater is closing its doors permanently, according to an employee. July 20 is the last day in operation, so if you pre-ordered tickets for upcoming showings at the Regal, keep an eye out for a refund.
Regal, or Great Escape, is one of two theaters in Bedford. Its counterpart, Premiere Theatre 7 — only three minutes down the road — is running shows as usual and will sell tickets for "Barbie," "Oppenheimer," "Sound of Freedom," and the new "Indiana Jones" and "Mission Impossible" movies.
Bloomington residents frequent the Bedford theaters, even though there are two AMCs here. But from now on, if you want to head out of the city for a film, keep in mind that there's only one theater left in Bedford.
What's going on with Regal movie theaters?
Other nearby Regal Cinemas include Regal Greenwood and Regal Shiloh Crossing. These will stay in business — for now.
Regal is the second-largest movie theater chain in the U.S., but it has closed dozens of locations since the year began, according to a January Variety article. In September 2022, the chain's parent company, Cineworld, filed for bankruptcy. The company cited the pandemic as the main factor in its decline.
Other theaters close to Bloomington
Here are theaters in and around Bloomington that are currently open:
- AMC CLASSIC Bloomington 11: 1351 S. College Mall Road
- AMC CLASSIC Bloomington 12: 2929 W. 3rd St.
- Bedford Premiere Theatre 7: 2933 Brock Lane
- Spencer Tivoli Theatre: 24 N. Washington St.
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BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho State Department of Education (SDE) is offering a free sixty minute suicide prevention training for a wide range of community members including, but not limited to, parents, school staff and youth serving community groups.
This training was introduced in 2020 during the pandemic, and organizers hoped for a larger participation rate because of the lockdown. It aims to equip people with the necessary tools to recognize early signs of a suicidal crisis.
Youth Suicide Prevention and Safety Coordinator, Hannah Crumrine, encourages participation from anyone in the community.
"The training itself is considered a gatekeeper training. In this context, a gatekeeper is an adult who might be in a position to recognize someone who is at risk for suicide,” Crumrine said.
It’s important to Crumrine and her team that people engage in this training because a new skill set related to suicide prevention can really save a life.
In the training, a participant will learn how to recognize the warning signs of someone who may be experiencing a suicidal crisis. In addition, a participant will learn how to offer this person feelings of hope and how to assist someone to reach the help they need.
According to Crumrine, 98% of people who have completed the training have reported they believe the skills they learned can help them in their efforts to help someone who is experiencing a suicidal crisis.
“People have suicidal thoughts and experience suicidal actions but recovery is the norm and I think people who are in that place just need to hear and know that recovery is the norm,” Crumrine said. “There are tons of people around who want to help.”
The training is open now. On the website, citizens can complete an information form and then will be directed to the registration process.
There will be a big push for completion of this training during September for National Suicide Prevention Month.
If you or someone you know is experiencing a suicidal crisis, call the National Suicide Crisis Lifeline at 988.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Businesses like Indie Mane in downtown Indianapolis depend on UPS to deliver specialized hair products.
"I almost didn't realize how much of my business relied on UPS and he's in here every single day. We know his route. We know his name," said Belinda Benham, owner of Indy Mane downtown and Indy Mane North.
A looming nationwide UPS strike has Benham concerned.
"Our color is a specialty color that ships from Australia to Indianapolis," she said. "Having 80% of my business color and extensions, we almost ... we wouldn't be able to operate. That's pretty frightening to hear that."
Contract negotiations between UPS and Teamsters union officials broke down last week. Negotiations now concern part-time workers, who are fighting for higher hourly wages, earlier access to health insurance coverage and a path toward full-time employment.
Workers say if a deal isn't met, they could walk off the job come Aug. 1, a move that could impact Hoosier customers and businesses.
"We are a member of the American Booksellers Association, so there has been communication just letting people know that this was coming, and if you wanted to order up on a few things, just in case you need it to tide you over for a little bit, so we at least had forewarning that this could happen," said Cat Cardwell, program director of Indy Reads, a nonprofit for adult literacy.
Cardwell said the bookstore gets new books and other merchandise deliveries from UPS.
"We do supplement new books with UPS, but not as much as our entire inventory," said Cardwell.
Cardwell said if UPS goes on strike, it's unclear how long it will last.
"Our community made it through the pandemic with all the supply chain and issues then, so I think we are good at finding creative ways of making sure we are still supporting each other," said Cardwell.
Benham said the potential delay in shipments could impact clients who need it most.
"After the pandemic, a lot of people had a lot of hair loss. So, it's not necessarily a vain thing. It's to give them the hair back that they used to have, so in extensions, with your mental health, to give you back your normal hair, is huge," said Benham.
UPS and the Teamsters are expected to continue negotiations next week. The contract will expire at midnight on July 31, affecting 340,000 workers.
The last UPS strike was in 1997 and lasted 15 days.
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INDIANAPOLIS — A proposed new development in Pike Township is getting a lot of pushback from neighbors in the Trader Point area.
Developers are looking to rezone former farmland from residential to commercial use.
The 200 acres sit just west of I-465 between 86th and 79th streets.
Indianapolis-based Cornerstone Companies along with GCG Investments LLC is looking to develop the land with a $500 million project.
The plan includes a hotel, apartments, medical, retail, life science research and office space. It is being called the “Crossing at Traders Point.”
Developers say it could bring in millions for the local economy, but neighbors are making their stance clear with dozens of 'No need, just greed' signs in the area.
“I think it is just too commercial for this side of 465,” said Mark Nordmeyer, with the Pike Township Residents Association.
On Wednesday, the Pike Township Residents Association officially voted to oppose the project after receiving the zoning petition back in April.
“We tried really hard to reach an agreement. It just wasn’t possible,” said Susan Blair, the president of PTRA.
The worry is the area could become too commercial with many saying traffic is already a concern in the area.
“Creating this commercial development here is not going to fix that problem unless the infrastructure is fixed,” Nordmeyer said.
The PTRA said neighbors aren’t opposed to development in the area, but rather this specific type of development.
“As the developer even said, it is one of the last large pieces of property left undeveloped with Marion County. As time goes on, it’s going to get more and more attractive to developers. It’s making sure that we get the right thing,” Nordmeyer said.
There are still a lot of steps before any construction can start. The developers still need rezoning approval. That decision will go before the city’s Metropolitan Development Commission’s hearing examiner on July 27.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Vice President Kamala Harris was in Indianapolis Thursday.
Her visit was part of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated's National Convention, which is set to bring 20,000 of its members to Indianapolis this week.
The sorority is one of the country's largest and oldest historically Black sororities.
Thursday afternoon, the vice president spoke to more than 7,000 of the sorority's members at a private luncheon.
Harris encouraged the women in the audience keep fighting, fueled by their love for their children and their country. She told those gathered, "When we fight, we win."
That brought cheers from thousands.
"When I look out at all of you, I see family," Harris told a sea of crimson and cream, the sorority's colors.
Harris spoke about the bond she shares with members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated.
"Like my sorority, Delta Sigma Theta was founded to build networks of support for young Black college women, to fortify the bonds of sisterhood, to serve our nation and the world and to create desperately needed social and legal change," Harris told the crowd.
The vice president is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated, the first intercollegiate historically African American sorority and, like the Deltas, one of the Divine Nine, the nine Black Greek letter organizations that make up the National Pan-Hellenic Council founded in 1930 at Howard University.
Harris spoke to the two sororities' shared history and future, during the Delta's Social Action Luncheon – which focuses on the sorority's legislative priorities and the impact members can have on policy.
When it comes to social action, the Deltas have a long history of being on the forefront.
They were the only African American women's organization to march in the 1913 Suffrage Parade in Washington, D.C., lobbying for women's right to vote.
These days, some of the sorority's priorities center around voting and reproductive rights and maternal mortality.
"Before, during and after childbirth, women in America die at a higher rate than in any other wealthy nation in the world and Black women are three times as likely to die," Harris said.
RELATED: Florida law won’t ban historically Black fraternities and sororities from state universities
Harris also addressed a recent move by the Florida Board of Education about how Black history should be taught in public schools.
That and the number of books banned this year by Florida school districts, served as a rallying cry for the vice president.
"Just yesterday in the state of Florida, they decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery. They insult us in an attempt to gaslight us and we will not stand for it," Harris told the crowd.
It was a call to action, members heard.
"It's all about equality and women's rights and that's what we do, and we'll continue to do that," said Angelina McCarthy-Bryan, a member of Delta Sigma Theta who lives in Virginia.
"We have more work to do," the vice president said.
Harris' stop in Indianapolis is just one of many she'll make this summer on a travel blitz across the country to engage key constituencies. The 2024 presidential election is just down the road and Thursday that road ran through Indianapolis.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Several homes and a church at 25th and Rural streets are cleaning up after a water main break flooded the intersection with water waist deep Wednesday.
Jean Bennett got a phone call Wednesday morning that her church was on the news. Cathedral of Faith Christian Life Center sits on the southeast corner of 25th and Rural streets. The water main break two blocks east sent water running down the street to the low spot in the area, leaving a pond in front of the church.
"The pastor said that it was three or four inches inside the church,” said Bennett, a church board member. “But outside, it had floated away a car. And I saw those men standing in like a little pond. It reminded me of down south, when they were standing in water to baptize."
The Claims Management Team from Citizens Energy Group contacted residents on site even before the water service was repaired. Restoration crews hired by the water company started working right away to remove water from buildings and start the drying process.
"That really shocked me,” said Bennett. “I was like, ‘Oh! We'll be out of church for months.’ But I will say they got down here in a timely manner to try to correct it."
The water damage appears to be contained to less than 10 homes, and about the same number of cars.
"I don't think that we will know the extent of the impact until we have reached out to every single person to see what the individual impact is,” said Benjamin Easley, coordinator of public and corporate affairs for Citizens. “But we are committed to all those conversations. Those have already started, obviously, but to continuing to have those."
Citizens says a 16-inch cast iron pipe installed in 1961 burst at 25th Street and Parker Avenue.
"Oftentimes, infrastructure from that era, from that type, can see corrosion,” said Easley. “So, that's a likely culprit for the main break."
The culprit is causing a soggy cleanup. Cathedral of Faith board members are trying to decide if the church will dry out enough to hold services by Sunday. The church also leases space to a Hispanic congregation that worships in the other half of the building.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif — With the weekend ahead, it's the perfect time to enjoy award-winning concert performers, corndogs and carnival rides at the 2023 California State Fair.
The state fair is still rolling through its 17-day run and this year, the fair is bringing in some big names for its annual concert series. Still to come are performances from Ashanti, Kool & the Gang and more.
If you're already set on going to the fair and just need a beeline to the ticket information page, you can click HERE.
For everyone else, here's a schedule for what's happening Friday. Remember, the hours are subject to change.
Hours of operation: 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Carnival hours: 2 – 11 p.m.
Kids Park Hours: 1 – 11 p.m.
Revisiting Creedence
Two musicians who played with Creedence Clearwater Revival will take the Golden 1 Stage Friday at 8 p.m. as 'Revisiting Creedence' during the Toyota Concert Series. The show is free with general admission, and reserved seats closer to the action are $25. Check out the California State Fair Spotify playlist to hear all the bands and artists performing during the Toyota Concert Series.
California Professional Chef Challenge
From Friday to Saturday at the Save Mart California's Kitchen building B, fair audiences can watch professional chefs use a mystery ingredient to prepare a 3-course meal in front of a panel of judges. Click here to sign up.
July 21 Schedule:
- 12 - 2 p.m.
- 3 - 5 p.m.
- 6 - 8 p.m.
Fair food
Food vendors are open daily, click here for the full list.
The California State Fair and Food Festival has a pass that gives out four tickets for $34 that can be redeemed at vendors who are part of the food festival. Look for the purple flags to find participating vendors.
- 10 a.m.: Free Seasoning & Spice Rub, Olive Oil and Caramel Corn sampling @ Taster's Row
- 10 a.m.: Free Baked Goods sampling from Sinful Treats of Elk Grove @ Taster's Row
- 10 a.m.: Free Homemade Jams, Jellies, Salts, Sauces and Rubs sampling from Kanning Kathy @ Taster's Row.
- 10:30 a.m.: Cooking Demonstration on Simple Crepes and Skillet Jam, Stove Top Pizza @ Introduction Cooking with SMUD
- 1:30 p.m.: Apple Pie with Master Food Preservers @ CA Fresh Cooking Demonstration
- 3:30 p.m.: Salsa with Expanded Food and Nutritional Education Programs @ CA Fresh Cooking Demonstration
- 4:30 p.m.: Salads with Expanded Food and Nutritional Education Programs @ CA Fresh Cooking Demonstration
- 6 p.m.: Raspberry Vinegar and Herb Vinegar with Master Food Preservers @ CA Fresh Cooking Demonstration
- 6 p.m.: Cooking With Beer @ Cooking Demonstration
Fun for the Family
- 10 a.m. & 11 a.m.: Cavalcade of Horses (Meet and Greet & Kids Play Center) @ Rodeo Arena
- 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m. & 5 p.m.: Camp Smokey Puppet Show!
- 11:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.: Sacramento Powwow Dance Group @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 11:30 a.m.: YMCA Zumba @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 12 p.m.: California Produce Trivia @ the Save Mart California's Kitchen Cooking Theater in building B
- 12 p.m., 12:30 p.m., 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5 p.m., 6:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.: Tree Circus Stage Show
- 12 p.m.: Cavalcade of Horses (Arena Games) @ Rodeo Arena
- 1 p.m., 4 p.m. & 7 p.m.: Tanzanite African Acrobats @ the PG&E Center Stage
- 2 p.m.: Cavalcade of Horses (Obstacle Course Demonstration) @ Rodeo Arena
- 2 p.m., 4 p.m. & 6 p.m.: Jack Spareribs Ventriloquist @ Building D
- 2:30 p.m. & 3:30 pm.: JUMP! The Ultimate Dog Show @ Grandstands
- 3 p.m.: Cavalcade of Horses (Mamas & Babies) @ Rodeo Arena
- 3 p.m., 6 p.m. & 9 p.m.: Master Hypnotist Tina Marie @ the PG&E Center Stage
- 3:30 p.m.: Ohana O' Lokomaika'I Dancers @ the Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 4 p.m.: Cavalcade of Horses (Tennessee Gliders) @ Rodeo Arena
- 5 p.m.: Cavalcade of Horses (International Carousel of Breeds) @ the Rodeo Arena
- 6:30 p.m.- Cavalcade of Horses (El Centenario Drill Team & National Anthem) @ Rodeo Arena
- 7 p.m.: Cavalcade of Horses (Mane Event: Modern Musicals) @ Rodeo Arena
Concerts
- 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Jimmy Ashley @ the Save Mart Wine Garden
- 2 p.m., 5 p.m. & 8 p.m.: The Drum Heads @ The PG&E Center Stage
- 3 - 4 p.m.: P.O.L Praise Out Loud @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 3 - 5 p.m.: Renwych Station @ the Coors Light Blues & Brews Stage
- 3 - 7 p.m.: Jimmy Becker and Jay Rin @ the Save Mart Wine Garden
- 4 - 7 p.m.: Dave Badilla the One Man Band @ Langunitas Craft Beer Stage
- 4:30 - 5 pm.: Picasso (musician) @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 5 - 7 p.m.: The Niteliters @ Cantina 1854
- 6 - 9 p.m.: The Dave Russell Band @ Jack Daniel's Honky Tonk Saloon
- 7 - 9 p.m.: Leon Gray and the LoveSomeBody Band @ the Coors Light Blues & Brews Stage
- 8 - 10:50 p.m.: Rachel Steele @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
Maps
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STOCKTON, Calif. — The San Joaquin County Medical Examiners Office identified Joaquin Carrasco Jr., 64 of Stockton, as the bicyclist killed in a hit-and-run crash Tuesday.
Carrasco was riding his bike near the intersection of Pacific Avenue and Yokuts Avenue around 10:15 p.m. Tuesday when a car hit him, the Stockton Police Department said.
Authorities say the driver of the car left the scene. Investigators are asking witnesses to come forward with information by calling 209-937-8377.
Stockton Crime Stoppers is offering anonymity and a reward of up to $10,000 for information reported to 209-946-0600.
Watch more Stockton news from ABC10: What Will Save Us? | Remembering the Stockton school shooting
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ARLINGTON, Texas — It's still a year away, but the excitement can already be felt in North Texas for the 2024 MLB All-Star Game.
The MLB and the Rangers on Thursday unveiled the Texas-sized logo for next year's gathering of baseball's top players.
The logo features an outline of the state with the title "Texas All-Star Game 2024."
The game will be held at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. It's only the second time the Rangers have hosted the Midsummer Classic -- the first being in 1995 at the Ballpark in Arlington.
"Today marks the beginning of what will be an incredibly exciting 12 months leading up to 2024 All-Star Game,” Rangers majority owner Ray Davis said. "... We look forward to working with Major League Baseball and the Cities of Arlington, Fort Worth, and Dallas over the next year to create a spectacular week of All-Star activities leading up to July 16, 2024."
"We’ll also do our best to see that Bruce Bochy is managing the 2024 A.L. All-Star Team," Davis added.
This year's All-Star Game was held in Seattle and featured five Rangers players as starters: Marcus Semien, Corey Seager, Josh Jung, Jonah Heim and Adolis Garcia. At one point in the July 11 game, there were six Rangers on the field at once when pitcher Nathan Eovaldi took the mound.
Globe Life Field will also be host to the All-Star Futures Game and All-Star Celebrity Softball Game on Saturday, July 13, 2024, and the Home Run Derby on Monday, July 15.
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — A sea otter launched into the national spotlight after images of her aggressively wresting surfboards away from surfers off the coast of Santa Cruz, California circulated on social media is building a fan club as she continues to evade capture.
A team of wildlife experts with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the nearby Monterey Bay Aquarium have been trying to capture the 5-year-old animal, known as otter 841, since last week because they say she poses a public safety risk.
They say they want to examine her and relocate her at a zoo or aquarium —as yet to no avail.
She now has a growing fan club, with people showing up every day to get a glimpse of her spending time sunbathing on the rocky shore, diving in the water and chomping down on crabs.
Jessica Fujii, Sea Otter Program Manager at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, said the team has faced some challenges in its pursuit, including bad weather.
“The main issue is more just her ability to evade. Because this has been an ongoing effort, she is wary of those nets," Fujii said.
Federal and state wildlife officials did not return messages from The Associated Press seeking comment Thursday on their effort to catch otter 841.
The mischievous mammal was made famous by a professional photographer who posted photos and videos on social media that show her aggressively approaching surfers and getting on top of surfboards — on at least one occasion biting and tearing chunks off a board.
“They can’t throw a net over her in the water. They can’t tranquilize her because of fear of her drowning. So they really need to get hands-on her," said the Santa Cruz photographer, Mark Woodward.
The team trying to capture her has used a baited surfboard. She’s gotten on it multiple times in the past few days, according to Woodward. But as soon as a wildlife official towing the surfboard carrying her gets near the team's boat, she dives off, he said.
The otter’s aggressive behavior is highly unusual, and the reason is unknown, federal wildlife officials said.
“Aggressive behavior in female southern sea otters may be associated with hormonal surges or due to being fed by humans,” the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a statement last week.
Otter 841 was born in captivity and released into the wild in June 2020. She is tagged with her number and has a radio transmitter that officials have been monitoring to keep tabs on her.
They said it is not the first time the otter has been aggressive toward humans. She was observed approaching people in late 2021. In May 2022, she was spotted with a pup in the Santa Cruz area, and four months later exhibited similar aggressive behavior.
Meanwhile, her fans want her to be left alone.
“Just leave ‘em alone. Just let ’em have fun. Hasn’t bitten anybody. Roughs up the board. It’s like a dog with a chew, you know?” said Jackie Rundell, a Santa Cruz resident who on Wednesday visited the bay.
Southern sea otters, whose population dwindled to about 50 in 1938, are managed by the Fish and Wildlife Service. They are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act and are protected under the Marine Mammal Act and California state law.
Now with a population of about 3,000, sea otters play a fundamental role in maintaining healthy coastal ecosystems by preying on sea urchins that can multiply and eat their way through the kelp forests both marine creatures share, wildlife officials said.
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Judge allows two trans girls to compete on girls' school sports teams during lawsuit
A federal judge in Tucson has decided to allow two transgender girls to try out for girls’ sports teams at their schools while a lawsuit challenging Arizona’s law barring transgender girls from competing on girls’ teams proceeds.
The decision comes 10 days after a hearing on the motion for a preliminary injunction.
At that hearing attorneys for the girls, 11 and 15, and their parents argued that the stated goals of the 2022 law — safety and fairness in girls’ sports — are not related to its categorical ban on all transgender girls from girls’ teams. The girls' lawyers also argued that banning them from competing on their schools' girls' sports teams as the lawsuit proceeds would cause them irreparable harm.
The plaintiffs' attorneys told U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer G. Zipps that neither of the girls have undergone male puberty due to their treatment for gender dysphoria, a diagnosis that describes a feeling of discomfort or distress that might occur in an individual whose gender identity differs from their sex assigned at birth or their body.
Attorneys for the parties defending the law argued that pre-puberty cisgender boys have a physiological advantage over pre-puberty cisgender girls, and therefore that the use of puberty-blocking medication is irrelevant. The law is being defended by Tom Horne, Arizona's schools chief, and Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert and House Speaker Ben Toma, R-Glendale.
Related:Attorney General Kris Mayes won't defend Arizona ban on transgender girls in sports
Zipps decided to apply intermediate scrutiny to the case, a level of judicial review used to test a law's constitutionality that requires the law to further an important government interest by substantially related means, and found that Horne, Petersen and Toma failed to "produce persuasive evidence at the preliminary injunction stage" to show that the law "is substantially related to the legitimate goals of ensuring equal opportunities for girls to play sports and to prevent safety risks."
She determined that there has been no evidence offered in the case that shows trans girls who haven't experienced male puberty "have presented an actual problem of unfair competition or created safety risks to other girls." Zipps found that the 2022 ban is "overly broad," banning trans girls who haven't experienced male puberty and who will or have experienced female puberty.
The decision means Zipps agreed with the girls' attorneys that they are likely to win the case on their arguments that the 2022 ban violates Title IX and the U.S. Constitution's equal protection clause and that enforcement of the ban in the meantime will cause irreparable harm to the girls. Title IX is the landmark 1972 legislation that prohibits sex-based discrimination within educational institutions that receive federal funding.
"This ruling joins the vast majority of decisions on this issue in Idaho, Utah, West Virginia and Indiana and finds the same, that these laws cannot pass constitutional muster and violate Title IX," Berg said.
Madeleine Parrish covers K-12 education. Reach her at mparrish@arizonarepublic.com and follow her on Twitter at @maddieparrish61.
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6 Arizonans killed in Washington car crash, families seeking help
Six Arizonans, ages 19 to 25, were killed in a crash in Tacoma, Washington on Sunday while visiting for a business convention.
According to a news release from Washington State Patrol, the two-car collision happened at around 11:17 a.m. on Sunday at the intersection of State Route 509 and Alexander Avenue.
Nine people in total were involved in the crash, with six of seven passengers inside one of the cars having been killed. The seventh passenger, according to officials, was transported to a local hospital in critical condition.
The six occupants killed, Erick Tsosie, Felix Begay, Cerra Corner, Javan Runnels, Calsie Sockyma and Lisa Gordon, were all from Arizona and visiting the state for a business trip, according to their families.
GoFundMe accounts have been set up by family members to help pay for funeral services and to help bring them home.
Those who wish to donate can find their pages below.
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RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. — A total solar eclipse will be happening next year on April 8, 2024. It will be visible in many parts of the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
Since it lies directly in the middle of the eclipse's path of totality, Russellville, Arkansas has been listed by Astronomy Magazine as one of the top 10 locations in the country to see the rare celestial display.
There will be a Total Eclipse of the Heart Festival in Russellville that is offering a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for couples who happen to be in love "to the moon and back."
In order to participate all couples will need a wedding license and something out of this world to wear.
Flowers, decorations, a wedding cake, and a bottle of sparkling juice will be provided at no cost to the bride and groom. The Liverpool Legends, the world’s most popular Beatles tribute band, will also be performing a song for the couple’s first dance.
The ceremony will end just minutes before totality takes place and there is over four minutes of complete darkness with only a thin circle of light around the moon that will resemble a huge wedding ring in the sky!
Asides from offering the free wedding ceremony, the festival will give each couple registered several gift cards and discounts from area businesses which include jewelry, furniture, travel, restaurant meals, and a hot air balloon ride.
For more information about the event, please click here.
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12 people in Maricopa County have died due to heat-related causes. Half are unhoused
There have been 12 confirmed deaths associated with heat in Maricopa County this year so far, according to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health.
According to a weekly report published by the department on Tuesday, out of the 12 deaths, nine were directly caused by heat and three had contributing heat-related illnesses or symptoms. About 55 more deaths were also believed to be associated with heat, but were still being investigated by Maricopa County Office of Medical Examiner.
This year's numbers are smaller than last year's. By July 11, 2022, there had been 17 confirmed deaths and 126 were under investigation.
This year's first heat-associated death was on April 11, which came nearly a month later, compared to 2022's first registered death on March 13.
Data in the report showed that about half of this year's confirmed heat deaths were homeless people. In terms of age, about a third were people 75 or older.
The report also showed that hospital visits due to heat-related illnesses have increased as temperatures around the county approached 110 degrees in the beginning of July.
Last year:Unsheltered and unhoused in the heat: 'The urgency now is greater than it’s ever been'
Heat wave not ending any time soon
According to experts, the current heat wave is one of the most prolonged and intense ones the state has ever seen.
Phoenix hasn’t seen a day where high temperatures didn’t reach triple digits since June 13, and there are no signs that the heat will let up soon.
The Phoenix area broke the record for the most days under an excessive heat warning, which started on July 1 and will be in place through July 17. The number of days of the current warning nearly doubles Phoenix's past record, which was eight days.
The National Weather Service warns that it could get worse, with high temperatures of 110 degrees or more forecasted well into next week. Computer models that project the weather 16 days into the future "do not show an end to this heat wave," the weather service wrote in a discussion. "This should go down as one of the longest, if not the longest-duration heat wave."
Meteorologists have warned people the heat will reach "very dangerous" levels, and have advised residents planning on doing activities outdoors to stay hydrated and try to find shade.
Phoenix will likely break or tie more records by this weekend, including the largest stretch of consecutive days with temperatures of 110 degrees or above, and the highest temperatures predicted for this weekend's dates.
Temperatures into next week could get even hotter, with major to extreme heat risk expected for most of Arizona, according to the weather service.
Maricopa County offers cooling and hydration stations that are open to the public throughout the heat season. A map to find cooling stations can be found at https://hrn.azmag.gov/#/map.
When is the hottest time of the day?The answer is not so simple
Hot weather tips
More tips to prevent heat-related illness, provided by The Arizona Department of Health Service, include:
- Drink water: It is recommended to drink at least 2 liters of water per day if people are staying inside all day. Those who spend time outdoors should drink 1 to 2 liters per hour they are outside.
- Dress for the heat: Wear light-weight and light-colored clothing. Sunscreen should always be applied to exposed skin and it is recommended to wear a hat or use an umbrella when outdoors.
- Eat small meals and eat more often: Officials recommend avoiding foods high in protein that increase metabolic heat.
- Monitor those at risk: Check on friends, family or others for signs of heat exhaustion or heat stroke.
- Slow down and avoid strenuous activity: It is recommended to only do strenuous activity during the coolest hours of the day, between 4 and 7 a.m.
- Stay indoors.
- Take breaks when engaged in physical activity: Take a break in a cool place when doing activity outside on a hot day.
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Thousands out of power in Chandler as temperatures hit 119 for second day in a row
Thousands of people in Chandler were without power on Thursday. As of 4 p.m., the outage affected more than 2,000 Arizona Public Service Co. customers. Earlier in the day, more than 5,000 customers were affected.
This power outage has hit Chandler as temperatures soared to 119 degrees on Thursday afternoon for the second day straight. The outage is located around Chandler Boulevard and Arizona Avenue, according to the APS outage map.
According to the map, power is not expected to return until sometime around 5 p.m. Thursday. Temperatures are expected to stay above 115 degrees until at least 6 p.m.
Outages amid soaring heat:Thousands without power in Mesa as temperatures expected to reach 117 degrees
Chandler Police Department responded to the incident, as multiple intersections in the area were affected by the outage, prompting officers to control traffic at the intersections.
The cause of the current power outage is currently under investigation by APS officials.
Recently, APS and Salt River Project both set new records for electricity demand during the summer with SRP seeing a peak of demand on Tuesday with 8,163 megawatts. APS saw its spike on July 15, with demand soaring to 8,191 megawatts.
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Floor & Decor, a major national retailer of flooring materials, is planning to open a store at the former Lion Brothers embroidery plant on Reisterstown Road in Owings Mills.
A zoning hearing is scheduled for next week regarding the property, which is just north of Painters Mill Road.
Floor & Decor recently opened a store in Parkville. The company also just got a loan from the state and from Baltimore County to open a distribution center at Tradepoint Atlantic in Sparrows Point.
The company has more than 200 stores nationwide and is "a leading specialty retailer of hard surface flooring, offering the broadest in-stock selection of tile, wood, stone, related tools and flooring accessories at everyday low prices" and "is one of Fortune’s 100 fastest-growing companies," according to its website.
The zoning hearing will be about the types of signs that can be placed on the building. It's set for 10 a.m. July 27.
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TUPELO — What started as an effort by Tupelo officials to curb animal cruelty and tethering has transformed into a complete overall of the city’s animal control ordinance.
After months of deliberation behind the scenes, the Tupelo City Council has voted unanimously to amend its animal control ordinances with a raft of changes, including updated language, provisions for tethering and stricter penalties.
The board approved the changes during their regular Tuesday night meeting.
“I think our ordinance needed to be updated, and anything that is inhumane to animals, you addressed it,” said Ward 5 Councilman Buddy Palmer, who was part of the original push for the updates. “I think, with this new ordinance, they will have a little more teeth.”
Assistant City Attorney Stephen Reed presented the changes to the council. He said most of the changes came directly from state statue or through feedback from the council. Specifically, the ordinance was updated to include the definitions of animal cruelty, both simple and aggravated, directly from state law.
“What started as a tethering ordinance turned into more of a comprehensive update of the animal ordinances,” he said.
The state and city define animal cruelty as overcrowding, overworking, willfully or maliciously torturing, tormenting, beating, kicking, mutilating, injuring, disabling or needlessly killing any animal, transporting animals in an inhumane manner and neglecting to provide proper food, drink and protection from the weather.
The most significant change to the city’s ordinance is a general tethering prohibition that has baked-in exceptions. A dog can be tethered as long as the tethering device is at least 10 feet long, attached to a pulley or other moveable device 10 feet or longer and that weighs no more an eighth of the dog’s body weight. The tether cannot injure the dog and cannot include a pinch or prong collar.
Tethered dogs must also have access to fresh water, food and shelter and cannot be tethered during extreme weather, such as excessive heat, extreme cold, rain or other extreme conditions. The tether system must also not cross into a neighboring property, nor can it be deemed a nuisance.
The ordinance also lays out acceptable housing for dogs, which includes within a residence, in a fenced yard with at least 100 square feet per dog and within a kennel, run or similar enclosure that has enough room for exercise. The ordinance also defines an animal running “at large” as a misdemeanor charge for the pet's owner.
Penalties for breaking any of these provisions are set by the municipal court but follow state statute, which gives a municipal judge the authority to fine an owner found guilty of simple animal cruelty up to $1,000 and up to six months in jail and up to $5,000 and three years in jail for aggravated cruelty.
Reed said the council will have to approve the municipal court's fine at a later date.
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PINAL COUNTY, Ariz. — The former Pinal County teacher arrested in 2018 for having an inappropriate relationship with an underage student has been recently placed on supervised probation.
Andrew Hensley, 43, pleaded guilty earlier this year to two counts of child abuse with a sexual motivation, a Class 4 felony.
Hensley was sentenced last month in Pinal County Superior Court to 15 years of supervised probation for each term, according to the Pinal County Attorney's Office.
PCAO said the decision as to whether Hensley will need to register as a sex offender has been deferred by the court until testing and assessments can be done.
Hensley had been a fire science instructor at the Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology in Coolidge.
In the summer of 2018, officials began investigating Hensley after allegations surfaced that he had been having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student.
The student's parents started to become concerned about the student's relationship with Hensley after finding out he had reportedly bought their child jewelry and a cell phone, according to Arizona Board of Education records.
Hensley resigned from CAVIT in July 2018 and was arrested by U.S. marshals in North Carolina a couple of months later. State records indicate Hensley surrendered his teaching certificate.
School officials reported finding sex toys in Hensley's former office, according to the sheriff's office.
The case took an unusual twist after the fire science teacher who replaced Hensley at CAVIT was arrested for similar offenses at around the same time.
Brian Sharp had only been teaching at CAVIT for a couple of months when he was arrested for sexually abusing a minor, according to PinalCentral. Sharp took a plea deal and is currently serving time in the Arizona Department of Corrections.
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PHOENIX — A federal judge has granted an injunction stopping Arizona from enforcing a new law prohibiting transgender students from playing on sports teams that align with their gender.
The families of two transgender girls in Arizona filed litigation earlier this year targeting legislation signed by former Gov. Doug Ducey in 2022 that restricts transgender girls from competing alongside girls in athletic activities.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Jennifer Zipps issued an order that grants an injunction seeking to stop Arizona from enforcing the law and allowing the plaintiffs to participate in girls' sports.
"There is no evidence that any defendant will be harmed by allowing plaintiffs to continue playing with their peers as they have done until now," the judge's order states.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, who was listed as a defendant in the case, said the litigation process is not over.
“We will appeal this ruling. This will ultimately be decided by the United States Supreme Court, and they will rule in our favor," the Republican education leader said in a statement.
The judge's order can be read below:
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Chaos grips City Council in debate over member's campaign-finance violations
Intense debate ensued over whether Councilman Juan Pichardo should be allowed to maintain a leadership role after his campaign finance violations.
Providence City Councilman Juan Pichardo's campaign-finance violations became the subject of a scrappy debate at Thursday's council meeting, with pitched debate over whether to allow him to keep his president pro tempore post. The meeting, the most acrimonious recently, was filled with interruptions, dueling motions and eventually smirks from a couple of council members.
At the heart of the matter was a resolution sponsored by Councilwoman Jo-Ann Ryan, who called on Pichardo to vacate the leadership position that put him second in line for the council presidency. The strongly worded measure, which ultimately failed to pass, said Pichardo showed "reckless disregard for the laws governing public disclosure and reporting of campaign finance activities," calling it "chilling and an affront to honest, open and transparent government."
The resolution – which was read aloud in full during the meeting as Pichardo listened – went on to state that council members "have lost trust and have no confidence" in his ability to fulfill his duties. Those include becoming president if Council President Rachel Miller left her post, and being second in succession to become mayor.
Councilman Jim Taylor defended Pichardo, noting he took responsibility for his actions and questioning why the council waited to take action for well over a month after the news of the violations broke.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we all make mistakes," Taylor said. "It is an inevitable part of being human."
Taylor said the issue would distract from the "real news" of the evening, the possibility of hiring a high-powered lawyer to investigate tax breaks that may have been granted inappropriately to city developer Arnold "Buff" Chace. Taylor also suggested it was Ryan's intent to distract attention from that matter, something Ryan vehemently denied, accusing Pichardo of a "violation of trust."
"We deserve better," Ryan said, turning to tell Pichardo, "You need to release yourself. This is wrong."
After that point, Miller interjected, asking council members to "refrain from personal attacks" and address their comments to her rather than each other.
Pichardo defends his handling of audit
Pichardo contested the claims in the council's resolution, stating that upon investigation, all of his campaign funds "were 100% accounted for and founded to be used properly" with the exception of a $50 matter, and that he cooperated with the audit and accepted the result.
Pichardo went on to state that Ryan's resolution "falsely mischaracterizes the audit" and suggested Ryan may be attempting to "knowingly mislead our City Council." He also threatened to file a resolution censuring her actions.
Councilwoman Shelley Peterson chimed in, saying she questioned whether the resolution was driven by political or personal motives, echoing Taylor's question of why it wasn't introduced earlier.
Councilwoman Althea Graves then said she was "disappointed and a little disgusted" by the evening's discussion. Councilwoman Mary Kay Harris expressed a similar sentiment, troubled by the tensions that had erupted in public view.
Eventually, Taylor motioned for a vote on the resolution, at which point Ryan attempted to revoke her resolution, but that didn't work as the vote proceeded with only two "ayes," from her and Councilman Pedro Espinal.
More:Providence city councilman fined for campaign finance violations. Here's how he responded.
What did the campaign finance audit say?
The council's resolution comes two weeks after Pichardo resigned from his seat on the Finance Committee with a vague statement saying he "can best assist the committee’s work in an advisory capacity." At the time, he did not answer a request for further details.
In June, the state Board of Elections released an audit alleging that Pichardo failed to properly disclose nearly $25,000 in campaign contributions and expenses. Pichardo admitted responsibility and was fined $3,000.
The report stemmed from an investigation the board began in February, having noticed an issue in one of Pichardo's campaign finance reports filed in late 2022.
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MESA, Ariz. — More travelers passed through Mesa-Gateway Airport in 2023 than any year in the airport's 82-year history.
Officials said the airport set a record for commercial passengers, welcoming 1,917,911 travelers in 2023. This is a 5.6% increase over the airport’s 2022 numbers.
The airport said adding several new restaurants and beverage concessions played a key part in the increased activity.
Gateway Airport is also building a 5-Gate, 30,000-square-foot terminal addition and an enclosed pedestrian walkway connecting the airline ticket counters to the TSA security. Officials said both projects will be complete in early 2024, just in time for the busy spring travel rush.
“More and more air travelers are discovering the value and convenience of using Gateway Airport. The Airport would like to thank its airline partners, airport tenants, and our passengers for helping make FY23 a record year,” said J. Brian O’Neill, A.A.E. Executive Director/CEO of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.
Allegiant Air recently announced a new nonstop service between Gateway Airport and Portland, Oregon beginning in November, bringing their total number of nonstop destinations at the airport to 47.
The airport is located at 6033 S. Sossaman Road in Mesa. For more information, you can visit their website.
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CHANDLER, Ariz. — A power outage in Chandler could be affecting thousands of APS customers around the area of Chandler Boulevard and Arizona Avenue.
The outage was reported at about 3 p.m. and an estimated 3,700 customers are affected in the Chandler area, according to the APS outage map. The power company estimates that power may be restored by 5 p.m.
Chandler police said the outage was affecting street intersections in the area of Alma School, McQueen, Ray, and Pecos roads. Officers will be conducting traffic.
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ARCADIA, Fla. — Two Arcadia police officers put their lives on the line to rescue a woman from a burning home. It happened Wednesday, July 19, on Harris Road.
Warren Cooper was one of the first to the scene.
“I was passing by, and I saw smoke coming from the back of the house, so I pulled up, and her daughter was at the door hollering, ‘Help my mother’,” Cooper recalled.
He said he went into the home to try to help. When he came out, Officer Steven Carroll was arriving at the scene.
“I told him, ‘Hey man, I need help, help’.”
Facing pitch-black darkness and heavy smoke, Carroll rushed inside. He said it was so dark he couldn’t see the woman’s brother who was trying to pull her out of the burning room. He had to follow the man’s voice until he reached them.
“I was able to locate her, pull her out a few feet, then I had to go out myself, get some more air, go back in, pull her back a little more,” Carroll recalled. “About that time Lt. Carrillo showed up.”
“Once I got inside,” Lt. Troy Carrillo said, “I couldn’t see him. I called out to him twice before I heard him say, ‘I’m here, I’m here’. So I just started going to where I could hear his voice.”
“And then the two of us together were able to get her all the way out of the house,” Carroll explained.
Once outside, the officers made sure the woman was breathing and got her medical care. She was eventually flown to Tampa General Hospital where she is currently in critical condition in the burn unit.
“That guy is pretty much a hero because I’m going to tell you what, she’s fighting for her life, but she wouldn’t be alive if he didn’t go,” DeSoto Fire Chief Chad Jorgensen said.
From the outside, you can’t see any evidence of the traumatic experience that happened inside. The only evidence is a small break in a bedroom window. Jorgensen said the view from the inside tells the true tale.
“The room itself is gutted, it’s black charred and there’s a hole in the ceiling from everything. There’s no doubt it was a good fire,” Jorgensen said.
The fire could have injured either officer who went in for help. Both were checked out at the hospital but are good to go now.
The ‘hero’ title Jorgensen and others are giving, they say isn’t necessary.
“I just happened to be the closest unit. Had I not been the closest unit, I would’ve been going in behind him or behind any of these guys. We don’t think twice about it, we just go,” Carroll explained. “Instinct man, that’s what we do.”
“I know everybody that works here would’ve done the same. It just so happens he was there first, and I got there second,” Carrillo added.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Close friends are remembering Jarod Mason.
According to the Austin Police Department (APD), Mason was shot and killed at the Westlake Apartments on North Capitol of Texas Highway on the morning of July 15.
Police said Mason was shot in a parking lot and multiple suspects left the scene. No arrests have been made yet.
Mason's close friend Kris Clack spent the day reminiscing about his friend, remembering him by the nickname, "Dirt."
"His goal was to make anyone happy no matter who they were, no matter what they had. That's why it’s a great loss to myself, his family and this city," said Clack.
Mason was seen as an celebrity at the Givens Rec Center.
"He was AND1 basketball, kind of before AND1 basketball started, [going] behind the back, through the legs. He was a wizard with the basketball that comes from us playing everyday," said Clack
Clack, a former UT basketball standout who played professionally in Europe and the NBA G-League, said he would frequently play pickup games with Mason and others in the community in the past.
"We would play everyday until the gym closed. Once the gym, closed we would walk to their house and their mom or grandma would feed everybody," Clack said.
Clack went on to be Austin's first ever High School All-American, before playing at UT and subsequently getting drafted by the Boston Celtics, although he never appeared in an NBA game.
Clack said those pick up games back in the day with Mason helped him get to the professional level.
"We wanted to do all the same type of things, and be successful and be the best," Clack said.
Clack said Mason was also a family man with a wife and kids, and was a big part of the community.
"He was very open to training all these kids and showing them things he grew up doing everyday himself, and would dribble the ball everywhere he went," Clack said.
"I hope justice is served. I hope APD does a proper investigation to find out who did this," Clack said, regarding the shooting investigation.
Clack said Mason will never been forgotten in East Austin.
"He loved Austin, Texas, he loved this city. He loved Givens Park and also represented his city," Clack said.
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AUSTIN, Texas — The state of Texas resigned Thursday from a national, bipartisan effort to prevent voter fraud, becoming the largest state and ninth GOP-led state to leave the initiative since 2022.
The exit from the Electronic Registration Information Center, commonly known as ERIC, comes after Texas Republicans began showing a willingness this year to leave the group, which has been targeted by conspiracy theories about its funding and purpose. Republicans elsewhere have cited other reasons for leaving the initiative and said they have been working on an alternate system.
On Thursday, Texas submitted a letter to ERIC giving notice that the state would withdraw from the program, effective in 91 days, according to a Secretary of State spokesperson.
As fewer states participate in the effort, which allows states to share government data to maintain accurate voter lists, the costs for participating states are set to increase, spokesperson Alicia Phillips Pierce said.
There is no immediate plan to join another system, but the state continue to research options, Pierce said.
Other states to have recently resigned from ERIC include Louisiana, who was first, as well as Alabama, Florida, West Virginia, Missouri, Ohio, Iowa and Virginia.
In Kentucky, Secretary of State Michael Adams, a Republican, said he is exploring his state’s options. His state is required to participate in ERIC due to a court order. But according to Adams, several surrounding states as well as Florida, where many Kentucky residents retire, are leaving or do not participate.
“Even if ERIC were hunky-dory, I still need to find ways to get information from 30-plus states that aren’t in ERIC,” Adams said.
New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver said she was approached by officials in Ohio to discuss a data-sharing agreement, and she declined. “I am very interested in the longevity of ERIC because the concept of doing state-by-state agreements, it’s just a mess,” Toulouse Oliver said, adding that it took years to develop the various security and privacy protocols built into the process.
Multiple Democratic officials have said they are uninterested in alternatives to the ERIC system, which still includes a few Republican-led states. They expressed hope that large-population states will join, like California and New York, which are not currently part of ERIC.
“I’m committed to ERIC, I believe in it," Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said earlier this month, before Texas announced its plans to leave. "There have been a lot of attempts in the past to create what ERIC created effectively, and those attempts failed.”
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DULUTH — A St. Louis County jury has found a Superior man guilty of raping a woman after a Hermantown bowling date last summer.
Dakota Daniel Thorstenson, 29, was convicted Thursday of kidnapping, first-degree criminal sexual conduct and third-degree assault.
He still faces a number of additional felony charges in both St. Louis and Douglas counties involving another woman, who he allegedly abducted from a downtown Duluth bar and raped while holding her against her will at his Superior home.
According to court documents, the case on trial this week stemmed from an Aug. 10 date with a woman Thorstenson had met on Facebook. After leaving the bowling alley, they got into a verbal argument and Thorstenson, still driving, allegedly reached out with his left hand and started to choke the woman.
A criminal complaint states that the car then struck two objects — one apparently a fire hydrant — and they got out to look at the damage.
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While outside the vehicle, the woman reported that Thorstenson started to punch her in the face and choke her again. She tried to crawl away, but he dragged her back. He forced her back into the vehicle, and her purse fell out. A citizen who turned the purse in to Duluth police said it was found near 2001 Anderson Road.
Minutes after the assault, Thorstenson allegedly forced the woman to have sex in the car with him, according to the complaint. The next thing she remembered was waking up in a bed at an apartment on the 1200 block of Faxon Street in Superior. The victim messaged her sister, who called 911. Superior police received the call at about 7:30 a.m. Aug. 11 and located Thorstenson and the victim in a room of the apartment.
The woman told officers that she asked to leave when the police arrived at the apartment, but Thorstenson told her not while the police were near. He locked the bedroom door and only allowed her to unlock it once officers threatened to kick the door in, according to the complaint. The woman described being fearful of leaving the residence alive.
The woman suffered numerous injuries, including a fractured clavicle and broken facial bones, according to emergency room records.
Thorstenson had additionally been charged in Douglas County with second-degree assault and false imprisonment, but prosecutors dismissed that complaint in October with District Attorney Mark Fruehauf saying Minnesota was the "most appropriate forum to prosecute that alleged conduct."
Senior Judge Mary Yunker presided over the trial, which began with jury selection last week. It was prosecuted by Assistant St. Louis County Attorney Michael Hagley. Public defenders Rebecca Shaw and J.D. Schmid represented Thorstenson.
A sentencing date was not immediately listed.
Thorstenson faces the prospect of multiple additional trials on similar allegations. He is charged in three separate cases in Minnesota and Wisconsin for alleged crimes against a former girlfriend, including the July 2022 bar abduction and subsequent physical and sexual assault.
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The pending charges include 11 felonies and one misdemeanor. No future trial dates have been set in either jurisdiction.
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DULUTH — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he didn’t see any action during his ride-along with Duluth police officer Jackie Groshens on Thursday afternoon. But he did learn her perspective on what she experiences during her more eventful shifts.
“(She said) we’re seeing an uptick in opioid addictions, fentanyl,” Walz told the News Tribune later that afternoon during an editorial board meeting. “We’re seeing those things kind of escalate. And where you have the fentanyl and the drugs, you have guns.”
Walz referenced gun violence — specifically the fatal shooting of Fargo police officer Jake Wallin a week ago — when stressing that the ride-along he took wasn’t the same as the patrols many police officers make every day.
“It’s tough work. Doing a ride-around in Duluth with the State Patrol right behind me is not what these folks are going through,” Walz said. “We are going to bury Officer Wallin on Saturday, and he was responding to a traffic accident in the middle of the day in Fargo. We’re not downplaying the dangers of this job.”
Walz mentioned the various ways in which his administration and the Democratic-Farmer-Labor-controlled Legislature have worked to aid law enforcement agencies in Minnesota battle a labor shortage, such as local government aid increases, tuition assistance and extra funding for the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
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But the centerpiece of that assistance, which grew from the last Legislative session, is $300 million in flexible public safety dollars that organizations can use to meet their individual needs.
Walz said he enjoyed his time during the ride-along, getting to know Groshens and learning the obstacles that she and her fellow officers face.
““It was great. She was fantastic,” Walz said. “(I) asked her how she got into it — a six-year veteran. … She was basically a social worker, because she wanted to help folks. And she said, quite honestly, that the entry point to mental health issues now is the police department. She was really sophisticated about how she approached it … what it’s going to take to respond.”
Walz said Groshens kept coming back to two main issues that she sees on Duluth’s streets and in its homes.
“It will many times involve dependency issues or mental health,” he said. “And domestic violence has always been there, and domestic issues.”
They agreed that more background work on mental health and chemical dependency is needed, to prevent dangerous situations from arising in the first place. Walz stressed that it doesn’t mean cutting money from police and adding more money to social work, but rather “making sure we are marrying those two things together.”
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A 1,500-acre is burning among heavy dead and down fuels as well as in spruce and subalpine fir in the Salmon-Challis National Forest, 33 miles south of Salmon and 20 miles northwest of Leadore.
A forest news release said the cause of the Hayden fire, which was 0% contained as of 3:40 p.m. Thursday, was unknown. The area is in "high" fire danger. The fire was first reported Wednesday.
There are four engines, three Type I helicopters, two Type III helicopters, two Type I crews, three Type II crews and two bulldozers fighting the fire.
On Wednesday, firefighters "experienced extreme fire behavior with crowning, long-range spotting, and group torching," the release said. Ground crews weren't able to directly engage the fire until later in the day due to the extreme fire activity. Bulldozer operators are constructing dozer lines while crews scout the fire for areas to directly engage it, the release said. Firefighting aircraft, including helicopters and retardant drops, will be used as weather permits.
A ridge of high pressure is building across the region and will continue through Saturday, the release said. Unseasonably hot conditions are anticipated through the weekend.
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CATAWISSA, Pa. — Rohrbach's Farm Market in Columbia County got a small taste of the Land Down Under.
Kids of all ages waited in line to meet Jackson, a baby kangaroo.
"It felt super, super soft. It was just so soft," said Max Peters of Danville.
"This is my first time, I have never seen a kangaroo before. It was amazing," added Landon Hall of Catawissa.
The Kangaroo comes from Aldinger Farms in Halifax, Pennsylvania.
The Aldingers travel all over to educate people on kangaroos.
"It is really cool to see how people react to the kangaroos when they get to see them. It makes me happy that they are happy to just see kangaroos," said Ally Aldinger, Aldinger Farms.
The kangaroo and its owners traveled to Rohrbach's to be a part of the farm's kid's workshop series that runs all throughout the summer.
"Every Thursday we hold workshops from 10 to 11 and then a mirrored workshop from 11 to 12. This week is kangaroos, and a lot of people hopped on out to see us today," said Ashley Wlodarczyk, Rohrbach's Event Coordinator.
Kids say this is a moment they will remember forever.
"It was the best thing I have ever seen in my life. It was probably the best animal I have seen in my life. It was so soft," said Peters.
Officials with Rohrbach's tell us that they hope to have the kangaroos back sometime in the near future.
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PITTSTON, Pa. — Boxes of food were packed up inside the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Food Bank in Luzerne County.
Throughout the day, different groups of people donated their time as part of PA Day.
"Volunteerism is so important for communities, and the main goal here today is Pennsylvanians helping other Pennsylvanians," said Drew Popish from Governor Shapiro's office.
PA Day is coordinated through America250PA, with help from area organizations.
Communities all across the Commonwealth committed their efforts to projects to make Pennsylvania a place to be proud of.
"America250PA decided to make this our largest volunteer effort of the year. Last year we packed almost 9000 boxes with feeding Pennsylvania," said Katie Koss of America250PA.
Employees at the Weinberg Food Bank say they're happy for the extra help and enthusiasm from the volunteers.
"I'm hoping we pack a lot of boxes. I'm not setting a limit. If I set a limit, I will want to overachieve that goal. So we're here, and we're not leaving until the boxes are done," said Popish.
Scranton Tomorrow joined in on the PA Day initiative with support from America250PA and other community organizations.
Volunteers were collecting single-use coffee pods to recycle, an effort that the group started in November.
"We filled up one box, and we've filled lots since. Up until this morning, we've collected 20,000, and we'll probably hit another 20,000 just today," said Steve Ward, Scranton Tomorrow Project Manager.
"There's so many different opportunities. We're working with the legislature, we're working with the children in classrooms, we're working with just everyday Pennsylvanians," added Koss.
America250PA will be planning other events ahead of celebrating America's 250th anniversary in 2026.
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Bees could be the key to finding missing people. Did that get your attention?
It’s one of the many interesting research projects going on in Virginia. George Mason University has what’s called a “body farm.” It is new and one of only a few in the nation.
10 News got an inside look at the process in Northern Virginia and how you can be part of the research helping investigators solve murders now and in the future.
“These little scientists with wings on them, they’re going to be able to take us to the body,” Mary Ellen O’Toole, the Forensic Science Program Director at GMU said, while standing outside of a bee hive on campus.
Bees helping investigators work murder cases.
“They’re going to be little scientists on our behalf and I think that’s going to be remarkable.”
Mary Ellen O'Toole
“They’re going to be able to tell us where someone has been dumped, where someone is laying outside and decomposing,” O’Toole, who retired from the FBI after nearly three decades, said.
Her work includes understanding serial killers and other high-profile cases like the disappearances of Elizabeth Smart and Natalee Holloway.
“Working a serial murder case obviously is one of the greatest challenges because oftentimes, the victims are found outside,” the director explains. “Now we have this body farm where we’re studying the very thing that I worked on in the FBI, outdoor homicide scenes.”
The school now has just the eighth body farm in the country and the only one in this region.
“The body farm here is my dream,” said Emily Rancourt, a former police crime scene specialist who now works at GMU as the forensic science program associate director.
“I would find human remains, and it was very difficult to pinpoint the time since death,” Rancourt said. “I always would want to bring some answers to the family of the cases that we were working on. And sometimes we couldn’t do that.”
That’s because what happens to a body depends a lot on the environment, soil type, and more. The research they can do here will bring answers.
“We will have bodies that will be put out here in the summer months, in the winter months, in the fall. We will also have different scenarios that we create with the bodies,” Rancourt said. “We might take a body and wrap it up in carpet and leave it on the ground of the facility. We want to bring answers for these families. We want to give a voice to our victims who can no longer speak for themselves anymore and we want to bring all this together and collect the data so that we can help the future generations that are working as crime scene investigators.”
Bees are also part of the research.
“If a human body is dumped outside, they begin to decompose, and honey bees, just by virtue of how they act in nature, they fly around and they land on flowers and other things. And then they take that back to their hives,” O’Toole explained.
So when someone goes missing, investigators can contact beekeepers, test their bee hives for body decomposition, and drastically narrow down the search area.
“If it tests positive, then we can estimate that the body is likely within two to five miles of those hives where the bees are,” O’Toole said. “We’re talking about narrowing down, could be 100 miles it could be 50 miles, but from an investigative perspective, that’s a big area to cover. To be able to determine is somebody out here? Has somebody been left out here are their human remains decomposing out here? They’re going to be little scientists on our behalf and I think that’s going to be remarkable.”
One of the limitations to how much research they can do is money. They have to have people checking the bodies — sometimes multiple times a day. Rancourt says you can make a donation to help with this research that will help smaller agencies in Roanoke.
“This is the kind of research that will improve these kinds of cases I think all over Virginia, and ultimately, hopefully all over the country,” O’Toole said.
You can make the decision to donate your body to science before you pass, or your loved ones can do it after you die. For information on the Virginia State Anatomical Program, click here. GMU is still waiting for its first donor body but can do other research until that happens.
10 News is taking you inside the new science research of solving crimes. Click the links below for more stories in our series:
- How donating your body to science will help the next generation of crime scene investigators. Click here for that story.
- 3D technology that can take a judge or jury to a crime scene as if you were there. Click here for that story.
- Old technology, used in new ways to help find things buried underground. Click here for that story.
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DANVILLE, Va. – God’s Pit Crew normally helps others in times of distress but this time, they need your help.
After distributing 800 blessing buckets to Vermont flood survivors, God’s Pit Crew staff say there’s a need to make more.
Anyone 10 years old and older can stop by the warehouse in Danville and help create 3,000 blessing buckets.
Staff say the goal is to make sure people have some supplies in emergencies.
“It is so rewarding to be able to help people in their time of need, I think it’s true when God talks about it more blessings to give than to receive, and I tell you our volunteers when they come here, they see it every day,” Julie Burnett, the Blessing Bucket Program Director said.
For more information about Blessing Buckets and how to get involved, click here.
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VIRGINIA – Less than a month until the start of school, the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) released new guidelines for transgender students in public schools.
The policy says students should use bathrooms or locker rooms based on their sex assigned at birth, unless their parents “opt-out” to give their child access to a “sex-separated” facility.
The guidelines also say that students who are minors must be referred to by the names and pronouns in their official records unless a parent approves the use of something else.
So what does this mean for your children?
10 News reached out to school districts across our viewing area from Wythe County to Roanoke, the Highlands, and Lynchburg.
Pulaski County’s new superintendent, Rob Graham, says he’s meeting with the school’s attorney on Monday to discuss the policy and figure out what to do moving forward.
Franklin County School Board Chairman Jeff Worley said, “Our staff and attorney are looking over the new model policy to see how it meshes with our current non-discrimination policies, and what procedures, if any, would have to change.”
Similar policies are already on the books in Bedford County Public Schools. Back in June, the board adopted a new policy preventing teachers from talking to students about gender identity or sexual orientation in the classroom, unless a student brings up the subject first.
Governor Glenn Youngkin says this new policy will give power back to parents.
“Let’s go to families first. the children belong to parents, not to politicians and bureaucrats and administrators and not even the teachers who are doing their best here,” Youngkin said. “And so let’s start with parents.”
The president of the Virginia Education Association, Dr. James J. Fedderman, says this will only harm LGBTQ students.
“If someone asked you to call them by a certain name, common decency is that you call them by that name,” Fedderman said. “Transgender students deserve the same basic respect and decency. And this policy gives permission for staff and other students to deliberately bully these students by calling them other names. And that’s not right.”
Ultimately, it’s too early to tell what local schools are going to do. While the law does say districts should align their policies with the VDOE, it’s not required.
10 News will continue working for you to keep you updated.
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A life-changing week for some students in our area — that’s what one center is offering to 5th graders.
The Roanoke Technical Education Center, better known as ROTEC offers five career courses over five days.
The week of learning gives students hands-on experience to gain a variety of skills, ranging from game design to carpentry.
Program leaders say 150 elementary school students are participating.
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ROANOKE, Va. – If you need help finding a job, with finances or getting into college, a community center is here to help families in the Star City.
Thursday, the EnVision Center in Northwest Roanoke held a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
While it officially opened late last year, the center is finally fully up and running.
They offer job readiness, mental health counseling, college application services, and more.
There is even a garden where folks can pick fresh vegetables for free.
“Really the day-to-day is what feels the best. I mean, seeing someone come in and accomplish goals and get resources that make a huge difference in their lives and their children’s lives, that’s really like the day-to-day celebrations that we have,” Greg Goodman, the director of community support services for the City of Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority, said.
The EnVision Center is located at the former Melrose Library on the Salem Turnpike.
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MITCHELL — At the end of a contentious discussion between representatives of a proposed towing business and neighbors, the Davison County Commission has tabled a decision on granting a conditional use permit west of Mitchell.
After 90 minutes of proponent and opponent testimony, the commission voted to table the issue, with Commissioner Chris Nebelsick telling the audience of about 40 citizens that "more information is needed."
Lowell Langstraat, 30, of Outlaw Repair and Recovery, is seeking a conditional use permit that would allow him to begin operating a new towing and repair location four miles west of Mitchell at 40525 254th St., the former location of Petrik Sanitation. It's on a section of the old Highway 16 — one of the busiest county roads in the area, with an average of 2,100 vehicles per day in that section of the highway, including plenty of truck traffic.
If the permit is approved, it will become the ninth business operating with a conditional use permit in the ag and residential zone, which runs along the roadway, with houses generally to the north and businesses to the south. A nearby sign business is next door, while another towing business and a dog breeding business within two miles.
But a number of nearby homeowners testifying that they didn't want the towing business to open.
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The county's Planning Commission voted 5-0 on July 11 to recommend disapproval of Langstraat's conditional use permit application. That vote is non-binding for the Board of Adjustment, which is comprised of the county's regular commissioners. The conditional use permit will be considered again at the commission's Aug. 1 meeting.
Langstraat defended himself against claims from the July 11 meeting, which included complaints about his business previously in Hanson County. He also addressed complains about noise and lights from his trucks.
“With everybody's concerns about getting light from trucks trying to enter and leave the property … I’ll be as considerate as I can,” he said.
A review of court action against Langstraat includes a wide array of legal matters, which have all been resolved. A 2020 conditional use violation complaint was filed against him in Hanson County, charging him with "accumulating junk, trash, or refuse" onto his property. It was dismissed after citing that he was "working with the zoning board" on a solution.
In 2018, he was charged in two separate misdemeanor filings, according to court documents. The first saw Langstraat illegally enter into a garage to repossess an unpaid 4-wheeler. He later pleaded guilty to illegally entering or remaining in a building, a misdemeanor.
Later that year, he was also charged with two misdemeanors for an altercation at another Hanson County towing business. He later pleaded guilty to illegally entering and refusing to leave, while another charge for simple assault was dismissed. He also has a history of speeding tickets, including two in 2021, and another in 2017 for which he was cited for driving 120 mph in a 65 mph.
But others vouched for him, citing that he had changed.
"Lowell was 12 years old when I met him and I've seen improvement," said Paul Turner, who moved to Mitchell in 2004. "You can judge a young man for his behavior. But when he improves his life, that's something that should be recognized," he said.
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Langstraat added later: “If I can ask one thing from this community, just please give me a chance to prove to you that I can be a great asset,” he said.
He was joined at the meeting by a handful of supportive business owners and tow truck owners, who argued for the economic and safety benefits the towing business would bring. They asked that the permit be given, with attention to the fulfillment of its conditions.
But they were in the minority; many residents were adamant — the business has no place there. They believe it to be a residential area, and voiced their opposition to the permit, which centered around safety, noise and light concerns, arguing that the long-standing problems would be exacerbated if the towing business goes into action.
“We understand he would like to expand his business,” Catherine Frank told the Mitchell Republic during the meeting. “But it does not have to be in a residential area.”
Signing off on a conditional use permit in Davison County requires checking off eight categories of potential harm ; many, if not all of the line items are relevant. For example, one criterion is a safety assurance for neighbors entering and exiting their own properties.
“There were trucks running all weekend long," said Mary Ellen Zeller, a resident who lives near Outlaw Repair. "I've got two little kids and we've got pets — our neighbors and our little kids are out there as well.”
Other landowners expressed complaints about truck drivers using engine braking, a type of brakes equipped on semi-trucks that emits a loud, harsh sound when used.
In making their decision, the county commissioners — sitting as the Board of Adjustment — will refer to two county ordinances, the first being the eight-part ordinance and another requiring that no harm is done to the public interest, regardless of benefit.
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BLOOMINGTON — An 18-year-old from Bloomington is facing felony charges in Woodford County after attempting to flee El Paso police officers Wednesday night.
El Paso Police Chief Joseph Montemurro told The Pantagraph that officers attempted to pull over a vehicle at 11:09 p.m. at Illinois Route 24 and South Orange Street in El Paso. He said they were investigating child solicitation.
Montemurro said the vehicle fled toward Gridley on Route 24, turned south on McLean County Highway 29 on the way to Towanda and then got on Interstate 55.
The chief said the driver wrecked the vehicle near the Market Street exit in Bloomington and fled into a wooded area. Bloomington Police Department K9 units responded to assist.
Montemurro said the driver then turned himself in and was identified as Angel A. Espinoza. The chief noted a gun with a defaced serial number was found in the car. He also said there was not a child in danger.
Espinoza is charged with traveling to meet a child, grooming, aggravated fleeing and eluding a peace officer and misdemeanor speeding 35 mph above the speed limit. He was also charged with operating an uninsured motor vehicle.
Espinoza is being held at the Woodford County jail. In a Thursday arraignment hearing, he pleaded not guilty to the charges, and his bond was set at $50,000, with 10% to apply for release.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. August 3.
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Thinking of quitting your job?
New Arizona economic figures suggest the timing to find better employment may seldom be better.
The job openings rate has hit 7%, up from 6.3% the prior month. The rate of hiring also increased, but still trails.
That has not gone unnoticed. The "quits rate'' — the number of people voluntarily leaving their current jobs — also is up, Doug Walls, labor market information director for the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity, said Thursday.
And the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June is 3.5%. That's up a tenth of a point from May, when the rate was the state's lowest since 1973, officials said.
All that is a positive sign for employees, Walls said.
"Generally, the 'quits rate' will increase when workers are confident they can find a better job elsewhere, one that may offer better pay or more flexibility,'' he said. "So with the uptick in the job openings and a voluntary quits rate and unemployment rates at near-historic lows, workers may be thinking that this is the right time to change job positions.''
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Wages up, too
The numbers disparity between openings and job-seekers also is having an effect on wages.
Walls said the state's average hourly wage has hit $31.30. While that still trails the national average of $33.31, it is up 5% in the past year versus a 4% increase for the rest of the country.
Less clear is how long that positive situation for workers — and headwinds for employers — will remain. That comes down to Economics 101: the law of supply and demand.
"Arizona's labor force continued to add individuals who are coming back into the labor force,'' Walls said. There was a big decline during COVID in that figure, which covers the number of people working and, potentially more important, the number actively looking for work.
Then there are new entrants to the labor force, recent high school and college graduates looking for their first jobs.
Also, Arizona has long been a magnet for new residents.
That is not expected to change. The Office of Economic Opportunity projects the annual population growth rate in Arizona to be 1.2% by 2030; the rate for the rest of the U.S. is 0.6%.
"That's going to help balance out and provide the skilled labor needed by employers,'' Walls said. "If we're continuing to see strong labor force growth, then employers may be less inclined or less likely to have to compete for limited talent around the state.''
Bar and restaurant job losses
Overall, Walls reported that private sector employers shed 1,500 jobs between May and June. But he said much of that loss is seasonal.
One area particularly affected is the state's leisure and hospitality sector, particularly bars and restaurants, where employment is down by about 5,600. Walls noted, though, that some of that was made up through hiring by operators of amusement parks and recreation centers.
"The school year is out,'' he said. "People are looking for indoor activities or looking to go to the amusement parks which oftentimes have water features and water parks associated with them.''
Construction hiring may slow
The new report also showed an increase in construction employment, but there are signs of slowing on the horizon, Walls said.
One of those signs is the number of permits issued for new private housing units.
That had bottomed out in 2009 after the real estate bubble burst, at one point hitting just 802 a month.
There was a more or less steady increase, even through the COVID recession. But the trend may be reversing, with the number of building permits issued in May at 4,548, down by 689 from a year earlier, a 13.2% drop.
Much of that is related to interest rates, with the latest figures just shy of 7% compared to slightly more than 3% two years ago. There also are indicators the Federal Reserve Board, hoping to bring inflation under control and achieve a "soft landing'' of the economy, is poised for at least one more increase in the federal funds rate, which directly affects mortgage rates.
This is about more than new homes.
The number of active listings of existing homes decreased again last month and is now down by about 8% from a year earlier. Here, too, the mortgage rate plays a role.
"I think those who have purchased homes who do have mortgages at those lower rates are more reluctant to sell their house or move unless they have to, because they do know that they're going to be entering into a market with much higher interest rates,'' Walls said.
This isn't just an Arizona issue.
He said Redfin Corp., which does research as well as buying and selling real estate, reports that just 1% of all U.S. homes changed hands in the first half of the year, "which was the lowest share in at least a decade.''
Howard Fischer is a veteran journalist who has been reporting since 1970 and covering state politics and the Legislature since 1982. Follow him on Twitter at @azcapmedia or email azcapmedia@gmail.com.
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With the first day of classes right around the corner for most Tucson-area school districts, student and parents are sure to be stocking up on new school supplies and clothing.
For faculty members, however, the final weeks of summer means preparing for the worst — a school shooting.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department held an active shooter preparedness training Thursday morning at Flowing Wells Junior High School, 4545 N. La Cholla Blvd.
“The purpose is to make it as easy to understand as possible …. Threat assessment is key,” said Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos. “We’re hoping that these kinds of events will teach anybody that is staff at our schools that we’re here to help them, and that we need them as much as they need us.”
About 300 people across Pima County school districts signed up for training this summer, ranging from faculty and teachers, to student resource officers and even students, all acting out the scenarios.
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“We will never judge you for what you did in that moment that there was a crisis, but we will give you opportunities to look at some options for you,” Nanos said. “We’re not here to critique them, we’re here to train them.”
One of these “active killer” scenarios began in a classroom just like any other school drill, with student-actors taking their seats and making conversation.
A student resource officer from Valencia Middle School played the part of the teacher, with the setup being that the class’s teacher is running late. While the scenarios are based on actual incidents, they only pull pieces from various events and do not fully recreate an actual incident.
The scenarios begin when the fire alarm goes off. Students are asked to remain calm and exit the classroom single-file, through campus outdoors and to the front of the school.
As they walk along the exterior of the building, suddenly an armed-and-masked gunman rushes out of a doorway, engaging the SRO and students. The SRO then engages the shooter and attempts to disarm him, while students begin to flee. In some scenarios, the SRO asked students to try to disarm the shooter.
“It’s a part of their training: run, hide or fight, so if they’re in a position where they cannot run and they cannot hide, barricade or find a point of cover, you’re going to be a casualty if you do not fight,” said Pima County Deputy Gordon Downing. “We’re trying to instill in these people to make that decision, give them a couple practice reps so that the decision making is sped up greatly and so that people aren’t freezing out of panic …. We want them to act.”
It’s no secret that incidents like the ones being recreated at Flowing Wells Junior High are highly politicized, to say the least. Some say it’s a gun control issue, some say it’s mental health; some would say schools need an increased police presence, while others may want to arm teachers.
For Lisa Murphy, an occupational therapy assistant and assistive technology technician for Flowing Wells Unified School District, the idea of guns in schools is not only wishful thinking, but also far too risky.
“Boy that would be nice if you could do that, but I think that there’s way too many risks of being disarmed,” Murphy said. “The mindset, I think, for most people, they’re not going to shoot to put somebody down …. You would have to be willing to take a life.”
“It’s a very sad statement for society that we even have to think about these things,” Nanos said. “I don’t have the answers, gun control or gun registration, I get frustrated …. We as a society need to figure this out, and I don’t know that we’re heading down the right path for that.”
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NORMAL — The newest state historical marker, featured on the site of Kingsley Junior High, honors the first African American man to own a home in Normal, Simon Malone.
In a short ceremony, baking under the midday sun, the McLean County Museum of History, Illinois State Historical Society and the Town of Normal on Thursday unveiled the marker, which briefly tells Malone's story from enslavement, his fight in the Civil War and eventual homeownership.
Brian Peterson of the Normal Human Relations Commission called Malone a "great man who set forth the promise to have a family here in Normal. And what we're here is to celebrate homeownership, which is often overlooked as a power."
In prepared remarks, the history museum's executive director, Julie Emig, said the project of tracking Malone's life was akin to detective work. "We look at a variety of sources, documents, letters, interviews, maps, markers, and piece together these clues to construct an interpretation of the past," Emig said.
Because recordkeeping is not always a perfect science, there are some discrepancies in Malone's story, she said. Some of the debatable aspects are the number of children Malone had with his wife, Julia Malone, and whether Malone built the house himself or bought it.
"What is undisputed is that this was the Malone family home for decades and the first documented home (in the county) that belonged to a Black family," Emig said.
Bill Kemp, the museum's librarian, gave a brief synopsis of Malone's life.
"I cannot speak for Simon and Julia Malone. I cannot speak for their children. Nor can I speak for their descendants ... What I can attempt to do is give some context to their remarkable story," Kemp said.
Malone was born in 1842 to enslavement in Mississippi. "He was 20 years old when, in 1863, he liberated himself in the chaos of the Civil War. He would find safety and purpose behind Union lines," Kemp said.
Malone served with a heavy artillery unit in Kentucky at Fort Nelson, a training center for freedmen soldiers and a refugee camp for their families, he said.
"Simon Malone was there as a participant and as a witness," Kemp said. "These now-freed people and the Black soldiers protecting them are a core story of the Civil War — a story as fundamental as those we tell about the battlefields of Shiloh, Antietam, Gettysburg and all the rest."
It was two years after the war, in 1867, when Malone moved to Normal and married.
Kemp continued, "We must stress that the Malone story is inextricably intertwined with a Black community in Normal and how a few town leaders and others, both Black and white, introduced and worked to maintain a modicum of racial integration in Normal in the post-Civil War years."
By the 1870s, there were roughly 100 African American citizens in Normal and around a dozen school children in integrated public schools, Kemp said. He added that a handful of African American Civil War veterans had purchased property in Normal by that time.
"Integration to some extent, yes, but not racial harmony certainly, and not equality," Kemp said.
He said racial divide in homeownership, economic opportunity and social acceptance "did not begin to break down in the Twin Cities until the 1950s and 1960s."
That disparity makes the Malone's home marker all the more significant, Emig said.
"This (marker) is relevant and immediate for today (as) redlining and zoning challenges remain," Emig said.
Illinois State Historical Society board member Bob Sampson elaborated on the need to tell history accurately.
"National and state history, if rooted in erroneous or incomplete accounts of our past, ignoring past injustices, leads to repetition of those errors in the present and the future," Sampson said.
"Too often, too many people endured daily challenges because of their skin color, their gender, their religion, their ethnicities" and other differences, he said.
After the unveiling, chair of the Normal Human Relations Commission Janessa Williams said, "It's great to see the Town of Normal recognize the first African American citizens of the town."
Williams, whose family has been in the area for half a century, said, "To learn the history of somebody that was here in the 1800s was just absolutely amazing."
Peterson, her fellow commission member, said the significance of homeownership cannot be overlooked.
"To celebrate that on this day as a man of color, I am humbled because this man (Simon Malone) came before me. And now I am here with my family. We are home owners," he said.
The importance of the marker's placement was not lost on Peterson either.
"It's wonderful that (McLean County) Unit 5 has a junior high right here. So when they return back this fall they can even tell them the story (of Simon Malone)," he said.
"If you speak of people and you speak of the positives, and some of the negatives in our history, you allow those people to still stay relevant and still have that essence — a presence."
Contact D. Jack Alkire at (309)820-3275.
Twitter: @d_jack_alkire
"These now-freed people and the Black soldiers protecting them are a core story of the Civil War — a story as fundamental as those we tell about the battlefields of Shiloh, Antietam, Gettysburg and all the rest."
— Bill Kemp, McLean County Museum of History librarian
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A wildfire confirmed on the northeast side of the Santa Catalina mountains Wednesday evening has already burned approximately 650 acres, according to a Facebook post from the Coronado National Forest Service.
The “Chimney Fire” was first confirmed about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in a remote location east of Redington. Crews began their response in the evening with no road access, according to officials.
On Thursday morning, crews were flown in and a helicopter dipping site was set up at the Mount Lemmon Fire Station to aid efforts, the post said.
The fire was expanding to the northeast this morning and is approximately 1 mile from Arizona state land, officials said.
Single-engine air tankers have begun retardant-drops on the wildfire while ground crews began establishing and reinforcing a fire line around the perimeter.
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There are no evacuation orders in place in the surrounding areas, officials said. The cause of this wildfire is still under investigation.
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Efforts have been combined to fight two new fires that were spotted east of Benson Wednesday afternoon, according to the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management.
The Adams Peak fire and the Robles fire were first reported by the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management Wednesday about 5:45 p.m., according to their official Twitter page.
The Adam’s Peak fire is north of Interstate 10 and was first reported to be about 5 acres in size, but had grown to 500 acres before noon on Thursday.
The Robles fire is south of I-10, about 4 miles southwest of Dragoon. It was first reported at approximately 100 acres before increasing to about 3,000 acres Thursday. It is a potential threat for communications towers in the area, according to officials.
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Both fires are believed to have started at the same time, according to a post from the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office official Facebook page.
“SET” evacuation orders were put in place last night for the area between I-10 at Dragoon Road and Touchstone Road, according to officials. This area has remained in its evacuation status through Wednesday night and Thursday, however, no evacuation orders have been issued.
The two fires have been combined into the Adams Robles Complex not because they have merged, rather for coordination efforts, officials said.
Approximately 150 personnel have been assigned to the wildfires, including a hotshot crew, hand crews and engines, according to the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office. The causes of these fires are still unknown.
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FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - The City of Flint has confirmed that a petroleum-based substance was spilled into the Flint River on June 29.
According to the city, they believe approximately 10 gallons were released into the river, contrary to the initial estimate of 200-300 gallons. The city adds that the spill originated near Dort Highway, was a one-time discharge and has since stopped.
Lab samples show that diesel-range organics, oil-range organics and trace amounts of volatile toxic organics were detected.
Booms were placed around the storm sewer outfall near the Utah Avenue bridge. While the city believes the residue at the outfall has been completely absorbed, the city plans to leave the booms in place until July 24.
The city will inform the public when they lift its recommendation to avoid contact with the Flint River near the bridge.
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SAGINAW, Mich. (WJRT) - According to the United States Department of Agriculture, somewhere between 30 and 40 percent of Michigan's food supply is lost to waste. Hidden Harvest in Saginaw is working to cut down those numbers by giving back to those in need.
"Some of our soup kitchens are serving 600 individual meals a day," said Jeremiah Janze, Program Manager for Hidden Harvest. "So, when we're able to supplement food free of cost that otherwise would have gone to waste, it's just a great thing."
Drivers for Hidden Harvest are out every day collecting food from grocery stores and restaurants like KFC and Starbucks that would otherwise go to waste. Drivers like Matthew Crowe say you would be surprised by the quantity, and the quality of the food they collect.
"I go to 15 to 20 different stores, bakeries, restaurants a day to pickup leftover food or things that aren't good enough to sell but it's still good enough to use," said Crowe
Hidden Harvest says they are on track to rescue 3 million pounds of food this year alone. That adds to the over 50 million pounds they've redistributed since they were founded in 1994.
Crowe says every little bit they can give back helps.
"It's definitely better that someone who needs it can eat the food as opposed to trashing it," said Crowe
For more information on how you can donate to Hidden Harvest: https://hiddenharvestshares.org/
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A bike can bring with it a sense of independence for a child, but only if they feel comfortable harnessing that independence.
The Boise Bicycle Project is hoping to help build kids’ confidence on a bike through a new series on bike and road safety.
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT /11 PM PDT/ TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT /11 PM PDT/ SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Temperatures up to 107 on Friday, up to 109 on Saturday and up to 104 on Sunday. * WHERE...Portions of south central, southwest and west central Idaho and southeast Oregon. * WHEN...From midnight MDT /11 PM PDT/ tonight to midnight MDT /11 PM PDT/ Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances. Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1. &&
A bike can bring with it a sense of independence for a child, but only if they feel comfortable harnessing that independence.
The Boise Bicycle Project is hoping to help build kids’ confidence on a bike through a new series on bike and road safety.
The first Bicycle and Safety Hour, or BASH, will be held Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Ann Morrison Park, according to a news release. The free safety course is for children ages 4 to 11 and will be held once a month during the summer. Drop-ins are welcome.
“This program is important because it’s more than teaching kids how to be safe on the road. It's about empowering them with the skills and knowledge to navigate the world confidently and responsibly,” BBP Advocacy Director Nina Pienaar said in the news release.
Each child who completes the course will be eligible for a voucher for a free bicycle, helmet, lock, and lights from the Bike Project’s shop.
Last year more than 1,200 kids received a free bike through Boise Bicycle Project, according to the release. BBP has been around since 2007 and has donated about 12,000 bikes across the Treasure Valley.
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...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT /11 PM PDT/ TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT MDT /11 PM PDT/ SUNDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...Temperatures up to 107 on Friday, up to 109 on Saturday
and up to 104 on Sunday.
* WHERE...Portions of south central, southwest and west central
Idaho and southeast Oregon.
* WHEN...From midnight MDT /11 PM PDT/ tonight to midnight MDT
/11 PM PDT/ Sunday night.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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A man has been arrested for sending a suspicious package to Caldwell City Hall and sending threatening emails to city councilmembers.
Jeffrey Lynn Noble, 54, of Meridian, was arrested Wednesday and charged with two misdemeanor counts of stalking and one misdemeanor count of threats against state elected officials, the Nampa Police Department announced in a news release. Noble is accused of sending a "suspicious package with suspicious markings" to Caldwell City Hall and making threats "against several Caldwell City Council Members via email," the release said.
The Nampa Police Department's Bomb Unit and Nampa Police K-9 Kyah responded to the suspicious package on June 27 and found that it did not contain anything dangerous. An investigation determined that Noble sent the package, the release said, and further investigating found that Noble was also the subject of a separate case involving the threatening emails.
The release did not include the content of the emails Noble allegedly sent.
The Meridian Police Department arrested Noble and he was booked into the Ada County Jail.
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Originally published July 19 on IdahoEdNews.org.
The state hasn’t decided whether superintendent Branden Durst can officially lead the West Bonner School District — because the district hasn’t asked.
Twenty-one days after a divisive West Bonner School Board meeting ended with the hiring of superintendent Durst, the district hasn’t applied for his emergency credentials. To be fully qualified, he is missing one requirement: four years of full-time, certificated employment in a school.
Therefore, Durst told Idaho Education News last month, he’ll begin the position with a provisional certificate — still an unfulfilled promise. EdNews was unable to reach Durst for comment about when they will file the application. The next filing deadline is in 28 days.
According to Idaho law, applications for provisional certificates must be reviewed and approved by the Professional Standards Commission and the State Board of Education. As of Wednesday, an application for Durst’s provisional certificate had not yet been filed.
The application allows a school district to request a one-year endorsement in an “emergency situation.”
At the June meeting, Trustees Margaret Hall and Carlyn Barton opposed that emergency declaration, because the district had qualified employees who could serve as interim superintendents. According to the Department of Education, there are two West Bonner certified staff who hold superintendent endorsements — a school principal and special education director.
Board chair Keith Rutledge, vice chair Susan Brown and trustee Troy Reinbold voted in favor of the emergency declaration.
A provisional certificate provides the authority to fully act as a superintendent. Without the certificate, Durst cannot conduct evaluations for certified employees. Another certified district administrator could be assigned to do the evaluations. He can still evaluate classified staff.
Durst can continue to serve as the district’s leader under another title, such as director, without the provisional certificate to be superintendent.
There are three more Board of Education meetings this year, on Aug. 23, Oct. 18 and Dec. 13.
Durst is a former Democratic lawmaker and Republican state superintendent candidate, who most recently was an analyst for the Idaho Freedom Foundation. His hiring was controversial and created an uproar during several board meetings.
Durst’s contract is not posted on the district’s website, as required by Idaho Code. To see a copy of the contract, use this link.
The first draft of his contract included several unusual line items that were removed: a vehicle, housing allowance, free meals, the ability to work remotely during school breaks, and a limit on the board’s ability to terminate the contract.
Below are some of the items that do appear on the finalized contract:
- 12 days leave for illness, injury, or emergency
- At least the same medical, dental, vision, retirement and benefits as the district provides certificated employees
- Paid membership fees for the Idaho Association of School Administrators, the American Association of School Administrators, and other groups
- 20 days of paid vacation
- Reimbursed for mileage
- $2,000 relocation reimbursement
DURST SCHEDULED 3 TOWN HALL MEETINGS
Durst has scheduled two consecutive town hall meetings and one more in August: July 25 at 6 p.m. in Priest Lake Elementary; July 27 at 6 p.m. in Idaho Hill Elementary; and Aug. 12 at 10 a.m. in Priest River Lamanna High School. The regular school board meeting is rescheduled for July 26 in the high school, also at 6 p.m.
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The Virginia Department of Health has endorsed a proposal from health system Bon Secours to build a new freestanding emergency room in Hanover County and recommended denying a competing proposal from HCA Healthcare.
The decisions are not final, but the opinions are a boon to Bon Secours and a blow to HCA — both of which hope to build new emergency rooms in the wealthy, aging suburb.
And it's the second blow to HCA, whose proposal to build a 60-bed hospital in Hanover was also recommended for denial by the state Department of Health.
A new ER from Bon Secours would provide timely emergency access to residents of northern Hanover and Ashland, said a spokesperson for the health system. A representative for HCA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Hanover has become a battleground between the two health systems, thanks to its residents' money and age. On average, Hanover residents are wealthier than those in Henrico and Chesterfield counties and the city of Richmond. The number of Hanover residents over the age of 65 is expected to shoot up 40% between 2020 and 2030.
Bon Secours, a nonprofit health system, has proposed building a $17 million emergency room at 11400 North Lakeridge Parkway, near Interstate 95. (Bon Secours moved the location less than a mile from the east side of the highway to the west side.)
The site would alleviate the crowds at Bon Secours' nearest hospital, Memorial Regional Medical Center, which is about 10 miles south. Memorial Regional sees a high volume of patients, according to hospital data.
HCA's proposed location is just 4 miles from where Bon Secours wants to build. HCA has pitched two different facilities at 10054 Sliding Hill Road. First, it filed plans for a 60-bed hospital. But the health department recommended denying that project, saying HCA had not proved a need for another hospital.
In response, HCA proposed building a $39 million freestanding emergency room on the same site that could eventually become a full hospital. The cost of building is higher because HCA plans to spend nearly $15 million buying the land. The health department called the expense "exceptionally high."
HCA's second proposal has faced roadblocks, too. The location is just 6 miles from another emergency room owned by HCA, called Hanover ER. That facility is underutilized, the health department said in a report, and does not need an outlet for crowds.
Additionally, HCA has been given approval for a freestanding ER in Scott's Addition, which is due to open next year. Its existence undercuts the need for yet another facility, the health department said.
Virginia Commonwealth University Health opposed both the Bon Secours project and the HCA one. VCU Health called HCA's idea "predatory" and designed to expand the health system's geographic footprint and market share.
After evaluating the proposals from Bon Secours and HCA, the health department's Office of Licensure and Certification recommended approving a certificate of public need for Bon Secours and recommended denying HCA's request. Health systems do not need approval to open freestanding emergency rooms, but they do need approval to install critical equipment, such as CT scanners.
Adding another CT scanner to the HCA facility would be a "duplication of services, a poor business decision and poor planning," the health department said in its report.
Dr. Karen Shelton, the state health commissioner, still has to make a final decision on HCA's hospital proposal and both freestanding emergency room proposals.
This morning's top headlines: $1B Powerball winner; Pfizer tornado; Women's World Cup
$1B Powerball winner; Pfizer tornado; Women's World Cup; and more morning headlines:
A tiny neighborhood store in downtown Los Angeles near Skid Row has sold the winning ticket for the Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $1.08 billion. It's the sixth largest in U.S. history. The winner could take the $558.1 million lump sum before taxes, or get $1.08 billion paid out in yearly increments. The store where the winning ticket was sold will also receive a $1 million bonus from the California Lottery. Officials presented a giant symbolic check to the store's owner and family on Thursday. The winning numbers for Wednesday night’s drawing were 7, 10, 11, 13, 24 and red Powerball 24.
A man stormed a high-rise construction site in downtown Auckland early Thursday morning, shooting at terrified workers and killing two people hours before New Zealand plans to host the first game of the FIFA Women’s World Cup tournament. The gunman was found dead after a police shootout, during which an officer was shot and injured. Four civilians were also injured. The shooting happened near hotels where Team Norway and other soccer teams have been staying. New Zealand Prime Minster Chris Hipkins said the tournament would go ahead as planned. The opening match is scheduled for Thursday between New Zealand and Norway.
Ukrainian officials say a third night of Russian air attacks has pounded Ukraine’s southern cities, including the port city of Odesa where at least two people were killed. At least 19 people were injured in the southern city of Mykolaiv in the overnight attack. Another two people were injured in Odesa and buildings were damaged in the city center. The attacks came one day after particularly intense Russian bombardment using drones and missiles that damaged critical port infrastructure in Odesa, and came a few days after President Vladimir Putin pulled Russia out of a wartime deal that allowed Ukraine to send grain to countries facing the threat of hunger.
North Korea isn’t responding to U.S. attempts to discuss the American soldier who bolted to the North across the Koreas’ heavily armed border. The U.S. says the Pentagon reached out to its counterparts in North Korea's army but those communications have not been answered. Pvt. Travis King ran into North Korea while on a tour of the border village of Panmunjom on Tuesday. He is the first known American held in North Korea in nearly five years. Tensions are high as the two nations continue to engage in a tit-for-tat cycle of weapons tests and military exercises. The U.S. and North Korea are still technically at war, and there are no known, active channels of communications between them.
A tornado has heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina — the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S. Torrential rains flooded communities in Kentucky while an area from California to South Florida endured more blistering heat on Wednesday. Pfizer reported no serious injuries but authorities said medicine was damaged after a tornado damaged the plant near Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Elsewhere, Phoenix, Arizona, broke an all-time record Wednesday morning for a warm low temperature of 97 degrees. And Kentucky braced under a forecast of more rain after flash floods prompted rescues from homes and vehicles in some waterlogged communities.
The Supreme Court would have to abide by stronger ethics standards under legislation approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. It comes in response to recent revelations about donor-funded trips by justices. The bill faced united opposition from Republicans and has little chance to make it through the full Senate. The legislation would set ethics rules for the court and a process to enforce them, including new standards for transparency around recusals, gifts and potential conflicts of interest. Democrats first pushed the legislation after reports earlier this year that Justice Clarence Thomas participated in luxury vacations and a real estate deal with a top GOP donor.
Police cast doubt on Carlee Russell's kidnapping claim after reporting toddler on an Alabama highway
Police are casting doubt on a 25-year-old Alabama woman's claim that she was kidnapped from the side of an interstate after calling 911 to report seeing a toddler. Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis says detectives are still investigating where Carlee Russell was and what happened to her between the time she went missing Thursday to her return home two days later. But he also says investigators have been unable to verify most of her initial statement. Carlee Russell's mother, Talitha Russell, told NBC’s “Today” show on Tuesday that her daughter was abducted and fought for her life.
An attorney for former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin says they'll ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review his second-degree murder conviction in George Floyd's killing. The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday denied without comment Chauvin’s petition for his case to be heard, maintaining his conviction and 22 1/2-year sentence. Chauvin's attorney said Wednesday the most significant issue is whether holding the proceedings in Minneapolis in 2021 deprived Chauvin of a fair trial due to pretrial publicity and concerns for violence. Chauvin faces long odds at the U.S. Supreme Court, which hears only about 100 to 150 appeals out of thousands every year.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has told top Vietnamese officials that Washington considers building strong economic and security ties with Vietnam a priority. Yellen visited an electric scooter and battery factory outside Hanoi on Thursday as part of an itinerary focused on highlighting Vietnam's importance as a rising industrial power and alternative for manufacturers seeking to diversify their supply chains away from China. She earlier visited India, which is keen to draw more high tech investments and build its own export capacity. Yellen also met with the head of Vietnam's central bank and said the two sides agreed on establishing an economic policy dialogue.
Protesters angered by the planned burning of a copy of the Quran have stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad, breaking into the compound and lighting a small fire. Online videos showed demonstrators at the diplomatic post waving flags and signs showing the influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr ahead of a planned burning of the holy book Thursday in Stockholm. The Swedish Foreign Ministry said its embassy staff were safe without elaborating. Iraq’s Foreign Ministry condemned the attack. A Swedish news report says two demonstrators planned to burn a Quran and the Iraq flag outside the Iraqi Embassy later Thursday.
A row of tightly trimmed ficus trees along a stretch of sidewalk outside Universal Studios has become a hot spot in the face-off between Hollywood studios and striking screenwriters and actors. Some members of the SAG-AFTRA and WGA unions think the studio purposely pruned the trees in an effort to remove a source of shade for workers picketing under the hot Southern California sun. They gathered on Wednesday regardless. One woman wore a green wreath on her head and held a sign depicting an untrimmed tree under the words “Never Forget.” SAG-AFTRA member and Democratic Burbank Mayor Konstantine Anthony says strikers "don’t want to see any more shady nonsense.”
Hannah Wilkinson has scored to open the second half and New Zealand has beaten Norway 1-0 for its first-ever win at the Women’s World Cup just hours after a shooting in downtown Auckland that shocked the host nation. A gunman stormed a high-rise construction site near Norway’s team hotel and opened fire, killing two people early Thursday. The gunman was found dead after a police shootout. There was increased security at Eden Park stadium where 42,137 — a record crowd for a soccer match in New Zealand — were on hand to cheer on the home team, co-hosts of the tournament with Australia.
Cameron Smith has started his title defense at the British Open and is chasing a South African amateur holding an unlikely lead at Royal Liverpool. Smith is looking to do what no player has achieved since Padraig Harrington in 2008 and lift the claret jug in successive years. The Australian opened with a birdie at the first after a putt from about eight feet. Christo Lamprecht reached the back nine at 3 under. He is a two-time All-American from Georgia Tech who qualified by winning the British Amateur at the nearby Hillside links. He made three birdies in a four-hole stretch from No. 3.
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A fatal shooting in Prince George County early Thursday is under investigation.
Police responded at about 2:37 a.m. to the 6400 block of Blair Court for a report of a person shot.
A man found in the roadway with a gunshot wound was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The man has been identified as Rashad James, 18, of Dinwiddie County.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call police at (804) 733-2773 or Crime Solvers at (804) 733-2777.
From the Archives: 250 photos of Richmond in the 1940s
Belle Isle
In February 1948, the 76-year-old trestle across the James River that Southern Railway used to haul coal and iron between the Old Dominion Iron and Steel mill and Tredegar Co. was being removed. A 1909 fire had ravaged the bridge, and by 1948, its remnants on the isle were determined to be a fire hazard far beyond any use.
Times-Dispatch
Bellwood Drive-In
5-20-1948: The Bellwood Drive-In Theater, under construction now four miles south of Richmond city limits, will open on or about May 27. The tower shown in the photo is 70 feet high, serving as front of the theater and screen.
RTD Staff
Bowler School
In September 1948, the first pupils entered the Bowler School. The school, at 26th and Leigh streets in Richmond, was previously the Springfield School, which taught white children. It had just been converted to a school for black youths, and more than 700 were enrolled on the first day. It was named for J. Andrew Bowler, the first pastor at Mount Olivet Baptist Church and organizer of a Church Hill school for black children in the 1880s. The building now houses the Bacon and Bowler Retirement Community.
Times-Dispatch
Cowardin Avenue Christian Recreation Center
In June 1948, four teenagers played a board game at the Cowardin Avenue Christian Recreation Center in Richmond.
Staff photo
Floods
In May 1948, flooding from heavy rains in the Windsor Shades area of New Kent County washed out a Chesapeake & Ohio Railway bed, leaving unsupported rails spanning a chasm. The flooded U.S. Route 60 is in the foreground. As much as 8 feet of water was reported on Route 60 in the area.
File photo
Glenwood Country Club
In June 1948, Mrs. C.N. Carter made a splash on the 11th hole at Glenwood Country Club in Henrico County as she blasted out of a creek. Carter was playing in a quarterfinal at the city women’s golf championship.
Staff photo
Grace Street
In July 1949, shoppers ducked into doorways or under awnings on Grace Street between Fourth and Fifth streets in downtown Richmond. Summer heat left the block unusually quiet for a Saturday afternoon.
Staff photo
Maggie Walker
In May 1948, Eldridge E. Scales of Maggie Walker High School conducted an elementary school band rehearsal for the Richmond public schools’ annual spring music festival, “One World Through Music.” The festival, which previously had been held in the Mosque, was postponed twice because bad weather threatened the new location at City Stadium. Despite the delays, about 8,000 people attended the show.
RTD Staff
Powerline
In June 1949, a power line on Brook Road was a tangled mess of wires after a lightning strike during a storm. About 15,000 homes in Ginter Park, Lakeside and nearby areas lost power, though it was restored within an hour.
Staff photo
Public bath house
12-31-1949: Richmond's Baths - The city keeps a close watch on the Grace Arents' baths on Oregon Hill, which cost $4,500 yearly to operate.
RTD Staff
Schools
In September 1948, as the school year started, Dick Harvey gave a playful tug to Sue Gallegher's pigtails. The new year saw an unexpected boom in registrations across the area. Bellmeade and Summer Hill schools on the Petersburg Pike saw such an increase that they considered adding staff and operating classes on two shifts.
RTD Staff
Semmes
In February 1949, a new sign indicated the nearby Patrick Henry School along Semmes Avenue approaching Forest Hill Avenue in South Richmond.
Staff photo
Shawondasee
This May 1948 image shows Boy Scouts enjoying the lake at Camp Shawondasee in Chesterfield County. In May 1965, the camp shut its doors after more than 50 years serving Scouts in the region. The urbanization of Chesterfield around it, limited drinking water and a lake that didn’t hold up to a whole summer of campers led the Scouts to find a new location in Goochland County. The next year, the YMCA purchased the land, and its Camp Thunderbird still operates there today.
RTD Staff
Sixth Street Market
This June 1948 image shows the exterior of the Sixth Street Market’s meat building, built in the mid-1800s. The market itself started in the early 19th century. In the mid-1960s, the meat building, with its 42 decorative bull heads, was torn down to make way for a parking lot. Most of the bull heads were salvaged and auctioned, and the market continued in the first floor of the Blue Armory building and in various stalls along the street for another 20 years.
RTD Staff
Sixth Street Market
In July 1948, the Sixth Street Market in Richmond had an abundance of locally grown produce. Hanover tomatoes were 10 cents a pound, Crozet peaches were 2 pounds for 35 cents, and butterbeans were 70 cents a pint. Local melons were not available, and the watermelons from other states cost between 50 cents and $1, down from $2 earlier in the season. Other local vegetable prices included carrots for 10 cents a bunch, cucumbers for 5 cents each, cabbage at 5 cents per pound, and squash at 15 cents for 2 pounds.
Times-Dispatch
Streetcars on Main Street
11-27-1949: Streetcars tend to bunch in Main Street financial district and this contributed to demand for switch to motor vehicles.
RTD Staff
Swimming and diving championship
In August 1949, Mrs. Thomas Chappell executed a half-twist during the women’s competition of the state AAU Swimming and Diving Championship, held at Byrd Park in Richmond. Chappell won the springboard diving title.
Staff photo
The Mosque
This February 1949 image shows the South Lounge in the Mosque (now the Altria Theater) after its conversion to offices. At the time, the National Park Service was occupying the room that formerly hosted social events and served as a gathering spot for people attending performances.
Times-Dispatch
Trolley
In July 1948, Vincent K. Bass said goodbye to “Old 912,” an electric trolley car that had been in service in Richmond for nearly 40 years. Bass, a streetcar conductor for 42 years, was reluctantly learning to drive a bus – the following year, the city introduced a bus system to replace the streetcars. A contractor purchased this streetcar; the owner said he might use some of it for storage or as bunking quarters for some employees.
Staff Photo
Water tower
In February 1948, icicles formed a winter tableau along a water tower at Sixth and Porter streets in South Richmond.
Staff photo
Stockyards
In January 1949, Virginia farmers focused their eyes on two mules that were among 169 sold at the annual auction at the Richmond Stockyards. The average price of $157.78 was down about $25 from the previous year. The top sale brought $610; the lowest, only $35.
Times-Dispatch
Richmond fires
8/14/2015: In March 1949, smoldering embers and charred, jagged walls were all that remained of the Dunlop Mills in South Richmond. The two brick buildings, which had survived damage during the Civil War, were lost to the fire, which took more than 200 firemen six hours to put out.
Staff Photo by Colognorl
Trolley
In November 1949, Richmond’s electric streetcars, which began service in 1888, were retired from service. Here, a crowd waited to board cars as they took ceremonial final trips through the city, with car signs touting the city’s new bus service. The Virginia Transit Co. spent $2.2 million on 166 buses for the new system.
Times-Dispatch
organ grinder
In October 1949, an organ grinder and his monkey entertained a young girl at the State Fair, held at the Atlantic Rural Exposition fairgrounds. The fair’s array of exhibits and events included motorcycle races, driving safety instruction from the state police and displays of the latest household inventions.
Staff photo
Mail box
In June 1949, Carl A. Throckmorton (left) showed Richmond Postmaster Fergus McRee one of the 100 new mailboxes that would be installed at city street corners. The additions would bring the total number of receptacles to about 680, meaning no city resident would have to walk more than three blocks to deposit a letter.
Staff photo
Mooer's Field
In April 1949, Richmond Mayor W. Stirling King threw out the first pitch at the Richmond Colts home opener at Mooers Field. At right, wearing the new home uniform, is Colts manager Vinnie Smith. At left is Ray Schalk, manager of the Newport News Dodgers. The Colts won the Piedmont League game 6-5.
Staff photo
1940s floods
In March 1949, high water on Dock Street in downtown Richmond followed a brief flood that caused no damage. The James River crested at 13.1 feet during the afternoon but receded by 5 feet within hours.
Colognori
Cornshusk rug
In November 1949, Mrs. James Hicks of James City County and her daughter, Willie Mae, made a cornhusk doormat at home. A roughly 5-yard braid was needed to make the mat. Hicks could make about 200 in a year.
Staff photo
farmer
In November 1949, eastern Henrico County farmer J.B. Alvis drove his tractor through 70 acres of soybeans. The machine cut and threshed the beans, and with the help of the boy on the back of the tractor, Alvis bagged them. According to an accompanying article, Virginia farmers produced 1.75 million bushels of soybeans the year before, which grossed them $4.1 million.
Staff photo
Sixth Street Market
In September 1948, Beverly Horsley, a Miller & Rhoads fashion model, choose vegetables from a lavish display at the Sixth Street Market as part of Style Marches On, a weeklong celebration of new fall fashion in the downtown Richmond retail district.
Times-Dispatch
Tredegar
In June 1948, Dewey Picklesimer poured molten iron at Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond. Tredegar opened in 1837 and was a major manufacturing center for the Confederacy during the Civil War. It survived the evacuation fire of 1865 and continued as a production facility through most of the 1950s. Today the facility houses the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar.
Times-Dispatch
Sixth Street Market
In August 1948, the Buyer’s Resistance Group, mostly made up of housewives, had been organizing a boycott of local meat markets, such as this one at the Sixth Street Market in Richmond, to attempt to bring down prices. This image was taken during a normally busy time for the market, which instead was nearly empty. Similar boycotts were popping up nationally.
Times-Dispatch
Sixth Street Market
This June 1948 photograph shows the old Sixth Street Market in downtown Richmond. When it was demolished in 1964 to make way for a parking garage, two of the ornamental terra cotta bulls that lined the top of the awning were relocated to the 17th Street Market.
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Patsy Garrett
In September 1948, Richmond actress, singer and national radio show host Patsy Garrett greeted a friend downtown during her visit here. Garrett was known for her time on Fred Waring’s “Pleasure Time” radio show in the 1940s and for her recurring film and television roles in “Nanny and the Professor,” “Room 222” and the “Benji” movie series.
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boys club
In April 1948, James Phillips Schultz supervised a mumble-the-peg game played by two boys at the Richmond Home for Boys. Schultz, 81, was the oldest alumnus of the home. To celebrate the institution’s 102 birthday, alumni, families and children gathered for an afternoon program that included music , games and dancing for the children.
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Hunting
10-31-1948 (cutline):Sportsmen from Virginia and surrounding states brough their best hounds last Monday to Baskerville, near South Hill, for the twenty-sixth annual field trials of the Virginia Fox Hunters Association.
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draft
In November 1948, Army Lt. Charles D. Smith Jr. administered the oath to the first set of postwar draftees processed at the Richmond induction station at First and Broad streets. Several of the men were immediately sent to Camp Pickett in Blackstone.
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pool hall
In March 1948, W.J. Peacentini (from left), Lt. L.P. Tyler and L.C. Priddy watched M.E. Williams sink a ball during a game of pool at Firehouse No.7 on East Cary Street in Richmond. The pool table was the center of recreation for many firemen waiting for the alarm.
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Mosque pool
In October 1948, families and city officials attended a program at the Mosque pool in Richmond, which had just opened for the season. Highlights included a synchronized swimming exhibition as well as swim safety instruction. The pool was in the basement of what is known today as the Altria Theater.
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rollerskate
In November 1948, Richmond teens put on their roller skates at the Cavalier Arena with some help from city recreation department employee Jane Hemby. The department held Wednesday afternoon skating parties at the rink, which opened in June 1941 and was at MacTavish Avenue and West Marshall Street in Richmond’s West End.
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In November 1948, editors at the Richmond Times-Dispatch copy desk reviewed the first edition of the newspaper shortly after the presses rolled. Managing Editor Ben Johnston (standing) and News Editor Bill Leverty (center, in glasses) led the review. Copy boys were seated at right.
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Beavers
In February 1947, local game warden E.J. Gorman stood atop a dam in one of Chesterfield County’s nine beaver colonies. At the time, two dozen counties had beaver colonies, with an eye toward helping restore fur trapping in Virginia.
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Blues Armory
In January 1947, a newly renovated basketball court, plus improved lighting and expanded seating, awaited action at the Blues Armory at Sixth and Marshall streets in downtown Richmond. The next evening, the University of Richmond hosted the College of William & Mary. Ticket prices were $1 for adults and 60 cents for children 12 and younger.
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Boulevard
This June 1946 image shows Berrier’s Ice Cream, located at the corner of Moore Street and the Boulevard in Scott’s Addition in Richmond. Berrier’s opened a plant on West Broad Street in 1930 – an advertisement for an open house, with samples, humbly touted that it’s “not a tremendous plant, supplying thousands of gallons of ice cream a day … nothing pretentious.” The Boulevard store, which has since been torn down, did serve sundaes and cones, but its main focus was takeout ice cream and blocks of ice.
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Byrd Field
This September 1947 image shows an Eastern Air Lines plane at Byrd Field. In 1947, the city of Richmond held negotiations with the War Assets Administration for the return of the airport, which had been transformed into the Richmond Army Air Base during World War II. When the field was returned to the city, it was more than 850 acres larger than when the federal government took it over.
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C&O
On May 25, 1946, a train pulled into Main Street Station in Richmond. That afternoon marked the end of a crippling two-day national railroad strike, which had stranded passengers and cargo – local businesses were able to purchase some of the perishable foods as well as tropical fish. President Harry Truman had threatened an Army takeover of railroad facilities if the striking trainmen and engineers unions didn’t return to work.
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Central State Hospital
In July 1947, “The Soldier,” as many people called the patient of Central State Hospital near Petersburg, sat outside a sentry box he had built on the grounds. The psychiatric hospital dates to 1869, when a former Confederate facility known as Howard’s Grove Hospital was designated as a mental health facility for African-Americans.
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Central Station Post Office
This January 1946 photo shows the Central Station Post Office on Second Street in downtown Richmond, whose size increased by a third after a remodeling several months earlier.
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Churchill
On March 8, 1946, while on a trip to America, British wartime leader Winston Churchill addressed a joint session of the Virginia General Assembly in the hall of the House of Delegates. He was flanked by Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson (left) and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. In the background (from left) are Gov. William M. Tuck, Speaker of the House Thomas B. Stanley and Lt. Gov. Lewis “Pat” Collins II.
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City Stadium
In November 1946, female fans wearing the red and white of Thomas Jefferson High School were part of a crowd of 17,000 who watched Teejay beat John Marshall High 6-0 in the Prep Classic at City Stadium in Richmond. John Marshall got to Teejay’s one-foot line in the last minute of play but couldn’t score.
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Cowardin Avenue and Hull Street
In November 1948, traffic moved through the intersection of Cowardin Avenue and Hull Street in South Richmond. The city was planning several pedestrian safety upgrades at the busy intersection, including painted crosswalks, new signage and a fence along Hull.
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Curles Neck Dairy
This July 1947 image shows the new Curles Neck Dairy plant at 1600 Roseneath Road in Richmond. The building, which cost more than $200,000, gave the 13-year-old dairy modern features including a refreshment room that served up to 50 people, ice-cream-making facilities and curbside service. The building is now home to the Dairy Bar restaurant.
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Dixie
This October 1946 image shows heavy kraft paper, made from wood pulp, that was being converted into drinking cups at a Richmond factory. The majority of Virginia pulp and paper mills made this type of paper, which was used to make other goods. Factories were maximizing production after the war era had developed new and popular paper products.
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Elba
In March 1946, children at Elba School in Richmond visited the library to get books as their lunch dishes were washed by Principal Ethel T. Overby (second from right) and day center teacher Estelle H. Clark. Opened in 1880 in a white neighborhood, the school on West Marshall Street was designated for black students in 1927. By 1939, the school was recommended for abandonment because of its poor condition and a lack of facilities, such as a cafeteria. It was used until 1955 and later was torn down.
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Fishing
In August 1948, David Singleton fished below the spillway at Birchin Lake in Nottoway County. The soldier from Durham, N.C., eventually was rewarded with a catch of a 4-pound catfish.
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Forest Lodge
This January 1946 image shows Forest Lodge, completed in the early 1880s by Confederate Army scout John Cussons. The six-story resort hotel stood on 1,000 acres in Glen Allen on Mountain Road and boasted more than 100 rooms. It never became the success that Cussons envisioned, and after changing hands and purposes several times, it was razed in 1992. The cupola was saved and can be seen at Mountain Road and Old Washington Highway.
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Fountain
In August 1948, Samuel and William Gladden sought relief from record high temperatures in the horse watering fountain at Broad and Adams streets in downtown Richmond. The fountain was later moved and still stands at the triangle in Jackson Ward where Chamberlayne Parkway meets Adams and Leigh streets.
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Freedom Train
On Dec. 9, 1947, the Freedom Train stopped in Richmond at Allen Avenue and West Broad Street. People waited in blocks-long lines to tour exhibits of historical artifacts that included the original Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Truman Doctrine and Bill of Rights. The Freedom Train, which traveled the country between 1947 and 1949, was the first train to visit each of the 48 states (Alaska and Hawaii had not yet gained statehood). Virginians in blocks-long line await turn to tour exhibits aboard Freedom Train at Allen Avenue and Broad Street.
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Friendship Train
In February 1949, a boxcar from France’s “Merci Train,” loaded with gifts for Virginians, arrived in Richmond. The gifts – including dolls, lace, antique furniture, books, statues and paintings -- were an expression of thanks for the American "Friendship Train," which distributed food to needy Europeans in 1947. Richmonders filled two of the 12 boxcars of supplies sent by Virginia. After ceremonies at the state Capitol, the French boxcar spent a week on display downtown.
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1947 Monument Avenue
In October 1947, Richmond police considered the issue of cars parking next to the grassy medians of Monument Avenue. The city did not want to mar the beauty of the avenue with signs, even though no parking was permitted. While police strictly ticketed violators on weekdays, exceptions were made for churchgoers on Sunday mornings.
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Grocery
In September 1946, a crowd gathered outside a Richmond grocery store on a day that hard-to-get items were available. Because of rationing and shortages during World War II, shop inventory ebbed and flowed for some time afterward as the economy stabilized.
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Ice
In January 1948, ice and snow created a winter wonderland scene on the James River in Richmond. Subfreezing temperatures had chilled Eastern and Midwestern states and led to a heating oil shortage.
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Kensington Avenue apartments
In February 1947, an 18-unit apartment complex in the 2700 block of Kensington Avenue in Richmond was nearing completion.
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Main Street
This February 1946 image shows traffic along Main Street downtown. That month, a New York consultant selected by the Richmond Chamber of Commerce made a series of recommendations to improve local transit, including prohibiting parking along Main Street at busy times. As shown here, when cars were parked along the curb, drivers had to putter behind the glut of streetcars because there was no room to pass.
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Main Street
This June 1947 image shows the Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Co. building at 1015 Main St. downtown. The company was at this location between 1861 and 1953, though the first building burned with the rest of Richmond in 1865. By 1869, the current structure, also known as the Branch Building, was completed. It is on the National Register of Historic Places and is considered one of Richmond’s finest iron-fronted buildings.
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Mayo Bridge
On April 23, 1946, fishing enthusiasts came out to enjoy the bright sunshine on the Mayo Bridge in downtown Richmond. High temperatures matched the 1925 record of 90 degrees.
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Memorial Day parade
In May 1946, the historic Richmond Grays marched in a Memorial Day parade en route to Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond. The unit was organized in 1844 and served most famously in the Civil War; its history is incorporated in today’s 276th Engineer Battalion of the Virginia National Guard.
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Mules
In June 1946, James Q. Jones took his male donkey on a two-week breeding circuit through Goochland, Louisa and Hanover counties. Jones “bugled his brains out” on his Boy Scout bugle to alert nearby horse owners and members of the League for Planned Mule Parenthood of his arrival.
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Nickel prank
In October 1948, a woman tried to pick up a nickel from the sidewalk near Ninth and Broad streets in downtown Richmond – but it was a long-lasting prank. For April Fools’ Day months earlier, the firefighters at Engine Co. 3 had embedded the coin so no one could pick it up. They had been pulling a coin prank for eight or nine years, and usually someone would eventually pry it loose. For the nickel, some days could see nearly 100 people try to claim the coin.
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Oilfield
In April 1947, a portable drilling rig was set up in an oil field in Lee County in Southwest Virginia. During the decade, Lee was home to about 70 oil and gas test wells that had been drilled in the region.
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Old Manchester water works
In April 1948, the old Manchester water works at the foot of 22nd Street in South Richmond was within months of being dismantled. The plant was built in the 1890s when Richmond and Manchester were twin cities — they consolidated in 1910, and the structure was abandoned in 1914 after Richmond extended a water main into the area.
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Shawondasee
In October 1947, 85-year-old B.W. Partee (seated), caretaker at Camp Shawondasee in Chesterfield County for 26 years, was ready to retire. He was known as a storyteller, and here, he entertained E.G. McDowell, field executive of the Richmond Boy Scouts Council. Shawondasee closed in 1965 after more than 50 years serving Scouts in the region. The next year, the YMCA purchased the land, and its Camp Thunderbird still operates there.
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Shriners parades
In June 1946, 3,000 Shriners staged a parade downtown as part of the 60th anniversary celebration for Richmond’s ACCA Temple. Nearly 300 candidates for admission to the temple were present for induction rites at the event. Here, the Richmond Guard of Honor marched in the parade.
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Skyline
This August 1947 image of the Richmond skyline was published in the Richmond News Leader as a comparison with a sketch of the same skyline that was published in 1901 in the Evening Leader.
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Sledding
In February 1947, children hit the sleds at Bryan Park in Richmond to take advantage of a snow day. Snow and sleet had covered Virginia – some areas of the state received as much as 27 inches.
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State toxicologist
In January 1949, state toxicologist Sidney Kaye tested blood for lead poisoning. He joined the chief medical examiner’s office in 1947 after working in the St. Louis police department’s research lab.
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Street Sweepers
In April 1946, Richmond was conducting a citywide cleanup, even using a snowplow to scoop away years of debris from street gutters. The campaign, which began in late March, aimed to get the city back to a tidy appearance, after which officials planned to enforce litter laws, perform more regular trash collection and engage residents to help keep the city clean. A major goal of the effort was to reduce the rat population, which had risen to more than 300,000 – there were more rats than residents.
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Sunshine Sue
In October 1953, Mary Workman (holding music stand), better known as Sunshine Sue, sang with her band. From 1946 to 1957, Workman was host of the popular “Old Dominion Barn Dance” music radio show, broadcast nationally on Saturday nights on WRVA from the Lyric Theater in downtown Richmond. The program helped launch the careers of several country music stars.
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Tickets
In February 1948, a Richmond policeman placed a parking ticket on the windshield of a car that was double-parked, which prevented other drivers from leaving their spaces.
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Traffic
In August 1948, an intersection along East Broad Street in downtown Richmond reflected a new safety measure: Traffic light poles on Broad between First and 11th streets were painted with black and white diagonal stripes, with an eye toward helping drivers avoid hitting them.
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Trolley
This February 1946 image shows Richmond streetcars double-berthing at First and Broad streets downtown. Loading and unloading streetcars simultaneously at the same stop helped speed transit service, according to Virginia Transit Company officials.
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Tuberculosis ward
In April 1948, a nurse in the tuberculosis ward of McGuire Hospital in Richmond assisted a patient with a weaving project. More than a pastime, working the loom was a treatment that helped TB patients strengthen muscle. Patients typically were hospitalized for about six months.
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University of Richmond
In April 1947, University of Richmond students prepared for an open house in their lab classroom. The students named the class skeleton Josephine.
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Valentine Museum
In November 1947, the James River Garden Club sponsored a tour of five houses to raise funds to restore the gardens at the
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Fire
03-02-1948 (cutline): Rush hour crowd watches smoke pour from building at 14th and Main during fire. Traffic tied up an hour by three-alarm blaze at Casket Company late yesterday.
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Cary St
In June 1947, trucks blocked Cary Street in the wholesale produce district while passenger cars waited to get through. The Times-Dispatch ran a series analyzing Richmond’s traffic problems such as this, and reviewing a proposed expressway. Based on a survey completed by the Automotive Safety Foundation, the series indicated that the current infrastructure could not handle the predicted increase in traffic, and construction of the expressway was recommended.
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Paper
In April 1947, about 20,000 pounds of paper was collected in a drive at Dumbarton Elementary School in Henrico County, with Edward O'Brien (from left), Leroy Foster and Thomas Riggan in charge. The paper was sold, with proceeds used to purchase library books and other materials for students. The previous year, paper-drive money purchased a mimeographing machine for teacher use.
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Powhatan Hill Playground
In January 1957, Dot Perkins led a dance class in “the hut” at the Powhatan Hill playground in Richmond. The playground received the Quonset hut, a semicircular structure made out of corrugated metal, in 1947 after city officials authorized using $15,000 to erect it. It quickly became a center of extracurricular activities for area children.
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Street scene
This May 1947 image shows a street scene on Main Street near Ninth Street in downtown Richmond. At the time, cars shared the road with electric streetcars. Two years later, with the increase in buses and automobiles, the streetcar system was replaced.
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race car
In July 1947, Richmond midget car driver Cary Williams (in white T-shirt) and mechanic Charles Nigro pushed out the new Ford-Kurtiscraft car, which Nigro built, in preparation for racing at Richmond Stadium Speedway.
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Doll hospital
In December 1947, T.E. Burton Jr. diagnosed a patient at his doll hospital on Forest Hill Avenue in Richmond. Burton, a state Highway Department employee, was part-time chief surgeon at the doll hospital he ran out of his home. He got into the repair business when his two young daughters received antiquated china dolls as gifts that were badly in need of work. Burton averaged about 10 patients a week, with a busy season around the holidays.
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West Avenue
In April 1947, members of the West Avenue Improvement Association enjoyed a backyard picnic after the first day of the neighborhood’s spring cleanup campaign. From left are R.R. McKaig, Mrs. Granville Coleman and Mr. and Mrs. Chris Payne.
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Broad St.
In June 1947, Richmond officials put up warning signs near the city limits on West Broad Street to limit speeding, which was a top traffic concern at the time.
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mill
In April 1947, Ed Brooking, the 68-year-old proprietor of the Cedar Point Grist Mill in Goochland County, loaded corn into a funnel to be ground by the millstones. While his machine was old and often required maintenance, Brooking swore by the method of stone-ground corn.
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Main Street Station
In May 1947, the Main Street Station tower in Richmond was still missing its clocks, which were removed during World War II because it was difficult to find replacement parts. At the time, the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway was receiving cost estimate to restore the clocks.
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Churchill
In March 1946, British wartime leader Winston Churchill’s trip to America included an address to the General Assembly. He waved to a crowd that waited in the rain to see him as his motorcade came through Capitol Square in Richmond.
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Draft
In May 1946, the future of the military draft was in question, and David Burruss, 19, of Norfolk, got lots of attention when he was thought to be the last man selected at the Richmond Armed Forces Induction Station. He was among about a dozen inductees who then headed off to Fort Meade in Maryland. (The wartime selective service act was extended, though.)
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Air Scouts
In August 1946, leaders of the three flights in the Gamble’s Hill Community Center Air Scouts received their banners at the first review of the corps held in Gamble's Hill Park. This was the only troupe of Air Scouts organized in Richmond at that time; they wore the regulation National Air Scout uniform. Pictured (from left) were pilot leader Eddie Williams, sponsor Verna Walker, pilot leader William Massie, sponsor Barbara Chandler, pilot leader Everett Webb and sponsor Virginia Blackburn. The community center was financed by Second Presbyterian Church.
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Maggie Walker
This April 1946 image shows members of the Girl Reserve Club at Maggie Walker High School in Richmond. Club activities included drama, knitting, glass painting, embroidery and sewing. From left were Laura Belle Manning, Marie Spurlock, Eloise Taylor and Gladys Claxton.
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pinball machines
In November 1946, Henrico County police seized 20 pinball machines and made multiple arrests as part of a countywide raid. The coin-operated machines were licensed for amusement only, but they had money drawers that collected from and dispensed to patrons.
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1945 Allied Victory Day
In September 1945, an Allied Victory Day parade was staged by Richmond's Chinese population and visiting Chinese residents from other cities. Several colorful floats such as this one, a Marine Corps band from Quantico, two Chinese orchestras, native costumes, high school cadet bands, and units of soldiers and sailors from nearby camps marched along the route that began at Boulevard and Monument Avenue.
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American Red Cross
In October 1942, the Richmond chapter of the American Red Cross moved into its new headquarters in the Hancock-Wirt-Caskie House at Fifth and Main streets downtown. Helping to move were Jeanne Begien (left), Evelyn Bishop (front), Mrs. Roger F. Clapp (back) and Mrs. Leland Jones (peering from back of truck).
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American Red Cross
This September 1942 image shows the uniforms of the volunteer services of the American Red Cross. From left: Georgina Marracinia, outdoor uniform; Nancy Wortham, staff assistant; Mrs. C.F. Bowles, gray ladies; Mrs. William Hall, nurses’ aide; Mrs. Livingstone, home service; Mrs. J. Scott Parrish Jr., canteen; Mrs. Robert Cabell III, production, and Mrs. Collins Denny Jr., motor corps.
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Armistice
On Nov. 11, 1942, John Marshall High School cadet sergeants M. Cohen and J.C. Fuquay played taps during a service on Armistice Day at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Richmond. They stood under the church’s service flag: Each blue star represented a church member who was on active duty in World War II, and each gold star represented a church member lost in the war. Service flags were popular for families but sometimes were used by organizations and communities.
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Belgian Friendship Building and Bell Tower
This June 1942 image shows the Belgian Friendship Building and Bell Tower at Virginia Union University in Richmond. The building served as the Belgian Pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair in New York, but because Belgium was under wartime occupation after the event, it could not be returned to the country. Belgium gifted the building to VUU -- it was reassembled on campus starting in 1941 and housed the university library for decades.
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Blackout
In February 1942, a blackout test during World War II – in case enemy aircraft flew over the city – darkened the interior of many buildings in downtown Richmond. The one-hour exercise, which covered the Richmond and Tri-Cities area, required that buildings and residences turn off lights or prevent light from being seen from the outside. Buses, ambulances and personal vehicles were also asked to remain off the roads.
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Bojangles
In August 1945, tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson showed his wife, Elaine, the house at 915 N. Third St. in which he was born. Robinson, who left Richmond at age 7 to join a traveling show, wanted to get a photo of the house so that his show business friends would believe his stories about his humble beginnings.
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Braille cookbook
In October 1959, Richmond homemaker Virginia Mann prepared a recipe from her Braille cookbook. Mann knew how to cook before she lost her sight in 1945, so her readjustment included using other senses to help prepare meals for her family of five. “Now cooking is second nature, and I just don’t stop to think about it,” she said.
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Broad Street Station
In May 1946, a passenger train pulled out of Broad Street Station in Richmond and headed to Washington. At the time, a potential labor strike was threatening service.
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Bryan Park
In June 1942, workers lifted a car – temporarily – from the middle quarry at Bryan Park. It had been stolen days earlier, and once it was pulled to the bank, Henrico County police confirmed that no one was in it. But halfway up the bank, shortly after this picture was taken, the chain broke and the car slipped back into the quarry – 32 feet of water had to be pumped out of the quarry before the car could be recovered.
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Carter Sisters
In September 1944, the Carters - Anita, June and their mother, Maybelle - gather for a song while the oldest daughter, Helen, accompanies them on the accordion.
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Cigarettes
This August 1941 image shows a woman working in a tobacco factory. An accompanying story outlined the growth of Virginia women in the workforce. Based on 1930 census data, more than 6,000 women worked in tobacco factories – the sixth-ranked source of employment for women.
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City Stadium
In June 1941, the Police Benevolent Association presented its sixth annual boxing show at City Stadium, headlined by Jimmy Webb, Johnny “Bandit” Romero, Georgie Abrams and Richmond’s Joey Spangler. A crowd of more than 10,000 watched Webb knock out Romero in the third round, and Abrams won a decision over Spangler. Tickets were $1 for general admission, $2 for reserved and $3 for ringside.
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Confederate Soldiers Home
In October 1927, John Lewis Fink, 77, the youngest soldier in the Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers’ Home, and Sidney Jennings Robertson, 79, the next youngest, played checkers as fellow residents E.G. Tyler and P.S. Childress watched. The facility, at the corner of Grove Avenue and the Boulevard in Richmond, closed after the last resident died in 1941.
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Defense Special No. 1 train
In December 1941, the Defense Special No. 1 train stopped in Richmond at Broad Street Station. Nearly 800 local manufacturers were issued tickets to visit the eight-car train, which held an array of sample equipment that the government needed contractors to build for the war effort – such as guns, airplane and ship parts, field hospital equipment, chairs, saws and pipe fittings. The train staff interviewed and guided qualified manufacturers through the process to become a contractor.
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Draft
In April 1942, about 26,000 Richmond men ages 45 to 64 participated in the country’s fourth Selective Service registration. These men were registering at Ginter Park School. Men in this age range were not subject to military service at that time, but they were being asked about special skills to determine how they could best aid the war effort.
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Elba School
This September 1942 image shows the outside restrooms at the Elba School in Richmond. Opened in 1880 in a white neighborhood, the school on West Marshall Street was designated for black students in 1927. By 1939, the school was recommended for abandonment because of its poor condition and a lack of facilities, such as adequate interior restrooms. It was used until 1955 and later was torn down.
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Executive Mansion
1-20-1942: Mrs. Price looks on while Lucille, the mansion's cook, mixes up something special in the kitchen, which has been completely renovated during the Price administration.
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Fire
In January 1943, William H. Haskins gazed over what was left of his Health Centre Inc. bowling alley at Hermitage Road and Meadow Street in Richmond after a fire. The sprawling brick building, which opened in 1928 and housed 36 lanes, was totally destroyed.
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Gasless parade
In July 1943, gas shortages prompted the Retailers for Victory campaign to stage Richmond’s first “gasless parade” to promote the sale of war stamps, which would fund construction of the aircraft carrier Shangri-La. The event featured all manner of transportation not fueled by gas: Gov. Colgate Darden rode in an ox-driven cart, and a goat-powered wagon (center right) carried Mayor Gordon Ambler along the parade route from Monroe Park to Capitol Square.
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Grace Arents School
In June 1943, students at the Grace Arents School celebrated the end of the school year. The Oregon Hill school, which opened in 1911, honored the philanthropist for her donation of the land and $5,000 toward the building. After decades as an elementary school and later a special education school, the building has housed Open High School since 1989.
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Grace St
6-26-1942: 6th and Grace Streets looking west at 5:30pm.
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Grace Street pollution
11-9-1944: Grace Street sidewalk being cleared of today's 'black snow.' Soot and grime. Air pollution.
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Henrico Red Cross Motor Corps
In March 1942, members of the Henrico Red Cross Motor Corps participated in a test drill in uniform. The women had completed courses in basic and advanced first aid, motor mechanics and blackout driving. The motor corps was established by the American Red Cross in 1917 during World War I to transport wounded soldiers to local hospitals and deliver supplies.
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Highland Springs Volunteer Fire Department
This December 1951 image shows the Highland Springs Volunteer Fire Department. The unit was organized in July 1941 with 45 volunteers and a $6,000 fire truck. The unit moved into this building on Nine Mile Road in 1947. At far left is Fire Chief Percy L. Burnett.
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Holden Rhodes House
This September 1942 image shows the Holden Rhodes House, also known as the old Stone House, located at Forest Hill Park in South Richmond. The house, named for the noted lawyer and businessman who built it, dates to around 1840 and was made of granite from the quarries on the original estate. It was remodeled in the 1930s and for a time was home to a library. The house, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, now serves as an event venue.
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Ice
In January 1943, workmen of the Virginia Electric and Power Company repaired damage from sleet and ice at Brook Road and Westwood Avenue.
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James River flood
In September 1944, Richmond city employees hurriedly made preparations for a James River flood by filling and loading sandbags. The James ultimately rose to 24.2 feet in the city after heavy rains throughout the river’s watershed.
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Magnet
In December 1945, the Virginia Department of Highways debuted its newest piece of equipment on U.S. Route 1 between Richmond and Ashland. The road magnet, moving at about 15 mph, picked up nails, spikes, tacks and other metallic objects on roads that might lead to flat tires.
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mailboxes
In March 1942, residents of the Lakeside area took down their Rural Free Delivery mailboxes, which had given way to new, smaller metal boxes on porches. Richmond delivery would be beginning as a result of annexation, in which the city added portions of Henrico and Chesterfield counties (about 16 square miles covering 22,000 residents).
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Main St
12-30-1943: Morton Marks 1217 E Main St. The block at left is between 13 & 14 on East Main St & looking East on Main. Fire.
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Mayo Bridge
In April 1941, the Mayo Bridge in downtown Richmond underwent a two-month repaving project. Tolls on the Lee Bridge were lifted for cars with city license plates to ease the inconvenience during the work. The Mayo Bridge, also known as the 14th Street Bridge, is where the original structure connected Richmond and Manchester in the late 1700s. TONING COMPLETE -- Repaving starts on Mayo Bridge. This picture shows workmen repaving the Mayo Bridge. Southbound traffic can be seen over the span. Northbound traffic has been halted during the repairs. Fourteenth Street Bridge.
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Medical College of Virginia
This November 1941 image shows the newly installed “Three Bears” statue in front of the Medical College of Virginia Hospital at the corner of 12th and Broad streets in Richmond. Noted sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington created the work, which she and her husband, Archer Milton Huntington, donated to the college. Bears are a symbol of healing in Native American culture. Decades later, the statue was moved inside to protect it.
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Melons
In May 1946, a young Randy Morris peered over a truckload of watermelons, which was en route to be sold at the 17th Street Farmers’ Market in downtown Richmond.
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Military parade
In October 1942, Richmond was the site of Virginia’s largest military parade since World War II began, with more than 6,000 uniformed men and women marching along Monument Avenue and Franklin, Belvidere and Broad streets. The parade was organized as part of the nation’s drive to secure the voluntary enlistment of 18 and 19-year-olds in the war effort.
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Miller & Rhoads wagon
In March 1942, Robert Price stood beside a horse and wagon he would soon be driving for the Miller & Rhoads department store in Richmond. With the government calling for conserving tires as shortages loomed during World War II, Miller & Rhoads and Thalhimers looked to their past to find alternate ways deliver purchases to customers, as was their custom at the time.
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mobile canteen
In April 1942, Mrs. Tazewell Perrow served soup to children from Bon Air School from the first mobile canteen for Chesterfield County. The canteen also served a test “disaster supper” at the Bon Air Community House later that week. The mobile kitchen would be used to feed civilians in case of a disaster involving more than five families.
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Mobile kitchen
In January 1943, Mrs. J. Scott Parrish Jr., Gordon Sheain and Joe Brown examined a mobile kitchen that was part of the Red Cross Canteen Corps in Richmond. Red Cross members would use the canteens to feed soldiers; they practiced by feeding large groups at Richmond-area churches, parks and events. The $1,795 canteen was made possible through proceeds from a city scrap metal drive directed by Sheain and donations from WRVA listeners of Brown’s “Okay America” program. Parrish led the Red Cross canteen committee.
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Mooers
This January 1946 image shows team owner Eddie Mooers standing outside his baseball park. Located at Norfolk and Roseneath streets, Mooers Field hosted the Richmond Colts from 1942 through 1953. Mooers then converted the field into a stock car racetrack for a time before it was sold and dismantled in the late 1950s.
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Mooers Field
This March 1946 image shows Mooers Field, with grass throughout the infield but dirt beyond. Located at Norfolk and Roseneath streets, Mooers Field hosted the Richmond Colts from 1942 through 1953. Eddie Mooers then converted the field into a stock car racetrack for a time before it was sold and dismantled in the late 1950s. 3-7-1946: 'And the green grass grows all around' - the infield. But the Mooers Field outfield is mighty barren these days.
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Pamunkey Indians
This April 1941 image shows Pamunkey Indians returning with a catch of several dozen shad to the tribe’s King William County reservation. At the time, shad was the most valuable commercial food fish in Virginia waters. Sometimes as many as 1,000 fish were caught by the tribe in a 24-hour period.
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Parade
In March 1942, Richmond staged its first parade since the United States entered World War II – it honored 110 Virginia aviation cadets who were to be sworn in at the state Capitol at the conclusion of the event. The parade included a battalion of 1,000 troops from Fort Lee as well as several color guards, including the American Legion color guard seen here.
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Parking ban
In December 1942, East Main Street in downtown Richmond between First and Second streets reflected a parking ban that aimed to speed streetcar service. The ban was in effect from 7 to 9:30 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. – though one car in the distance was parked illegally.
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Parking Lot Canteen
In August 1943, Thalhimers was allowing nighttime use of part of this parking area, at Seventh and East Grace streets downtown, as the Parking Lot Canteen, a place for service members to spend their evenings dancing under the stars. The dance pavilion project was financed by the Richmond War and Community Fund. Included in the experience were complimentary refreshments – and hostesses available as dancing partners for those who didn't bring their own dates.
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Quiz Kids
In September 1943, the Quiz Kids learned about railroading from RF&P engineer C.W. Shackleford (rear) during their visit to Richmond to help sell war bonds during World War II. The youths – Richard Williams (from left), Harvey Fischman and Gerard Darrow – were part of a national radio and TV series in which children with high IQs answered questions from listeners. The show was broadcast on NBC in the 1940s and ‘50s.
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Ration tokens
In February 1944, E.W. Saunders, a clerk at R.L. Christian & Co. in downtown Richmond, showed Mrs. L.E. Barber how to use ration tokens. The tokens were used during World War II to purchase rationed goods, which in the Richmond area included food, liquor, rubber and gasoline.
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Rationing
In March 1943, meat and cheese were added to World War II rationing, and Richmond butcher Herman Linas weighed 5-ounce pieces of meat that marked a typical portion. Rationing began in early 1942, with sugar among the first items targeted. Many other products followed, from vehicle tires to foodstuffs to gasoline.
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Red Cross
In August 1942, Anna Purcell (left) and Mrs. Thomas P. Bryan oversaw the surgical dressing division at the Red Cross chapter in Richmond. After the dressings were made, they were distributed all over the world.
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Richmond Quartermaster Depot
In June 1946, guard Herbert Barr fed the elk at the Army’s Richmond Quartermaster Depot at Bellwood in Chesterfield County. The land was purchased by James Bellwood in 1877, and he brought in a pair of elk from his native Canada to feel more at home. By 1941, when the Army purchased the land from Bellwood’s sons, there were 11 elk, and the sons were more concerned with the welfare of the elk than the transfer of the land. The Army agreed to take care of the elk and continues to do so to this day. The Army's elk brigade - and they can't be discharged. Herbert R. Barr, guard at the Richmond General Depot, feeds his charges.
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Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers’ Home
In May 1941, the Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers’ Home was closed after the last resident died. This was the scene when demolition of the buildings began, with one of the cannons visible at the facility at the corner of Grove Avenue and the Boulevard in Richmond. At one time there were at least eight cannons, and today one remains outside the former chapel, across from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
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Rosa D. Bowser library
In July 1942, manpower and a cart were a means of transporting new books to the Rosa D. Bowser Branch of the Richmond library during the gas-rationing days of World War II. Bowser was a prominent African-American educator and social activist in Richmond from the 1880s to the 1920s. The branch was the city library’s first that was opened to African-Americans.
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Scrap metal drive
In fall 1942, Virginia newspaper publishers sponsored a three-week scrap metal drive to aid the war effort. Here, workmen removed decorative lights – installed in 1924 and made mostly of cast iron, weighing 317 pounds each – from the front of the Richmond Newspapers building to add to the heap. Richmond exceeded its goal of collecting 15 million pounds of scrap.
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Shoe ration
In February 1943, Aaron Hyman repaired a shoe in his Richmond store. With wartime shoe rationing, cobblers were swamped with business for repairs. Hyman said that since the rationing began, his business had doubled.
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Sixth Street Market
Dec 26, 1943: Traffic jam at 6th street market, looking south from Marshall St.
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Street Sweepers
In December 1943, Richmond Mayor Gordon Ambler broke in the city’s new street sweeper, which had been on order for months. Wartime restrictions on manufacturing slowed production and delivery of the motorized sweeper, which city officials said was needed in light of the labor shortage in the streets unit of the Department of Public Works. The low bidder for the sweeper priced it at $4,325.
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Thomas Jefferson High School Cadet Corps
In May 1967, the Thomas Jefferson High School Cadet Corps marched in a parade. The corps was created in 1942 and had more than 500 cadets in the first class. The corps folded after the 1971 school year.
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Tin drive
In March 1943, workers unloaded tin cans into a storage container at the RF&P Railroad yards near Broad and Lombardy streets in Richmond. The cans were collected in the area as part of “Win With Tin” campaign during World War II. The first day yielded 30,000 pounds of tin.
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Toll house
This October 1943 image shows a home that stood near West Cary and Nansemond streets in Richmond’s Carytown area. Built around 1851, it housed a toll-gate keeper who served along what was then known as Westham Plank Road. The home later became on office for Williams & Harvey Nursery and was restored in 1967. A shopping center is on the site today.
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Trolley
In January 1945, Alma May Billings, a 22-year-old streetcar operator for the Virginia Transit Co., modeled one of the new uniforms that had been procured to end a long controversy about what the women should wear. The uniforms were gray with dubonnet trim. Drawn up by stylists for the Virginia Electric and Power Co., the uniforms initially carried a Vepco insignia, but it was soon replaced with a VTC emblem.
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Typewriter repair
In April 1945, A.J. Stephan (seated) and R.L. Anderson (left), both veterans of World War I and employees at Underwood Elliott Fisher Co. in downtown Richmond, trained recent World War II vets in the repair and servicing of typewriters.
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Virginia Department of Agriculture
In October 1942, employees J.H. Elder, Jackson P. Duggins and T.B. Martin of the Virginia Department of Agriculture’s chemistry division used an array of test equipment in the state gasoline laboratory. The lab on Governor Street in downtown Richmond was in its second year of operation, in a building that previously housed a power plant for the Capitol area.
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War bonds
In December 1942, newspaper boys Arthur (left) and Thomas Purvis of Richmond bought war bonds with money they saved from their routes. Together, the brothers bought 11 $25 bonds from R. Page French, executive vice president of Southern Bank and Trust Co.
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Water tower
In January 1946, construction continued on a 1 million-gallon water storage tank near Hawthorne Avenue and Old Brood Road in North Richmond. The tank, costing $125,000, was to be 93 feet high and 125 feet wide.
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Weiman’s Bakery
In September 1984, Willie Thompson added flour to dough at Weiman’s Bakery on Church Hill in Richmond. The bakery was opened in 1945 by Jacob Weiman and produced nearly 120,000 pounds of baked goods each month at its peak. Over the years, the bakery supplied grocery stores, brand-name bread dealers and local restaurants. After almost seven decades, Weiman’s closed in February 2013.
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Wilcox Lake
In August 1942, white visitors enjoyed a day at Wilcox Lake in Petersburg. The swimming facility was segregated, and the lake was closed by the city in 1958 to prevent integration. It was never officially reopened for swimming (though in the 1960s, fishing was permitted at the lake).
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WLEE
In November 1945, Mrs. James A Quisenberry visited WLEE radio station in Richmond to collect her $209 winnings for playing the Tello-Test quiz show. Quisenberry returned the check to studio general manager Irving Abeloff (left) in exchange for Victory Bonds. Production manager Jim Fair stood ready to hand her the bonds, which continued to be a popular way to help with the war effort.
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WLEE
In October 1945, a dedication ceremony for new radio station WLEE was broadcast from the Mosque in Richmond. From left, WLEE owner Thomas Tinsley was joined by film and stage actors Guy Kibbee and Jean Parker as well as station manager Irvin G. Abeloff.
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Women in Production Service
In June 1943, eight of the 10 members of Women in Production Service central committee met. WIPS had organized at DuPont Co.’s Spruance plant in Chesterfield County that March as part of a nationwide movement of women taking over work in factories as men served during World War II. The committee included representatives for plant management and labor, and the chairwoman reported to the Spruance War Production Committee.
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Women’s Army Corps
In June 1944, to mark the Fifth War Loan campaign, Richmond hosted a parade that included Women’s Army Corps members. The organization was formed initially in May 1942 as the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps and took on its new name in 1943. Aside from nurses, the WACs were the first women to serve in the Army, and other military branches had similar groups that formed during World War II. The organization was officially disbanded as a women’s branch in 1978, with all members folding into full Army.
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Works Progress Administration
In May 1941, some Richmonders wondered why Works Progress Administration workers were digging holes and apparently refilling them with the same dirt. The effort was actually a tree-planting beautification project sponsored by the Department of Public Works. The WPA worker dug a 3x3x3-foot hole, then filled it with enriched top soil. A young tree was later planted – more than 1,000 of them.
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George Wythe
In September 1945, the sound of the bell summoned students to George Wythe School in Richmond on the first day of class.
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Laundry
In December 1945, Richmond lawyer Robert R. Merhige Jr. worked with his secretary, Mrs. Robert Wagner, to conduct inventory at a laundry on North Addison Street for which he had been appointed receiver. Merhige, who had recently been discharged from the Army Air Forces, later became a federal judge in Virginia.
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Dog
In May 1954, Scoop sniffed around the pet food aisle at a grocery store in Richmond’s West End. The store offered a large selection of pet foods, a relatively new concept for the era. The accompanying article said: “Gone, apparently, are the days that Fido took the scraps from the table and liked them.”
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fortune teller
In August 1945, Richmond News Leader reporter Irene Stickler got her palm read by a fortune teller at the newspaper office. For a story, Stickler got her fortune told by six area psychics and compared their interpretations of her past, present and future.
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Air Raid Wardens
In February 1944, a group of Lakeside air raid wardens rolled bandages for the Red Cross at the Hatcher Memorial Church on Dumbarton Road in Henrico County. During World War II, the sight of women in overalls doing what traditionally had been men’s jobs had grown familiar. And while the reverse was less common, the military’s need for surgical dressings prompted these men to help answer the call. They had taken first-aid courses, too.
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YMCA
This June 1938 image shows the old YMCA building at Seventh and Grace streets in downtown Richmond. Built in 1908, it was the center of “Y” activities for 30 years. In 1938, it was sold for $300,000, and the YMCA later relocated to West Franklin Street, where it remains today. This building was torn down after the sale, and a new one replaced it.
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Charter Change
In October 1947, as Richmonders headed home from work, Thomas Jefferson High School students distributed literature for the Junior Chamber of Commerce promoting the change to a council-manager type of city government. In the next month’s vote, the issue generated a higher turnout than the 1944 presidential election, and the new charter was approved overwhelmingly.
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Travelers Aid Society
In November 1944, Mrs. Alfred Adkins of Gordo, Ala., and her two young daughters visited the Travelers’ Aid Society in Richmond en route to Williamsburg, where her military husband was stationed. The society was a charter member of the Richmond War and Community Fund and offered travel assistance to servicemen and civilians.
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street sweepers
In June 1944, Richmond street sweepers wielded brooms along Adams Street. They were among the first 28 African-Americans hired by the city for the previously all-white field of employment.
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Dupont
In December 1944, employees of DuPont’s Spruance plant in Chesterfield County worked to find housing and transportation for company workers. During the war, the women – Mary B. Traylor (from left), Bella C. Hill and Pearl R. Kessler – helped new employees get adjusted to their jobs.
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1940s floods
In September 1944, dwellers of Richmond-area houseboats endured nature’s wrath as the James River swelled after a storm. The boats often were secured to trees or pilings, but rising floodwaters put them in jeopardy.
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Acca Temple
This July 1955 image shows the building, at Madison and Grace streets in Richmond, that once sat downtown and housed First Presbyterian Church. Completed in 1853 at the current site of Old City Hall, the building’s outer shell was moved to Madison and Grace in the mid-1880s to make room for the city building. In 1943, the Acca Shriners, who had lost the Mosque (now Altria Theater) during the Great Depression, purchased the old church building. They used it until the mid-1950s; the building has since been torn down.
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elevator
In June 1943, an executive of Atlantic Life Insurance Co. posted a sign in the elevators at the office building at Main and Sixth streets in downtown Richmond. The sign, which asked men to keep their hats on, challenged tradition – in the presence of women, men customarily removed their hats and held them to their chest. The executive felt the new policy would speed elevator service and allow for more room.
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Restaurants
In June 1943, the restaurant at a Peoples Drug Store in Richmond was bustling. The chain was founded in 1905 in Alexandria, and by 1943, there were six locations in the Richmond area, plus one in Petersburg. Many of them had lunch counters.
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Restaurants
In March 1943, teenagers visited the newly reopened Main Street Station Dining Room in Richmond, which was closed for a month to allow for remodeling required by the city. During that period, the Red Cross stepped in to supply food to World War II servicemen passing through the terminal.
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Red Cross Motor Corps
In September 1943, Richmond women participated in a Red Cross swimming program to practice personal safety, rescue and resuscitation methods.
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shoe ration
In June 1943, shoppers waited outside a Hofheimer’s shoe store on East Broad Street in downtown Richmond, eager to use their No. 17 ration coupon before it expired. Shoes were among the items rationed during World War II because of shortages of leather and rubber. In the two days before the coupon expired, Richmond shoe businesses saw thousands of customers deplete their inventories.
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Air Raid
In July 1942, Mrs. P.M. Edwards directed a group of women to a shelter during a daylight air raid test in Richmond. She was among the first women to serve as auxiliary wardens during a test.
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WWII
In May 1942, Reaville M. Brown, a government engineer from Savannah, Ga., presented his X card to E.D. Dover at Jim’s Service Station on East Grace Street in Richmond. That month, Richmond drivers were among many on the East Coast who got gasoline cards as part of World War II rationing. An X card allowed unlimited purchases and typically was available to physicians, public transportation drivers, clergy and government officials. For most car owners, their A card had limited units in 3-gallon increments.
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WWII
In June 1942, the fifth registration for the Selective Service, covering men ages 18-20, took place across the nation. Here, Walter Nelson (left), 18, and William Arnette, 20, arrived to register at Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond. They were among an estimated 7,500 young Richmonders to be registered.
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Bikes
In May 1942, Rawling Davenport rode an old-fashioned bike for the Play Day program held in Richmond’s Byrd Park. The event was sponsored by the city and a Community Fund agency to encourage participation in sports.
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sampson
In January 1942, writer Emma Speed Sampson worked at her desk in her Richmond home. Sampson’s career as a well-known writer began later in life, at age 45. Her work included continuing several book series, including “Miss Minerva,” “Molly Brown,” and the Bluebird Books (“Mary Louise”) line that originated with L. Frank Baum under a pseudonym. She even wrote features for the Richmond Times-Dispatch for several years.
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Dorothy Lamour
In May 1942, actress-singers Dorothy Lamour (center), Patsy Garrett (at left) and actor Bert Lytell (at right) visited Richmond as part of a rally to stimulate sales of war bonds and stamps. They stood under a “Welcome to Richmond” sign and were flanked by Malcolm Bridges (left), the executive secretary of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, and Ship Ahoy Girls Jetsy Parker and Dorothy Schoemer. The rally drew a crowd of more than 5,000.
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Rationing
In March 1942, A. Edward Campbell, state campaign manager for the United Service Organization, stood beside his new car. His purchase was the first car sale since Richmond began a car rationing program as part of the war effort during World War II.
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typewriters
In September 1942, members of Richmond Hotels Inc. donated typewriters to the War Production Board and the Office of War Information in response to an appeal for businesses to let the government have any machines they could spare.
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Bellwood
This June 1946 image shows the train depot at the Army’s Richmond Quartermaster Depot at Bellwood in Chesterfield County. The Army purchased the land from the Bellwood family in 1941 and activated the post the following year. It was heavily used during World War II – more than 800 rail cars would pass through on some days.
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Native Americans
This April 1941 image shows the old-fashioned way the Pamunkey Indians in King William County cured the shad they caught. The fish were split in half, cleaned thoroughly and nailed on boards, upon which they were allowed to dry. At intervals, salt was sprinkled over the curing fish. At the time, shad was the most valuable commercial food fish in Virginia waters.
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Fort Lee
In April 1941, the dance floor was full at the newly opened Service Club at Camp Lee in Prince George County. The dance kicked off a series that was to run three times per week, with a different battalion invited each night. About 500 service members and 125 girls attended this first dance.
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ScrapMetal
In June 1941, Richmond firefighters (from left) Charles Donnini, I.A. Butler and W.C. Gilman helped collect aluminum from Richmonders. Scrap metal drives were a popular way to support national defense and war preparation efforts.
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WWII
On Dec. 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, soldiers and sailors were called to return to their bases. This farewell scene in Richmond was a common one around the nation.
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More than a dozen religious leaders joined Mayor Tom Henry on Thursday as he announced details of a new group that seeks to further engage and serve Fort Wayne's Black community.
Henry is partnering with Black pastors to launch the Ubuntu Collaborative, which intends to reignite the advocacy and collective impact previous generations of unified Black pastors had, a news release said.
The group takes its name from a word meaning "I am because we are."
Its focus will be on leadership, collaboration, connection, family, economic, pastoral support and ministry administration, the release said. The categories encompass topics including mentorship, marriage, parenting and finances.
Anthony Payton, pastor of Come as You Are Community Church, is among the collaborative's eight leaders.
"As we embark on this journey of collaboration, it is our aim to model unity, love and compassion to the community," Payton said in a statement. "We believe that by working together, along with Mayor Henry, we can become a catalyst for positive change, leaving a lasting legacy of transformed lives and thriving neighborhoods."
Henry will host quarterly meetings with the pastors to combine their wisdom and resources with the city's resources to address needs and challenges within the local Black community, the release said.
"Since I took office, I've strived to do everything I could to make our community more inclusive," Henry said in a statement. "My partnership with the newly formed Ubuntu Collaborative is just another layer that I believe will have a lasting and meaningful impact because we're combining our strengths and working together."
The group's other leaders include pastors David Spearman of Kingdom First, Anthony Pettus of Greater Progressive Baptist Church and Robert Bell of True Love Baptist Church.
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Southwest Allen County Schools is the latest district to consider supporting a new nonprofit focused on local education.
Superintendent Park Ginder told the board Tuesday that he’s excited about Grow Allen. He described it as a consortium to increase community involvement in public education countywide.
“There are community leaders in Fort Wayne and Allen County who have been dreaming about new things for our students,” he said. “When I say ‘our students,’ the students of Allen County.”
The East Allen County Schools board discussed the initiative last week, with action on a resolution publicly supporting Grow Allen expected next week. The Northwest Allen County Schools board is expected to consider such a document Monday with action expected in August. SACS is also expected to act on the proposal next month.
The initiative has four underlying pillars – early childhood education, life skills, work-based learning and advocacy.
SACS would spearhead the piece involving public-private partnerships and vocational opportunities, Ginder said. Commitment to the program involves the time of central office administrators and selected secondary school administrators.
Board member Mark Gilpin asked for the group’s website address. He searched for it, he said, but couldn’t find it.
“There isn’t one,” Ginder said. “This is really at the very, very beginning of its life.”
The organization has been in the works for about nine months, the superintendent said, noting participants most recently met in June.
Ron Turpin, an EACS board member involved in the initiative, said last week the goal is to have each of the local districts, including Fort Wayne Community Schools, sign onto the effort with an official launch next month.
Also Tuesday, the SACS board considered joining a mass lawsuit against social media companies. Ginder compared it to the litigation against Juul and other vape manufacturers.
“This is a little bit grander,” he said.
FWCS filed a lawsuit against the parent companies of Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat in the spring, alleging the platforms have created a mental health crisis in the district. The district’s legal team expected the lawsuit would be consolidated with other similar suits through a process called multidistrict litigation.
It’s unlikely SACS’ board will reach a resolution will quickly, Ginder said, but he sees value in participating in the lawsuit.
“We want to continue to send the message about how destructive social media is for our kids,” he said.
The EACS and NACS boards are expected to discuss next month whether to participate in the lawsuit.
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DALLAS — The city of Dallas closed a community food bank for code violations, its operators say. The People's Fridge fed dozens of hungry people each day in Dallas's Oak Cliff neighborhood.
Akwete Tyehimba launched the take-what-you need, leave-what-you-can operation outside her storefront at the pandemic's height.
"There are really some heartbreaking things that we see," she said. "There's definitely a real need."
Tyehimba and other organizers say they're not sure why the city shut down the food bank. She says a compliance officer told her their work was "enabling" homelessness, potentially drawing people without homes to the shopping center and deterring them from seeking help through the city.
A city spokesperson said her team is reviewing the case to gather more information, but did not update WFAA prior to its provided deadline.
It's not yet clear which city ordinance the operation violated. Tyehimba said the compliance officer instructed her to remove the food table and refrigerator outside her store, but that he never gave her a written violation detailing the alleged problems.
Tyehimba said her team would quickly secure a permit different than the ones it already has if the city informs her that's the pertinent issue.
The food bank takes donations from neighbors, grocers and church groups. Its operators have asked those groups to stop bringing food and posted a sign informing patrons the food bank is closed.
Still, donations piled up on the ground outside the store Thursday.
"I've placed the sign out, so I've done my part," she said. "But I'm not going to stop people from receiving food, nor can I control people who are bringing the food."
Similar food banks opened elsewhere in Dallas during the pandemic. One established near the Bishop Arts District appeared to still be in operation Thursday.
Anita Heller frequents The People's Fridge. Her grandchildren depend on the free food, she said.
"There's a lot of hungry people over here, especially children," Heller said. "This helps families that want to feed their children."
Tyehimba said she will resume monthly, permitted food distribution events the community fridge concept replaced nearly three years ago.
"We will continue to serve where there's a need," she concluded.
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DALLAS — The city of Dallas closed a community food bank for code violations, its operators say. The People's Fridge fed dozens of hungry people each day in Dallas's Oak Cliff neighborhood.
Akwete Tyehimba launched the take-what-you need, leave-what-you-can operation outside her storefront at the pandemic's height.
"There are really some heartbreaking things that we see," she said. "There's definitely a real need."
Tyehimba and other organizers say they're not sure why the city shut down the food bank. She says a compliance officer told her their work was "enabling" homelessness, potentially drawing people without homes to the shopping center and deterring them from seeking help through the city.
A city spokesperson said her team is reviewing the case to gather more information, but did not update WFAA prior to its provided deadline.
It's not yet clear which city ordinance the operation violated. Tyehimba said the compliance officer instructed her to remove the food table and refrigerator outside her store, but that he never gave her a written violation detailing the alleged problems.
Tyehimba said her team would quickly secure a permit different than the ones it already has if the city informs her that's the pertinent issue.
The food bank takes donations from neighbors, grocers and church groups. Its operators have asked those groups to stop bringing food and posted a sign informing patrons the food bank is closed.
Still, donations piled up on the ground outside the store Thursday.
"I've placed the sign out, so I've done my part," she said. "But I'm not going to stop people from receiving food, nor can I control people who are bringing the food."
Similar food banks opened elsewhere in Dallas during the pandemic. One established near the Bishop Arts District appeared to still be in operation Thursday.
Anita Heller frequents The People's Fridge. Her grandchildren depend on the free food, she said.
"There's a lot of hungry people over here, especially children," Heller said. "This helps families that want to feed their children."
Tyehimba said she will resume monthly, permitted food distribution events the community fridge concept replaced nearly three years ago.
"We will continue to serve where there's a need," she concluded.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas women who were denied abortions despite pregnancy complications had their first day in court Wednesday. Several women and doctors are suing the State of Texas in a challenge against the state's draconian abortion restrictions.
Hearings for the lawsuit, Zurawski vs. State of Texas, began Wednesday morning at the Travis County Courthouse in Downtown Austin. All of the women involved in the lawsuit, as well as a few doctors, traveled to Austin for the hearings.
The plaintiffs in the case claim they were denied abortions despite experiencing complications with their pregnancies. Some claim to have nearly died as a result.
One of the women named in the lawsuit, Amanda Zurawski, is from Austin. Zurawski said 18 weeks into her pregnancy, her water broke. Her doctor told her that her baby would die, but because the fetus still had a heartbeat, an abortion could not be performed.
Zurawski said she was at risk for a life-threatening sepsis infection, which led her to get an emergency abortion after she went into toxic shock.
Another woman in the lawsuit, Ashley Brandt, testified about her traumatic experience having to travel out of state to get a fetal reduction after one of her twins was diagnosed with anencephaly. Brandt said after seeing how the Texas law handles situations like hers, she does not want to have another child in this state.
"I don't feel safe to have children in Texas anymore," Brandt said. "I know that it was very clear that my health didn't really matter and my daughter's health didn't really matter, and that's heartbreaking."
State law currently criminalizes performing an abortion unless the pregnant patient is facing "a life-threatening physical condition aggravated by, caused by or arising from a pregnancy." In Zurawski vs. State of Texas, the plaintiffs are not asking the State to overturn abortion restrictions, but rather clarify the term medial exception to include "any emergent medical conditions that pose a risk to pregnant people's lives or heath (including their fertility)".
After the first day in court, the plaintiffs and attorney for the Center for Reproductive Rights said they were shocked by the way the State was cross-examining the witnesses.
“I was really just horrified at how willing and over and over again the cross-examination was, willing to just ask repeatedly about the most horrific thing that's ever happened to me, seemingly with nothing but callousness," Zurawski said. “I survived sepsis and I don't think today was much less traumatic and that.”
"I thought maybe they wouldn't cross-examine them at all, I mean, what really is there to say?" said Molly Duane. "But apparently there was a lot to say, which was to shift the blame for the laws that they have created to doctors and back onto patients themselves.”
The State is calling to dismiss the case, arguing the law is already clear enough defining a medical exemption. In their opening statements Wednesday morning, the State argued changing the definition would broaden the statute too much.
"The plaintiffs simply do not like Texas' restrictions on abortion. This court well knows, the purpose of this court is not to legislate or to issue advisory opinions in facts the Texas Supreme Court has upheld that courts are prohibited from doing so," Assistant Texas Attorney General Amy Pletscher said.
On the second day in court, plaintiffs brought in a pair of expert witnesses, Dr. Aaron Caughey, a licensed OBGYN in Washington and Oregon, and Dr. Ali Raja, the executive vice chairman for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. The State tried to object to both witnesses as they are not licensed in the Texas, and wouldn't know specifics about the Texas abortion law exceptions, but the judge allowed their testimony.
The State also called upon a key witness, Dr. Ingrid Skop, a licensed OBGYN in Texas. Skop testified that the confusion with the medical exception lies within the physicians not understanding when they are able to intervene and perform an abortion, stating that the clarification the plaintiffs are trying to define would not make a difference.
"Putting a similar term, again without defining it, this is very undefined, this is very subjective would not make it any clearer for the doctors who are really trying to do the best they can for patients, but, it would allow physicians who, for perhaps non medical reasons, wanted to do abortions to justify their actions so this can be prone to misuse, and it does not make the law any clearer," Skop said.
Dr. Skop's testimony upset a number of the plaintiffs, leading one of them, Taylor Edwards, to leave the courtroom in tears.
“The state's argument today was using language that was incredibly hurtful to me personally, as someone who has undergone a D&E abortion for a very wanted pregnancy, for a fetal abnormality," said Edwards, a plaintiff. "The language used is meant to shame and scare women into what is just essential health care.”
The case is now in the hands of the judge to make a decision, stating that it will likely take "several weeks" until a decision is reached.
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VANCOUVER, Wash. (KOIN) — Vancouver police, in partnership with Crime Stoppers of Oregon, is requesting public assistance to help solve the homicide of a 53-year-old man.
Authorities say that on May 27, Randall West was found dead in his home in the 4000 block of NE 137th Ave. His death was ruled a homicide and detectives are actively investigating the case.
Police are seeking tips and information that will lead to an arrest and would like to hear from anyone with information about the case.
Crime Stoppers, which is funded fully by donations, offers rewards up to $2,500 for information that leads to an arrest in any unsolved felony crime. Anonymous tips can be left at the Crime Stoppers website.
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A 26-year-old Lincoln man was arrested Thursday after police say he posed as a student at two Lincoln high schools during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Lincoln Police Department.
Zachary Scheich, who posed as a 17-year-old under the alias Zak Hess, was arrested on suspicion of two counts of sexual assault-use of an electronic device and one count of sex trafficking of a minor, LPD Assistant Chief Brian Jackson said at a news conference Thursday.
On June 1, Lincoln Police began a fraud investigation after receiving information from a tip to LPS about an individual impersonating a student that had been enrolled under the name Zak Hess. He was later arrested at Walt Library Branch on Thursday, according to Jackson.
Scheich attended classes at Lincoln Northwest High School during the fall semester and then transferred to Lincoln Southeast for the spring semester. Scheich had previously graduated from Southeast in 2015. Records show he attended 54 days of school during the 2022-23 school year.
Police said Scheich attempted to contact minor students multiple times, but added the alleged crimes did not occur on school grounds.
Scheich is about 5-foot-4, 120 pounds and apparently blended in with other students, Jackson said. He provided a different birth certificate and "presented himself as a 17-year-old seeking education," he said. The department declined to answer whether Scheich had someone pose as a parent when he enrolled.
When asked how Scheich was able to gain enrollment to two schools, LPS Director of Security Joe Wright said the district is accustomed to accepting students with varying levels of documentation.
"Some parents don't vaccinate, some homeschooled kids don't have transcripts when they come in, we have kids from across the world who come in who don't have birth records," Wright said, adding that the district has a "statutory responsibility" to educate all children 20 years old and younger. "What's provided to us is sometimes not as thorough as we like or as proof positive as this kind of case would make you think, but that's what's required of us."
While officials said they don't expect any drastic shift in how LPS evaluates prospective students, Mindy Burbach, a district spokesperson, said the school district is reviewing how students enroll, which can be done in person as well as online.
Burbach said Scheich used falsify documents to enroll -- which triggered the initial fraud investigation -- but she couldn't say which documents or how many he falsified.
Scheich began attending Northwest on Oct. 20, 2022, posing as a junior, before transferring to Southeast on Jan. 12, LPS said in a message to families at the two schools. Scheich was registered to be in summer school, but did not attend, the message said.
Scheich's absences would have likely prompted contact letters from LPS to whatever address he supplied, said Burbach, who added Scheich's attendance "was spotty."
It's unclear if his spotty attendance, however, put him on the radar of school staff. Burbach also said staff turnover since Scheich graduated from Southeast in 2015, the amount of time that has passed since then and the vast number of students there could have made it difficult for staff to recognize him.
Police have asked anyone with more information or who may believe they are a victim in this case to call the non-emergency number at 402-441-6000 or Crime Stoppers at 402-475-3600.
Lincoln Public Schools Director of Security Joe Wright speaks during a press conference Thursday to announce the arrest of Zachary Scheich, who police say posed as a student at two Lincoln high schools during the 2022-23 school year.
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NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — If you've ever wanted to see an alligator waiting at a bus stop to catch a ride, you can scratch it off the wish list after a Pasco County bus driver snapped a picture.
An email from county leaders explains a small gator was seen waiting in the grass next to a GoPasco sign on Sunday in New Port Richey.
After a bus driver arrived at the bus stop along Little Road and saw the scaly reptile waiting to hop on, they decided to take a picture.
County leaders say an officer with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission helped the gator move into some nearby woods.
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One hiring coordinator — fittingly, she was giving away bags of popcorn as she spoke — called Thursday's Rooftop Career Fair "a trunk-or-treat for job seekers."
Vicki Westling who is charged with staffing Home Instead, an in-home health care service, pretty much summed up the scene atop the six-story parking garage at South 14th and N streets.
As the sun shone brightly, dozens of Lincoln employers set up shop outside of their cars on the multi-level rooftop and waited for those wanting jobs or a change in their careers to approach.
It was a new look from typical job fairs even if the end goal remained much the same. In a city that has a jobless rate below 2%, employers are willing to try just about anything in a market that has far more jobs than people capable of filling them.
"It's a struggle to get people in those jobs," said Ronesha Love, the manager of American Job Center of Lancaster and Saunders counties, which hosted the event. "We're really trying to do what we can."
For job seekers Victor Cabrera and Sterling Holley, they just want to work for a company that treats its workers right.
"I've got a job, but I want an upgrade," said Cabrera, who took a hard look at Kawasaki on Thursday. "I've read about them online and came here to find out more.
"I found out there are a lot of good jobs out there right now."
Thursday's rooftop career fair was Love's idea, an attempt to use the office's most visible resource, its parking garage, to attract a new group of job seekers.
"I just kind of threw it out there — what if we do the job fair on top of the rooftop?" she said. "Everyone was like, yeah, we can do that.
"We needed to come up with something different."
There's no denying it was a departure from past careers, but whether it will do enough to draw job seekers in large numbers remains to be seen.
"Being outside is a good thing," said Westling, who said she had some good conversations with a handful of potential workers in the first hour of the job fair. "It's so different, it might entice more people to take a look. It's a different kind of job fair."
Mallory Mettler, a lead recruiting and retention specialist at Tabitha, liked the cross section of people who stopped by her makeshift booth, a card table containing neatly stacked pamphlets that was set up in front of her sedan.
"This is great because we get to target some other population that we don't normally get to target," she said, noting that a lot of her hiring comes from Nebraska's nursing schools. "This gives us the chance to target some other populations that don't necessarily need licenses for their careers."
She mentioned openings at Tabitha in reception and in the accounting departments.
Lincoln's manufacturing sector was also represented by booths from TMCO, Kawasaki and Smithfield Foods.
"I feel like being outside attracts more people," said Ashlee Harms, the human resources manager at TMCO, the Lincoln-based metal manufacturing company. "It just seems like we have to really get more creative about filling jobs."
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Tabitha representatives Amanda Christiansen (left) and Mallory Mettler speak with Steven Becerra about careers Thursday during the Rooftop Career Fair on the sixth floor of the downtown parking garage at 1330 N St.
Career fair participant Bryan Riveria (left) signs up at the Universal Pure table during the Rooftop Career Fair on top of the sixth floor of the downtown parking garage at 1330 N St. on Thursday.
National Guard representative Jonathan Starke speaks with Terry Brown about benefits through the Guard during the Rooftop Career Fair on top of the sixth floor of the downtown parking garage at 1330 N St. on Thursday.
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PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh City Council president is expressing concern over the controversial police staffing report that 11 Investigates broke earlier this week.
Chief investigator Rick Earle spoke with the Pittsburgh City Council President Theresa Kail-Smith.
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Kail-Smith told Earle she hasn’t read the entire report, but like the police chief, she disagrees with some of the recommendations.
“I’m thankful to hear Chief Scirotto disagrees with that,” said Kail-Smith.
Kail-Smith opposes the recommendation to cut 188 officers from the patrol unit.
“I don’t want to see a reduction in patrol officers, and I also don’t want to see a reduction in officers investigating crimes and doing some of the things we need to have done,” she explained.
At one point during the Peduto administration, there were more than 1,000 officers.
With retirements, resignations, and no academy classes in three years, that number has dropped below 800.
And the union says officers are routinely being forced to work overtime.
A 2005 staffing report suggested the city needed 414 patrol officers, but the new report says they could maintain the same level of service with only 263.
“Perhaps that’s why back in ‘04 and ‘05, officers weren’t being denied time off. They were able to use it,” said Bob Swartzwelder, president of the Pittsburgh Police Union. “Less days were being canceled, and they were able to manage events then as compared to now.”
“Whenever our employees are not supported or disgruntled in any way, it’s something we want to address and work together to make sure that they are valued and supported,” Kail-Smith said.
Kail-Smith stopped short of calling the study a waste of taxpayer money, but she said she always has concerns about these types of studies.
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WASHINGTON (WJHL) — Sens. Mark Warner, Tim Kaine, and other lawmakers have reintroduced legislation they say will help the families of coal miners who died from black lung disease.
The goal of the Relief for Survivors of Miners Act is to reduce red tape and make it easier for those families to receive survivor benefits.
According to Warner’s office, the legislation would:
- Re-establish a rebuttable presumption that a miner’s death was due to black lung if they were disabled due to pneumoconiosis at the time of death;
- Improve access to legal representation for miners and survivors of miners to ensure that individuals are not unable to secure benefits due to a lack of financial resources.
“The last thing grieving families in Virginia’s mining communities should have to worry about is whether or not they’ll be able to put food on the table or a roof over their heads,” Warner said in a release. “But too often survivors of miners who have lost their lives to black lung are denied benefits they deserve because of unfair and unnecessary bureaucratic obstacles. The Relief for Survivors of Miners Act will alleviate this burden for families going through the worst time in their lives.”
“Virginia’s mining communities have made tremendous sacrifices to power our nation, and the families of miners who lost their lives to black lung disease deserve our support,” Kaine said. “This bill is critical to removing unnecessary red tape that has prevented families from accessing benefits and expanding resources to help families secure the support they need.”
The bill also asks the Government Accountability Office to examine how the black lung benefits claims process could be further improved.
Other lawmakers backing the legislation include Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), and John Fetterman (D-PA).
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Wichita State University’s Suspenders for Hope program was launched in 2015. The goal of the program was to provide mental health resources to WSU’s student body. After 2020, the program began seeking to extend its reach to more of Sedgwick County.
They decided to partner with Comcare Community Crisis Center, providing them with a trial run of 250 “hope kits” in an effort to bridge the gap between someone’s emergency psychiatric care and their next outpatient visit.
Comcare is using the hope kits to pair as a resource with their crisis ‘9-8-8’ phone number that individuals can call any time they are experiencing a crisis.
The hope kits include informational pamphlets on what a person can do if they find themselves in a mental health crisis. It also includes helpful phone numbers and resources that individuals can use to their advantage.
A t-shirt, and interactive items like coloring books, can make individuals understand that there is someone that cares about their recovery.
“The idea is how can we give someone a gift, let them know that they are loved and give them a starter kit to give them the tools, that they can build on and create that personal coping kit,” said WSU Chief Psychologist Jessica Provines.
For Provines, the ability to help those who are dealing with a mental health crisis is of the most importance.
“Sadly, I have lost way too many people that I love to suicide, and each grief motivates me more to take this message into the community and bring hope to people in times of despair as much as we can,” said Provines.
She hopes that one day the hope kit can be used in programs across the country.
If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, call 988 for help in Sedgwick County.
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What to Know
- Gregory Gregory, the co-owner of Gregory's Bar & Restaurant in Somers Point, New Jersey, trademarked the term “Taco Tuesday” in 1982. In 1989, Taco John’s, a Wyoming-based restaurant chain, won the rights to “Taco Tuesday” in every state except for New Jersey.
- Taco Bell filed with U.S. trademark regulators in May to get Taco John’s and Gregory's Restaurant & Bar to abandon their trademarks, saying the term had become too widely used to belong to any one person or business.
- On Tuesday, Taco John's finally surrendered its claim to "Taco Tuesday," allowing Taco Bell to use the phrase in 49 states, with New Jersey a notable exception. Gregory has not given up his trademark however.
Planning your weekly "Taco Tuesday" celebration? Gregory Gregory wants you to know who the originator of the popular phrase actually is.
“I want it to be known that we are the original 'Taco Tuesday.' We started it,” Gregory, the co-owner of Gregory’s Bar and Restaurant in Somers Point, New Jersey, told NBC10.
Gregory is currently waging a legal battle with Taco Bell over the fast food giant’s attempt to make “Taco Tuesday” free for anyone to use.
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“We feel that we’ve done the right thing,” Gregory said. “We went through the process. We had our trademark.”
Gregory trademarked the term “Taco Tuesday” in 1982. In 1989, Taco John’s, a Wyoming-based restaurant chain, won the rights to “Taco Tuesday” in every state except for New Jersey.
“It’s not that we’re going to expand across the country,” Gregory said. “We’re worried about the business we have here.”
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While “Taco Tuesday” has become a well-known phrase often used at restaurants and elsewhere, Taco John's has worked hard to defend its more than 40-year-old trademark of the term in the 49 states besides New Jersey. The fast food chain sent many cease-and-desist orders over the years to anyone besides Gregory's Restaurant & Bar that dared to have a “Taco Tuesday” promotion.
In 2019, the company went so far as to send a letter to a small brewery just five blocks from its corporate headquarters, warning it to stop using “Taco Tuesday” to promote a taco truck parked outside on Tuesdays.
Even NBA star LeBron James – whose Taco Tuesday celebrations became a viral sensation on social media – got in on the action that year, filing unsuccessfully for his own “Taco Tuesday” trademark.
James later collaborated with Taco Bell in a commercial pushing for an end to the copyright.
The disputes culminated with Taco Bell filing with U.S. trademark regulators this May to get Taco John’s and Gregory's Restaurant & Bar to abandon their trademarks, saying the term had become too widely used to belong to any one person or business.
On Tuesday, Taco John's finally surrendered its claim to "Taco Tuesday," allowing Taco Bell to use the phrase in 49 states, with New Jersey a notable exception.
Gregory now stands alone in the “Taco Tuesday” battle.
“We’re gonna try and play this out and hopefully Taco Bell will understand that look, I’m a little guy, I just want to make a living,” Gregory said.
“Gregory’s has had the rights to the phrase 'Taco Tuesday' for more than 40 years,” he said. “We’re a small company taking on a huge company and certainly we’re the underdog here but we’re gonna do our best.”
A spokesperson for Taco Bell didn’t address Gregory’s trademark but said, in part, that Taco John’s recent decision to give up the phrase is a “shared victory with Taco allies everywhere.”
Gregory’s customers, meanwhile, believe he’s the rightful owner.
“He was the first one, when nobody did it,” Frank Steever told NBC10. “So I think he deserves to have it.”
Despite his frustration with the recent developments, Gregory also acknowledged the publicity his fight with Taco Bell has generated for his business.
“We have gotten a lot of customers that were new because they saw it,” he said.
Gregory also knows a long legal battle with Taco Bell could be very expensive.
“I can’t take this too far,” he said.
For now, however, he continues to put up a shell of a fight in his ongoing beef with Taco Bell.
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O’NIELL, Neb. (KSNW) — A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Bureau points to a likely cause of the plane crash that killed a Wichita Republican and pro-life activist.
Mark Gietzen died in May following a plane crash near O’Niell, Nebraska. He was piloting his Cessna 172D at the time of the crash.
The report from the NTSB says Gietzen left the airport in Newton en route to Glen Ullin, North Dakota. It says there was no report of Gietzen filing a flight plan or obtaining a weather report before takeoff, nor of there being any radio communication during his flight.
Witnesses about a mile and a half south of the crash site reported to investigators that shortly before 9:30 p.m. on May 14, they heard a low-flying plane flying over their home. Another witness reported seeing a plane fly low with its landing light on. All witnesses reported that the night was cloudy and misty.
The report says Gietzen’s Cessna was not equipped with an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast System, which is not required but is becoming standard for most aircraft. No radar data was found for the flight, and Gietzen made no distress calls.
The plane crash was not discovered until May 16, when a rancher found the crash site on his property. The plane crashed in a cow pasture about 14 miles south of O’Niell-John L. Baker Airport in O’Niell, Nebraska.
The report states that the main wreckage of the plane came to rest 152 feet from the initial impact. Gietzen died at the scene.
The NTSB report says there appeared to be no issues with the plane’s structure or engine components.
Using weather data from the night of the crash, the NTSB says Gietzen’s plane was “operating within the range conducive to serious carburetor icing at any power.”
The FAA says carburetor icing is a deceptive hazard because it can happen even when outside air temperatures are well above freezing.
Read the full report below:
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — KSN is partnering with KPTS for a mayoral debate.
Eight of the nine candidates accepted the invitation to participate, including Jared Cerullo, Shelia Davis, Bryan Frye, Anthony Gallardo, Celeste Racette, Julie Rose Stroud, incumbent mayor Brandon Whipple and Lily Wu.
KPTS says that Tom Kane was also invited but chose not to participate.
Craig Andres is one of three local journalists asking questions to the candidates.
KPTS is airing the debate live on their channel.
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HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KSNW) — The dirt racetracks at the Kansas State Fairgrounds will be removed by the end of 2023.
In November 2022, the Fair’s leaders made the decision, which upset many racers who said they did not know it was happening.
Hutchinson residents who say they grew up coming to the track, racing, or watching, say removing it would be a loss for the community.
The Kansas State Fair General Manager, Bryan Schulz said the Board of the Kansas State Fair will be staying firm with its decision to remove the track that has been there for over 110 years.
“It’s just such an entrenched part of the community for so many years,” said Julie Brawner, who lives in Hutchinson.
Every year thousands of people come to Hutchinson for the Grand National Auto Races.
“It is only being used about three days a year, which makes it very difficult because it takes up about 17 to 18 acres of land,” said Kansas State Fair General Manager, Bryan Schulz.
The lack of use is a driving force for the Kansas State Fair Board wanting it removed.
Schulz said they are land-locked and the space could be used to expand areas and add new districts.
Racers and people attending the Grand National Auto Races say the crowds that it brings are worth it to keep it.
“It’s great for the local businesses to have all of that extra traffic,” said Hutchinson Resident Julie Brawner.
“This is really historically for the state of Kansas an important asset,” said William Nusser, who grew up in Hutchinson.
Nusser said he didn’t hear about the removal of the tracks until advertising came out for the 67th Hutchinson Grand National Auto Races.
He decided to reach out to the state fair and attended last Tuesday’s board meeting.
He spoke about a possible proposal to save the track.
“At that point in time they said no we are just going to move forward with our initial conversation from back in November that stated that we are no longer going to have racing at the Kansas State Fairgrounds,” said Schulz.
Nusser said the meeting doesn’t mean this is over.
“It’s not just a regular Saturday night race so to have that emotion tied there and to have someone say hey I need your tax dollars to tear it down is just crazy,” said Nusser.
He plans to work with the board and try to get a special meeting call for the tracks.
The state fair said plans are already in place to remove it with designs for the new area expected next month.
There will be a meeting at the Rice Park Community Building on August 1st at 6:30 p.m.
Nusser said at that meeting they plan to figure out how they can save these decades-old tracks.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Ramsey High School Band Coach Christopher Stewart said despite band camp practices being held outdoors, they’re doing their best to beat the summer heat.
“We try to stay outside early in the morning before it gets to the peak of the heat,” Stewart said. “We had to modify some of the things that we would usually do such as how often they get breaks as well as making sure they have a lot of water in their system.”
The same things go for the UAB football players who traded in their helmets for hammers Thursday afternoon to help build a Habitat for Humanity home in Birmingham.
“The heat, everything is still the same,” said Matt McCants, the director of character development for UAB football. “But coming out being on these ladders, balancing is a job within itself.”
With water on standby and breaks in between, these methods to avoid the health risks that heat can bring are just a few recommended by health officials. It’s even more important for those attending the Rock the South festival as alcohol is likely to be present.
“For every alcoholic beverage someone drinks, we would encourage them drink 8 ounces of water or lemonade or something without alcohol in it to replace something they might lose.” said Dr. Amy Illescas with Total Care 280.
With these methods taken under consideration, avoiding a heat stroke or dehydration can be possible even on one of the hottest days of the week.
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HARFORD COUNTY — An I do with a view. A hundred acres of a love field in Harford County.
This treasure has been in the hands of three families since the 1700’s, the Silvers, the Moxleys and now the Ackerman’s. From riding horses to galloping off into a great life.
Ashley’s dad did a mile long lover’s lane.
He paved the way for all of us to see one of the greatest views sandwiched between Havre De Grace and Darlington. Bill took me for a great ride to see the green.
It takes three days to mow the lawn. The view is just spectacular leading to the view where you will take the best walk of your life.
Ashley says, “Our goal was to have 5-10 events a year, so far we are now up to 90 events a year.”
Vignon Farm means wine grower in English, but in all languages it could mean WOW.
Ashley owns the place and in 2012 while working out at a Bel Air gym, she met Bill.
In a year they were engaged and married on the family farm.
Bill says, “Working with my wife is great, she does her job and I do mine and that’s a great partnership.”
He often comes in at sunrise and doesn’t leave until the moon sets the next day. That's a long time. Ashley had a vision to transform this horse training facility into an indoor-outdoor wedding venue.
The brides party can relax in a room full of mirrors with one ceiling to floor mirror for the wedding dress.
Guys can arrive at 10:00am in jeans with their Yeti filled with stuff and relax.
Plenty of room to space out before the walk to matrimony.
Since Ashely is a rider, it was important to override her dad in keeping the stalls. They are used in creative ways from meet and greets to cocktail bars.
But everywhere you look there is a shot just craving to be placed on your wall.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The reward for information on the person who shot two Birmingham firefighters has reached a total of $40,000 after new donations were offered Thursday.
The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a $10,000 reward for any information that leads to the capture of a suspect. In the news release, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced the additional $5,000 reward offer alongside the USMS.
Firefighters Jamal Jones and Jordan Melton were shot on July 12 at Fire Station 9. Melton died on July 17 after being in critical condition for several days.
Immediately following the shooting, Crimestoppers of Metro Alabama offered up to a $15,000 reward for information on the shooter’s whereabouts.
On Tuesday, Governor Kay Ivey announced that she was offering $10,000 for information that leads to a conviction in the case of the shooting.
The USMS also announced that they are working alongside the Birmingham Police Department, declaring the crime “a major case investigation.”
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BALTIMORE — When you've got 14,000 of something, it's hard to ignore.
That's how many vacant properties we have in Baltimore City. While many issues spawn from property vacancies, one inconspicuous component is worsening things: water, namely water service, which stays on in a home where nobody lives.
"It's a big deal," said Baltimore Councilwoman Odette Ramos. "We've had neighbors living next to vacant properties where it's cold in the winter, the pipes burst, and then it impacts the owner's property."
The fact that the water's on might attract squatters, and repairing pipe bursts in vacant homes redirects valuable resources, Ramos explained.
According to city code, the Department of Housing and Community Development has to notify DPW to shut off water once a home is deemed vacant. Still, there are plenty with the water still on.
Ramos called for a hearing in City Council, which took place on July 11th, to convene city officials to address the issue.
At the hearing, city officials explained they now have a five-tier priority list to turn off the water in vacants, starting with those scheduled to be demolished, and continuing with less pressing properties, including those scheduled to be rehabbed.
"We believe this is a much more manageable approach," said Stephanie Murdock, director of legislative service for DHCD, at the hearing.
As Murdock explained, the tiers are as follows:
1st tier - Properties in demolition pipeline
2nd tier - Properties with a VBN (Vacant Building Notice) issued over 10 years, no open permits, deed date older than 1 year
3rd tier - VBN issued 5 years ago, no open permits, deed date older than 1 year
4th tier - VBN issued less than 5 years ago, no open permits, not in one of DHCD’s project impact inverstment areas, major redevelopment areas, community development zones, development division projects
5th tier - All remaining VBNs
At that hearing, DPW estimated they could perform 20 turnoffs a day, based on location.
"If we're shutting off the water in a timely manner, it minimizes damage to homes and the homes around it. So that's important," Ramos continued in an interview with WMAR-2 News.
To our knowledge, there are about 14,000 total vacant homes in Baltimore City. An estimate prices solving the problem at about $7.5 billion.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's lawmakers are on summer break, but one topic is important enough to keep some working. The select committee on wildfire prevention met on Wednesday for the first time.
Assemblymember Damon Connoly is the chair of the select committee.
“One of the first acts I took in office was to request for the establishment of this new committee," he said. "Through this committee, I hope to engage a broader group of stakeholders to discuss and collaborate on the challenges, lessons learned and opportunities relating to tackling our wildfire challenges.”
At Wednesday's hearing, Frank Bigelow, assistant deputy director with the State Fire Marshall, ran through what homeowners can do to prepare.
“Up to 75% of homes during a wildfire are burned down by embers, not by direct flame contact, not by radiant heat, but through embers,” he said.
He said people should look for any holes, cracks or openings an ember can slip into.
“Just go in your garage, close the doors during the day and see if you can see daylight," Bigelow said. "You have that many cracks and ways for embers to get inside? It's an intrusion point.”
Mike Peterson, with the California Department of Insurance, said they adopted new regulations to require insurance companies to provide incentives to policyholders who implement home hardening.
“In 2018, only 7% of policyholders had access to any incentive for home hardening in their policy. By 2021, that number had grown to 40% of policyholders, and this new regulation that was finalized last fall," " he said.
However, incentives only help those who still have coverage.
Connoly knows Wednesday’s hearing is just the start of many hard conversations to come.
“We're going to have many more of these hearings," he said. "I think we teed up a lot of the issues that we're all aware of, but digging deeper on them and really going forward in a way that helps our communities but also really helps the environment as well,” he said.
There was also an opportunity for members of the public to weigh in. There was one homeowner who said it took him six months to get a permit to clean the area around his fence.
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WILLIAMS, Calif. — A crash in Colusa County has shut down part of Highway 20 in both directions, according to Caltrans.
The crash happened on Hwy. 20 about 2.5 miles from Williams. Little is known about the crash, but at least one person has major injuries, according to officials.
Detours are available on county roads and there is no estimated time of reopening the highway.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s gas tax went up three cents at the start of July, and while some drivers won’t notice too much of a change, it did spark in interest in hybrid vehicles.
Experts ABC10 spoke with said the initial costs might give you sticker shock but owning one can be financially rewarding in many ways.
Summer is the season for road trips and weekend adventures, and all that driving means a lot of miles and a lot of gas.
“The hybrid vehicles have actually come up quite a bit over the last couple years, especially with the cost of gas going up,” said Firestone store manager Patrick Ogeerally.
The key reasons to consider buying a hybrid vehicle are to save on gas and reduce emissions while still getting the range capabilities of a gas car.
One of the main barriers to buying a hybrid car is the cost. Look online and you’ll find a wide range of non-plug-in hybrids going for $27,000 for a Honda and all the way up to $115,000 for a Lexus.
Those numbers are the manufacturer’s suggested price. One dealership says you can expect to pay about $5,000 to $10,000 more due to markups.
“Finding technicians that specialize in hybrid is pretty tough right now because it's a new market,” said Ogeerally.
Maintenance and repairs for hybrid vehicles can be more expensive too due to their advanced technology. Replacing a hybrid battery system can cost $20,000.
“They have to be trained to wear certain gloves when they're working on these vehicles or they could be electrocuted,” he said.
The tires on hybrid vehicles also wear out faster because they’re heavier.
“Not only is it they wear out faster, but they actually are more prone for noise, so you have to get a tire that has more of a lower noise reduction,” said Ogeerally.
But when it comes to regular car maintenance, hybrid and gas vehicles have similarities in cost.
“You still have your cabin filters, you still have your air filters, your tires, brakes, suspension and steering… so the routine service is very imperative that gets done,” he said.
It’s important to remember you’ll continually save on gas for as long as you own the hybrid. It’s helpful to factor in your anticipated fuel and tax savings to get an idea of how long you’d need to own and use the vehicle to break even on the purchase.
Now, there’s a lot of talk about incentives for fully electric vehicles. It’s a different story for hybrids. You don’t get a California rebate for buying a hybrid unless it’s a plug-in hybrid, which is a kind that uses more electricity to run.
You can use this tool HERE to find out if you qualify for a hybrid car rebate.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif — A Sacramento county neighborhood was left with questions after a deputy shot and killed a dog Wednesday night.
It happened as deputies responded to a domestic disturbance call. It's left a Foothill Farms neighborhood in shock.
Matt Rudolph lives across the street and saw the incident.
“Heard what we thought was fireworks. A loud bang came outside, heard some commotion, heard what was going on across the street. He was very upset, and I would be too if my dog got shot,” said Rudolph.
Investigators say they received a call about a family disturbance at a home on Jeanine Drive Wednesday night.
According to the sheriff's office, when the caller opened the door to the home, a large dog “aggressively charged” at the deputy.
Officials said the deputy feared for his safety and shot the dog once.
“He was very protective, and I’m sure that... when they came to the door, the dog was protecting, and they were protecting themselves. Very unfortunate,” said Rudolph.
Rudolph says the dog came to live with its owners as a puppy.
ABC10 spoke with the owner off camera after she washed the blood off her sidewalk Thursday morning. She said she was too emotional to share her story.
According to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s office published policy for officer-involved shootings, a supervisor is required to respond and an internal affairs investigation must be opened.
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has been following law enforcement responses with animals and says “policies that require only that an officer 'feel' threatened set a very low threshold for justifying the killing of dogs.”
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STOCKTON, Calif. — The driver accused of hitting and killing a 64-year-old bicyclist in Stockton, then leaving the scene, came forward after the crash, the Stockton Police Department said.
Police neither arrested nor publicly named the driver, but said that he or she voluntarily went to the police department to report the crash. Officers forwarded hit-and-run charges to the District Attorney's Office which will review the case.
According to police, the driver hit and killed 64-year-old Stockton resident Joaquin Carrasco Jr. while he was riding his bike Tuesday night near the intersection of Pacific and Yokuts Avenues.
Police said that due to the active investigation, they could not share why officers did not arrest the driver. Authorities did not disclose the time or day that the driver came forward to police, only saying that it was a "short time after the incident."
Investigators are asking witnesses to come forward with information by calling 209-937-8377.
Stockton Crime Stoppers is offering anonymity and a reward of up to $10,000 for information reported to 209-946-0600.
Watch more Stockton news from ABC10: What Will Save Us? | Remembering the Stockton school shooting
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PORTLAND, Oregon — New revelations emerged this week about a man described a "person of interest" in the deaths of four Portland-area women this year, but the new information and public attention has done little to answer the questions of family members like Melissa Smith, whose daughter vanished in late 2022. Kristin Smith turned up dead in mid February, her body discovered in Southeast Portland.
"It's been a long six months," Melissa Smith said in a Facebook video. "It's been very prolonged. Very tragic. Very heartbreaking."
Melissa Smith isn't the only parent dealing with immense grief and unanswered questions. About two months after Kristin's body was found, the body of 24-year-old Charity Perry was located in Ainsworth State Park. Then 31-year-old Bridget Webster's body was found in rural Polk County. In early May, the body of 22-year-old Ashley Real was discovered in rural Clackamas County.
"Everyone keeps asking, is there a serial killer, is there a serial killer?" Melissa Smith said. "We know what you guys know."
The Multnomah County District Attorney's Office announced this week that detectives had identified a person of interest who can be linked to all four victims. The Willamette Week newspaper identified that person as Jesse Calhoun. He was arrested in early June on unrelated charges. He has not been charged with any crimes connected to the deaths of the four women.
"I have so many thoughts, so many questions, so many concerns," Melissa Smith said.
Melissa Smith does not know how her daughter is connected to Calhoun, and she's not alone in wondering. Calhoun's own girlfriend told YouTuber Velly Ray in a recent interview that she does not know how Calhoun is tied to Kristin Smith or Charity Perry. What she does claim to know is that her boyfriend was in an on again off again sexual relationship with Ashley Real and he would give Bridget Webster drugs in exchange for sex.
"If they are linked, again, I don't know if they are," Melissa Smith said. "The police have not told me that specifically."
What Melissa Smith is certain about is getting justice for her daughter, as well as the other three women whose deaths are leading to more questions than answers.
"It's getting pretty overwhelming," Melissa Smith said. "For all of us family members."
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Nearly 30 years ago, Oregon became the first state to legalize medical aid in dying with the "Death with Dignity Act." But even after all this time, there have been aspects of the law that rankled some physicians — and this legislative session brought changes.
In the past, patients needed to be an Oregon resident to qualify and apply for the lethal mix of medications used in the procedure. Now, anyone from any state can apply for assisted dying, as long as they meet the other requirements.
This change has been in the works for years. Back in 2021, an Oregon doctor sued the state, claiming that the residency requirement in the Death with Dignity Act was unconstitutional.
Even though both Oregon and Washington had legalized assisted suicide, Dr. Nick Gideonse at OHSU could not write end-of-life prescriptions for his Washington patients, some coming from just across the Columbia River.
Less than a year later, the lawsuit was settled.
"The settlement terms included the agreement that we would not enforce the residency requirements any longer," said Tom Jeanne, the Oregon Health Authority's deputy state health officer.
Even though it was no longer being enforced, it wasn't until the 2023 legislative session that lawmakers introduced House Bill 2279 to enshrine that part of the settlement into state law.
The bill passed both chambers, and Governor Tina Kotek signed it into law on July 13, 2023.
The OHA said that at least three people from out of state received the lethal prescriptions in 2022. But that doesn't necessarily represent a full count. While people can come to Oregon to apply for and get the medication, they do not need to die in Oregon.
"If somebody uses Oregon's law, but then actually goes back to their home state, we would actually not necessarily know, because we don't receive the death certificate from another state," Jeanne said.
It's worth noting that removing the residency requirement does not change the other necessary steps it takes to get approved.
The state says that to apply and receive the medication, the patient must be at least 18 years old, be able to understand and communicate their decisions and have six months or less to live due to a terminal illness.
How did we get here?
Long before voters went to the ballot box and approved the Death with Dignity Act, some Oregonians were fighting for a way to end their lives on their own time.
In 1990, KGW spoke to a man who was losing his daily life to Parkinson's disease and wanted to end his suffering. His daughter said that she wanted to respect her father's wishes, but she didn't want him to end his life prematurely.
"For that reason, I am almost glad there is nothing available to him at this point to end his life," she told KGW.
In 1994, the Death with Dignity Act came before Oregon voters. The outcome was close — 51% in favor to 49% against. For many, it came down to personal control over their end-of-life care.
"I have always felt in my entire adult life that people should be able to control the timing and the nature of their death," a cancer patient told KGW in 1994.
But the law didn't go into effect right away. The U.S. District Court in Eugene imposed an injunction after the group National Right to Life challenged the measure with a federal lawsuit. Religious groups, including the Catholic Archdiocese of Portland, opposed the measure. With them stood the Sisters of Providence. Other hospital systems, including Legacy, OHSU and Portland Adventists remained neutral.
"Our best medical, nursing, social and spiritual resources will be applied to counter the pain, the isolation, the loneliness that often causes the greatest suffering to dying persons," a priest told KGW.
For three years the Death with Dignity Act hung in the balance. Then, in 1997, voters got another crack at the issue. A second initiative, Measure 51, was put before voters — this time trying to repeal the original measure. But Oregon voters rejected Measure 51, keeping the Death with Dignity Act in place.
Also in 1997, the lawsuit that stalled Death with Dignity in Oregon was dismissed on appeal. The law was allowed to go into effect.
But challenges to the law didn't cease there. In 2005, President George Bush's administration petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case against the law — arguing that doctors who provided this care in Oregon could be prosecuted under federal drug laws.
The following year, the Supreme Court upheld Death with Dignity in a 6-3 vote.
In 2008, Washington became the second state to approve medical aid in dying, their law closely modeled after Oregon's.
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MASON COUNTY, Wash. — Three Mason County fire commissioners have resigned ahead of next month’s recall election.
Voters who live in Mason County Fire District 12 are being asked if three commissioners, Brian Jutson, John Pais, and Albert ‘Buck’ Wilder should be recalled.
A state audit released last fall identified what investigators called an “overall disregard” for state laws, citing cases of conflict of interest and identifying more than $150,000 in funds spent deemed either misappropriated or questionable.
A spokesperson for the Mason County Sheriff’s Office said the fire department was under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
A spokesperson for the F.B.I. said he could neither confirm nor deny that claim.
Pais and Jutson resigned earlier this year, Wilder announced he was stepping down at the end of Tuesday’s commission meeting in Matlock.
”At the conclusion of this day, I am resigning as a commissioner,” said Wilder.
Amanda Gonzales, who lives in the fire district, was one of the organizers of the recall.
”We are glad that he’s [Wilder's] out, but I think it’s going to get worse before it gets better,” said Gonzales.
Gonzales said the community is still concerned because the outgoing commissioners have appointed friends and family to take over their positions.
”I think the community’s upset, the community is mad,” said Gonzales.
On Tuesday, July 11, a week before Wilder resigned, he voted to appoint his daughter, Kelli Walsworth, to the commission. Walsworth, a former fire chief at District 12, was also investigated for potential fraud as part of the state auditor investigation.
That audit also recommended the district come up with a nepotism policy, something the board discussed at Tuesday’s meeting.
Before he resigned, Wilder defended the appointment of his daughter.
”If you go back to when this fire department started, the chief’s son was a commissioner. There’s always been family,” said Wilder.
Wilder declined to comment after the meeting.
An investigation conducted by attorneys representing the former commissioners was critical of the state’s audit, citing a lack of evidence and unsubstantiated claims of fraud or misappropriation of funds.
Attorney Brian Snure said the commissioners have not been contacted by investigators from the F.B.I.
A spokesperson for the Washington State Auditor said a follow-up investigation into Mason County Fire District 12 is scheduled for this fall.
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DALLAS — A man has been arrested in connection to the deaths of three women who were all found with stab wounds in empty fields in recent months, Dallas police said.
Oscar Sanchez Garcia, 25, was arrested on Wednesday, July 19, and he faces three counts of murder, according to a police news release. His bond was set at $4 million, according to online records.
Police linked Sanchez Garcia to the cases through phone records, video and data from a license plate reader that allegedly put his vehicle and phone locations in the areas where the victims were last known to be alive, and where their bodies were found, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by WFAA.
The first woman's body, later identified as 60-year-old Kimberly Robinson, was found April 22, 2023, in the 200 block of Santa Fe Avenue near the intersection of North Corinth Street Road and East Clarendon Drive in southern Dallas. A person passing by the area near the Trinity River notified police of the body found nude from the waist down and stabbed.
Two months later, a man going down the gravel road at Santa Fe Ave. to fish thought he’d driven over a chain when he got out of his truck and found 25-year-old Cherish Gibson's body in the same area Robinson was found. She was also partially nude and stabbed. Gibson was last seen near an adult bookstore on Harry Hines Boulevard. The owner told WFAA that Dallas police pulled surveillance video from his store because Gibson's phone pinged outside the store.
According to the affidavit, investigators also obtained video from near where Gibson was found dead on Santa Fe Ave. The video showed a blue Ford pickup truck "with distinct stickers on the rear windshield," the affidavit said.
The same pickup truck was captured on a license-plate reader on June 24 on Harry Hines Blvd., around the same time and place Gibson was last seen alive.
Investigators learned that the truck was registered to Sanchez Garcia, who also lived near where Gibson and Robinson were found dead, the affidavit said.
And on July 15, the body of an unidentified woman was found in a field less than five miles away from the other two victims. A man walking his dog discovered the body. He told police his dog had run to it a week earlier but he had believed it was a person sleeping. The body was also not clothed from the waist down and also stabbed.
The case meets the definition of a serial killer, but the Dallas Police Department said it doesn't use that term in investigations.
Police credit a social media post about a serial killer targeting prostitutes with helping them connect the three cases.
“We had heard about the video," Kristin Lowman, a DPD spokesperson said. "Questions were asked, ‘Were these crimes connected?’.”
As police investigated the woman's death, they learned that she had been on a "date" with someone in a truck near a 7-Eleven on Harry Hines Blvd. early on the morning of July 9. Police learned this from a witness who was talking on the phone with the victim at the time, the affidavit said. The witness said they were talking with the victim when the same person in the truck pulled back into the 7-Eleven and asked for another "date," the affidavit said.
That was the last known communication with the victim, whose name has not been released by officials, according to the affidavit.
Police later obtained Sanchez Garcia's phone records, which showed that on the night of April 21 to the morning of April 22 -- when Robinson was killed -- his phone was in the area of Santa Fe Ave., the affidavit said. On June 23, his phone appeared to be "moving along the same path" as Gibson's phone to where it was abandoned, the affidavit said.
Then, on July 9, Sanchez Garcia's phone was pinging in the same area as where his truck was captured on the license plate reader, near where the third victim was last known to be alive, the affidavit said. His phone also pinged again near where she was found dead.
Christina Martinez has known Sanchez Garcia and his family for two years and lives at the same triplex.
“He’s a calm guy, chilling guy," she said. "He likes to play with the kids. That’s why we were like in shock."
Wednesday's arrest was not the first time police had been to the home, though.
In March, about one month before the first victim was found, police arrested Sanchez Garcia after he allegedly punched his wife twice in the face because she had used his bank card to buy diapers without asking.
“She’s in shock," Martinez said of Sanchez Garcia's partner. "And the son is just asking for his daddy. She doesn’t know what to tell him. He does not look like that person that would do something like that.”
Robinson's daughter, Janetria Oliver, said Wednesday she is grateful police have arrested the person responsible.
"My mother did not deserve that, and I’m so glad that he’s off the streets where he won’t be able to hurt anyone else," Oliver said. "I’ve also been praying for the other families involved. No one deserves for their life to be cut short like that, and we pray that full justice is served.”
Police had been investigating if their deaths were connected and on Tuesday, July 18, said that two of the women were involved in prostitution.
"This is what we've been praying for," Gibson's grandmother told WFAA.
Bekah Charleston, a sex trafficking victim, spoke with WFAA about the dangers of working in prostitution.
"When you dehumanize a person to the point that they become a commodity that means now you're just a product to someone that is to be paid for, used and discarded," Charleston said.
"You don't know how many women I know what have been either murdered by their sex traffickers or by their buyers that purchase them," she added.
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PHOENIX — Firefighters are battling a massive fire at a propane facility north of Sky Harbor in central Phoenix.
The fire ignited Thursday evening at Bill's Propane Service near 40th and Washington streets.
Video from the Arizona Department of Transportation showed a massive plume of black smoke coming from the business.
Officials are asking people to avoid the area because of exploding propane tanks.
Phoenix Fire said crews had stopped the fire from spreading to neighboring businesses.
No injuries have been reported at this time.
Valley Metro said due to fire activity, all westbound trains will go as far as the 50th Street and Washington station. Eastbound trains will go as far as 38th Street and Washington. A shuttle bus has been requested.
Phoenix Sky Harbor Aiport said there is no impact on airport operations, and runways remain open. Access to the west side of the 44th Street PHX Sky Train Station is temporarily closed, so passengers must access the station from the east.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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FRANKLIN CO., Va. – The Franklin County Animal Shelter is hosting a pet adoption event in hopes of finding new homes for some of the animals.
“We are trying to give some of the scared, the older, the underdogs a chance at a life and it’s getting very hard to keep hope,” the shelter wrote in a social post. “When we say we’re full, it’s not that we have 10 open kennels, etc… it’s we have <2 half kennels or cat condos!”
The shelter will be hosting a “Name your Price” pet adoption special, which they said runs through Saturday (July 22).
Staff said you can also adopt at an off-site location – Barkley’s at Westlake.
There are cats, kittens, dogs, and puppies up for adoption.
Below, you can see some of the animals available for adoption, but the shelter said they have many others.
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 This is not a drill!!! We have asked, well begged that everyone try to hold on to their surrenders if...
Posted by Franklin County VA Animal Shelter on Monday, July 17, 2023
The Franklin County Animal Shelter is located at 81 State Street in Rocky Mount. They’re open on Friday from noon to 4 p.m., and on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to their website.
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ROANOKE, CO., Va. – Roanoke County Fire and Rescue responded to a house fire in Cave Spring on Thursday night.
At 7:30 p.m. on Thursday (July 20), Roanoke County Fire and Rescue said they responded to a house fire in the 3700 block of Meadowlark Road.
Crews from Station 3 responded and saw smoke coming from the eaves on both ends of the brick, one-story home, according to the fire department.
We’re told the house was vacant at the time as renovations were being made to the structure. No one was hurt and no one will be displaced.
Roanoke County Fire and Rescue said it took around 20 minutes to get the fire under control.
Roanoke County Fire Marshal’s Office was on the scene to investigate and to provide a damage estimate, crews said.
As of right now, there is no word on what caused the fire.
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The two gunmen accused of wounding four people, including two young brothers, after opening fire on a crowded park in the Bronx last week have been arrested.
Police said Angel Hernandez, 20, and a 16-year-old boy were arrested nearly a week after allegedly riding a scooter up to Saint James Park on July 11 and firing upon four victims.
Both suspects were arrested on attempted murder charges, according to police.
Detectives had been searching for the duo for more than a week after riding up to two cousins, men ages 23 and 25 years old, last Tuesday on the sidewalk on East 193rd Street near Morris Avenue.
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Surveillance video showed some of the sequence of what happened next. Police said the shooter got off the back of the scooter around 6 p.m., pulled out a gun and fired at least seven times. One of the victims was struck in the lower back, the other shot in the thigh.
But those were not the only victims, police said. Two young boys, a 3-year-old and a 6 year-old, were walking with their mother when they were shot in the leg, according to police.
Video from the scene appeared to show one of the boys bleeding profusely on the ground outside the park before being rushed to the hospital along with his brother. NBC New York obtained video showing the frantic race by police to get the two boys to the hospital.
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Each of the victims of the quadruple shooting is expected to survive, according to police. The mother of the two boys — who is eight months pregnant and had contractions after the shooting — told News 4 she's so traumatized she doesn't want to leave her house. Officers canvassed the area looking for evidence, finding several bullet casings.
Questions about why the gunman opened fire and who may have been the intended target were still under investigation, police said.
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